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(34,282 posts)Irish_Dem
(77,126 posts)popsdenver
(854 posts)he brings to law here in the U.S. a CRIME the UK calls: *****MALICIOUS COMMUNICATION*****
Which is what the UK charged four people with, for hanging pictures of Trump/Epstein from a building and projecting the same picture on a building in England.....both during Trump's visit......
Most stunning was their welcoming Trump and honoring his coming to visit them.......Everthing that Trump/Republicans touch ends up caving into them.....
Irish_Dem
(77,126 posts)He just disappears them.
Or gets them fired, shamed, bankrupt.
a kennedy
(34,742 posts)I am sooooooooo pissed I just cant believe it. 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬
pat_k
(12,233 posts)I've actually been meaning to cancel. Sort of glad I hadn't already because if there ever was a reason to stop supporting the Disney/ABC capitulation's to the regime, this was really the last fucking straw.
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Magoo48
(6,666 posts)Coolgoober
(163 posts)Me Too
berniesandersmittens
(12,790 posts)skylucy
(3,992 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(172,000 posts)Initech
(106,742 posts)Fuck ABC, fuck the FCC, fuck Benny Johnson and most importantly fuck Donald Trump! May they all rot in the hottest, fieriest circle of hell!
doc03
(38,577 posts)broadcast TV for years other than SNL, Colbert and Kimmel. They will just lose more viewers to cable and internet.
SNL will be watching their P's and Q's from now on.............
ananda
(33,824 posts)I like it.
zanana1
(6,443 posts)I've been streaming PBS shows on the app. It pisses me off that so much children's programming will be gone forever.
Trueblue Texan
(3,946 posts)pat_k
(12,233 posts)byronius
(7,858 posts)What chickens.
Takket
(23,311 posts)was there something else? This quote wasn't even about Kirk. It was about MAGA and the killer...........
The MAGA Gang (is) desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it, Kimmel said. In between the finger-pointing, there was grieving.
I'm just.......... america is dead. the first amendment is dead. the government can threaten anyone they want to silence voices on their network/website.
LudwigPastorius
(13,700 posts)He got his feelings hurt, and he's hated Kimmel for a long time.
Their characterization of what Kimmel said as some kind of slam against Charlie Kirk (which it clearly wasn't), is just the bullshit misdirection they're using to axe his show.
Scrivener7
(57,605 posts)orangecrush
(27,211 posts)kimbutgar
(26,368 posts)The network is dead to me now. Those sobs have given into a fascist dictator. FU ABC/Disney!
BidenRocks
(2,473 posts)rubbersole
(10,810 posts)The recent "open carry" law being upheld in Florida will make tourists think twice about going to Disney World in Orlando. Skeeter walking around with his AR-15 near the Dumbo ride is very reassuring to foreign visitors.
(Just then typing "visitors" auto-correct suggested "victims". That's next.)
surfered
(10,062 posts)for this country. And they only risk losing their political job, not life and limb.
mdbl
(7,677 posts)Fla Dem
(27,255 posts)CentralMass
(16,640 posts)ChicagoTeamster
(89 posts)And then they can work together on a podcast
summer_in_TX
(3,903 posts)Now he's trying to sound reasonable.
He noted that an apology from Kimmel would be a "very reasonable, minimal step".
B.See
(7,208 posts)Crunchy Frog
(28,143 posts)DinahMoeHum
(23,238 posts)FTS - Fuck That Shit
summer_in_TX
(3,903 posts)Seems like trying to pull the wool over the eyes of the general public. Not one word of what Jimmy Kimmel said was in need of an apology.
But with Nexstar refusing to air the show and Brendan Carr threatening the license of Disney/ABC, the level of action/reaction seems awfully big. Outlandishly so. Nuclear bomb-sized compared to a ripple in a kiddie pool.
Wonder what THAT's about. I read and reread what Kimmel said, and for the life of me, I don't get it. That is, unless it's part of the effort to mislead and misdirect public attention.
To which I say, Trump-Epstein.
And go Jimmy!
Xavier Breath
(6,230 posts)Everything's on the chopping block.
thomski64
(807 posts)mdbl
(7,677 posts)I hope they have to buy out his contract, otherwise it should be a lawsuit.
sabrams
(24 posts)The Red Hat will flood the station with complaints when someone says something they don't like.
It is our turn to do the same. Kimmel did not say anything out of line. We need show up by the 10s of thousands.
PufPuf23
(9,645 posts)Blackmail in high places abounds and takes down perceptive voices.
AverageOldGuy
(3,116 posts)One of Snyders 20 lessons from the collapse of democracies in the 20th century is Do not obey in advance.
Theres a lot of that going on among networks and universities.
Ping Tung
(3,947 posts)ancianita
(42,435 posts)Eko
(9,731 posts)Mtnmama
(120 posts)It was about a very funny monolog poking fun at trump, and trump throws major temper tantrums when people laugh at him, even when that laughter is deserved. If you get a chance to watch it, please do.
KitFox
(455 posts)Drumpf: Very good. Look over here at the trucks. They are starting on the ballroom that the people have wanted for 150 years. Its gonna be great.
Jimmy Kimmel: That shows how an adult grieves the loss of a friend.
Drumpf is so weak and pathetic, he cant handle criticism. Like the Queen of Hearts- Off with their heads! No surprise here. BTW, who in the hell ever wanted a ballroom except this crazed pretend king.
Mtnmama
(120 posts)to get rid of anyone they see as an enemy. Notice how trump went so quickly into talking about his big beautiful ballroom. What stage of grief did Kimmel say trump was in? I sincerely hope Kimmel finds another outlet. This administration is completely despicable.
pat_k
(12,233 posts)Wikipedia has a list of other Disney assets.
Includes Pixar, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, 20th Century, Searchlight, a 50% equity holding in A&E Global Media (with Hearst Corp), FX, National Geographic and Onyx Collective.
Boycotting this spider is a challenge, but I think if you have a subscription to Disney+, HULU, and/or ESPN+, cancelling right now would send a message (if enough others do the same -- and I suspect there will be a whole lot of people doing the same).
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Efilroft Sul
(4,217 posts)Aussie105
(7,346 posts)Free speech, until it is criticism of pro-Trump rabblerousers stirring up slow witted people?
I really don't like the direction the Ship of State is sailing in, but I bet Putin approves - he does that a lot.
rickford66
(5,992 posts)usonian
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Queso Delicioso
(135 posts)No money for facist-enabling cowards.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(130,392 posts)Denvermosaic
(154 posts)Bev54
(12,998 posts)of stations. I need to find a way to get them all off my basic cable. There is room here for Netflix to step up and bring regular shows like the comedy lineups and news. Turn it into a winning streaming service with movies and regular programing.
Fakepresidenttrump
(1 post)Time to fire Trump: Low ratings, no talent.
Farmer-Rick
(12,249 posts)I am posting this so that any little Maggot idiot who comes here knows shutting up Kimmel or Colbert is not going to stop people from telling the truth.
Pedo Trump tried to blame liberals for the man's murder (and may have faked emails to paint the shooter as a liberal). Then they tried to blame transgender people.
Now all they got left is to scare money hungry corporations into doing as the federal government tells them to do. That's the very meaning of fascism.
The irony is that Charlie Kirk helped create his own murderer through stotastic terrorism. The Maggots think they can control the violence they encourage and direct it only at liberals. Surprise, surprise, surprise, they can't.
red dog 1
(32,061 posts)I'm sick of gutless TV network executives caving in to President Cankles every time he opens his pie hole, complaining about someone making fun of him.
BadGimp
(4,097 posts)
calimary
(88,340 posts)sellitman
(11,726 posts)It made me feel I was doing something positive about this horrible Un-American reaction.
ReRe
(12,151 posts)Yesterday they pulled Jimmy, and sure enough we're on a very very slippery slope because today they are talking about pulling networks! Viola'! And If they do that, then we'll be on our way to Russia's Pravda! Full on Fascism. Say good-bye to free speech. Good-bye Bill of Rights. Good-bye Constitution.
AllaN01Bear
(27,843 posts)Raster
(21,010 posts)Was planning on going to Disneyland later this year will NOT happen now.
Bengus81
(9,537 posts)And BOYCOTT the living HELL out of them.....