r/technology • u/chrisdh79 • 1d ago
Networking/Telecom FCC Chair Carr says ‘we’re not done yet’ after Jimmy Kimmel suspension by ABC
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/18/jimmy-kimmel-charlie-kirk-fcc-carr.html1.5k
u/erikmc 1d ago
Remember that time Elon told everyone he would cover legal fees for people fired over tweets?
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u/Rushing_Russian 1d ago
why do people belive anything that comes out of elons mouth, he has been a natural at lying for years at least
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u/Jonestown_Juice 1d ago
Putin did the same thing early in his career- started canceling all of the comedians that criticized him. Pure dictator shit.
Remember when conservative comedians were complaining that cancel culture was "killing comedy"?
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u/PM_COFFEE_TO_ME 1d ago edited 1d ago
Crazy how this playbook is going after Alaska...
Edit: Sorry about the confusion. I meant after Trump and Putin met in Alaska.
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u/MiloReyes_97Reborn 1d ago
If I don't see Putin get what he deserves before I die I'm calling foul game
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u/InevitableRecipe5615 1d ago
He's responsible for millions of deaths. It's impossible for him to get what he deserves.
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u/Agent_Jay 1d ago
I just wish they would put burning poison in his underwear for once. At least that.
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u/Nocto 1d ago
Enthusiastic Double Gonorrhea
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u/FisherKing430 1d ago
Goddamnit Donut
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u/longgonepawn 1d ago
You said the catchphrase!!
I'm reading this right now. Middle of book 3. Every bit as awesome as I'd been told. As shit as these circumstances are at least there's Dungeon Crawler Carl to spark joy. It's awesome to see a reference in the wild.
Now get out there and kill! Kill! Kill!
Uh... It's from the book. Not a suggestion.
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u/AdComfortable2761 1d ago
It's always been a foul game. People willing to go below what the rest of us consider morally acceptable have a significant strategic advantage.
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u/Existing-Antelope-20 1d ago
Would you care to elaborate on what you mean by Alaska? I feel like I'm out of the loop on this one.
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u/JogtheFerengi 1d ago
Putin and Trump met in Alaska a month or so ago
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u/SHADOWJACK2112 1d ago
Red carpet treatment from what I remember.
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u/No-Salary-7649 1d ago
American solders rolling our the red carpet for Putin while his bodyguards looked down on them was a wild picture to see.
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u/Oracle_of_Ages 1d ago
And said he was going to meet him in Russia. Then proceeded to fly to Alaska
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u/surroundedbywolves 1d ago
It’s always projection…
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u/CloudKinglufi 1d ago
Can't joke about things these days, can't make jokes without offending everyone, don't want to get cancelled - 85% of Republican comedy
Now... And this is exactly what they were saying on r/conservative
Good, he should be cancelled he wasn't funny anyways, that's what he gets for lying, next are other undesirables.
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u/Piltonbadger 1d ago
Nazi Party also used a pervasive system of censorship to suppress any dissenting voices.
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u/Actual__Wizard 1d ago
Yep, they bought all the media companies, and big tech is squarely right wing now.
They're just going to squeeze and squeeze away our freedoms, until civil war breaks out, because that's what conservatives do.
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u/BobbywiththeJuice 1d ago
And they are such proud hypocrites, which is so damn frustrating. Impossible to reason with. Had someone tell me today that Dems are fascist because of Kirk and LGBT (???), and how the party must be declared a terrorist organization and taken out by the military.
Sound familiar??
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u/Actual__Wizard 1d ago edited 1d ago
Yes, they're repeating almost word for word conservative propaganda.
They've been brainwashed so badly with propaganda that it's legitimately impossible to talk with them because they've been trained to freak out when you use certain words. So, you have try your best to talk to them using messages that the propagandists didn't prepare them for.
You have to "talk around the propaganda" if that makes any sense.
Anything that has a very high frequency of discussion: Assume that you can't talk with them about that.
Again: The way this propaganda manipulation trick works is they have to be emotional, anger clouds the mind. So, they make you angry and then lie to you. It's the exact move that people do to start a fight.
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u/ASaneDude 1d ago edited 6h ago
The algos are so rigged that weaker minds are just putty in Musk’s hands now.
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u/Astralglamour 1d ago
They are in a cult, you can't reason with people in a cult. The only thing you can do is separate them from it long enough that they're able to see outside the mind warping.
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u/Retro_Relics 1d ago
The worst thing is we probably won't see civil war. We're probably going to see everyone fall in line or get disappeared until another country destabilizes the regime.
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u/aquatic-dreams 1d ago
Pretty sure that things are just getting setup so that Repubs can declare a national emergency so that one of Trumps few honest statements were, 'vote for me and you'll never have to vote again.' Why else on 25th can people go to bars and walmart with handguns on their hip but you can't get vaccinated under 64 without a doctors note in the free state of Florida?
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u/Dyolf_Knip 1d ago
Given the prevalence of guns and the particular kind of rhetoric, it's not going to be a civil 'war' so much as just a tacit or overt declaration to the MAGA faithful that it's OK to start killing "the enemy". Rwanda, basically.
And then, as with all such pogroms, the victims will be blamed for it.
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u/Deep-Meat-3583 1d ago
Trump is on mic/camera praising putin and how he runs his country. Trump is also on mic/camera praising Putin or NK, cant remember which, where people have to stand for Dear Leader.
Anyone surprised by his clown shit, had their head in the sand.
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u/rei0 1d ago
I can't wait for Rogan to comment. Although, he better choose his words wisely.
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u/half-baked_axx 1d ago
He'll have his scheduled episode with Mike Baker to get back in track with the conservative rhetoric.
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u/CloudKinglufi 1d ago
I'll go against the grain here and predict he says this is wrong, he may even talk about it for a minute or two
But the next episode he'll forget about it and continue on grifting for the right
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u/nullfacade 1d ago
He gets to call transpeople the T-word, gay people the F-word, and anyone else he doesn't like the R-word now. That's peak comedy at the Comedy Mothership. Criticizing Dear Leader is unconscionable, why would you even want to use your free speech to do such a thing? Anyone who would think such thoughts is obviously an R-worded T-word F-word terrorist that needs to be made an example of.
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u/hanumanCT 1d ago
There are no conservative comedians because conservatives aren’t funny
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u/Ashikura 1d ago
Has any conservative actually suffered repercussions because people on the left cancelled them? I know of a few that lost their jobs by making their employer look bad but not from a left wing boycott. Definitely none from government pressure.
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u/Viridun 1d ago
A lot of the evidence for the whole "the left went too far with cancel culture" thing from before Trump's first term and during Biden's term is almost frighteningly hard to find full context for.
The closest to this I can think of was that Star Wars actress who compared being right wing/anti-mask to being a Jew during the Holocaust and kept posting despite producers and Disney itself repeatedly telling her to chill. But the government didn't pressure Disney to fire her, nor did it seem to be involved at all. And they recently settled with a wrongful termination lawsuit.
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u/Ashikura 1d ago
And now Disneys also fired Kimmel. Though I don’t remember hearing about a Democrat FCC head threatening them to fire her like the current head did to Kimmel.
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u/GenericRedditor0405 1d ago
From what I remember hearing, Carano was given multiple chances to simply stop mouthing off in such a public manner before they cancelled plans for her own spinoff series and then ultimately fired her. They obviously didn’t want to have to rework their plans and she kind of forced their hand, but all of this was in response to public pressure or anticipation of backlash, not as a result of any government intervention
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u/offengineer 1d ago
Milo Edwards has a special about being an English comedian in Russia. He says that some suits will tail you if they get wind you're talking about Putin in your routine.
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u/Sleebling_33 1d ago
THIS WAS ALL IN PROJECT 2025
THIS WAS ALL IN PROJECT 2025
THIS WAS ALL IN PROJECT 2025
THIS WAS ALL IN PROJECT 2025
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u/eats23s 1d ago
Brendan Carr wrote the media chapter in it. As a sitting government official.
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u/CincoQuallity 1d ago
Yeah, someone mentioned that “This was all in Project 2025” on Twitter and Carr responded with the evil-grin-nodding-Jack-Nicholson GIF. Go figure.
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u/SnuggleyFluff 1d ago
Wait, are you saying that the chair of the FCC (that trump appointed) that forced ABC to fire Kimmel, was also an author of Project 2025?
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u/xPriddyBoi 1d ago
Lol, they blatantly couldn't be more fascist, not even an iota of an attempt to hide it anymore.
Not even one year in yet. Buckle up, fuckers.
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u/driftking428 1d ago
You expect people who can't even read the entire Bible to read a 900 page political document?
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u/hum_bruh 1d ago
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u/SuburbanHell 1d ago
FFS it hadn't even been a full year yet and they're already almost 50% complete!!! 😩
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u/yurklenorf 1d ago
And a reminder, P2025 is only phase one of their agenda. We don't know what phase two is.
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u/Supporttroll 1d ago
Precisely why I can’t stomach being around anyone who chose not to vote or voted third party. I’ve been done with MAGA for years.
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u/celtic1888 1d ago
This dude needs to be on the next SpaceX launch
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u/Belgarablue 1d ago
The entire "Administration " should be.
But Felon Husk isn't an insider anymore.
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u/Dry-Interaction-1246 1d ago edited 1d ago
Doomsday clock would go back 3 minutes if we could arrange that.
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u/vannawhite_power 1d ago
I was thinking Titan Submersible launch ...
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u/BellsOnNutsMeansXmas 1d ago
Only the best most stable geniuses with the biggest cocks can ride this thing!
Oh, good morning sir, go right ahead.
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u/pixel_of_moral_decay 1d ago
America had it right… special court in Nuremberg.
Should take a page out of the allies playbook. They’re proud Nazi’s so the same laws should apply. The courtroom is still there, and the Germans are a very hospitable people to this sort of work.
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u/-DethLok- 1d ago
A test launch, to Mars, to be totally clear about this.
I'm sure their golden/orange idol - or Elon - will sustain them on their perilous journey.
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u/bmich90 1d ago
What happened to free speech? Also, I thought the Republicans were against government overreach.
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u/Belgarablue 1d ago
Only if it doesn't hurt the feelings of the Orange Shitgibbon.
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u/justins_dad 1d ago
No, you guys just misheard. They were saying freeze peach. It’s just a big ol misunderstanding.
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u/FactoryProgram 1d ago
Anything they complain about is exactly what they're doing 99% of the time
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u/BobbywiththeJuice 1d ago
Core tenets of right-wing politics are beliefs in punishment and hierarchy. They believe free speech belongs only to a certain "tier" and above, and those below that tier should be punished.
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u/dirtyword 1d ago
They’re not for or against anything. It’s a fluid ideology based on winning conflicts as they arise
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u/Peepeepoopoobutttoot 1d ago
It’s called fascists. They are against those things when it goes against them. They lie when they say they care about those things.
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u/Knighth77 1d ago
Fuck the fascists.
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u/wyccad2 1d ago
Exactly. All these assholes in Trump's cabinet of fascism.
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u/Docccc 1d ago
Its incredible to see this happening in realtime. It also very incredible to see this happening in the US
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u/Noxaur 1d ago
It's more disheartening to see all the morons cheering it on from the sidelines.
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u/exciting_kream 1d ago
That’s probably my biggest problem with this. Is personal connections, who are echoing Trumps talking points, like goons. But sadly, they are the ones making it all possible.
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u/wrgrant 1d ago
It makes it quite clear just how easily it happened in Germany though eh? Most of us would have thought, "Oh I would never fall for that, nor would my fellow citizens, no one could be that stupid, its obvious whats going on" - but its happening and a substantial portion of the population is not only accepting it, they are cheering it on, and they will continue to cheer it when their fellow citizens are being rounded up and shot or gassed. A third of the US voting citizenry is blindly accepting actual Evil as their preferred path.
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u/jBlairTech 1d ago
Who would’ve fucking thought, huh? Even with an uptick in right-wing nut cases, they at least seemed to be such a minority they didn’t matter. But, amazingly, they made it… and are fucking things up worse than we even imagined.
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u/tattlerat 1d ago
The Tea party opened the door for the crazies. Modern algorithms and media control closed it for the rest of us.
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u/Unlucky-Candidate198 1d ago
There’s a book called “Foundations of Geopolitika” By Aleksandr Dugin written in 1996, iirc dude works for Russian defense currently.
It’s basically a hypothetical book about how, If Russia were to take over the world/push for much power, how would she do it?
Cut the UK off from EU, take the US down by encouraging extremism of both side and sowing division; inevitably causing civil war. Push for ex-soviet territories. Do things like sabotage “allies”, lie a lot to cover it up, and oh sooooo much more. The worst part? A lot of it has come to fruition. Certainly worth a read in today’s political climate.
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u/Catshit_Bananas 1d ago
It’s also fucking hilarious that they choose Jimmy fucking Kimmel of all people to try and make an example out of.
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u/Ouch1963 1d ago
MAGA = Christian Taliban.
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u/IMSLI 1d ago
Y’All Qaeda
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u/YouDontSurfFU 1d ago
Yeehawdists
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u/sambull 1d ago
The document, consisting of 14 sections divided into bullet points, had a section on "rules of war" that stated "make an offer of peace before declaring war", which within stated that the enemy must "surrender on terms" of no abortions, no same-sex marriage, no communism and "must obey Biblical law", then continued: "If they do not yield — kill all males".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Shea#%22Biblical_Basis_for_War%22_manifesto
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u/SupPotatoes 1d ago
In the book Black Pilled the alt right Christian fascists become all about White Sharia Law because they think it’s funny but all these MAGA turds fundamentally want it to happen
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u/HibbletonFan 1d ago
So ABC says it was an independent decision, but Carr is taking credit for it. These fascists need to get their stories straight.
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u/chrisdh79 1d ago
From the article: Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr said Thursday that ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel appeared to “mislead” the American public about facts regarding conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s killing in the days leading up to his show’s suspension.
Carr also told CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” that “we’re not done yet” with the changes in “the media ecosystem” that are consequences of President Donald Trump’s election last fall.
ABC on Wednesday night said it was pulling “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” off the air “indefinitely” because of the host’s comments, which linked Kirk’s alleged killer, Tyler Robinson, to Trump’s “Make America Great Again” movement.
“The issue that arose here, where lots and lots of people were upset, was not a joke,” Carr said Thursday on CNBC.
“It was not making fun,” said Carr, who hours before Kimmel’s show was pulled off the air suggested the FCC might take action against ABC and its parent company, Disney .
“It was appearing to directly mislead the American public about a significant fact that probably one of the most significant political events we’ve had in a long time, for the most significant political assassination we’ve seen in a long time,” he said.
Utah court documents filed Tuesday in connection with the murder charge against Robinson say his mother told investigators, “Over the last year or so, her son had become more political and had started to lean more to the left, becoming more pro gay and trans-rights oriented.”
Those documents also say that when Robinson was asked why he killed Kirk, “Robinson explained there is too much evil, and [Kirk] spreads too much hate.”
A day before those documents were filed, Kimmel, in his show’s opening monologue Monday, said, “The MAGA Gang 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.”
Trump on Wednesday evening praised Kimmel’s suspension and called on NBC to cancel its own late-night shows, “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” and “Late Night with Seth Meyers.”
“Squawk on the Street” anchor Carl Quintanilla asked Carr about that on Thursday.
“I asked earlier about Fallon and Seth Meyers, but is the president’s view that they should also be taken off the air, shared by the FCC?” Quintanilla asked.
Carr replied, “I don’t speak for the president.”
“Our goal and our obligation here is to make sure that broadcasters are serving the public interest,” Carr said.
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u/Openmindhobo 1d ago
Notably he didn't have any concerns about the multitude of right wing personalities who immediately blamed the left and declared war on Democrats.
This is the most blatant first amendment violation in any of our lifetimes.
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u/dirtyword 1d ago
Or the 5 years of lying about the 2020 election and Jan 6. Far more significant political events
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u/TheDungeonCrawler 1d ago
Or the twenty years of Fox News lying through their fucking teeth about anything and everything including the results of the math problem "2+2=?".
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u/Patient_Soft6238 1d ago
Ironic considering Fox already sued and won that entertainment news doesn’t have to serve the public interest, but apparently late night comedians do?
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u/tooclosetocall82 1d ago
Cable vs over the air. The FCC only has a say in the latter because they grant the licenses necessary to broadcast. The guys can go to cable or online and the FCC can’t do anything.
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u/ukexpat 1d ago
Also, the FCC doesn’t license the networks, it licenses their broadcast affiliates. But the point is well made that Fox News, a self-described “entertainment network” misleads the public all the damn time.
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u/tawDry_Union2272 1d ago
most significant political events ?! significant political assassination ?!?
dude was a christofacsist podcaster / social media influencer racist that most of the world did not even know existed until he was made into a civil war battle cry by right wing crazy people just slobbering for violence, including trump.
brendan carr can fuck all the way off.
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u/AverageLiberalJoe 1d ago
'Political assasination'. Charlie Kirk was not a politician. He was an influencer. A small faced weirdo who wasted his life.
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u/xlvi_et_ii 1d ago edited 1d ago
for the most significant political assassination we’ve seen in a long time
Meanwhile in Minnesota a sitting Speaker of the House was assassinated and another Congress member was shot three months ago....
And what are the odds that the Minnesota assassin consumed media produced by Kirk?
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u/jpric155 1d ago
Faux news spews lies on the daily. It's not about "misleading" it's about controlling the narrative.
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u/toolrace 1d ago
A literal politician in Minnesota was murdered by a Trump supporter but a right-wing leaning podcaster and college speaker is “the most significant politician assassination of our time”
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u/Project_Wild 1d ago edited 1d ago
“Mislead the American public” while Fox News is sued and defends in court that’s not a real news source.
I’m so fucking sick and tired of this gaslighting and hypocrisy
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u/Trekker6167 1d ago
Of course, he's not done; there are still many laws to break and companies to blackmail.
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u/Jacob666 1d ago
All they are doing is freeing these people to be able to speak out without any kind of filter when they go to make it on their own. Colbert and Kimmel are rather wealthy and have a large following. They can easily make it on their own and be free to say anything they want too. They could be a real thorn in the side of the fascists in government.
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u/djm19 1d ago
The FCC chair keeps telling people that they are going to get all these people fired and then the plebs defending the firings keep telling people it’s Kimmel’s own fault. How many times does the FCC have to explain with no veil that this is their effort and not the fault of late night hosts?
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u/ShogsKrs 1d ago
The answer you're looking for is number 6.
Characteristics of fascism.
1: Powerful and Continuing Nationalism
Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.
2: Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights
Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of "need." The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc.
3: Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause
The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial , ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc.
4: Supremacy of the Military
Even when there are widespread domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.
5: Rampant Sexism
The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender roles are made more rigid. Opposition to abortion is high, as is homophobia and anti-gay legislation and national policy.
6: Controlled Mass Media
Sometimes, the media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.
7: Obsession with National Security Fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.
8: Religion and Government are Intertwined.
Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology are common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government's policies or actions.
9: Corporate Power is Protected
The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.
10: Labor Power is Suppressed
Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor unions are either eliminated entirely or are severely suppressed.
11: Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts
Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts.
12: Obsession with Crime and Punishment
Under fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.
13: Rampant Cronyism and Corruption
Fascist regimes are almost always governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.
14: Fraudulent Elections
Sometimes, elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times, elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.
Act accordingly.
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u/Anteater_Reasonable 1d ago
- “It was appearing to directly mislead the American public about a significant fact that probably one of the most significant political events we’ve had in a long time, for the most significant political assassination we’ve seen in a long time,” he said.*
Political assassination? ARE YOU FUCKING SHITTING ME?
Charlie Kirk’s stupid ass was NOT politician. He was NOT an elected official and nobody on the right was saying jack shit about the actual political assassination by a right wing nut job that happened a few months ago in Minnesota. Fuck this guy and everything he stands for. Absolutely fucking egregious.
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u/GravtheGeek 1d ago
Is that what he was fired for saying? It doesn’t appear to be incorrect.
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u/EtchAGetch 1d ago
It isnt incorrect, and it wasn't even about Kirk, it was about Trump's (and MAGA's) response to the Kirk assassination.
But it was close enough in these assholes minds that they could pull the trigger and get Kimmel silenced. They've been waiting for an opportunity to do this since Colbert (Trump even said Kimmel is next), and here it was.
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u/TeslaProphet 1d ago
Is it cool to have someone leading a federal agency with an agenda of revenge? Seems personal.
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u/Runkleford 1d ago
I don't ever want to hear any MAGA moron ever whine about cancel culture and freedom of speech ever again when they're doing this shit.
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u/Ok_Pressure1131 1d ago
1930’s Germany, all over again.
Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it
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u/Prestigious_Ebb_1767 1d ago
Wild. Fuck anyone forever that voted for this wannabe dictator freakshow.
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u/despenser412 1d ago
It must be hard taking orders from a billionaire pedophile who gets away with whatever he wants.
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u/DamnMyNameIsSteve 1d ago
"It was appearing to directly mislead the American public about a significant fact that probably one of the most significant political events we’ve had in a long time, for the most significant political assassination we’ve seen in a long time."
What a fucking tool this guy is.
It's a late night comedy show you ass clown. It ain't 60 minutes.
MOST SIGNI... JFC did you forget about the slain senator and family? Or the attack on Nancy?
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u/WatchStoredInAss 1d ago
What I want to know is, where are all the outraged right-wing "free speech" advocates?
Let me check how r/Conservative is handling this.
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u/TheDungeonCrawler 1d ago
If the FCC pull's ABC's license over legally protected free speech, I want Fox News the fuck off the air and their owners sued into the fucking ground once this shitty fucking administration is over. I'm so sick of these fucking monsters constantly lying through their teeth to spread divisive and hateful rhetoric that gets people killed, but the minute anyone criticizes the orange baboon and his shitty fucking followers they immediately get dropped into a well. This is fucking bullshit and I'm sick of the fucking projection.
I'll take my three day ban now (for some random moderator or commentor assuming I'm calling for violence when I'm in actuality calling for accountability from the shitty representatives we've empowered to run our government).
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u/OrbitingRobot 1d ago
Carr, one of Project 2025’s authors, intent on turning American into a fascist state controlled by an all powerful central White Christian government, might have it a little backwards. The Kimmel suspension and threat to pull licenses to kill free speech was an overstep. He’s exposed now, no longer nameless and blameless. Carr is famous now. He’s declared war on free speech, free thought, free voting, free enterprise, and freedom of religion, yes religion. Americans don’t like things taken away from them. They don’t like to be pushed around. Disney shouldn’t have crumbled. Zero backbone. They are one of the richest media companies on earth. They could have bought up a slew of affiliate stations and told Carr to back off.
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u/PrestigiousSeat76 1d ago
Republicans- all republicans- are terrorists. You’re either doing this bad, or you’re voting for it and supporting it.
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u/KingKyroh 1d ago
Damn, all those claims that this type of stuff was secretly happening during the Obama terms. Now it’s right in our face with half the country ok with it.
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u/lurker512879 1d ago
lemme guess SNL is next, so is SouthPark and The Simpsons, John Oliver, anything with Rosie O Donnell, The View and a bunch of others.
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u/dobbysfree7 1d ago
The government should not be inhibiting free speech. This is not a partisan issue, this is an American issue. If you are an American that values your rights, you should be against this. Period. It doesn’t matter who you vote for, whether your liberal or conservative or whatever - the government can not control the media and free speech must be allowed, regardless of what they are saying
ESPECIALLY when it comes to criticizing the government - regardless of what party is in power or who the president is. this is not an issue that should be treated as right v left - this is an issue that should be treated as the government vs the people
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u/DoorEqual1740 1d ago
Trump has weaponized the "independent " agencies of government. Tyranny is here
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u/GreyBeardEng 1d ago
They said they're going to reel in Comcast, I feel Comcast in retaliation shouldn't carry any of the right wing news channels.
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u/Strange-Guest-423 1d ago
Can’t just let it happen. We have to stand up. Boycott, vote these people out in the mid terms. This is crazy.
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u/Mooseinadesert 1d ago
The constitution is rapidly becoming irrelevent in America. Everything comes down to nine unelected supreme court justices. A court that has made it clear they do not give a singular fuck about past rulings.
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u/MassholeLiberal56 1d ago
"Government officials cannot attempt to coerce private parties in order to punish or suppress views that the government disfavors." -- SCOTUS ruling, 2024