I miss MEAN Survivor. Earnest survivor is annoying.

Today I introduced the No Political Enemies Act, with a powerhouse group of co-sponsors, to put in law protections for prosecution or harassment for political speech. Trump is shamelessly exploiting the death of Charlie Kirk to try to destroy his opposition. We cannot let him.

AOC: We should be clear about who Charlie Kirk was. A man who believed that the civil rights act that granted black Americans the right to vote was a mistake… His rhetoric and beliefs were ignorant, uneducated, and sought to disenfranchise millions of Americans.

the hysteria has gone off the rails so far that the average american thinks 1 in 5 people are transgender. pure absolute insanity that is driving the current lavender scare

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.”

Van Hollen: "Those who cave in -- those like ABC who cave in -- what they do is give the bully an even bigger appetite. When they appease they bully, they put all of us at risk."

Heard from a friend at Disney+ that there are multiple levels of freakout internally, both from internal dissatisfaction, concerns about subscription cancelations, and of course the big one: concern about a boycott spilling over into parks and cruises.

LOST writer-producer Damon Lindelof says he won’t work with Disney unless Kimmel js reinstated. I’m hearing other talent weighing similar pledges.

🚨BREAKING: Rep. Ro Khanna just motioned to SUBPOENA FCC chairman Brendan Carr in the House Oversight Committee to stop the intimidation of private businesses and assault on free speech

Walz: This is North Korea style stuff. And it's being done because this is a weak, thin skinned man who's failing as a president. All of the things he promised are not happening. It's a it's our most cherished freedom to point out very clearly, this is a terrible president

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.

This is the playbook, folks. If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away. Do not be quiet in this moment.

I hope this is the thing that wakes people up, I hope this breaks through

Re Kimmel, it's important that Disney has left itself an out--it is a "suspension," not a cancellation or firing. What happens in the next two days--reaction within the company but also in the press, in the industry, in Washington, among consumers, and on social media--may affect how this plays out.

Today, I saw a half dozen people come together to protect a neighborhood from ICE and it feels incredibly shitty that so many of us are fighting this administration tooth and nail while the most powerful people and organizations in this country roll over to fascism.

This mf’er is a hugely unpopular lame duck and people and institutions with actual power are out here acting, for eight months straight, like he’s some goddam immortal emperor. Fuck that noise.

Trans rights are human rights.

if Jimmy Kimmel's political humor is too hot for you to handle, I'm not sure "snowflake" even cuts it as a term of derision for the level of fragility you've achieved

Every major talent that works for ABC and Disney should refuse to show up for work until Jimmy Kimmel is reinstated. Marvel movies need to shutdown. Ditto the sitcoms. Collective boycott. Corporations love money more than anything,& this will harm them and force them to do the right thing.

Jarvis: I hate to say this to my friends here at CNN, mass media is dying, so they're taking the last of these vestiges of institutions that matter and they're trying to turn them into propaganda organs under threat from the head of the FCC

WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!

A grim reminder: these people will never be satisfied. There’s no point at which they will say “we’ve won, let’s enjoy life.” They will always be looking for someone else to punish, to revile, to dehumanize. They’re empty without that.

you will mourn the dead racist podcaster in a way considered acceptable to our dementia-addled president and his racist toad of a VP or else you will be punished

Even Obama is now pointing out the hate that Charlie Kirk put out into the world while he was alive. The reaction to Kirk's death has revealed that we are not the same country as we used to be, even for Obama. We recognize the stakes, and aren't willing to paper over them with platitudes.

Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

Pritzker: What's at stake here is free speech. It's our constitution and our way of life. Do we really want the president intimidating people, organizations to get others fired? People ought to be standing up and speaking out.

Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.

They are literally canceling culture

Gotta know if America is great again yet. Or if it’s like, you know, the absolute worst it’s ever been

guys, we have a tone shift

1. In the immediate aftermath of Charlie Kirk's shooting, the WSJ laundered claims that "transgender symbols" were found with the shooter's gun. Now, a press conference reveals that NO such symbols were found. WSJ owes a full retraction and apology. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Update: Civil War cancelled due to shooter being demographically uncooperative

Fun story: I live in an open carry state. At one of the protests this summer, an older man was walking around with a prominently displayed firearm yelling at people, making veiled threats, and loudly declaring that he was "there to cause problems." The local sheriff did not care.

I’ve never met an ugly Troy or Wyatt, I don’t think it can happen

this scares me in the sense that any shooting in this country scares me, in the sense that often when I’m in a crowded space I briefly wonder if someone has a gun. unfortunately conservatives are committed to a political project that requires that we all live with that fear every day

Trump says Charlie Kirk is dead

At least two students have been shot at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colorado, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.

AP reporting Kirk is alive in critical condition. apnews.com/article/char...

Yeah, there are going to be a dozen or so stories where they pull the most extreme social media posts they can to make the left as a whole seem unhinged.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) on the shooting of Charlie Kirk: "Political violence, unfortunately, has ramped up in this country ... I think there are people who are fomenting it in this country. I think the president's rhetoric often foments it."

Guy in this coffee shop is arguing with his girlfriend(?) over whether seafood counts as meat

I always seem to attract couples. Like if a boy is flirting with me at the bar I just know I’m about to get introduced to his boyfriend

This story is WILD. Trump sent Seal Team 6 into North Korea to plant a listening device. The entire thing went sideways within minutes of landing when they noticed a fishing boat near the beach. They killed everyone on board, sunk the bodies to cover their tracks, and fled. Congress was never told.

Had a stress dream that I was fighting a bunch of droids but I had really bad aim :(

Everyone’s a litttle too hope pilled for my taste this morning I’m not letting myself do that!!

“I’ve been like binge watching SVU which I feel like is the doom scrolling of tv”

I am begging people to realize that if you’re gonna have guests over, you need to have a hand towel in your bathroom. And it should be clear! Don’t leave the one you use on your face hanging up with it!