The Crownless King's Censorious Grip

Jimmy Kimmel's Suspension: FCC Chair Brendan Carr Threats, First Amendment Fissures, and Retaliation Against Letitia James Herald an Era of Retaliatory Rule in Trump's Fractured Republic

As the digital ink dries on Attorney General Pam Bondi's ill-conceived vow to target "hate speech" and FCC Chair Brendan Carr's license-revoking saber-rattling forces ABC to sideline Jimmy Kimmel's late-night barbs, the bedrock of American free expression now teeters like a house of cards amid governmental jawboning, private capitulations, and ignored victims—from Epstein's lingering web of elite impunity to heroic child shields in school shootings and the grim hunt for trafficked migrant minors—all while Trump's administration plays king in a realm where apologies are demanded, investigations stall, and the treasury of justice feels plundered: