using the authority of the state to silence the press because it refuses to conform to a dictator’s capricious whims.

enough. Damn.

ABC will NOT still bend the knee to the orange king and his fascist regime.

What they should do is take this to the f**king supreme court.

Who the f**k does this ignoramus in the WH think he is.

isn’t fired?

That's a rhetorical question.

the tree of democracy with blood. This is what you've been waiting for boys!

It is like we're living in some alternate Bizarro world.

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It's hard to react rationally and respond effectively in the face of the onslaught of what I think of as "schlock and awe."

Yet we must.

and it rather represents the way Trump has done business his entire life - overwhelm and distract every chance you get. Never give anyone a chance to scrutinize your activities by creating ridiculous diversions. As with everything in his life, it is all just show to him.

"Schlock and awe" - apt description.

I hope his ratings tank sufficiently for his sponsors to pull him off the air soon.

The crap he's doing isn't good for even the billionaires who have supported him. All their wealth isn't worth much if he destroys the society they live and work in.

odious phrase. Excellent word choice.

Often, maybe a day or two later, I hear them spoken independently by someone else on a video clip at DU.

Odious is right. I think I might have heard it first from Rumsfeld just prior to the bombing of Iraq.

March 2003 bombing of Baghdad.

and makes a negative out of them. They did just that with the slang term "woke" (which is basically "enlightened", "receptive", "perceptive" ) and most recently with the effort dubbed "DEI". Even the word "liberal" became an invective.

Disney went through a whole production with DeSatan in FL and despite the final outcome, managed to weaken him significantly where he was reduced to being a marginalized wacko.

that in reality the term is no different that all the other terms for liberals and progressive that the Republicans would like to turn into pejoratives. In addition, it seems obvious that Disney is primarily an enormously wealthy corporation whose primary focus is on their stockholder's bottom line. The irony is that Republicans try to portray Democrats a anti-capitalist and t the same time are punishing companies that have adopted DEI policies because it improves their profits.

Apparently, no one told Trump this

and got pretty much what he wanted. Disney will look at the balance sheet, see it is cheaper to cave than to fight, and will cave,

Mouse plays the long game

They want a war? They are going to get it. And it won't be Fucking Goofy leading it.

Would this not affect only the broadcast, and not the wired or Internet users? If that's the case it will be those in the most rural and remote communities that will have fewer viewing choices. Small price to pay for owning the liberals.

You know what they say, Trump - fuck your feelings.

Free speech my ass!

The Federal Communications Commission, an independent federal
agency, does not license broadcast networks, but issues them to
individual broadcast stations that are renewed on a staggered basis for
eight-year periods.

So there is no "ABC Broadcast License" to revoke.

i.e., select a local station owned by the network in a blue city, and attempt to pull the WTXF license (ironically also going after the ABC-owned station WPVI here as well).

So in the case of Disney/ABC, they own, for example, L.A.'s KABC-TV (and 2 years after the Disney purchase of ABC, they moved the station close to Disney properties, whereas the radio station with the same call letters is owned by Cumulus).

https://publicfiles.fcc.gov/tv-profile/KABC-TV

License (PDF) - https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/api/download/lm/authorization/25076ff39448107801946b6bbffa1883

License renewal notice 2022 (PDF) - https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/api/download/lm/authorization/25076f9181f47ea901821cc4648f2ac3

Tell that POS we'll see your ass in Court.

This vindictive, old prick isn't fooling me!