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It's not even clear the bosses know what was problematic...

Yeah, the discussion of whether Carr, obo Trump, technically has the right to do this kinda glides past the question of whether he should do it in the first place. Or what it says about this administration and how it feels about speech it doesn't like. Either way, one thing that distinguishes this action from Colbert is that that action was more subtle... and the talking point about his shows profitability muddied the waters enough to make it seem innocuous. The smoking gun (ie. Carr's appearance on Benny Johnson) makes it is pretty clear what happened here. People shouldn't be obliged to play dumb about any of it

The FCC has the right to regulate the airways. But if it's chair uses his position to coerce ABC to fire a personality for speech it doesn't like, that's potentially a 1A case. At least per Ken White. Again, pretty straightforward.

It's also not even clear whether the state has the right to do it either, particularly if they were to fire him outright

Thats an interesting position for a Libertarian to take

Another piece of evidence post-act. Entirely government driven.

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/jimmy-kimmel-out-abc-charlie-kirk-comments-1235430078/ Earlier on Wednesday, Trump’s Federal Communications Commission chairman, Brendan Carr, publicly called on licensed broadcasters to stop airing Kimmel’s show. “I think that it’s really sort of past time that a lot of these licensed broadcasters themselves push back on Comcast and Disney and say, ‘Listen, we are going to preempt, we are not going to run Kimmel anymore, until you straighten this out because we, we licensed broadcaster, are running the possibility of fines or license revocation from the FCC if we continue to run content that ends up being a pattern of news distortion,’” Carr said Wednesday, speaking with conservative podcaster Benny Johnson. “We can do this the easy way or the hard way,” Carr added. “These companies can find ways to change conduct and take action, frankly, on Kimmel or there’s going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.” I'm sorry, but this is happening because he the state compelled this action. Pretty easy story to tell

While they're at it, would also like to hear why it's a big deal when Brian Kilmeade, who advocating executing the mentally ill homeless, is still on the air and employed. I'm sure we'll be waiting a while for a response.

Can't wait to see which comedians the state hand selects for us to laugh at

I don't doubt it. But it doesn't take many disillusioned folks to make a political impact either

Don't even know where to begin with this one.... but we'll at least start with the fact that if you're gonna go through the effort of doing this cynical video, at least have your staff find a paint color that even remotely blends in with original concrete coating there.

https://farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2025/09/usda-again-increases-corn-planted-acreage-production/ The weather has been really dry recently in the Midwest, but it's a bumper crop for corn and (pretty sure) for soybeans as well.... a lot of economic factors at play, article mentions inputs but tariffs and just the ability to sell the product is a big one (soybeans has gotten a lot of attention in this regard re. China)

It's also just attrition.... the boomers are retiring, and there are less of us than there are any of us. Am sympathetic to farmers, especially given where we live. They are getting hammered right now and are pissed.... politically, you see it with the Iowa special elections, for instance. But it was very very predictable nonetheless.

Charlie never mattered to any of these people, he was just competition....

This is what happens when you outsource everything to AI....

Alluded to this in the Donald Trump thread, but do not understand how this sort of dehumanizing rhetoric advances a culture of life. Also worth noting that Kilmeade is a Catholic. He should repent at his earliest possible convenience.

Engineering background here... I would prefer that technical expertise be the determining factor to the greatest extent possible Just an insane opinion.

It's a very small detail from the week that was which been overlooked, but the way that Steven Crowder moved quickly to rebrand as the "#1 Conservative Daily Show" after Charlie Kirk was murdered kinda says a lot about the culture of life on that side, doesn't it?

"Pro Life"

The credible news angle is only part of the issue - the other part is that people find themselves seeking out "news" that confirms their worldview. And in a world where "news" isn't he the basic reporting of facts, it's a commodity that is marketed to people based on what they want. Which ultimately leads to the destruction of any shared truths. As much as we blame the news media, and boy oh boy do they deserve it a lot of the time, especially in a capitalist system, they are just giving the people what they want. We collectively deserve blame for that.

Agreed in full. Again, nobody is "celebrating" his death

If that's what this is really about, they'd be better off with Charlie Kirk alive

I don't see this moving the needle one way or another.

I would add, this starts with the President of the United States. Who by his own admission has no interest in uniting Americans

He appears to be a nihilist with possible groyper tendencies