In a brazen act of authoritarian thuggery, the Trump administration has exposed its true colors by threatening to revoke the broadcasting licenses of any news outlet that dares report truthfully on its murderous war against Iran.

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, a willing executioner of the First Amendment, issued his chilling decree on Saturday: broadcasters airing “distortions”—translation: anything critical of this illegal war of aggression—must “correct course” or be silenced permanently .

The trigger for this assault on democracy? President Trump’s infantile tantrum over reports that Iranian strikes damaged US refueling planes in Saudi Arabia. In his Truth Social screed, the self-obsessed autocrat accused the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and other “lowlife ‘Papers'” of actually wanting America to lose this war . This from a man whose unprovoked bombing of an Iranian school slaughtered 175 children—mostly girls—then lied about it .

Democratic Senator Brian Schatz correctly identified this for what it is: “a clear directive to provide positive war coverage or else licenses may not be renewed” . Aaron Terr of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression slammed the “outrageous” demand that “the press become a state mouthpiece under the threat of punishment” . Even Secretary of “War” Pete Hegseth—a former Fox propagandist—demanded “patriotic” reporters write optimistic headlines while 53% of Americans oppose this illegal slaughter .

The oppressors know they cannot win with truth, so they are simply trying to murder it.

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