Autocracy, anyone? 😳Kimmel out, autocracy in... Mark Fiore Sep 18 First Jimmy Kimmel rightly pointed out that the Trumpists were going to milk the assassination of Charlie Kirk for all it was worth, then FCC chair Brendan Carr threatened ABC, saying, “we can do this the easy way or the hard way.” Then, in an impressively quick display of cowardice, ABC took Kimmel off the air. Welcome to our burgeoning autocracy! (I’m done calling it “nascent” or “early-stage.”) The assassination of Charlie Kirk has led to a new brand of McCarthyism — which is perfectly fitting, Kirk would just love what is going on right now. The racist, misogynist, hateful white nationalist would be downright gleeful with the purge of university professors, teachers and even airline pilots going on right now. Let’s all be clear about this: a white nationalist podcaster who regularly spewed hate and said gun deaths were acceptable in order to keep the Second Amendment was killed. “I think it's worth it to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights.” He was assassinated, which is bad, immoral and counterproductive, of course. But let’s criticize him instead of turning him into some kind of free-speech debating superstar who was on track to save America by talking to the other side just because he was shot while on a debate stage. (Looking at you, Ezra Klein.) So now, Trump and crew think they have the perfect excuse to go after speech they don’t like as well as progressive nonprofits and foundations. Here’s hoping more vile people aren’t turned into right-wing martyrs. Thank you SO much for your support, I couldn’t do this without you, -Mark 😃Wonderful people like you make these cartoons possible! To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a paid subscriber. Thanks! 😃