Senator Lummis told Semafor, "an FCC license, it's not a right. It really is a privilege." She continued, "Under normal times, in normal circumstances, I tend to think that the First Amendment should always be sort of the ultimate right. And that there should be almost no checks and balances on it."

She added, "I don't feel that way anymore. I feel like something's changed culturally. And I think that there needs to be some cognizance that things have changed."

She continued, "We just can't let people call each other those kinds of insane things and then be surprised when politicians get shot and the death threats they are receiving and then trying to get extra money for security."

Others on the right, such as prominent conservative commentator Tucker Carlson said on his show, "People with power don't want to hear disagreement. They don't wanna be challenged ever. That's why we have free speech—to acknowledge that even those of us, people with less power, still have a right to talk because they're human beings. You don't own them."

Meanwhile, Senator Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican, said on X he didn't have a problem with the premise of Kimmel being fired, but noted, "The FCC should not be involved, however," drawing a line between public pressure and the government's role.

What People Are Saying

President Donald Trump said in a January 20 presidential action: "Over the last 4 years, the previous administration trampled free speech rights by censoring Americans' speech on online platforms, often by exerting substantial coercive pressure on third parties, such as social media companies, to moderate, deplatform, or otherwise suppress speech that the Federal Government did not approve … the Federal Government infringed on the constitutionally protected speech rights of American citizens across the United States in a manner that advanced the Government's preferred narrative about significant matters of public debate. Government censorship of speech is intolerable in a free society."

California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom, on X Wednesday: "Buying and controlling media platforms. Firing commentators. Canceling shows. These aren't coincidences. It's coordinated. And it's dangerous. The @GOP does not believe in free speech. They are censoring you in real time."

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, on X Wednesday: "I want to thank Nexstar for doing the right thing. Local broadcasters have an obligation to serve the public interest. While this may be an unprecedented decision, it is important for broadcasters to push back on Disney programming that they determine falls short of community values. I hope that other broadcasters follow Nexstar's lead."

Deputy White House Chief of Staff Taylor Budowich, on X Wednesday: "Welcome to Consequence Culture. Normal, common sense Americans are no longer taking the bull**** and companies like ABC are finally willing to do the right and reasonable thing. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

Director of the Democracy and Technology Division at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Christopher Anders, in a statement sent to Newsweek via email Wednesday: "Jimmy Kimmel is the latest target of the Trump administration's unconstitutional plan to silence its critics and control what the American people watch and read. Cowering to threats, ABC and the biggest owner of its affiliate stations gave the Trump FCC chairman exactly what he wanted by suspending Kimmel indefinitely and dropping the show.

"This is beyond McCarthyism. Trump officials are repeatedly abusing their power to stop ideas they don't like, deciding who can speak, write, and even joke. The Trump administration's actions, paired with ABC's capitulation, represent a grave threat to our First Amendment freedoms."

Former Vice President Mike Pence said on Thursday: "The First Amendment though does not protect entertainers who say crass or thoughtless things as Jimmy Kimmel did in the wake of a national tragedy … I would have preferred that the chairman of the FCC had not weighed in."
What Happens Next

FCC Chair Brendan Carr has hinted at further actions against other media companies, telling CNBC that "we're not done yet," and Trump has been vocal in removing comedians who have previously criticized him.

I see what ended Adolf being Trump's fate.

>>1439910
>Cynthia
>she
OP don't be a lying faggot, that's clearly a man. Just look at him.

>>1439920
Be respectful to manly looking women

>>1439921
>women
stop being such a faggot, tell the truth

>>1439910
That's a man.

>>1439910
Wow, the fascists don't like free speech. Shocker.

And because of what this ultra-right admin is doing, what is needed is the ultimate left
Don't be surprised when more start supporting the Democrats. Congrats, Trump. It may not be the Epstein Scandal, nor the fucked-up economy but it probably does with so many now having 'Buyer's Regret' that destroys you but you yourself, Donald 'Use the Constitution as TPUSA ' Trump.
Even GW Bush didn't do a goddamn thing when he was caught saying the US Constitution was 'Just a goddamn piece of paper'. Just as Eisenhower was the last decent Republican president, Bush II was the last sane Republican president: and that's saying something.

>>1440087
MAGA retards cheer on retarded independents voting them in to break a Dem supermajority, but never make the connection to when they immediately lose full control of the government every single time they barely get it

>>1440087
deboonked
https://www.factcheck.org/2007/12/bush-the-constitution-a-goddamned-piece-of-paper/

>>1439923
Only the young should become trannies. I'm too old to transition.., so I'll have to remain a feminine looking middle-aged man. God gave me the right to say this.

>>1440090
http://www.profpito.com/bushgod.html
"I don't give a goddamn," Bush retorted. "I'm the President and the Commander-in-Chief. Do it my way."
"Mr. President," one aide in the meeting said. "There is a valid case that the provisions in this law undermine the Constitution."
"Stop throwing the Constitution in my face," Bush screamed back. "It's just a goddamned piece of paper!"
But whatever, Trump is using the same for TP or he wouldn't be trampling on it. Just shows how bad things are when another rightist is right about Trump being wrong >>1439526

>>1440096
>by Doug Thompson
you didn't read what I linked

>The author of the Capitol Hill Blue story has now withdrawn it. Doug Thompson messaged us to say:

>Doug Thompson: This is to let you know that the piece on Bush and the Constitution has been changed and reads:

>“This article was based on sources that we thought, at the time, were reliable. We have since discovered reasons to doubt their veracity. For that reason, this article has been removed from our database.”

>I no longer stand behind that article or its conclusions and have said so in answers to several recent queries. In addition, I have asked that it be removed from a documentary film.

>>1439910
It never was. The biggest flaw of democracy is that idiot leftists can speak, vote and cheat to power. What we need is managed democracy like Russia and Hungary. Rights should not be infinite. Managed democracy, managed speech, and managed living is the only way to build a pure society.

>>1440118
>we
they don't give you new shills much training do they

>>1440118
I have seen your brothers corpses in the caves, mangled, parts missing, eyes and tongue swelling bloated.

Do you remember when Russia covered up its nuclear disaster and didn't even tell their people... just slowly died awaiting the false promises that finally came after containment became impossible? I do.

The Russian meat markets. Those were cool. I mean at least the meat is pure, right?

I'm sure Russia doesn't have any recruitment problems,
One) It isn't an option.
Two) The Law forbids fleeing from service.
Three) A country needs to accept you.
Four) Getting shot dead is better than living in Russia.

>>1440153
>>1440149
>>1440148
Blatant paid shill. Have fun giving Russia more land over the next year

>>1440089
>>1440087
The US Government Cycle Explained:
>Dems get control
>Republicans block everything
>Blame all evils on Dems
>People somehow believe them
>Reps barely get in
>Dismantle what little the Dems did
>Make everything worse
>STILL blame everything wrong on Dems
>Get clapped during midterms
>Dems get back into power on fixing what the Reps did
>Repeat because people keep thinking the Reps are right somehow

>>1440160
so you're literally working for russia? quit while you can anon

>>1440160
Paid shill? You need to calm down, Ivan. Ukraine would rather just feed its people rather than pay me. This is for personal entertainment, which is all media is for. However, I would volunteer to help Ukraine if it was needed.

>>1440227
The part about Russia losing bigly is true though. I did legit hear it. Gonna turn putin into pudding.

>>1440230
Inside, even Ivan is cheering.

>>1440112
>you didn't read
>>1440096
>But whatever, Trump is using the same for TP or he wouldn't be trampling on it. Just shows how bad things are when another rightist is right about Trump being wrong >>1439526
Neither did you

>>1440118
Fuck off cunt you don't even know what managed democracy is.

>>1439910
jimmy kimmel isn't free from consequences his lies and incitement of violence is a danger to democracy.
He's not in prison he's not being federally prosecuted so his freedom of speech hasn't be impeded he's merely facing the consequences of his actions. He's able to say what he wants he should just have no expectations that it won't affect his employment.

>>1440296
Kimmel literally just said that it's a bit fucked how Republicans are politicising every aspect of Kirk's death to push their own agendas. How the fuck is that a violation of free speech?

>>1440298
he's anti-semetic blaming it on Isreal, he's also spreading fake news because he didn't just say that he said the guy was obviously a maga and deflecting from the left.

Inb4 oh he didn't say that he said "pretending he was anything other then a maga" because leftists love semantic craps.

He's a danger to humanity and a gravedancer

>>1440302
Nope.
>Inb4 oh he didn't say that he said "pretending he was anything other then a maga" because leftists love semantic craps.
Those damn leftists, knowing what words mean.

>>1440305
leftists are bullshit artist and illiterate morons that can only fool 12 year olds like you.
funny how alex jones calling people paid actors got him cancelled by your type but jimmy kimmel saying it kirk was a paid prop and the jews did it is fine.
talk about hypocrisy.
you're a fucking moron

You don't have to like Jimmy Kimmel. I don't like him either. But this whole thing is a telegraphed pattern of suppression and it's going to keep happening.
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114897600777919524
Obvious quid pro quo with Nexstar too.
https://www.thewrap.com/nexstar-tegna-merger-antitrust-fcc-paperwork-september/
https://archive.ph/GOsUZ
>>1440310
You do know Alex Jones was found liable in a court of law after they gave him chances to stop his persistent bullshit that was re-ruining people's lives for years on end.

>>1440312
bullshit lying on tv about someone your side just murdered was always trouble even in the 90s and the fact that you leftwing lunatics have done so for decades now on top of your bullshit "concerns" you never had before when you did it to roseanne or tucker or all the others just exposes that you are a lying piece of shit

>>1440314
i can't stand the way you type, shill. please get those english lessons soon

>>1440312
Democrats/the left are the only group who can enact mass censorship to the point they ban the president from social media, try to murder the president 3 times, murder rightwingers, mock the familie and children of the murdered, gravedance in public, lie on tv to millions of equaly retarded democrat voters and slander the person your side just murdered, destroy memorial or the murdered and then pretend they are the victims because they now get the consequences for it done based on the rules they themselves established.

Democrats are low iq monsters, it almost seems to be a requirement to be a idiot and or psychotic to vote democrat.

esl shill is on a roll early today

>>1440316
B-b-but it's not fair... I want to do those things too.
At least child molesting is normalized now, amirite?

>>1440316
>they ban the president from social media
For no reason at all, am I right? Interesting how these days you're not mentioning all the "lawfare."

The guy who riled up a large mob to storm the Capitol building under false pretenses while Congress was in session and didn't make an attempt to call them off until the violence had passed? Yeah, HE'S the victim here guys. Fuckin libs just don't GET it. Such an outrage they didn't excuse him from the twitter TOS.

Might have been better if they had though, not gonna lie.

>>1440332
>riled up a large mob to storm the Capitol building
>didn't make an attempt to call them off
Whole bunch of presuppositions in there justifying the banning of POTUS.

Says Back the Blue, cries Witch Hunt when held accountable, hinders court proceedings with frivolous arguments and false claims...

>>1440332
>Muh Jan 6
>Muh Russian collusion
Only the most retarded shills spout these bullshit talking points anymore

>>1440340
you're literally a shill

>>1440343
>mueller time!!!

how emberassing showing in public that you are literally braindead low iq retard that fell for the most obvious fakenews in this generation.

>>1440323
no not for no reason the reason was it was literally the election year your stupid propagandized useful braindead idiot

>>1440346
you really do get off to being called a dumb illiterate shill, don't you

>>1440312
Funny how its a suppression now but when twitter was ran by jack dorsey reddit banned trump subreddits and facebook actively suppressed vaccine information on a vaccine that was rushed out due to the virus all of that was fine.
Anyone whose crying about this now but celebrated the full on censorship of non leftist spaces is a hypocrite and frankly a terrorist adjacent bullshit artist

>>1440323>>1440320
literally no reason, did you see trump's tweets on jan6? they're literally calls for non violence and deescalation.
Reddit twitter facebook colluded to ban any right-wing spaces from the internet so fuck off.

>>1440350
>>1440351
get a real job faggot

Dick 'Tator

>>1440351
Calls for peace after the violence was insufficient to do what Trump hoped. A sad attempt to save face. He was pretty embarrassed by maga being too weak.

>>1439911
She should resign. Remove her from office.

>>1440356
That is part of the reason he left maga high and dry on the relief promises. He said "Fuck you, losers" and you accept it because you know he actually is right sometimes, losers. He is petty like this and you know it.

>>1440356
>Calls for peace after the violence was insufficient
says alot about leftists right about now huh yall really are terrorists

>>1440363
That meant Trump retreated like a coward because he overestimated the ability of his 'soldiers'. Tends to happen in circle jerks.

Rightards just nutted too quick and gave up. The gay thoughts alone were enough to get them off, never had to insert. Still inserted a limp stick and pulled out anyway to say they did it. The thought was damning enough and then the penetration even though the lust no longer had full control showed us how maga are all bottom fags.

>>1440364
>>1440366
>>leftists days before charlie kirk, republicans are facist we need to stand up and put them on target, fuck facism reee
>>leftists right after, please be calm political violence isn't the way we need to mend the political divide come grab my hand why are you refusing me I'm not violence you're violent.

>>1440374
Not feeling sorry for Kirk isn’t the same as advocating for further violence
It’s very obvious you people want to use his death as an excuse to silence dissent

>>1440381
grave dancing and saying he deserved it is advocating for further violence.
funny how you destroyed a city over muh floyd protest even though that was a guy with a criminal history. but i guess performative BS is fine for drug dealers and the left but someone who dies talking in public oh no he needs to be vilified /s.
subhuman leftist terrorist rat

>>1440390
we all know you're not even american

>>1440392
terrorist playbook downplay deflect distract.
enjoy your approval rating falling you're like a terrorist little baby whining about your actions having consequences.

>>1440381
All that smug joy getting portrayed as “not mourning” is… somethibgb

this new batch of shills really is a sorry bunch

>>1440390
>>1440397
>kirk dies
>some of the people he openly called abominations celebrate
>EVERYONE WHO DOESN'T REND THEIR CLOTHES FOR THE PRESIDENT'S FITFH FAVORITE PODCASTER SHOULD DIE!
>hey bro, calm down
>DIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

The speed and lockstepped coordination you people have demonstrated is impressive, but it's also transparent.

>>1440397
What happened to
>COMEDY IS NOW LEGAL
Fuck Charlie. His kids are better off without him in their life, and if hell is real, he definitely ended up there

>>1440404
Nice schizo headcannon

>>1440409
Transparent.

>>1440404
>What do you mean I can't spread blatant hate and misinformation about a man that was just assainated
>My 1st amendment rights ahhh save me niggerman

>>1440416
MAGA spreads blatant lies all the time and they don’t seem to care. They just double down every time they get called out

>>1440408
>>1440412
>Why are they putting me in the van ahhh save me niggerman

>>1440416
>direct quotes
>misinformation
Kirk wasn't speaking in tongues, he was actually very clear about his stances.

>>1440419
In two weeks, right?

>>1440418
>it didn't happen
>but if it did happen it's a good thing
Shut up faggot.

>>1440450
so they just tell you guys to project and refuse to elaborate?

>>1440454
The funniest part is that he thinks telling people to shut up works somehow.

>>1440418
What you consider to be 'lies' is just saying things you disagree with, which you decry as physical violence.

>>1439910
related
Another Republican senator blasts FCC chair’s comments on Kimmel — ‘Absolutely inappropriate’
https://fortune.com/2025/09/21/republican-senator-rand-paul-fcc-chair-jimmy-kimmel-charlie-kirk/
Paul’s comments echo those of Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, who said he hated what Kimmel said but also likened Carr’s threat to something a “mafioso” would say.

In an episode of his podcast on Friday, Cruz similarly warned against the government meddling in free speech and called Carr’s remarks “dangerous as hell.”

“I think it is unbelievably dangerous for government to put itself in the position of saying, ‘We’re going to decide what speech we like and what we don’t, and we’re going to threaten to take you off air if we don’t like what you’re saying,’” Cruz added. “And it might feel good right now to threaten Jimmy Kimmel, but when it is used to silence every conservative in America, we will regret it.”

President Donald Trump, who has said the FCC could reexamine licenses for broadcasters that repeatedly criticize him, called Carr an American patriot in response to Cruz’s comments, adding he disagreed with the senator.

But Cruz and Paul aren’t the only conservatives raising alarms about free speech. Political commentator Tucker Carlson also said he hopes Kirk’s murder “won’t be leveraged to bring hate speech laws to this country.”

>>1440419
A threat from maga is like a promise from politicians. Empty.

I do hope they get provoked enough to surrender their whole constitution just to own the libs.

>>1440441
2 MOAR weeks!

>>1440472
leftists are all terrorists I'm going to enjoy seeing you medium rare

>>1440542
Okay, Pinocchio.

*wink

>>1440542
vore belongs on the nsfw boards

>>1440542
FYI, medium rare Russian is dangerous due to parasitic issues. The safe course is well-done, crispy like a brisket.

>>1440547
This is well documented actually. The Russians went cannibal and was eating each other. This actually explains Russians a lot...

>>1440572
leftists didn't release the epstein files either anon what does that tell you? oh right you're a terrorist and a pedo

>>1440575
rent free, mind broken lefty.
mission success.

>>1440573
>>1440320
>At least child molesting is normalized now, amirite?
>>1440351
>literally no reason, did you see trump's tweets on jan6? they're literally calls for non violence and deescalation.
>Reddit twitter facebook colluded to ban any right-wing spaces from the internet so fuck off.
>>1440320
>At least child molesting is normalized now, amirite?
Curious how >>1440351 couldn't counter you on that issue, nor mention that, eh? Very Telling.
>>1440573
>leftists didn't release the epstein files
>you're a terrorist and a pedo
>>1440578
>will never beat the pedo supporter allegations
>>1440573
>leftists didn't release the epstein files
And now the shill's reduced to this. Not only is that very telling, but proves that Accusations are Admissions. Thanks for falling into my post-edit trap, >>1440573 the lolcow of /news/.

>>1439917
russia simping for jews?

>>1440655
Just using my birthday wish.

>>1440351
>literally no reason, did you see trump's tweets on jan6? they're literally calls for non violence and deescalation.
Trump made exactly one tweet almost three hours after the rioting had started telling everyone to be "non-violent", despite the fact that they were clearly violent, had been rioting for hours and Ashely Babbit had been dead for over an hour. Trump's own staff testified under oath in congress stating that during the several hours the rioting was happening Trump was sitting in the White House drinking coke and watching it on TV. Ivanka Trump and his chief of staff begged him to send a tweet telling his followers to go home but he refused. He only sent them home after it became clear that Pence was not going to steal the election for him. I also find it funny that you people hang so much weight on this one tweet he made yet you ignore the months and months and months of speeches and tweets stoking their violence, telling them to fight and that they were losing their country. Then, to top it all off, he pardons every rioter at his rally, even those convicted of violent crimes. All of this is publicly available information but you choose to be a brainwashed stooge - to tongue the asshole of a billionaire Democrat New York trust fund baby pedophile who shits in golden toilets.

It’s pretty fucked honestly.
I’ll say that for a while free speech hasn’t existed in this country, for people left and right. It is one big mess where if you say the wrong thing you can have someone enter a psychotic breakdown and turn their emotional outrage towards you.
In turn, it has escalated to violence, calls for violence, deep brooding resentment, people losing their jobs and people revoking previously held beliefs just to destroy another. It’s a total psychic war and the people who benefit the most are Jews in Israel and tech oligarchs.
It’s all fucked and has been for a while bros.
It’s over, it has been over for quite some time.
I’m upset and terrified but I can’t say this surprises me in any way.
America is quite literally overran with mouth-breathing, retard niggers, but this time they’re in all shapes and colors.
America is quite literally spiritually niggerfied.

>>1440784
America wasn't ever pure to begin with, honestly.
Nothing a huge fire can't cure though.

>>1440759
so you admit he sent a tweet out telling people to not be violent?
Glad to see you admit leftists just love to exaggerate and complain

Someone's got leftists living in their head rent free or wouldn't be exaggerating the way they are.

Under Bush, a mass surveillance state was constructed and then legitimized by corrupt courts, and by the end of his time in office, he was so unpopular that Americans elected a stuttering black guy to run things. Obama then used and expanded Bush's surveillance apparatus to punish his political enemies. Trump supporters remember by now that he did this, but forget who built the loaded gun that Obama picked up.

Now, they're doing it again. Politicized FCC, dismantling the remaining privacy we have left, declaring that free speech is no longer a right, bypassing due process... I don't know what the next guy will do, but I know for certain that red team voters will be shocked, appalled, left utterly blindsided when they become the victims of the tools they created.

>>1440924
My dad kept a W04 bumper sticker on his car until 2017. The only reason it’s gone is cuz he covered it up with a different one I got him while I was traveling. When I point out how long he supported Bush, he just pretends that wasn’t him
These people don’t give a shit about being wrong, and will just move on to whoever Rush Limbaugh tells them

>>1440924
They have/will destroy country just to own the libs and in doing do hand the libs what they allegedly want anyway. Ironic. Kind of poetic, not much though, or just too cliché.

SCOTUS has ruled multiple times that hate speech laws are unconstitutional.

>>1439910
Did Trump wipe their memories and make them forget the Constitution? These are inaliable rights they're talking about.

>>1441392
There is irony in the hypocrisy... Dems are so soft they can't take a joke...
When 97% of the stories/comments are negative and hurts my feelings, it isn't right. I don't care if it is truth, my feelings... hurt.

OMG, my sides hurt rn.

>after 20th January 2028, all those laws created by Trump
>why should a Democrat administration let those laws go to waste, and go to town on rightards as pushback against them choosing... poorly instead of the one who isn't Trump in elections late last year: one who wouldn't have caused the fuckup as a result of those who chose... poorly
Why shouldn't Newsom or whoever use those laws against the likes of you, 1441678 ? If you so much as complain about being 'Fashed Up' infinitely worse than what Trump's doing, why should others care about the feelings of rightards that are so soft they can't take a joke...?
Giving Democrats that legislational power. Those who will vote for that instrument of pushback against those that thought they had the right to have wrong opinions. They will choose... wisely.

>>1442076
They unironically think dems will never win public office again. Trump's people told them that.

>>1441392
Maga wants to make America great again. That means ridding the constitution that prevents it. Duh.

>>1442173
Was sarcasm. Sad I have to disclaimer this shit.

>>1440296
>jimmy kimmel isn't free from consequences
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/media/jimmy-kimmel-abc-return-tuesday-rcna232335
That aged well.
Free from consequences, free to say what the fuck he likes about an orange thing you like and you must agree with his 1A right to say what you don't like about that which you love, or you're a fascist that hates Freedom.
Choose wisely.

1440395
>terrorist playbook downplay deflect distract
>downplay deflect distract
>thus project
Thanks for admitting you're a terrorist, 1440395, as that's all you do in /news/, foreign lolcow shill.