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Kathy Hughes's avatar

We need to smack back hard in court at this.

Dawn Gehde's avatar

Fight, fight, fight for our truthtellers!

It's Come To This's avatar

This is more than fucked, it’s evil on steroids — the mark of a tiny, petty, vengeful pissant furious that his world is now falling apart in front of him.

Two white Americans got killed by his goon squad in Minneapolis. So he goes after the black, gay man who filmed an event that took place in a church.

Anybody see a pattern here from the guy who gets his rocks off by calling people with brown skins “vermin”?

Haul Pam Bondi’s lying ass in front of Congress. She has a lot of ‘splainin’ to do.

Bad Bunny's avatar

Usually you lead off with your strongest case. DOJ debuts with a glaring violation of journalists' 1A rights. With Abbe Lowell as Lemon's attorney, this will end quickly and badly for the government.

It's Come To This's avatar

It will be a disaster for them. But Baby Trumpy sees only his own pissant need for petty vengeance. He thinks his ole' bag of black intimidation magic will keep working. He's both too stupid and too arrogant to figure out that all this will do is cement more Republicans against him (except for Senator Pittypat from South Carolina, who truly gets off on the self-abasement of being a true-red, Trump wormtongue).

Hilary Downes Fortune's avatar

Thanks for the visuals—“Senator Pittypat (with a) Trump worm tongue”, something to smile about in this long string of horrors…

Joan MacLeod's avatar

Keep on fighting Miles for all the Independent media as mainstream media has caved.

return to normalcy's avatar

"...federal authorities have not publicly detailed charges..."

I can tell you what those charges are based on:

He's black!

He's gay!

He's good looking!

He's well spoken!

He has a following!

He's a journalist!

He speaks out!

Oh, they'll come up with some bogus, legal sounding gibberish but we all know what's behind it. A small, petty, insecure, sociopathic, weak man-child sits with his fingers on the nuclear button & thinks he can rule the world & is upset because someone has the nerve to pop that delusional bubble that he & his sycophants live in!

The country may go through destruction like Nazi Germany, but this regime too will pay the price. Eventually tyrants get their due. And while the rest of us will suffer & some, if not many, will die eventually those in power will be ousted & depending on who wins they'll be hung, shot, hacked to death or tried & convicted & will live out their pathetic lives in jail. I'd love to see the trials & convictions play out but at almost 78 & with cancer I most likely will not have that pleasure.

Nancy's avatar

Some have already died, but I understand the horror of your words! Tyrants do eventually get their due, but like so many, I'm beyond sad about the destruction of our country! The only thing to do is what so many in other countries have done: resist!

It's Come To This's avatar

He's GAY. Please don't omit that -- it's far more important than you realize.

return to normalcy's avatar

I'm sorry, I didn't know that! So, of course that should go right after he's black on that list. I'll edit it to add that information, Thank you for pointing that out.

George in Atlanta's avatar

I never liked Don Lemon before. It was sassy, gay, black men like him who set up camp in my living room and destroyed my Biblically-sanctioned marriage! But now. Now, my greatest fear is running out of popcorn.

I think it likely now that New Media will begin to coalesce around organizing mechanisms of self-defense. And Trump's League of Geniuses set it in motion.

Mike Hammer's avatar

Time for journalists to move to Canada as Timothy Snyder and others have? There’s death threats on top of this.

It's Come To This's avatar

Absolutely NOT. Time for everybody to fight like hell for all our rights here at home.

Stacey S.'s avatar

Miles, you’ve been warning about this & here we are! Ronald & the regime are so desperate, they’re reaching for straws. We won’t back down!!

Mark's avatar

The regime thinks that they will silence us by arresting people. It will fail because enough Americans are smart enough to understand and realize what they are trying to do.

Maryann Boyd's avatar

This must not be allowed. They are attacking democracy from every side. FREEDOM OF THE PRESS!!!

Cheryl Cardran's avatar

It is not lost on me that Don Lemon is a black man. In addition to the attack on the First Amendment, it reveals once again the racist nature of the Trump regime.

Alison's avatar

What can we do on behalf of Don? I subscribe to him too…

Karen's avatar

We will NOT back down

Agent#99's avatar

Intimidation of journalism...hmm, sounds familiar. I wonder what PLAYBOOKS in history THIS is coming out of? I don't really wonder...I KNOW!

Nancy's avatar

Has anyone wondered whether those of us whose support includes subscribing to and commenting on important substacks will eventually be "outed" and prosecuted? Just wondering....

Robot Bender's avatar

I'm no expert, but I think that's possible. However, it's likely too late to do anything about it.

Jack Fruchtman's avatar

Some 40 states protect journalists with shield laws. But not the federal government. Most times the protections at the state level allow reporters to “shield” their sources so they won’t be prosecuted. A journalist like Lemon has First Amendment protections only.

Nancy's avatar

Interesting to think that he has "First Amendment protections only." That used to be a value in America. Now, it's just one more thing to ignore, just as the gun rights fanatics didn't think Pretti should have a holstered gun! We should fear anyone or any entity that has no sense of irony, not to mention shame or concern about hypocrisy.