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As commissioner Brendan Carr's dissent wasn't included in the article: https://twitter.com/BrendanCarrFCC/status/1734696706795778126 https://twitter.com/Brendan

• hnburnsy 3y ago
  And... DISSENTING STATEMENT OF COMMISSIONER NATHAN SIMINGTON https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-23-105A3.pdf https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-23-105A3.pdf
• akamaka 3y ago
  Reading that dissent felt as painful as reading a partisan reddit comment. In one paragraph he said Biden is targeting Musk politically, and in the very next he states, as proof of the quality of the internet service, that the Pentagon just signed a contract with Starlink for military applications.
  • rpmisms 3y ago
    Biden is not the Pentagon.
    • freejazz 3y ago
      But he's the FCC? They are both the executive branch.
      • tomjakubowski 3y ago
        The President has a lot less control over independent agencies like the FCC. For example, the FCC commissioner currently attacking Biden is able to enjoy doing so from that position because Biden doesn't have the legal power to dismiss him.
        • freejazz 3y ago
          Sure, but that runs against the argument that was being made, which is that Biden isn't the pentagon but he's the fcc...
  • tick_tock_tick 3y ago
    He said it's good enough for the military but apparently not good enough for the FCC chair who Biden appointed. How is that hard to understand?