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riversedge

(77,896 posts)
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 05:12 PM Thursday

Trump says Networks that are licenced are NOT allowed to criticize Trump (speaking again in 3rd person)!

So--it seems Trump is threatening Networks--TV stations???



Ron Filipkowski
‪@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social‬
You’re not allowed to criticize Dear Leader. bsky.app/profile/acyn...
‪Acyn‬
‪@acyn.bsky.social‬
· 1h
Trump: When you have a network and you have evening shows and all they do is hit Trump… They’re licensed. They’re not allowed to do that.

You’re not allowed to criticize Dear Leader. bsky.app/profile/acyn...

Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) 2025-09-18T20:06:02.851Z



Not allowed??

CoBe (@cobe1020.bsky.social) 2025-09-18T19:53:04.760Z




Debby Williams 💙♐️ (@dwilliams1210.com) 2025-09-18T20:02:20.168Z





Trump is in on his way back to the USA--
I am glad had lots of protesters---but I am sure Trump did not see them.
Everything Trump did while in England was behind the gates of Windsor Castle!!




..https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/topic/calendar/..................
12:05 PM
The President and The First Lady depart London, United Kingdom, en route The White House [5:05 PM Local]
London Stansted, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Out-of-Town Travel Pool
7:30 PM
In-Town Pool Call Time
The White House
In-Town Pool
8:10 PM
The President and The First Lady arrive The White House
The White House
Open Press ..................

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spawnoflinthead

(11 posts)
2. he wants state media
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 05:16 PM
Thursday

He will have a state run media, that's what he wants and what we're going to get. Everyone is folding. Are we really surprised by this? I'm not. I'm less surprised every day.

Emile

(37,695 posts)
4. Whiny Ass Fragile Snowflake playing the victim card.
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 05:22 PM
Thursday

I don't understand what people see in him!

Biophilic

(6,083 posts)
10. Well, that's a problem.
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 05:37 PM
Thursday

If they actually see it they might have to do something about it. At the very least it would be unsettling. Hard to be happy and peaceful if you notice that your world is falling apart around you.

Crunchy Frog

(28,052 posts)
7. Will anyone have the nads to challenge this in court?
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 05:34 PM
Thursday

Or are we just standing by while the 1st Amendment gets flushed down the toilet?

onenote

(45,678 posts)
17. Networks aren't licensed.
Fri Sep 19, 2025, 08:54 AM
Friday

Individual stations are. Some are owned by the networks, the vast majority are not. ABC isn't going to sue. Their biggest affiliates aren't going to sue. Might an individual station, or a commonly owned group of stations that didn't want to lose the show have standing? Closer call, but I don't see anyone stepping up.

Crunchy Frog

(28,052 posts)
15. Maybe it's time for Soros to become the bogeyman that they pretend he is.
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 06:20 PM
Thursday

Don't the media companies tend to have money?

sop

(16,126 posts)
8. We have to stop treating this as merely the actions of one crazy person, Trump and his henchmen are shutting down
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 05:35 PM
Thursday

our democracy and no one is stopping him. The courts and Congress are not going to rescue us, he's systematically dismantling it one piece at a time, and getting away with it. We've become Germany circa 1938.

GoodRaisin

(10,529 posts)
12. Right in front of our very eyes.
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 05:51 PM
Thursday

And those who are supposed to provide the checks and balances are letting this criminal seize our government in broad daylight. Mayday in America has arrived.

RedWhiteBlueIsRacist

(1,136 posts)
13. I would love to see all Network TV collapse. And the businesses that advertise with them go under.
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 05:58 PM
Thursday

Fuck 'em all if they're gonna' cower to this shit.

EndlessWire

(8,103 posts)
16. I am extremely disappointed in the Mouse House
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 06:27 PM
Thursday

Raised on Disney, part of the culture, and they caved. They have money to fight. I don't. You don't. They do.

Eff Trump, et al. Him and his fucking ballroom. Him and his gold leaf. Him and and his Ice Queen.

I recall a newspaper cartoon when Walt Disney died. It was the Mouse, a world globe, and the Mouse was crying. The globe was his head, and tears were flowing.

That's the way I feel. Trump is taking everything from us. I refuse to be like him. If I have to give up the enjoyment of fantasy in order to get rid of this cancer, I guess I will. I'm going to miss Disney, the Mouse, and everything sweet they gave us. But, we're done until the Orange Pedophile is gone.

Fight is on.

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