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As commissioner Brendan Carr's dissent wasn't included in the article: https://twitter.com/BrendanCarrFCC/status/173469670679577812...

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DISSENTING STATEMENT OF COMMISSIONER NATHAN SIMINGTON

https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-23-105A3.pdf

Reading that dissent felt as painful as reading a partisan reddit comment.

In one paragraph he said Biden is targeting Musk politically, and in the very next he states, as proof of the quality of the internet service, that the Pentagon just signed a contract with Starlink for military applications.

Biden is not the Pentagon.

But he's the FCC? They are both the executive branch.

The President has a lot less control over independent agencies like the FCC. For example, the FCC commissioner currently attacking Biden is able to enjoy doing so from that position because Biden doesn't have the legal power to dismiss him.

Sure, but that runs against the argument that was being made, which is that Biden isn't the pentagon but he's the fcc...

He said it's good enough for the military but apparently not good enough for the FCC chair who Biden appointed. How is that hard to understand?

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