True, Kimmel didn't even really say anything about Kirk. His comments were about MAGA's reaction to the assassination, and how Kirk's death was being used to score political points.

I think it is just accepted that Trump was going to try to 'Cancel Kimmel, and this was just a convenient excuse to do so. Just like it is a convenient excuse to go after individuals who say means things about MAGA on the internet.

Was this response to Kimmel overblown? Absolutely.
Is MAGA denouncing hate speech, or insufficient mourning of Kirk hypocritical? Yep.
Is the use of the FCC's approval of the Nexstar and Tegna merger as a method to exert control over the stations within its purview a violation of freedom of speech? I would say so.


The sad part is that TV stations, universities, media outlets, and businesses capitulating to Trumps mafia-like strong arm tactics is only going to empower this administration to act even worse.

[Edited on September 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM. Reason : Now that I've posted this, I just received word that I'm being removed as a TWW mod ]

9/18/2025 4:47:09 PM

We will remember you, EMCE!

But here is the whole Monday night monologue. He's gone much harder than this before. I thought that comedy was legal again. Remind me who the snowflakes are? Ridiculous.

9/18/2025 5:16:46 PM

Kimmel should have just advocated for murdering homeless people, ain’t nothing wrong with that apparently

9/18/2025 5:18:20 PM

the President with the lowest approval rating is going to outlaw approval ratings

and he's suggesting we stop reporting business results quarterly because he knows his terrible policies are tanking the economy

in Trump's America, we can find out how our private companies are doing by a team of former podcasters powered by AI

9/18/2025 5:35:03 PM

I'm sure I completely disagree with his true motivations, but I don't necessarily disagree with a proposed shift away from quarterly reporting, because it prioritizes and encourages short-term management and supporting the stock price over everything else. I actually work for a private company, but we're run as if we're public, and I see a lot of dumb and myopic decisions made because of the short-term financial management. I certainly wouldn't run my personal finances in this way.

9/18/2025 8:45:41 PM

9/22/2025 9:47:32 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtkArIh0O2E&t=137s

9/22/2025 10:04:59 AM

^Reported!

9/22/2025 1:01:37 PM

Kimmel back on tomorrow

9/22/2025 3:38:47 PM

More like Charlie KKKirk

9/22/2025 4:08:33 PM

oh cool cancel culture is alive on the streets of Raleigh

https://www.reddit.com/r/raleigh/comments/1nnuwiv/comment/nfnj5jt/

9/22/2025 4:42:11 PM

Charlie Cuck

9/22/2025 5:08:01 PM

Anybody see that AP photo of the sad young people at the funeral service with food at their feet?

9/22/2025 5:13:59 PM

Sinclair and nexstar still not showing kimmel, so between 20-25% of affiliates not showing it. Why do they hate free speech?

9/23/2025 11:43:03 AM

Mainly, they just love money more.

9/23/2025 11:48:53 AM

there’s less money in not showing Kimmel

this is purely ideological

9/23/2025 12:13:57 PM

I'm talking about the money associated with their proposed merger / acquisition / whatever.

9/23/2025 12:38:40 PM

oops

https://san.com/cc/app-for-outing-charlie-kirks-critics-leaked-its-users-personal-data/

9/23/2025 2:01:59 PM

You hate to see it

9/23/2025 2:07:54 PM

9/23/2025 2:12:05 PM

Which road are they going to name after him? Will it be a main artery?

9/23/2025 9:41:04 PM

The right thing to do is name 75% of MLK Jr Highways to Charlie Kirk Highway. First you give him 50% of them out of principle. Then you consider what Kirk has done for DEI is taking the affirmative action torch from MLK and burning it brighter. That gets him another half of MLK's half. It's only fair.

9/23/2025 10:43:27 PM

Seems like 3/5ths is fair.

9/24/2025 9:52:37 AM

iswydt

9/24/2025 9:56:16 AM

Now that's a compromise!

9/24/2025 11:11:58 AM

Thank goodness comedy is legal again!

9/24/2025 11:28:56 AM

I kinda want cael to watch this just for when the camera turns around. First 30 seconds to get the gyst, then somewhere around last 30-60 seconds for the reveal.
https://www.reddit.com/r/CringeTikToks/s/wyQnS0XwvF

9/26/2025 9:14:49 AM

FFS, that young girl behind the counter may not have even known who Kirk was. I've never heard ANY barista call out more than one name for drinks.

9/26/2025 10:17:40 AM

^^ not sure what you expect. I definitely think the lady filming it should be deported. Or at least a 20 year sentence minimum. Starbucks employees have to deal with so much shit anyway with the dystopian online ordering. Only fair.

Holy shit, it was more like 3m in. The dog in the shop too. Narcissists that seek meaning are malleable from one cause to another. She was probably doing it with pronouns 5 years ago.

Quote :

"The fanatic cannot be weaned away from his cause by an appeal to his reason or moral sense. He fears compromise and cannot be persuaded to qualify the certitude and righteousness of his holy cause. But he finds no difficulty in swinging suddenly and wildly from one holy cause to another. He cannot be convinced but only converted. His passionate attachment is more vital than the quality of the cause to which he is attached."

[Edited on September 26, 2025 at 10:58 AM. Reason : Q]

9/26/2025 10:49:25 AM

This wasnt really a big political message thing, more a rare good natured-ish ribbing since you would normally describe a leftist blueskyer or whatever and have the description perfectly match her.

[Edited on September 26, 2025 at 11:03 AM. Reason : Chit chat content]

9/26/2025 10:59:46 AM

It was certainly a m night shaymalan level twist.

9/26/2025 11:05:35 AM

There's like 2 people in that Starbucks. I wouldn't have said a name if i was the barista, just look at whoever ordered it.

9/26/2025 11:20:21 AM

Barista is a dumb ass word anyways

[Edited on September 26, 2025 at 11:59 AM. Reason : Dumb ass, not dumbass]

9/26/2025 11:36:06 AM

9/26/2025 12:01:18 PM

Sinclaire ending 1st amendment censorship of kimmel show on their affiliate stations

9/26/2025 2:14:59 PM

https://youtu.be/RhprGh6bJNc?si=9qNbjt2LgSzAzLIO

My neighbor phill sent this. He thinks there is some conspiracy with kirk shooting now. His thing now is that jews are "pulling the strings", why trump won't release files, why they had kirk killed, etc

He says its video evidence that kirk shooting is bogus and "they" are lying to us

9/28/2025 5:14:24 PM

tell him qntmfred suggested unsubscribing from Jimmy Dore

9/28/2025 5:19:04 PM

I have never heard of the guy until today.

9/28/2025 5:22:54 PM

https://youtu.be/rnL2Y3gkKNU?si=0gjvIla5CxSP8Mlk

He sent me this, which i did watch. Its not conspiratorial like the other one. It talks about netanyahu etc but not in an antisemitic way

9/28/2025 5:38:30 PM

Jared Bauer is qntmfred-approved

9/28/2025 6:11:29 PM

^^^^^
Yeah I’ve seen in the wild horseshoe there between low information left and qanon-type rightwing influencers. Both seem to believe the shooter is a plant or something like that

Kind of amusing. It’s misinformation but it’s directionally pushing people into a less radicalized frame. Maybe the deep state or whatever is figuring out how to do counter-propaganda

9/28/2025 6:18:34 PM