After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

Warum wir heute noch Disney Plus kündigen sollten

Stephen Colbert: “Tonight we’re all Jimmy Kimmel…. With an autocrat, you can’t give an inch. If ABC thinks that this is going to satisfy the regime, they are woefully naive, and clearly they've never read The Children's Book If You Give a Mouse A Kimmel.”

This guy will now decide which jokes are appropriate.

This is so messed up.

And we’re not just talking about Jimmy Kimmel. In part one of a two-part series, nearly a dozen insiders explain how one of comedy’s oldest genres is being strangled—starting with the chilling effect of Trump’s culture wars.

Let’s review. X: owned by Trump’s largest donor Facebook: owner gave Trump $1M TikTok: soon operated by billionaire Trump donors ABC: fired Kimmel, gave Trump $15M CBS: fired Colbert, gave Trump $16M This isn't normal. Free speech doesn't belong to billionaires.

“Right-wing voices incite violence every day and keep their microphones. Kimmel simply stated his opinion on the chaos presently unfolding and yet he is the one who is silenced.”

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz: "To be honest, we all would like to see a ceasefire...I can't imagine that the next meeting would take place without a ceasefire. So let's work on that and try to put pressure on Russia."

Chris Murphy: "The meeting was a disaster, it was an embarrassment for the United States ... Putin walks away with a photo op, with zero commitments made, and zero consequences. What a great day for Russia."

Welker plays Rubio a clip of him saying in 2022 that "you can't cut deals with guys" like Putin 😬

@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "Wake the fuck up to what's going on in this country... We're going to put everything on the damn line... People haven't given up yet. We're going to do this. We can win this November. We can win next November, and then we can get this country back on track."

Zelensky be like “not this time homey” www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Der Gewinner dieses Treffens heißt Putin. Erstens hat ihm Trump diplomatische Anerkennung auf höchster Ebene geschenkt, ohne jede Gegenleistung. Zweitens konnte er erneut verhindern, dass die USA zusätzliche Sanktionen gegen Russland verhängen. rp-online.de/politik/ausl...

FOX REPORTER: “The way it felt in the room was not good. It did not seem like things went well. It seemed like Putin came in and steamrolled, got right into what he wanted to say, got his photo next to the president, then left.”

“Putin would eat you for lunch.” Today, exactly that happened.

Blumenthal: "My stomach turned when I heard the president of the United States characterize Vladimir Putin as his fabulously good friend. Vladimir Putin is a war criminal."

Das will ich Ihnen gern erklären. Der „erfolgreiche Mittelständler“ finanziert das Hetzportal Nius, das die AfD promotet und mit Kampagnen gegen die CDU zu Felde zieht. Bei Gotthardt mag feiern wer will. Die CDU sollte das nicht sein.

WOW. Even Fox News admits the Trump–Putin meeting was a disaster for Trump Heinrich: The way that it felt in the room was not good. It did not seem like things went well. Putin came in & steamrolled, got right into what he wanted to say then left

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Don't be fooled. Trump has achieved what he wanted. He has put Putin back on the international stage and Ukraine under pressure to accept a peace deal dictated by Russia. He is one step closer to achieve a cease fire in Ukraine. But it will be one putting huge threads to Europe and the whole world.

Happily greeting a war criminal on a red carpet. What an embarrassing moment for the United States.

The meeting was a disaster for everyone except two people. Trump got his photo op and his ego boost. Putin got his photo op, whitewashing of war crimes and no sanctions. No one in Ukraine, Europe or the United States benefited in any way.

The ART of the Deal: NO DEAL

Heinrich: And what was really stunning to me as someone who has been in a lot of these press conferences a few things very unusual. You had Putin come out and address the press first. We are on U.S. Soil here

Fox News Reporter Jacqui Heinrich: The way that it felt in the room was not good. It did not seem like things went well. And it seemed like Putin came in and steam rolled, got right into what he wanted to say and got his photo next to the president and then left

Trump sends masked ICE agents to Newsom's press conference? Seriously? WTF...are we in 1930's Germany here??? ktla.com/news/local-n...

The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today?

Mark Kelly: “I hope we got something out of this. Putin is a war criminal. Letting him fly into the United States to negotiate with our president is not a show of strength.”

The road to authoritarianism is littered with people telling you you’re overreacting.

Das ist schon eine beeindruckende Dominanz: Von den zehn E-Auto-Modellen, die sich im Juli in Deutschland am besten verkauft haben, stammen sieben aus dem VW-Konzern.

So ridiculous. (And so familiar)

"If you live in Alaska, I need you to buy a Ukrainian flag and turn any area that Putin is going to be into a sea of Ukrainian flags - so many that, when Putin lands, all he's going to see is just yellow and blue."

The next part of the plan to steal the midterms and/or the 2028 election - an attempt to do a mid-decade census to take seats and electoral votes away from blue states. I knew this was coming.

Windkrafträder stören das Landschaftsbild... #erneuerbareEnergien first

Fast alle Voraussagen von Minister #Habeck trafen ein. Die Abhängigkeit von Russland, der Niedergang deutscher Verbrennerautos auf dem Weltmarkt, Boom Erneuerbarer... Alle Voraussagen von #Söder waren falsch! Blackouts durch fehlenden Strom, unverzichtbare Atomkraft, Verbrenner, Erneuerbare...🤡

Wann fangen die Wähler:innen denn jetzt an, massenhaft nicht mehr die AfD sondern CDU und SPD zu wählen, weil diese ja genau das gleiche fordern und umsetzen? Hm? Ich warte immer noch. Hattet ihr ja so gesagt. Also? Wann?

Tesla's decline in new car registrations in Germany persists. In July, only 1,110 Teslas were registered, a drop of 55.1% year-over-year. YTD, 10,000 Teslas have been registered, down ng a 57.8% vs the same period last year. Meanwhile, the total number of BEVs reached 48,614, showing a 58% increase.

This is how democracies die. Step 1: Dislike the facts. Step 2: Attack the fact-finders. Step 3: Replace them with loyalists. Step 4: Control the "truth."

Geschichtenerzähler sind nur dann geisteskrank, wenn sie ihre eigenen Erzählungen glauben. Ansonsten gibt es viele Möglichkeiten als Geschichtenerzähler Geld zu verdienen, also Anderen Geld abzunehmen. Die Glaubwürdigkeit eines Geschichtenerzählers liegt in der Beurteilung des Lesers/Betrachters.

„Dies ist ein eklatantes Führungsversagen der Union“ sagt Peter Müller(CDU) ehemaliger Richter am #Bundesverfassungsgericht 👇 www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/rich...

You've been conned.