Donny ShitsHisPants Convict 47: I Control the First Amendment , Assholes
When the founding fathers drafted the Constitution, they couldn't have imagined a world where a president would throw legal temper tantrums over poll numbers and news coverage he didn't like. Yet here we are, watching Donald Trump wage a pathetic legal crusade against CBS and The Des Moines Register/pollster Ann Selzer, claiming their reporting constitutes "consumer fraud" and has caused him "significant damages." If that sentence alone doesn't make your blood boil, you haven't been paying attention to the slow erosion of our democratic foundations.
Let me be crystal clear: these lawsuits are not just ridiculous β they're a dangerous fucking assault on the bedrock of American democracy. They represent nothing less than an attempt to criminalize journalism that doesn't kiss the ring ( be aware that Wendy will never kiss the fucking ring ). And if we don't call this bullshit out for what it is β fascism dressed in legal briefs β we risk normalizing behavior that would make Joseph McCarthβ¦
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