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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOur 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
TMZs Harvey Levin Blasts Trump Over Don Lemon Arrest: This Is the Playbook That Dictators Use
TMZ founder Harvey Levin trashed the arrest and indictment of former CNN anchor Don Lemon by President Donald Trumps Justice Department as a ridiculous assault on democracy and a move straight out of the dictators playbook. ....
Speaking from TMZs studio in a recorded statement published on the outlets 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 Lemons actions as well within his First Amendment rights, the producer warned that a free press was essential to a democracy. ....
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Our times, so "rich" - "civil rights" charge on LEMON, & our ally is TMZ calling out "dictatorship" (Original Post)
UTUSN
6 hrs ago
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Good to see Levin finally grow a pair and take a position. I say this as someone who otherwise likes him.
PeaceWave
6 hrs ago
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I've barely ever watched TMZ, but the little I know is that he caretaked his partner with AIDS to the end,
UTUSN
6 hrs ago
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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.
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,
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.
UTUSN
(77,247 posts)4. I don't even remember what I ate today.
PeaceWave
(2,794 posts)7. It happens. Check the garbage for the wrapper.
Cha
(317,535 posts)5. TY & Harvey Levin!
UTUSN
(77,247 posts)8. TY, priceless friend.
UTUSN
(77,247 posts)11. Well, you're everybody's priceless friend!
Cha
(317,535 posts)12. And what about you? I bet
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...
other than celebrity news.
(Pete Buttigieg has been on his show numerous times. Pete makes It fun but gets serious points in too.)
UTUSN
(77,247 posts)9. TY, priceless friend.