I'll bet my next paycheck that you'd be quite wrong on that prediction. And no, I am not one of those hopium addicts.
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ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Live
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People feel powerless. That's what's leading to violence. They see their rights are being taken away. They see no real solution to the situation. Ironically it was all predicted in the federalist papers. They said then that the second amendment is the antidote to tyranny. Where are people coming up with this stuff? Here:
How Does an Armed People Secure a Free State?
The right to keep and bear arms is premised on self-defense. A well-armed citizenry secures a free state by protecting the nation and its individuals from three distinct threats: tyranny, foreign invasion, and domestic dangers such as crime and civil unrest.
www.heritage.org
The media is really the last outlet people have. That's why it's so important to keep the media free. People need to feel they're being heard.
Is it because it’s a subject central to this forum that we think this is different? It’s really not. We’ve heard for how long “this time he’s crossed a line” or something to that effect. We’re seeing the predictable immediate aftermath. Every single time it goes back down to a simmer when the next thing comes up. Maybe it takes a week or two, maybe longer.
We’re talking about an administration and willing legislative and judicial branch that happily cut funding for children’s cancer research, destroyed PBS and NPR, are destroying the education department, engaging in ghastly deportation activities, and the list goes on. I’m sorry, but Kimmel’s show is not going to suddenly break his ironclad grip. Not a single GOP legislator is going to lose their job in 2026 over this. And if we’re being honest, retaining their jobs is all that motivates them.
I strongly and vehemently disagree with you. The killing of late night television is going to reverberate both here and in the public sphere for years to come.
The difference is Colbert got a chance to say goodbye for 10 months and Paramount Global has plausible deniability.
If that's the attitude on here, then Lance should just close down the boards, and we all stop trying because it's all preordained. In fact I'd advocate this thread be locked right now because there's no point in continuing.
I thought being woke is now illegal?
No, because there's enough dumb stuff happening on a weekly basis that we have to keep track of, it'll eventually become a footnote. Meanwhile, the Charlie Kirk thing will reverberate in the public sphere for years to come as they have already made him a martyr for free speech.
Conservative group files FCC complaint against KABC-TV over Kimmel monologue
The complaint filed by the Center for American Rights targets KABC-TV, located in the broadcast market of Disney's corporate headquarters.
thedesk.net
Here are more details on KABC-TV targeted in the FCC complaint in response to the Jimmy Kimmel issue. Yes it’s because KABC-TV is in the same area as Disney’s main office and where Jimmy Kimmel is filmed.
"You best stay woke.", was first used by Leadbelly. Does anyone here know what he meant?
The shooter is a fool who shot down his own cause. He didn't help any of us either.
What do you mean?
I'm serious here. It's bad enough when threads keep getting derailed and locked because of irreconcilable political differences. It's another when there's a drumbeat of "nothing will change, we're permanently screwed" nihilism. This is how we end up with more Luigi Mangiones.
If what I say here gets me banned, then so be it, but defeatism gets me more angry than any opposing viewpoint.
/soapbox
We don't own the media or the government...we ultimately can't do anything about it.
People are free to try. Maybe someday something will actually change. But the days when Nixon’s own party found what he did crossed a line and were willing to speak up are gone. Star Wars and its scrappy rebellion taking down the Sith is a lovely fantasy.
It’s wonderful that we have governors like Pritzker willing to stand up, and states forming their own coalitions to bypass the compromised CDC and HHS. Truly.
It’s not that millions of people don’t appreciate the gravity. But they have bills to pay and kids to raise and jobs to cling to as the economy goes off a cliff. They’re tired. They’re scared. They do what they can when they can, but the deck is stacked firmly against them by the very system they were once told was the envy of the world.
I respect and value Kimmel and Colbert and Stewart et al, but am not blinded by unrealistic fantasy. The system is irretrievably broken. The guardrails did not hold. This is where we are.
I have varied between tears and rage for the world we’re leaving our children and grandchildren. It’s devastating. It’s devastating to know so many people cheer the stripping of rights from women, from the LGBTQIA community, basic human rights and dignity from immigrants who wanted to build a better life. That the endless number of school tragedies are a fine trade-off so we can have weapons of horror in millions of hands. And that’s just off the top of my head.
People don’t want to be exhausted. People want to believe there’s hope. But we put this man back in charge after Ukraine. After January 6. After so many lies and ethical violations that no one could count. Tens of millions chose this, actively and enthusiastically. They still cheer it on. And they have, like it or not, disproportionate representation.
So yeah, I’m sorry, but this story is going to be like to many before. The people who are against the corruption and overreach will speak out. Speak from a place of fear and anger. And in a few days or weeks something new will come along.
Meanwhile Kimmel is officially in limbo. And the Disney board seems ready to throw Bob Iger under the bus
Remember that Bob Iger went over the Disney board and yanked Kimmel off the air, completely spiraling it out of control. Bob Chapek was tossed for far less than this.
Remember that Bob Iger went over the Disney board and yanked Kimmel off the air, completely spiraling it out of control. Bob Chapek was tossed for far less than this.
He doesn't have to check with the board to make this kind of move. However, they can question his decision.
Disney stock has dropped a few dollars since the decision. It's bad PR for sure. Not the kind of thing you remove Iger over.
The real challenge is how he fixes things.
Back here in reality…there is no hoax.
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