• aceshigh@lemmy.world
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      9 days ago

      He was fired because that was the plan when Colbert was fired. They literally said he was next.

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        9 days ago

        Okay but why in that way - during the taping of a show? That doesn’t seem very “planned”. That seems like a desperate rush.

        Over the weekend would have been smoother. Hell, just about any other way would have been smoother.

        They gave Colbert another year.

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          8 days ago

          Someone in the administration (not Trump obviously) is smart enough to know to strike while the iron is hot. Use the Charlie Kirk killing to justify all kinds of shit that they want to do anyway while they have an angry army of supporters to shout down anyone who dares to speak up against their actions.

          They were always going to declare antifa a “terrorist organization.” They were always going to come after Kimmel. They were always going to put democrats on lists to be investigated. The MAGA anger over Kirk’s killing just gave them the opportunity to speed up the timeline and they couldn’t let it go to waste.