Ep. 41 Season Finale: FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, Big Tech, China, and the Future of the Right

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Ep. 41 Season Finale: FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, Big Tech, China, and the Future of the Right

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FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr joins The Realignment's season finale to discuss how the right should approach Big Tech and free speech debates, competition with China, and how a political realignment will reshape the right.

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Ep. 41 Season Finale: FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, Big Tech, China, and the Future of the Right

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