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  "path": "/2026/03/05/fcc-approves-cox-charter-merger-on-condition-they-promise-to-be-more-racist/",
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  "site": "https://www.techdirt.com",
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    "charter",
    "cox",
    "antitrust",
    "brendan carr",
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    "cable",
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  "textContent": "Hey look everyone! More of that famous populism Trump rode into power on! The Trump FCC has announced they’re rubber stamping the approval of a merger between two of the nation’s biggest cable companies (Charter, Cox), creating the biggest cable company in the U.S. Struggling Americans were surely clamoring in support of their local shitty […]",
  "title": "FCC Approves Cox, Charter Merger On Condition They Promise To Be More Racist"
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