He continued, “Why would they want someone back who does so poorly, who’s not funny, and who puts the Network in jeopardy by playing 99% positive Democrat GARBAGE. He is yet another arm of the DNC and, to the best of my knowledge, that would be a major Illegal Campaign Contribution. I think we’re going to test ABC out on this. Let’s see how we do. Last time I went after them, they gave me $16 Million Dollars. This one sounds even more lucrative. A true bunch of losers! Let Jimmy Kimmel rot in his bad Ratings.”

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    to the best of my knowledge, that would be a major Illegal Campaign Contribution

    I dont think Donny would be my go to subject matter expert on campaign finance laws

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      Well, he is pretty experienced at violating campaign finance laws, so he may be more of a subject matter expert than you think, he’s just coming at it from the side of evil, not justice.

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    It’s shit like this that the lawyers were waiting for. The ape was subtle enough with the threats last time that the government couldn’t be implicated in Kimmel’s termination. This is definitive. This is blatant government censorship and a violation of the first amendment.

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      It’s shit like this that the lawyers were waiting for.

      I always thought it was unrealistic that Charlie Brown would keep trying to kick the football. “Surely” I thought to myself “a real person would have learned their lesson long ago that it’s not going to happen.”

      And here we are with people somehow still thinking “ah yes, this time the football will be kicked!”

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      Why should they honestly? You Americans complain that democrats don’t stand up to trump, yet the moment one does you guys shit on them and bury them.

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          Gavin Newson? Moment he starts hitting back at trump you guys jumped out of the wood work to basically say he’s worse than Trump. If I was a Democrat I would let you guys burn until you’re begging for anyone but Trump cause clearly you’re not there yet. I would say “enjoy trump” as president except he’s spreading fascism globally. I blame the American left for Trump 2024 as much as I blame MAGA

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            that’s a broad paint brush you got right there. many people you’re blaming with that perspective have precisely the same outlook as you do.

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              At this point every American can burn along with your country. You can’t be surprised that the rest of us hate your country, especially us who have been directly victimized by your country and people. You’re al to blame, you all share responsibility when your government commits atrocities or fucks up the rest of the world. Your leader is one of the worst humans on earth, you have to realize that makes you all toxic to us. Same as how you can think of Putin and Russia and never think of the Russians who oppose him and are fighting against him

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            Gavin Newsom is a ghoul and always has been, the only good thing about him is that he’s standing up to Trump.

            And even that is mostly performative, and when it’s not, such as with gerrymandering, it’s weak half measures

            He’s no kind of leader to rally behind… But he’s getting all the exposure and relevance in the world

            And with that comes reminders that he’s a fascism-lite politician. He’s not being turned on, he’s just in the spotlight, with the attention and criticism that comes with that

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    I mean, why wouldn’t he? The last time he sued them, he ended up $16 million richer. The thing about stupid people is they generally learn by behavioural conditioning more than anything else. Rat push button, rat get reward, so rat push button again.

    ABC thought they were buying safety for a mere $16 million, which was pocket change to them. In reality, all they did was tell Trump where the treats can be found. Now he’s gonna be like a dog that found a cookie in the couch cushions one time, and so now goes rooting around in there every time he can because there might be another one.

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    Why isn’t this orange fool in prison yet?

    Why does Brazil have to school the United States on how a mature functioning constitutional democracy works?

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    I seriously think we need an organized movement to respond to him universally with “Shut the hell up, asshole.”

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    Hmm… It’s a shame that ABC isn’t owned by some super litigious megacorp that could bury most legal attacks in the dirt.