# The current second Trump administration: a compendium of horrors

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**Created:** [November 6, 2024, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774 "2024-11-06T09:17:12Z")\
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This could actually go in a couple of different threads, but ABC is suing the Trump administration, claiming that the administration is trying to violate the network’s First Amendment rights with its threats of the FCC pulling its licenses and subjecting it to early renewals.

> **[Disney and ABC sue FCC, seeking to stop early license renewal process](https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/abc-disney-sues-fcc-trump-administration-first-amendment-rcna593088)**
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> In April, the FCC ordered Disney’s eight owned-and-operated television stations to file their broadcast license renewals ahead of schedule.

Michael Popok has a good breakdown of it on his LegalAF YouTube channel. The [video](https://youtu.be/chiuzui87uA?is=U37KRdOay88uwp19) is about 15 minutes long.

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