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WHUT? Trump’s State Department is Deleting All of Its Twitter/X Posts Prior to His Reelection

Posted by on February 7, 2026 at 1:35 pm. 0 Comments :

One of the propaganda tactics that Donald Trump is best known for is his projection of objectionable conduct that he engages in onto his political enemies. It’s a tactic that he usually executes so poorly that his effectiveness is destroyed by his obvious hypocrisy. Like when he accuses others of being pedophiles, while photos of him and young girls are abundant in the Epstein files.

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Trump also employs this strategy to pretend that he advocates government transparency. He brags about how often he takes questions from the media, but fails to acknowledge that his answers are mostly lies, or don’t even bother to respond to the question, instead diverting into personal insults directed at the (usually female) reporter. Sadly, on some small sector of the electorate, this strategy works.

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The latest evidence of Trump’s aversion to actual transparency was revealed in a story published by NPR about a new directive from Trump’s State Department. The story exposes how the agency run by Trump flunky Marco Rubio is planning to make it more difficult, if not impossible, to find the public comments by the agency and its principles. NPR reports that…

“The State Department is removing all posts on its public accounts on the social media platform X made before President Trump returned to office on Jan. 20, 2025.

“The posts will be internally archived but will no longer be on public view, the State Department confirmed to NPR. Staff members were told that anyone wanting to see older posts will have to file a Freedom of Information Act request, according to a State Department employee who asked to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation by the Trump administration. That would differ from how the U.S. government typically handles archiving the public online footprint of previous administrations.”

“The move comes as the Trump administration has removed wide swaths of information from government websites that conflict with the president’s views, including environmental and health data and references to women, people of color and members of the LGBTQ+ community.”

There are some obvious questions raised by this initiative. Such as why would the State Department want to get rid of comments that have been publicly available for months or years? Why put people through the ordeal of filing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to get something that was easily accessible prior to this policy? Why was the source of this news so afraid of retaliation that he/she insisted on being anonymous? Also…

Is the State Department worried that there will be more incidents like the one this week, wherein Trump posted a grossly racist video depicting Michelle and President Obama as apes? Are they afraid that there will be more exposures of Trump and his cronies advocating a fascist agenda to undermine democracy? Is the Trump regime so scared of hypocrisies, contradictions, and outright lies being found that they need to expunge the entire public record?

Yes, yes, and yes. This self-censorship is consistent with the tyrannical machinations of an authoritarian administration that has already banned news organizations and journalists from covering them if their coverage wasn’t unflinchingly worshipful. They have also disappeared government records that might reflect negatively on them.

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Trump’s attempts to delete all of the State Department posts on Twitter/X is not only censorship. It might also be illegal. The administration is bound by law to preserve all official government records and communications. And comments on social media by official government accounts are subject to that law. The problem here is that Trump doesn’t think that he is subject to any law, including the Constitution. Hopefully he will be set straight by Congress and/or the courts.

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Herr Trump Warns News Networks Not to Book His Former Staffers Who Criticize Him – Or What?

Posted by on February 6, 2026 at 2:13 pm. 0 Comments :

The media that Donald Trump maligns in Stalinist terms as “the enemy of the people” continues to rankle the Snowflake-in-Chief. He can’t seem to go for a single day – or a single hour – without lashing out like an insolent infant at the free press for having the unmitigated audacity to exercise their constitutionally protected First Amendment rights.

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It’s gotten so bad in what remains of Trump’s mind that he is no longer confining his petulant outbursts to Democrats, wayward Republicans, or other perceived political foes. The range of Trump’s wrath has expanded to include anyone who utters even mild misgivings about his massive misconduct.

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On Thursday night, and into the wee hours of Friday morning, Trump posted dozens of utterly insane comments on his failing Twitter ripoff, Truth Social. They included some more of his pitiful and repeatedly debunked whining that he won the 2020 election that he lost to Joe Biden. And there were the usual exaltations of himself as America’s messiah. And there was a particularly vile post that featured a video in which Michelle and President Obama were depicted as apes.

Along with all of that evidence of Trump’s impaired mental acuity, he also posted a comment that attacked a couple of his own former White House staffers. The comment exposed both his cognitive decline and his hate-triggered craving for vengeance. In a long and rambling disgorgement of disgust that isn’t worth transcribing, Trump raged that…

“Ty Cobb, one of the Worst Lawyers in Washington, D.C., a REAL LOSER, was fired years ago [and] major Loser, Miles Taylor, who I have no idea who he is, make livings talking about me like they know me well. […] These two Networks [CNN and MS NOW] are forewarned not to put them on the air again.”

REALLY? For the record, Ty Cobb served as the White House special counsel for Trump from July 2017 to May 2018, managing the Trump administration’s response to the Robert Mueller special counsel investigation of his collusion with Russia. Miles Taylor served as the Chief of Staff at the Department of Homeland Security from 2019 to 2020.

So both Cobb and Taylor were highly placed members in Trump’s administration. If now he has no idea who they are, that can only be interpreted as a memory lapse consistent with Alzheimer’s, or something like it. He can hardly be considered to be able to carry out the duties of his office if he can’t remember them.

Even worse, Trump went on to issue a threat to two cable TV news networks, CNN and MS NOW. What does he mean by his “forewarning” those networks not to permit two former Trump administration officials to appear on their air? Does Trump think that he has the authority to dictate who news networks are allowed to interview? Because if he does think that, it’s just more proof of his unfitness for office. And this isn’t the first time that he has gone done this path of pure censorship…

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There have already been numerous examples of Trump’s twisted behavior that would more than justify removing him from office by either impeachment or invoking the 25th Amendment. They include his quest to take over Greenland, his anointing himself the acting president of Venezuela, his egomaniacal renaming of the Kennedy Center for himself, his imposition of inflationary tariffs on most of the world, and his presiding over a stormtrooper-like invasion of American cities that has resulted in untold suffering and death. And if that isn’t a profile of someone who is criminally insane, then what is?

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Pam Bondi Threatens All Journalists Who Defy Dear Leader Trump After Her Arrest of Don Lemon

Posted by on January 30, 2026 at 2:09 pm. 1 Comments :

From his earliest days in the political realm, Donald Trump has had a love/hate relationship with the media. He loves when they pay attention to him and put his name in the headlines. And he hates when they report honestly about him his legal and moral misconduct, and his anti-American, authoritarian aspirations.

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As a result of this psychotic dichotomy, Trump often simultaneously finds himself lapping up the lavish praise that he gets from MAGA media like Fox News, while lashing out viciously at reputable journalists who are just doing their job. The former get favors from Trump and his regime, while the latter get insults and both personal and professional punishment.

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On Friday morning CNN reported that Trump’s “Justice” Department had arrested Don Lemon on charges of interfering with worshipers at a church service in Minneapolis. The charges stem from Lemon’s coverage of a protest at the church where the pastor was also an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent.

Lemon’s presence at the protest was purely as a journalist. But the DoJ asserts – without evidence – that he was a conspirator in an effort to disrupt the church’s proceedings. Despite all available evidence, including video of Lemon’s reporting, Trump’s Attorney General announced that…

“At my direction, early this morning, federal agents arrested Don Lemon, Trahern Jeen Crews, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lydell Lundy, in connection with the coordinated attack on Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota.”

It will be interesting to see what proof Bondi has that Lemon had participated in an “attack” that he “coordinated” with other protesters. Video of his reporting contradicts Bondi’s account. Just as video of the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti contradicted the DoJ’s account of those atrocities.

However, Bondi was just getting warmed up. Later that morning she posted a message on Twitter/X that was plainly intended to squelch any dissenting views from the free press. In the sinister voice of a bad Bond villain, Bondi scowled…

“Make no mistake, under President Trump’s leadership and this administration, you have the right to worship freely and safely. And if I haven’t been clear already, if you violate that sacred right, we are coming after you.”

Lemon’s attorney, Abbe Lowell posted a message announcing that “Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.” He noted that Lemon’s arrest is an “unprecedented attack on the First Amendment.” It’s also a deliberate attempt to intimidate any other journalists who are contemplating reporting on the abuses of Trump and his fascist regime.

Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.

— Don Lemon (@donlemonofficial.bsky.social) 2026-01-30T12:58:15.840Z

The Trump regime previously tried to indict Lemon for his coverage of the church protest, but that attempt was rejected by a federal magistrate judge. Undeterred in their mission to muzzle the media, Trump and his flunky, Pam Bondi, have now taken another swing at Lemon that is likely to result in another embarrassing dismissal.

Unfortunately, the goal of the Trump regime may still have been achieved to some extent. Because what they are really interested in is sowing fear and intimidating journalists. They don’t take their own machinations seriously. That can be affirmed by the tweet that Trump’s White House posted today that made Lemon’s arrest into an asinine joke, saying “When life gives you lemons.” Which just goes to show how petty and disrespectful they are.

Trump thinks that arresting Don Lemon and other journalists in violation of the First Amendment is – FUNNY?WAKE UP AMERICA! Trump is orchestrating a fascist takeover.

— News Corpse (@newscorpse.bsky.social) 2026-01-30T18:29:14.561Z

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Trump’s FCC Threatens to Change ‘Equal Time’ Rules to Suppress the Free Speech of Trump Critics

Posted by on January 22, 2026 at 12:59 pm. 0 Comments :

In Donald Trump’s ongoing campaign to nullify the First Amendment of the Constitution, and specifically it’s provisions to protect freedom of the press, he is becoming ever more flagrant and dangerous in his repressive scheming. And he is exhibiting his infamous weakness and fear of the tenets of democracy that shape American political and social principles.

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Trump is now instructing his Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to alter the long-standing rules regarding “Equal Time” in order to put an end to the criticism he receives from television talk show hosts and their guests. It’s just the latest tactic that he has deployed to control what the American people are allowed to see and hear on television and other media.

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Trump’s new attempt to muzzle the media is an order to his FCC chairman and chief censorship czar, Brendan Carr, to alter the way the FCC regulates “Equal Time” rules. For decades there have been exceptions for bona fide newsworthy interviews, whether they take place on a news program or an entertainment related talk show. But since Trump has been the subject of so much well deserved criticism, he is seeking to stifle his critics any way that he can. According to the Hollywood Reporter…

“The FCC said Wednesday that it is clarifying its guidance on its political equal time rules, a change that could end long-standing exemptions for interviews with politicians on shows like The View, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Tonight Show and The Late Show.” […]

“News interviews have long been exempted from the requirement, but the FCC under Carr is pursuing a novel argument that late night and daytime talk shows are biased to the extent that they shouldn’t qualify. Among the factors in considering the carve-out is newsworthiness.” […]

“In a statement, Anna Gomez, the lone Democrat on the FCC, said the move represents an ‘escalation in this FCC’s ongoing campaign to censor and control speech.’ She added, ‘Broadcasters should not feel pressured to water down, sanitize, or avoid critical coverage out of fear of regulatory retaliation.'”

It is no coincidence that Trump’s actions are aimed at programs such as “Jimmy Kimmel Live” and “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” Trump has been determined to shut those programs down due to their frequent jokes and satirical humor about him. Trump has never been able to take a joke. His efforts have resulted in Colbert’s program being canceled (effective in May), and he got Kimmel suspended, but for only three days when outraged viewers complained to the network.

After the FCC made its announcement regarding “Equal Time,” Trump posted a link to this story on his failing Twitter ripoff, Truth Social. His link contained a comment that specifically referenced the ABC daytime talk show “The View” and Kimmel’s late-night talk show.

This is just another threat to First Amendment protected speech. The changes that are being floated by Trump’s FCC would make it virtually impossible for programs like Kimmel’s to ever book a political guest, or even an entertainer who has political opinions. There would be no practical way for them to also book anyone with a different opinion. And, of course, it would impinge on their free speech rights to produce programs free of government intervention.

It’s extraordinarily hypocritical that Trump and his MAGA GOP are suddenly in favor of government asserting this sort of control when they have long advocated for small government that kept out of matters such as these. Now they are craving more government interference than ever. And they are cheering Trump on when wields the power of his office to suppress anyone who is insufficiently worshipful of him. Such as his many lawsuits against the media, including a new threat unleashed Thursday morning against pollsters who had the audacity to publish surveys showing how despised Trump is…

CRYBABY TRUMP is whining again. This time about polls that correctly show his approval ratings in the toilet.Typically, Trump lies about everything. And he says that he is filing (another) lawsuit against the press for doing their job and conducting accurate polls. #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice

— News Corpse (@newscorpse.bsky.social) 2026-01-22T18:12:40.334Z

Trump won’t be happy until he has banished every one of his critics from all media. He’s following the playbook of his heroes and mentors, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, and Kim Jong Un. But he isn’t going to get away with it. In America we have the Constitution on our side. And as long as the millions of patriots who cherish freedom stay strong and rise up to quash Trump and his censorious comrades, he will fail again and again and again.

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HOLY CR*P! Trump Floats Executive Order to Dictate to TV Networks What They Are Allowed to Air

Posted by on January 18, 2026 at 1:39 pm. 1 Comments :

The aspiring authoritarian who currently occupies the White House, Donald Trump, appears to be determined to certify his role as America’s first dictator in the minds of the American people. It’s a role that he has coveted from the earliest days of his political career. So much so that he attempted to violently cling to power at the end of his first term.

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And Trump is not retreating from that stance. Whether it’s by unconstitutional declarations of war, deporting immigrants (including citizens) to foreign gulags, imposing tariffs (aka taxes) on international allies, or deploying soldiers into American cities to suppress lawful dissent, Trump is checking every box for a committed totalitarian tyrant. Even to the point of suggesting the cancelation of upcoming elections…

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High on Trump’s autocratic agenda is his craving to control the media. He has sought to achieve that goal through intimidation and threats of sabotaging the business prospects of any media enterprise that doesn’t kneel before him. And he is convinced that he has powers to force the press to obey his every demand.

For example, on Sunday morning Trump posted a comment on his dedicated propaganda platform, Truth Social, that is evidence of his dastardly schemes. He commanded that American television networks submit to his will with regard to what they air and when…

“The Army-Navy Game is one of our Greatest American Traditions — Unmatched Patriotism, Courage, and Honor! This incredible Tradition is now at risk of being pushed aside by more College Playoff Games, and Big TV Money. NOT ANYMORE!

“Under my Administration, the second Saturday in December belongs to Army-Navy, and ONLY Army-Navy! I will soon sign a Historic Executive Order securing an EXCLUSIVE 4 hour Broadcast window, so this National Event stands above Commercial Postseason Games. No other Game or Team can violate this Time Slot!!! […] Please let this serve as Notice to ALL Television Networks, Stations, and Outlets.”

WANNABE DICTATOR TRUMP thinks that he can order TV networks what they must broadcast and when by executive order.HE CAN'T! This is just more cranky babbling from a whiny, emotionally stunted, crybaby, seeking attention.

— News Corpse (@newscorpse.bsky.social) 2026-01-18T11:37:05.461Z

Trump’s characterization of the Army-navy football game is cartoonish in its depth, or lack thereof. It is hardly a beacon of “Unmatched Patriotism, Courage, and Honor.” It’s freakin’ sporting event. And why Trump thinks that it has more significance than the college bowls that are played at the same time of year is a mystery that only his dementia can explain.

More to the point, Trump is assuming a ridiculous degree of authority over the television scheduling of these games. In a fair and free media marketplace, the networks would have the right to make those decisions on their own, based on popularity and potential advertising revenue. You know, like in a capitalist country that isn’t subjugated to a fascist overlord.

Trump’s threat to sign an executive order mandating his programming demands is as far outside of his duties as president as it can get. Not only is this none of his business, or the business of government, but his order has no legal force and the networks are free to ignore it. The only thing “Historic” about it is its unprecedented breach of constitutional law. So Trump can say that his order will “serve as Notice to ALL Television Networks,” all he wants. He has no authority to enforce it.

Unfortunately, Trump’s designs on American culture have been carried out even when his authority to do so is nonexistent. He has already assumed control of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and the Smithsonian Institution. And his influence there has been a grotesque change of course to unflinching Trump worship. Now he’s advancing on television.

The problem with regard to TV is that some of the networks have already demonstrated their weakness, greed, and un-Americanism, by bowing down to Trump. That’s particularly true of CBS, whose new corporate bosses have disgraced themselves by bending their reporting to Trump’s liking. And coincidentally, CBS has been the exclusive broadcast home for the Army-Navy football game since 1996. Is Trump trying to reward them for their gross sycophancy?

The danger here is the if Trump gets away with dictating what TV networks are allowed to air and when in this case, what’s to stop him from making similar demands in any other cases? He will surely want to test his powers to cancel programs he doesn’t like, force the airing of flattering propaganda, and to prevent any programs from competing with shows that he wants the nation to watch.

Is that the kind of television fare that the American people want? Because if Trump gets his way, that’s what they’ll get. Therefore, nobody should watch anything on any network that capitulates to Trump. THAT is the American way!

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Trump Declares the New York Times a ‘Threat to National Security’ that ‘Must Be Stopped’

Posted by on December 23, 2025 at 12:30 pm. 1 Comments :

The seething animosity that Donald Trump has toward the free press and the Constitution’s First Amendment is well known and thoroughly documented. He regularly refers to the media in Stalinist terms as “the enemy of the people.” And even mild criticism is met with savage insults and ludicrous lawsuits intended to intimidate and silence anyone who dares to find fault with His MAGA-sty.

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However, if you thought that Trump was satisfied with his constant barrage of vile invective, you are vastly underestimating his unquenchable capacity for deep seated loathing and voracious appetite for vengeance. There is nothing that triggers a Trump temper tantrum more than a news story that reveals his multitude of glaring flaws. He demands unflinching adoration at all times.

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On Tuesday morning Trump escalated his war against the free press with a spine-chilling comment posted to his failing Twitter ripoff, Truth Social. The hostility in his most recent rhetoric should be of concern to every freedom loving American patriot who cherishes the Constitution and it’s protection of liberty. Trump raged in a late-night outburst against one of his perennial foes, the New York Times, over some unspecified offense to his massive, yet fragile ego…

“The Failing New York Times, and their lies and purposeful misrepresentations, is a serious threat to the National Security of our Nation. Their Radical Left, Unhinged Behavior, writing FAKE Articles and Opinions in a never ending way, must be dealt with and stopped. THEY ARE A TRUE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE! Thank you for you attention to this matter. PRESIDENT DJT”

It’s impossible to decipher precisely what specific story set Trump off late last night. It could be related to the latest bombshell incriminations in the newly released Jeffrey Epstein files. Or he might be upset that the Times caught him napping during recent Cabinet meetings. Or maybe he’s whining about not being praised for having crashed the economy and making everything more expensive with his inflationary tariffs (aka taxes). Or perhaps people aren’t properly elated by his extrajudicial murders of possibly innocent people in small boats off the coast of Venezuela. There is just so much to choose from.

Trump may just be outraged by an all-of-the-above batch of reporting on atrocities for which he is responsible. In any event, he is embarking on a path of psychotic fury over what he claims – without any rational basis – are “FAKE Articles and Opinions.” Of course all articles and opinions are constitutionally protected, even if the subject of them disapproves. But since Trump doesn’t bother to cite any of these alleged misrepresentation, his claims can’t be confirmed or believed.

What’s even worse about this outburst is Trump’s allegation that the allegedly “Unhinged Behavior” of the Times is a “serious threat to the National Security of our Nation.” That’s the sort of language that Trump commonly unleashes to justify violent military assaults on whoever he is angry with at the moment.

Consequently, it’s fair to assume that he is craving an opportunity to treat the Times the same way he is treating the people in those boats in the Caribbean. After all, he used the very same language for both of these situations. Just one week ago he justified bombing those boats by asserting without evidence that they were transporting drugs, and that “drug trafficking cartels POSE A THREAT to U.S. National Security.” And now he’s saying that about the New York Times.

It is clear that Trump has descended into a state of schizoid delusion and is suffering from severe cognitive impairment. It is Trump who is the imminent danger to the national security of the United States. And he needs to be deprived of power before he causes real, irreparable harm. Whether his removal is done by Congress, his Cabinet, the judiciary, his doctors, or his family, it needs to be done. And soon!

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Trump’s Secretary of War on the Press, Pete Hegseth, Is Rebuked By the Media He’s Trying to Censor

Posted by on October 14, 2025 at 12:48 pm. 0 Comments :

The most anti-free press regime in American history, led by Donald “The Media is the Enemy of the People” Trump, is once again proving how out of touch it is with the principles of the Constitution and its First Amendment prohibition against “abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.”

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When Donald Trump made Pete Hegseth his Secretary of “War,” he was installing a flunky who he knew would obey his every command, no matter how averse to the law or morality. And Hegseth proved his fealty to Trump last month when he issued a decree demanding that the press must swear a Trumpian loyalty oath before being allowed access to the Pentagon or to military leaders who work for the American people. It was such a repugnant proposal that even Trump was against it when he first heard about it.

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Of course, Trump, in his perpetual state of ignorance and/or dementia, likely had no idea what the new rules imposed by Hegseth meant. But they were consistent with his twisted mindset, believing that he can dictate what the media reports about him. The mandate that Hegseth imposed on the press forbids them to do any investigative reporting, interviewing, or to publish any stories that haven’t been pre-approved by Hegseth’s Pentagon overlords.

Under this decree, reporters would be required to have an approved Pentagon escort when in the building. And should they refuse to sign the oath, they risk losing their press credentials. Hegseth claimed that the new rules boiled down to three tenets:

  • The press no longer roams free. Hegseth’s explicit dismissal of the free press.
  • The press must wear visible badges. Unlike Trump’s badgeless, masked ICE thugs.
  • Credentialed press is no longer permitted to solicit criminal acts. Which they have never been permitted to do.

When a government agency threatens to revoke the credentials of news organizations that don’t obey their edicts, you don’t have a free press. You have a fascist dictatorship that obviously has some very troubling things to hide. Consequently, Hegseth’s decree was roundly rejected. Several major news outlets condemned the new rules and refused to sign. They include ABC News, CBS News, CNN, NBC News, Associated Press, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Reuters, The Atlantic, and NPR.

Even the ultra-MAGA outlets Newsmax and the Washington Times declined to sign. The shamelessly Trump-fluffing One America News Network (OAN) is the only outlet that, so far, has agreed to go along with Hegseth’s Hegemony. And surprisingly, Fox News, Hegseth’s previous employer, was one of those that would not sign on. That’s gotta sting. In a joint statement, the resisting media said that…

“Today, we join virtually every other news organization in declining to agree to the Pentagon’s new requirements, which would restrict journalists’ ability to keep the nation and the world informed of important national security issues.

“The policy is without precedent and threatens core journalistic protections. We will continue to cover the U.S. military as each of our organizations has done for many decades, upholding the principles of a free and independent press.”

It will be interesting to see if Hegseth and the Pentagon stick to this censorious initiative. Or if Trump bothers to weigh in. In the meantime, they have affirmed just how much they despise the free press. And considering everything they have to hide – including Trump’s lawlessness, his administration’s massively unpopular agenda, and of course, the infamous Jeffrey Epstein files – it’s no wonder they hate even the thought of a free press.

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DELUSIONAL: Trump Thinks He Won a Lawsuit Against the Associated Press that He Actually Lost

Posted by on October 6, 2025 at 8:05 am. 1 Comments :

Concern abut the noticeably deteriorating mental acuity of Donald Trump has been an active topic of discussion for months (years?). And since his reoccupation of the White House this year, it has only accelerated. This is a problem that puts the nation – and, in fact, the whole world – at risk.

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The past few weeks have seen Trump delivering speeches that have raised questions about his ability to perform the duties of the presidency. At the United Nations he rambled aimlessly about subjects that have nothing to do with the state of the world’s affairs or the foreign policy of the United States. At a celebration of the Navy’s anniversary he wandered off into some of his purely political fixations. And throughout all of it Trump lied and whined petulantly about his imagined victimhood.

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The troubling spectacle of watching a president devolve cognitively has renewed talk of his removal from office via the 25th Amendment of the Constitution. His flagrant lying, seething hostility, and thuggish threats are all symptomatic of mental illness. And much of what Trump says is just plain delusional. For example, one of the bizarre statements he made at the Navy event was entirely removed from reality.

“We got sued by the Associated Press, and they lost. In fact the judge was so good, he’s calling it the Gulf of America. He’s got all of the approvals. You have to do that too. To the very liberal Associated Press. They got thrown out of court. In fact they’re almost not allowed to cover me anymore because of that.”

Trump: "We got sued by the Associated Press, and they lost. In fact, the judge was so good he said, 'He's calling it the Gulf of America. He's got all the approvals' … they got thrown out of court. In fact, they're almost not allowed to cover me anymore because of that. It was a big hit."

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-10-05T20:56:22.814Z

All of that is simply untrue. Although it is consistent with Trump’s animosity toward the free press that he has repeatedly maligned as “the enemy of the people.” He began attacking the AP after they refused to comply with his preposterous attempt to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. In a fit of fury he banished them from the White House and other presidential press access. The AP filed a lawsuit to restore their rights. And contrary to Trump’s assertion, they did not lose. As reported by – appropriately – the AP…

“[A] federal appeals panel handed The Associated Press an incremental loss on Friday in its continuing battle with the Trump administration over access by its journalists to cover presidential events. By a 2-1 margin, judges on the three-judge U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington granted Trump a stay in enforcement of a lower-court ruling that the administration had improperly punished the AP for the content of its speech.”

To be clear, the AP actually won their lawsuit against Trump in a lower court that ruled that he could not block them from access to Trump in places like the Oval Office or Air Force One. A three judge panel of the appeals court only granted Trump a stay on that ruling pending his appeal. The ruling was not overturned. The AP did not get thrown out of court. And Trump’s claim that “they’re almost not allowed to cover me anymore,” is just plain nuts.

The AP isn’t the only media outlet that Trump has sought to ban. He also evicted the Wall Street Journal from certain press events after they published a birthday note that Trump wrote to his pedo-pal, Jeffrey Epstein.

What’s more, Trump has filed numerous lawsuits against the press, including ABC News, CBS News, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and CNN, for what amounts to hurting his feelings. But what else would you expect from an aspiring authoritarian who began his second term by declaring himself the king of the White House press corps?

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Trump Flunky Kari Lake is Blocked From Abolishing Voice of America in Scathing Court Ruling

Posted by on September 30, 2025 at 1:18 pm. 0 Comments :

The most media averse president in American history, Donald Trump, has been smacked down in court as his designated regime censor, Kari lake tried to muzzle Voice of America, one of the most effective platforms for American news broadcasts around the world, particularly to countries that shut off free, independent reporting.

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Trump recruited Lake to run the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) after she lost races for both governor and senator in Arizona. While Trump’s FCC boss, Brendan Carr, is strangling free press domestically, Lake is the foreign flank of Trump’s media gagging team. Her electoral defeats triggered some very Trump-like accusations of “rigged” elections and fraud that she was completely unable to prove. So naturally, Trump embraced her and gave her a position in his regime from which she could spew propaganda worldwide. Whereupon she immediately fired hundreds of VOA journalists and replaced them an ultra-MAGA, Trump-fluffing network.

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Fortunately, the efforts of Trump and Lake have been stifled by the courts. In a new ruling Lake was chastised for “concerning disrespect” toward the court for failing to produce information about its plans for Voice of America. But it was even worse than that. The judge also scolded Lake’s lawyers saying that they “wasted precious judicial time and resources and readily support contempt proceedings.” As reported by CNN…

“A federal judge agreed Monday to temporarily suspend the Trump administration’s plan to eliminate hundreds of jobs at the agency that oversees Voice of America, the government-funded broadcaster founded to counter Nazi propaganda during World War II.

US District Judge Royce Lamberth in Washington, D.C., ruled that the US Agency for Global Media cannot implement a reduction in force eliminating 532 jobs for full-time government employees on Tuesday. Those employees represent the vast majority of its remaining staff.”

This ruling follows a previous judgment wherein Lamberth halted Lake’s attempt to fire VOA director, Michael Abramowitz. And for the record, Lamberth is not some “radical” jurist (as Lake called him). He was nominated to the bench by conservative Republican President Ronald Reagan in 1987.

The USAGM oversees multiple international broadcasting networks, including Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), Radio Free Asia (RFA), Radio Television Martí, the Middle East Broadcasting Networks (MBN), and the Voice of America (VOA). Their broadcasts are heard around the world in an effort to extend US influence and combat authoritarianism.

No wonder Trump hates it. Anything that would interfere with his own aspirations of authoritarianism triggers his wrath. He is employing methods that he’s learned from his idols and mentors, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, Kim Jong Un, and others who have suppressed free speech in their countries.

That’s why Trump has been busy banishing media outlets that dare to challenge him from the White House press corps. He is also suing news organizations for billions of dollars. And he’s even trying to force comedians off the air (Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, etc.) for telling jokes about him. Before he’s done, Putin and the others will be taking lessons in authoritarianism from him.

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Toddler Trump Throws Tantrum, Threatens to Sue ABC for Restoring Jimmy Kimmel and Free Speech

Posted by on September 24, 2025 at 11:28 am. 0 Comments :

The attempt by Donald Trump and his administration cronies to cancel the Constitution and free speech has backfired bigly. His seething animosity toward Jimmy Kimmel – and anyone else who dares to be critical of him – manifested in an ill-considered and anti-American scheme to muzzle Kimmel and have his program removed from the air.

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Trump’s blatant breach of the First Amendment’s protection of the free press lasted for five whole days. After which, ABC and Disney caved in to the popular pressure to restore Kimmel’s show without conditions. That pressure came from journalists, media executives, politicians, celebrities, and mostly from the American people. And throughout the controversy, all Trump could do was whine…

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Trump’s preposterous claim that failing to be unflinchingly adoring of him is “illegal” is evidence of his toxic disrespect for the law and/or his shrinking capacity to grasp reality. His unbridled outrage was further expressed shortly after ABC announced that Kimmel would return to his program. Trump posted a comment dripping with desperation and hatred to his failing Twitter ripoff, Truth Social, that only confirmed just how mentally dysfunctional he has become. What follows are a few annotated excerpts from his rancid rant.

“I can’t believe ABC Fake News gave Jimmy Kimmel his job back. The White House was told by ABC that his Show was cancelled!”
There is no way that ABC told Trump that Kimmel was canceled. From the beginning they said it was a suspension. And this had nothing to do with ABC News. Kimmel is employed by ABC’s entertainment division.

“…his audience is GONE, and his ‘talent’ was never there. Why would they want someone back who does so poorly?”
Kimmel consistently ranked as the #2 late night program, following Stephen Colbert. And if Trump really thought that Kimmel was a talentless host with no audience, why the heck would he ever bother with him? The only thing that would do (and did) was raise his profile and popularity.

“…puts the Network in jeopardy by playing 99% positive Democrat GARBAGE.”
So what? It is entirely legal – and protected by the Constitution – to be 99% negative toward Trump. That’s actually going easy on him. And where would the jeopardy come from? Trump’s threats of censorship?

“…that would be a major Illegal Campaign Contribution. I think we’re going to test ABC out on this. Let’s see how we do. Last time I went after them, they gave me $16 Million Dollars.”
If Kimmel’s jokes represent a “major Illegal Campaign Contribution” to the Democratic Party, what would he call what Fox News (and Newsmax, OAN, etc.) is doing with their 100% pro-Trump, anti-Democratic content? And his reference to the prior capitulation by ABC is an open threat to abuse his power again by filing another bogus lawsuit. He hasn’t been particularly successful in that endeavor lately.

“A true bunch of losers! Let Jimmy Kimmel rot in his bad Ratings.”
Okay! STFU and let him. Or is Trump afraid that Kimmel is giving the American people a more accurate and honest impression of him and must be silenced by any means necessary?

Ironically, Trump and his MAGA minions have argued themselves into a corner. They are contradicting their own claims that Trump and his FCC mob boss – er, chairman – Brendan Carr, had nothing to do with Kimmel’s suspension. They have been saying it was ABC’s choice to suspend Kimmel and just the forces of free market capitalism at work. If so, then why isn’t that true for ABC choosing to return the Kimmel show?

Trump’s flaming bullshittery has resulted in an unexpected boost for Kimmel. CNN’s Harry Enten revealed the spike in viewership for Kimmel on YouTube, where his six month median reach was about 240,000 views. Enten shows that the number has rocketed to 6.7 million, a whopping 2,683% increase. And it is still growing. It has more than doubled, exceeding 13 million, as of this writing. Nice work Trump!

UPDATE: The Nielsen ratings show that Kimmel drew 6.26 million viewers on ABC. About four times his average rating.

This, however, isn’t over. Station groups Sinclair and Nexstar are continuing to block Kimmel’s show from airing on the stations in their markets. They are both companies with pending business that relies on the Trump administration’s approval. So they are seemingly bending over backwards to kiss his…let’s say ring. Under certain circumstances ABC could respond by offering Kimmel’s show to other stations in those markets. And they can also promote viewing in those markets on streaming platforms such as YouTube. They should look into those options.

And now, for your viewing pleasure, here is Kimmel’s monologue on his return to the airwaves…

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