How Brendan Carr, the attack-dog FCC chair, helped take down Jimmy Kimmel with words, not actions

FCC chair Brendan Carr, a Trump appointee, threatened to revoke ABC affiliate licenses over Jimmy Kimmel’s remarks about the Charlie Kirk shooting suspect. John McDonnell/Getty Images

When Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr suggested Jimmy Kimmel should be suspended and said, “We can do this the easy way or the hard way,” ABC and its local affiliates were listening. Within a matter of hours, ABC suspended Kimmel’s show “indefinitely,” a stunning move that has raised serious First Amendment concerns.

“Trump officials are repeatedly abusing their power to stop ideas they don’t like, deciding who can speak, write, and even joke,” the ACLU said in a statement. “The Trump administration’s actions, paired with ABC’s capitulation, represent a grave threat to our First Amendm