Following alarming reports that Elon Musk intervened in Starlink's internet access during critical operations in Ukraine, calls are growing across Capitol Hill to bring the satellite service under public control. Thom Hartmann examines the historic precedent of U.S. nationalization—from Woodrow Wilson seizing rail and radio networks to FDR, Reagan, and Bush taking over essential private assets during national crises. Why should critical defense infrastructure and communication arrays built on taxpayer subsidies remain under the whim of an erratic billionaire?

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