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09/09/2026
O’Rielly’s TMT Whiteboard: ‘Fixing’ USF by Taxing Broadband is Lunacy
D.C. has a knack for creating policy zombies: no matter how often bad ideas are defeated, a determined few find ways to jolt them back to life.
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09/08/2026
FCC’s Poll Warning and September Plans
Over the weekend, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said the agency may soon warn broadcasters over “fake polls” ahead of the midterms, stirring another controversy tied to the agency’s oversight of content on broadcast TV.
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08/13/2026
Texas Puts BEAD on Hold
The Lone Star State has hit a roadblock with its broadband deployment. Texas’ Broadband Development Office put a temporary hold on all disbursements from the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment Program.
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08/12/2026
O’Rielly’s TMT Whiteboard: Making a Troubled Broadband Program Worse?
If the Senate Farm Bill remains stalled, that may not be a complete setback if it prevents efforts to make ReConnect worse.
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07/01/2026
FTC Policy Statement Takes Aim at State AI Laws
The FTC has proposed a policy statement warning that AI companies secretly steering their systems toward undisclosed ideological goals may be deceiving consumers in violation of Section 5 of the FTC Act.
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06/30/2026
BEAD Hearing a Tennis Match of Blame
Tuesday’s House Commerce hearing on NTIA oversight was a bit like watching a tennis match at Wimbledon.