Same song, second verse:
The largest operator of ABC affiliates, Nexstar—which needs FCC approval for a $6.2 billion merger—said it would stop airing Kimmel’s show from its stations. Then ABC suspended Kimmel’s show. - Heather Cox Richardson, Letters From an American, September 17, 2025
I found a couple that almost said the same thing, but can’t seem to dig up the study I had read. That’s annoying. It left an impression because I too had thought (and if I’m honest, I still think) the more progressive thinkers have a better understanding and are better informed than our ugly regressive opponents. I was kind of down for a few days after reading that both sides were pretty equally shitty. Just in terms of knowledge, not life view or wishes for society/humanity.
That’s what I thought when I saw what Dowd said that got him fired. We have lawsuits and threats against the press. We have an armed force pulling people off street. We have a court that doesn’t believe in the Constitution. And yet people seem to keep thinking the elections next year will be able to fix this.
“And I always go back to, hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions,” Dowd said. “And I think that is the environment we are in.”
He added, “You can’t stop with these sort of awful thoughts you have and then saying these awful words and not expect awful actions to take place. And that’s the unfortunate environment we are in.”
I tried to find a study I read a year or two ago about how informed voters were. It kind of shocked me that it was really close between the Rs and the Ds. Neither voter was particularly well-informed, just tribal.
I hope that I’m still alive and healthy enough to take my planned Piss Tour to hit up a handful of graves.
He lost everything else when he lost his lawsuit. I hope.
Are you high?
Love seeing these old receipts being brought back.
With this administration, and these judges? Good luck.
I remember when Brad Pitt did 7 Years In Tibet. A reporter asked him his thoughts on China invading Tibet. He replied,“Why are you asking me? I’m an actor.”
Over the years I’ve lived through 7 or 8 different administrations. Usually it’s a balance of good and bad. They all do some good, some bad, and depending on how you feel about them, the more you focus on one side of that scale or the other. But this fucking administration is crazy. Like 99% of the shit they do is just straight up bad. Bad for the environment. Bad for the people living here. Bad for people living in other countries. Bad for the future. It’s like every time they have to do something, they get in a room and decide what the worst possible thing they can get away with, and then do that.
In your head, be a third party. You’re just passing along the information. Not apologetic, not angry, just facts.
I’ve been watching PBS, listening and donating to NPR, for decades. I don’t know if it’s me, but it seems in the past couple years they’ve bent over backwards to not seem partisan. Which has made their reporting and coverage somewhat lackluster. Still better than any option out there.
Is it still a war crime without a war? I’m not trying to split hairs or justify the crime, just wondering about definitions. A quick search didn’t really clarify it. Violation of international law, absolutely. And who would prosecute? I don’t think the US has allowed itself to be subjugated to any international court.
That, and then immediately dog whistling about minorities. Fuck him.
Dog whistle after dog whistle with that guy.
Happy Birthday!
I watched PBS news tonight as well, and what AndiHutch said was pretty much right on.
Just for people that don’t remember the Sinclair collage from trumps first time around. It’s not like we weren’t warned.