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    i thought he was pulled because the guy that Trump appointed to the FCC called up ABC and threatened them?

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    But… Kimmel didn’t make any Kirk comments, did he? I thought he only talked about the federal government’s reaction?

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      the offensive comments:

      We had some new lows over the weekend, with 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,

      full monologue

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        That’s literally all he said? Are you fucking serious? He’s losing the show, everyone is losing their minds, and he’s being forced to donate to turning point USA over that!?

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          Again the mass media failing us so resoundingly. Every outlet is saying “Kimmel was fired over comments about Charlie Kirk.”

          There were no comments about Charlie Kirk. This is a nonsensical configuration of words, and to half the country, it just says “he must have said something bad and these are consequences.” Even those who would support Kimmel won’t investigate. It’s creating a narrative and removing him out of literally nothing.

          We really are in Russia now.

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          Exactly when are y’all in America going to wake up to the fact you are living under Fascism? What will it take? The cancelling of the mid terms next year?

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            For the majority of us, we aren’t going to ever wake up to it until it’s literally dragging their neighbors out of their houses for wrongthink. We have a terminal case of “it can’t happen here” and a media ecosystem entirely owned by billionaire right wingers. We’ll be gaslit into believing anyone speaking out is just exaggerating and fanning the flames of political violence.

            I have absolutely no faith whatsoever that we come out of this without first having to go through a God knows how long brutal dictatorship.

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          He’s not forced to make a donation, but if he wants to maybe have a chance to keep the show, it’s heavily encouraged. I’d sooner kill myself before donating to those cunts. Being loaded and walking away from an irreparable relationship I think would be an easy choice, albeit one that should have to be made.

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            Turning point USA is Kirks abomination that travels the country getting college students to become conservative.