When the government allocates monopoly rights to frequency, and there are only a handful in each community, it's picking the winners in the competition.

So the competition isn't once you got the license, running the station; it's getting the license.

Which is supposed to mean they're doing something in their broadcasting they would not do is they were simply out to maximize profit; if they were really public service institutions, not purely profit maximizing institutions.

The public gets not one penny from them in return for those airwaves.

I don't want to spend the rest of my life in politics. When I'm finished with my term as governor, I'm going back to the life that's waiting for me in the private sector.

Satire is fascinating stuff. It's deadly serious, and when politics begin to break down, there is a drift towards satire, because it's the only thing that makes any sense.

America has never been moved to perfect our desire for greater democracy without radical thinking and radical voices being at the helm of any such quest.

As a trans person, I don't feel welcome in most public spaces. Especially now with Trump, I don't feel faith or recognize that we're protected by the government or administration.