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WSJ reports Jimmy Kimmel planned to address the controversy had he gone on air Wednesday night. But Kimmel planned to blame MAGA, and Disney execs feared he would just make things worse

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession, and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind. Ronald Reagan - Day of Prayer And if I say to a wicked person, ‘You will surely die,’ but they then turn away from...

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https://babylonbee.com/news/people-okay-with-murder-outraged-by-tv-show-cancellation U.S. — Recent events in American society indicated that the very same people who are okay with murder are also outraged by the cancellation of a TV show. Current American societal trends showed that the exact same people who were willing to condone or even celebrate the brutal, public murder of a free speech advocate were also inconsolably infuriated by the cancellation of a late-night talk show. "How dare the right extremists cancel Jimmy Kimmel?" howled one left-wing political commentator. "It is literally violence to force him into silence just because he lied about an assassination. What is this,...

NEW YORK (AP) — Two ABC affiliate owners spoke out against late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel ahead of ABC's decision to suspend the presenter over comments he made about the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Their comments highlight the influence local TV station owners have on national broadcasters such as Disney-owned ABC. Here are key facts about the two companies. Nexstar Media Group Nexstar Media Group, based in Irving, Texas, operates 28 ABC affiliates. It said it would pull Kimmel's show starting Wednesday. Kimmel’s comments about Kirk’s death were “offensive and insensitive at a critical time in...

Already suing newspapers for billions over their reporting, president now cheers removal of late-show hostABC's decision to pull late-show host Jimmy Kimmel off the air marks what observers see as an escalation in a campaign by U.S. President Donald Trump and his allies to pressure media critics into silence. The network announced it was indefinitely pre-empting Jimmy Kimmel Live!, just as taping of the show's Wednesday night episode was about to begin, after Kimmel came under fire for a line in a monologue that referenced the man accused of killing prominent Trump supporter Charlie Kirk. This follows a series of...

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My 2006 Scion Xa (with only 74,000 miles on odometer) has lately been "jumping" when I first start it up for the first time in a day. I had my local mechanic put it on the scope, but he found nothing. He changed 3 of the ignition coils. No change. He changed a small hose from the ignition complex, which was hard and frayed at the ends. It's a little better, but still jumps when you first start it up. The mechanic drove it around, and it didn't miss. It ONLY does that when you first start it up, first...

House Republicans plan to vote Friday morning on a short-term measure to fund the government as a shutdown deadline nears, hoping to keep pressure on Democrats who have signaled they will vote to shut down the government if Republicans don't cave to Democratic demands to restore cuts to Medicaid and extend Obamacare subsidies set to expire at the end of the year. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise announced Thursday afternoon that the House would vote on the measure at 10:20 a.m. Friday. House Speaker Mike Johnson expressed cautious optimism Thursday that Republicans will pass their 52-day continuing resolution on Friday...

ULTRA DARK MAGA @ULTRADARKMAGA47 I loved Erika Kirk's response to her 3-year-old daughter about Daddy's on a work trip with Jesus so he can afford your blueberry budget. It inspired me to create this song in memory of Charlie Kirk. If you like it, feel free to share it. #daddysonaworktripwithjesus #blueberriesinheaven #IamCharlie #turningpointusa #e_rockincreation

Senior Hamas official Ghazi Hamad, who was one of the targets of the assassination attempt last week in Doha, Qatar, was interviewed by Al Jazeera on Wednesday evening. Hamad is the second Hamas official to be interviewed since the strike, following a similar interview earlier this week with Taher al-Nunu, who was not among the targets. Hamad described the situation in the meeting that Israel struck, recounting, "We were sitting to discuss the American proposal to end the war. Less than an hour later, we heard explosions and immediately realized it was an assassination attempt. As residents of Gaza, we...

The left doesn’t really care about Kimmel or free speech, it’s just about exploiting a convenient storyline to keep their narrative of Trump-is-authoritarian alive.ABC News pulled Jimmy Kimmel off the air on Wednesday. Not for being painfully unfunny, and not even for having an opinion. No, Kimmel got yanked because he flat-out lied and claimed: “the MAGA gang desperately [is] 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.”It was a pure lie. Following widespread criticism, Nextstar Media Group said its ABC...

Late-night TV is well and truly dead — at the hands of the hosts themselves. Their weapon? Their own blind rage at half the country. Hosts like Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert have deluded themselves into thinking that their mandate is to save democracy with one-sided political rants, rather than serving up breezy topical humor to send Americans to their nightly slumber. On Wednesday night, Kimmel was put on ice by ABC. Local affiliates had said they wouldn’t air “Jimmy Kimmel! Live” because of his vile monologue suggesting Charlie Kirk’s killer was a MAGA true believer. We hit some new...

Late last week, Senate Republicans invoked the "nuclear option" to push through President Trump's nominees, after Senate Democrats dragged their feet on votes. In discussions prior to this, Senate Majority Leader John Thune noted, "It’s time to take steps to restore Senate precedent and codify in Senate rules what once was understood to be standard practice — and that is the Senate acting expeditiously on presidential nominations to allow a president to get his team into place."Democrats complained, of course, with Chuck Schumer using this as an opportunity to claim Republicans stole a Supreme Court seat.Today, the Senate voted under...

A pastor and friend of the late Charlie Kirk cited a Bible verse highlighting the character traits of a true friend in response to claims peddled by Candace Owens after her friend was assassinated.Rob McCoy, the pastor emeritus at Godspeak Calvary Chapel in Newbury Park, California, released a statement on Instagram Tuesday, describing himself as Kirk’s friend and pastor. The pastor serves as the co-chair of TPUSA Faith, which he launched alongside the Turning Point USA founder in 2021. “Charlie Kirk was a friend to Candace and never publicly spoke poorly of her, though he disagreed with her,” McCoy stated....

Elon Musk has branded Sir Ed Davey a “craven coward” after the Liberal Democrat leader accused the American billionaire of “inciting violence” with his appearance at the Unite the Kingdom protest. Sir Ed today called for the Telsa owner to be sanctioned over remarks he made to crowds attending the rally led by Tommy Robinson, real name Stephen Yaxley- Lennon, on Saturday. More than two dozen police officers were injured when violence erupted in central London between flag-wearing thugs, police and counter-protesters. The march saw more than 110,000 people in attendance and attracted international attention, with Musk appearing on a...

Americans are shocked that conservative Christian Charlie Kirk was assassinated because radicals on the left could not tolerate debating the issues with him on college campuses and elsewhere. They also are surprised to learn of the deep interconnectedness and complicity of the LGBT community in the violence and hate coming from the left which has culminated in Kirk’s assassination. They shouldn’t be. I have experienced this hate and violence for nearly two decades as I have advocated for traditional marriage, the biological basis of gender, and free speech. It all began with Prop. 8 in 2008. Proposition 8 was a...

Depression remains an ongoing problem in the U.S. as historically high rates persist, polling company Gallup reveals. The reported percentage of U.S. adults suffering or receiving treatment for depression has been higher than 18 percent for the past two years. A decade ago, in 2015, the number was just over 10 percent. "The increase is alarming, and it is important that we keep an open mind and explore all possible causes for the rapid, and apparently sustained, rise in depression rates over the past decade," Dr. Gerard Sanacora, a professor of psychiatry, director of Yale Depression Research Program and co-director...

For years I have been writing about the slander culture of the left, whereby they can say any lie about anyone who disagrees with them without any consequence. These lies are often pure slander and defamation, based on no facts. Often they grow to a point that anyone attacked in this manner becomes a persona non grata, ostracized by all society out of fear.................. The events in the past two days in connection with former host Jimmy Kimmel of Jimmy Kimmel Live! however tells me that the murder of Charlie Kirk has truly changed things.

Daniel Richman, a law professor, met with prosecutors on Tuesday, sources said. A Columbia law professor who is a friend and adviser to former FBI Director James Comey was subpoenaed last week by federal prosecutors in connection with a criminal probe into whether Comey allegedly lied in testimony before Congress, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. Daniel Richman has previously acknowledged his role as an intermediary between Comey and reporters in the wake of Comey's 2017 firing by President Donald Trump during his first term over Trump's anger with the FBI's investigation into his 2016 campaign. In public...