Rebuffed on an earlier bid to regulate the media’s influence on elections, Democrats on the Federal Election Commission are now openly contemplating restrictions on U.S. media with foreign ownership, including the New York Times.

In an extraordinary assault on American firms with foreign ownership, the FEC Democrats are eager to block contributions from companies like the Times, whose top shareholder is Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, and presumably others like Ben & Jerry’s, owned by European conglomerate Unilever, and Fiat Chrysler.