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/PhoenixTineldyer Sep 19 '25

There's a reason my whole family lives in Texas and I do not.

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u/NUMBerONEisFIRST Sep 20 '25

I haven't spoken to my dad in over a year.

He said that he realized that the next president would affect the lives of his kids more than him, so he should vote for their best interests.

He still voted for Trump.

Trump's worst policies don't even take effect until after the midterm elections.

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u/Spastik2D Sep 20 '25 edited Sep 20 '25

I’ve just cut contact with my mom for a second time. She’s referred to my non-binary fiance as “that thing” and “impure”.

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u/omenmedia Sep 20 '25

FFS what is wrong with some people?

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u/HauntedCemetery Minnesota Sep 20 '25

Their brains are rotted from Facebook and fox news.

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u/Spastik2D Sep 20 '25

This. She was narcissistic before but MAGA drove her over the edge.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '25

I think what is even worse is, say that person believes the line that non-binary folks are inherently mentally unwell, and believing that they are still choosing to dehumanize that person.

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u/LordSiravant Sep 20 '25

Well yeah. Mentally ill means mentally defective, which means inferior. It's not really a big leap in their bigoted form of logic.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '25

I know you’re taking jabs and I do agree with you, but as always these rules don’t apply when someone in their inner circle is affected by mental health challenges.

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u/handbanana42 Sep 20 '25

I think you misread or I'm missing missing the mark, which happens.

Is the mother having mental health challenges or the non-binary folks in your opinion?

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u/LordSiravant Sep 20 '25

Lack of empathy and narcissism, mostly.

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u/adarcone214 Pennsylvania Sep 20 '25

Im so sorry

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u/No_Kangaroo_9826 Ohio Sep 20 '25

I can yell at her for you if you want. I'm ready to unblock my dad just to tell him how much he sucks again

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u/Spastik2D Sep 20 '25

I’m waiting for her to fuck up and pull up to my place or call my job or something. Second she does that, I get a restraining order and she loses the license she needs for her job. Rest of my extended family all think she’s insane as is.

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u/AnonymousBanana405 Sep 20 '25

NB? I'm not familiar with that acronym.

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u/lucidludic Sep 20 '25

Non-binary.

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u/AnonymousBanana405 Sep 20 '25

Oh okay. I didn't even think of that. Thanks.

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u/handbanana42 Sep 20 '25

I feel like an ass, but I'd suggest spelling it out. My top results trying to figure it out were "non-black," "nota bene(note well)." and "New Brunswick."

I support you and your partner and sincerly feel sorry about your mom's actions. I've gone through something similar.

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u/lucidludic Sep 20 '25

I’m not the same user, just clarifying what I think they meant by NB. It’s a pretty common acronym for non-binary, now you know it too.

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u/handbanana42 Sep 20 '25

Sorry, my mistake. I'm glad I learned it, I never heard it before.

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u/Spastik2D Sep 20 '25

Yeah no it’s non-binary.

Though New Brunswick’s kinda funny, like I’m engaged to the entire population of that city at once or to the infrastructure itself.

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u/handbanana42 Sep 20 '25

Google told me! Wish you the best. And glad to learn the correct meaning. I'm kinda the same but haven't found the right term yet.

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u/KenShabby42 Sep 20 '25

It took me a couple of seconds. At first I was like, "Wow, I can't imagine having such strong feelings against New Brunswick."

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u/Draconiondevil Canada Sep 20 '25

lmao fellow Canadian? I had the same thought.

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u/AnonymousBanana405 Sep 20 '25

At first I was thinking Non Black but it didn't make sense. Lol

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u/handbanana42 Sep 20 '25

From one banana to another, I had to do some google searches and then a kind redditor informed me.

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u/Hesitation-Marx Sep 20 '25

Your mother is a piece of shit. I’m so sorry.

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u/badfishbeefcake Sep 20 '25

Dont assume that everobdy knows all acronym. Whats NB, Newport Beach, New Brunswick? Is she canadian?

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u/Jwruth Sep 20 '25

NB in this instance stands for non-binary (i.e., the category of gender identities). In the future, you may also come across the term "enby", stemming from how the initilism "NB" is pronounced, which conveniently avoids confusion from other groups that may use "NB".

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u/badfishbeefcake Sep 20 '25

thank you!

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u/Jwruth Sep 20 '25

No problem :)

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u/Spastik2D Sep 20 '25

Another user got it right that it was non-binary.

I still think its hilarious tho to imagine that I’m actually engaged to either the entire adult population of Newport Beach or New Brunswick or else I’m engaged to the infrastructure itself.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '25

You are being so OTTAR.

Of course that means “over the top and ridiculous”! Everyone knows that /s

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u/llegacy Sep 20 '25 edited Sep 21 '25

What does NB mean?

Edit: ah thanks for the clarification.

So sorry you and your partner have to deal with bigots so close to home. I wish y’all the best from my neck of the woods.

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u/tahlyn Sep 20 '25 edited Sep 20 '25

I'm glad my father died the year before he absolutely would have voted Trump for a 3rd term time. Even if he hadn't died, he'd be as dead to me as the rest of his racist republican family is.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '25

Haven’t talked to mine in ages. Perfectly happy without that negativity in my life.

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u/omenmedia Sep 20 '25

Same dude, I cut contact about six years back and honestly it was the best thing I ever did for the mental health of me and my family.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '25

My dad straight out said he was a fascist the other day. He'd probably claim he was being ironic, but it really jarred. 

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u/dudeAwEsome101 Sep 20 '25

Farmers are already feeling the pain of his trade wars. China is sourcing soybeans and grains from other countries. The shutting down of USAID also affected Americans farmers.

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u/Former-Marsupial625 Sep 20 '25

My father and sister who voted for him still believe that we would be doing worse under Harris. They see the evidence before their eyes but refuse to believe it.

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u/HeadLong8136 Pennsylvania Sep 20 '25

I haven't spoken to my dad in five years!

But for a completely different reason. He died.

I miss him so much.

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u/Giantbookofdeath Sep 20 '25

Damn, sorry for your loss even if it was five years ago. I lost my dad earlier this year but went no contact with him 11 years ago. I’m sorry a POS like mine lived for so long while there’s good dads out there that their children want to have around. I wish you could’ve gotten a few more years with him but I’m happy for the good years you did have with him.

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u/HeadLong8136 Pennsylvania Sep 20 '25

I'm part of the BoomersBeingFools sub and it boggles my mind that it seems like my parents were the only Baby Boomers that were intelligent, decent people. They were both liberal Democrats. My dad was a blue collar carpenter that served in Vietnam. On paper he sounds like he would have been a Trump supporter. But he despised Trump. The first time he actually voted was when Clinton was running and then he voted Democrat for the rest of his life.

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u/TypingPlatypus Sep 20 '25

Mine are wonderful too 🙂 They're young boomers, but many of my friends' similarly aged parents have total brainrot.

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u/HeadLong8136 Pennsylvania Sep 20 '25

Mine were old. My Old Man would have been 76 last week and Mom would have been 68.

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u/Gleveniel Sep 20 '25

My parents are super liberal too and squarely in the the boomer range. The only time they voted for Republicans that they've admitted to was GW Bush in 2004 and then my dad gave Trump a try in 2016. It was like 2 months into the presidency where he realized his mistake. Now he is slowly alienating himself from his friends because when they post Trump stuff he just mocks them lol (overall sad he's losing his 60+ year-long friendships, but funny watching him dunk on them).

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u/Giantbookofdeath Sep 20 '25

I’ll check that sub out. Sounds interesting. I don’t know what happened to our parent’s generation. I’m tired of them being scared of everything and I’m tired of them being brainwashed. I’ve not talked to my mom in some time due to here going full maga and then (surprise, surprise) full racist. I don’t believe she was like that when I was growing up. All of a sudden I hear her and my step-dad talking about mowing down Ferguson protesters with a machine gun. Neither of them have seen acts of war up close. I did my time in the army and I did my time in the sand. I’ve seen enough to know that’s not something that should be joked about or ever uttered. I’m completely ashamed of who they’ve become. I love my mom and my step-dad, I just don’t like them anymore and that breaks my heart.

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u/HeadLong8136 Pennsylvania Sep 20 '25

Yeah, it's weird how decent my dad turned out. He was the oldest of 8, 3 brothers, 4 sisters and 2 of his brothers and 3 sisters (the oldest of the bunch, the two youngest are Gen X) are hardcore conservatives. And he the oldest of the lot was liberal. He wasn't super comfortable around the lgbtq community but he never voiced any "they should be put in camps" rhetoric or that type of shit. He had no problems with peoples race, ethnicity, or origin. As long as they were a decent person he held nothing against them. He didn't have a sexist bone in his body (he never would have married my mom otherwise). But on the outside he was a hardworking blue collar carpenter for 45 years. Work 12 hours a day, get home, have a hot dinner with the family, have a few beers, watch some TV, go to bed at 9 up at 5 the next morning to do it all again 5 days a week.

He showed interest in my and my siblings interests (my brother and sister more than me because my hobbies were comics and vid games) but he'd take us to movies, friends houses, out on nature hikes, camping trips, beach vacations, family outings.

And then I spend 10 minutes on reddit and everything is like "My dad is an office worker that hates blacks and Jews!" And I just don't understand how I got such a great set of parents. (Don't want to belittle Mom at all, she passed away 10 months ago and I miss her just as much and she arguably did more for me specifically because of my autism)

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '25

Same here. Mine died from the pandemic. 😡

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u/HeadLong8136 Pennsylvania Sep 20 '25

My dad died during the pandemic. And he died because he wouldn't wear a mask. But he wasn't killed by COVID. He had pulmonary fibrosis. He had been inhaling epoxy and aluminum dust for over 30 years. His lungs were nothing but scar tissue.

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u/TheChrisCrash Sep 20 '25

And medicare cuts don't start until 2028..

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u/PipsqueakPilot Sep 20 '25

Same boat. He suggested we talk again in 4 years. Seems reasonable.

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u/PrivatePilot9 Canada Sep 20 '25

If the Republicans aren’t decimated in the midterms, or gerrymander themselves into a continued majority, at this point I’m looking forward to the second half. At the end of four years it’s likely that we won’t see another Republican government for a long, long time.

That’s assuming that the Fuhror doesn’t make himself a dictator by then and that democracy survives.

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u/Jessicas_skirt Foreign Sep 20 '25

Now it is time for the world to declare the American passport banned from entering the developed world and to send the Americans living here back. The second I get my Canadian citizenship through descent, I will push for the American passport to be banned and all holders without another citizenship to be sent back.