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Jason Merchey's avatar

That is great because I have been dismayed at all the companies, people, firms and universities who have bent the knee.

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Jane in NC's avatar

THANK YOU, LINCOLN SQUARE! We don't need any more cowards, we have enough of those. What we need are heroes willing to stand up and say, "NO!" to the authoritarian demands of his regime. Thank you, Lincoln Square for always being there to draw the line.

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Nenapoma's avatar

Tip of the sword …

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Liz Scheffler's avatar

Actually I have been expecting this for some time. FCC licensing is the Damocles sword hanging over broadcast media. Who controls the FCC controls broadcast. The question should be will this expanded to the Internet and streaming

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Linda Warner's avatar

Unreal. I can’t ditch Disney because of grandchild. Her mother dismissed them

a year ago and is a Universal Studio mom. ABC & NBC & Paramount are out of my channel cue. I can live without telly. We never had one until I was 15 in 1972. My own adult children don’t have television.

My husband’s family was active in the Danish Resistance during WWII. Nazi’s took over their farm. They had curfews. They had Nazi’s eating their farm animals. They were eating grass and weeds by the end of the war. They traded cigarettes to Nazi soldiers for guns & ammunition because the soldiers were children. Typical soldier, “my mother says I’m 15. Hitler says I’m 19.” If they can do without, we can too.

Midterms must turn Congress…unless they turn quickly, seated Republicans are in trouble. Trump can’t buy the votes of farms already heading to foreclosure. He can’t uncrash the real estate industry that is on the cusp. He can’t shut RFK Jr up. He can’t give Pete Kegsbreath common sense. He can’t force Nobel Prize Committee to nominate him. He can’t control NATO’s response to Ukraine & Poland. They know what Russia is capable of. He can’t expect UAE to be trusted with the chips. If he lets Maxwell out, the actual trafficker…every woman and man with a daughter will know what he is made of. I’m pissed she’s out of high security prison and could get work release. Such a fucking criminal liar!

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Tim_TEC's avatar

Remember when MAGA Republicans were howling about being silenced? Remember when the MAGAs screeched about censorship? Remember when Gym Jordan and Comer Pyle held Congressional hearings about how conservatives were being cancelled by the Biden Administration? Remember when MAGAs were wrapping themselves in the flag of absolute free speech?

Those were all lies. This is the real weaponization of government to censor any speech they dislike and to bring in an era of cancel culture to decimate voices on the left.

It will be Substack with its partners like Lincoln Square and Meidas Touch that will protect our democracy and freedom.

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Cheryl Dr. W's avatar

This is why I have supported Lincoln Square from the beginning. I’m praying The Daily Show group of Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert (remember his separate show?), Hasan Minhaj, Trevor Noah (who was the first who warned America about Trump with his photo of him as an African general dictator), and others will continue to poke the Trump in other media. There are opportunities other than CBS, ABC, and NBC. I need to do research who owns what channels .

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Laura Havranek's avatar

What petty ridiculous actions by taRUMP, his minions and the corporations. Cancelling my streaming subscriptions. I will be better served on SubStack

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Donna Nicholson's avatar

Why doesn't someone show all the awful things that FOX news says? There are tons of clips that proves they're spewing "hate speech"!

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Protect the Vote's avatar

Nazi Election Rigging: This Is A Must See Please Watch

Marc Elias at Democracy Docket in this video shows how the Nazi power takeover threatens our ability to vote https://bit.ly/4gtmAwR

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ESF's avatar

Laughter is truly the best medicine, right up there with free speech!

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David Hope's avatar

Right you are; as often as I may write that, in this instance, may it please God.

It is our duty, and our day, to shine bright as the warm sun of noonday.

Future generations will remember what we choose to do in this hour.

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Marci Lait's avatar

Trump said that Kimmel isn’t funny and should have been fired for his bad ratings. LOL, so says the snake with terrible ratings

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LouisBDL's avatar

What will happen when the government pressures Substack to close your account? I hope you have a backup plan.

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Marcia Hausken's avatar

Keep up the fight! Resist!

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Peter M.'s avatar

Yes - we have to keep resisting for democracy, free speech, rule of law!

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