If we're trying to do a "get our best five out there" deal, the top four is really easy. The fifth comes down to Guilbeau, Black, or I guess Mack if he's next man up at nickel (I guess that three safeties with Taaffe or McDonald at nickel deal isn't a thing anymore). Phillips might enter that conversation by the end of the year.
MSNBC intro: "The FCC chairman warns that Jimmy Kimmel won't be the last, as President Trump cracks down on comedians who make jokes at his expense. What does this mean for free speech?"
I give it one week before cable news has panels debating whether the president should not only be able to cancel tv programs he doesn't like, but whether he should be able to deport their hosts as well afterwards.
Although.... we have a President saying he doesn't care about political violence as long as it doesn't come from the left, and that if he doesn't like your tv show he'll take it off the air. 100% of people should be horrified, as opposed to "some republicans may be souring on the future of the country...." But, baby steps I guess.
I thought about it for about 10 seconds and gave up. I'm sure there is some common theme between what has happened with Kimmel and the pandemic from five years ago.
Trump won the election because he won in a landslide with people who pay zero attention to news or politics. Seriously he won those people by something ridiculous like 35%. All the "hurr durr, I guess I'd like eggs a little cheaper so sure I'll vote for Trump" people, having no idea what that really meant. I don't want to put too much blame on Team Harris but they did a poor job of finding these people and sufficiently explaining what a Trump presidency would look like (this fucking hellscape we're living in now).
Kimmel is a very popular guy in those circles. If he can get axed by the president because he doesn't like his jokes, with no major push back, then we're pretty much done there. Soon anything Trump doesn't like will be off the air.
Trump said today, "We fixed inflation. We fixed prices."
If we're still doing that thing where we point out things he says that would sink any other president. Not really any point I guess. No one cares.
When the fascists in charge, guys like Pence, Romney, and Dick Cheney (and probably W if he ever bothered to open his fucking mouth) all seem like Bernie Sanders by comparison. It's horrifying by itself.
I was wondering what this fucking moron has to say about this. He probably still considers Jimmy a friend, so that combined with his previous stance on cancel culture should lead to a pretty vicious take down of the administration.
Right?
Trump was asked a question about what Pam Bondi had said about hate speech, and Trump immediately attacked the reporter. It ended with “Maybe they (DOJ) will go after you next!”. You would think something like that would garner a lot of attention. But no not really.