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The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission is threatening to take action against ABC over on-air claims made by comedian Jimmy Kimmel about the man suspected of assassinating Charlie Kirk last week.
Kimmel said in his monologue Monday, "We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them – and doing everything they can to score political points from it."
The suspect, Tyler Robinson, however, is reported by family members to have moved to the left politically in recent months, and Utah officials released texts to his transgender roommate in which he offers the reason he shot and killed the popular activist who clearly was in the MAGA camp.
"I had enough of [Kirk's] hatred. Some hate can't be negotiated out," Robinson said.
As reported at the Gateway Pundit, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr appeared on "The Benny Show" and told host Benny Johnson that he may take action against ABC and Kimmel.
"This is a very, very serious issue right now for Disney. We can do this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to take action on Kimmel or there is going to be additional work for the FCC ahead," Carr said.
"They have a license granted by us at the FCC, and that comes with it an obligation to operate in the public interest. There are calls for Kimmel to be fired. I think you could certainly see a path forward for suspension over this."
Continued Carr, "The FCC could make a strong argument that this is sort of an intentional effort to mislead the American people about a very core fundamental fact, a very important matter.
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An ABC News reporter on Wednesday expressed "deep regret" for the way he portrayed "very touching" and "intimate" text messages between Charlie Kirk's alleged assassin Tyler Robinson and his transgender lover Lance Twiggs, but the journalist is still being shredded by media colleagues and Americans at large.
On Tuesday, ABC's Matt Gutman reported he was not sure "if we have seen an alleged murder with such specific text messages" that were "very touching, in a way, that I think many of us didn't expect – a very intimate portrait into this relationship between the suspect's roommate and the suspect himself, with him repeatedly calling his roommate, who is transitioning, calling him 'my love.' And 'I want to protect you, my love.'"
"So, it was this duality of someone who the attorney said not only jeopardized the life of Charlie Kirk and the crowd, but was doing it in front of children, which is one of the aggravating circumstances of this case. And then, on the other hand, he was, you know, speaking so lovingly about his partner. So a very interesting and, as Pierre said, riveting press conference."
Curtis Houck, managing editor of NewsBusters, noted Gutman "doubled down" ten minutes later after after his initial report on ABC News Live, as Gutman said: "It's heartbreaking on so many levels, Kyra. Obviously, Charlie Kirk was murdered brutally in front of a crowd of thousands … [O]n the other hand, there is this duality of a very a portrait of a very human person, a very human experience from this entire family … the kid who had got a 34 out of 36 on the ACT, who had a 4.0 …
"I don't think I've ever experienced a press conference in which we've read text messages that are A, so fulsome, so robust, so apparently, allegedly self-incriminating and yet, on the other hand, so touching – right – with the suspect reaching out to his roommate, who was allegedly his boyfriend, who we understand, you know, identified as male at birth, now identifies as female.
"And the terminology he used, he was trying to protect him. He kept calling him 'my love.' 'My reason for doing this is to protect you,' you know, but also asking him to delete the messages and not speak to law enforcement. So there's this, this heartbreaking duality that we're seeing very tragically playing out here."
Wednesday morning, Gutman expressed regret on X, stating: "Yesterday I tried to underscore the jarring contrast between this cold blooded assassination of Charlie Kirk – a man who dedicated his life to public dialogue – and the personal, disturbing texts read aloud by the Utah County Attorney at the press conference.
"I deeply regret that my words did not make that clear. But let there be zero doubt here: I unequivocally condemn this horrific crime and the pain it caused Charlie Kirk's family, those who were forced to witness it at UVU, and the millions of people he inspired."
Charlie Hurt of Fox News was not buying Gutman's comments Wednesday, explaining on the air: "When you're covering a very serious event like a murder trial or a hearing for a murder trial of an assassination, you go with a certain mindset. And the mindset is one that is very serious, it's very factual based, and you are aware of the human casualty that is going on here and you are respectful of what you're covering.
"And the idea that this guy is going to walk into cover this story and have sort of these fantasies, these fairy-tale fantasies, play out in his mind, I think goes to the heart of the lack of seriousness, the lack of gravity that these people approach a story like this. It boggles my mind. I don't understand it."
Hurt concluded: "I don't know how you get from the point from where you should be to where this guy ended up. It is appalling, it's disgusting. I guess the only maybe saving grace to it all is that I think that the media has so befouled themselves, they've so lost all credibility that I think a lot of people just sort of may have heard that and … shrugged and thought: 'Well, good thing I don't listen to them anymore.'"
Other comments from X users directly responding to Gutman's expression of regret include:
"'Touching' was the word you used to describe the messages of someone that just assassinated a father. You're also a father of 2 children, Libby & Ben. Your children aren't safe with someone who thinks a public assassination is 'touching.' You should be fired."
"Matt, you attempted to write a love story for a murderous monster in order to appease your left-leaning brain. There's nothing 'touching' about any of it. If you can't see how disgusting that was, then you really need to reevaluate your life."
"You twisted the assassination of Charlie Kirk into a gay man 'defending' his gay lover. You made it seem like a bitter love story you freak. You're not going to worm out of this."
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A Muslim mayor of Dearborn, Michigan, has stunned with his vitriol against a Christian resident of his city who simply objected to promoting violence.
Mayor Abdullah H. Hammoud scolded resident Edward "Ted" Barham, a Christian, "Although you live here, you are not welcome here."
Barham had objected to renaming some intersections in Dearborn after Osama Siblani, Arab American News publisher who has promoted Hezbollah and Hamas, both Middle East organizations that have inflicted death, destruction and terror on Americans.
Hammoud issued a dangerous suggestion for Barham to not see the signs.
"The best suggestion I have for you is to not drive on Warren Avenue or close your eyes while you're doing it. His name is up there and I spoke at a ceremony celebrating it because he's done a lot for his community," Hammoud claimed.
He then turned to a personal attack on his city's resident, accusing Barham of being "a bigot, and you are racist, and you're an Islamophobe. Although you live here, I want you to know as mayor, you are not welcome here. And the day you move out of the city will be the day that I launch a parade celebrating the fact that you moved out of this city."
Barham had explained Siblani is "a promoter of Hezbollah and Hamas. … He talks about how the blood of the martyrs irrigates the land of Palestine … whether we are in Michigan and whether we are in Yemen. Believe me, everyone should fight within his means. They will fight with stones, others will fight with guns, others fight with planes, drones, and rockets."
Fox News reported the signs actually were approved by the Wayne County commission, as the road is a county road, but the signs are inside Dearborn.
Barham compared the signs to naming a road "Hezbollah Street or Hamas Street," and said the "honor" for Siblani was "provocative."
Fox explained, "Dearborn, the city with America's highest-percentage Muslim population, has long navigated debate over cultural and political identity. For many average residents, the moment captured in City Hall begged the question of whether elected officials are willing to listen to all voices or only those they choose to celebrate."
WND reported only days ago that adjacent Dearborn Heights was forced into an embarrassing backtrack when officials announced a badge for police officers that said "Dearborn Heights Police" in Arabic.
The scandal even caught the attention of the late Charlie Kirk, co-founder of Turning Point USA, who was assassinated a week ago at a free speech event in Utah.
After an interval of only two days, Dearborn Heights Mayor Bill Bazzi went to social media to backtrack.
"On Wednesday, September 3rd, information was disseminated from the Dearborn Heights Police Department regarding a digital mock-up of the DHPD patch bearing the department name translated in Arabic script," his Facebook post said. "The design mock-up idea showed the words 'Dearborn Heights Police' in Arabic and was said to be optional. The patch effort was an internal discussion among some within the police department which was not put forth for consensus or further review."
But, he said, "Should efforts like this be formally undertaken to make any changes to the Police uniform, it is our goal to include multiple PD stakeholders for a larger conversation, to ensure all are included in the discussion. As we are one PD, each individual's uniform represents the DHPD as a whole, and therefore merits the review and input of all. At this time, this patch addition remains an idea and should NOT have been presented as an official prototype."
Dearborn Heights has a population of around 39% Middle Eastern or North African as of the most recent census, but triggered Republican Congressman Randy Fine with its announcement. He called it an example of "Sharia Law" coming to Michigan.
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Newly released FBI documents are raising more questions about the Biden family's connections to a gas company under investigation at one point by Ukrainian authorities for corruption, Burisma.
The company's links to the Biden family already have been documented to run deep: Hunter Biden was paid some $1 million a year for several years to be on its board, even though he lacked expertise in running an energy company.
And Joe Biden is on record that he used his power as vice president under Barack Obama to threaten Ukraine with the loss of a billion dollars in American tax help at the time if a prosecutor investigating Burisma wasn't fired.
Republicans have been raising questions about the scandal for years already, and now Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, has released declassified files that suggest additional bribery allegations against Joe Biden and his scandal-plagued son, Hunter.
A report at the New York Post explains the documents released by Grassley memorialize two interviews, from 2017 and 2019, in which FBI sources provided details about the Bidens being linked to "a possible foreign bribery 'scheme' with Mykola Zlochevsky, the owner of Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings."
One of the major concerns now is the suggestion that the FBI never even investigated those allegations.
"The informants alleged that Zlochevsky sought to offer then-Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko $100 million in 'shares and guaranteed profits from gas sales' to stop an 'Interpol investigation' into Burisma — in which Joe and Hunter Biden had 'money invested' via a Latvian 'shell company,'" the report said.
Those FBI sources charged Joe Biden met with Poroshenko "to protect the interests" of his son and, by extension, Zlochevsky, who was paying Hunter Biden $1 million per year from May 2014 to April 2019 to be on Burisma's board.
The informant told the FBI two CIA officers took Zlochevsky to Yuriy Lutsenko, the prosecutor general of Ukraine, and "The CIA officers allegedly said Zlochevsky is protected by the U.S. and urged Lutsenko to stop the investigation on Zlochevsky and let him back into Ukraine. A deal was made, so Zlochevsky could pay $3 million in damages to get back into Ukraine."
Other business deals benefitting the Bidens also were alleged.
"We aren't saying the allegations are true, we want to know what the FBI did to fully investigate their veracity or lack thereof, and what they concluded," Grassley said. "Let's put this matter to rest, one way or the other."
Another FBI document, from 2017, said, "JOSEPH BIDEN would 'take care' of BURISMA HOLDING issues around the World and POROSHENKO would protect ZLOCHEVSKY."
A previous FBI informant document, released by Grassley two years ago, had an informant claiming Joe and Hunter Biden each took a $5 million bribe from Zlochevsky to "protect" Burisma from a corruption probe. That information later pleaded guilty to making false statements and was sentenced to prison, although his prosecution later was put under a review.
Biden, as vice president, pressured Ukrainian officials to fire a Ukrainian prosecutor in December 2015 by threatening to withhold up to $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees. The prosecutor was ousted months later by a vote of the nation's parliament.
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Joe Biden then bragged about how he'd used the power of the American taxpayer purse to coerce Ukrainian officials to do his bidding regarding Burisma.
Grassley confirmed in a Tuesday hearing with FBI Director Kash Patel that "to date, the FBI has never answered Congress whether they investigated the text messages, the audio files, and financial records referenced in that 1023."
Senate investigators earlier confirmed that Joe Biden was made Obama's "public face" for Ukraine issues just as Hunter Biden and a friend were put on the payroll of the Burisma board.
There also have been allegations of Hunter Biden receiving a luxury car, and a huge diamond, amid his involvement in Ukraine.
And Hunter Biden was embroiled in a tax case, partly involving payments from Burisma, when at the close of Joe Biden's term in the White House, he issued a presidential pardon to hin some for all crimes committed.
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Five police officers are down in Pennsylvania after a barrage of gunfire erupted as they were serving a warrant.
Reports say a gunman is dead, and three officers have died. Another officer was reported in "grave" condition and another in critical. Names were not released immediately.
A York County deputy also was injured, officials reported.
Federal officials said Washington's resources were being offered to help, and FBI chief Kash Patel said, "Our prayers are with the officers, their families, and the entire York County community."
Officers reportedly were serving a warrant when an alleged suspect fired on them, NBC reported.
"The alleged shooter is believed to be dead from a self inflicted gunshot wound, the sources added," according to a report in the Daily Mail.
Nearby schools and hospitals were locked down.
One witness told a local broadcaster that at least 30 shots were fired.
The Daily Mail said a witness reported an officer lying in the middle of a road.
"More police were still rolling and they were coming from all directions. It wasn't long til I heard a helicopter."
Gov. Josh Shapiro said he was en route to the scene.
The Mail noted the Mexican Consulate said it was monitoring the situation but it was unclear why the consulate was involved.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said, "'We are working with our interagency partners and will share more information as soon as it becomes available. We are praying for the victims and their families. This violence must stop."
"Violence against law enforcement is a scourge on our society and never acceptable," Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote in a statement on X. "Pray for the officers involved."
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President Donald Trump already has confirmed he would be on board with designating Antifa, and other far-left radicals across America, as domestic terrorists.
His confirmation came in a response to a question from The Center Square.
Now the House of Representatives is working on that very project.
She proposed the legislation a few months ago, and it has been pending before the House Committee on the Judiciary since.
She said that's changing.
"I just received word from the Speaker that he is fully supporting my bill to designate ANTIFA as a terrorist organization, and it will be placed in the State Department reauthorization bill that will be going through committee this week," Luna said on social media.
The proposal cites multiple instances of violence from all across America allegedly committed or instigated by members of Antifa, situations that have left behind billions of dollars in damage and injured law enforcement officers.
Antifa rose in prominence after the death in Minneapolis of George Floyd, and purportedly represents those who are "anti-fascists," although their violent tactics actually align with that political thought at times.
"Over the summer of 2020, Antifa assisted in inflicting over $2,000,000,000 in damages against churches, Federal buildings, businesses, and other downtown structures across 20 States, resulting in the death of at least 30 individuals as well as 700 injured police officers," the legislation charges.
"[In] March 2023, Antifa-affiliated rioters set fire to the future Atlanta police training facility by launching fireworks, Molotov cocktails, and other destructive items at police officers and into the facility's construction site resulting in arrests of 23 extremists on charges of domestic terrorism."
The Department of Justice already has labeled the organization's violence "as domestic terrorism," in a verdict that stated, "The violence instigated and carried out by Antifa and other similar groups in connection with the rioting is domestic terrorism and will be treated accordingly."
Trump said he considering taking the action against not only Antifa, but other groups as well, although he did not name any more.
"He said he's talked with Attorney General Pam Bondi about bringing federal RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) charges against some of these organizations and their donors," the report said.
"There are other groups, yeah, there are other groups. We have some pretty radical groups, and they got away with murder. And also, I've been speaking to the Attorney General about bringing RICO against some of the people that you've been reading about that have been putting up millions and millions of dollars for agitation," Trump said.
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Ben and Jerry's long has been known for being a company that adopts and promotes leftist ideologies like abortion, the LGBT beliefs, and such. And blasts those who disagree.
It also, under its corporate Unilever ownership, makes and sells ice cream.
Its founders, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, felt so strongly about their ability to influence people with their ideologies that when they wanted cash, some $236 million, they installed in an agreement with purchaser Unilever provisions for them to continue.
Apparently, they failed to make that secure enough.
And now Cohen has posted a letter to fans on behalf of Greenfield announcing Jerry is walking away from the company, and "it's profoundly disappointing to come to the conclusion that that independence, the very basis of our sale to Unilever, is gone."
He continued with his complaint that he isn't allowed to bash President Donald Trump enough.
"It's happening at a time when our country's current administration is attacking civil rights, voting rights, the rights of immigrants, women, and the LGBTQ community."
Actually, those "attacks" are the Trump administration's goals of reducing discrimination produced by special privileges for minorities, fair and secure elections, a secure border, and more.
He revealed the company always was there to push political and ideological agendas.
"It was always about more than just ice cream; it was a way to spread love and invite others into the fight for equity, justice and a better world. Coming to the conclusion that this is no longer possible at Ben & Jerry's means I can no longer remain part of Ben & Jerry's."
A Fox affiliate report reveals the fight has been developing for some time, and it's over the political agenda held by Cohen and Greenfield, and the corporate owner's interest in its finances.
Greenfield wrote, "Standing up for the values of justice, equity, and our shared humanity has never been more important, and yet Ben & Jerry's has been silenced, sidelined for fear of upsetting those in power."
Further, the London-based Unilever, which also owns Dove soap and Hellmann's mayonnaise, is spinning off its ice cream holdings into a new company called the Magnum Ice Cream Company.
An official with that company said it is grateful to Cohen and Greenfield for their years of work, but it was "not aligned with his viewpoint," the report said.
"We disagree with his perspective and have sought to engage both co-founders in a constructive conversation on how to strengthen Ben & Jerry's powerful values-based position in the world," the spokesperson told the outlet.
Ben & Jerry's recently claimed that Unilever unlawfully removed its CEO, David Stever, and the founders recently sued Unilever for refusing to let the company release a social media post naming "issues it believed would be challenged during President Donald Trump's term."
Its agenda for that statement included minimum wages, universal health care, abortion and climate change, which was global warming until the warming essentially stopped.
When Ben & Jerry's announced, as part of its anti-Israel ideology, it would stop serving Israeli settlements in the West Bank, Unilever responded by selling those assets to another company.
Social media commenters pointed out that the activism apparently had produced for the company "disappointing sales."
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Disney, which owns ABC, is pulling Jimmy Kimmel's show Wednesday night and into the future "indefinitely," a response to the TV host's wildly inaccurate statement Monday about Tyler Robinson, the man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk last week.
"'Jimmy Kimmel Live' will be preempted indefinitely," a Disney spokesperson told Fox News.
Nexstar Media Group, which owns hundreds of television stations, announced earlier it would preempt Kimmel's show on its ABC affiliates starting Wednesday night "for the foreseeable future" and would replace it with other programming.
"Mr. Kimmel's comments about the death of Mr. Kirk are offensive and insensitive at a critical time in our national political discourse, and we do not believe they reflect the spectrum of opinions, views, or values of the local communities in which we are located," Nexstar's broadcasting chief Andrew Alford said in a press release.
"Continuing to give Mr. Kimmel a broadcast platform in the communities we serve is simply not in the public interest at the current time, and we have made the difficult decision to preempt his show in an effort to let cooler heads prevail as we move toward the resumption of respectful, constructive dialogue," the statement continued.
Earlier Wednesday, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr threatened to take action against ABC after Kimmel's remarks.
Kimmel said in his monologue Monday, "We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them – and doing everything they can to score political points from it."
The suspect, Tyler Robinson, however, is reported by family members to have moved to the left politically in recent months, and Utah officials released texts to his transgender roommate in which he offers the reason he shot and killed the popular activist who clearly was in the MAGA camp.
President Donald Trump reacted to Kimmel's ouster, saying: "Great News for America: The ratings challenged Jimmy Kimmel Show is CANCELLED. Congratulations to ABC for finally having the courage to do what had to be done.
"Kimmel has ZERO talent, and worse ratings than even Colbert, if that's possible. That leaves Jimmy and Seth, two total losers, on Fake News NBC. Their ratings are also horrible. Do it NBC!!!"
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In an interview Wednesday, former President Barack Obama discussed the assassination of Charlie Kirk, pointing to the rhetoric of President Donald Trump and some of his administration for contributing to and normalizing political vitriol in America.
Speaking at the Jefferson Educational Society in Erie, Pennsylvania, Obama said Trump and his allies calling their opponents "vermin" and "enemies … speaks to a broader problem."
Obama condemned some in "authority" for trying "to silence discussion" in the nation after Kirk's murder.
"I didn't know Charlie Kirk, Obama said. "I was generally aware of some of his ideas. I think those ideas were wrong – but that doesn't negate that what happened was a tragedy, and I mourn for his family."
In response, White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said in a statement: "Obama used every opportunity to sow division and pit Americans against each other, and following his presidency more Americans felt Obama divided the country than felt he united it."
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The Federal Reserve Board of Governors on Wednesday cut interest rates one-quarter of a point, establishing the benchmark at 4% to 4.25%, after blocking President Donald Trump's economic agenda – building back America's business interests, manufacturing and expansion, for months.
The Dow Jones Industrial Averages, which had been percolating in the mid to upper 45,000 range, promptly surged past 46,000 and actually closed the day there.
The reduction was the first from the controversial Fed operations since 2024.
Officials did signal the possibility for two more cuts later this year, reports confirmed.
"Recent indicators suggest that growth of economic activity moderated in the first half of the year," said the Federal Open Market Committee. "Job gains have slowed, and the unemployment rate has edged up but remains low. Inflation has moved up and remains somewhat elevated."
Stephen Miran, Trump's newest Fed appointee, had wanted a half point cut. And Lisa Cook, under investigation on allegations of mortgage fraud and fighting Trump's decision to fire her, voted with others for the quarter point cut.
The benchmark had been, before Wednesday's announced, at 4.5% to 4.25%.
Interest rates had exploded to more than 9% under Joe Biden's tenure in the White House, and Trump has been working to expand America's economic base, return manufacture to its shores, obtain fair international trade agreements and much more while trying to keep inflation low and job creation up. Both of those figures have been moderate in recent assessments.
America's housing industry, which has been stalled because of the interest rates mandated by Fed chief Jerome Powell, could start seeing an increase in activity because of Wednesday's decision.