from the too-corrupt-to-function dept

You may have noticed that under corrupt Trumpist courts, if a regulator like the FCC engages in literally anything that threatens corporate power or aids workers, competition, or consumers (say, net neutrality, for example), or even school kids , it’s clearly illegal and a dramatic overreach of regulatory power.

If an agency does things like launch fake investigations into media companies because a comedian made fun of the president , illegally eliminate media consolidation limits , or threaten companies with costly investigations if they’re not sexist and racist enough , that’s considered good and normal .

The latest case in point: the Fifth Circuit last week casually beheaded the $9 billion FCC Universal Service Fund (USF) program, which helps fund broadband connectivity to predominately rural and lower-income schools, libraries, and communities (read: a lot of Trump’s constituents).…