Nexstar Media, one of the largest operators of TV stations, announced today that its ABC affiliates wouldn’t run Kimmel’s show “for the foreseeable future.” Nexstar is trying to push a $6.2 billion merger through FCC scrutiny. ABC announced they’d pull Kimmel indefinitely shortly after. I’ve said before that there’s only one Trump policy that really counts: the threat of pain and the demand for tribute. There’s no principled defense for governance by open threat of retribution, but it’s currently our trade policy, our economic policy, and our antitrust policy. Just plain sucks.