Make no mistake, Kimmel was taken off the air because Trump's authoritarian pressure campaign temporarily worked through FCC threats and corporate intimidation. The massive cultural backlash from unions, celebrities and even some Republicans forced Disney to reverse course, — proving that organized resistance can defeat government censorship and that this situation never had anything to do with Kimmel's ratings.

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Make no mistake, Kimmel was taken off the air because Trump's authoritarian pressure campaign temporarily worked through FCC threats and corporate intimidation. The massive cultural backlash from unions, celebrities and even some Republicans forced Disney to reverse course — proving that organized resistance can defeat government censorship and that this situation never had anything to do with Kimmel's ratings.