"Kimmel’s accusation that Trump is using the Kirk murder for political payback was right on the money.

It’s not as if this is surprising. It’s not as if we haven’t been warned about what’s coming again and again. It’s not as if the President of the Right hasn’t signaled his yearning for absolute rule day after day after day."

~ Lewis Grossberger

#Trump #CharlieKirk #JimmyKimmel #FreeSpeech #fascism
/14

grossbergerbulletin.substack.c…

Jimmy Kimmel's Show Assassinated By the Right

Free Speech Shot Down By Trump

^{Lewis Grossberger (Lewis Grossberger's Raw Truth Bulletin)}

“You may think you’re angry over Colbert and Kimmel but as someone who is familiar with the history of Nazi Germany I promise you, you’re not nearly angry enough yet.”

~ J David Clark

#Trump #CharlieKirk #JimmyKimmel #FreeSpeech #fascism
/13

threads.com/@officialjdavidcla…

J David Clarke (@officialjdavidclarke) on Threads

^Threads

"Don't you dare call us fascists, they say, as they force people off the airwaves for criticizing them while vowing to crush and criminalize their opposition."

~ Mehdi Hasan quoted by The Bulwark

#Trump #CharlieKirk #JimmyKimmel #FreeSpeech #fascism
/12

"Trump and MAGA did not get Kimmel suspended for a joke. They got Kimmell suspended for a show of power. They are sending the message to stick to their approved MAGA script or they will come for you."

~ Dean Obeidallah

#Trump #CharlieKirk #JimmyKimmel #FreeSpeech #fascism
/11

deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/…

Kimmel wasn’t suspended for a joke about Kirk-he was suspended for mocking Trump.

Time for a boycott!!

^{Dean Obeidallah (The Dean's Report by Dean Obeidallah)}

"This approach has been widespread in the punditocracy, which has almost uniformly moved to hold Kirk up as a rare avatar of civil disagreement in an uncivil era.

These pundits' paeans to Charlie Kirk's 'civil' approach to politics ignore the many illustrations of his incivility."

#Trump #CharlieKirk #JimmyKimmel #FreeSpeech #fascism
/10

"As the nation reckons with the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, there has been a notable trend from mainstream pundits and press outlets. They have tended to downplay or outright ignore the ugly things that he said and instead to stress the polite ways he said them. It's an emphasis on style over substance."

~ Kevin Kruse

#Trump #CharlieKirk #JimmyKimmel #FreeSpeech #fascism
/10

campaign-trails.ghost.io/the-w…

The White Civility Council

^{Kevin Kruse (Campaign Trails)}

"It is really important to understand the contrast between Trump’s behavior and those of previous presidents for two reasons [after a highly publicized murder of an outspoken ideologue]: First, to get a clear measure of the extent of our moral descent. And second, to fully understand the authoritarian dangers our republic is facing."

~ Berny Belvedere

#Trump #CharlieKirk #JimmyKimmel #FreeSpeech #fascism
/9

theunpopulist.net/p/other-pres…

Other Presidents Tried to Heal America After Political Violence—Trump Is Dividing It

The contrast between their and his behavior is a measure of America's moral descent

^{Berny Belvedere (The UnPopulist)}

"Fueled by the rhetoric of prominent politicians, social media platforms have turned into a staging ground for collecting names and orchestrating campaigns to call for firings. Conservative social media influencers have encouraged people to submit posts of coworkers or community members, and then have used their large platforms to amplify calls for punishment."

~ Daniel Moritz-Rabson

#Trump #CharlieKirk #JimmyKimmel #FreeSpeech #fascism
/8

truthout.org/articles/conserva…

Conservatives Are Using Charlie Kirk’s Death to Enact Sweeping Speech Crackdown | Truthout

The US has entered a new era of McCarthyism as the Trump administration equates leftist critique with “terrorism.”…

^{britney (Truthout)}

"What happened to Jimmy Kimmel Live! is not just about a late-night host or a single corporate decision. It is a flashing red warning sign of how fragile the foundations of free discourse have become in the United States."

~ Aaron Parnas

#Trump #CharlieKirk #JimmyKimmel #FreeSpeech #fascism
/7

aaronparnas.substack.com/p/bre…

BREAKING: ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel's Show Indefinitely After Trump Pressure

In a stunning move that exposes the fragility of free expression in American media, ABC announced that Jimmy Kimmel Live! has been pulled indefinitely.

^{Aaron Parnas (The Parnas Perspective)}

"We are governed by liars and crooks whose agenda is to demolish the rule of law and the rights of the rest of us, including our First Amendment right to free speech (Happy Constitution Day, by the way!)."

~ Rebecca Solnit

#Trump #CharlieKirk #JimmyKimmel #FreeSpeech #fascism
/6

meditationsinanemergency.com/t…

The War on Truth Heats Up (just in time for Constitution Day)

Hannah Arendt famously wrote, “The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (i.e.

^{Rebecca Solnit (Meditations in an Emergency)}

"Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talk show program was indefinitely suspended so billionaires can continue abusing Charlie Kirk’s murder to gain control of our media and lay the red carpet for Trump’s fascist agenda.

That’s the truth. Everything else is just propaganda, obfuscation, and pretext."

~ Wajahat Ali

#Trump #CharlieKirk #JimmyKimmel #FreeSpeech #fascism
/5

thelefthook.substack.com/p/jim…

Jimmy Kimmel Cancelled as Trump uses Charlie Kirk's Murder for his Reichstag Fire moment.

The broligarchy is consolidating power for Trump and MAGA, using Charlie Kirk's murder, to gain control of our media, crush dissent, and punish critics and comedians like Jimmy Kimmel

^{THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali (The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali)}

"Do people understand now what the authoritarian project is aiming for? ...

What happens in a society where one side is required to operate at all times and in all places in perfect good faith and the other side faces no such constraints?"

~ Jonathan V. Last

#Trump #CharlieKirk #JimmyKimmel #FreeSpeech #fascism
/4

thebulwark.com/p/emergency-tri…

First, They Came for Jimmy Kimmel

What happens when comedians are held to stricter standards than vice presidents?

^{Jonathan V. Last (The Bulwark)}

"Kimmel’s suspension has produced an uproar. Comedian Paul Scheer noted that Kimmel is off the air but Brian Kilmeade of the Fox News Channel, who recently called for killing homeless Americans by 'involuntary lethal injection,' is still employed."

~ Heather Cox Riichardson

#Trump #CharlieKirk #JimmyKimmel #FreeSpeech #fascism
/3

heathercoxrichardson.substack.…

September 17, 2025 (Wednesday)

This evening, John Koblin, Michael M.

^{Heather Cox Richardson (Letters from an American)}

"This is the way Putin runs Russia. Threaten newspapers and broadcasters that they will be shut down unless they take the Kremlin’s line. ...

Nobody is safe with this fascist regime in power. Free speech is dead so long as Putin’s best friend is in the White House."

~ Lucian K. Truscott

#Trump #CharlieKirk #JimmyKimmel #FreeSpeech #fascism
/2

luciantruscott.substack.com/p/…

Trump is trying to cancel the First Amendment and turn us into Putin’s Russia.

ABC just announced that Jimmy Kimmel Live will be suspended “indefinitely” over comments he made on Monday night about the killing of right-wing Christ figure, Charlie Kirk.

^{Lucian K. Truscott IV (Lucian Truscott Newsletter)}

"The overall design of Trump’s policy is clear enough: weaken the United States abroad to create an environment friendly to dictators, while using the American armed forces as an intimidation force to make dictatorship possible at home."

~ Timothy Snyder

#Trump #CharlieKirk #JimmyKimmel #FreeSpeech #fascism
/1

snyder.substack.com/p/show-of-…

"Show of Force"

And the revival of democracy

^{Timothy Snyder (Thinking about...)}

A video mocking Donald #Trump and his relationship with the late paedophile Jeffrey #Epstein is being projected on to the side of Windsor Castle, including Photographs of Virginia Giuffre, Epstein and Ghislaine #Maxwell and a handwritten note of Trump to Epstein. 👇🏻

Brits are the best! 🧡

(Source: Skynews)

#UK #Trumpvisit #KingCharles

Well done Channel 4. Now do Farage..

"More than 100 of Donald Trump’s inaccurate statements are to be dissected by Channel 4 to coincide with his state visit, in what it described as “the longest uninterrupted reel of untruths, falsehoods and distortions ever broadcast on television”.

#Channel4 #Trump #Fascism
#UKPolitics

theguardian.com/us-news/2025/s…

Channel 4 to mark Trump’s UK visit with ‘longest uninterrupted reel of untruths’

Broadcaster to dedicate Wednesday night schedule to unpicking US president’s false or misleading statements

^{Michael Savage (The Guardian)}

Mary Trump: #Trump Rhetoric Ignites Violent Spiral in #America: youtube.com/watch?v=C6Zb4OgiSQ…

Chris Hedges: The Martyrdom of #CharlieKirk: youtube.com/watch?v=34_nScNLga…

Chris Hedges: The Martyrdom of Charlie Kirk

Martyrs are used by messianic movements to sanctify violence. To show any mercy or understanding toward the enemy is to betray the martyr and the cause the m...

^YouTube

"He even dressed as Donald Trump for Halloween. The family wasn’t shy about their culture of guns, their politics, or their worldview.

This is who the killer is. This is what we now know. And yet Trump and his cronies immediately blamed the left."

#CharlieKirk #Republicans #MAGA #Utah #guns #GunCulture #Trump #Mormon
/3

"Tyler Robinson comes from a Republican family. His father owns a business installing kitchen countertops and cabinets. His mother is a licensed social worker. His family is white, Mormon, and self-described as 'gun-toting.' There are endless photos of Tyler and his family with guns. His mother posted about him proudly."

~ Ben Meiselas

#CharlieKirk #Republicans #MAGA #Utah #guns #GunCulture #Trump #Mormon
/2

meidasplus.com/p/charlie-kirks…

Charlie Kirk’s Killer IN CUSTODY

The latest details

^{Ben Meiselas (Meidas+)}

NEW: Programs for #Students With Hearing and Vision Loss Harmed by Trump’s Anti-Diversity Push
==

Federal funding for organizations that help students with hearing and vision loss across eight states will stop at the end of the month, according to letters sent by a top #Education Dept. official and obtained by ProPublica.

#news #kids #trump #government #DEI

propublica.org/article/trump-d…

Education Dept. Halts Funds to Programs for Deafblind Students Over DEI Concerns

Citing concerns about DEI, the U.S. Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states. “How low can you go?” one advocate asked. “How can you do this to children?”

^ProPublica

While the Trump administration tries to cancel offshore wind for "national security" reasons, here's the CEO of Ukraine's largest private energy company

#ukraine #trump #wind #climate

"They would rather send the military against Americans than stand with Ukraine against Putin. They would rather attack disabled people and marginalized communities than confront real problems facing Americans that require difficult solutions. When you go on offense against Trump and MAGA, they quickly play the role of victim and show what sociopaths they are."

~ Ben Meiselas

#Trump #fascism #military
/7

meidasplus.com/p/our-punches-a…

Our Punches Are Landing!!

By Ben Meiselas

^{Ben Meiselas (Meidas+)}

"There is no emergency in Chicago that calls for armed military intervention. ...

Donald Trump wants to use the military to occupy a U.S. city, punish his dissidents, and score political points. If this were happening in any other country, we would have no trouble calling it what it is: a dangerous power grab.”

#Trump #fascism #military
/7

"This is not about fighting crime. This is about Donald Trump searching for any justification to deploy the military in a blue city in a blue state to try and intimidate his political rivals. This is about the president of the United States and his complicit lackey Stephen Miller searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections."

~ J.B. Pritzker via Heather Cox Richardson

#Trump #fascism #military
/6

heathercoxrichardson.substack.…

August 25, 2025

This morning, President Donald J.

^{Heather Cox Richardson (Letters from an American)}

"Something shifted between last week and this one. Almost overnight, a growing chorus of political elites became comfortable calling America under Trump a fascist state or an authoritarian state. Trump’s escalation is terrible, but it’s an objectively good thing to see more elected officials and public figures acknowledge what’s happening and sound the alarm."

~ Melissa Ryan

#Trump #fascism #military
/5

altrightdelete.news/p/video-ho…

VIDEO: How to Organize in an Authoritarian State

Building power in a nation where our rights and freedoms have become more limited is a challenge. What do we do now?

^{Melissa Ryan (Ctrl Alt Right Delete)}

"If the deployments were really about crime, he would be threatening to occupy cities with rates much higher than that of DC, like Memphis, Cleveland, and Hattiesburg, but instead those GOP states have sent their guard members to DC. ...

DC is just the beginning, an appetizer before the main course."

#Trump #fascism #military
/4

"Thus far, President Donald Trump has deployed National Guard members in two major American cities. He’s not going to stop there. ...

Every city he has alleged is a crime-ridden hellhole that must be fixed by military occupation is a sanctuary jurisdiction."

~ Lisa Needham

#Trump #fascism #military
/3

publicnotice.co/p/trump-red-st…

Trump's red state army threatens America's cities

DC is just the appetizer.

^{Lisa Needham (Public Notice)}

"It’s critical to make sure that the people around you understand this. It’s a week for serious conversations about what we need to do to protect the future of this country."

#Trump #fascism #military
/2

"Trump is trying to normalize the militarization of our country. This is where it starts, not where it will end. Trump is dropping the pretense of abiding by the rule of law. ...

This manner of operation makes it clear that it’s not about democracy and the American people; it’s about Trump and protecting Trump."

~ Joyce Vance

#Trump #fascism #military
/1

joycevance.substack.com/p/only…

Only Monday

Armed National Guardsmen have been deployed in the District of Columbia to keep American citizens in line.

^{Joyce Vance (Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance)}

Co člověk, to názor – omlouvám se, pokud ten můj nesdílíte. Za sebe ale říkám: kdo nic nečekal, nemůže být zklamaný.

Schůzka dvou psychopatů s přebujelým egem nemohla přinést nic konstruktivního, zvlášť když u stolu chybělo zastoupení Ukrajiny.

A červený koberec pro Putina? Vážně?!
Tleskání Trumpa válečnému zločinci?

Od začátku bylo jasné, kdo má navrch. A je to k pláči.
#putler #trump #valka #ukrajina #mir #aljaska #stojimzaukrajinou

Trump reicht Milliardenklage gegen Universität von Kalifornien ein

Der US-Präsident geht weiter gegen die Bildungselite vor: Weil sie unzureichend gegen Antisemitismus vorgegangen sein soll, verklagt Trump nun die Universität von Kalifornien - und fordert die Zahlung von einer Milliarde Dollar.

➡️ tagesschau.de/ausland/amerika/…

#USA #Trump

Trump reicht Milliardenklage gegen Universität von Kalifornien ein

^{tagesschau.de}

Wonder if the Canadian Digital Services Tax will be resurrected.

Canada dropped it to appease Trump but it doesn't appear to have made any difference.

theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…

#usa #canada #tariff #digitalservices #trump

Trump signs order increasing tariffs on Canadian goods from 25% to 35%

Decision, described by Mark Carney as ‘disappointing’, comes amid escalating trade tensions between the two countries

^{Robert Mackey (The Guardian)}