Sinclair Media is, after Fox News, the most powerful conservative propagandist in the nation. They pepper your Sinclair-owned local news segments with "must run" segments from their stable of hard-right, often-more-than-a-little-loopy commentators and other slanted takes from the home office. They are hardline Trump supporters, and frothing opponents of non-conservative policies.

Their purchase of 42 new stations will put them in almost three quarters of American households. That sort of nationwide reach is supposed to be barred by federal regulation, but Trump's FCC chairman found a way to make it happen.

This one stands out because it's the revival of an archaic, already-tossed regulation in order to benefit the company—in the midst of an administration-announced regulatory purge. That takes a bit of chutzpah.

The damage to America Trump is doing is far-reaching.