By now you’ve seen the news: On Wednesday, Federal Communications Commission chair and Project 2025 author Brendan Carr successfully pressured Disney’s ABC into pulling Jimmy Kimmel Live! off the air indefinitely due to Kimmel’s Monday-night remarks about the assassination of Charlie Kirk and the administration’s response.

On Wednesday, Carr told a far-right podcast the FCC would move to revoke ABC’s affiliate licenses unless Kimmel was punished for his comments, while Sinclair and Nexstar — both of which own many of ABC’s affiliate stations — said they’d stop airing the show. Within hours, the network capitulated to the administration’s threats, marking a dangerous escalation in Trump’s project of dismantling of the United States’ democratic institutions and norms. Ho

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