Who’s Laughing Now

Seven months before ABC and Disney pulled Jimmy Kimmel Live! from the air, Elon Musk told the crowd at the 2025 Conservative Political Action Conference that comedy would thrive under Trump, reclaimed from killjoys on the left. While both Kimmel’s suspension and MAGA world’s broad support of it expose the bullshit hypocrisy of such First Amendment posturing, Musk wasn’t wrong about comedy thriving. Sure, an autocratic regime is attempting to deplatform those who speak truth to power, but it’s been a banner year for the stand-ups whose idea of free speech doesn’t extend beyond their right to make trans jokes and say “retard” onstage.