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In reply to the discussion: Original New Dealer Wisdom [View all]
Kid Berwyn
(23,393 posts)36. You know who else didn't like freedom of the press?
'It's coming': Trump's new warning to reporters escalates fears in the press
by Ailia Zehra
Alternet, June 29, 2025
President Donald Trump, in an interview on Fox News aired Sunday, warned of efforts to hold reporters and Democratic figures accountable for allegedly leaking classified intelligence.
When host Maria Bartiromo pointed to Trump's recent social media posts critizing media outlets that reported on an intelligence assessment that Iran's nuclear program was not "obliterated" in recent U.S. strikes, Trump said, “They should be prosecuted.”
“Who specifically?” the anchor asked.
Trump outlined an assertive plan: “We can find out. You go up and tell the reporter, 'national security, who gave it?' You have to do that. And I suspect we'll be doing things like that.”
Continues...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/it-s-coming-trump-s-new-warning-to-reporters-escalates-fears-in-the-press/ar-AA1HDYyt
Two of the same coins of censorship: MAGA and NAZI.
by Ailia Zehra
Alternet, June 29, 2025
President Donald Trump, in an interview on Fox News aired Sunday, warned of efforts to hold reporters and Democratic figures accountable for allegedly leaking classified intelligence.
When host Maria Bartiromo pointed to Trump's recent social media posts critizing media outlets that reported on an intelligence assessment that Iran's nuclear program was not "obliterated" in recent U.S. strikes, Trump said, “They should be prosecuted.”
“Who specifically?” the anchor asked.
Trump outlined an assertive plan: “We can find out. You go up and tell the reporter, 'national security, who gave it?' You have to do that. And I suspect we'll be doing things like that.”
Continues...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/it-s-coming-trump-s-new-warning-to-reporters-escalates-fears-in-the-press/ar-AA1HDYyt
Two of the same coins of censorship: MAGA and NAZI.
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Yep. My grandmother called him 'that wild-eyed radical' many times in conversation.
OldBaldy1701E
Jun 2025
#14
Interesting, my grandma thought he was A-okay because of Medicare and social security.
1WorldHope
Jun 2025
#21
Do not underestimate the power and leverage of the consumer dollar. Without consumer spending,
Hotler
Jun 2025
#44
Praise the heavens and Eleanor and Frances, etc., that he was a "traitor to his class"...
RobertDevereaux
Jun 2025
#18
FDR was one of them by birth, but not one of them by spirit. FDR for the people, all the people.
Clouds Passing
Jun 2025
#31
REMEMBER: Chief Just-Us John Roberts enabled the Nazification of the United States of America
Kid Berwyn
Jun 2025
#51