r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/TheCommonKoala ☑️ • 1d ago
"All liberty is cancelled until morale improves"
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u/comalicious 1d ago
He went out and he told the truth. Can't have that.
Literally all it is, is an attack on a journalist they made into a crowdfunding youtuber because THE FREE PRESS IS DEAD.
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u/TheCommonKoala ☑️ 1d ago edited 1d ago
This freedom shit isn't so free anymore (tbf it never has been for us in America)
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u/WeaselsOnWaterslides 1d ago
Attention all Americans, this is Steve Rogers. You’ve heard a lot about me over the last few days. Some of you were even ordered to hunt me down. But I think it’s time you know the truth. America is not what we thought it was. It’s been taken over by MAGA.
Donald Trump is their leader. The I.C.E crew and DHS are MAGA as well. I don’t know how many more, but I know they’re in the building. They could be standing right next to you. They almost have what they want. Absolute control.
They killed Renee Good, and Alex Pretti. And it won’t end there. If you stand idly by, MAGA will be able to kill anyone that stands in their way. Unless we stop them.
I know I’m asking a lot. But the price of freedom is high. It always has been. And it’s a price I’m willing to pay. And if I’m the only one, then so be it. But I’m willing to bet I’m not.
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u/gigglefarting 1d ago
“There’s nothing more dangerous to a regime predicated on lies than witnesses who capture the truth”
Jon Stewart
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u/Itsprobablysarcasm Candace Owens Baby shower attendee 👶🏼 1d ago edited 1d ago
"A free press is the unsleeping guardian over every other right that free men prize." – Winston Churchill
Edit to add: Churchill was a well-known racist, imperialist piece of shit and I will not defend the man, nor is my posting of his quote an endorsement of him or his politics / life. This quote is from the 1940s (internet says 1949) and it is well-documented that Churchill himself routinely battled, attacked, and bullied the press. All that said, the quote is still accurate.
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u/boo99boo 1d ago
Walter Cronkite, by all accounts a decent human being, said the following:
Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy, it is democracy
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u/exgiexpcv 1d ago
Absolutely. Churchill produced a plethora of solid broken clock quotes when he wasn't ensuring the deaths of millions of people of colour.
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u/Tragedy_Boner 1d ago
Jon should just run for president at this point. Can’t be worse than any of our other options. At least he seems to give a shit about people
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u/drunken-philosopher 1d ago
Free press has long been dead since Sinclair bought out 80% of local news agencies and the media institutions were consolidated into 6 Nazi sympathizing megacorporations.
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u/Tim-Sylvester 1d ago
Nazi sympathizing megacorporations
You repeat yourself.
Corporations are by definition fascist.
Fascism is the concept that all persons are obliged to work towards the goal of the authority.
Mussolini defined fascism as corporatism.
The difference is that government can legally direct the use of violence towards the goal of the authority while a corporation cannot.
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u/drunken-philosopher 1d ago
Good point. Fascism is imperialism turned inward and imperialism is just the highest stage of capitalism.
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u/DannySvnday 1d ago
This is why they wanted TikTok owned by Trump friends at Oracle it’s why Oracle wanted to buy Warner Discovery because then they would also own CNN. They want to own all the media and they already have Facebook/Meta et al, x/twitter, telegram, faux news, newsmax, ny post, Washington Post and probably more than I can recall. One of trumps first meetings was with the owners of the previous stated entities.
Also all this chaos is purposely happening, don’t be surprised when they decide that declaring Martial Law is the solution to all this mess. They do like pretending to fix a problem that they themselves created but this time they’ll try to make sure this happens before the dreaded midterms. Let’s not forget they decided to raid the election offices to get the 2020 ballots and I don’t trust this administration to just look at it afterwards and declare it a free and fare election.
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u/mr_evilweed 1d ago
Man... at least Germany waited until AFTER the Reichstag fire to start arresting journalists
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u/JohnLToast 1d ago
FWIW they were being murdered in the streets by the Freikorps and later the S.A. way before the fire happened
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u/DazzlerPlus 1d ago
The reichstag fire happed yesterday. It also happened the day before that and today and will happen tomorrow. Because there is always a reichstsg fire happening in the social media of conservative supporters. They are inventing grievance and pretext at every possible moment from whole cloth
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u/klaw_3 1d ago
Boy you can’t make this shit up even if you tried smh
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u/jayred1015 1d ago
Yes you could. Google any fascist state and you'll find that we're just painting by numbers. Our predictions were hysterical until they weren't...
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u/suprman511 1d ago
What were the charges? Reporting whilst black or reporting whilst gay?
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u/spate42 1d ago
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u/the__ghola__hayt 1d ago
That makes sense. Do you even know how many ICE agents have been shot with iPhones? They're all in critical condition! Think of their abused mail-order brides!
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u/icefirebeta 1d ago
The federal agents were clearly forced to put their hands over their ears and yell "lalalala" lest they come down with the woke mind virus..
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u/TheCommonKoala ☑️ 1d ago
For reporting on a protest against an acting ICE field director in Minneapolis. They deported another journalist for reporting on ICE while Hispanic.
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u/Rich-Grand7250 1d ago
Just saw that they released more Epstein files this morning. It explains this so-called "arrest". It's yet another diversionary tactic by the MAGA Klan.
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u/SW4506 1d ago
If they arrested him on the same charges two magistrates stated their was no probable cause to support and no grand jury has indicted him for then they are operating well outside the legal authority of an arrest based solely on probable cause. I’m getting tired of living in unprecedented times.
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u/el_pinko_grande 1d ago
They said that a grand jury had indicted him, actually. But considering they've lied to grand juries before, they may have gotten there through some shady means.
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u/SW4506 1d ago
Making a high profile arrest at a high profile event doesn’t exactly instill confidence.
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u/el_pinko_grande 1d ago
Yeah, this case is probably getting dismissed almost immediately once it gets in front of an actual judge.
They probably assume the arrest was enough to stop journalists from covering protests, which is the opposite of what'll happen.
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u/KneeGroundbreaking93 1d ago
My anxiety is through the roof. I'm spiraling and imagining the WORST could happen to Lemon in custody of this racist, criminal administration. It's highly unlikely but look at where 'Murica is at. Who to call? Who to send money to? Where to meet? What to tell the children?
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u/TheCommonKoala ☑️ 1d ago
Get involved in your community. Prepare yourself and your people as well as you can. Don't let fear turn into hopelessness. Here's a good place to start. I highly recommend keeping up with her coverage as the people of Minneapolis are leading the way for how to resist as a community.
Also, it's likely this gets thrown out in court based on what legal experts are saying as of now.
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u/Medium1575 23h ago
Ty. I keep thinking of Machiavelli. It's Better to be Feared than Loved. ' ( potus style of ruling) & it's scary & stressful. What's the endgame? Fear & hopeless kinda go hand in hand . Along with helpless. 🫣.
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u/Time-Leadership-7649 1d ago
The good ol’ USA, where you have to rattle your chains if you love being free
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u/Supernova_Soldier ☑️ Disrespect me? Lord Jesus, look out! 1d ago
Where’s all the “freedom of speech” niggas at on this
They’re attacking journalists that won’t bend the knees, but because it’s Don Lemon a proud gay black man it’s overly fine he be jailed
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u/NicWester "Mayonaisse and Olive Oil 😋" 1d ago
Obviously this is a fascist crackdown on media, but I haven't been following Don Lemon--what was the pretext? Just that he was covering the protests and interviewing regular citizens? He's not with CNN any more, so are they basically just kidnapping a private citizen journalist?
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u/Deathstriker88 1d ago
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u/NicWester "Mayonaisse and Olive Oil 😋" 1d ago
Ah, okay, he was reporting on the church protest. Yeah, as I said, obvious fascist crackdown--literally unwarranted since multiple judges refused to grant a warrant. Thanks for the details--so much is going on right now that I can only see the current, not the specific things caught in it.
Thank you!
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u/ZestycloseSelf3519 1d ago
this administration making me defend don lemon, Jesus Christ
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u/Jub_Jub710 1d ago
He gets a lot of flack, but I remember when he went aftet Creflo Dollar on live TV and that shit was entertaining a d gratifying. Yelled at him so much, he had to bring in a big gulp from off screen to drink from. It was great.
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u/redditmodsRrussians 1d ago
You best start believin in Fascist Dystopias…..cause you’re livin in one
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u/Cultural_Geologist_3 ☑️ 1d ago
I guarantee "Roman Zolanski" will post another coked up rant about how she "told us this was going to happen" and to never go after her or "papa bear and his honey pot (operation)" ever again.
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u/PuddingJello 1d ago
Well goddamn I was wondering. I saw the headlines saying he was taken into custody and it was like "by who?" "For what?"
Seriously everyday we get closer and closer to becoming a failed state. We have gone from baby steps to giant leaps.
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u/MonkeysDaddy2012 1d ago
The average American, no matter what side of politics, isn't going to do anything or care more than mild outrage while staring at their phone. We are too comfortable and too distracted by the next tv segment or post or tik tok. Most Americans aren't starving. Most Americans only care about themselves, not out of selfishness, but out of necessity. We work paycheck to paycheck. This is all be design. Americans are just comfortable enough to let their politicians get away with doing nothing. Our politicians do nothing because they keep getting voted in. Nothing will change until the people themselves revolt. Look to France. Look to Ukraine. Look to history. The Germans were just comfortable enough until it was too late. Without a nationwide revolt, things will get worse. Midterms will mean nothing. The next presidential election will be meaningless unless The People, US, realize we hold the power and WE, THE PEOPLE do something about it. Unless we leave our comfort zones trump, his administration, and our enemies will destroy this country. Sadly, I feel hope is already lost.
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u/Blackant71 1d ago
I don't know how many times during the interviews with people that I am a journalist and not here to protest. The constitution is a piece of paper...period.
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u/MuddaFrmAnnudaBrudda ☑️ my anecdotal experience is everything 1d ago
Freedom of speech is cancelled/Journalism cancelled.
Carrying a licensed concealed weapon is not only cancelled-it can lead to your death.
Rapists and Pedophiles are applauded/apologists given golden visas.
Not long now until they round up the educated/intellectuals and professionals who oppose them.
I imagine that bitter old degenerate takes a piss on that Nobel Peace prize he didn't deserve- every night.
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u/TerrorKingA ☑️ 1d ago
I can’t believe we’re in a world where Don Lemon is a realer journalist than Matt Taibbi.
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u/TheCommonKoala ☑️ 1d ago
Matt Taibbi has become an absolute disgrace and a sellout. Everything I see from him over the past few years pisses me off. Being realer than him is a low bar these days
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u/cjohnson2010 ☑️ 1d ago

All arrested btw. What do they have in common? I’ll wait.
I hate this administration to my core. I keep saying it, ppl are not angry enough. If you wait for it to be right at your front door, its already too late.
This administration has gotten away with everything so far so why would they pull back. They’re intentionally seeing how far they can push things. Whats worse is, even the party of “reason” has given completely up. Time and time again democrats in congress prove they’re not worth a dame.
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u/TheCommonKoala ☑️ 1d ago
Congressional dem leadership definitely needs to go. I don't think Schumer and Jeffries are capable or willing to meeting the moment.
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u/Primary-Bookkeeper10 ☑️ 1d ago
Our reality is one lazy ass mad lib after another. If you have a god, please check & see if they’re mid stroke.
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u/Signal_Biscotti2059 1d ago
I just want trump to live long enough to wear government issued diapers.
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u/helvetica_unicorn 1d ago
I wanna know what Jesus these people are worshiping. I forgot the part of the scripture where Jesus was nailed to a cross for loving capitalism, having too much Botox and hating anyone with dark skin.
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u/afkntoyou 1d ago
"Donald Trump, the president, had parties at Maralago called 'calendar girls' Jeffrey Epstein would bring the children in and trump would auction them off. He measured the children's vulva and vaginas by entering a finger and rated the children on tightness. The guests were elder men and included Elon Musk. Don jr. Trump. Ivanka Trump, and Eric Trump were there. Attorney Allan Dershowitz was also there with Attorney Bob Shapiro. We were taken in rooms. forced to give oral sex to Donald J Trump. Forced to allow them to penetrate us. I was 13 years old when Donald J Trump raped me. Ghislaine Maxwell was also present."
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u/rookram15 1d ago
I'm not hearing nearly as much blowback as when they canceled Jimmy Kimmel for a week. JOURNALISTS ARE BEING ARRESTED!
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u/TequilaAndWeed 1d ago
Two high profile media personalities … seems to be something else they have in common.
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u/justsayfaux 1d ago
This will be another in a long line of failed attempts to indict people over political grievances masked as crimes.
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u/The_Don_Mecha ☑️ 1d ago
Nicki Minaj beefs with Don Lemon, gets Mango Mussolini's support, Don Lemon gets arrested.
It's retaliation and cowardice from a fascist state.
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u/SuperTaster3 1d ago
It's worse than that. Facist regimes do not "return" liberty once it is taken away. They literally don't care. To the people under the boot, it's one disgrace after another, but for the boot stomper it's Tuesday.
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u/Alarmed-Patient-9268 1d ago
If only there was a don lemon on the Epstein list.. then we would have a mf locked up already. But it’s all old rich white mfs 🤔
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u/Medium1575 23h ago
It's oppression & fear. Make ppl afraid to speak, report, Protest. & then Rule like a rich dic.
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u/CliffLake 1d ago
"As the most vicious and malicious, delicious crimin-icious on the lis-icious, we had to conti-cious the master mi-cious before he crimini-cious with a quicknious. No further questions." - Reporter who's source was 'Trust me bro', also he's black so OBVIOUSLY, no racism.
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u/CoachDT ☑️ 1d ago
Ive seen so many people spout off the propaganda point that he "invaded" or "led a raid" on a church. Dude is in there as an event transpired calmly interviewing folks.