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Nicki slade's avatar

Somehow untangling the US from the trump family is going to be a massive headache and news agencies pandering may need to have their licences investigated for kickbacks,

Sharon C Storm's avatar

ABC is currently under review of their affiliate’s licensing by the FCC under Brenden Carr. If they didn’t pull that story, I wouldn’t be able to watch my favorite news shows. I know it’s bad, but I understand why they did it.

Sophia's avatar

Wow 🤦🏻‍♀️Maybe you should start getting your news from reliable sources like HERE and other independent journalists, then you wouldn’t be capitulating too and part of the problem!!!

Sharon C Storm's avatar

I don’t think anyone here understands the situation. ABC should not be under review for three more years, Brenden Carr initiated this revue at the insistence of the felon in the WH. It is temporary. If they didn’t pull this story, the licenses for 9 affiliates would be pulled immediately. That would put thousands of employees out of work, and would remove ABC local channels from the air. I understand that it isn’t a good look, but it is a temporary battle in a much longer war.

Mary's avatar

A Much bigger problem than we ever thought we would see. And it all Started with one Criminal pulling the strings. How to fix it from the Top Down is Major. Democrats cannot be the Nice Guys anymore.

ROBERT H SANBORN's avatar

Any country that sacrifices their freedom for security deserves neither! Nothing good comes from capitulation. That's the situation I understand.

Nicki slade's avatar

And that is exactly what Trump wants to happen, like me or else

Dana's avatar

What an asshole

Paul McElveen's avatar

There is NO EXCUSE for ABC to Cave in to Cowardice!!!! NONE AT ALL!!!!! I have Boycotted CBS Completely!!!!! Watch MSNOW and PBS News!!!!!

Julianne Bergstrom's avatar

Me, too. I guess ABC is next

Mona Davis's avatar

And soon you won't be able to choose your favorite program or learn the truth about what your government is doing. Is it worth ABC having in the long term?

Betsy Groth's avatar

You already CAN’T learn the truth from any corporate media, Sharon. The truth is non existent there. Independent media and the Guardian are my only sources

JRSalahuddin's avatar

Also You Tube for Al Jazeera English and Democracy Now for Amy Goodman’s War & Peace Report.

Julianne Bergstrom's avatar

Exactly right. There are two stations now actively lying or dismissing truthful stories. The rest are so scared of the repug owners that all they report on is simple stuff.

Ann Neises's avatar

I am really disappointed with ABC News as that is who I have trusted for real news. Now, I may have to rethink that. I already get news from independent media but would like to have a non-Repug owned TV channel as well. Sigh!!!!

Paul's avatar

Brendan Carr is part of the problem! Only THE #1 yes man controlling our media! You’re making him out to be some kind of innocent bystander?

Es's avatar

As long as they show it at a later date. Brendan Carr is a mob boss pig.

Sam's avatar

So you will sell your soul to able to watch ABC news. That is not news if they have a gun to their head. Put on your red hat and Trump bumper sticker.

Nicki slade's avatar

So kowtowing to the trump family is ok so you can watch the news ?

Betsy Groth's avatar

ABC has been on my boycott list for quite a while. Corporate media is biased completely towards the fascist regime

Joan Baumberger's avatar

Sad state of affairs!

Lovechop's avatar

Greed, cowardice. Ugghhh....

P Leonard's avatar

Exactly. The “Fourth Estate” has been captured. Like a Bishop on Putin’s chessboard.

Nicolas Bergen's avatar

Corruption this outright, blatant, and deliberate used to make people mad. It also used to make the news. Why are we comfortable allowing these criminals to run the country?

Greg Kapphahn's avatar

Because far too many of us no longer have any moral center. Tons of folks are just trying to figure out how they can get rich by weaseling their way into getting their cut of the corruption. Getting rid of such corruption would spoil their chances of getting in on it.

Pamela Usrey's avatar

Or 4 jobs between 2 parents and still worried about clothes for the kids, groceries, and rent.

Betsy Groth's avatar

Every Republican politician is in on the grift.

Every. Single.One.

Sam's avatar

And more than a few Demodcrates

Paul McElveen's avatar

Sometimes that is the Truth!!!!! However, they are still brave, cheerful, compassionate, educated, empathetic, ethical, friendly, gentle, good, intelligent, kind, likeable, loveable, moral, positive, sincere people with commonsense in the world!!!!!

Leigh Blake's avatar

WHAT??/ WHO are you talking about?? It doesn't sound like our republicans who lie every chance they get...can't see clearly enough to understand there are those of us who are doing our damnedist to over come this plague of treachery!!!! What has any recent republican done for this country????

Paul McElveen's avatar

I am NOT talking about the Maga republicans or republicans!!!! I am talking about everyday people like me, who boycott, peacefully protest, call and email large businesses and politicians, join organizations like ACLU, Amnesty International, Dare to Care, Greenpeace, Indivisible People, Moveon.org, Takeitback.org The Sierra Club, Ultraviolet, and World Wildlife Fund, Sign petitions and vote in every single election. I am a lifelong Conscientious Objector, Progressive Democrat, Conscientious Objector, Environmentalist, and Liberal Protestant Christian!

John Cushing's avatar

Those people are called Canadians.

Paul McElveen's avatar

There are Good Progressive Democrats who are everyday people like me in The United States of America. They are good people in Canada, England, Ireland, Scotland, Wells, Norway, Belgium, Austria, Germany Spain, Italy, Brazil, Argentina, Costa Rico, Barbados, Holland, Greece, Japan, The Philippines, Ukraine, South Korea, Switzerland, Mexico, Australia, and New Zealand.

John Cushing's avatar

Make sure you vote them out while you have the chance.

Leigh Blake's avatar

Vote like your life depends on it...because it does!!! THANK YOU!!!

Betsy Groth's avatar

Try your best to vote early and NOT use the US Postal Service, which is completely cooperative with trump to steal the midterms.

Here in CT, you can go to the town clerk and cast your ballot then and there, any time.

Spread the word far and wide.

Julianne Bergstrom's avatar

We can do that here. We get a mail in ballots and take it to the polling place all ready to go, ahead of time.

Leigh Blake's avatar

WE are NOT comfortable!!! No ONE is!! Not even maga!!! And it's going to get worse,,,,before it gets better,..How LOW can they go??? Tune into Hitler 1939...we've already witnessed actions of WAR against OTHER countries...and the force encampment OF INNOCENT people just struggling to survive!!! History was ignored and we are paying the price...VOTE VOTE VOTE your lives and your kids depend on our GETTIG our country back...and making AMENDMENTS that will prevent this sort of destruction in the future..IT TAKES ALL OF US!! Stop being SHEEP!!!

Paul McElveen's avatar

I am NOT and NEVER have been!!!!!

Julianne Bergstrom's avatar

I'm not happy and have been complaining. Problem is, even if we change some senators and reps there are still repugs at the head of all the media

Debbie Laveck's avatar

I think you misspelled a couple of words in your headline.

It should read:

ABC News GIVES Massive GRIFT to Trump Family. 😡😡😡

Michelle Sheehan's avatar

Time to get loud and we need everyone to speak up, we need souls to the polls. We are running out of time to stop him. Get your trump supporting friend converted with facts, educate them and get them to vote blue. We must save our democracy, or we may never get it back. Track your vote at vote.org vote early 💙 We can do this!

Paul McElveen's avatar

YES!!!!! VOTE BLUE ALL THE WAY!!!!

Markie's avatar

Fucking corporate cowards and their wealthy owners

Ron Smith's avatar

donnie learned it all from his corrupt daddy.

Greg Kapphahn's avatar

And his methodologies from Roy Cohn; Mr. dishonest, corruption himself.

Paul McElveen's avatar

Yes!!!! Only Donald J. Trump is Even More Arrogant, Bawdy, Belligerent, Chaotic, Corrupt, Contemptible, Crude, Cruel Depraved, Disgusting, Erratic, Evil, Gaudy, Greedy, Illegal, Immoral, Impertinent, Lawless, Narcissistic, Obnoxious Petty, Pompous, Posturing, Rabid, Repulsive, Revengeful, Rude, Seditious, Selfish, Self-Serving and Toxic than his late Daddy!

Leigh Blake's avatar

You forgot psychopathic sick bastard

Betsy Groth's avatar

Yes. The fact that he is a psychopath explains everything. The only explanation for total Republican support of a psychopath is greed, for money and power.

Leigh Blake's avatar

Correct!! Thank you!!!

Pamela Usrey's avatar

I am sure he did learn it from daddy dearest. I am not sure it is because he started out dreaming about being a liar and grifter. I think it is the only way he gets any attention from a father who cares about no one but himself. I am sure that whatever money he is making on the contracts, a hefty cut or most is going to daddy. Aides have reported that Trump screams and berates Don Jr. and Eric like dogs behind closed doors. I am not making excuses for them. They are adults now and can say no and walk away. But I cannot imagine living with a father who only gives any attention for how much money you can make for the crime family. I also could not imagine knowing that the only "Golden Child" is your sister and that your dad loves her because of her looks and has said on more than one occasion on TV that he would like to date her. When ask on one talk show, on which Trump and Ivanka appeared together, what they most had in common, his answer was sex. No competing there, boys. This man Trump is a disgusting, immoral, sexual predator, and a man who loves only money and power. He is one pathetic, broken and cold black hole. I am afraid that Trump's two oldest sons were doomed from the moment of conception. And, soon papa will be dribbling in his porridge or dead, and they will live with the infamous name of Trump for the rest of their empty days.

Leigh Blake's avatar

Anyone who grew up to be a casino owner and a slum lord has got to have a few mixed marbles in their head. Let's go back to all the warnings various people yelled in the 1980s, the 1990s...an the "WONDERFUL UNIVERSITY SCAM" suit ( sarcasm!!) that he lost in court..Going back two generations before him his grandfather at one point in the Northern Territories, Canada, ran a brothel...and made good money off of those miners in the late 1800s. Read more about that person's history in Germany ( Drumph) escaping his military and fleeing to America...It runs in the family...so it follows that the familt might not change for the better...Poor Mary Trump!! Oh,,,6 (SIX!) bankrupsties!!! LOCK THEM ALL up!! They are contagious!!!

Linda's avatar

And the mob his family was close to!

Kerin M.'s avatar

His grandfather too!

Kathleen Danze's avatar

WTF??? What cowards! And a FIRING SQUAD STREAMED???

Debbie Laveck's avatar

Not yet. Not until December.

But that doesn't make the mere thought it any worse.

However, this is what authoritarian leaders do, to keep the population in line!

Julianne Bergstrom's avatar

December, huh? Great, nice Christmas present. Thanks, dumpie ogre.

Paul McElveen's avatar

NO Executions PERIOD!!!!!! NO WAY!!!!! NEVER!!!!!

Nancy Wagner's avatar

Shameful ABC. Looks like channel changing is coming. How ridiculous that your spine just couldn't deal with that corrupt regime. Take a stand, asshole.

Betsy Groth's avatar

Boycott, Nancy. You won’t miss the lies.

Sharon C Storm's avatar

Please see my response to the first comment. ABC is under review, they have to do this temporarily.

Paul McElveen's avatar

NO EXCUSE FOR THAT!!!!!! NONE AT ALL!!!!!

Daniel M Kimmel's avatar

If the excuse is that they're still fact-checking/reporting the story then there IS an excuse.

Daniel M Kimmel's avatar

No, they don't. I believe the two are entirely unrelated. In fact that they're fighting the FCC undercuts the notion that they're caving into Trump.

Paul McElveen's avatar

That is the TRUTH!!!!

jennifer banville's avatar

Please keep up your outstanding reporting. So many of us depend on you and your independence from legacy media.

Donna Nicol's avatar

First it was CBS, then CNN, now ABC...

Only NBC is left. AND the great independent media/journalists.

It's getting scary.

Betsy Groth's avatar

Independent media and the Guardian is the only way to go if you seek truth.

Notice how how difficult it is to find out how corporate media ratings and viewership has been affected by their capitulations to the trump reign of terror?

NonaD.'s avatar

They've all sold their souls, hearts & spines!!! SO OVER IT! SMDH! 🤮

Darrell Scott's avatar

Stop the corrupt illegal crazy bullshit including the Supreme Court!!! Vote 🔵🔵🔵

Paul McElveen's avatar

YES!!!!! INDEED!!!!!!

Laura E. Mytrofaniuk's avatar

Well, if the boys plan to make money, Dad's going to have to make more wars...

Marcia King's avatar

How many lives and lives of people’s children’s and family members did rump threaten to dig this?

SouthpawDE's avatar

Brian, the usaspending.gov site you mentioned...do you think the info is legit? It seems that so many of the .gov sites have been re-written to make MAGA look glorious. Just wondering your thoughts on this; thx.