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Some important context is that Don Lemon was fired from CNN in April 2023. He's been working as an independent streamer since then. He was arrested for streaming to twitch and youtube, from a protest a protest at a Minnesota church.
It's really funny that a high profile CNN anchor got fired and then became a streamer.
he pulled out a gun and said “i have donated every cent in my name to hamas. the time for revolution is now comrades. throw your chains away and join me!!”
thats why he was really arrested
Friendship with Maoist Van Jones is over, JDPON Don (Lemon) is my new best friend
Dems shat their pants because Jan 6ers broke into their offices, and then signed on to bills that gave the same people badges and guns…they really are this fucking stupid?
Like, apologies, I was not familiar with your game. I thought you were evil but you’re actually dumb as dirt
evil
dumb as dirt
porque no los dos?
I have nothing of value to contribute except:
Dong Lemon.
Thank you.
We should throw a party in his honor.
An independent journalist who was also at the church protest was arrested too.
Don Lemon is not the only reporter who was arrested by federal agents overnight — local independent journalist Georgia Fort just went live on FB to say federal agents were also at her door to take her into custody over her protest coverage in Minneapolis.
https://bsky.app/profile/ruddock.bsky.social/post/3mdng4pgqu22u
The White House just tweeted a joke about Lemon.
This is horrible. If Trump can go after Lemon on bullshit - Trump can go after anybody at any time for whatever lying reason he wants.
A Bluesky comment
Statement from Don Lemon's attorney:
"This unprecedented attack on the 1st Amendment and transparent attempt to distract attention from the many crises facing this administration will not stand. Don will fight these charges vigorously and thoroughly in court."
The goal is to intimidate people so they stop reporting the atrocities.
That's very true but not everybody understands that simple fact. A Bluesky quip
The selective prosecution case here is going to be lit.
It makes me depressed how many Americans have law brain. They can't understand that Trump couldn't give less of a fuck about "merits". Trump already won by forcing these two enemies of his to get lawyers and go to court. He's using the law as tool to openly threaten his enemies. And you never know what sort of crazy shit happens in a corrupt legal process. It would be perverse for Trump to win his utter nonsense legal case. But although the chance of a legal win is absurdly tiny - it's not zero.
Political power grows out of the barrel of an ABA certification
I'm stealing that. God fuck 'o mighty do I hate law brains. Their extreme law fetish is baked into American exceptionalism too so the fuckers never shut up!
Remember when Gavin Newsom did the only redeeming thing of his entire life and said gay marriage is now legal in California what are you gonna do about it?
Liberals think the law is a magical omnipotent force that exists outside the physical world that forces the government to stop doing things if only they would say the magical words in the right order in the magical building
What happens when Trump doesn’t get a legal win and does what he wants anyway? Are they gonna sue him extra hard next time? Lash themselves so the law gods forgive them for their transgressions and punish Trump? lmao
They don't want any outlets filming protests or interviewing protestors. This could be a pretext for larger sweeps of independent media that has been on the ground
Has Don decided that Palestinians deserve to live in their own homes on their own land, and to eat?
Did he shit on Palestinians too? I know Van Jones made dead baby jokes like a boss.
He and Chris Cuomo (I forget the name of the CNN show they did together) were absolutely garbage on that and New York news that involved Chris' brother in any way.
Well that's what happens when you're past your prime (50+)
