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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Sep 22, 2025, 01:31 PM Sep 2025

Howard Stern Breaks Silence on Jimmy Kimmel's Suspension, Free Speech Battle: 'Scary Time When the Government Starts Thr

Threatening You’

Howard Stern has never been shy about expressing his opinion, and on Monday morning (Sept. 22) the SiriusXM superstar broke his silence on what he called a troubling situation that is near and dear to his heart for several reasons: the suspension of his friend Jimmy Kimmel from ABC.

Stern opened Monday’s show by breaking his recent vow to not talk about politics after vehemently speaking his mind during the most recent presidential election, saying, “I can no longer keep my mouth shut.”

“I feel obligated to say something, because s–t’s getting outta control,” said Stern, who has famously been a free speech advocate for more than half a century amid his own battles with censorship and government entities threatening to curtail his right to speak freely on the airwaves. “This involves the network ABC. They did something really dumb and f-kin’ horrible,” Stern added, before going into a classic fake-out bit complaining about the changes to the network’s dating show The Bachelor.

“Everyone knows what happened with Jimmy Kimmel. The bottom line is you really don’t need my voice to know that something horrible happened at ABC,” Stern said about the network’s decision to temporarily suspend Kimmel’s show from the air amid backlash over the late night host’s comments about the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last week.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/howard-stern-breaks-silence-jimmy-130631578.html
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Howard Stern Breaks Silence on Jimmy Kimmel's Suspension, Free Speech Battle: 'Scary Time When the Government Starts Thr (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2025 OP
even scarier when trump can decide he is on the air and who is not samsingh Sep 2025 #1
So does he mention the Censor-in-Chief? viva la Sep 2025 #2

viva la

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2. So does he mention the Censor-in-Chief?
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 01:43 PM
Sep 2025

His former frequent guest and fellow drooler-over-Ivanka?

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