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FCC Moves to Yank Disney Broadcast Licenses as Trumps Demand ABC Fire Kimmel | Common Dreams
“This is a clear attack on the First Amendment and a political stunt designed to intimidate critics, retaliate against a comedian practicing free speech through satire, and send a message to anyone who dares to speak out.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-fcc-kimmel

from #CommonDreams
April 28, 2026

Press freedom advocates on Tuesday forcefully condemned the #Republican-dominated #FederalCommunicationsCommission—and #FCC Chair #BrendanCarr in particular—for moving to challenge #Disney-owned ABC’s broadcast licenses as President Donald #Trump again pressures to network to fire late-night television host #JimmyKimmel.

“The #FirstAmendment and the FCC’s mandate do not permit the agency to use broadcast licenses as weapons to punish broadcasters for constitutionally protected content they air,” declared Freedom of the Press Foundation chief of advocacy Seth Stern.

#DefendFreeSpeech
#news #politics #USpol

FCC Moves to Yank Disney Broadcast Licenses as Trumps Demand ABC Fire Kimmel | Common Dreams

Press freedom advocates condemn the FCC's move to challenge Disney-owned ABC's licenses as the Trumps call for Jimmy Kimmel to be fired over a joke.

Common Dreams

Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧Apr 21

RE: https://flipboard.com/@theintercept/latest-stories-from-the-intercept-g0r8lhj0z/-/a-D3kJVQYkT_KKLgCmtLkb8w%3Aa%3A1855233807-%2F0

#DownWithCorporateMedia
#VivaFediverse
#DefendFreeSpeech
#censorship #Meta #MarkZuckerberg #Facebook #Instagram #news #politics #USpol #media #SocialMedia

Peter Link Apr 9

#Protest text/graphic for tshirts, posters, etc.

I came up with the design using the #LibreOffice word processor and sent it to a vendor on Etsy to make a 2-sided #tshirt.

#DefendFreeSpeech
#AbolishICE
#StopGovernmenttCutbacks
#TaxTheRich
#LetCubaLive
#NoArmsToIsrael
#EndWarWithIran
#politics #GraphicDesign
#Iran #Cuba #Israel #Palestine #ICE #USpol

Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧Apr 9

#Protest text/graphic for tshirts, posters, etc

I came up with the design using the #LibreOffice Writer word processor and sent it to a vendor on Etsy to make a 2-sided #tshirt. (Anyone interested in getting this shirt can go to https://www.etsy.com/listing/1690766536/personalized-text-design-shirt-custom and ask for a "Tax The Rich" tshirt based on order #4008923866. Specify front or front and back.)

Here is a link to a PNG file on WikiMedia Commons if anyone wants to use it.
https://w.wiki/Kzuj

#DefendFreeSpeech #AbolishICE #StopGovernmenttCutbacks #TaxTheRich #LetCubaLive #NoArmsToIsrael #EndWarWithIran
#politics #GraphicDesign #Iran #Cuba #Israel #Palestine #ICE #USpol

Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧Apr 4

#US federal agents arrested the niece and grand niece of Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani
Just saw this in the #NewYorkTimes

It's interesting that the article doesn't mention that the US assassinated #QassimSuleimani with a drone strike in Baghdad, Iraq in 2020.

#DefendFreeSpeech
#Iran #USpol #news #politics #NYT
@worldnews

Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧Apr 4

#ICE Arrests the Head of Wisconsin’s Largest Islamic Group
Officials detained #SalahSarsour, the president of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee, saying he had been convicted of crimes by Israel and had lied on a green card application in the 1990s.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/us/ice-milwaukee-muslim-leader-arrest.html?unlocked_article_code=1.YVA._CvJ.D5Ub5N9bGhlZ&smid=nytcore-ios-share

from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
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April 2, 2026

The president of the #IslamicSociety of #Milwaukee was detained by #US #Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents this week after the authorities said he had been convicted of crimes by #Israel more than three decades ago and had lied on his American green card application.

The president, Salah Sarsour, 53, has led the group, which is the largest Islamic organization in Wisconsin, for five years. In a statement on Thursday, the group said that he was a legal permanent resident who had lived in the United States for more than three decades.

#DefendFreeSpeech
#AbolishICE
#SanctionIsrael
#news #politics #USpol #Palestine

ICE Arrests the Head of Wisconsin’s Largest Islamic Group

Officials detained Salah Sarsour, the president of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee, saying he had been convicted of crimes by Israel and had lied on a green card application in the 1990s.

The New York Times

SAM53 Mar 30

#nokingsinamerica #DefendFreeSpeech #DefendTheConstitution #DefendDemocracy

Joe: Real conservatives are joining the protests and saying we agree that in U.S. there are no kings

Throngs of demonstrators gathered in cities across the country Saturday for a third round of “No Kings” protests against the Trump administration. The Morning Joe panel discusses.

https://youtu.be/PCYkZ8yR58w?si=o1bSYxlxy_xLZYzt

Joe: Real conservatives are joining the protests and saying we agree that in U.S. there are no kings

YouTube

SAM53 Mar 24

For the Sake of Democracy !!
Next No Kings rally. No Kings Protest March 28 2026 rally
#DefendFreedomOfThePress #DefendFreeSpeech #DefendFirstAmendment #DefendTheConstitution #DefendDemocracy

Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧Mar 22

#Graphic - here is a #tshirt I came up with for #NoKings.
I'll be wearing it before, during, and after since the slogans are relevant for this point in time.

#DefendFreeSpeech #AbolishICE #StopTrumpsCutbacks
#LetCubaLive #NoArmsToIsrael #NoWarWithIran
#protest #dissent #news #politics #USpol #Cuba #Palestine #Iran #Israel #Trump #ICE
@progressivepolitics