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Last night, while most of America slept, the Federal Communications Commission approved the $6.2 billion merger of Nexstar Media Group and Tegna. The deal closed. It is done. A single company now controls 265 television stations across 44 states and the District of Columbia. One company. 80% of American households. ... Gone. Not gone in the sense that the stations disappeared. Gone in the sense that the independence is over.

The free press is not a partisan issue. It is the infrastructure of democracy, and it is being dismantled, right now, in real time and in plain sight. There is a moment in every authoritarian takeover when people look back and ask: why did no one say anything? Why did no one sound the alarm before it was too late?

When Erika Kirk stepped into her late husband's shoes as the public face of Tůrninġ Pøin† U$A, she cast herself as a standard‑bearer for Christian revival and child protection. Her "Måkę Hęåvęn Crøwdęd" tour under the †PU$A Fåi†h banner promises moral clarity. Yet the tour's central partnership raises troubling questions about what conduct Kirk tolerates when it aligns with her brand.