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'Five-alarm fire': Sen. gives stark warning after ABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel
MSNBC· 2025-09-18 15:51
Joining us now is Democratic Senator Angela Also Brooks from Maryland. She's a member of the Senate Help Committee. Lots of ground to cover.Let's start with free speech. We heard President Trump in that news conference uh talk about Jimmy Kimmel's show being pulled from the air, slamming him as not having talent. Between that and what we heard from the FCC chair this morning, they're not even trying to subtly influence media companies right now.It's blatant. Are you surprised they're doing this all out in t ...
BREAKING: Trump speaks on Kimmel
MSNBC· 2025-09-18 15:23
And on a separate issue, free speech, your vice president uh Vance said that free speech is under attack in the UK. Do you agree with him and prime minister. We saw the dismissal of a very well-known chat show host in America last night, Mr.. Kimmel. Is free speech more under attack in Britain or America. Well, Jimmy Kimmel was fired because he had bad ratings more than anything else.and he said a horrible thing about a great gentleman known as Charlie Kirk and Jimmy Kimmel is not a talented person. He had ...
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BBC News (World)· 2025-09-18 15:07
On Jimmy Kimmel being taken off air and if free speech is under attack, Trump says Kimmel said “a horrible thing about Charlie Kirk” and he “had very bad ratings”“Everybody believes in free speech in democracy,” Keir Starmer addsFollow live: https://t.co/bpx24NTER4 https://t.co/rODUKFvEUc ...
'Authoritarian nonsense': Trump WH prepares crackdown on political opponents
MSNBC· 2025-09-18 04:15
It is day 241 of the second Trump administration and right now the president is in the UK enjoying his second state visit and all the pump and circumstance that comes with. He has also been greeted by massive protests there. Well, here at home, the former CDC director who Trump appointed at that role testified about her experiences with RFK Jr.. before he flat out fired her. And FBI director Cash Patel faced more heated questions about his leadership. This time it was from members of the House.It all comes ...
Pritzker on bowing to Trump intimidation: The consequences of not standing up are worse
MSNBC· 2025-09-18 04:01
So, this is this story about Jimmy Kimmel is is definitely not just a media story. It's much bigger than that. And that's one of the reasons I think Democratic leaders across the country are speaking out against ABC for indefinitely pausing late night show Jimmy Kimmel Live after facing pressure from Donald Trump's FCC.Uh we're going to talk about a lot of this with Democratic Governor JB Pritzkar of Illinois. Here's what he said earlier today, earlier this evening I should say, since this spoke in the last ...
“Slippery slope”: Joe on Trump and Bondi floating crackdown on hate speech
MSNBC· 2025-09-17 15:52
Pam Bondi saying she's going to go after hate speech. Uh, is that I mean, a lot of people, a lot of your allies say hate speech is free speech. You probably go after people like you because you treat me so unfairly.It's hate. You have a lot of hate in your heart. Maybe you come after ABC.Well, ABC paid me $16 million recently for a form of hate speech. We want everything to be fair. It hasn't been fair.And the radical left has done tremendous damage to the country, but we're fixing it. We have right now the ...
Joe: We are in desperate need of a president who will bring us together
MSNBC· 2025-09-17 11:38
KO Institute, conservative think tank, published a study just last week uh that found from terrorists from the right were responsible for six times more deaths than people from the left. I actually don't want to go tit for tat on this, but what I am asking for is that this rhetoric of blaming one side or the other stop if you could convey that to the president and that we actually work on things uh that are solutions. So could you commit to me, Mr.. Patel, Director Patel, that you will do that? >> Absolutel ...
Bondi sparks conservative backlash with pledge to target 'hate speech'
MSNBC· 2025-09-17 04:26
It is day 240 of the second Trump administration. Today, Utah prosecutors filed charges against 22-year-old Tyler Robinson. That is the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk.Those charges included aggravate aggravated murder and prosecutors say they will ask for a death sentence in the case. We'll have much more on that coming up in a few minutes. Also today, FBI Director Cash Patel testified in front of Congress where he faced very tough questioning about the Kirk shooting investigation, the Epstein files, a ...
Joe: Don’t use Charlie Kirk’s death to gain political points
MSNBC· 2025-09-16 21:16
Political Violence & Free Speech - The report condemns political violence as an attack on free speech and American democracy [1] - The report highlights multiple instances of political violence against individuals from both sides of the political spectrum [1] - The report criticizes those who condone or downplay political violence depending on the victim's political affiliation [2] Hypocrisy & Double Standards - The report accuses some individuals of hypocrisy for selectively condemning political violence [1][2] - The report points out the selective outrage regarding political violence, depending on the victim's political affiliation [1] Call for Consistency - The report calls for a consistent condemnation of political violence, regardless of the victim's or perpetrator's political affiliation [2] - The report emphasizes that celebrating political violence is unacceptable [2]
AG Bondi faces backlash from conservatives after threatening to go after 'hate speech'
MSNBC· 2025-09-16 13:15
You mentioned the question of free speech. >> The attorney general of the United States, Pam Bondi, said yesterday, "The government will crack down now on comments it considers to be hate speech. " This is what she said on a podcast hosted by Katie Miller, who was married to Trump's top deputy, Steven Miller. >> There's free speech and then there's hate speech. And there is no place, especially now, especially after what happened to Charlie, in our society. Do you see more law enforcement going after these ...