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Headline: Barack Obama weighs in on Jimmy Kimmel cancellation

Caption: Barack Obama has condemned the Trump administration for its actions. in the lead-up to Disney's suspension of Jimmy Kimmel's late-night comedy show. "After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn't like," the former president wrote in a post on X on Thursday. The statement came about 15 hours after Disney announced it was suspending Kimmel.

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