Trump says because he won the election and networks give him “wholly bad publicity” that “I would think maybe their license should be taken away."

He tells reporters: “It will be up to Brendan Carr. I think Brendan Carr is outstanding. He's a patriot. He loves our country, and…

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) September 18, 2025

Sapper Redux said:

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LB12Diamond said:

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So what, I'm not getting into the politics of it. Both sides abuse their power.

I just like highlighting that Kimmel is a hack and it should be posted over and over.

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"Both sides" don't use the FCC to litigate political speech they disagree with. One side does that.

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You are exactly right. The left simply has to give their CEO a call and resolve the problem using the old leftist network for the most part. For more difficult cases they use other methods. Its all worked out well for them so far, so why change?

This whole argument about the right using just the threat of their license enforcement has you liberals in such an uproar you are totally blind to the RAGE people feel against the left for years of censorship and lies across the board. People are TIRED of it - tired to not care about the consequences because the consequences of doing NOTHING is far worse for us that are not on the left.

As someone who is more centrist than most conservatives its a painful thing to watch, but we're really helpless on this path the left has sent us down. And you're an idiot if you think conservatives will just keep sitting back and watch it happen - that's literal suicide at this point.

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So you're saying the left uses social pressure therefore the right assumes it should use government coercion?

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The white house calling social media companies and telling them to do things is not social pressure. That's an absurd claim.

So much misinformation in this thread. Good Lord. The FCC did not force ABC to fire Kimmel. There's no evidence of that! ABC MADE A BUSINESS DECISION.

It's pretty clear cut that there is no government involvement in silencing speech here. Kimmel is free to continue being a disgusting human being, just not on ABC's network. He's not going to prison or being executed for what he said.

Thunderstruck xx said:

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So much misinformation in this thread. Good Lord. The FCC did not force ABC to fire Kimmel. There's no evidence of that! ABC MADE A BUSINESS DECISION.

It's pretty clear cut that there is no government involvement in silencing speech here. Kimmel is free to continue being a disgusting human being, just not on ABC's network. He's not going to prison or being executed for what he said.

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No evidence except for multiple examples of the FCC chair explicitly and implicitly saying he influenced them. And the president saying that companies should lose their licenses.

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Thunderstruck xx said:

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So much misinformation in this thread. Good Lord. The FCC did not force ABC to fire Kimmel. There's no evidence of that! ABC MADE A BUSINESS DECISION.

It's pretty clear cut that there is no government involvement in silencing speech here. Kimmel is free to continue being a disgusting human being, just not on ABC's network. He's not going to prison or being executed for what he said.

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No evidence except for multiple examples of the FCC chair explicitly and implicitly saying he influenced them. And the president saying that companies should lose their licenses.

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You don't seem to understand the difference between the FCC and Trump stating their opinions versus actually taking action.

Thunderstruck xx said:

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schmendeler said:

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Thunderstruck xx said:

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So much misinformation in this thread. Good Lord. The FCC did not force ABC to fire Kimmel. There's no evidence of that! ABC MADE A BUSINESS DECISION.

It's pretty clear cut that there is no government involvement in silencing speech here. Kimmel is free to continue being a disgusting human being, just not on ABC's network. He's not going to prison or being executed for what he said.

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No evidence except for multiple examples of the FCC chair explicitly and implicitly saying he influenced them. And the president saying that companies should lose their licenses.

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You don't seem to understand the difference between the FCC and Trump stating their opinions versus actually taking action.

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Don't pretend you need a smoking gun because you wouldn't believe it either.

schmendeler said:

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Thunderstruck xx said:

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schmendeler said:

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Thunderstruck xx said:

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So much misinformation in this thread. Good Lord. The FCC did not force ABC to fire Kimmel. There's no evidence of that! ABC MADE A BUSINESS DECISION.

It's pretty clear cut that there is no government involvement in silencing speech here. Kimmel is free to continue being a disgusting human being, just not on ABC's network. He's not going to prison or being executed for what he said.

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No evidence except for multiple examples of the FCC chair explicitly and implicitly saying he influenced them. And the president saying that companies should lose their licenses.

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You don't seem to understand the difference between the FCC and Trump stating their opinions versus actually taking action.

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Don't pretend you need a smoking gun because you wouldn't believe it either.

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I haven't said anything to that effect, but it is clear many on this thread don't need a smoking gun to spread lies that this is government censorship of free speech. Look in a mirror.

Not sure this applies as I've done very little research.

Thomas Sowell- When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination.

Thunderstruck xx said:

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schmendeler said:

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Thunderstruck xx said:

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schmendeler said:

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Thunderstruck xx said:

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So much misinformation in this thread. Good Lord. The FCC did not force ABC to fire Kimmel. There's no evidence of that! ABC MADE A BUSINESS DECISION.

It's pretty clear cut that there is no government involvement in silencing speech here. Kimmel is free to continue being a disgusting human being, just not on ABC's network. He's not going to prison or being executed for what he said.

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No evidence except for multiple examples of the FCC chair explicitly and implicitly saying he influenced them. And the president saying that companies should lose their licenses.

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You don't seem to understand the difference between the FCC and Trump stating their opinions versus actually taking action.

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Don't pretend you need a smoking gun because you wouldn't believe it either.

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I haven't said anything to that effect, but it is clear many on this thread don't need a smoking gun to spread lies that this is government censorship of free speech. Look in a mirror.

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We have been looking in a mirror. We see ourselves getting banned, censored, debanked, deplatformed, called names (REPEATEDLY), doxxed, lied to and lied about all the time.

And since when did the government censor anything here? Talk about another lie/misinformation. If ABC thought they were in the right and had nothing to fear from the FCC they could have fought it in court. But no - instead ABC took action by themselves and the government didn't censor anything.

Sapper Redux said:

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javajaws said:

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Sapper Redux said:

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LB12Diamond said:

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So what, I'm not getting into the politics of it. Both sides abuse their power.

I just like highlighting that Kimmel is a hack and it should be posted over and over.

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"Both sides" don't use the FCC to litigate political speech they disagree with. One side does that.

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You are exactly right. The left simply has to give their CEO a call and resolve the problem using the old leftist network for the most part. For more difficult cases they use other methods. Its all worked out well for them so far, so why change?

This whole argument about the right using just the threat of their license enforcement has you liberals in such an uproar you are totally blind to the RAGE people feel against the left for years of censorship and lies across the board. People are TIRED of it - tired to not care about the consequences because the consequences of doing NOTHING is far worse for us that are not on the left.

As someone who is more centrist than most conservatives its a painful thing to watch, but we're really helpless on this path the left has sent us down. And you're an idiot if you think conservatives will just keep sitting back and watch it happen - that's literal suicide at this point.

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So you're saying the left uses social pressure therefore the right assumes it should use government coercion?

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the Federally employed left literally had backdoor access and people working at X and Facebook moderating content.

c-jags said:

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Sapper Redux said:

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javajaws said:

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Sapper Redux said:

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LB12Diamond said:

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So what, I'm not getting into the politics of it. Both sides abuse their power.

I just like highlighting that Kimmel is a hack and it should be posted over and over.

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"Both sides" don't use the FCC to litigate political speech they disagree with. One side does that.

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You are exactly right. The left simply has to give their CEO a call and resolve the problem using the old leftist network for the most part. For more difficult cases they use other methods. Its all worked out well for them so far, so why change?

This whole argument about the right using just the threat of their license enforcement has you liberals in such an uproar you are totally blind to the RAGE people feel against the left for years of censorship and lies across the board. People are TIRED of it - tired to not care about the consequences because the consequences of doing NOTHING is far worse for us that are not on the left.

As someone who is more centrist than most conservatives its a painful thing to watch, but we're really helpless on this path the left has sent us down. And you're an idiot if you think conservatives will just keep sitting back and watch it happen - that's literal suicide at this point.

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So you're saying the left uses social pressure therefore the right assumes it should use government coercion?

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the Federally employed left literally had backdoor access and people working at X and Facebook moderating content.

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Oh stop that - you know the leftists don't like admitting when they had their hand in the cookie jar!

Thunderstruck xx said:

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schmendeler said:

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Thunderstruck xx said:

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So much misinformation in this thread. Good Lord. The FCC did not force ABC to fire Kimmel. There's no evidence of that! ABC MADE A BUSINESS DECISION.

It's pretty clear cut that there is no government involvement in silencing speech here. Kimmel is free to continue being a disgusting human being, just not on ABC's network. He's not going to prison or being executed for what he said.

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No evidence except for multiple examples of the FCC chair explicitly and implicitly saying he influenced them. And the president saying that companies should lose their licenses.

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You don't seem to understand the difference between the FCC and Trump stating their opinions versus actually taking action.

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If your boss says, "don't do this or you might be fired," or a cop says,"If you do this we're going to have to investigate you," is that just harmlessly stating an opinion with nothing behind it?

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris said that people like me were greatest threat to national security the country faced. Was that just a harmless opinion?

I forget that he said this👇 https://t.co/s6EPkoFnea

— Rob Schneider 🇺🇸 (@RobSchneider) September 19, 2025

Roseanne had the highest rated show on television when she made a Twitter joke and was immediately fired by Disney. Gina Carano had the most popular show on streaming when she shared a social post and was immediately fired by Disney. Everyone on the left cheered.

— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) September 18, 2025

If you are a follower and have not seen this reported today:

Too late to dig out links to the info, but tomorrow should provide much info that Kimmel getting canceled was because -- without regard to the FCC -- Disney told Kimmel he needed to apologize on Wednesday night's show,…

— Shipwreckedcrew (@shipwreckedcrew) September 19, 2025

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Joe Biden and Kamala Harris said that people like me were greatest threat to national security the country faced. Was that just a harmless opinion?

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Do you deny the results of the 2020 election? Did you participate in the Jan 6 riot that sought to stop the peaceful transfer of power and ensure Trump remained in power?

No? Then he wasn't talking about you.
Yes? Well, then you are.

Ag87H2O said:

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Roseanne had the highest rated show on television when she made a Twitter joke and was immediately fired by Disney. Gina Carano had the most popular show on streaming when she shared a social post and was immediately fired by Disney. Everyone on the left cheered.

— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) September 18, 2025

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Claiming "Gina Caron had the most popular show on streaming" as if she had literally anything to do with it is like me saying the most dominant NBA team ever belonged to "Harrison Barnes' 72 win Warriors Team."

M.C. Swag said:

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Ag87H2O said:

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Roseanne had the highest rated show on television when she made a Twitter joke and was immediately fired by Disney. Gina Carano had the most popular show on streaming when she shared a social post and was immediately fired by Disney. Everyone on the left cheered.

— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) September 18, 2025

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Claiming "Gina Caron had the most popular show on streaming" as if she had literally anything to do with it is like me saying the most dominant NBA team ever belonged to "Harrison Barnes' 72 win Warriors Team."

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Reposting anything Clay Travis says should be an automatic 24 hour ban

Ag87H2O said:

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Roseanne had the highest rated show on television when she made a Twitter joke and was immediately fired by Disney. Gina Carano had the most popular show on streaming when she shared a social post and was immediately fired by Disney. Everyone on the left cheered.

— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) September 18, 2025

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The difference is, the FCC didn't publicly threaten anyone to make ether of those firings.

I don't know how many more times we have to say this, but...

NO. ONE. HERE. IS. MAD. THAT. KIMMEL. GOT. SUSPENDED. BY. DISNEY.

For the umpteenth time, that's not the issue.

It's that the FCC and Trump are publicly threatening to silence speech they don't like, and that the affiliates likely capitulated to them due to the fact they need the FCC to approve an unprecedented merger.

This isn't rocket science.