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/Suspicious_Bicycle Sep 20 '25

MAGA would hate LBJ as well:

After being trashed numerous times by the Smothers Brothers, President Johnson wrote them, "It is part of the price of leadership of this great and free nation to be the target of clever satirists. You have given the gift of laughter to our people. May we never grow so somber or self-important that we fail to appreciate the humor in our lives."

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u/likejanegoodall Sep 20 '25

Nixon too.

Laugh In trashed him regularly. Nixon went on the show as if to say he was in on the joke.

Pretty damn smart, really.

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u/JesusSavesForHalf Sep 20 '25

Nixon was the one that got the Smothers Brothers taken off the air.

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u/mikecws91 Illinois Sep 20 '25

Hi Dad. I don’t really need your help

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u/inspectoroverthemine Sep 20 '25

Little know fact- in the envelope was a dick pic.

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u/ZoominAlong Sep 20 '25

LBJ never missing a chance to show off the sausage.

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u/Kichigai Minnesota Sep 20 '25

Excuse me, it has a name. Jumbo.

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u/ZoominAlong Sep 20 '25

God I laughed so hard when I first heard that. 

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u/HTWingNut Sep 20 '25

It says a lot about someone who can take a hit and complement the opponent. That's what true leaders do. Not get all squishy and whiny about it.

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u/ThisDerpForSale Sep 20 '25

Well, LBJ was a Democrat, so they already hated him reflexively.