Charlie Kirk

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Ty, Thanks for cite sourcing your post.

To anyone that still isn't convinced that Trump and Co were involved in Kimmel's axing...take a look at this.

Brendan Carr, FCC Chair, practically said as much in a tweet. Someone pointed out that this was part of Project 2025 and Carr seemed to agree. https://x.com/BrendanCarrFCC/status/1968521297974923696


And if you still don't think Trump is connected with Project 2025, take a look at this. It's a Project 2025 tracker. 47% of it is completed and a further 20% is in the works.


https://www.project2025.observer/en

So you think Kimmel's axing was wrong —-- so to speak. Personally, I think it was a long time in the coming, and whomever saw an opening, and Kimmel therefore got axed. Not sure if Kimmel’s freedom of speech had much to do with the end result. JMHO

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on a person who ***represents*** a broader platform.

My personal opinion is Charlie Kirk had a much broader platform than Hortman. Chathamracefan post stated it correctly IMHO.

Outside of her area, no one knew who that was. To equate that to the death of a national figure whose death appears to have been spurred on in part by vitriol coming from the highest political figures on the left seems a bit intellectually dishonest.


There was no "get Hortman" effort going on at a national level. Her death is no less tragic or sad than Kirk's but it is not equivalent in terms of what it signifies, how it has been responded to, etc.

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Whether Kirk actually expressed true Christian values or just used to justify his hatred for certain people is another story.

• That is between Charlie Kirk and God
• Hatred is such a harsh choice of words
• I can’t say that I’ve even seen the hatred “for certain people” that you speak about

[Tyy7777]

Ty, Thanks for cite sourcing your post.






So you think Kimmel's axing was wrong —-- so to speak. Personally, I think it was a long time in the coming, and whomever saw an opening, and Kimmel therefore got axed. Not sure if Kimmel’s freedom of speech had much to do with the end result. JMHO

Let's properly analyse this and I hope you read all of this.

Trump said in July, after the to-be axing of Colbert's show, that "Kimmel is next" and "It’s really good to see them go, and I hope I played a major part in it!" https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...97600777919524

Kimmel makes the comments on Monday.

Prior to Kimmel's axing, the FCC Chair on Wednesday made the following comments:

"We can do this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to take action on Kimmel or there is going to be additional work for the FCC ahead,”

“There’s actions that we can take on licensed broadcasters,” Carr went on. “And frankly I think it’s really sort of past the time that a lot of these licensed broadcasters themselves push back on Comcast and Disney and say, ‘Listen, We’re going to preempt, we are not going to run Kimmel anymore until you straighten this out. Because we – we licensed broadcaster – are running the possibility of fines or license revocation from the FCC if we continue to run content that ends up being a pattern of news distortion.’ ”

From there, two major owners of ABC-affiliates said they would pre-empt the show. This next part you're about to read is very important.

"These local media conglomerates are currently seeking mergers that require administration approval – a situation that previously gave Trump leverage to obtain a controversial settlement from Paramount." Think Colbert....CBS...Paramount owns CBS....

Carr then took to X and said that local broadcasters should "push back on Disney programming that they determine falls short of community values.”

Now keep in mind that just a few days ago a Fox News host said we should lethally inject homeless people. "Or involuntary lethal injection, or something," Kilmeade said. "Just kill 'em."

Where was the outrage from Carr?

Trump has cried ratings, but Kimmel leads the late-night 18-49 demographic, which is critical for advertisers.


So you still think the government didn't intervene?

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Well lucky Congress isn't a church!

• Not sure I totally get what you are trying to say. But I’ll go with it nonetheless.
• Let people grieve as they see fit. I would do the same for you.
• We all understand your views and opinions on organized religion and church.

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My personal opinion is Charlie Kirk had a much broader platform than Hortman. Chathamracefan post stated it correctly IMHO.

Hortman was representing a very large platform.

If Hortman was MAGA, their supporters would crying that it was an attack on MAGA.

It was an attack on the Democratic platform.

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• Not sure I totally get what you are trying to say. But I’ll go with it nonetheless.
• Let people grieve as they see fit. I would do the same for you.
• We all understand your views and opinions on organized religion and church.

There's no place for stupid, hyperbolic remarks in a CONGRESS HEARING.

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• “There’s actions that we can take on licensed broadcasters,” Carr went on. “And frankly I think it’s really sort of past the time that a lot of these licensed broadcasters themselves push back on Comcast and Disney and say, ‘Listen, We’re going to preempt, we are not going to run Kimmel anymore until you straighten this out. Because we – we licensed broadcaster – are running the possibility of fines or license revocation from the FCC if we continue to run content that ends up being a pattern of news distortion.’ ”
• From there, two major owners of ABC-affiliates said they would pre-empt the show. This next part you're about to read is very important.
• "These local media conglomerates are currently seeking mergers that require administration approval – a situation that previously gave Trump leverage to obtain a controversial settlement from Paramount." Think Colbert....CBS...Paramount owns CBS....
• Carr then took to X and said that local broadcasters should "push back on Disney programming that they determine falls short of community values.”