Glad the free speech folks are in charge

It's obvious that this is a massive own goal for Trump. Stupidity and arrogance is never a good combination, and he's surrounded himself with a bunch of toadies who just do what he tells them because for some reason or other.

I don't really like Jimmy Kimmel's tearful shit.

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@Doctor-Phibes said in Glad the free speech folks are in charge:

21 minutes. I dipped in.

It's obvious that this is a massive own goal for Trump. Stupidity and arrogance is never a good combination, and he's surrounded himself with a bunch of toadies who just do what he tells them because for some reason or other.

I don't really like Jimmy Kimmel's tearful shit.

There’s another good take…

taiwan_girl

Dont know much about either guy (Rogan or Kimmel)

Joe Rogan has rushed to the defense of Jimmy Kimmel over the 'joke' that got him pulled from the air, while calling the Trump administration 'crazy' for going after the late-night host.

On his podcast Tuesday, Rogan slammed Kimmel's suspension over his comments about Charlie Kirk as an affront to free speech, warning that those who hailed the decision could face similar consequences.

and

The host also poked fun at Trump's reaction to the shooting.

'This is not how an adult grieves the murder of someone he calls a friend,' he said. 'This is how a four-year-old mourns a goldfish.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/media/article-15129429/joe-rogan-jimmy-kimmel-donald-trump.html

jon-nyc

So now he defines new speech crimes and sets the punishment via EO.

jon-nyc

Old man yelling at TV.

taiwan_girl

"Get off my lawn!!"

(Unless you're my granddaughter, and then you can film a commercial video for your clothing line using the White House for promotion).

Link to video

Maybe this should go under the "continuing grift" forum thread.

jon-nyc

So Hegseth is wants to pull the press credentials of any organization that does acrual reporting about the DoD.

That’s right. They have to sign a doc that says they will only propagate official statements and quote approved spokesmen and won’t seek to talk to any non-approved sources.

It’s looking really embarrassing for him.

jon-nyc

FoxNews hasn’t said whether it will sign or not. But given that even Newsmax refused it’s hard to imagine them huddling on the left of the above spreadsheet.

Horace

If that's an accurate framing of this thing I hadn't heard of until now, it's a request for a gentlemen's agreement that no journalistic agency would sign, as they do not get into the journalism business to be gentlemen.

jon-nyc

FoxNews declares.

jon-nyc

“Today, we join virtually every other news organization in declining to agree to the Pentagon’s new requirements, which would restrict journalists’ ability to keep the nation and the world informed of important national security issues. The policy is without precedent and threatens core journalistic protections. We will continue to cover the U.S. military as each of our organizations has done for many decades, upholding the principles of a free and independent press," Fox News said in a statement emailed to Newsweek, which was joined by ABC News, CBS News, CNN and NBC News.

jon-nyc

I’m old enough to remember when Republicans sued Biden over this.

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Glad the free speech folks are in charge