Today’s notice: Late night loses another host. Two chambers, two leaders, one hometown (and one headache). A conservative argument over Charlie Kirk’s legacy. And: How do you appropriate appropriately after Trump?
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Scenes from a crackdown: Another Rorschach test moment from Trump 2.0 arrived last night with the indefinite suspension of Jimmy Kimmel from late-night TV. It is, depending on the political POV, proof that there’s a line that can’t be crossed after the assassination of Charlie Kirk, or…
“Another media outlet withered under government pressure, ensuring that the administration will continue to extort and exact retribution on broadcasters and publishers who criticize it,” the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression’s Ari Cohn told CNN.
This is a fast-moving project with lots of unpredictability. Kimmel was a longtime MAGA enemy and already the second late-night host to lose his chair under this administration. Earlier Tuesday, FCC Chair Brendan Carr put Kimmel and ABC on notice. Hours later, Kimmel’s show went dark.