In President Donald Trump’s first eight months back in the White House, he is not just following the Project 2025 playbook — the authoritarian blueprint he once claimed to know nothing about — he’s executing it.

From purging diversity programs to steamrolling media independence, Trump has unleashed several discriminatory policies under the guise of federal power.

And now, with the blessing of federal regulators, he has the media — including Black-owned and Black-centered platforms — under his heel.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently approved the $8 billion acquisition of Paramount Global — parent company of CBS and BET — by Skydance Media . The merger was greenlit just days after Paramount paid a $16 million settlement to Trump, resolving a lawsuit over a “60

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