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The president snapped after watching a TV show he didn’t like and said CBS should lose its license.

Donald Trump on Sunday called for “maximum fines and punishment” against CBS and its corporate parent, Paramount, over Sunday night’s “60 Minutes” broadcast.

In two separate posts on his Truth Social website, Trump complained about the show’s interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris last year ― which he is suing the company over ― and railed against Sunday night’s reports on Greenland and the war in Ukraine.

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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 101 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Blatant threats of government retaliation against private citizens.

Clear violation of the First Amendment.

And nothing will happen.

Fuck Trump.

[–] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Well, technically the first amendment only affects Congress. Should be a slam dunk case for Trump with this Supreme Court.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I feel like something you said is inaccurate. I feel like the Bill of Rights protects all people from all branches of the government.

[–] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Here is the text for your own interpretation:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

[–] scathliath@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Damn, the Framers were really confident we wouldn't bork up this badly, weren't they?

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[–] EarthShipTechIntern@lemm.ee 21 points 5 days ago

Endless reports of Trump melting down. Nothing about real news or change.

So sick of seeing that cheetoh-face dim-wit puppet. Dreaming of times when we never see it again.

[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 87 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Hitler was notorious for his temper tantrums. He is confirmed to have watched Charlie Chaplin's iconic 1940 film 'Thr Great Dictator' but never said or wrote what he thought of it. Charlie Chaplin said that he would have given anything to know what he thought of it.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 39 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Trump is born almost exactly 1 year later after hitlers death coincidence? Reincarnation baby, no quick saves.

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Something must have happened in the process though, at least Hitler was halfway competent.

[–] Sconrad122@lemmy.world 32 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Not really, he wasn't. The myth of Nazi/fascist competence comes from a combination of propaganda and "right time, right place" in terms of when they took the reins of the German economy. A kind of funny example that isn't Nazis, but their contemporary fascists, Mussolini's Italian regime damaged the on-time performance of trains in Italy, but the regime kept saying the trains were running on time to the point where it's become a whole saying about excusing fascism because of its competence/results ("at least the trains run on time").

[–] rothaine@lemm.ee 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Oh, so it's like "at least eggs are cheaper"? Neat

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

It’s effective. If you listen to interviews where people give reasons they voted for mango Mussolini, it’s invariably something he declared regardless of reality or evidence.

It shouldn’t take much listening to the guy to realize everything he says is BS but apparently some people only hear what they want to, and take that as fact

[–] scathliath@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 6 days ago

Straight up, the dude has been the beneficiary of the most dick-riding post-humous propaganda ever, second maybe only to Robert E. Lee or Jeff Davis.

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

The allied forces explicitly decided not to try assassinating Hitler. They were worried someone more competent would take his place.

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[–] WarlordSdocy@lemm.ee 7 points 6 days ago

The CIA must have operation paper clipped Hitler's soul.

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[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 66 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] Jumpingspiderman@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

"Man"? "Ogre", or "Demon" or "Beast" or "AntiChrist" or many other epithets for evil beings are far more appropriate to refer to HitlerBeast.

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[–] NoNotLikeThat@lemm.ee 54 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

“They are not a ‘News Show,’ but a dishonest Political Operative simply disguised as ‘News,’ and must be responsible for what they have done, and are doing,” the president wrote.

Isn't this clown being sued by the same firm that sued Fox "News" and won?

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 33 points 6 days ago

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe this is the 60 minutes in question?

https://youtu.be/odFTqgm0984

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 26 points 6 days ago

We need to protect these 60 minutes people. They’re very brave and patriotic. We owe them protection for their service to America right now

[–] Zwrt@lemmy.sdf.org 24 points 6 days ago

“They are not a ‘News Show,’ but a dishonest Political Operative simply disguised as ‘News’”

Shocked pikachu used “projecting”

[–] Zess@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

His tweets read like Donald Trump putting his own words into an LLM that edits text to sound like Donald Trump. Like he typed his normal nonsense into ChatGPT and said "make it sound smart but still like Donald Trump."

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

"Truth, Justice and the American Way!" Changed to "Money, Easy Money and Stolen Money...but only for all my friends!".

[–] Liberteez@lemm.ee 3 points 5 days ago

Free means all. Rise or fall.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 4 points 5 days ago

What could this guy do that could be illegal and punishable? What?

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 3 points 5 days ago

Trump: 60 Minutes is all lies and hate!

Faux News: Yeah, that's our thing!

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