"These are MAGA airwaves now," seems clear enough that no one has to doubt FCC Chairman Brendan Carr's intent to keep an already reeling media landscape deep in the yellow.

During a Thursday interview on the Charlie Kirk Show, co-host Andrew Kolvet asked Carr why CBS had prevented Colbert from airing the Talarico interview.

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The striking photo of freshly-arrested Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, facing charges of public misconduct after allegedly sharing secret info with billionaire sex trafficker pal Jeffrey Epstein, was an instant classic. It belongs in an art gallery, people said. How about the Louvre? — Read the rest

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While prosecutors reportedly couldn't identify an actual crime, under Trump-appointed crackpot US Attorney Jeannie Pirro, the DOJ still asked a Grand Jury to indict six lawmakers for reminding USAS personnel that illegal orders are illegal to follow. The Grand Jury unanimously declined. — Read the rest

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Gouache applied by airbrush — that was the secret behind the impossibly smooth, vivid covers Robert Tinney produced for Byte magazine across 80-plus issues from 1975 into the late 1980s. Each one took roughly a week to finish after phone calls with the editors about that month's theme. — Read the rest

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A federal grand jury on Tuesday unanimously rejected the DOJ's attempt to indict six Democratic lawmakers who posted a 90-second video reminding military personnel they can refuse unlawful orders. Trump had responded to the video on social media by writing, "SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!" — Read the rest

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Stephen Colbert said Monday that CBS's legal team called his show and told him, "in no uncertain terms," that he could not interview Texas state Rep. James Talarico on the broadcast, Variety reports. Then they told him he couldn't mention not having Talarico on. — Read the rest

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