While most of Hollywood had total meltdowns over “Jimmy Kimmel Live” being pulled from the air “indefinitely,” actor James Woods made some comparisons to how the Left has treated “cancel culture” in the past. “Remember when Twitter’s Jack Dorsey banned the President of the United States from the world’s biggest forum during an election? Screw Jimmy Kimmel,” Woods wrote alongside a link to a Rolling Stone article from 2023, titled “Why Cancel Culture is Good for Democracy” by Ernest Owens. Remember when Twitter’s Jack Dorsey banned the President of the United States from the world’s biggest forum during an election? Screw Jimmy Kimmel. pic.twitter.com/H6iNpenWo6 — James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) September 18, 2025 The piece details how “cancel culture” is useful because it has “leveled the playing field for those who can’t always rely on the government to protect them.” “Cancel culture is the poison to those in power that have benefited from unchecked free speech,” the author goes on, addressing the “straight, white men” he insists are in charge. Woods uses this article to point out how the tables have turned, and how the liberals who are so used to dominating popular culture and the media, saying whatever they want without consequence, are now unhappy to play by their own rules. “Those who fear cancel culture may claim they fear suppression of speech, but it’s accountability that they want to avoid,” Owens observes in the Rolling Stone piece. Many other conservatives have highlighted this double standard, pointing to people on the Right who were fired or silenced for voicing their opinions in the past. Roseanne Barr, Gina Carano, Megyn Kelly, and others were all brought up as examples. “Roseanne had the highest rated show on television when she made a Twitter joke and was immediately fired by Disney. Gina Carano had the most popular show on streaming when she shared a social post and was immediately fired by Disney. Everyone on the left cheered,” Clay Travis noted on X. Many people also pointed out that Kimmel’s monologue was far worse than what conservatives had been penalized for. The comments from Kimmel that prompted the backlash included the host claiming that Kirk’s assassin was a MAGA supporter. Investigators say that the 22-year-old man arrested for Kirk’s killing was deeply steeped in leftist ideology and disliked the conservative commentator for his beliefs. “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,” Kimmel said. This prompted Sinclair, one of the largest broadcast companies in the United States, to suspend “Jimmy Kimmel Live” until further notice. Daily Wire podcast host Matt Walsh summed up how most conservatives felt about the situation. “Jimmy Kimmel lied about Charlie’s assassination and used the opportunity to defame Charlie’s own friends and allies. He deserves to be fired for it,” he wrote on X. “These are the repercussions that conservatives have been experiencing for years for infractions not nearly as egregious. Good riddance, Kimmel, you disgusting scumbag.”

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) — along with a host of elected Democrats and media personalities — scrambled to defend ousted late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel after he was suspended indefinitely, arguing that it was a free speech issue. Kimmel’s suspension — which, according to ABC, is indefinite — follows comments he made after the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk. “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 comedian said on Monday. Schumer immediately identified Kimmel’s suspension as evidence that the United States was sinking into authoritarian rule. “It is outrageous. It’s a page right out of Xi’s playbook,” he said. “This is just despicable, disgusting, and against democratic values. Trump and his allies seem to want to shut down speech that they don’t like to hear.” Schumer did not explain how he’d reached the conclusion that ABC — which had to shell out millions to Trump in a lawsuit prompted by comments made by anchor George Stephanopoulos — had become one of those “allies.” Chuck Schumer foams at the mouth over Jimmy Kimmel getting suspended by ABC. Jimmy might have a right to free speech, but he’s not free from consequences Chuck.pic.twitter.com/RWEWRxgeJM — MRC NewsBusters (@newsbusters) September 18, 2025 Schumer had previously called for former Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s removal from the air waves. 2023: Chuck Schumer demands Tucker Carlson be taken off the air because he “slimed the truth.” pic.twitter.com/MXfn6ceVCO — Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) September 18, 2025 MSNBC host Chris Hayes called it part of “Donald Trump’s ongoing campaign to crack down on free speech” and “render the First Amendment meaningless” — but as some pointed out, he’d taken a very different approach when Fox News parted ways with former host Tucker Carlson. “He believed he could say anything no matter how vile, no matter how disgusting, no matter how offensive, no matter how dehumanizing, belittling … over time, probably not going to work out well for you,” he said at the time. MSNBC’s Chris Hayes on Kimmel getting fired: This renders the First Amendment meaningless. Chris Hayes on Tucker getting fired: He believed he could say anything no matter how disgusting and get away with it. Over time, that’s not going to work out well for you. pic.twitter.com/KOdROGvseE — Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) September 18, 2025 Former CNN host and longtime Trump foil Jim Acosta also ran to Kimmel’s defense, saying, “Jimmy Kimmel deserves better than this. He’s a class act. Case in point – after my first appearance on his show back in 2018, he very thoughtfully asked whether I was receiving adequate security at that time, as Trump was repeatedly smearing journalists as ‘the enemy of the people,’ comments that resulted in threats aimed at many of us in the White House Press Corps. I’ll never forget that moment of kindness from Jimmy. It spoke volumes. Make no mistake, our right to free speech is under attack in this country. This right must be defended as it is essential to the American way of life.” Jimmy Kimmel deserves better than this. He’s a class act. Case in point – after my first appearance on his show back in 2018, he very thoughtfully asked whether I was receiving adequate security at that time, as Trump was repeatedly smearing journalists as “the enemy of the… pic.twitter.com/s44423s3H6 — Jim Acosta (@Acosta) September 18, 2025 And they were far from alone. Kimmel getting canceled has BROKEN these people. pic.twitter.com/wIwFeWGKn8 — Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) September 18, 2025 A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act. — Governor JB Pritzker (@GovPritzker) September 17, 2025 There is no such thing as free speech under Donald Trump’s reign. — Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) September 18, 2025 The Writers Guild of America blasts the decision to suspend #JimmyKimmelLive: “The WGA stands with Jimmy Kimmel and his writers.” “The right to speak our minds and to disagree with each other – to disturb, even – is at the very heart of what it means to be a free people. It is… pic.twitter.com/fUwPcuFYxp — Variety (@Variety) September 18, 2025 There’s even legislation in progress to block President Trump from suppressing free speech … even though Kimmel was actually booted by ABC. BREAKING NEWS: We have new legislation to protect free speech in the wake of the Trump administration’s attacks on it. Watch live as I stand shoulder-to-shoulder with:@ChrisMurphyCT@RepJasonCrow@ChrisVanHollen@SenTinaSmith@RepCasar@RepHoulahan https://t.co/HIV0JxthsO — Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) September 18, 2025 Stephen L. Miller summed up the outrage in a single sentence: “The national media being more upset at Jimmy Kimmel losing his show than they are Charlie Kirk losing his life is kind of proving the point.” The national media being more upset at Jimmy Kimmel losing his show than they are Charlie Kirk losing his life is kind of proving the point. — Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) September 18, 2025

CNN reported this week that the popularity of socialism among Democrats has soared from a paltry 7% approval in 2010 to more than 36% in 2025. “Look at this, net popularity of socialism among Democrats,” CNN pollster Harry Enten proclaimed. “You go back to 2010, it was plus seven points. Look how high it is now, up like a rocket, up to plus 36 points. That’s a jump of nearly 30 points on the net popularity scale among Democrats in just 15 years.” Re: Mamdani/Hochul, Dems see socialism as five letter word: “great”. The net popularity of socialism is up 29 pts since 2010 with Dems. Capitalism, however, has a net negative rating with Dems. This should leave the GOP/Trump salivating as socialism remains unpopular overall. pic.twitter.com/9txWvJQVuJ — (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) September 16, 2025 A recent Gallup poll bolstered the notion that Democrats are turning toward socialism, noting, “For the first time, less than half of Democrats (42%) view capitalism positively … Stability in U.S. adults’ opinions of socialism obscures Democrats’ more positive views of it over time, from 50% rating it positively in the initial 2010 reading to roughly two-thirds in three readings since 2019.” Speaking of the disparate views of Republicans, Democrats, and independents, Gallup pointed out, “Democrats are the only partisan group of the three that views socialism more positively than capitalism — 66% to 42%, respectively. Independents are modestly more pro-capitalism than pro-socialism (51% vs. 38%), while Republicans are overwhelmingly so (74% vs. 14%).” “This is where the danger is for Democrats, because if socialism plays in Democratic primaries, it does not play in the general electorate,” Enten continued. “Net popularity among all adults, capitalism is on the positive side of the ledger at plus 12 points. Socialism way, way, way underwater at minus 18 points. So, that’s capitalism running away by 30 points over socialism. … something may play in Democratic primaries. It may play in the very Democratic city of New York. But among the general electorate, Republicans are salivating at the idea that they can run against a Democratic socialist being the mayor of New York City.” At a town hall earlier this month, New York Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani and Vermont’s socialist-in-chief, Senator Bernie Sanders, displayed their devotion to socialism. Rather than discuss real solutions for New York’s public safety crisis, housing shortages, or spiraling budget deficits, Mamdani and Sanders devoted most of their energy to blaming the usual scapegoats: billionaires, corporations, Republicans, and of course, President Donald Trump. Mamdani railed against Trump’s tax legislation — calling it a “wealth transfer” — as if the city’s poverty and housing crisis suddenly began in 2016. He glossed over New York’s decades of Democrat mismanagement, choosing instead to indict the president for everything from hunger to homelessness. According to Sanders, the United States is now an oligarchy run by cartoon villains, such as Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Rupert Murdoch. He lamented the “six media conglomerates” that supposedly control everything Americans read and think — somehow omitting the overwhelming liberal slant of most mainstream outlets. For notable examples of how socialism fails, one need look no farther than countries that implemented socialist or communist policies, such as Venezuela, once one of Latin America’s wealthiest countries, which has suffered hyperinflation (up to 1,000,000% in 2018) and massive shortages of food and medicine; the Soviet Union, where its Marxist-Leninist communism led to famines (e.g., Holodomor in Ukraine) and economic stagnation by the 1980s; Cuba, which has chronic economic stagnation, or North Korea, where 2-3 million people died of starvation in the 1990s.

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) — a highly influential Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) vaccine panel — is meeting Thursday and Friday to discuss potential changes to the childhood vaccination schedule. The panel will specifically review the COVID vaccine, the hepatitis B vaccination, and the MMRV shot, which protects against measles, mumps, rubella, and chickenpox. The panel will take votes on Thursday evening and Friday afternoon regarding their recommendations for if, when, and how the three vaccines should be administered. Regarding the COVID vaccine, there are scheduled discussions on the “genomics of vaccine-induced myocarditis,” as well as the “economic analysis of COVID-19 vaccination.” The panel is also expected to hear statements from COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers. The vote for a COVID recommendation is scheduled for 3 p.m. on Friday. On the hepatitis B vaccine, reports this week have suggested that the panel will likely recommend that the vaccine is delayed until age four if the mother tests negative for hep B, since the disease is transmitted sexually or by blood. Currently, the first hep B dose is given at birth. The vote on this recommendation is scheduled for Thursday at 5 p.m. The vote for the MMRV shot is also scheduled at 5 p.m. on Friday. Before the vote, the panel will hear a presentation on “febrile seizure” following the MMRV vaccine. The meeting will also reportedly include the introduction of five new panel member appointees. Back in June, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dismissed all ACIP panel members over what he said were conflicts of interests. He’s been replacing the panel with professionals he says follow gold-standard science. Also of note, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), which controversially supports trans procedures for minors, boycotted the meeting, claiming ACIP has lost credibility under Kennedy. AAP CEO Mark Del Monte claimed in a recent statement that ACIP “imperils children’s health.” “Rather than firing experts at ACIP and CDC and engaging in political stunts, it’s time to get back to prioritizing children’s health. That’s where our focus is. That’s where it will remain,” he added. Related: Medical Orgs Face Pressure Over Support For Transgender Ideology After Deadly Shooting

Comedy Central should continue to air the “South Park” episode that mocked the late conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, one of those closest to him is saying. Andrew Kolvet, executive producer of “The Charlie Kirk Show” and a friend of the Turning Point USA founder, said that Kirk would not want the episode pulled from the network in the wake of his assassination at Utah Valley University “Hey @paramountplus, as someone who can speak with some authority on this, Charlie loved that he was featured in South Park. He told me many times. He would want the episode back up,” Kolvet posted. Hey @paramountplus, as someone who can speak with some authority on this, Charlie loved that he was featured in South Park. He told me many times. He would want the episode back up. — Andrew Kolvet (@AndrewKsway) September 17, 2025 The episode, titled “Got a Nut,” originally aired on August 6 — and featured the character Cartman parodying Kirk’s debate style and mannerisms. The show even got a positive review from Kirk himself: “Not bad, Cartman.” Another person commented on the way the show’s creators had animated Cartman put down the microphone and take a sip of water while listening to a question — and then pick it back up afterward — prompting Kirk to add, “Eerily spot on.” Not bad, Cartman ?? pic.twitter.com/Avs1mtYWeV — Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) August 7, 2025 Kirk also made a video response to the episode, saying that the fact that they were mocking him was proof of just how big the movement he started had become. “There’s going to be a lot said about this, but we need to have a good spirit about being made fun of,” he said. “This is all a success, this is all a win. We, as conservatives, we have thick skin, not thin skin. And you can make fun of us, it doesn’t matter. And until next time, I hope all of you all become master debaters for truth.” @ComedyCentral Pulling the Charlie Kirk South Park episode isn’t what Charlie would have wanted. It’s what the people celebrating his death want. pic.twitter.com/o0OZGYpULX — Jeff Gray (@jeff_gray) September 11, 2025