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Steve Carson's avatar

The people of this country will never forgive these networks, we are done.

Vote blue!

Julie's avatar

I agree. I have lost all faith in and respect for these networks who have bowed to Trump. I boycott them 100%.

Amy Jackson's avatar

If you “boycott abc”, you will ensure the end of “Jimmy Kimmel Live” and other shows that have a good message and diversity. I don’t watch their news anymore, but I still support the individual shows that represent what the entire network SHOULD be.

Same with NBC. I have not seen much of value on CBS in decades, other than Stephen Colbert, whom they fired, and bari weiss is in control, so they can suffer.

William Darian Boggs's avatar

The money is fungible for these corporations, but targeted boycotts are powerful. If you don't watch ABC News, then the advertising during the broadcast is less valuable. If you go a step further, and boycott the ABC News advertisers, then those companies are less likely to advertise on ABC News. The Disney boycott over Kimmel was huge, and it worked because the next time Kimmel hurt Trump's feelings, Disney did not back down. Of course all of this is even more true of CBS News, which completely folded and become an arm of the government.

Steve Carson's avatar

Use your DVR, hand pick the shows you want.

Amy Jackson's avatar

I don’t have a dvr. We only have streaming options in my area. All the traditional cable companies stopped offering tv service years ago. Even when I had cable, I only watched what I chose anyway, except when children were small and it was mostly their choice. I watched way too much Spongebob.

Deborah Crawford's avatar

And then hold their feet to the fire to do what's right.

Stephanie Gibbs Dunlap's avatar

👏🏼👏🏼🔝🦅🧐✅

Carole Law's avatar

If you give an inch, they will take a mile. Resist resist resist. Glad you finally saw the light ABC.

Cheryl Jones-Head's avatar

Maybe if they had reported on THIS, none of us would be in this situation…watching our democracy crumble!!😡Good job #ABCBews #NBCNews #CBSNews #CNN #FoxNews #MSNBC #MainstreamMediaFailedUs

Chris McKinney's avatar

But not, no matter who…

Andrea Mayhew's avatar

Gee, there's news

Mike Marsh's avatar

Trumps a fascist authoritarian criminal, we’re coming in November! Justice will prevail.

Paul McElveen's avatar

YES! INDEED! WE WILL PREVAIL!!!!

Pat Robinson's avatar

As long as we continue to work hard and maybe even harder. We must not get sucked in by all the polls that seem to say Americans are fed up with the GOP. We have to work as hard as we can toget voters registered and be sure they actually vote. I don't know for sure but some folks said that if the majority of voters who did not vote in the last election had voted Harris would have won. I do think a lot of people did not vote because they thought trump did not have a chance but I don't know if that was enough people to have made a difference. We cannot let that happen again.

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Pat Robinson's avatar

That is an interesting approach! I could not do the hat, but maybe the cross. I'm in a 95% trump area any way so I don't think the ICE goons will be here but still.....

Rob van der Heij's avatar

So because of the electoral system, your vote doesn't count. That's not democracy.

Pat Robinson's avatar

So true at least in presidential elections. I live in MO a very very very trumpist state. We went from fairly moderate to horrible in what seems like just a few years.

BERT SLATER's avatar

Not so sure how you will prevail against heavily armed masked thugs shooting you if you try to vote

Paul McElveen's avatar

That is a defeatist, negative attitude and remark! We, The Overwhelming Majority of Democratic Constituents, Citizens, People, Taxpayers, Voters, Workers and Consumers of The United States of America will NEVER condone, put up with or tolerate that RANCID, TOXIC UGLY, USELESS, communist, fascist, nazi Unaccountable Un-American, Unauthorized, Uncivilized, Unconstitutional, Undemocratic, Unethical, Unlawful, Unoriginal, Unqualified, Unreasonable, Untalented, Arrogant, Barbaric, Bawdy, Belligerent, Bigoted, Brazen, Bribe Accepting, Chaotic, Chauvinistic, Cheating, Contemptible , Corrupt, Cowardly, Criminally Insane, Crude, Cruel, Depraved, Despicable, Destructive,, Devious, Disgusting, Erratic, Evil, Fraudulent, Greedy Goonish, Gun Violelcne Lobbying, Global Crisis Denying, Gerrymandering, Homophobic, Hypocritical, High Treason, Illegal, Immoral, Impertinent, Incoherent, Incompetent, Inept, Infantile, Inhumane, Insurrecting, Lawless, Lazy, Mentally Deranged, Narcissistic , Obnoxious, Petty, Pompous, Posturing, Psychopathic, Racist, Radical, Repulsive, Revengeful, Revolting, Rude, Sadistic, Sanctimonious, Sidious, Scamming, Tax Evading, Thieving, Thuggish, Transphobic,, Treasonous, Vicious, Vigilantism Vile, Voter- Rigging, Voter- Intimidating, Voter- Suppressing, War Profiteering, Warmongering, Sociopathic Mortal DOGE MAGA republican and republican Barbarians, Brats, Bribe Acceptors, Bullies, Cowards, Criminals, Cronies, Crooks, Cyberbullies ,Drones, Drudges, Duds, Egomaniacs, Fauilures, Felons, Frauds, Gerrymanders, Goons, Insurrectionists Losers, Lunatics, Mercenaries, Narcissists, Pathological Liars, Parasites, Psychopaths, Racketeers, Radicals, Renegades Sadists, Scammers, Schemers Sociopaths Tax, Evaders, Thugs, Traitors ,Vigilantes, and Stooges Donald J. Trump the entire Trump administration and republican politicians! They will answer to and be held accountable, fired, indicted, remanded without bail, forced to surrender all passports and put in separate maximum-security prisons forever for their heinous, high treason, inhumane political crimes in 2026 By Us, the Overwhelming Majority of Democratic Constituents, Citizens, People, Taxpayers, Voters, Workers and Consumers of The United States of America in 2026!!!!

BERT SLATER's avatar

Well you’ve elected him twice and most Republicans refuse to acknowledge defeat in 2020. No developments on Epstein files either. You will never have free and fair election again…Congress can’t even accept you are at war. To millions outside the USA you appear to be doomed

Paul McElveen's avatar

I AM A LIFELONG PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRAT, MISTER Bert Slater! I VOTE PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRAT IN EVERY ELECTION. I BOYCOTT!!! I CALL AND EMAIL GOVERNORS, LARGE BUSINESSES, AND LARGE CORPORATIONS, POLTICIANS, SENATORS, AND REPRESENTATIVES! I JOIN ORGANIZATIONS! I SIGN PRTITIONS! I PEACFULLY PROTEST!!!! I VOTE PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRAT IN EVERY ELECTION! What do you do? Did you even bother to vote?! Evil Triumphs When Good People Do Nothing! People who do NOT study history are often doomed to repeat it! So, before you start make false allegations and accusations you had better think twice! I consider that Defamation of Character, MISTER HIGH AND MIGHTY! QUIT your Obnoxious and complaining and whining and do something constructive and non-violent!!!!

Paul McElveen's avatar

YES! STOP your cowardly, obnoxious sarcastic complaining and whining! Do something constructive, intelligent and non-violent about it!

Carole A. Ward's avatar

Try not to allow the trolls to get a rise out of you. You know who you are and where you stand. You don’t need to prove it to anyone else, just keep leading by example, fighting the good fight, and inspiring others to do the same. We’ve got this, my friend! ✊🏼

Paul McElveen's avatar

We have to be angry and assertive! This is Serious! The Midterms are Important. We Have to ABOLISH ICE, CPB and DHS completely!!!! WE have to Abolish AI completely! We have to pass commonsense gun laws and complete background checks. We have to pass tax fairness laws. We have to abolish the Auto-Draft! We have to END Donald J. Trump's and Pete Hegseth's chaotic, contemptible, corrupt, criminally insane, erratic, endless, evil, illegal, immoral, impertinent, inhumane, lawless, lost, mentally deranged, unauthorized war with Iran. We have to Abolish the electoral college vote completely! We have to Abolish Gerrymandering! We have to abolish the Death Penalty completely in all fifty states of The United States of America!!!! We, the Overwhelming Vast Majority of Democratic constituents, citizens, people, taxpayer's, voters, workers and consumers from now on will be the ones who decide and vote for all Federal Judges, the United States Supreme Court Judges with 12-year term limits and have universal healthcare including full dental, eye and mental health for all constituents, citizens, people, taxpayers, voters, workers and consumers of United States of America, free community college, college student debt forgiveness, full government funding for headstart and K-12 public education, full government funding for NPR and PBS, Raise the minimum wage to $20.00 dollars an hour, Protect Voting Rights, Protect Birth Control Rights. We have to abolish bribe accepting, dark money accepting, fraud, insider trading, scamming, thieving in politics. We have to abolish warmongering, war crimes war profiteering, voter-intimidation, voter-rigging, voter-suppressing, we have to Abolish Deep Fakes on the Internet. We have to protect civil rights equal right, voting rights freedom of the press and freedom of speech for all constituents, citizens, people, taxpayers, voters, workers, and consumers of The United States of America, we have to abolish Donald J. Trump's Tariffs! We have to overturn Donalad J. Trump's pardons. We have to invest in solar and wind power!

Carole A. Ward's avatar

Well…I guess you’ll have to sit back and watch the voters actually (and finally) exercising our power, Bert Slater. Your trolling won’t thwart us.

Paul McElveen's avatar

I am NOT and NEVER have been a Mindless Sheep that Follows the herd! I am angry, disgusted, fed up, furious and livid and have been since 2015. As a lifelong conscientious objector, progressive democrat and protestant Christian with common sense, compassion, empathy, intelligence, and perseverance and who earned both my Bachelor of arts Degree and my master's degree. I Boycott! I call and email governors, large businesses, large corporations media outlets, politicians, representatives, and senators. I join organizations ACLU, Amnesty International, Common Cause, Dare to Care, Greenpeace, Indivisible People, Moveon.org, The Sierra Club, Ultraviolet, World Wildlife Fund. I peacefully protest. I sign petitions. I vote in every single election.

William Darian Boggs's avatar

The regime wants us to be afraid to vote, so they may send armed thugs to a few polling places, to make a show, but if those thugs impede voting or harm anyone, it's over for the administration.

The last time that happened, the colonists fought back because they had no other way. In 2026, we have more powerful tools that don't require violence physical violence. The government only has the power we give it. If Congress won't impeach, convict, and remove, we will replace them. If the courts won't defend justice, then we'll demand Congress restrict their docket, increase their sizes, and impose forced senior status.

BERT SLATER's avatar

Hmmmm, the colonists had muskets. ICE will have flame throwers….

Carole A. Ward's avatar

Well Bert Slater, aren’t you just a troll-bot full of sunshine with absolutely nothing of value to offer! 🙄 🧌

Begone, little fella. You have no power here.

Pat Robinson's avatar

First, there is safety in numbers...make sure no one is alone at the polls and make sure at least two persons have phones to video everything that happens. Maybe by then there will have been a few more successful law suits against ICE for killing innocent citizens and they may think twice about murdering citizens when they know they are being filmed. It would be nice to believe that there are still some Republicans who do not think it's ok to gun down a person just because you think they may vote against you, but at this point I don't think there are.

Paul McElveen's avatar

YES! WE OUTNUMBER THEM TOO!!!!

Ginny Walker's avatar

Do NOT vote for any Republican as they are pure poison to our country and have absolutely NO backbone to do their job. We need to fire the whole lot of them! VOTE BLUE!!!!!!!!

Paul McElveen's avatar

That is the GOD's Truth! They are all toxic poison and toxic trash!

Momma Lovey Peace☮️🌎💜's avatar

Thank you for sharing for this Buddhist Soul who hasn't had TV channels for 16years, preferring to read my news and live offline on silent Retreats🥰

I send all my YouTube followers to you.

Sending loving kindness from Canada's

Momma Lovey Peace 🕊️ 🇨🇦🤸‍♀️ 💜🥰🙏

Betsy Groth's avatar

Not a lack of backbone, Ginny. They are complicit, raking in $ from PACs and billionaires’ bribes.

In America, follow the money always.

Ginny Walker's avatar

Yes, they are complicit, but their lack of backbone is what makes them complicit. Not one of them has any integrity and they do not care one bit about our country. I agree, follow the money in all instances; the stench only gets worse.

Ann Neises's avatar

At one time in my life, I voted for who I thought was best, not based on party. However, the Repugs have shown themselves to be cheaters and liars! Example, Mitch McConnell is well and they show old pictures of he and his wife. No real pictures of true updates since June 6! Mitch is not fit to serve and the Governor of the state should replace him now! We have to stop the Repugs from lying and cheating!!!

Ginny Walker's avatar

I have always voted for the person who I thougjt would do the best job for the country, my state, and/or my city, and not for the party. After the disaster of Trump1.0 I knew voting for him would be another disaster, only bigger, and sadly, I was correct. He is deadset on destroying our country and everythhing good in our country. It is beyond time for Congress to invoke the 25th Amendment but nobody has the backbone or guts to do what is best for the country because their allegiance to a man, not our country! McConnell is mainly responsible for Trump being in office a second time because he refused to have the Senate vote on his impeachment, instead stating there are courts to deal with things like that, and we all know what a disaster that turned out to be. Any Republican who bows down to Trump will never get my vote again and that is why I feel I need to vote BLUE!

Mary's avatar

Thank you BTC for the job you do!

MikiD's avatar

The moral of the story is, when you feed the monster it will grow and eventually want more. People can think they are educated all they want but if there are no critical thinking skills to back it up the education is worthless.

Betsy Groth's avatar

In this country, it is impossible to teach kids right from wrong. Evil gets rewarded.

MikiD's avatar

I understand and agree with what you are saying. When considering the long-term health and mental development of our children we must consider the dangers of giving our phone to a 2 or 3 year old just to entertain them so they won't bother us. When our brains are building neurons it cannot decipher between the virtual world of the phone and the reality we live in. It treats everything it experiences as real. With kids playing online games such as "Grand Theft Auto" among other inappropriate games at younger and younger ages, it has a real effect on how a child's brain develops. We would never allow our 2 year olds to drive our cars and we should never give them our phones for the purpose of our own convenience.

Elsa Besenovsky's avatar

Brian, I truly wish you and all the independent media members the very best. I don't know if a large part of the country knows about you (Meidas, D. Pakman and others) but your help in invaluable. I hope history remembers you by name. PLEASE, take care of yourself. We need you

Deli Lanoux's avatar

Agree wholeheartedly. Independent media has been looking out for us. Where would we be without them?

Aardvark123!7's avatar

Got your book and am raring to go to read it. Drumpf is a thug, pure and simple, and now a cornered thug. I fear for the mid-terms. I plan to take election day off to peacefully monitor for any ICE or other intimidation. If I see it, I can't guarantee my restraint but will video and make full use of my 1st Amendment rights.

Huldah's avatar

You need to guarantee your restraint. They will use any lack of restraint to make it even harder for the rest of us to vote. They will be looking for that lack of restraint. You know he wants to invoke the insurrection act and stop the election or the counting of the votes. If you see illegal action, call the police. Take videos and photos. Send your footage to local and national journalists! IMMEDIATELY! Post the videos and photos online EVERYWHERE. Call the offices of sympathetic politicians. Make signs to let others know what’s happening. Protest peacefully.

Pat Robinson's avatar

You and all observers have got to remain totally peaceful and if possible be in pairs so one can video everything that happens.

Ann Beyer's avatar

It just amazed me last year when a huge corporation like ABC, with thousands of very smart employees and a army of lawyers, bowed the knee to Trump and payed him off, thinking he wouldn’t come after them again. Duh! In what world do you live? Coming after you again for even more is not only authoritarian behavior, it’s also schoolyard bullying behavior. And basically that’s what Trump is - a schoolyard bully, who’d love to be an authoritarian, but doesn’t have the guts to go after it and will always back down when pressed. But if you give him your lunch money, he’ll come at you for more the next day and the next until you finally say ‘enough’ then he’ll go crying to the teacher about how badly he’s always treated. He’s just a bully.

Richard Agar's avatar

Until your country grows a spine and removes the traitor in the White House no one in this world will trust you! The beacon of democracy is dying and you guys are all sitting on your hands 🫩

erosion oli's avatar

They had a chance to fight back and acquiesced, hard lesson to learn.

PeMi+7's avatar

Interesting how corporations are concerned with perceived impacts on shareholder value and top executive compensation and don't care about the system of government that allows them to operate at all. So shortsighted. Another way how fascism is allowed to grow.

Cheryl Foster's avatar

Yes BTC - more of this please! I agree with all of you that this ENTIRE ADMINISTRATION SHOULD BE IMPRISONED!

Huldah's avatar

How have you only been on their enemies list for two months? It’s almost insulting that you weren’t on it earlier. You’ve been working so hard to fight them! Lots of us have noticed and appreciated it. You’ll know you’ve really made it when he sues you more than once.

Alex Feldstein's avatar

Eff ABC and CBS.

They bent the knee now unhappy?

#FAFO

Catlady's avatar

Instead of telling him NO. To lazy, to stupid. Just say NO. That's exactly what trump does, threaten and steal.

Cindra/Don Nicolay's avatar

Yep they should have figured it out, right away. I can't believe all the law firms and colleges that bent over backwards to please the king.