Morning Digest: Republican who opposed remap retires one day after new gerrymander unveiled
Well, they’re touching the Jimmy Kimmel stove again. Unchastened by their last, disastrous attempt to cancel the late-night host, MAGAworld is once again cranking into high gear to get Kimmel fired. Not only has Melania Trump demanded that Disney-owned ABC boot him for a joke she didn’t like, but the FCC just announced an early review of every broadcast license for stations owned by the network. It’s not hard to see what they’re trying to do. Last time, though, it went very poorly both for the Trump administration, which gleefully threatened Kimmel’s career after he dared to dissent from MAGA’s preferred narrative about Charlie Kirk, and Disney, which suspended him in an act of naked cowardice. Inside of a week, though, Disney was forced to reverse itself and reinstate Kimmel after a cavalcade of criticism. This time, at least, it appears that Disney is resisting the latest calls to sack Kimmel, but that doesn’t make what’s happening here any less dangerous—and it doesn’t mean we...