Why we should abolish the FCC + Hillary cheers free speech crackdown + How to fix Philly's slavery exhibit

Rich Zeoli breaks down why Stephen Colbert’s “equal time” freakout is pure theater and why CBS attorneys — not the FCC — are driving the whole mess. We lay out how Colbert uses the James Tallarico interview as a publicity stunt to funnel viewers to YouTube, while Tallarico plays the victim and rakes in millions. Zeoli also explains why you can hate Colbert and still think the equal-time rule is outdated — and why keeping the FCC around is a gift to Democrats who want a bigger speech-regulation hammer.

We also get into the long game: Rich warns that the same political crowd that pushed censorship pressure during COVID-era debates wants regulators to reach far past broadcast TV. Zeoli plays clips and reacts to the talking points behind speech control, including Hillary Clinton praising Europe’s approach and the broader push to police what people say on major platforms. We connect it to how corporate lawyers behave, how fear becomes policy, and why abolishing the FCC now is the cleanest way to stop a future crackdown.

Then we pivot into the rest of the chaos: Rich reacts to Greg Gutfeld’s comments, Lawrence Jones’s argument about mental health and firearm forms, and Pramila Jayapal’s new “Trans Bill of Rights” push. Zeoli also has fun with the media’s “racist” label game, a too-perfect Don Lemon clip, and a shockingly slick computer-made movie trailer that looks like it came straight from Hollywood. We close with a wild Philadelphia segment — the mayor dodges the sanctuary city question in real time, and Rich pitches a brutally simple idea for the Washington’s House exhibit that would drive the local political class up a wall.

Chapter Markers
00:00 - Colbert vs. CBS: the “equal time” narrative begins
01:57 Why Democrats want regulators reaching podcasts and YouTube
02:56 Colbert’s exit plan: steering traffic to YouTube
04:48 Corporate lawyers and the “everything is risky” mindset
06:41 The real move: abolish the FCC before power flips
07:35 Fairness Doctrine history and how talk radio changed
09:18 Hillary Clinton praises Europe’s approach to speech controls
13:02 Colbert admits lawyers signed off and the clip goes to YouTube
16:01 Jasmine Crockett calls out the story as fear-driven, not forced
18:38 Tallarico’s MSNBC victim pitch and the fundraising haul
21:31 The next frontier: regulating computer-made video and speech
25:13 Macron clip and the mindset behind “managed” speech
26:04 Greg Gutfeld on trans politics and the media pressure campaign
29:33 Lawrence Jones on mental health, firearms, and the form question
33:59 Pramila Jayapal’s “Trans Bill of Rights” rollout
35:52 White House briefing: the “racist” label question
36:42 Don Lemon clip and the too-perfect media moments
39:01 A Hollywood-style computer-made trailer and what it signals
40:56 Philly sanctuary city question and the mayor’s on-camera dodge
49:16 Zeoli’s “Democrat slavery timeline” idea for Washington’s House

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