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"The administration is appealing to the MAGA racist and Christian nationalist base by demonstrating that it is willing to violate the Constitution to impose MAGA’s ideology on the nation. But it is also apparently trying to signal to white American citizens that they should think they are safe from an authoritarian administration: its top victims remain Black Americans and people of color."

#DonLemon #GeorgiaFort #Trump #ReneeGood #AlexPretti #ICE #CBP #murder #execution #WhiteSupremacy
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William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social replied · 2 days ago

"Members of the media are understandably outraged, as they should be. This is a five-alarm fire. But it is one that has been burning for eight years. Trump attacked, mocked, and sued journalists in his first term. But the media continued to report on Trump as if he were a 'normal' president who deserved to be treated with a presumption of regularity and respect."

~ Robert B. Hubbell

#DonLemon #GeorgiaFort #Trump #media #journalists #FirstAmendment #normalization
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https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/it-is-time-for-the-mainstream-media

It is time for the mainstream media to join the resistance. Better late than never.

January 31, 2026

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social replied · 2 days ago

"Everything Trump says is a lie, but the media dutifully repeats Trump’s lies as if they deserve equal dignity with truthful statements by Democrats. …

In the face of the arrest of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort, every news agency with a White House pool reporter should recall the reporter from the assignment and turn in their White House credentials."

#DonLemon #GeorgiaFort #Trump #media #journalists #FirstAmendment #normalization
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William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social replied · 2 days ago

"Every reference to Trump should include the fact that he is a twice-impeached, convicted felon who lies whenever he speaks. The press has bowed before Trump for eight years. He learned from their subservience and took the next logical step. It is time for the mainstream media to become part of the resistance. Better late than never!"

#DonLemon #GeorgiaFort #Trump #media #journalists #FirstAmendment #normalization
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Eric Lawton

@EricLawton@kolektiva.social replied · 2 days ago

@wdlindsy

Doesn't "mainstream media" imply "corporate owned"?

How likely is it that large corporations and their owners will become part of the resistance?

Woozle Hypertwin

@woozle@toot.cat replied · 2 days ago

@EricLawton I'm wondering when we're going to start seeing mass walkouts from corporate-owned news outlets. It feels like it's been time for that for awhile now.

@wdlindsy

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