Trump’s trade commission is using fear to silence dissent

The FTC settled its case with Media Matters for America. But it doesn’t have to win in court to achieve its goals Is there something “radically left” about being anti-Nazi? That was the question a judge put to the lawyer for the Federal Trade Commission, which has no good answer. This week, the FTC abruptly settled its case with Media Matters for America, a media watchdog the FTC had been investigating over its reports about pro-Nazi content running alongside ads on X. Those reports drove adv...

By Courtney Radsch