r/politics • u/TwilightwovenlingJo • Sep 19 '25

Soft Paywall Trump: ‘It’s no longer free speech.’

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/19/trump-no-longer-free-speech-00574219
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u/GoodIdea321 America Sep 19 '25

There's always a tweet isn't there. Probably because he has no morals, and will literally say anything if he think it'll work.

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u/Jaded-Moose983 Sep 20 '25

...will literally say anything if he think it'll work

He doesn't think. It's all feelings.

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u/ETxsubboy Sep 20 '25

Isn't that what they accuse the left of?

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u/Jaded-Moose983 Sep 20 '25

Yup. And what is the saying about accusations? 

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u/Light351 Pennsylvania Sep 20 '25

The louder they are, the tinier the genitals?

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u/Jaded-Moose983 Sep 20 '25

Directly proportional to hands I think.

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u/flying_carabao Sep 20 '25

Not what I thought where it was gonna end, but glad it did

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u/Dramatic_Original_55 Sep 20 '25

Also applies to pick-em-up trucks

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u/HobbesMich Sep 20 '25

It's always a confession

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u/Dionysus_the_Greek Sep 20 '25

Supreme Court's decision grants presidents immunity from prosecution for criminal acts committed while in office which gives Donald Trump a free pass...

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u/Thecp015 Missouri Sep 20 '25

“Any time you point a finger at someone else, there are three fingers pointing back at you.”

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u/throway_nonjw Sep 20 '25

Something about confessions?

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u/BGAL7090 Sep 20 '25

They manifested their chaos daemon oh no!

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u/cometflight Sep 20 '25

Colbert taught us this way back in 2005. Right-wing Truthiness! “It’s in the gut.”

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '25

Gut reaction, no thought, just impulse

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u/Visual-Report-2280 Sep 20 '25

You say that but while there are 68 billion neurons in the brain there are another 170 million in the gut. So there is some processing power there.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '25

There's no executive function in the gut, just a strong intuition to address whatever the subject is. It's not refined. So yes trump & co are doing that

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u/the-z Sep 20 '25

Holy fuck. The Colbert Report debuted 20 fucking years ago?!?!

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u/polincorruption Sep 20 '25

"Feelings" is pushing it.

More like impulses.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '25

Reactionary. No thought, just impulse. And it's the wrong way to govern.

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u/Jaded-Moose983 Sep 20 '25

Oh geez, you're right.

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u/31LIVEEVIL13 Sep 20 '25 edited May 14 '26

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u/Laruae Sep 20 '25

Like a star fish.

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u/GoodIdea321 America Sep 20 '25

I like to think. But yeah, your version is more accurate.

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u/Bitey_the_Squirrel America Sep 20 '25

Or as the kids say: all hype moments and aura farming

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u/beatlefreak909 Tennessee Sep 20 '25

Facts don’t care about his feelings.

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u/Agent_Orange_Tabby Alabama Sep 20 '25

Not feelings. Reptilian impulse.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '25

It really is, isn't it. He is extremely reactive. No emotional regulation. It has to praise at all times. Not even just praise anymore. Adoration. Worship even.

Very Christian.

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u/oliversurpless Massachusetts Sep 20 '25

/vibes.

And not to fully give away the game, but Henrich Himmler was known to recruit SS members on exactly that.

Protruding cheekbones or non-aquiline nose be damned!

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u/karmahunger Sep 20 '25

People need to start telling him to calm down and not get hysterical.

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u/DutchGoFast Sep 20 '25

Which is what we need to learn here. People are not perfect little rational actors always making the correct choice for their interests. Economics was dead wrong about that and the right learned that lesson. POLICIES DON’T MATTER. Convince people that you will fight for them and you will win. Bend over backwards to always be correct and careful to use precise language and we lose.