Note on Petty, Powerful, and Pathologically Online via Garbage Day
Kimmel’s suspension has given us the clearest picture yet of how the Trump administration intends to deal with the pesky First Amendment. Put pressure on the massive companies that uphold the American media landscape and assume they’ll fall in line. And install political allies at the companies they can’t directly pressure. Like Oracle’s Larry Ellison, who is currently in position to take over the American version of TikTok. Which is why esports journalist Rod Breslau speculated on X this week, “Trump is about to put 10% tariffs on all Amazon products if Twitch doesn’t ban Hasan and Destiny (again) by next week.”