May 8, 2024

"It is a really bad feeling to have your Constitutional Right to Free Speech, such a big part of life in our Country, so unfairly taken from you..."


"... especially when all of the sleazebags, lowlifes, and grifters that you oppose are allowed to say absolutely anything that they want. It is hard to sit back and listen to lies and false statements be made against you knowing that if you respond, even in the most modest fashion, you are told by a Corrupt and Highly Conflicted Judge that you will be PUT IN PRISON, maybe for a long period of time. This Fascist mindset is all coming from D.C. It is a sophisticated hit job on Crooked Joe Biden’s Political Opponent, ME!. Judges Engoron and Kaplan, also of New York, are equally Corrupt, only in different ways. What these THUGS are doing is AN ATTACK ON THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, AND OUR ONCE GREAT NATION ITSELF. OUR FIRST AMENDMENT MUST STAND, FREE AND STRONG. 'GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH!'"

Writes Donald Trump at Truth Social.

83 comments:

Dave Begley said...

Go Trump, go!

This is why we love him despite all his flaws.

And this is why the Dems and Fake News want to destroy him; financially and personally. Destroying Trump is the perfect example of "we had to destroy the village in order to save the village." Dems today: We had to destroy democracy and steal two elections in order to save democracy.

Sebastian said...

"hit job"

Yes. Not sure how "sophisticated."

Kevin said...

You want me in that orange jumpsuit! You NEED me in that orange jumpsuit!

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...

good gravy. Some editing would be nice. He needs and editor.

Kevin said...

If he doesn't hit back now, the next judge is going to do the same thing to him.

And the next...

wendybar said...

He is correct, as usual.

MadisonMan said...

Daring the Judge. I like it.

MadisonMan said...
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Gusty Winds said...

Trump is a total ass kicker.

I do like RFK Jr. but why is he silent on this corrupt lawfare? If they think he is shaving too many votes from Biden... they'll come after him too, with the full blessing of JFK's asshole grandson.

Paddy O said...

"He needs and editor."

an

:-)

mezzrow said...

Q: Why do you keep tying Nell to the railroad tracks, Whiplash?

A: She dared me to do it, that minx! Bwahaha! *twirls moustache*

RideSpaceMountain said...

The truth is they don't actually care what you say, they'll just make you pay for it. It's classic lese majeste. Insult the king (deep bureaucracy) till the cows come home, just be prepared for smiley-glad-hands corporate assassins with marching orders for DC.

Jamie said...

Tell us how you really feel!

No one can accuse him of being mealy-mouthed... I'm voting for Trump because fortunately his actions virtually never stray beyond the moderate, no matter his rhetoric, and because what's been done and is being done in the cause of defeating him is so illiberal that it can't be allowed to go unchallenged. But man, I wish - Well. I suspect a lot of Trump supporters wish the same thing I wish.

Achilles said...

WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...

good gravy. Some editing would be nice. He needs and editor.

You still haven't figured out why Trump gets 15-20 million more votes than the Harvard trained puppets the Republican's tried to foist on us for decades.

Desantis never figured out that we wanted to hear what he had to say, not Jeff Roe.

The rest of us don't want editors ever again.

Michael Fitzgerald said...

Every word is true.

Rocco said...

Dave Begley said...
"Dems today: We had to destroy democracy and steal two elections in order to save our democracy."

Correction: Added the bolded part. The "Democracy" the Democrats want is for to the Democrats, and the Democrats/allies alone. Not the rest of us.

And we are a Constitutional Republic anyway.

Ice Nine said...

That's a beautiful thing.

"Please throw me in jail...please, oh please..."

Trump would love nothing more than for that twink Merchan to "throw" him in jail. You just can't buy that kind of campaign ad. Surely though Merchan knows what a logistical, legal and political clusterfuck it would be - and all on his puny little shoulders. A tasty little dilemma this particular Democrat thug has put himself in.

This is getting good and it's going to be fun to watch.

Greg the Class Traitor said...

He should have mentioned that corrupt "judge" Merchan's daughter was fundraising off of the trial.

Other than that? Not the way I would have said it, but he hit the points .

RCOCEAN II said...

Yet the DC Republicans say nothing. IN fact Mitch the Bitch McConnell recently stated that he thought Trump committed crimes on J6 and should be jailed. The R response to D's use of courts and the FBI/DHS to censor people is to pass a israeli censorship bill.

BTW, did you see Mittens in his interview with Biden's secretary of state? What great buddies they are! And Mittens constantly refered to "The President" in hushed tones of respect. Mittens proudly stated he and Congress will destroy Tik-tok because it was "Too pro-palestine". So much for the 1st Admendment!

Nothing will change until Republican voters stop voting the same Uniparty clowns into office every 2 years. Will they? Doubt it. As for the New England and West Coast Democrats these shitheads will vote for Gulags as long as they get their piece of the graft.

Leland said...

I'm not sure who is who, but someone is tugging on Superman's cape.

Michael said...

He may be foaming at the mouth, but he's not wrong. And this is all quite strategic; he's not "out of control."

Gusty Winds said...

Blogger Achilles said...

Desantis never figured out that we wanted to hear what he had to say, not Jeff Roe.

The rest of us don't want editors ever again.


It's refreshing that Trump let's loose, unfiltered. Whether or not you agree, you're reading and hearing his truth. The content of this message is important. The punctuation is chicken shit.

Trump is the opposite of the talking point regurgitators and college campus liberal group think drones.

n.n said...

Trump is a victim of a liberal (i.e. divergent) perchance progressive (i.e. monotonic) culture (e.g. district of corruption, rotting apple, Pro-Choice ethical religion).

tim maguire said...

When he’s right, he’s right.

hombre said...

Screw attacks on the Republican Party. It is in large part the law that separates us from animals. Democrat corruption of the legal system subverts us all and threatens the Republic.

How unfortunate that Democrats hate Trump to the point that they find it acceptable.

Jupiter said...

Sleazebags? Check!
Lowlifes? Check!
Grifters? Hmmmmmmmm ..... Check!

mccullough said...

Trump’s bombast works better on Twitter.

John henry said...

Glad to see him calling out Brandon & Co as "Fascists"

They are, by any objective definition of the word.

First time I've noticed him using it. It's certainly been used against him enough.

I hope he can turn it back on them. Something like he did with "fake news"

John Henry

Gusty Winds said...

I spotted Ratings Challenged Lawrence O’Donnell, of MSDNC, in the Courthouse today. I haven’t seen him in years. He looks like shit, a real loser! DJT - Donald Trump Truth Social 09:57 PM 05/07/24

Awesome.

Chuck said...

Dave Begley said...
Go Trump, go!

This is why we love him despite all his flaws.
...

I understand you, Dave Begley. I believe you. I take you at your word.

I do sort of recall you being enthusiastic about DeSanctimonious, and then even more about Ramaswamy, as you expressed grave caution about Trump's eventual electability. But let's leave that aside for now. You're getting Trump; like it or not.

No matter; you're making yourself clear about your enthusiasm about Trump now; "This is why we love him..."

And I think you're right! It's not policy; it isn't about political issues. It is all about the "fight." The figurative middle finger. It's about sneering at the people who, you think, view themselves you as your betters. You want to party with all the other Deplorables. It's all about fucking up any part of the government or the media or society that says "No" to Trump. You want a fighter. You want a shitposter. You love a shitposter! You want to fuck with the Elites. And even the stupid and baseless idea that national elections were "stolen" isn't too far for you to go in that endeavor.

Yancey Ward said...

Every single word of that post 100% true. Orwell was right- speaking the truth eventually becomes a revolutionary act if lying becomes the standard.

Skeptical Voter said...

Considering that Stormy Daniels was allowed to testify (after claiming she did a pecker check) about the shape of Trump's "just average" membrum virile, The Don may have a point about sleazy low life grifters sitting on the bench and in District Attorney's offices--at least in the State of New York.

What that has to do with an accounting entry is beyond me.

Kevin said...

How many people are signing up at Truth Social today, just to respond?

AlbertAnonymous said...

Much rather have Trump unfiltered like this, than say Kamala Harris carved/molded/formed/synthesized and still saying nothing good….

One heartbeat away God help us all.

Jonathan Burack said...

It is beginning to look like the Democrats failed to learn one lesson from history. The lesson of Mayor James Curley of Boston. Won his seat on Boston's board of aldermen in 1904 while imprisoned on a fraud conviction. Later won his fourth term as mayor while under indictment and served as mayor while, for a time, in prison. His slogan: "Curley Gets Things Done." People loved him. That's America's electorate for you. As Madison put it, we designed a system in which "ambition checks ambition." You don't like it? Find a better one.

Iman said...

“GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH!'"

He says what he means and means what he says. He ain’t lying. So different from that backstabber POTATUS Biden.

But they just might take him up on that last part of the quote. You know in their hearts they’d like nothing better.

POTATUS should be allowed to die in his sleep or at the dais, arms outstretched like Frankenstein… that time is not far off.

PB said...

They hate him with a passion never before experienced in human existence. That's why they're not upset at the antisemitism loosed from the party.

Big Mike said...

"... especially when all of the sleazebags, lowlifes, and grifters that you oppose are allowed to say absolutely anything that they want.”

Pssst. Dan Froomkin, he’s talking about you.

stlcdr said...

Trump writes like he talks. Right or wrong, that's the way he is. A lot of democrats take the Trump transcripts - cherry picked - to make him appear unhinged. They won't post the video. The vocal cadence and intonation the Trump has is how real [normal] people speak.

Take the transcript of any random conversation and it appears unhinged, directionless, and random gibberish.

Left Bank of the Charles said...

The fact that Trump is free to make that statement puts a lie to his claim that his free speech rights have been unfairly taken away.

Stoutcat said...

WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...
good gravy. Some editing would be nice. He needs and editor.


Forget it. He's rolling...

Leland said...

For those thinking that Trump just begged to be thrown in jail, please explain why you think this post by Donald Trump violates the gag order. Inga told us the other day that Trump couldn't mention Merchan, Merchan's family, the Prosecutor, or members of the Jury.

Readering said...

Seems like AA puts up a different version of this for comment every day or so.

Kakistocracy said...

I'm fresh out of liberty, what was the demand?

Iman said...

You’d better report her to the authorities, Comrade Readering.

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Leora said...

He's not wrong.

effinayright said...

Left Bank of the Charles said...
The fact that Trump is free to make that statement puts a lie to his claim that his free speech rights have been unfairly taken away.
**************

So, the gag order is just bullying, right? Bullying the judge engages in almost every day, right?

Do you think a judge, with the power of the state behind him, should engage in such conduct?

Crazy World said...

Strike at the king you best not miss.

Achilles said...

"In what must be considered not only an act of doctoring evidence but willfully misleading the American people into believing the former president is a criminal and threat to national security, agents involved in the raid attached the cover sheets to at least seven files to stage the photo.

Classified cover sheets were not “recovered” in the container, contrary to Bratt’s declaration to the court. In fact, after being busted recently by defense attorneys for mishandling evidence in the case, Bratt had to fess up about how the cover sheets actually ended up on the documents. "

tommyesq said...

It's about sneering at the people who, you think, view themselves you as your betters.

Chuck said, oozing condescenscion...

Leland said...

Blogger Left Bank of the Charles said...
The fact that Trump is free to make that statement puts a lie to his claim that his free speech rights have been unfairly taken away.


So why couldn't he say the same about Merchan then? Is it your belief that you have free speech if somebody can write only what they are allowed to write?

Clyde said...

Well said.

Clyde said...

Vladimir Lenin was convicted without trial and exiled to Siberia for three years, before going into exile in Germany. Adolf Hitler, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela all were imprisoned by their political foes, who thought that they had them right where they wanted them. All of them eventually returned in triumph and overthrew the systems that had imprisoned them, for good or (mostly) ill. What makes the Biden regime think that it will happen differently this time if they can manage to imprison Trump?

Gusty Winds said...

Blogger Left Bank of the Charles said...
The fact that Trump is free to make that statement puts a lie to his claim that his free speech rights have been unfairly taken away.

Although chicken shit money for Trump, he just paid a $9000 dollar fine for his "free speech." Judge is still threatening jail, but at this point the Biden WH is telling the judge don't do it.

What are you expecting? A ball gag and a gimp mask? Your post at minimum is bending the truth. Nobody is threatening to fine you or put you in jail.

Jim at said...

good gravy. Some editing would be nice. He needs and editor.

Apparently, so do you.

traditionalguy said...

Warrior words from a good man. Hooah.

Meanwhile our installed dictator cuts off sending needed ammo to Israel in time of war. INSANITY.

Kevin said...

The fact that Trump is free to make that statement puts a lie to his claim that his free speech rights have been unfairly taken away.

Right, just as the fact Jews still live puts a lie to the claim the Holocaust happened.

Goetz von Berlichingen said...

Tell me you don't understand Free Speech rights without saying you don't understand Free Speech rights...


Blogger Left Bank of the Charles said...

The fact that Trump is free to make that statement puts a lie to his claim that his free speech rights have been unfairly taken away.

5/8/24, 12:18 PM

MfG,
Goetz von Berlichingen

lonejustice said...

Geez, what a fucking idiot. Give me liberty or give me death? What bullshit. Patrick Henry and our founders faced real death. No one is going to hang Trump for having sex with a porn star.

Yancey Ward said...

"The fact that Trump is free to make that statement puts a lie to his claim that his free speech rights have been unfairly taken away."

And, Left Bank, if he is fined again by the judge or put in jail for the comment, will you come back here and admit that you were wrong with the above quote, or will you disappear like a fart in the wind for a week before returning to make some other stupid remark?

Yancey Ward said...

Chuck the Cunt continues to devolve.

The Godfather said...

Early on, I preferred any less "controversial" Republican nominee than Trump, if he/she supported the same policies. So we could focus on policy, not personalities. But the way it's worked out, Trump has become the proof that the Left (including the supposedly "moderate" Biden) is the real threat to civil liberties and reasonable policies. President Biden's Justice Department has thrown sincere, unarmed demonstrators in jail for long terms as though they were insurrectionist. Now Biden and his allies are doing all they can to tie up their principal opponent in lawfare so he can't campaign.

I hear and read Biden supporters saying that Trump's election would mean "the end of democracy". But isn't it just the other way? Isn't it Biden, the incumbent President, whose supporters have imprisoned and harassed Trump's supporters and are trying to use the legal systems they control to prevent Trump from campaigning, who are the real threat to democracy?

Inga said...

“Inga told us the other day that Trump couldn't mention Merchan, Merchan's family, the Prosecutor, or members of the Jury.”

Wrong. I didn’t say Trump couldn’t mention Judge Merchan or the prosecutor. I did say the gag order prohibits him from talking about the family of the judge, the prosecutor, the jurors themselves or their families, the witnesses or their families.

Gospace said...

Just for a moment let's talk about some perjury committed before the court:

Justice Merchan acknowledged that jailing Mr. Trump was 'the last thing' he wanted to do, but explained that it was his responsibility to 'protect the dignity of the justice system.

Oh, wait- that was perjury committed by the court. Of course he wants to throw Trump in jail. That's why he hasn't dismissed the ridiculous charges.

Inga said...

@Leland…
Here is what I actually said.

“Blogger Inga said...
“I don't understand why a defendant can't talk about what is going on with the trial and what he thinks about it. It seems to me that the only people who shouldn't be discussing it with anyone are the members of the jury.”

The gag order does not prohibit Trump from talking about the trial, or from testifying. It prohibits Trump from saying things about the jury, witnesses or relatives of the judge or court staff that would affect in their role as juror, witness, or endanger them from doing their civic duty, or endanger relatives of court staff including the judge.

5/6/24, 2:35 PM”

Inga said...

“Geez, what a fucking idiot. Give me liberty or give me death? What bullshit. Patrick Henry and our founders faced real death. No one is going to hang Trump for having sex with a porn star.”

Thanks for the chuckle!

Mark said...

The guy is a certifiable nut case with his ranting and raving, and you folks are serious about voting for him. Yes, not just voting to stop Biden, but actually voting FOR Trump.

How low this country has sunk.

victoria said...

He knows how to play the victim and have all of the misguided right wing people file in behind him and believe all his lies. DO you want a professional victim for President? Heck no. What a vile, disgusting whiny baby. He doesn't care about the American People at all. Do any of them, left or right care? Heck no, but he wants people to believe that he does care. No no no.


Vicki from Pasadena

Leland said...

Inga is repeating herself like the broken record she is.

Ann Althouse said...

But then wasn't Patrick Henry being a bit of a drama queen? What "liberty" was such a big deal that he would supposedly rather be dead than lose it? Such posturing! Such a whiny baby! Can't put up with restrictions imposed by the legal authorities. It's got to be his way or "death." Ridiculous!

Goetz von Berlichingen said...

Ann:
The targets of your comment will never understand your irony. Intellectual honesty is hard to find among that group.

MfG, Goetz von Berlichingen

Howard said...

According to Wikipedia, "give me liberty or give me death" may be apocryphal, which seems to be true for most famous quotes not attributed to Shakespeare.

BUMBLE BEE said...

No sign of intelligent life in Pasadena still. Honestly no intellect present.

effinayright said...

Lonejustice and Inga said...
“Geez, what a fucking idiot. Give me liberty or give me death? What bullshit. Patrick Henry and our founders faced real death. No one is going to hang Trump for having sex with a porn star.”

Thanks for the chuckle!
***********

What a pair of fuckwits. Trump is quoting Patrick Henry, who was not facing death at the time he made his famous declaration in 1775, as the colonies had not yet declared their independence.

Henry was making a "passionate plea for liberty and.. expressing a willingness to risk everything for the cause of freedom."

It's pretty clear you assholes are confusing Patrick Henry with Nathan Hale.

It's also pretty clear you both have gone through life "fat, drunk and stupid".

effinayright said...

Howard said...
According to Wikipedia, "give me liberty or give me death" may be apocryphal, which seems to be true for most famous quotes not attributed to Shakespeare.
***************

What bullshit. TYPICAL Howardian bullshit, especially the idiocy about quotes not attributed to Shakespeare. How stupid can a person be????

Here's the full Patrick Henry speech, from March 23, 1775:

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/primary-sources/give-me-liberty-or-give-me-death

FullMoon said...

Inga said...

.....

"Thanks for the chuckle!"

5/8/24, 6:19 PM


Umm, Inga,
apparently you are unaware that "chuckle" is shorthand for a particularly dangerous, illegal, and disgusting sexual fetish.

Iman said...

Li’l old lady from Pasadena wants the guy who victimizes Americans.

Achilles said...

Left Bank of the Charles said...

The fact that Trump is free to make that statement puts a lie to his claim that his free speech rights have been unfairly taken away.

This is how stupid you have to be to support the Biden Regime.

Meanwhile Joe Biden illegally halted arms shipments to Ukraine, err Israel sparking impeachment by the house.

Achilles said...

Ann Althouse said...

But then wasn't Patrick Henry being a bit of a drama queen? What "liberty" was such a big deal that he would supposedly rather be dead than lose it? Such posturing! Such a whiny baby! Can't put up with restrictions imposed by the legal authorities. It's got to be his way or "death." Ridiculous!

What do you mean his?

Patrick Henry was a black woman. All of the founders were.

Robert Cook said...

"When he’s right, he’s right."

Well, sure, as with anyone. The thing is, he's rarely right.

In fact, he rarely talks about facts, or in any other mode than boasts, complaints, name-calling, and sloganeering. In short, self-aggrandizement, bloviating and pandering.

To rephrase a line from a 60s tv show: "No fact, just brag...and scapegoating and flim flam."

Robert Cook said...

"Strike at the king you best not miss."

King? I think you fail to understand how much fuss we raised a couple of hundred plus years ago to rid ourselves of kings. But, there are always those who yearn for a king to rule them, as we see in the desperate clamoring by so many for Trump to reclaim his "rightful" sovereignty.

Paul From Minneapolis said...

Chuck, all you did there was find an unnecessarily long way of reiterating your misunderstanding of what motivates people who might support Trump. Although you're sort of correct that matters of style enter into things: it is particularly annoying to be lectured at by people who go around with bags over their brains.