The Standing Record — Thursday, October 22, 2026
1 event that erodes our democratic ideals from October 21, 2026 · 10 earlier events added
The Standing Record
This is the Standing Record for October 22, 2026. We recorded 1 event from October 21, 2026 that erodes our democratic ideals and added 10 more from earlier dates — 316 so far this month, bringing the total archive to 2578. If you saw something happen — yesterday, or any other day — that belongs here, send it to our tip line.
FCC Chair Carr warned broadcasters that airing 'fake polls' could violate their license obligations
Event: October 21, 2026 Location: Washington, D.C. Jurisdiction: Federal Abuses: Licensing or regulatory power as leverage
On October 21, 2026, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr posted on X that broadcasters are "prohibited by the terms of their federal licenses from engaging in News Distortion or promoting Broadcast Hoaxes" and advised them to avoid airing polls that "would violate their regulatory obligations." The post named no poll and no broadcaster. It followed President Trump's repeated attacks on unfavorable polls and a polling firm's admission a day earlier that it had fabricated data.
People & Organizations: - Brendan Carr (Chairman) - Federal Communications Commission
Read the full entry: https://standingrecord.com/entries/2026/10/21/federal-licensing-as-leverage-1d78a77a/ Primary source: Brendan Carr (@BrendanCarrFCC) on X
Filling out the archive
We're steadily backfilling the archive — working backward through the record so the timeline is complete, not just current. These are older events we've archived over the past day. If you know of something from months or years back that belongs here, send it to our tip line.
- January 20, 2025 — OPM gave DOGE staff access to at least 14 personnel record systems holding data on tens of millions of federal workers
- August 18, 2025 — KPBS revealed El Cajon police were sharing license-plate reader data with dozens of out-of-state agencies, defying California AG guidance
- August 27, 2025 — Border Patrol arrested an injured man in a Carson car wash raid and ICE held him under guard in a hospital for 37 days without charges
- September 24, 2025 — Education Department civil-rights office ordered Seminole County schools to end Latinos in Action course as 'racial balancing'
- September 24, 2025 — Public Citizen report found donors to Gov. Abbott's PAC received $950 million in no-bid emergency state contracts
- October 3, 2025 — Border Patrol's Bovino pulled Oak Park trustee to the ground as he filmed Broadview ICE protest, trustee says; agents held him 8 hours, no charge
- June 24, 2026 — Federal prosecutors charged ex-Adams chief of staff Frank Carone with taking $120,000 in bribes to steer $6.8M shelter contract to Queens hotel
- October 1, 2026 — Tennessee Department of Health ordered Ryan White HIV/AIDS providers to verify each patient's eligibility under the state's lawful-presence law
- October 17, 2026 — ICE agents tackled, tased and pinned U.S. citizen Ricardo Gonzalez in North Long Beach, leaving him handcuffed and bleeding
- October 19, 2026 — Trump pledged to make year-round E15 fuel sales permanent only if Kansas re-elected Sen. Roger Marshall
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