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‘Maybe we should go after you’ Trump threatens ABC reporter asking about free speech (www.independent.co.uk)
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[–] 82 points 1 year ago (6 children)

ABC just caved and fired kimmel, the fascists are winning

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  • [–] 36 points 1 year ago

    Of course they are winning, the American electorate made sure of that. Presidency, both chambers, Supreme Court, popular vote, etc.

    Project 2025 was known worldwide, now they are just implementing it.

    And the public seem to be fine with it, trump has one of the highest approval ratings in the world (despite being negative).

    Obamacare will be next, then Medicare, then contraceptives, then gay marriage...

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    The thing is you're confused here, but it's fine because he's confused. It's the wrong ABC. He thinks it's the American broadcasting corporation. And you could be forgiven for thinking that because that's all the identification we get here. This is actually the "Australian" broadcasting corporation. I'm not as familiar, but it looks like their PBS.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago

    There were recent interactions with both nations' ABCs. The OP article where he says "maybe we should go after you" is about US ABC, after a reporter asked about going after hate speech.

    In the one about Aus ABC the reporter asked about shady business deals, and the response was "You're hurting Australia" and threatened to tell the Austalian "leader" that the reporter was setting a "bad tone".

    US: https://youtu.be/Zxa8diaYNmQ

    Aus: https://youtu.be/TzO5nz7hJmo

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