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UTUSN

(77,247 posts)
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 09:44 PM 6 hrs ago

Our times, so "rich" - "civil rights" charge on LEMON, & our ally is TMZ calling out "dictatorship"

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https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/tmz-harvey-levin-blasts-trump-004129176.html

TMZ’s Harvey Levin Blasts Trump Over Don Lemon Arrest: ‘This Is the Playbook That Dictator’s Use’

TMZ founder Harvey Levin trashed the arrest and indictment of former CNN anchor Don Lemon by President Donald Trump’s Justice Department as “a ridiculous assault on democracy” and a move straight out of the dictator’s “playbook.” ....

Speaking from TMZ’s studio in a recorded statement published on the outlet’s website Friday, Levin torched the charges and the move as “dictator-like”:

So the Trump administration wonders why people are saying that they are trying to form a dictatorship. Well, look at the landscape – arresting Don Lemon, who covered a protest in Minneapolis, is just insane, ridiculous, dictator-like. This is the playbook that dictators use to destroy democracies and take the will of the people away. It is as simple as that.


Defending Lemon’s actions as well within his First Amendment rights, the producer warned “that a free press was essential to a democracy.” ....

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PeaceWave

(2,794 posts)
1. Good to see Levin finally grow a pair and take a position. I say this as someone who otherwise likes him.
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 09:49 PM
6 hrs ago

UTUSN

(77,247 posts)
2. I've barely ever watched TMZ, but the little I know is that he caretaked his partner with AIDS to the end,
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 09:56 PM
6 hrs ago

received the partner's friend Cher for a farewell visit, and takes a Lib outlook.




PeaceWave

(2,794 posts)
3. Levin takes some surprisingly "conservative" positions from time to time. Remember, he's rich.
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 09:59 PM
6 hrs ago

Cha

(317,535 posts)
12. And what about you? I bet
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 11:02 PM
5 hrs ago

you're everyone's Priceless friend.

Friends ae Priceless!

IcyPeas

(25,081 posts)
6. Good. He may reach a segment of the population that dont watch news...
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 10:03 PM
6 hrs ago

other than celebrity news.

(Pete Buttigieg has been on his show numerous times. Pete makes It fun but gets serious points in too.)

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