Here it goes donald. Fuck you. Fuck that cunt kirk. And rubio. Fuck GOP. Fuck you all, bastards.
May they all become memorial fountains.
We are already there folks…
Fuck Brendan Carr
Mmm freeze peach
It’s pathetic what Trump and his band of goons are doing to America.
I almost moved to the US at one point. It’s never been perfect but I grew up seeing it as a force that did bring about a lot of good in the world.
This is pathetic.
“Not in the public interest,” that line is going to get squeezed for all its worth.
Not in honor of the King, I guess. The hard way is starting to sound like a far better option. Anybody know a spine?
Equal protection clause says what?
“[This] appears to be an action by Jimmy Kimmel to play into the narrative that this was somehow a MAGA or Republican-motivated person,” Carr said. “What people don’t understand is that the broadcasters … have a license granted by us at the FCC, and that comes with it an obligation to operate in the public interest. When we see stuff like this, look, we can do this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to change conduct, on Kimmel, or there’s going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.”
Welcome to your fascist state, ladies and gentlemen. If you don’t kiss the ring and grease the palms, then you’re out.
I think the hard way sounds like a fun time
Yeah, I’m kind of curious what ‘the hard way’ is for the fcc.
Counterpoint: what is the FCC going to do to physically stop them? Jam the signal? Send in men with guns?
Revoke their broadcast license, to make it impossible for them to be on the air with their distributors.
Generally productions are a multi-stage process with several companies involved.
revoke license
Physically
make it impossible
How? Impossible how?
It is illegal, if you violate the laws then people with guns show up and lock you in a cage where you can’t do the illegal thing.
It’s the FCC. They don’t have guns.
you sure? IRS agents have guns. I don’t know if it’s because they’re Treasury or Federal, but i wouldn’t push my luck.
I feel like maybe IRS agents have guns because people fucking hate the IRS than to help them do their jobs.
None of the characters in that story are implied to have guns. One of them was implied to have a hammer-a goofy wooden one.
It’s the federal government, criminal violations of federal law is investigated by the FBI.
Who are currently more concerned with posting.
Unless everyone works together, from content creation all the way down to distribution, some part of the chain will comply with the federal government. They unfortunately don’t need to do anything physical - the show is already dependent on several entities.
So, not physically, and not impossible.
Just illegal and therefore cool?
Illegal, and never cool. I don’t like this just as much as you. It’s just any physical action wouldn’t make a difference.
I think even jimmy Kimmel could be cool if he was doing pirate broadcast art crimes.
I feel like nothing short of physical action really needs to be paid attention to.
The second one
Which ones? The FCC doesn’t have men with guns. The FBI are only good for posting now. They gonna send in the ATF?
Whoever the dictator wants, dude. Don’t you get it?
That’s not going to be a very competent thing, and it would cost them more.
I agree. Are we talking about a competent man?
Federal Marshalls, or local law enforcement.
Oh. We know this how?
look, we can do this the easy way or the hard way.
Said exactly like a thug in a mob movie.
Snowflakes
Softest president and party of all time 🤣
Even the president who died like a few weeks into his presidency because he didn’t wanna go see a doctor was a better president.
Where is Millard Fillmore when we need him?!
We have a rule on the book that interprets the public interest standard that says ‘news distortion’ is something that is prohibited
Unbelievable. Nobody tell Fox News
Guys, the FCC content rules only apply to Broadcast stations, like ABC. Fox News is cable. Its content is not regulated by the FCC at all. They don’t have jurisdiction.
If Fox News has straight-face lied to its viewers ONLY 25 times a day for the past 29 years, that’s 264,625 actual lies, not jokes.
So after Fox publicly and explicitly apologizes 264,625 times for each of its egregious lies, we can then entertain the idea of apologizing for delivering truth in the form of a joke on a comedy show.
Pretty sure Kimmel isn’t news.
That’s exactly how Fox got out of their bullshit. Claimed nobody actually believes they’re real news.
Kimmel is literally a comedian doing primarily comedy though. A wolf dressing in sheep’s clothing is not a reason to kill all sheep.
I’m not sure that metaphor is apt, frankly…
Seems solid to me. What am i missing?
For the analogy to be apt, it’s more like the wolves are at the point where they’re just doing the sheep killing. There’s no subtlety happening here.
First awhatment to the U.S. Constwhatution?
At this point I consider the US government to be fully illegitimate. POTUS doesn’t uphold the constitution. Congress doesn’t uphold the constitution. SCOTUS wipes its ass with the constitution.
Understandable. We’re in some deep shit. Assholes breaking down the walls to rip out the copper while we’re still living in the building. I’m hoping they touch the wrong wire and electrocute themselves before they can finish jackhammering through the foundation but things aren’t looking great.
Why does America fear Trump so much? I don’t get it.
He has an army of violent intimidators threatening any political opposition. Politicians on both sides have been threatened and will be killed. Mussolini had his black shirts, Hitler has the SS, Trump has his Proud Boys.
Ah, yes, the Proud Boys and their Pride Parade. Got it.
Kimmel has a italian citizenship, so he can jump ship anytime and leave the us forever. too bad people like ellen degeners, miley kunis and asthon kutcher left without facing consequences.
people should target where it hurts, subscriptions to paramount + and disney+,etc.
Can anyone direct me to or link me to the exact monologue in question? I’m not certain which is the one the article is referencing.
I…really? That was…tame. I’m confused.
That’s what I thought when I saw what Dowd said that got him fired. We have lawsuits and threats against the press. We have an armed force pulling people off street. We have a court that doesn’t believe in the Constitution. And yet people seem to keep thinking the elections next year will be able to fix this.
What Dowd said
“And I always go back to, hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions,” Dowd said. “And I think that is the environment we are in.”
He added, “You can’t stop with these sort of awful thoughts you have and then saying these awful words and not expect awful actions to take place. And that’s the unfortunate environment we are in.”
Yeah what I saw, shit I heard worse from these guys before. Now this was too far? Guess we are speed running this police state, full blown fascism. Holy fuck only been 8 months.
The right-wing mediasphere is in a frenzy equating anyone talking bad about Kirk with ‘supporting political violence’. They’re doxing people, calling their jobs to get them fired, etc.
This is just more of the same kind of bullying.
You can say that we need to kill homeless people on Fox News but you can’t claim that Republicans are pro-violence without being doxxed, harassed and canceled.
He didn’t say anything negative about Kirk… he implied that the right is trying to paint the killer as “anything but MAGA”
Their cognitive dissonance is maddening. I don’t know if they don’t see it, or if they are deliberately being obtuse assholes.
The people at the bottom don’t see it because their media stream is wholly owned by the elites. The elites don’t care about seeming like hypocrites as long as they can grab power and use it to enrich themselves or enact their fascist policies.
They say what they need to say to keep their jobs and keep the grift alive.
Fox News it literally calling for the execution of homeless people. How is that not hate speech?
Amd two separate shooting happen at homeless camps today. Yeah fuck FCC and fuck nazis
It is.
Rules for thee, but not for me.
I mean, the FCC does not have any power over the content of cable television stations like Fox News. Not that they would do anything if they could, the hypocrites, but still. ABC is a Broadcast station, the content of which is in the FCC’s purview, so it’s not exactly apples to apples. Doesn’t mean it’s not partisan reactionary bullshit.
They don’t see the homeless as people
