from the desperation-sets-in dept

Despite already enjoying a voting majority, the GOP has simply flat out refused to appoint any new Democratic Commissioners to the nation’s top media and telecom regulator, the FCC.

They’ve also refused to begin the process of appointing Democratic FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez to another term despite her term technically ending on June 30 (in part because she’s aggressively criticized Brendan Carr for trampling the First Amendment).

Historically, the FCC is supposed to see a 3-2 partisan split depending on which party controls the White House. Texas Senator Ted Cruz, chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, is now rushing to appoint Brendan Carr’s long-time personal legal aide Danielle Thumann Severs as a new FCC Commissioner, securing a 3-0 voting majority over the agency :

“Confirming Thumann Severs would give Republicans an unusual 3-1 advantage on the FCC.…