Jimmy Kimmel Is Out. AG Bondi Says DOJ Will Target "Hate Speech." How Do These Square Up With the First Amendment? PLUS Did the DOJ Delete Its Own Study on Right Wing Violence? And More.

Episode Format:

1. Prosecutors Officially Charge Robinson; Here's What We Found Out; Here's What You Need to Know About the Death Penalty in Utah (0:07)

2. Judge Drops Terrorism-Related Charges Against Luigi Mangione; Here's Why (19:49)

3. AG Bondi Draws Bipartisan Criticism for Saying DOJ Will Target Hate Speech; Here's What You Need to Know About First Amendment Protections (23:20)

4. Disney and ABC Pull 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' "Indefinitely"; Here's What You Need to Know About the First Amendment and Possible Government Coercion (28:38)

5. Quick Hitters: Mississippi Hanging Deaths, Pennsylvania Officers Ambushed, Trump Tackles Crime in Memphis, ANTIFA to be Designated Terrorist Organization, Fed Cuts Interest Rates, Turning Point USA Names New CEO (41:06)

6. Rumor Has It: Will a New Bill Allow the Revocation of U.S. Passports Based on Views and Speech? Did the DOJ Delete Its Own Study on Right Wing Violence? (44:47)

7. Critical Thinking Segment (48:47)

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Prosecutors Officially Charge Robinson; Here's What We Found Out

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26098863-tyler-robinson-tjr-information/ 

https://trending.knowyourmeme.com/editorials/guides/what-is-the-notices-bulge-owo-whats-this-meme-the-phrase-inscribed-on-the-casing-of-the-bullet-fired-at-charlie-kirk-explained 

https://utahnewsdispatch.com/2024/08/07/utah-execution-taberon-honie-lethal-injection/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Utah

https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/state-and-federal-info/state-by-state/utah

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/09/18/utah-seeks-execution-charlie-kirk-shooter-tyler-robinson/86168362007/

Judge Drops Terrorism-Related Charges Against Luigi Mangione

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/luigi-mangione-ceo-shooting-trial-update/ 

https://www.scribd.com/document/918009759/Mangione-State-Terrorism-Charges-Decision#fullscreen&from_embed 

https://criminaldefense.1800nynylaw.com/new-york-penal-code/ny-penal-law-490-25-crime-of-terrorism/

https://apnews.com/article/luigi-mangione-update-terrorism-charge-dropped-582d63ff9596e8431bd727c4ce240550 

https://content.next.westlaw.com/practical-law/document/I4cf84635ef2a11e28578f7ccc38dcbee/Prima-Facie?viewType=FullText&transitionType=Default&contextData=(sc.Default)

https://abcnews.go.com/US/luigi-mangione-returns-court-1st-time-5-months/story?id=125617908 

https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/luigi-mangione-charged-stalking-and-murder-unitedhealthcare-ceo-brian-thompson-and-use 

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/luigi-mangiones-attorneys-want-ny-indictment-thrown-out/

AG Bondi Draws Bipartisan Criticism for Saying DOJ Will Target Hate Speech

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/bondi-faces-criticism-doj-target-engages-hate-speech/story?id=125621716 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LRPHxSrLTE 

https://www.oyez.org/cases/1968/492 

https://www.oyez.org/cases/2010/09-751 

https://www.oyez.org/cases/2016/15-1293 

https://x.com/AGPamBondi/status/1967913066554630181

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/17/pam-bondi-hate-speech-charlie-kirk

Disney and ABC Pull 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' "Indefinitely"

https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/jimmy-kimmel-show-pulled-abc-09-18-25 

https://www.newsweek.com/brendan-carr-fcc-jimmy-kimmel-charlie-kirk-censorship-free-speech-2131682 

https://www.wsj.com/business/media/disney-to-pull-jimmy-kimmels-show-after-kirk-remarks-47b4b400?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=ASWzDAgahcsJuetWiz_zxycZ1PQtrnFkleRwZVVczlmPjhlapkFaRkc2pN5rmJ4K-g%3D%3D&gaa_ts=68cc4248&gaa_sig=XTovouToS-ydoXMp6xdOkclY4xzDWKBZB78wGeuGH0zE8kjzqUI9sdzim2cPNB6nfi-NTqstztBaTCHgCgmp_g%3D%3D 

https://x.com/BrendanCarrFCC/status/1968638607301705973

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j3YdxNSzTk 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTyX9JC-rhA

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/02/13/federal-communications-commission-e-cigarette-ads-addiction-juul-tobacco-nicotine-column/2632905002/

Quick Hitters

https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/17/us/mississippi-hanging-delta-state-university-black-student-hnk

https://www.kcrg.com/2025/09/17/what-we-know-about-hanging-deaths-two-men-mississippi/

https://6abc.com/post/york-county-shooting-questions-remains-5-officers-shot-3-fatally-serving-warrant-pennsylvania-officials-said/17840419/ 

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-signs-order-send-national-guard-memphis-crime-crackdown-rcna231517 

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-hell-seek-designate-antifa-major-terrorist-organization/story?id=125693568

https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/federal-reserve-interest-rate-decision-september-2025

https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/18/politics/erika-kirk-turning-point-ceo

https://x.com/TPUSA/status/1968709126202016062?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

Rumor Has It

https://www.newsweek.com/republican-plan-state-secretary-revoke-passports-2130092 

https://docs.house.gov/meetings/FA/FA00/20250917/118618/BILLS-119-5300-M001199-Amdt-65.pdf 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/16/brian-mast-marco-rubio-revoke-passport-measure 

https://docs.house.gov/meetings/FA/FA00/20250917/118618/BILLS-1195300ih-U1.pdf 

https://www.state.gov/foreign-terrorist-organizations 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passport_Act_of_1926 

https://web.archive.org/web/20250911165140/https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/306123.pdf 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/doj-deletes-own-study-website-032537612.html 

https://www.404media.co/doj-deletes-study-showing-domestic-terrorists-are-most-often-right-wing/ 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/17/justice-department-study-far-right-extremist-violence