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FCC Chair Brendan Carr ordered a review of ABC TV licenses on the heels of a Jimmy Kimmel joke about Trump and the first lady. This is nothing but illegal jawboning. Watch @trevortimm.bsky.social explain why Disney should call their bluff and take the FCC to court.
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