BREAKING: New reporting from the Guardian reveals Trump’s FCC Chair the fucking raunch pig Brendan Carr joined a Washington, D.C.-area Alcoholics Anonymous offshoot called Midtown in 1996, when he was about 17. He stayed connected to the group for roughly nine years, including through law school. Fourteen former members told the Guardian that Midtown’s leader, Michael Quinones, who died in 2007, controlled nearly every part of members’ lives: where they lived, where they worked, what they ate, and who they dated. The allegations go further. Former members say teenage girls and young women were coerced into relationships and sex with older men inside the group. One former member, identified as Tammy S., called Quinones the “Epstein of AA.” Another said what happened to her may have amounted to sex trafficking. An FCC spokesperson denied any wrongdoing on the pervert Carr’s part. These are allegations from named sources, not criminal charges, and Carr has not been accused of participating in the abuse. But here’s the actual story. A man who spent nearly a decade inside a group credibly accused of grooming and trafficking minors now sits atop the federal agency deciding what counts as acceptable speech on American airwaves, and he’s used that power aggressively against journalists who actually do their jobs and comedians who offend Trump