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[–] 98 points 7 months ago

They lost in court and are appealing. I doubt they'll win, but still ignore. The cross-post has a lot more info.

A judge last week struck down the Pentagon’s restrictions on journalists seeking “unauthorized” information, siding with the New York Times in its lawsuit against the government. In response, the Pentagon on Monday added some meaningless window dressing and essentially reissued the same restrictions. The administration pledged to “immediately” appeal the decision on the original policy, and on Tuesday, the Times filed a motion to compel the administration to comply with the judge’s order.

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  • [–] 92 points 7 months ago*

    “Stop making us look like the idiots that we are!”

    -- Fascist scum

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  • [–] 56 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Freedom of speech to write what we tell you.

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  • [–] 41 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    This isn't even about what they write. They're trying to stop press from even asking questions they don't want asked. They could just refuse to answer, but apparently that's not enough.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    It is easier to sell propaganda when you don’t have anyone challenging your actions. The MAGAsphere won’t hear about the press being banned from asking questions and if they do, they will just assume it was to purge the “woke” media from the room. If someone asks a legitimate question that even some republicans might want an answer to and the refuse to answer, they look weak or as if they are hiding something. They are already struggling to maintain their preferred optics on Iran, they would rather not make it worse.

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  • [–] 50 points 7 months ago (6 children)

    Is this the so called "Land of the free"?

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

    Yes, it is the country with the 5th highest incarceration rate on the planet, and the second highest total prison population

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago

    "Look guys, the people are really all ate up about this slavery thing...I know, stupid....but anyway, what if we instead allowed slavery as punishment for a crime and then just started locking the poors up?"

    "My god man, thats brilliant! Why, if we do that we dont even have to pay for their care ourselves! We can even put that expense on the poor people through taxes, thus increasing the chance that they will end up in jail and be available for slave labor!!"

    "Dude, I know!! We wont even be forced to enslave people of a certain color, we'll be able to enslave anyone!!!"

    "But what if we dont have enough criminals to leverage?"

    "Thats the best part! We make the laws so as long as we always have an easy way to lock people up, we'll have more slaves than we ever had before the 13th amendment got passed!"

    "God bless these United States!"

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Hey now, don't undersell them. Americans have always got to be #1 after all

    The United States has the largest known prison population in the world. The country comprises 5% of the world's population while having 20% of the world's incarcerated persons. For comparison, China, with more than four times more inhabitants, has fewer persons in prison.[4][5]

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    Oh shit, I saw a bad source that said China was at 2 mil and thought "that makes sense, there's like 4 times as many people there so the number would be higher"

    And it isn't even higher there lmao I hate my country

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  • [–] 47 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (5 children)

    The fact that we are unsure whether the highest court in the land will defend the constitution from these fragrantly illegal policies, is insane.

    There is a guy at work that was trying to say that the west defeated fascism. That it was no longer a thing. A regime by any other name would smell just as rancid. Useful traitors for the regime.

    Edit: Leaving the typo, it’s a funny joke.

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    "Do you have a plan for the war in Iran, sir?"

    "TAKE HER STRAIGHT TO JAIL!"

    America, everyone. The place I was born... Without choosing, to be clear.

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  • [–] 34 points 7 months ago
    [–] 31 points 7 months ago (11 children)

    The first amendment doesn't allow this.

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  • [–] 18 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

    It also says that Congress must declare war. And yet three thousand people are already dead. And 50,000 are injured.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    Doesnt matter to a large bloc of voting people becauae of another war with thousands injured happening in a different country, and the opponent had a weird, snorty laugh and spoke in a high pitch when excited.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

    All fine and dandy, but they just won't invite you to the next press conference anymore.

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  • [–] 27 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    It's OK to kill a fascist.

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  • [–] 27 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Not really related to this article but I absolutely despise the penchant for the right to refuse to allow journalists they don't like to attend press conferences.

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  • [–] 50 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    The whole Trump admin should be sentenced to execution for high treason

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  • [–] 24 points 7 months ago

    Goddamn snowflakes can’t actually answer a difficult or uncomfortable question because it might hurt their feefees.

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  • [–] 17 points 7 months ago

    "Why is your boss being a paedophile not a problem for you? Is it something you admire?"

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  • [–] 11 points 7 months ago

    Aww does Hegseth need a safe space?

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  • [–] 9 points 7 months ago

    First amendment authorizes all questions.

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  • [–] 9 points 7 months ago

    Why would it be illegal for them to ask questions?

    Oh that's right, tyrannical fucking fascism now occupies the entire actual US fucking government. I still can't believe this is really happening right now.

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  • [–] 8 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    I miss so much democracy in America.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    This isn't how mainstream media works. Not just any reporter can get in the White House press briefing and ask questions. They've been filtered long before they got there. This isn't new to the Trump regime.

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  • [–] 10 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Not only are these dumb fucks villains they don't even understand how cartoonishly villainous they look

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago*

    they are real life parodies of shows that parody fascism. extremely over the top emotinally and literally, cartoonishly evil,,,etc. and thats why conservatives hate media that does this, they know its true. they love run of the mill copaganda/militaryganda, and Christianity themed propaganda.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child)

    Maybe they do - which is why W and Trump got re-elected.

    "Garbage in, garbage out. If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, […] you’re going to get selfish, ignorant leaders." – George Carlin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBrbXOmnW70

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago

    They have a press corp that could hardly be any more compliant as it is.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    So they don't want their lies exposed, and they don't want their own constituents to know the actual truth. They are scared that their absolute stupidity will be broadcast for all to see. Every Last American should be embarrassed and ashamed!!

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    "Please submit all questions for authorisation 24 hours prior to the press conference.

    Any person asking a non-approved question will be subject to extraordinary rendition."

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  • [–] 8 points 7 months ago

    Doesn’t matter, we don’t have a true fourth estate.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago

    Nazis should have no rights.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago

    yOu LiBtUrDs JusT CaLl EvErYoNe A fAsCiSt WhO dIsAgReEs WiTh YoU!!!1

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    But Hunter Biden's hog leg.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    Change the name from Pentagon to The Main Building of the Ministry of War. If the MAGA fucks want a Russian style dictatorship, change the damn name too.

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    The Trump administration is barging through the door the Biden administration left wide open

    How many people are going to address this?

    By the way the Biden administration knew what was in those Epstein files.

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  • [–] 9 points 7 months ago

    Authoritarianism is an admission of abject weakness.

    White supremacists are the weakest and most brittle snowflakes.

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  • [–] 8 points 7 months ago

    This gestures wildly will be studied for many years to come.

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    always a sign the war is going great!

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  • 1 comment in c/lefty_news@ibbit.at view that post
    [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    good stuff. recording yourself is humbling but it shows you exactly what to work on.

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    [–] 6 points 7 months ago

    10 years ago there'd be no doubt courts would strike it down if such a law was passed.

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