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#BobIger, #Disney’s chief executive, & #DanaWalden, his head of #TV, were also hearing from skittish #advertisers & #employees who had begun to receive threatening messages. When the team reviewed #JimmyKimmel’s planned remarks, they grew concerned that his monologue would only inflame the situation further.
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#Conservatives had accused #JimmyKimmel of mischaracterizing the #politics of the man accused of killing the #FarRight activist #CharlieKirk. #Trump’s chair of the #FCC had just warned #ABC of serious consequences, telling the network that “we can do this the easy or the hard way.” And a #Texas-based owner of many #ABCaffiliates was preparing to pull #Kimmel from its stations indefinitely.
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#Disney Pulled #JimmyKimmel As Pressure Built On Multiple Fronts
For #BobIger & his leadership team at Disney & #ABC, time was running out.
Jimmy Kimmel, one of the company’s biggest stars, was preparing to tape the Wednesday edition of his late-night show in Hollywood at 4:30PM. And he had written an opening monologue that would address a cascading political firestorm head-on.
#law #FirstAmendment #censorship #dictatorship #fascism #MafiaState #StochasticTerrorism
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/business/media/disney-abc-jimmy-kimmel.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Neither #LauraLoomer nor #Musk mentioned the #Judge’s daughter had left her job before #Trump’s inauguration.
Loomer continued her attacks with 9 more posts in the ensuing days – & >600 calls & emails flooded #JohnMcConnell’s RI courthouse, including #DeathThreats & menacing messages taunting his #family, acc/to a court clerk & another person familiar w/the communications.
#law #judiciary #felon47 #StochasticTerrorism #Extremism #DomesticTerrorism #MAGA
#Boasberg & #McConnell are among at least 11 federal #judges whose #families have faced threats of #violence or #harassment after they ruled against the new #Trump admin, a Reuters investigation found.
The broadsides are part of an #intimidation campaign directed at federal judges who have stood in the way of Trump’s moves to dramatically expand #PresidentialAuthority & slash the federal govt.
#law #judiciary #felon47 #StochasticTerrorism #Extremism #DomesticTerrorism #MAGA
US District #Judge #JohnMcConnell’s family endured similar #threats after he ruled that #Trump overstepped his authority in freezing #grants for #education & other services. #FarRight provocateur #LauraLoomer [& apparent Trump advisor] tweeted a photo of the judge’s daughter, who had worked at the US Education Dept as a policy advisor, & accused McConnell of protecting her paycheck. #ElonMusk amplified the post to his 219 million followers.
Neither #LauraLoomer nor #Musk mentioned the #Judge’s daughter had left her job before #Trump’s inauguration.
Loomer continued her attacks with 9 more posts in the ensuing days – & >600 calls & emails flooded #JohnMcConnell’s RI courthouse, including #DeathThreats & menacing messages taunting his #family, acc/to a court clerk & another person familiar w/the communications.
#law #judiciary #felon47 #StochasticTerrorism #Extremism #DomesticTerrorism #MAGA
When US District #Judge James #Boasberg ruled in April that #Trump admin officials could face #criminal #contempt charges for #deporting migrants in defiance of a #CourtOrder, the blowback was immediate.
Trump’s supporters unleashed a wave of #threats & menacing posts. And they didn’t just target the judge. Some attacked Boasberg’s brother. Others blasted his daughter. Some demanded the #family’s arrest – or #execution.
#law #judiciary #StochasticTerrorism #Extremism #DomesticTerrorism #MAGA
US District #Judge #JohnMcConnell’s family endured similar #threats after he ruled that #Trump overstepped his authority in freezing #grants for #education & other services. #FarRight provocateur #LauraLoomer [& apparent Trump advisor] tweeted a photo of the judge’s daughter, who had worked at the US Education Dept as a policy advisor, & accused McConnell of protecting her paycheck. #ElonMusk amplified the post to his 219 million followers.
When US District #Judge James #Boasberg ruled in April that #Trump admin officials could face #criminal #contempt charges for #deporting migrants in defiance of a #CourtOrder, the blowback was immediate.
Trump’s supporters unleashed a wave of #threats & menacing posts. And they didn’t just target the judge. Some attacked Boasberg’s brother. Others blasted his daughter. Some demanded the #family’s arrest – or #execution.
#law #judiciary #StochasticTerrorism #Extremism #DomesticTerrorism #MAGA
These #judges ruled against #Trump. Then their #families came under attack.
As federal judges rule against the Trump administration in dozens of politically charged cases, the families of at least 11 of the jurists have been targeted with #threats & #harassment.
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#law #judiciary #felon47 #StochasticTerrorism #Extremism #DomesticTerrorism #MAGA
https://www.reuters.com/investigations/these-judges-ruled-against-trump-then-their-families-came-under-attack-2025-05-02/
These #judges ruled against #Trump. Then their #families came under attack.
As federal judges rule against the Trump administration in dozens of politically charged cases, the families of at least 11 of the jurists have been targeted with #threats & #harassment.
[Note: This story contains offensive language]
#law #judiciary #felon47 #StochasticTerrorism #Extremism #DomesticTerrorism #MAGA
https://www.reuters.com/investigations/these-judges-ruled-against-trump-then-their-families-came-under-attack-2025-05-02/
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