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      This is why they got rid of him. WTF there was nothing bad I guess making daddy Trump look bad is against the law.

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      July 2025 Paramount/CBS agreed to pay $16 million to trump over a 60 Minutes lawsuit, then announced The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is being cancelled.

      July 2025 PBS and NPR were federally defunded in a Congressional tribute to trump.

      December 2024 Disney/ABC agreed to pay $15 million to trump over a defamation lawsuit, then in September 2025 cancelled Jimmy Kimmel Live.

      September 2025 New York Times, Penguin Books, several authors are now being sued by trump for $15 billion because, still, that 60 Minutes segment.

      Just a reminder: No Kings

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      Sooo… I’m guessing the complaints are coming from people who didn’t watch it? Because I can’t put my finger on anything that was horrible or false or anything.

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        My guess is that the right wing propaganda machine to hide the epstein connections, doesn’t want it shown that trump takes kirk lightly and doesn’t give a shit about his death. It’s hard to keep it going if dear leader doesn’t even care.

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        his mocking of Trump’s grieving of that dude’s death was low and distasteful regardless, to say the least.

        Edit (and keep downvoting me if you want):

        Trump is a narcissistic psycopath who is incapbable of symapthy that’s why he is expressing his grief through emotionless shock. This is the way all psycopaths sincerely express their condolences. It does not mean you make fun of them or make fun of death of someone who is already dead.

        Charlie Kirk is meeting up with god in front of all the maimed kids of Gaza which he advocated for their slaughter and genocide. He deserves that and it’s ironic how he was killed and the world is better without him.

        I want to say a million thing but I can’t bring myself to make fun of his death or make fun of the grieving of his supporters or family. That is not in me regardless of how much I disagree, hate and wish harm upon these people.

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          Trump isn’t grieving Trump didn’t know who the fuck he was. His team is using it for political reasons. In what religion would Charlie be in Heaven? Ah yes the American Christian religion which doesn’t listen to anything in the Bible.

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          But I mean, he didn’t even compare Kirk’s neck to fountain of Kool Aid, or make fun of the look on his face, mention how he was just about to lie yet again about gun violence before he died by gun violence, or anything.

          And it’s clear you didn’t even watch this anyway if you mention Trump grieving.

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      I’ve been saying that the billionaires and oligarchs — who own the majority of the S&P500 and political class — WANT fascism for the last 2 decades. They are behind it’s political resurgence, globally; most have already publicly stated things that prove they are authoritarian sociopaths (Musk, Thiel, the Koch’s, Ellison, Zuck, etc).

      This explains why Trump has never seen the invite or a prison cell, despite 100 clear as day felonies, why the Dem establishment has never done more than performative resistance, etc.

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        They always do. When capitalism starts to falter and the public opinion starts to turn on the system the ownership class goes right to fascism to crush the population.

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          I’d argue that for at least half of them, capitalism is just a stepping stone to their true goals. They didn’t opportunistically become fascist; they’ve always been that way

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      I could see some little snitch inside there feeding to their doxxing resources to try to get complainers fired.

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    Canceled my D+ and Hulu subscriptions and wrote in other:

    “Capitulating to Trump’s version of fascist America and knee jerk reaction to Kimmel made me rethink why I should give you my money. I don’t even like or watch Kimmel, but you are allowing free speech to be violated. I don’t support free speech abolitionists.“

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      I cancelled mine too. Clicked other but don’t remember seeing a place to comment. Missed opportunity. Well done you, though.

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        Nice! Good on you! Don’t worry about not saying why, if everyone is canceling today then they probably know why. Hulu didn’t have a spot to leave a why but Disney did. 🤷‍♂️

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      Not only do I agree, but I will comment to show visible support. This isn’t about Charlie it’s free speech.

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      No, they should not only stay on the air, but lean into this and talk about the situation even more. Being silent on the issue is exactly what those in power want.

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        Great idea. I didn’t mean to imply that a protest wouldn’t also include them being vocal about why they are protesting and what they would do during that time frame. I would assume it would be covered by media along with interviews, etc.

        Either way, good point.

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      The decision by Nexstar comes as the broadcast station is seeking FCC approval for its $6.2 billion mega deal to acquire Tegna, a deal that would make Nexstar by far the largest owner of local TV stations in the country.

      The FCC would have to raise the 40 percent ownership cap in order to let the deal advance.

      Quote from The Hollywood Reporter. Just like CBS with Colbert.

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      No one wants to give up their comforts. We’re all just sitting here letting this happen. No one wants to get violent or have a general strike or stop paying taxes or camp out in front of the white house or stop buying shit… We’re afraid of losing things that are going to be taken away in the future anyway.

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        I’d argue you could’ve trusted them MORE before the Fairness Doctrine was murdered. Certainly still needed to apply skepticism and discernment though

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          I’d argue you could’ve trusted them MORE before the Fairness Doctrine was murdered

          Red Scare politics would suggest they’ve always been untrustworthy. “Fairness” Doctrine only ever included two liberalized perspectives. Meet The Press wasn’t bringing on Michael Parenti and Murray Bookchin to debate David Duke and Ayn Rand.