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babylonsister

(171,065 posts)
Sat May 4, 2019, 11:28 AM May 2019

Trump Demands Facebook and Twitter Ban MSNBC And CNN

https://www.politicususa.com/2019/05/04/trump-msnbc-cnn-ban.html

Posted on Sat, May 4th, 2019 by Jason Easley
`Trump Demands Facebook and Twitter Ban MSNBC And CNN
Trump called for MSNBC and other outlets to be banned from social media after some of his biggest alt-right supporters were banned for hate speech.


Trump responded to some of his biggest alt-right supporters being banned by tweeting:


Trump wants some of the most prominent free press outlets banned from Twitter and Facebook, but pro-Trump propagandists, conspiracy theorists, and hate speech peddlers should have an amplified platform. The president’s demand is in line with an authoritarian view of the press. Trump does not believe in press freedom. He wants a media does not challenge or investigate him.

The media is supposed to push his propaganda, brainwash the citizens, and glorify him.

Trump wants the United States to become North Korea.

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Trump is trying to destroy the free press because this nation needs the Fourth Estate to save the country from his endless pit of lies.

Donald Trump is losing. His hate speech spewing supporters are being banned, and the institutions that safeguard freedoms are prevailing over this president.
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Trump Demands Facebook and Twitter Ban MSNBC And CNN (Original Post) babylonsister May 2019 OP
'Oh Sure!' empedocles May 2019 #1
LOLOL MoonRiver May 2019 #2
Why is The Asshole With 10,000 Lies allowed to be on Twitter & Facebook dalton99a May 2019 #3
Excellent question!!! n/t RKP5637 May 2019 #10
He violates their posted terms of service on a literal daily basis. Dave Starsky May 2019 #25
Says the man who watches faux 'news' all day. spanone May 2019 #4
Instructions from putin? Congress needs to curtail his executive budget, phone bill, etc. Chin music May 2019 #5
cut the secret service budget. enough of our money going into his pockets. mopinko May 2019 #12
When the time comes, I hope articles of impeachment include First Amendment violations nt Fiendish Thingy May 2019 #6
Dictatorship 101: Silence the opposition. Shut down the free press. VOX May 2019 #7
Trump is nuts..!! Stuart G May 2019 #8
And instill Stephen Miller as Propaganda Minister for your wannabee dictatorship? n/t RKP5637 May 2019 #9
Who THey Need To Ban And Should've Done It Yesterday Me. May 2019 #11
This is why I don't knock the media in this current climate. Those of you who do should re think UniteFightBack May 2019 #13
THANKS! jayschool2013 May 2019 #26
This is what dictator wants . . Iliyah May 2019 #14
It would only get better for them under a dictator. lunatica May 2019 #34
Is He Losing? Hmmm.....nt global1 May 2019 #15
Another dream of action from this Fascist that is right out of INdemo May 2019 #16
Look at twitler, using government to pick winners and losers. muntrv May 2019 #17
They should ban HIM! orangecrush May 2019 #18
He wants absolute power and control duforsure May 2019 #19
What are Congressional Democrats going to do about it? prodigitalson May 2019 #20
No such demand. Another Easley clickbait headline. (n/t) thesquanderer May 2019 #21
FB & Twitter grandpamike1 May 2019 #22
THIS! KPN May 2019 #24
+1 they could pop the balloon with one keyboard stroke Ponietz May 2019 #36
This guy is fucking nuts! Not that we didn't already know that, but KPN May 2019 #23
Coming soon in a tweet - Runningdawg May 2019 #27
Probably a quarter of the nation agree with him, and 42% still support him, despite acting like a Doodley May 2019 #28
I have already dropped facebook and am not on twitter katmondoo May 2019 #29
Facebook is a Company that sets its own standards... ProudMNDemocrat May 2019 #30
liberal media my eye. AllaN01Bear May 2019 #31
More 1st amendment rights issues!! The idiot Thekaspervote May 2019 #32
In the immortal words of Dick Cheney,... MarianJack May 2019 #33
Banning Schlump would amount to a kind of impeachment Ponietz May 2019 #35
OMG so fucking nuts coeur_de_lion May 2019 #37
What a fucking snowflake! Initech May 2019 #38
More Lies and Crying From Our Would Be Fuhrer colsohlibgal May 2019 #39
I wish they would throw him off twitter nt Meowmee May 2019 #40
Cry Us A River Donnie colsohlibgal May 2019 #41

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
25. He violates their posted terms of service on a literal daily basis.
Sat May 4, 2019, 01:23 PM
May 2019

He's now resorted to tweeting actual profanity, for crying out loud.

Can full-on racial epithets be too far behind? Why not? His base will eat them up, and FB and Twitter will do nothing.

Chin music

(23,002 posts)
5. Instructions from putin? Congress needs to curtail his executive budget, phone bill, etc.
Sat May 4, 2019, 11:33 AM
May 2019

if he's going to use his office to attack America. And do it soon. Absolutely NO more private trips to visit w dictators too. Why should we pay to get sold out?
It's so obvious what he's doing. Boy, doing it "his way", with Kim REALLLLY worked great. We tried it your way don. Now we should go back to what made us number one, namely, anything but you.

mopinko

(70,100 posts)
12. cut the secret service budget. enough of our money going into his pockets.
Sat May 4, 2019, 11:50 AM
May 2019

make the secret service stick to the same budget they had for obama's term. stop letting them charge top dollar for hotel rooms in his own joints, and fucking golf cart rentals.

see how brave the motherfucker is then.

VOX

(22,976 posts)
7. Dictatorship 101: Silence the opposition. Shut down the free press.
Sat May 4, 2019, 11:38 AM
May 2019

Choke everything down until only one “information” source remains— the one that supports the dictator.

Not a tough call as to which network would survive peak Trump.

Me.

(35,454 posts)
11. Who THey Need To Ban And Should've Done It Yesterday
Sat May 4, 2019, 11:45 AM
May 2019

is the traitor and his Russian pals. COMPLETELY. No half hearted attempts, maybes, equitation or any of the namby pamby business they've been handing out.

 

UniteFightBack

(8,231 posts)
13. This is why I don't knock the media in this current climate. Those of you who do should re think
Sat May 4, 2019, 11:51 AM
May 2019

that and hold your fire for now.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
14. This is what dictator wants . .
Sat May 4, 2019, 11:54 AM
May 2019

dictator, dictator . . .

Where is the fuck is the Republican party? Oh right, they don't care and are lining their pockets with taxpayer's money.

INdemo

(6,994 posts)
16. Another dream of action from this Fascist that is right out of
Sat May 4, 2019, 12:07 PM
May 2019

Hitler's play book.

Next thing he will want is to have the 22nd Constitutional Amendment removed to the to be able to serve a lifetime. And yes he has mentioned this before

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
19. He wants absolute power and control
Sat May 4, 2019, 12:54 PM
May 2019

Even over all businesses like Putin has done, then he either corrupts them to do everything he demands , or he uses his corrupt legal system and people to go after the CEO and owners , again like he's done n Russia , and where only the most corrupt are allowed to prosper, and remain. Just like he's trying to do to the GOP and now the DOJ, and wants to do that to the military and judicial system where he controls all the judges, all of them. The GOP don't realize he'll soon bypass them altogether, and then the judicial system , and many other area's . Just like putin has done in Russia.

prodigitalson

(2,419 posts)
20. What are Congressional Democrats going to do about it?
Sat May 4, 2019, 12:56 PM
May 2019

He has already ordered Barr to arrest his opponents. Are we going to watch for him to execute those orders.

grandpamike1

(193 posts)
22. FB & Twitter
Sat May 4, 2019, 01:01 PM
May 2019

Should ban Trump, as his rhetoric is the same as the alt-right crowd, and leads to those cretins shooting up, and burning churches and Synagogue's.

KPN

(15,645 posts)
24. THIS!
Sat May 4, 2019, 01:10 PM
May 2019

They are doing great harm to the nation by allowing this guy unfiltered communiques to the public at large. Faux is right there with him.

We should all petition FB and twitter to do this ... or promote some means to signbificantly hurt their pocketbook if they don't.

KPN

(15,645 posts)
23. This guy is fucking nuts! Not that we didn't already know that, but
Sat May 4, 2019, 01:08 PM
May 2019

there can be absolutely no doubt now. He really does think he deserves to be King and dictator.

Runningdawg

(4,516 posts)
27. Coming soon in a tweet -
Sat May 4, 2019, 01:36 PM
May 2019

There can be no fair elections in this country due (typo added for authenticity) to the FAKE news. That is why I, Donald J Trump, am now declaring a nation-wide state of emergency and suspending ALL elections. We have assumed control. Resistance is futile. Assimilate! Winter is coming.

Doodley

(9,088 posts)
28. Probably a quarter of the nation agree with him, and 42% still support him, despite acting like a
Sat May 4, 2019, 01:42 PM
May 2019

dictator. That is what is scary.

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,785 posts)
30. Facebook is a Company that sets its own standards...
Sat May 4, 2019, 02:02 PM
May 2019

Facebook can do what is best to delete hateful speech that has resulted in deaths of people. Why allow that hate to spread? That is not censorship. It is about keeping people from getting killed.


Donald Trump hates CNN and MSNBC because they do not peddle in hate speech like he does. They attempt to spread the truth and he does not likie that.

AllaN01Bear

(18,201 posts)
31. liberal media my eye.
Sat May 4, 2019, 02:05 PM
May 2019

he should pay all that money back for his mar a lago trips he spent . ive been hearing that liberal media nonsense most of my 62 years and we know that isnt true . its a right wing scam.

coeur_de_lion

(3,676 posts)
37. OMG so fucking nuts
Sat May 4, 2019, 03:13 PM
May 2019

When will this evil fucking 2-year-old for the hell away?

And why the hell is ANYONE publishing the idiot's twitter feed?

Initech

(100,070 posts)
38. What a fucking snowflake!
Sat May 4, 2019, 04:17 PM
May 2019

MSNBC and CNN weren't the ones making harassing posts and death threats. Go cry me a river, asshole!

colsohlibgal

(5,275 posts)
39. More Lies and Crying From Our Would Be Fuhrer
Sat May 4, 2019, 05:01 PM
May 2019

He is a poor excuse for a human, just a disgusting waste.

That said he and his minions are out to turn this into an autocracy and don’t think it can’t happen here. This is situation critical, if you want to stop this get out and vote......for elections from dog catcher to President! There are more of us than them it’s in our hands.

colsohlibgal

(5,275 posts)
41. Cry Us A River Donnie
Sat May 4, 2019, 09:58 PM
May 2019

This is 100% out of the dictator’s playbook, attacking the press, at least the press that calls his act out.

This is serious stuff here, 2020 is our chance to begin righting the ship, mend fences with our long time allies, tell Putin his boyfriend is done and we’re done sucking up to him. Our National Nightmare would be over.

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