Doesn't freedom include the right to NOT do something, and not to be forced to do something?
this post was submitted on 17 Jul 2026
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Better title :
"NBC, ABC and others see the lying Taco pedo as an explosive bullshit disease"
In their defense, it was very boring. The white house hyped it up like he was going to drop a bomb, but it was just the same speech he always does
That's just it.
No substance, no air time. It eliminates having to fact check afterwards as well. Double win!
Whine like a bitch about it, why don't you snowflake...?
Try not listening to him, like these broadcasters did. Nothing of value was lost.
They didn't carry Obama's address on healthcare, they didn't carry Biden's address on the threat to democracy. What's good for the goose...
I just caught a goose this morning. Please continue, what is good for it.
The answer is always sexual intercourse.
You usually don’t broadcast things that don’t qualify as newsworthy.
What about the Epstein files ? Already forgotten.
Bullying and lying should also come with penalties.
Hands are still too big
This one? I watched it through ABC. He's full of shit.
That parasite that you've got going on, should help a little bit, however I bet he's a salad dodger
Barring PINO from the screen would protect everyone's sanity. A matter of global security.
To the surprise of absolutely no one.
Having a Cluster B in charge is fun. Isn’t this fun? The toxic branch of the DSM, the least capable of remission of the 4 (and never, at 80), and spiraling down into Dimentia. Who thought this was a good idea?
It's definitely been a fun experience in exposure therapy as someone with trauma from folks with unregulated cluster b disorders… At this point I'd settle for a president with a cluster a
More than half of the American electorate.
And money-obsessed persons pushing for his election on any platform they own.
Not even close. More than 1/3 of the electorate didn't even vote and, of the ones who did, slightly less than half voted for Trump.
I was expecting that excuse to come up, it often does.
People who don't vote are effectively voting "we're okay with whatever everyone else chooses." So when Trump wins those people voted for Trump.
From the same person who threatened to take away broadcast license from networks who broadcasted his pedo-ass getting manhandled in the debate against Harris.
...and when the couch-fucker got "fact checked" in his debate
Another trumpertantrum. Of course the toddler says that.
That was their fact-checking filter. They already know that Trump lies whenever he opens his mouth or types something on "truth" social, so they proactively did not send it.
Yes, really, any station that broadcasts a Trump speech should get shut down for spreading misinformation.
Traitors
Ope, too bad nobody was listening when you said that!
His sycophants were alllll ears
what a whiny bitch
Spicer: ‘A lot of negative comments’ from MAGA faithful after Trump address
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5973895-sean-spicer-trump-election-security/
well, good.
...because they wanted to see him go further and introduce a plan
instead of backing up his claims he resorts to threats. great move.
You expect him to back up his claims?
well, he did back it up like a real tantrum toddler.
What a feckless president, such an embarrassment.
what a whiny little snot
::yawn::