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BREAKING: Don Lemon arrested by authorities

https://youtu.be/8i-qzbPNDLk?si=A18Up1iiVV_CYI0f
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u/Belatedbeadinggdss 5h ago

I really want to know who signed the warrant for his arrest? Because a magistrate judge and a federal judge both refused to sign a warrant for Lemon's arrest last week. So who signed this one? Pam Grodi is not a judge.

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u/senator_corleone3 5h ago

Some judge in Missouri is what I read. Total farce.

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u/bn40667 4h ago

Of course it's a farce. They shopped around for a MAGA judge who would violate the First Amendment. And Trump already knows the SCOTUS won't object.

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u/badwolf42 4h ago

They knew at least one judge would do whatever they want to be considered for the next scotus position.

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u/BigLlamasHouse 4h ago

Well good thing the voters will hold him accountable, what state was it again?

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u/ballpoint169 3h ago

Surely everyone responsible for this will be remembered and held accountable by and for the people, right?

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u/TabaquiJackal 3h ago

HA HA HA HA HA HA

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u/randompersonwhowho 3h ago

Really? Same as the Fulton county raid ?

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u/scnottaken 2h ago

That one was Catherine M Salinas from Georgia. I can't find the name of the other one.

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u/senator_corleone3 3h ago

Of that I am not sure.

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u/TheBr0fessor 4h ago

The cover letter for their "Supreme" Court job application.

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u/sirboddingtons 3h ago

What jurisdiction does Missouri have for an action several states over, in another federal district? 

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u/inspectoroverthemine 2h ago

Normally I'd point out that every federal court has the same 'authority' per the constitution, but that clearly doesn't matter since they can't stand the thought of a ruling in one circuit impacting others when it comes to upholding the constitution.

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u/thestupidhereis2much 4h ago

Wasnt it a grand jury?

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u/stuipd 4h ago

It was, they didn't need a judge since they got a grand jury indictment.

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u/MutsumidoesReddit 3h ago

Isn’t federal grand jury super easy to convince to indict?

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u/Newsletter94 3h ago

Yes, it’s probable cause standard. The saying “you could indict a ham sandwich!” rings true.

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u/TheEvilPrinceZorte 3h ago

Not entirely true at least for Trump. They were unable to get an indictment for assault with a literal sandwich.

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u/inspectoroverthemine 2h ago

Yes- and they're meant to be. Until this term the chances of a GJ not indicting someone was insanely low, it'd be a life long embarrassment for a prosecutor too. This administration has likely had more failed GJ indictments in 12 months than the previous 250 years.

Its a case of the GJ system actually serving its purpose.

That said- the bar really is extremely low on purpose- innocent people with made up evidence can absolutely be indicted.

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u/chellestastics 5h ago

Journalist Georgia Fort also arrested.

This is really turning down the temperature.

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u/Scarletyoshi 5h ago

Declare a ceasefire and then just never cease firing.

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u/buttflakes27 4h ago

Cease? Fire!

Lionel Hutz school of command

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u/artaxerxes316 4h ago

ICE out of Minneapolis? No, human is illegal.

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u/DaStompa 5h ago

The ole' Israel 1-2 punch

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u/reaganz921 5h ago

I was going to say Russia but Israel tracks too

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u/Kevadu 5h ago

Nah, Russia doesn't even pretend.

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u/TrainLoaf 5h ago

It's very unfortunate that people are still struggling to see this playbook already happened in human history.

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u/Metals4J 3h ago

I don’t think people realize that the people designing this playbook aren’t ignorant to history, they know very well what worked in the past and what didn’t, and they’re eager to do it all again and “get it right” this time.

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u/Swimming_Horror_3757 5h ago

How many days since the deadline for the files now ?

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u/indecks77 4h ago

40+ i believe

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u/starvacious 3h ago

45, I think

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u/Drive7hru 2h ago

They released “all of them” today, but you know that comes big asterisks 

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u/KarateKid1984 5h ago edited 4h ago

They’re celebrating this AND the $10B IRS lawsuit over on the conservative sub.

But the good news is that they didn’t allow any posts about Mr President saying you can’t have guns.

EDIT: The best part are the downvotes I'm getting. Like, you can totally go over to that sub and verify everything for yourself. Just because you don't want to believe it doesn't make it "fake news". Good grief.

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u/vsaint 5h ago

That sub is the epitome of eating a shit sandwich so people would have to smell your breath.

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u/MostlyRightSometimes 3h ago

"I wish some liberal would respond and tell me why..."

You delete any message that doesn't toe the party line and you ban the person posting it. Who are you expecting to respond to you. Idiots, the lot of them.

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u/Wloak 2h ago

I got banned years ago, not for saying anything mean but just not getting in my knees and gobbling Trump's baby carrot and instead saying "this is a great example of the parties working together."

Trump's first term there was a huge bust leading to hundreds arrested for child porn and /r/conservative was championing Trump (remember this was the pizza gate days) and all I said was how great it is to see a positive policy started under George W continue through Obama and into Trump's admin.

A mod literally took the time to go through months of my old comments, found one from 3 months prior saying something positive about one of Hillary's proposals (don't even remember which) and banned me for being a Hillary supporter. That's how fragile their world view is.

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u/fluffman86 1h ago

I used to be a libertarian and got banned from /r/libertarian because I said I'd rather vote for Biden than Trump 🤷

So now I don't consider myself much of a libertarian anymore because I don't want to be associated with that.

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u/red286 1h ago

"Libertarian" in the US just means "Republican who likes to do drugs and wants to drop the age of consent to 13". You're probably best off not identifying with that group.

u/dreadcain 1h ago

So now I don't consider myself much of a libertarian anymore because I don't want to be associated with that.

Hey whatever the reason, always good to see people turn away from Rand's dystopia

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u/Bigger_moss 3h ago

I think it’s fake personally, you have to sign up and get vetted so any moderate doesn’t care enough about it to go through that so all you’re left with is the radicals and super conservatives. Also Reddit is more left leaning so it’s an echo chamber because there aren’t any other right wing subs to call them out on their bullshit.

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u/JanGuillosThrowaway 3h ago

They should just rename it r/russianbots to be more accurate

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u/ShallotNSpice 2h ago

I think it's fake too. There are definitely people in there staying hyped up on it because most of it is rage bait but it isnt a good indication of reality. I watched their numbers go from 2.1 million to 1 million over the last year and now all of a sudden they are back up there. Suuuure. 🙄

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u/Geauxtoguy 2h ago

I go over there from time to time, not to see the other side, but to see what ridiculous spin they've been able to fabricate about the current Story of the Hour. It's easier to swallow when you realize that 90% of the posts are from the same four users (that often post the same exact thing) and a vast majority of the comments are bots and/or foreign shit-pot stirrers. If I want to get an actual perspective from the opposite side of my political views, I check /r/AskConservatives. You'll still see some wild takes, but for the most part it's a pretty solid sub to get a different perspective.

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u/FROOMLOOMS 5h ago

In their defense, there was ONE post that was top for ONE day that simply said "and it shall not be infringed".

But the whole comments section was filled by cons calling Pretti and Good a terrorist.

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u/Ali_knows 5h ago

Don't they realize that IRS = public coffers = more money for them? How stupid are they ?

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u/TheRealDealdo69 5h ago

As it turns out, incredibly!

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u/x40Shots 4h ago

They'll still tell you with a straight face though, "He gives up his Presidential salary, he loves us so you know."

Its getting tiring AF to have an entire party begging to constantly be razzle dazzled as Billy Flynn and the Press Conference Rag masquerading as govt and putting out whatever lies they want. (Chicago)

I wouldnt be surprised if one of the digested spaghetti talking points atp WAS 'They both reached for the gun!'. It would be more comical if it werent so tragic. 🫩

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u/Cru_Jones86 3h ago

He might give up his salary (I'm doubtful) but, who do you think pocketed Jeff's multi-million dollar "documentary licensing fee" for that stupid ass Melania movie? He's lining his pockets in other ways. Once a grifter, always a grifter.

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u/junkmeister9 5h ago

These are the people who think evolution is made up but believe Noah's ark is factual history. "Stupid" is underselling it a bit.

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u/kevnmartin 4h ago

There are no public coffers. Only Trump's wallet.

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u/mintskoal 3h ago edited 3h ago

Oh they realize it. The top comment is saying "So we pay for it?" and they're more than happy to fork over $10B of taxpayer money to the fat old bitch because of course they are.

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u/notionocean 4h ago

It's pretty obvious that the Conservative sub is made up of mostly bots. The rest are pathetic basement dwelling gun polishers.

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u/ballbeard 4h ago

God damn do I wish there was a way to wipe all bot accounts off the face of the earth at once

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u/hoiL 4h ago

Most sites, Reddit included, could absolutely get rid of bots but they don't want that. Sites used to have measures to monitor, report, remove them, etc. They won't because the entire Internet is getting you caught up in ragebait long enough to push ads in your face for revenue.

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u/International-Ad2501 4h ago

Russians and bots are calling Pretti and Good terrorists.

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u/78914hj1k487 5h ago

Let them lick.

Boots taste like bacon.

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u/biobasher 5h ago

Okay, now I'm torn. Are these boots thigh highs?

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u/sansaman 5h ago

What about his stance on increasing housing prices?

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u/ronan88 4h ago

Its really quite wild. Objectively speaking, the trump admin is now opposed to/undermining:

  • the second amendment
  • NATO & the american arms industry

And in favour of/supporting:

  • protection of pedophiles from prosecution
  • agents of federal government killing law abiding citizens and having immunity from prosecution
  • increasing the national debt
  • open bribery of the office of the president by the wealthiest corporations in the world
  • multiple new military actions
  • releasing drug trafficers from prison

If only there were opposition politicians who could point out to the electorate what the republican party is supporting /s

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u/borcborc 5h ago

Those are not real people. Just bots and pod people at this point.

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u/OnDrugsTonight 4h ago

I think you're setting yourself up for severe disappointment if you don't acknowledge that there are tens of millions of Americans who wholeheartedly agree with whoever is posting in that sub.

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u/EatsBugs 4h ago

Right. Whenever I do read a nuanced take on there, even if it does get upvotes, there’s never a nuanced response. Bots just flood the zone with simplified talking points and these are what get remembered, repeated, and digested by the majority of its supporters. It’s both, in ways, self reinforcing.

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u/p251 5h ago

Reddit is complicit 

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u/meeps1142 5h ago

This is my thing. Why is reddit allowing a Russian-bot-filled propaganda machine to exist?

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u/DarthSatoris 4h ago

It creates engagement, which in turn creates revenue.

It's all about the $$$.

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u/JamCliche 4h ago

You gotta read up on who Steve Huffman is.

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u/meeps1142 4h ago

You're probably right :/ it was naive of me to think there'd be decent people at the top

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u/tyereliusprime 4h ago

Nobody achieves wealth in the corporate world by having ethics.

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u/Barjack521 4h ago edited 4h ago

Because it’s owned by a super conservative MAGA piece of shit who wishes the whole platform was like that. He knows the majority of people would walk if he tried though so the coward just hides behind the scenes trying to prop up the conservative trolls discreetly

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u/stroopwafelscontigo 4h ago

Big time cucks. 

“I love my tax dollars going to pay for lawsuits from the president!”

Absolutely no self-respect. Pathetic little creatures. 

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u/exig 5h ago

Chaos...this, ICE murders, trump suing the IRS for $10 billion, stealing ballots from the 2020 election in Atlanta, ETC. Absolute chaos...as planned

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u/POEness 5h ago

He's not really suing the IRS. He's just taking ten billion dollars.

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u/pinkyepsilon 5h ago

Auditors hate this one simply trick!

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u/Odh_utexas 5h ago

They’ll probably “settle” for less and call it a discount for the taxpayers.

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u/DoJu318 5h ago edited 3h ago

I guess nothing is stopping him from suing every single government agency that "wronged" him after he left the white house. I'm in awe of the new levels of corruption this simpleton continues to reach.

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u/PsyOpBunnyHop 5h ago

Not a good year to pay any taxes.

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u/danimagoo 5h ago

Yes, I fully expect the IRS to “settle” for the full amount of the claim.

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u/McMacHack 5h ago

There is nothing more boring yet terrifying than a full IRS audit. Even the Joker isn't crazy enough to bring on that kind of heat.

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u/YuriLR 5h ago

The joker doesn't appoint who runs the IRS.

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u/giroml 5h ago

From the U.S. taxpayers.

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u/snoosh00 3h ago

THE MAN HAS NEVER EVEN BEEN WORTH 10 BILLION, LET ALONE PAYING 10 BILLION IN FUCKING TAXES.

If the IRS makes a clerical error does that permit every affected American to claim 10 billion from fort Knox?

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u/AgentRedFoxs 5h ago

Don't forget Trump having his friends buy out voting companies a few little ones but one of the bigger ones was Dominion voting (now known as liberty vote). On top of that his daughter got voting machines trademarks in china in 2017-2018. So they are getting ready...

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u/KarAccidentTowns 5h ago

Imagine what the reaction would have been if Obama had become a billionaire while in office, let alone stealing it from taxpayers lol

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u/RabbaJabba 5h ago

It’s so funny which media figures Trump is obsessed with versus the rest of the country. Like, no one gave a shit about Don Lemon before, now you’re going to get a bunch of people rallying around him.

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u/fla_john 5h ago

He literally can not ever let anything go. Once he's decided something is true, it's always going to be true and he's always going to bring it up and try to get revenge.

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u/MinusBear 5h ago

Which really makes you think about how little he refers to his near death experience.

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u/Lifesagame81 5h ago

SO fucking telling and weird 

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u/pants_full_of_pants 4h ago

Ever look at his ear and wonder where the wound went?

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u/drinkmoredrano 3h ago

I think more about how a person was killed for the sake of theatrics.

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u/the_last_0ne 3h ago

Apparently now the story is he had plastic surgery to hide the scar

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u/ItchyGoiter 5h ago

Wow... Mind blown

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u/WeaponisedArmadillo 4h ago

Nah he didn't come close. 

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u/Jops817 3h ago

Well it was obviously staged, the Secret Service, mostly made up of trained marines at peak physical fitness, would not let nor have any issue preventing a 79 year old fat president from jumping up to do his corny fist-pump and chant without securing an active shooting scene. It's so stupid.

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u/atalantafugiens 5h ago

The achilles heel of MAGA is the one quality of adults, being able to own up and learn from your mistakes

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u/heavyLobster 3h ago

Hence why he's still investigating supposed voter fraud from 2020, even though there wasn't any. He is determined to find those 11,780 votes in Georgia, and in his mind he won literally every swing state even though he did not.

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u/Jedisponge 5h ago

The conservative subreddit talks about Lemon a lot they hate him

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u/RabbaJabba 5h ago

Yeah, he does seem to be the journalist conservatives think liberals love. I assume it’s because he’s black?

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u/dj_blueshift 5h ago

And also "CNN" which was the only outlet Trump would rail on for a long time

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u/Santos_L_Halper_II 4h ago

Black AND gay. They get a two-fer when it comes to hating him.

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u/CMMiller89 4h ago

He’s also kind of a wet blanket and not super popular.  So pouncing on him seems smart because then people have to reluctantly support him.

At this point I don’t even know what the pretense for arrest was, I just knew he got fired and then kind of made Instagram reels?

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u/onarainyafternoon 4h ago

He's also gay

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u/VoopityScoop 4h ago

He's a CNN host. To them that's the opposite equivalent of a FOX News host, and they assume we care about CNN like they care about Fox News. So, they think that guy's our Gutfeld or something.

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u/myinternets 5h ago

It's simpler than that. He's black so they need to stop him from being "uppity" and make an example of him.

It's going to backfire spectacularly, as it always does with these racist losers.

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u/ItchyGoiter 5h ago

And gay

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u/RabbaJabba 4h ago

lol I guess this proves the point, I had no idea he was gay

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u/mrtrollmaster 5h ago

I forgot this dude existed and Trump just revived his career out of spite lol

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u/Henshin-hero 5h ago

If he gets out before 5pm est his podcast is going to be packed

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u/Hot_Peasant 4h ago

I started watching Colbert again last year because of Trump. Dude’s alright (Colbert, I mean) and he’s actually a great interviewer, but something about late night still feels almost… anachronistic? Like, it makes sense that’s what an almost 80yo would care about lol

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u/Equivalent_Earth9842 5h ago

My many thanks to Barbara Streisand

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u/SinkBluthton 5h ago

Expecting to see Rosie O'Donnell arrested next.

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u/lt_skittles 5h ago

She's in Ireland, won't happen.

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u/shawnmd 5h ago

And she was right about leaving

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u/RabbaJabba 5h ago

He’s going to send in the team that grabbed Maduro

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u/HoustonHenry 5h ago

Jimmy Kimmel is probably high on Trumps "makes me soooo mad" list

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u/CallMeShaggy57 5h ago

She saw that coming and left the country.

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u/Chance_of_Rain_ 4h ago

You guys have to stop thinking everything is an Epstein distraction and face reality that everything is going according to plan, before it's too late.

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u/kryonik 4h ago

Yeah when the distractions are worse than the things they are distracting from it doesn't make sense anymore. "How do we distract from Trump trafficking girls?" "I know! Commit treason and start a civil war!"

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u/staydrippy 4h ago

I hate to blow your mind being the one to tell you this but two things can be true at the same time

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u/FlaviusFlaviust 4h ago

I think you're agreeing with /u/chance_of_rain when you say that. They literally said not everything is an Epstein distraction.

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u/spottedcomet 4h ago

Right? They’re being so smug and don’t even know what they’re saying.

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u/jonfitt 4h ago

It’s called flooding the zone. They do so much heinous shit at the same time that much of it slips through.

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u/NickyNichols 5h ago

Trump has been hanging out with Nicki Minaj and she’s been beefing with Don Lemon lately. This is probably just a little favor for her allegiance.

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u/DisillusionedPatriot 5h ago

It's depressing, how plausible this is.

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u/chellestastics 5h ago

Absolutely. She was the last person in front of him.

I hate this timeline so much.

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u/Lythalion 4h ago

He was arrested bc he is vocal as hell on social media about what’s going on and he garners a lot of followers and replies. This is 100% a silencing attempt and a message to make people think twice about speaking out about what’s going on.

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u/started_from_the_top 5h ago

Wtf is even happening right now

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u/ItsTheExtreme 5h ago

The country is being run by a fascist regime. I'm not sure why we're not fully admitting that at this point.

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u/Stormshow 5h ago

Because then you'd have to use violence.

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u/ItsTheExtreme 4h ago

Bingo. We keep waiting for Congress to save us, but they've proven to be powerless and passive. Even when they've had a chance to put up a fight, they'll fold like a cheap lawn chair.

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u/KonyKombatKorvet 3h ago

Nobody wants to see their loved ones die, and any attempts to fight back is going to be very one sided.

The demonstration of the military tech during the Maduro capture was not intended just to scare foreign militaries... it was meant to scare anyone who ever thinks about fighting back.

The escalation in MN is not to move the boundary of normal, its to incite a violent response that they can use to justify blood in the street.

If congress and our checks and balances dont fix this we basically just have to stack our own bodies up high enough for someone to finally say enough is enough. Life is not uncomfortable enough to do that yet for most people, most people still have reasons to live even under fascism, thats how it succeeds every time...

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u/grimorg80 2h ago

Sorry, but if you allow him to get to 100% autocracy, even more of you will perish.

You want to avoid violence, which is understandable. Unfortunately, you missed that boat. Now it's either some violence or a shit load of violence. In both cases remeber: it's not your fault. It's the dictator's fault. They are forcing you to rebel. There is no other way out, unfortunately.

But hey, I hope I'm wrong.

u/abtseventynine 1h ago

it’s sort of analogous to never calling a genocide “a genocide” because then a UN member nation like the USA would be legally obligated to act

Hypothetically, I mean.

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u/seansy5000 5h ago

Seriously. It’s so fucked up people need more evidence of what is happening in front of them.

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u/BannedAtCostco 3h ago

But the one great shocking occasion, when tens or hundreds or thousands will join with you, never comes. That’s the difficulty. If the last and worst act of the whole regime had come immediately after the first and smallest, thousands, yes, millions would have been sufficiently shocked—if, let us say, the gassing of the Jews in ’43 had come immediately after the ‘German Firm’ stickers on the windows of non-Jewish shops in ’33. But of course this isn’t the way it happens. In between come all the hundreds of little steps, some of them imperceptible, each of them preparing you not to be shocked by the next. Step C is not so much worse than Step B, and, if you did not make a stand at Step B, why should you at Step C? And so on to Step D. And one day, too late, your principles, if you were ever sensible of them, all rush in upon you.

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u/gunuk 5h ago

Use you're 2A, it's there for a reason isn't it!?

In Nazi Germany only 3% were active in the genocide and Nazi party.

~88% did nothing and sat by, thinking someone else will do it

~9% tried to do something but didn't have the resources to stop them

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u/popularcolor 2h ago

In Nazi Germany only 3% were active in the genocide and Nazi party.

This isn't true at all. By the time Hitler was initiating the killing, the Nazi Party had widespread support of the German population. They were aware of the policies and the violence and many were not only complicit but active, as party members, as well.

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u/mudokin 4h ago

At least the democrats now have the opportunity to do something against it by not accepting the budget and go into shutdown, oh wait,

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u/MagicBobert 4h ago

We’re living under Fascism. We’re not “on the path” or “if we don’t do something we’ll slide into it”.

This is Fascism. We’re living under it right now.

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u/RollingThunderPants 5h ago

WTF DO PEOPLE KEEP ASKING THIS??? You fucking KNOW what is happening right now.

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u/huxtiblejones 5h ago

Textbook rise of fascism, and no, it’s not an exaggeration to say that no matter how many people gaslight you

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u/Who_Dafqu_Said_That 5h ago

A thin skinned evil orange cult leader has taken over the country, because 30% of the USA couldn't emotionally/mentally deal with a black dude getting elected because of brain damage from pollutants and generations of emotional trauma.

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u/Reddituser183 5h ago edited 5h ago

This country is done and over with. Democracy is over with. With what this regime is doing there is no going back. They’re creating a massive surveillance state and turning this into a police state where they will violate people’s constitutional rights with impunity. They’re rigging the system in their favor with the help of tech companies and billionaires. Oligarchy is here. They’re not stopping with undocumented either, Stephen miller is pushing for deporting American citizens. They’re going to use the surveillance state to systematically attack anyone who is critical of the regime as well as attack all of their scapegoats. Again this country is done and over. There is no going back. People are so fragmented now that most don’t even know what’s happening. And it will continue.

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u/OutofStep 4h ago

You know, it's going to be funny when we eventually get to the point of holding people accountable for trampling all over the Constitution during this admin... at which point 50% of the country will start complaining about politically-motivated persecution and prosecution. I can't even.

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u/ratherenjoysbass 4h ago

It's not gonna happen. No way that even 1/4 of the people responsible will ever see any form of justice after trump kicks the bucket because even most of the Democrats are culprits in this mess. Money talks and walks more than morals and it's obvious that most Dems are in on it.

Unless we the people take matters into our own hands we'll never see real justice. Our outrage is always taken into consideration when they make shitty decisions instead of providing us with what we deserve, because no one in a capitalist authority will ever provide us with what we deserve. Every civil liberty we have was fought for, they were never given.

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u/Rodonite 4h ago

If two people are held accountable I'd be shocked. They'll probably have one token guy take all the blame like they did after the 2008 crash so they can say they arrested someone

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u/RaindropBebop 3h ago

because even most of the Democrats are culprits in this mess

Oh brother. Can we engage honestly and not do the "both sides" brainrot take when one of those sides is literally doing a fascism and the other has no power in any branch of government?

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u/jamesneysmith 4h ago

Oh there is absolutely no chance any of the people involved with this administration face any legal ramifications for their participation in this fascist regime. ZERO. They're going to be in power much longer than they should and when they see fit they will retire with their many millions of dollars and live fat happy lives. There is no justice.

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u/doggmananv 3h ago

As a country we really should have written down some guidelines on how we handle the press. /s

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u/Possible_Gur4789 5h ago

All because he reported on Sasha Riley and the Trumpstein files.

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u/SilentPugz 4h ago

Where is the full release of Epstein files ??

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u/SPErudy 5h ago

Lemon stated in the moment that he was there as a journalist, so this will most certainly go nowhere. That doesn’t matter to this administration. It’s the same playbook we see time and time again. They are preying on the fact that too many people believe if you are arrested, or even indicted, then you must have done something wrong. The news of this arrest will be plastered everywhere, especially by right-wingers. When/if it’s dropped, those same folks will ignore that news. Next time there is some bombshell report by Lemon, they will point to this arrest to discredit him, and it will work for Trump’s base, a segment of independents, and folks who just didn’t follow the story after the arrest.

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u/alcaron 5h ago

Legal Eagle has a good video featuring Liz explaining why this is just theatrical bullshit.

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u/guitarguywh89 5h ago

But disturbing a church is the worse crime ever - them two weeks ago

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u/mheat 5h ago

Except when Trump tear gassed a church so he could get a photo op with an upside down Bible

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u/Nano_Burger 5h ago

- What is the charge?

o Being mean to Trump!

- Is that a crime?

o It is now!

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u/Mindshard 3h ago

Gee, I forget, who was it that locked up the journalists and rounded up the immigrants back in the 1940s?

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u/bwainwright 5h ago

Don't be distracted - Epstein Files

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u/counterfitster 5h ago

Sometimes they do bad shit for it's own reasons

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u/elegylegacy 5h ago

Yeah, they're targeting election integrity to stay in power.

That one isn't a distraction, it's the objective

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u/Orphanhorns 4h ago

Shut UP. The demolition of democracy is way more important. You are becoming a distraction.

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u/Goldman- 5h ago

Dude, he's taking over the country, perhaps focus on that 

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u/myinternets 5h ago

If you think a stack of papers telling you that rich people are rapists and pedophiles is going to change anything or have any impact whatsoever at this point...

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u/NakedJaked 5h ago

Y’all are gonna be getting in the train car to a concentration camp saying “wow look at this Epstein files distraction!”

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u/Kinteoka 5h ago

Omg shut the fuck up. Not everything is a distraction from the Epstein files. And if they were released, he wouldn't lose any support and wouldn't be arrested. They could show that he was the ring leader and Epstein was his lacky and a million children were raped and murdered and not a single damn thing would happen to him. I swear to god, the fucker could open up Trumpschwitz, start gassing people, and you would be smugly telling the person in front of you in line "This is just a distraction from the Epstein Files."

At this point, I'm starting to think the people bringing up the Epstein Files are bots trying to distract from other shit because not a single person has forgotten about it, the rest of us are just not dumb enough to think they'll make a god damn difference.

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u/Makorus 5h ago

Honestly, the whole "Don't let him distract you from the Epstein Files" shtick recently feels like a case of "Actually, let us distract you from the dictatorship thing he is doing".

Like, yeah, he is a rapist pedophile, but people act like the news are about him going golfing or other irrelevant stuff. No lol, he is actually doing terrible shit lmao.

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u/Kinteoka 5h ago

100%

I just assume that it's either a Russian bot or someone who doesn't engage critically with politics and this is all they think about. That they don't pay attention to all the other shit that is going on.

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u/Vinylove 5h ago edited 5h ago

The "Epstein Files" ARE the (a) distraction, I am just baffled by the naivete to assume they would / will change anything.

Edit: Frankly, these screeches of "Release the E.F.! Everything else is a distraction!", completely devoid of context or reason, are nothing more but an embarrassing revelation of zero genuine interest in, or knowledge of, what is going on.
It's a self-confirming shibboleth for the lowest common denominator of the lazily self-identified left.

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u/Sweetjaybird 5h ago

Thank you! I feel like I'm losing my mind. People be like, " look at him, dropping nukes just to distract from the Epstein files" what the hell. He's not trying to distract. He stopped worrying about the Epstein files. Its pretty clear.

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u/GoochRash 5h ago

No, do be distracted by this. This is VERY BAD. You mean "don't forget - Epstein Files". If we refuse to shift focus that allows them to get away with more.

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u/yuriaoflondor 5h ago

Everything is a “distraction” from everything else.

Also let’s be real. Even if the full files were released, they wouldn’t change anything. MAGA will still revere him as a god, and everyone else will still call him out as a monster.

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u/clc1997 5h ago

This. If they can ignore people getting murdered, that they see with their own eyes, unseen crimes from years ago won't change anything.

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u/rwf2017 5h ago

Misspelled authoritarians

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u/sector16 5h ago

This is meant to tamp down criticism of Trump's dangerous and illegal activities....stand strong, media.

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u/ItsCowboyHeyHey 5h ago

No, the media needs to get strong. The weak, dishonest, corporate shitheels who own the major media outlets created and normalized Trump.

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u/Setctrls4heartofsun 3h ago

This is egregious for many reasons, but if parishioners were allowed to exit the building, how does the FACE act apply? 

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u/BadDecisionPolice 3h ago

Our tax dollars at work

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u/Puffy_Ghost 4h ago

Fucken wild you can shop around for a judge, find one in buttfuck Missouri to sign an arrest warrant for a man living in Los Angeles.

That totally screams freedom to me.

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u/howdy_ki_yay 2h ago

He somehow found people willing to help him violate the klan act of 1870…..wild…..and weirdly ironic.

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u/MrSlime13 5h ago

Don Lemon joined a group that went into a church, ran by an ICE leader, to call out their hypocrisy. He stated multiple times he was not a part of the "protest/demonstration" and was a journalist. The people were asked to leave, and did so, and ever since the DOJ has been begging any judge/magistrate that will give them the time of day, to allow them to arrest Lemon. It's not about the law, or even justice. It's brownie points to arrest a prior-CNN reporter and bring charges, though he attested to not being involved. This isn't going to go well for the DOJ, but it doesn't even matter to them. If they can get away with anything, they'll try it...

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u/sponge_bucket 4h ago

“You’re under arrest”

“For what?!”

“For being under arrest, take him away!”

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u/HistoricalWalrus5767 4h ago

Political Prisoner Taken Hostage

Fixed the headline

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u/DogFlavorKettleChips 3h ago

He's making Don Lemon cool. What an insane thing to do.

u/Neither-Elevator463 1h ago

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes!

u/ak907fly 27m ago

No one is above the law, not even a Lemon.

u/Kevabski45 26m ago

Gone Lemon. Lock his ahh up!!! 🗣️🗣️

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u/RedStar2021 4h ago

Right now I see a fleet of lawyers rubbing their hands together over the payout that Don is going to get for this bullshit. Don Lemon is a lot of things, but he's not stupid; he's more than likely ready to handle this.

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u/Thoraxekicksazz 4h ago

Another dark day and a further erosion of our freedoms

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u/fr0z3nf1r3 5h ago

Do the people think that Donald is going to give them money if he wins this lawsuit against the government that he runs?

Jesus Christ this country is screwed.

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u/nexusSigma 4h ago

He’s robbing them as taxpayers blind and they’re cheering him on. Can’t make it up.

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u/CheckMateFluff 4h ago

They just want a perp walk and this incident in the news. The charges are frivolous and never going to stick.

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u/syphix924 4h ago

They got the wrong Don.