"Robert Reich says that Disney wants us to believe it sat down and had a sweet, little reasonable confab with Jimmy Kimmel, and that's why Disney has brought him back.

As Robert Reich says, this is bulltwat.

Here's what happened:

"Shortly after Kimmel’s suspension was announced, Disney stock dipped about 3.5 percent and continued to trade lower in subsequent days."

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https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-deeper-story-behind-americas

The deeper story behind America's pending loss of free speech

The real reason Disney restored Kimmel’s late-night show

Robert Reich

"That loss in market value has amounted to about $4 billion.

Investors knew consumers were upset. There’s never one single reason for the ups and downs in the value of a particular firm’s shares of stock, but the correlation here has been almost exact.

The bottom line: We have extraordinary power. We’re the vast majority. Like every other big corporation, Disney relies on us."

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"Even if we can’t count on our elected politicians to protect our First Amendment rights, we can rely on ourselves. When our outrage translates into withholding our consumer dollars, a big corporation like Disney is forced to listen — and respond.

Remember this."

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"In Strength in Numbers, G. Elliott Morris noted that as measured by internet searches for 'Cancel Disney+,'' the boycott against Disney, the parent company of ABC, is now four times as large as any similar search of a boycott over the past five years."

~ Heather Cox Richardson

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https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-22-2025

September 22, 2025

Conservative writer Bill Kristol took to social media today to say: “So many coverups.

Letters from an American

"Let’s be clear: Kimmel’s return is a victory for the resistance in its defense of the Constitution.

The victory teaches us a powerful lesson that we must internalize and replicate at every opportunity: Together, there is nothing we cannot do."

~ Robert B. Hubbell

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https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/the-lesson-in-jimmy-kimmels-return

The lesson in Jimmy Kimmel’s return to ABC.

September 23, 2025

Today's Edition Newsletter

"If ABC’s executives thought that their decision to capitulate to Trump by canceling Jimmy Kimmel’s program would pass quietly by, they’re being taught a quick lesson to the contrary. A massive movement to boycott the company and its properties has emerged, including at the hands of actors who themselves star in Disney properties."

~ Brian Tyler Cohen

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https://plus.briantylercohen.com/p/disney-gets-what-it-deserves-amid

Disney gets what it deserves amid Kimmel cancellation

ABC's parent company is learning a quick lesson in accountability.

Brian Tyler Cohen

"If ABC only speaks one language - the language of money - then we need to communicate to them in a way they can understand."

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"We were a bigger threat than the Trump Regime. Early on, it was clear to me that we were a bigger headache to Disney than Trump, Sinclair, and Nextar. The volume of Disney+ and Hulu cancellations, before anyone could organize a formal boycott, was staggering."

~ Melissa Ryan

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https://www.altrightdelete.news/p/jimmy-has-friends-everywhere

Jimmy has friends everywhere

We beat the Trump Regime. Here’s how.

Ctrl Alt Right Delete

"As was the outpouring online. Consumers caused Disney’s shareholders more pain than the Trump Regime. Disney had to respond to our pressure as it was affecting their bottom line."

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@wdlindsy To be fair, Disney was uniquely vulnerable here by having all those services requiring a subscription, that one can unsubscribe from. With an over-the-air broadcaster, it would be harder. They broadcast their programming for free with embedded advertising, and of course one can just stop watching them - or then, one can make a list of their advertisers and boycott those. That is serious work, does not produce a sweet unsubscribe screen shot to post online, and does not deposit a single number directly onto the CEO's desk...
@martinvermeer I have to admit I'm not inclined to bend over backwards to be fair to Disney. My sense is they have not earned fairness.
@wdlindsy Ah, that's a misreading. The call for fairness is to people that compare the success of this popular revolt against Disney to the many other situations where a similar revolt would be well warranted, but much harder to pull off. Disney offered a convenient handle for this that others sadly don't. E.g., you cannot unsubscribe from ICE.