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ABC Allows Jimmy Kimmel Back on Air Tonight – Nexstar and Sinclair Media Will Not Broadcast

Jimmy Kimmel is going back on air, but not every station will carry it.

Disney Corp who owns ABC released the following statement: “Last Wednesday, we made the decision to suspend production on the show to avoid further inflaming a tense situation at an emotional moment for our country,” ABC parent The Walt Disney Company said in a statement Monday. It is a decision we made because we felt some of the comments were ill-timed and thus insensitive.  We have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy, and after those conversations, we reached the decision to return the show on Tuesday.”

Both Nexstar Media and Sinclair Media are refusing to permit the ABC affiliate broadcast of the Jimmy Kimmel show.

Nexstar saying: “We made a decision last week to preempt “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” following what ABC referred to as Mr. Kimmel’s “ill-timed and insensitive” comments at a critical time in our national discourse. We stand by that decision pending assurance that all parties are committed to fostering an environment of respectful, constructive dialogue in the markets we serve. In the meantime, we note that “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” will be available nationwide on multiple Disney-owned streaming products, while our stations will focus on continuing to produce local news and other programming relevant to their respective markets.”

Sinclair saying: “Beginning Tuesday night, Sinclair will be preempting ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ across our ABC affiliate stations and replacing it with news programming. Discussions with ABC are ongoing as we evaluate the show’s potential return,” Sinclair said in a statement.

Sinclair and Nexstar represent about 60 ABC affiliates, approximately one-third of the broadcast audience.

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U.S. Secret Service Dismantles Telecommunications Threat in Advance of President Trump U.N Speech

Sometimes it’s the things you don’t see that tell the story.

The United States Secret Service announced today [Press Release Here] they have intercepted a New York tristate telecommunications network that posed an imminent disruption threat. “The potential for disruption to our country’s telecommunications posed by this network of devices cannot be overstated,” said U.S. Secret Service Director Sean Curran. “The U.S. Secret Service’s protective mission is all about prevention, and this investigation makes it clear to potential bad actors that imminent threats to our protectees will be immediately investigated, tracked down and dismantled.”

Pay attention to what agency was not involved. WATCH:

NEW YORK – The U.S. Secret Service dismantled a network of electronic devices located throughout the New York tristate area that were used to conduct multiple telecommunications-related threats directed towards senior U.S. government officials, which represented an imminent threat to the agency’s protective operations.

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President Trump Calls Out Democrats for Threatening to Shut Down Government

The Democrats are threatening to refuse to support a stopgap spending measure to extend federal spending. President Trump is calling them out and refusing to meet with them until they get serious about it.

After passing a clean CR in the House, Republicans in the Senate are pushing a “clean” seven-week continuing resolution, which they say will buy time for more negotiations on full-year spending bills and possibly an extension of expiring health insurance subsidies. Democrats, meanwhile, wrote an alternative four-week punt that tacks on a laundry list of other demands, including a permanent extension of the insurance subsidies.

Should the government shut down, Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought will determine which elements and agencies of the government are considered essential and which will be shuttered until the budget is extended.

President Donald Trump – “After reviewing the details of the unserious and ridiculous demands being made by the Minority Radical Left Democrats in return for their Votes to keep our thriving Country open, I have decided that no meeting with their Congressional Leaders could possibly be productive.

They are threatening to shut down the Government of the United States unless they can have over $1 Trillion Dollars in new spending to continue free healthcare for Illegal Aliens (A monumental cost!), force Taxpayers to fund Transgender surgery for minors, have dead people on the Medicaid roles, allow Illegal Alien Criminals to steal Billions of Dollars in American Taxpayer Benefits, try to force our Country to again open our Borders to Criminals and to the World, allow men to play in women’s sports, and essentially create Transgender operations for everybody.”

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President Trump Delivers Remarks to U.N. General Assembly

President Trump delivers remarks today to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

President Donald Trump steps back onto the U.N.’s marbled green podium Tuesday morning as a different leader in his second term than he was during his first. Remaining skeptical of multilateral organizations and values-based alliances but much more sure of himself on the world stage, interested in peacemaking as well as power. WATCH:

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September 23rd – 2025 Presidential Politics – Trump Administration Day 247

In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Donald Trump Administration and Presidency.

This thread will refresh daily and appear above the Open Discussion Thread.

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Tuesday September 23rd – Open Thread

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.

For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †

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Turning Point Campus Tour Will Continue with Megyn Kelly, Tucker Carlson, Glenn Beck and Michael Knowles Announced

Turning Point USA has announced speakers to help maintain the TPUSA mission of Charlie Kirk. The schedule is being worked out, but names like Megyn Kelly, Vivek Ramaswamy, Rob Schieder, Tucker Carlson, Glenn Beck and Michael Knowles will assist.

It is awesome to see people stepping into the breach.

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President Trump Makes an Announcement on Autism with HHS Secretary RFK Jr – 4:00pm ET Livestream

President Donald Trump is scheduled to make an announcement on autism. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promised earlier this year to determine the cause of autism by September, scientists have been doing research for years.

President Trump and Robert F Kennedy Jr will be delivering remarks from the White House momentarily, around 4:00pm ET. Livestream Links Below:

UPDATE: Video Added

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Outline of TikTok Deal Gains Clarity

When it comes to presidential candidates, it’s worth remembering: The Kentucky Derby is won by horses, but it’s the owners who get the prize money.

In my opinion, Larry Ellison (Oracle) is the most strategic billionaire influencer, a long-term thinker, in the modern era.  Larry Ellison is about to take control of TikTok, while his son David Ellison gains CBS and will likely move Bari Weiss into content control. Next up, CNN.  Funnily enough, while Elon was the shiny thing, Larry smiled. Keep watching.

The framework of the U.S. TikTok deal is becoming clear. The New York Times has the best write up.

(NEW YORK TIMES) – The software giant Oracle will oversee the security of Americans’ data and monitor changes and updates to TikTok’s powerful recommendation technology under a new deal to avert a ban of the service, according to a senior White House official.

A copy of the algorithm, the recommendation engine that powers the app’s addictive feed of short videos, will be licensed from China to an American investor group that will oversee the app in the United States, the official said.

Oracle will also invest in the new American TikTok, as will the private equity firm Silver Lake, another senior official said.

It will be “secured” in the United States outside the control of TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, one of the officials said. The U.S.-run TikTok will work to retrain the copy on users’ data in the United States, and China will not have access to the data, the officials added.

The deal is an effort to meet the requirements of a law that would have banned TikTok in the United States unless ByteDance relinquished control of the app. It was intended to address national security concerns that the app’s ownership could give Beijing a channel to spread propaganda or to collect sensitive data about Americans.

[…] Under the terms of the deal, American companies will own around 80 percent of the American version of the app. ByteDance and other Chinese investors will own less than 20 percent.

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Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Holds a Press Briefing – Video

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds the first press briefing since the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

Beginning with a review of a very busy schedule this week, the press secretary then gave the assembled press pool a list of recent attacks by left-wing activists against conservative voices, backstopped and contrast against the recent assassination of Charlie Kirk.  WATCH:

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