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Kimmel was suspended only because ABC caved to threats from the head of the FCC

https://bsky.app/profile/jackmirkinson.bsky.social/post/3lz2zu6k4rs2p https://www.theverge.com/policy/779799/republican-charlie-kirk-first-amendment-crackdown-continues

Cane isn't actually Billy's older brother. Years ago, Cane pretended to be Billy's older brother Phillip Chancellor III (Thom Bierdz' character). But I don't think you were being literal? I think you meant that Cane once impersonated Phillip III so Cane was supposed to be the same age as Phillip III. I assume you were snarking about the Soras/DeSoras/recast birth order chaos? Billy Abbott was overSORASed with the casting of Jason Thompson. Cane Ashby was deSORASed with the casting of Billy Flynn. Jill's sons: Phillip Chancellor III born Born December 25, 1976 Billy Abbott born July 1993 Jill's grandson Phillip Chancellor IV (aka "Chance") born 1988 (died 2025) Cane and Lily's twins: Charlie and Mattie Ashby born June 25, 2010 Chance was originally slightly older than his uncle Billy. Billy and Chance both dated Chloe. Billy was originally 11 years younger than Victoria. There was no way any of that made sense. And the SORAS of Charlie and Mattie made it all worse.

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Serious dictatorship vibes. Serious dictatorship activity.

The decision follows comments Kimmel made on Monday's show. "We had some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them," Kimmel said. The backlash intensified after Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr publicly condemned Kimmel's comments, calling them "the sickest conduct possible." In an interview with YouTuber Benny Johnson, Carr also warned that affiliate licenses could come under review, and that broadcasters are required to operate "in the public interest." WTF? Jimmy Kimmel said nothing wrong there at all. Oh, I see this is the FCC Chair now... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Carr "in an interview with youtuber Benny Johnson" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Johnson_(columnist) Good grief.

The amount of people in all walks of life who have been fired in the past week... for making comments about Charlie Kirk that didn't praise him. Serious dictatorship vibes. The pitchbot doing their wonderous snarking here ...

Washington Post fired its only Black fulltime columnist . . .

Barack Obama, Sept. 16, 2025, Erie, PA, Jefferson Educational Society

Canadians (geese) showed up in peaceful support, at the "no kings" rally in Portland, OR, June 14, 2025 https://bsky.app/profile/gizmosspace.bsky.social/post/3lrnqtd2f2k2b Original: https://www.tiktok.com/@karlssbadd/video/7515958234943917342

I really need for Nicole to have a storyline about *her* or something she is *doing*. She's a dynamic character and shouldn't be relegated to ONLY "the woman whose man cheated on her".

https://x.com/nathanvarni/status/1968122231810306269 Sept 17 GH without log-in https://abc.com/episode/5bb7fd77-fe25-436e-8965-902349a71c41/

oh man, my heart hurts just watching this old clip. Cannot imagine how this month is going to play out .

That soapvision audio tweet says at the very end "Deke, meanwhile, immediately recognizes Luna and is clearly not happy to see her in their apartment". Deadline said the new character has a close tie to a "major B&B character". So then hmmmmm who is Deke really? If he's "Little D", I don't know how he would know Luna, unless he's seen photos of her on whatever social media Deacon might have? or maybe he follows Sheila's social media, since Sheila is Deacon's wife.

Well, to be fair, I had been enjoying BTG since its inception. I can deal with Ashley being annoying because I can fastforward her without it having much impact. It's just the Leslie stuff that I find awful. LeslieDana is so intertwined with the canvas-- that when I skip over her scenes, I have to read the recaps to follow what the other characters are reacting to. I just find Leslie overthetop insane and having *way* too much influence on the canvas for my taste. I used to like Eva but her constant support of Leslie makes me dislike her now. I enjoyed the Nicole-Smitty scenes at the start of the episode, a lot! I do think the show is great overall. I just cannot take Leslie.

I didn't watch the rest, it was obvious what Leslie planned to do and no way would I ever watch that. I just read that Samantha wants to ask advice from June? WTF? What a disaster of an episode.

I not going to watch the rest of this episode live. Not worth it. Life is too short.

I liked the Smitty-Nicole conversation. Unlike some posters here, I actually like the June character (even though I hate how they wrote her as the biomom of Samantha and Tyrell.) But (for me) today, the Leslie scenes, the Ted scenes, and the Leslie/Eva scenes are complete cringe. Who thought any of that would be entertaining? Ashley/Derek stuff is just a no. No patience to watch that.

Leslie is literally tr0lling Vernita by stating she intends to install a tr0ll bridge on the property across the street.

https://bsky.app/profile/kevinmkruse.bsky.social/post/3lyqakji2n22q Essay on this topic by Kevin M. Kruse https://campaign-trails.ghost.io/the-white-civility-council/

A.I. bots spreading faked reports of celebrities praising Charlie Kirk Example of hoax #1 https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2025/09/fact-check-nfl-stars-did-not-make-300000-donations-to-charlie-kirk-family.html Example of hoax #2 https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2025/09/fact-check-paul-mccartney-tribute-charlie-kirk-on-september-11.html Example of hoax #3 https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2025/09/fact-check-dale-earnhardt-jr-statement-charlie-kirk-shooter-absolutely-ready.html

https://deadline.com/2025/07/beyond-the-gates-creator-michele-val-jean-interview-1236472528/ VAL JEAN: I think it’s good to have a social media presence, and I always have, but it’s challenging in my new role as a creator and head writer. It’s tempting to respond to criticism. But I really have to stop myself, especially if somebody’s being loud and wrong. It’s really hard to say no, but I think I’m getting better at it. I try to go on when I think there’s something that I need to say. DEADLINE: Like, for example, when you made the change with the Ted Richardson character? VAL JEAN: I did not respond to any of it because it’s a personal matter to the show and to the actor, and it’s really not my place to comment on it, so I just didn’t say anything. People were very upset, but what can I say? What can you say? Sometimes changes get made.

As mentioned upthread, the reference in the Parade article is at 14:23 of this video

@JAS0N47's tribute to Bobby Hart (includes the Variety obituary plus info on the DAYS theme, and some other background music Bobby Hart wrote for DAYS) https://boards.soapoperanetwork.com/topic/38014-days-behind-the-scenes-articlesphotos/page/499/#findComment-2050847