Note that Tom Delay of all people (remember that guy? I'm old and I'd say barely) wrote an opposing op ed saying that even though he supports the change that this is contrary to the governing statute that he helped write, which explicitly bars the FCC from changing this limit

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/can-trump-fcc-re...

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kurthr 29 minutes ago | parent [-]

Crime is legal (if you're in the right group).

	▲	hungryhobbit 2 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		There are plenty of things the Trump admin has done where that applies. This is (likely) not one of them. This idiocy hasn't had its day in court yet, but (especially given how the courts have turned against the administration in most cases recently) it seems highly likely this will be found to be illegal.