Drudge Retort: The Other Side of the News
Wednesday, September 23, 2026

President Donald Trump's top media attack dog used to be involved with a sketchy addiction recovery group where women were allegedly sexually exploited by male group leaders. Brendan Carr, the Trump-appointed chair of the Federal Communications Commission, was formerly associated with the Midtown Group"a rogue chapter of Alcoholics Anonymous based in Washington, D.C., that some former members described as a "cult," according to The Guardian. The group's one-time leader, Michael Quinones, was the mastermind behind its manipulative and sexually exploitative conduct, former members told the outlet. Quinones, who died of cancer in 2007, was a controlling force in their lives, dictating where they lived, worked, and went to school.

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Brendan Carr strikes me as a perfect apparatchik in a modern Inquisition, and this may help explain why. He really does come across as a hopeless dry drunk.

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