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FCC Censorship: Every President’s Favorite Bludgeon Against Dissent

EDITOR'S NOTES

Credit where it’s due—this one’s from William L. Anderson over at Mises Wire (09/25/2025), and it hits the target dead center. Anderson lays out a damning pattern: presidents—Democrats especially—weaponizing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to strangle political opposition and control the narrative. From FDR’s reign of censorship terror to JFK’s vendetta against conservative radio, the pattern is crystal clear. These men didn’t just skirt the First Amendment—they steamrolled it with a bureaucratic tank.

Now here’s my take. If you thought Trump was a menace for barking at the media, you’ve been asleep at the wheel while the establishment’s darlings were quietly installing surveillance and censorship infrastructure decades ago. This isn’t about party politics. It’s about power—and how those in power will always use the alphabet soup of federal agencies to snuff out anyone who steps out of line.

Derek Wolfe Sep 26, 25

The FCC: Censorship’s Favorite Crony

What’s been sold to the public as a "communications regulator" is really just a censorship cartel. The FCC is the government’s favorite hammer to beat the hell out of dissenting voices. And presidents—especially the progressive saints like FDR and JFK—have used it to crush opposition like bugs on a windshield.

Take FDR. The man who locked up Japanese-Americans in camps and confiscated citizens’ gold wasn’t just playing God with the economy—he was silencing the press with the FCC as his personal goon squad. Anderson quotes how the FCC spiked broadcast licenses and leaned on networks to censor commentators who dared criticize His Highness Roosevelt. That’s not governance—that’s tyranny wrapped in red, white, and blue.

And the so-called civil liberties watchdogs? The ACLU rolled over and played fetch for FDR. Instead of defending speech, they celebrated censorship. Their “principles” melted like plastic in a house fire the moment the Democratic machine needed cover.

JFK and LBJ: The Radio Purge

Then came JFK, America’s blue-blood golden boy, whose administration ran one of the most effective censorship campaigns in U.S. history. The target? Conservative radio. If you had a mic and weren’t parroting pro-government propaganda, the FCC and IRS were coming for your throat.

They called it the “Fairness Doctrine,” but it was nothing but a political straitjacket. JFK’s handlers even weaponized grassroots “activists” to push local governments to clamp down on dissent. Lyndon B. Johnson carried the torch after Kennedy’s assassination, using the same strategy to secure his landslide win in ’64.

By the time Reagan dismantled the Fairness Doctrine in the '80s, the FCC had already paved a bloody trail through a generation of broadcasters. The Left lost its monopoly on the airwaves, and suddenly that was a problem. Suddenly, free speech was dangerous.

When the Right Tries It, Everyone Panics

Now, don’t get me wrong—Trump isn’t innocent. He tried pulling FCC strings too. But he’s a bumbling amateur compared to Roosevelt’s iron grip or Kennedy’s velvet-gloved censorship machine. The media hates Trump because he doesn’t play their game with a smile. When Trump snaps at reporters or threatens licenses, it's front-page news. When a Democrat sics the IRS and FCC on political opponents? Crickets.

That’s the game. The surveillance state and censorship complex are “bipartisan” tools—but only one side gets to use them with impunity.

The Real Problem: Centralized Power

Let’s get something straight: this isn’t about Trump, Biden, or even Roosevelt. This is about the fact that no one should have this kind of power. The FCC, the IRS, the alphabet gang—they’re not neutral referees. They’re weapons. Always have been. Always will be.

The only solution? Burn the whole system to the ground—peacefully, legally, and permanently. Abolish the FCC. Rip out its roots. Let people speak freely, buy airtime, and build their own networks without begging Washington for permission slips. Free speech means nothing if a bureaucrat can flip a switch and shut you up.

Call to Action

You think this ends with radio? You think they’re not watching your podcasts, your bank accounts, your browser history? The same machine that killed radio dissent is coming for your wallet next—through FedNow, CBDCs, and social credit scores wrapped in ESG fluff.

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— Derek Wolfe