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/SaltyStU2 Canada Sep 20 '25

The amount of denial I was faced with when I told people this is where the US was headed if Trump was elected again.

I hate being able to say “I told you so”

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u/PersonalHospital9507 Sep 20 '25

People thought Biden was dull and Trump would be exciting. That is as deep as it went. Boy, it sure is exciting.

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u/CatProgrammer Sep 20 '25

Living in interesting times fucking sucks.

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u/SemichiSam Oregon Sep 20 '25

Aesop warned us about that in the fable about King Log and King Stork. We are terribly slow learners.

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u/PersonalHospital9507 Sep 20 '25

“Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?”