In 'Chilling' Attack on Press, Trump Sues Des Moines Register Over Preelection Polling
One expert said that while the lawsuit has little chance of success, Trump's "true motivation is to intimidate the press and journalists."
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I mean this is just very obviously a waste of time. I honestly hopes this shit draws his focus for the next 4 years because tilting at this windmill will give him less time to do actually dangerous shit.
Can't someone at this point charge him with Barratry -- abuse of the legal system? Bar his fat arse from filing any more suits for at least his term of office this time around.
Ah, who am I kidding, the US legal system has no teeth (for some), it's all reliant on 'customs' and 'norms' at its base, as we have seen recently.
Best I can do is Bariatry
Didn't ABC just pay? It looks like this tactic is working.
Yeah, this is extortion.
Totally and it is working. But this makes sense when one of our two parties is drowning in propaganda. Why would the conservative leadership and elites have any interest in an independent news media?
What is so interesting to me is how quickly they shifted any discussion of free speech to be about what you can post on twitter, and not about the gov't restricting speech. It was truly amazing how quickly it worked as the conservative supporters just ate it up.
