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Stop being afraid. #fear
Stop being afraid. #fear
joene 🏴🍉
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GOOD! 😈 #Trump#WhiteHouse Rages Over ‘#SouthPark’ Episode, Calls Show ‘Fourth-Rate’
The president cowed #Paramount execs, but the company’s talent is rebelling. Now, the administration is melting down
By Andrew Perez, Asawin Suebsaeng
July 24, 2025
Excerpt: "The twice-impeached, repeatedly indicted president has for decades harbored intense, mean-spirited pop-culture fixations, and that personality trait has not changed six months into his second administration. It would be easier to shrug off his celebrity obsessions as mere cattiness, if waging war on late-night television and its corporate owners weren’t an actual facet of his administration’s sprawling project of #authoritarianism and #fear.
"Prior to the White House’s statement, Rolling Stone had asked several Trump advisers if clips of the latest South Park episode had been circulating among Trump’s staff. One senior administration official replied, 'Of course,' noting how much their phone had lit up about it. A Trump adviser also said they’d seen it, and that as a longtime fan of the series, they found it 'disappointing.' [Who cares!]
"Trump recently secured a hefty payout from Paramount to settle his meritless lawsuit against CBS News’ 60 Minutes, based on his claims that the show selectively edited an interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris, his 2024 opponent, to 'make her look better.' The agreement is part of a broader pattern of major corporations settling Trump’s baseless lawsuits, agreeing to shovel millions of dollars into his presidential library fund () to accommodate the president.
"The Paramount settlement comes as the firm seeks regulatory approval for its merger with Skydance — and appears to contain more than just a payout to Trump’s library fund. According to Trump, the deal includes a $16 million settlement as well as $20 million 'from the new Owners, in Advertising, #PSAs, or similar Programming.'
"South Park specifically skewered the reported PSA arrangement on
Wednesday. The episode concluded with an AI-generated PSA showing a fully nude Trump wandering the desert with a 'teeny tiny' penis."
Trump's library fund? Do they mean Fantasy Island Book Store? lol! 😂
Archived version:
https://t.co/q8LlyWHJJP
#SkyDance #TrumpIsALaughingStock#RidiculeTheKing#NoKings#TrumpSucks
GOOD! 😈 #Trump#WhiteHouse Rages Over ‘#SouthPark’ Episode, Calls Show ‘Fourth-Rate’
The president cowed #Paramount execs, but the company’s talent is rebelling. Now, the administration is melting down
By Andrew Perez, Asawin Suebsaeng
July 24, 2025
Excerpt: "The twice-impeached, repeatedly indicted president has for decades harbored intense, mean-spirited pop-culture fixations, and that personality trait has not changed six months into his second administration. It would be easier to shrug off his celebrity obsessions as mere cattiness, if waging war on late-night television and its corporate owners weren’t an actual facet of his administration’s sprawling project of #authoritarianism and #fear.
"Prior to the White House’s statement, Rolling Stone had asked several Trump advisers if clips of the latest South Park episode had been circulating among Trump’s staff. One senior administration official replied, 'Of course,' noting how much their phone had lit up about it. A Trump adviser also said they’d seen it, and that as a longtime fan of the series, they found it 'disappointing.' [Who cares!]
"Trump recently secured a hefty payout from Paramount to settle his meritless lawsuit against CBS News’ 60 Minutes, based on his claims that the show selectively edited an interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris, his 2024 opponent, to 'make her look better.' The agreement is part of a broader pattern of major corporations settling Trump’s baseless lawsuits, agreeing to shovel millions of dollars into his presidential library fund () to accommodate the president.
"The Paramount settlement comes as the firm seeks regulatory approval for its merger with Skydance — and appears to contain more than just a payout to Trump’s library fund. According to Trump, the deal includes a $16 million settlement as well as $20 million 'from the new Owners, in Advertising, #PSAs, or similar Programming.'
"South Park specifically skewered the reported PSA arrangement on
Wednesday. The episode concluded with an AI-generated PSA showing a fully nude Trump wandering the desert with a 'teeny tiny' penis."
Trump's library fund? Do they mean Fantasy Island Book Store? lol! 😂
Archived version:
https://t.co/q8LlyWHJJP
#SkyDance #TrumpIsALaughingStock#RidiculeTheKing#NoKings#TrumpSucks
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The Guardian: Ice secretly deported Pennsylvania grandfather, 82, after he lost green card
"...Family of Luis Leon say they were initially told by someone he had died, but they found him alive in Guatemala hospital..."
"...long-time Allentown resident Luis Leon – who was granted political asylum in the US in 1987 after being tortured under the regime of the Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet – lost his wallet containing the physical card that confirmed his legal residency. So he and wife booked an appointment to get it replaced.
When he arrived at the office on 20 June, however, he was handcuffed by two Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officers, who led him away from his wife without explanation, she said..."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/20/ice-secretly-deported-grandfather
The Guardian: Ice secretly deported Pennsylvania grandfather, 82, after he lost green card
"...Family of Luis Leon say they were initially told by someone he had died, but they found him alive in Guatemala hospital..."
"...long-time Allentown resident Luis Leon – who was granted political asylum in the US in 1987 after being tortured under the regime of the Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet – lost his wallet containing the physical card that confirmed his legal residency. So he and wife booked an appointment to get it replaced.
When he arrived at the office on 20 June, however, he was handcuffed by two Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officers, who led him away from his wife without explanation, she said..."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/20/ice-secretly-deported-grandfather
I don’t think I’m a Jew hating moron. My hatred for all institutionalized religions are indiscriminate and equal. Tbh, I’m more of a ‘hate the belief not the believer’ - kinda person.
The man who fell 30 feet during the ICE raids in Camarllo/Oxnard (#LagunaIncident) is not expected to survive. Unclear where he was when he fell, but the buildings there have lifts and high level platforms involved with the tomato operations.
ABC7: Man on life support from injury during immigration raid in Ventura County, family says
"...He's currently on life support, but is not expected to survive, his family says...."
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Bellingcat: Masked, Armed and Forceful: Finding Patterns in Los Angeles Immigration Raids
Bellingcat: Masked, Armed and Forceful: Finding Patterns in Los Angeles Immigration Raids
KPBS: Worksite immigration raids are supposed to free up jobs for citizens. Here’s what really happens
(Personal commentary: there are extremely few US citizens who would take ANY of these jobs)
