The Disney boycott explodes as ABC sides with Trump over Jimmy Kimmel, and I've got four

interviews this week. I speak with Daniel Goldman about Jimmy Kimmel's cancellation, Jamie

Raskin about the Epstein files, Adam Kassfeld about Trump's case against the New York Times

getting thrown out, and Elliot Morris about polling that bodes poorly for Republicans in

midterms. I'm Brian Tyler Cohen, and you're listening to No Lie.

If ABC thought their decision to capitulate to Trump by canceling Jimmy Kimmel's program

would pass quietly by, they're sorely mistaken. There is a massive movement right now to boycott

the company and its properties, including at the hands of actors who themselves star in Disney

properties. Tatiana Maslani, the star of Marvel's She-Hulk Attorney at Law, which aired on Disney Plus,

is urging people to cancel their subscriptions to Disney services. Rosie O'Donnell called for a boycott

of ABC. Transparent star Amy Landecker, who's married to Bradley Whitford, posted an image of the cancellation

page from her Disney Plus account. According to Business Insider, the chatter online has also translated

to an increase in people Googling instructions on how to do so, even as many conservatives,

including Trump, praise the decision to suspend Kimmel. Search volume for Cancel Disney Plus reached

a 12-month high at 9 o'clock on

Thursday, according to Google trends. Terms like Boycott Disney Plus and Boycott Disney are also

listed as breakout searches on Google. Searches for Cancel Hulu also soared. And all of this

comes amid bipartisan condemnation of the move. Tucker Carlson, Ted Cruz, Andrew Schultz, the guys from the

Flagrin podcast, Tim Dillon, Fox News is Kennedy, Glenn Greenwald, all criticized ABC capitulating

to Trump and his FCC. And again, these are not exactly crunchy liberals here. And look,

I think it's beyond clear that Trump and Brendan Carr are fascist scumbags.

This is legitimately one of the most anti-American moves we've ever seen in this country,

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