If AOC had a hammer
She’d hammer in the morning
She’d hammer in the evening
All over this land!
She’d hammer out dangerous speech!
She’d give them a warning!
She’d hammer out obedience!
Compliance and conformance, ah-ah
All over this land

Politicians like Ocasio-Cortez who threaten the press and suffer insatiable urges to control information, dis-, mis- or otherwise, are a danger to our democracy.

Damn Gutenberg! Smash the Printing Presses!

“When it comes to broadcast television, like Fox News, these are subject to federal law, federal regulation in terms of what’s allowed on air and what isn’t,” the New York rep explained. “And when you look at what Tucker Carlson and some of these other folks on FOX do, it is very, very clearly incitement of violence. Very clearly incitement of violence.”

We have very real issues with what is permissible on air. And we saw that with January six, and we saw that in the lead up to January 6th and how we navigate questions not just of freedom of speech, but also accountability for incitement of violence. These are this is the line that we have to really explore through law as well. (MSN)

This is the problem with government having too much power: It feeds an insatiable hunger for even more power, leading lawmakers and bureaucrats into dangerous delusions that they can “keep us safe,” “control information” and “regulate the internet.” If they just has a big enough hammer…