from the weak-men-afraid-of-words dept Brendan Carr’s FCC claims to be moving forward their their plan to “ review ABC’s broadcast licenses ” because Jimmy Kimmel made a joke about the president’s wife . And it’s every bit as dumb and legally baseless as you might expect. Carr has sent a letter to ABC/Disney saying he’s accelerating the review of their existing broadcast licenses . It’s very clearly because the Trump administration wants to annoy, harass, and pressure ABC into firing Kimmel. But since that’s a direct assault on the First Amendment, they’re trying to do an end around and pretend that the review is because ABC is “violating DEI requirements.” Carr’s underlying legal argument is genuinely and profoundly stupid. He’s claiming that ABC’s ordinary, modest, and inconsistent corporate diversity practices are racist against white men , and therefore violate the already fairly thin anti-discrimination components of the Communications Act. It’s absolute fucking gibberish.…