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RocketMoney got Disney cancelled for me.  Unfortunately, I was on the annual plan, so it's still going through February.  And I didn't get to tell them why I was cancelling.

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President Donald Trump has suggested that networks regularly criticize him should potentially have their licenses taken away.

"They're 97% against, they give me wholly bad publicity... I mean, they're getting a license, I would think maybe their license should be taken away" Trump told reporters on Thursday. "When you have a network and you have evening shows and all they do is hit Trump...They're not allowed to do that."

The president's warning to networks comes hours after ABC announced Wednesday evening that it has suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live! indefinitely following backlash over comments host Jimmy Kimmelmade about the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The host criticized MAGA figuresfor politicizing Kirk's death, prompting outrage from conservative activists.

 

 

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6 minutes ago, chainsaw said:

Pathetic

Ah yes, all those comedians with hours and hours of sets about the benefits of masks and importance of vaccinating the majority.

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In this episode of Ross Douthat’s “Interesting Times,” Ross and Ezra assess the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination and debate whether the left has taken a dark turn.

The left NEEDS to take a dark turn, Ezra.

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Just now, jimmyjazz said:

The left NEEDS to take a dark turn, Ezra.

AKA, do the same thing the right has been doing for a decade.  They changed the rules.  It's time the left started playing by them.

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1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

FIF accuracy.  Utterly ignore the fucking TORRENT of right-wing rage, countless death threats, calls for political violence, extermination, exile, etc., and calls to imprison/eliminate the entire political opposition, in favor of focusing on....I don't even fucking understand what he's focusing on.  He's a giant piece of shit, that's all that can be focused on.

He's fucking awful, and I don't know why anyone on the left takes him seriously about anything.

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12 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

i think if enough of us write in "fascism" as our reason, we can get it onto the official options list.

I wrote that I "didn't feel like paying a bunch of mouse eared bootlickers"

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10 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

whataboutism is their fucking religion.

You mean "whataboutism, built on a platform of false equivalency."

For example, they respond to coercive threats against ABC's very licensure by saying "whatabout when the Biden admin pressured FB to remove disinformation during COVID??????"

Those are not equivalent things (per Cornell law's nice summary of First Amendment law on such matters):

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The government can attempt to persuade private parties to adopt its viewpoints, but it cannot coerce others into suppressing what the government believes to be objectionable views by threatening legal sanctions or using other coercive methods.4 In other words, the government may communicate with third parties as part of its “attempts to persuade” the public, but it cannot cross the threshold into impermissible “attempts to coerce.” 5

To state a claim for unconstitutional coercion of a third party in violation of the First Amendment, a litigant must allege “conduct that, when viewed in context, could be reasonably understood to convey a threat of adverse government action in order to punish or suppress the plaintiff ’s speech.” 6 In National Rifle Association of America v. Vullo, the Supreme Court held that this standard would be met by a New York state official’s alleged threats of enforcement actions against private entities that refused to disassociate from the National Rifle Association (NRA).7

So, first, they state a false equivalency, THEN use it to bolster the tu quoque logical fallacy.  A fallacy on top of a fallacy.

It's akin to justifying the crime of murder by saying "the other guy is a criminal too" when all he did was jaywalk.  Except in this case, the action they are pointing to doesn't even violate the law.  They are effectively saying their action of murder is okay because one time, some other guy said "man, I wish that dude would just die already."

There is no intellectual honesty on the right.  None.  It's amazing to see.  From William F. Buckley to....fucking this shit.

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2 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

From William F. Buckley to....fucking this shit.

Don't let Buckley and his acolytes off the hook. They're as much to blame for this political mess as anyone.

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42 minutes ago, royiv said:

WFAA and KVUE in Austin are both Tegna.

Got it -- so the other "dance partner" with Nexstar in this supposed merger acquisition.

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13 hours ago, Modessit said:
19 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:
Well, you could avoid going through any legitimate Disney/ABC/ESPN channel.  Have your cake and eat it too.

This is hilarious. Getting a pirated feed means that SOMEBODY out there is giving money to them so you can watch, which means you watching is helping them get money. You're still seeing their ads, which is where most of their money comes from. Way to go! You showed them!

Well that someone ain't me and those someones are paying based on subscribers/viewership and I and anyone else like me won't count for that.

Also, do recall that I'm an IP lawyer, so for me to suggest this is  . . .  something.

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I think we should make sure Gary Weitman @ Nexstar has a bad day - poor guy is the only person listed on the contact page (https://www.nexstar.tv/contact/), so I guess he signed up for it.

Media Contact

Gary Weitman
EVP & Chief Communications Officer
(972) 373-8800 (office)
communications@nexstar.tv

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7 minutes ago, C-Man said:

Sounds like ABC muzzled "The View" as well.

Whoopi Censored? “The View” Ditches Hot Topics Avoiding Kimmel Suspension Talk As New Episode Reruns Old Conversation

https://www.showbiz411.com/2025/09/18/whoopi-censored-the-view-goes-live-but-switches-back-to-tape-avoiding-kimmel-suspension

Whoopi and Joy didn't discuss the Kimmel situation at all.

When does Saturday Night Live start back up?  That will be the real test.   If they don't go all in, including parody of Kimmel/being shut down for being Anti-Trump, it's over.

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6 minutes ago, Skipper said:

When does Saturday Night Live start back up?  That will be the real test.   If they don't go all in, including parody of Kimmel/being shut down for being Anti-Trump, it's over.

My guy did you not see the release from AF1? The God Emperor want to ban anything that says mean things about him. Explicitly and in his own words

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Cancelling my sub to Hulu/hbo/disney tonight after work. Fuck fascists, fuck censorship, fuck magats, fuck anti American Pieces of shit like ABC, get out of my country. 

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So, my thought was "boycotting ABC advertisers, and letting them know, might be more effective."  Then, I googled a list of ABC advertisers.  And man, it explains why legacy media is in the shitter.  Seems like 2/3 of the ads are for prescription drugs (none of which I use).  Then there's a fair amount of PI lawyers.  Again, I don't use them.  Auto manufacturers....I'm not buying any cars anytime soon.  Some bigger outfits, like Verizon and whatnot.  But goddamn.  Even looking for something I COULD boycott is a chore.  That can't be good for the ad sales department.  Shit, if you banned prescription drug advertising, I'm pretty sure every legacy broadcast company would go tits-up the next day.

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snl is back in 2 weeks.

if history is any indication, they will pull no punches, and make the fcc come down and take the control room from their cold, dead hands.

it's basically their only consistent belief over the past 50 years.

john oliver was off last week but i believe will be back on sunday, and we already know he gives no fucks. he went full on attack on his own bosses for the dumb shit they would constantly do.

 

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i actually worry about Oliver the most bc i feel like they will easily come up with some reason to revoke his citizenship and deport him.

 

on the other hand, if that happens...he might be one of the lucky ones 😒

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8 minutes ago, mchookem said:

i actually worry about Oliver the most bc i feel like they will easily come up with some reason to revoke his citizenship and deport him.

 

on the other hand, if that happens...he might be one of the lucky ones 😒

Didn’t Kimmel recently become an Italian citizen?  If so, he’s off to the concentration camp.

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38 minutes ago, Captainant said:

Daily Show is gonna be putting on some good stuff tonight, they opened to an all-gold stage and called it a "state-approved show"

Jon Stewart fucking nailed it.  That was beautiful.

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6 hours ago, Skipper said:

When does Saturday Night Live start back up?  That will be the real test.   If they don't go all in, including parody of Kimmel/being shut down for being Anti-Trump, it's over.

Lorne Michaels is not the same dude he use to be. He would have Hitler on now if he was alive. He will do everything he can do stay on the air and not ruffle any feathers. Most of the political commentary has been pretty tame of late. If anything he led the way with Biden being seen as senile on TV and depicts Trump as an intelligent rambler. James Austin Johnson has always played him as more charismatic than most other impersonators. 

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13 minutes ago, Captainant said:

Maria Ressa is giving one heck of an interview on how we got here

Yeah, she's interesting.  I'm ordering her book.

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I’m not sure where to put this but this thread is here and this was sort of mainstream. Stephen Colbert’s monologue tonight was pretty blistering about the censorship of Jimmy Kimmel and about Trump/Carr’s trampling of free speech.

But then after the first commercial break, Stephen introduced a special guest — Stephen Colbert from the Colbert Report who did a segment on The Wørd. It was brilliant.

Jon Stewart is back on the Daily Show. Maybe next May we’ll see the return of the Colbert Report. One can hope. 

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1 hour ago, Captainant said:

Maria Ressa is giving one heck of an interview on how we got here

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2021/ressa/facts/

She won her Nobel Prize for protecting freedom of expression in the midst of a fascist dictator takeover

So what I didn’t get from her is how the fuck we avoid the same fate as the Philippines. Or is it actually too late and we just have to wait for the violent end?  
 

It seems like the more we call it out, the more people think it’s hysterics and hyperbole. After the election, I’ve been in fuck it, FAFO mode. Reap what you sow motherfuckers, but no one seems to be learning still. 
 

I really think it might take something like suspending the midterms to make people see what is happening, but even then, I feel like half of America would actually support it. 

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2 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

So what I didn’t get from her is how the fuck we avoid the same fate as the Philippines. Or is it actually too late and we just have to wait for the violent end? 

if it ends with trump in the hague, let’s do whatever we need to do. 

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3 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

So what I didn’t get from her is how the fuck we avoid the same fate as the Philippines. Or is it actually too late and we just have to wait for the violent end?  
 

It seems like the more we call it out, the more people think it’s hysterics and hyperbole. After the election, I’ve been in fuck it, FAFO mode. Reap what you sow motherfuckers, but no one seems to be learning still. 
 

I really think it might take something like suspending the midterms to make people see what is happening, but even then, I feel like half of America would actually support it

Of course they would. Their team is up by 3 scores, call the game because of “inclement weather” and have forever scoreboard. None of them actually care about democracy.

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4 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

So what I didn’t get from her is how the fuck we avoid the same fate as the Philippines. Or is it actually too late and we just have to wait for the violent end?  
 

It seems like the more we call it out, the more people think it’s hysterics and hyperbole. After the election, I’ve been in fuck it, FAFO mode. Reap what you sow motherfuckers, but no one seems to be learning still. 
 

I really think it might take something like suspending the midterms to make people see what is happening, but even then, I feel like half of America would actually support it. 

I've been telling friends now to make sure they have a plan to move in case they need it. I try to explain a bit of it from an historical perspective and why having an exit plan, even if just to a different state, is a good idea. Anytime I call it out I will do it in a pretty measured tone and tell why a particular action from our government warrants me talking about things. 

When I talk with foreigners I ask for ideas about what jobs would be good to pursue in their country for the things I am interested in. I fully expect to work in another country starting in 2027, if not earlier. I'd actually be okay with earlier, but we'll see what transpires.



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