America’s leadership class is failing us. It’s up to you and me to defend democracy The disappearance of America’s leadership class at a time like this means that the rest of us have to be leaders The Guardian - US · Sep 22, 2025
Bernie Sanders And Ted Cruz Align Over Jimmy Kimmel Suspension: Here's What They Each Said In a rare cross-party stance, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) slammed Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr after threats against ABC over Jimmy Kimmel's controversial remarks sparked outrage. Benzinga · Sep 22, 2025
The FCC's Involvement in Canceling Jimmy Kimmel Was 'Unbelievably Dangerous,' Ted Cruz Says Rand Paul concurs that the threats preceding the comedian's suspension were "absolutely inappropriate" because the agency has "no business weighing in on this." Reason · Sep 21, 2025
Another Republican senator blasts FCC chair's comments on Kimmel — 'Absolutely inappropriate' "And I'll fight any attempt by the government to get involved with speech, I will fight." Fortune · Sep 21, 2025
Trump Allies Slam Australia’s Decision To Recognise Palestinian State At UN Assembly Republican lawmakers like Ted Cruz warned Australia of the "punitive measures" that may be taken as a result of the historic move. Pedestrian.tv · Sep 21, 2025
Even Disney stars are joining calls to boycott the media giant after ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel's show The internet was already lighting up with users sharing screenshots of canceled subscriptions to Disney-owned streaming services or canceled vacations at Disney properties. Fortune · Sep 20, 2025
First Tucker Carlson, now Ted Cruz: Conservatives are talking about an ‘unbelievably dangerous’ precedent being set by the FCC chair “And it might feel good right now to threaten Jimmy Kimmel, but when it is used to silence every conservative in America, we will regret it.” Fortune · Sep 20, 2025
Thousands pay tribute at Charlie Kirk vigil amid uproar over Jimmy Kimmel suspension: Live updates A student at Utah Valley University asked for “peace” and “unity” at Kirk’s vigil Friday The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2025
Ted Cruz FCC Battle: Could His Kimmel Comments Signal a GOP Split on Free Speech? Senator Ted Cruz challenges FCC threats linked to Jimmy Kimmel's suspension, sparking a heated debate on free speech and exposing a possible GOP divide. International Business Times UK · Sep 20, 2025
Young Texas conservatives say Charlie Kirk’s death is galvanizing their religion-forward politics Thousands gathered for the Texas Youth Summit, where speaker after speaker memorialized Kirk and encouraged young attendees to rise in his place. The Texas Tribune · Sep 20, 2025
Trump news at a glance: president hikes H-1B visa cost to $100,000 a year as aide tells firms to ‘train Americans’ Decision could be major blow to tech industry, but commerce secretary says ‘all of the big companies are on board’ The Guardian - US · Sep 20, 2025
Ted Cruz breaks with Republicans, slams ‘mafioso’ threats to broadcasters The US senator has labelled Carr’s comments ‘dangerous as hell’ and something ‘right out of Goodfellas’. Al Jazeera · Sep 20, 2025
Ted Cruz compares threats to ABC by FCC chair to those of mob boss Texas senator says Brendan Carr’s threats to revoke licenses amid Jimmy Kimmel suspension ‘right out of Goodfellas’ The Guardian - US · Sep 20, 2025
Trump demands TV networks get licenses canceled over ‘97% bad’ coverage of him after ABC caves to FCC on Kimmel Trump claimed negative news coverage of him is ‘illegal’ The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2025
The Texas Tribune · Sep 19, 2025 Ted Cruz says conservatives “will regret” Trump’s FCC chairman going after Jimmy Kimmel The Texas senator compared Brendan Carr’s threat to ABC to that of a mafia boss.
The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2025 The Latest: Federal judge tosses Trump’s $15B defamation lawsuit against The New York Times A federal judge in Florida on Friday tossed President Donald Trump’s $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times
Axios · Sep 19, 2025 Inside Democrats' emerging AI playbook Democrats are sharpening an AI message focused on how the technology could widen economic divides and harm workers.
Reason · Sep 17, 2025 What It Means To Be A (Politically) Conservative Jew Rebecca Taibleson stated it plainly: "If you were Jewish and conservative, you had to really mean it, and we did."
Reason · Sep 16, 2025 Brendan Carr and Ted Cruz Don't Think Charlie Kirk's Murder Justifies Speech Restrictions Rand Paul, who called for "a crackdown on people" who celebrated the assassination, was less careful in distinguishing between private and government action.
Latin Times · Sep 16, 2025 Ted Cruz Defends Hate Speech Protections But Backs 'Consequences' for Celebrating Kirk's Murder Government officials such as AG Pam Bondi and Secretary of State have vowed consequences for what they view as hate speech surrounding Kirk's assassination
The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2025 Ted Cruz paints over anti-Charlie Kirk graffiti on Texas freeway Ted Cruz painted over graffiti about Charlie Kirk in Texas that contained a profane message directed at the late right-wing commentator.
International Business Times UK · Sep 13, 2025 Could Stephen King Lose Millions? Author Panics And Apologizes After Defamatory Claim On Charlie Kirk's Death Stephen King deleted a post and apologised after falsely claiming Charlie Kirk supported stoning gay people. But with Republicans calling for a lawsuit, could the author lose millions?
We Got This Covered · Sep 12, 2025 ‘I apologize’: Stephen King walks back Charlie Kirk misinformation post shooting tragedy Context matters, but Kirk said plenty of other things worth criticism.
Latin Times · Sep 12, 2025 Stephen King Apologizes and Deletes Message on X Regarding Charlie Kirk's Murder Amidst discussion on the conservative commentator's murder, the iconic horror author reminded his followers that he "advocated for stoning gays to death."
The Conversation · Sep 11, 2025 Charlie Kirk was emblematic of a country polarised and imploding In December 2021, I was in an exhibition hall in Phoenix, Arizona, with 10,000 young people who had come to hear a lineup of “America first” speakers, from Tucker Carlson to Ted Cruz. This was AmericaFest, an annual rally led by Turning Point USA, a conservative youth organisation whose founder…