Why Declaring Critical Media (Like CNN and MSNBC) "Illegal" Is a FuckWaffle Assault on American Liberty
There's something profoundly disturbing about watching a powerful figure stand in the Department of Justice—the very temple of American legal authority—and declare that news outlets critical of him should be "illegal." It's like watching someone piss on the Constitution while standing in front of the Supreme Court. The audacity is breathtaking. The danger is real. And the constitutional violations are so fucking obvious that even a first-year law student could spot them from orbit.
When a public official claims that news outlets like CNN and MSNBC are "illegal" because they "literally write 97.6 percent bad about me" and insists "it has to stop," we're not just witnessing a temper tantrum—we're watching an attempted demolition of the First Amendment. When this same figure describes these media organizations as "political arms of the Democrat party" that are "corrupt and illegal" while addressing prosecutors and law enforcement officers, the threat level cranks up from concerning to fiv…
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