Michael Bower
@thebowershow.bsky.social
Podcast Host | Audiobook Narrator | Former NBC News Radio National Correspondant | Unabashed Van Hagar Fan | Lover Of Capital Letters
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October 22, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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This is simply right wing political correctness & censorship run amok. I listened to the monologue in question. It is a classic, hard-hitting Jimmy Kimmel opening monologue. Nothing offensive was said about Charlie Kirk. But a Fox host calls for murdering homeless and still has his job.
September 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
This is simply right wing political correctness & censorship run amok. I listened to the monologue in question. It is a classic, hard-hitting Jimmy Kimmel opening monologue. Nothing offensive was said about Charlie Kirk. But a Fox host calls for murdering homeless and still has his job.
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Congrats to Jimmy Kimmel for never bending the knee.
September 17, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Congrats to Jimmy Kimmel for never bending the knee.
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WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!
September 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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Corporations are clearly making the calculation that temporarily obeying Trump is the better option because they won’t face any punishment from future Democratic Governments.
Democrats need to make it clear their calculus is wrong.
Democrats need to make it clear their calculus is wrong.
September 18, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Corporations are clearly making the calculation that temporarily obeying Trump is the better option because they won’t face any punishment from future Democratic Governments.
Democrats need to make it clear their calculus is wrong.
Democrats need to make it clear their calculus is wrong.
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Red states accused the Biden administration of "jawboning" -- coercing social media platforms to "censor" content (mostly COVID misinformation), merely by liaising and flagging false content for those companies. Now the FCC *explicitly threatens* a network over content but that's all good?
September 18, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Red states accused the Biden administration of "jawboning" -- coercing social media platforms to "censor" content (mostly COVID misinformation), merely by liaising and flagging false content for those companies. Now the FCC *explicitly threatens* a network over content but that's all good?
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Remember that authoritarians have ZERO sense of humor. About anything.
September 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Remember that authoritarians have ZERO sense of humor. About anything.
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I stand with Jimmy Kimmel.
September 18, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I stand with Jimmy Kimmel.
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A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
September 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
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The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”
September 18, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”
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I stand with Jimmy Kimmel.
And Steven Colbert.
And Katie Phang.
And WaPo columnist Karen Attiah.
And Matthew Dowd.
And the many university professors being fired for daring to speak of hate-monger Charlie Kirk. Or idiot
potus Donald Trump.
And Steven Colbert.
And Katie Phang.
And WaPo columnist Karen Attiah.
And Matthew Dowd.
And the many university professors being fired for daring to speak of hate-monger Charlie Kirk. Or idiot
potus Donald Trump.
September 18, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I stand with Jimmy Kimmel.
And Steven Colbert.
And Katie Phang.
And WaPo columnist Karen Attiah.
And Matthew Dowd.
And the many university professors being fired for daring to speak of hate-monger Charlie Kirk. Or idiot
potus Donald Trump.
And Steven Colbert.
And Katie Phang.
And WaPo columnist Karen Attiah.
And Matthew Dowd.
And the many university professors being fired for daring to speak of hate-monger Charlie Kirk. Or idiot
potus Donald Trump.
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Anyway, now we know what the FCC thinks is in the public interest:
Fox host advocating for executing homeless people? Yes
ABC comic suggesting Trumpers are using a death cynically? No
Fox host advocating for executing homeless people? Yes
ABC comic suggesting Trumpers are using a death cynically? No
September 17, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Anyway, now we know what the FCC thinks is in the public interest:
Fox host advocating for executing homeless people? Yes
ABC comic suggesting Trumpers are using a death cynically? No
Fox host advocating for executing homeless people? Yes
ABC comic suggesting Trumpers are using a death cynically? No
Tough to see the news about Kimmel and not really, truly feel embarrassed to be an American today. #NeverThoughtIdSayThat
September 18, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Tough to see the news about Kimmel and not really, truly feel embarrassed to be an American today. #NeverThoughtIdSayThat
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The More You Get Infected, the More Likely You’ll Get Long COVID
People still think long COVID is rare. Like it only happens to anxious people. Or people who “did it wrong.” Like there’s some moral math to this. If you got sick, it’s because you panicked too much. (1/18)
People still think long COVID is rare. Like it only happens to anxious people. Or people who “did it wrong.” Like there’s some moral math to this. If you got sick, it’s because you panicked too much. (1/18)
May 22, 2025 at 11:28 AM
The More You Get Infected, the More Likely You’ll Get Long COVID
People still think long COVID is rare. Like it only happens to anxious people. Or people who “did it wrong.” Like there’s some moral math to this. If you got sick, it’s because you panicked too much. (1/18)
People still think long COVID is rare. Like it only happens to anxious people. Or people who “did it wrong.” Like there’s some moral math to this. If you got sick, it’s because you panicked too much. (1/18)
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Blue Dino speaks truth:
May 22, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Blue Dino speaks truth:
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Trump wants you dead.
May 7, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Trump wants you dead.
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We need every country to act against the rise of hate in all forms.
We do NOT have to keep repeating the past, we need to build a better future. #Canada 💪🏻🍁
We do NOT have to keep repeating the past, we need to build a better future. #Canada 💪🏻🍁
Prime Minister Mark Carney 🇨🇦
"Large American online platforms have become seas of racism, misogyny, antisemitism, Islamophobia and hate in all its forms ... My government will act." #cdnpoli
"Large American online platforms have become seas of racism, misogyny, antisemitism, Islamophobia and hate in all its forms ... My government will act." #cdnpoli
May 4, 2025 at 12:05 AM
We need every country to act against the rise of hate in all forms.
We do NOT have to keep repeating the past, we need to build a better future. #Canada 💪🏻🍁
We do NOT have to keep repeating the past, we need to build a better future. #Canada 💪🏻🍁
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“Government Efficiency” 🧐
April 19, 2025 at 1:21 AM
“Government Efficiency” 🧐
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I wonder how many people realize the tariff on auto parts causes car insurance premiums to go up?
April 3, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I wonder how many people realize the tariff on auto parts causes car insurance premiums to go up?
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Dark Pence is back.
April 2, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Dark Pence is back.
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Converting my 401K into cartons of cigarettes for barter before the market opens tomorrow.
April 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Converting my 401K into cartons of cigarettes for barter before the market opens tomorrow.
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Looks like 80 minutes of spoken word immigrant torture porn and Reverse Hoosiers-like fables of trans kids dominating girls high school lacrosse is my limit. I need to start drinking with such regularity it becomes a problem for my friends and family.
March 5, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Looks like 80 minutes of spoken word immigrant torture porn and Reverse Hoosiers-like fables of trans kids dominating girls high school lacrosse is my limit. I need to start drinking with such regularity it becomes a problem for my friends and family.
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“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.” -FDR, 1941
February 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.” -FDR, 1941