Right Continues Crusade to Censor Speech

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

The Trump administration is using the killing of bigoted conservative activist Charlie Kirk to justify a crackdown on a purported network of left-wing agitators in America, but a stream of evidence continues to undermine their false narrative.

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The right is trying to criminalize people who tell the truth about one of their beloved figures, but it will not change the reality of what he stood for.

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They should just plonk everybody they don't agree with, or add them to their 'k*ll list' ..oops 'k*ll file'. Is the thought that counts.
In communism, the citizen censors off-narrative information.

#1 | Posted by sir_vicks at 2025-09-17 05:45 PM | Reply

I'm SURE our Free Speech Crusader Jeff posted this!

Oh...

I forget he only cares if Dems are censoring fake doctors, foreign agents, and calls for violence.

#2 | Posted by Sycophant at 2025-09-17 05:45 PM | Reply

In communism

#1 | POSTED BY SIR_VICKS

Someone would have pushed you out a window ten years ago.

#3 | Posted by Zed at 2025-09-17 05:53 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

who farted?

#4 | Posted by sir_vicks at 2025-09-17 06:00 PM | Reply

archive.is

#5 | Posted by sir_vicks at 2025-09-17 06:35 PM | Reply

wow!!! the left has been trying to sensor speech for as long as I can remember. back in the Clinton years Bill and Hillary and Company tried to shut down opposing views all the time, especially Rush Limbaugh. May not have agreed with Rush, but he had the right of Free Speech!! And, so did Charlie Kirk, and the Left killed him for it

#6 | Posted by Maverick at 2025-09-17 07:08 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

So, you are saying that both sides do it (supposedly) so it's OK to do?

That makes it alright?

Even your Whatabouisms suck.

#7 | Posted by Corky at 2025-09-17 07:14 PM | Reply

ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Live!' Indefinitely After Host's Charlie Kirk Comments

variety.com

#8 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-09-17 07:20 PM | Reply

There's a thread up about it.

But

#9 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-09-17 07:22 PM | Reply

Trump loves him some Viktor Orban.
Trump - turning America into ------ nation.
Congrats all you MAGAt fccks.

#10 | Posted by YAV at 2025-09-17 07:37 PM | Reply

" I'm SURE our Free Speech Crusader Jeff posted this!

Oh...

I forget he only cares if Dems are censoring fake doctors, foreign agents, and calls for violence.

#2 | POSTED BY SYCOPHANT AT 2025-09-17 05:45 PM | FLAG: "

You are such a pathetic troll. You actively cheered a censorship regime for 4 years. Shut up and sit in the corner and feel shame.

As for this ... Bondi has been getting blasted over this by all sorts of conservative pundits along with NRO. I don't know about other outlets - busy day today and I haven't had time to check. Unlike Sycophant, I oppose ALL efforts by our government to engage in censorship regardless of which party is making the effort.

#11 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-09-17 07:45 PM | Reply

the Left killed him for it

#6 | POSTED BY MAVERICK

That's right. We all stayed up late one night and watched old movies, munching popcorn, and decided that we'd just up and kill Charlie Kirk.

And we couldn't find anyone better than that sad college dropout to do it for us.

#12 | Posted by Zed at 2025-09-17 07:52 PM | Reply

"You actively cheered a censorship regime for 4 years."

You've made that claim dozens of times, and dozens of times you've been asked to point to ONE EXAMPLE.

So far, zero-for-everything.

You're not even batting above The Mendoza Line.

Meanwhile, Trump LITERALLY STATES HE's WEAPONIZING the Justice Department, and you don't make a peep.

STFD and STFU.

#13 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-09-17 07:53 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

" I oppose ALL efforts by our government to engage in censorship"

When will you be posting your first thread about the guy who ADMITTED he's doing it?

#14 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-09-17 07:55 PM | Reply

I oppose ALL efforts by our government to engage in censorship regardless of which party is making the effort.

#11 | Posted by BellRinger

Yeah you oppose them so hard by voting for the con man traitor who TOLD YOU AHEAD OF TIME he'd attack the free press.

#15 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-09-17 07:55 PM | Reply

Biden set a bad president.

It's too bad ----------- didn't tell them to pound sand. What he did then and what he's doing now is ----, but I digress.

There are better solutions for dealing with -------- who present demonstrateable -------- as legitimate news.

But, like a lot of things these days, this is unhinged.

#16 | Posted by horstngraben at 2025-09-17 08:01 PM | Reply

President was obviously a hilarious pun, and definitely not an error.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

#17 | Posted by horstngraben at 2025-09-17 08:03 PM | Reply

" It's too bad ----------- didn't tell them to pound sand."

Zucker never mentioned WHAT was "censored", when there was every reason to ... unless it was embarrassing to Zuck, of course.

Since Zuck avoided the specifics, the only logical conclusion is, it was about the impossibility of overdosing on ivermectin.

Basically, the Tide Pods challenge of COVID.

#18 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-09-17 08:07 PM | Reply

" 13 | POSTED BY DANFORTH AT 2025-09-17 07:53 PM | FLAG: "

You've been given tons of evidence. Twitter files. Zuckerberg's own admission. For starters. More has come out since. I can lead you to water but can't make you drink.

Between you and I this discussion long ago became circular.

#19 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-09-17 08:45 PM | Reply

Biden set a bad president.

It's too bad ----------- didn't tell them to pound sand. What he did then and what he's doing now is ----, but I digress.

There are better solutions for dealing with -------- who present demonstrateable -------- as legitimate news.

But, like a lot of things these days, this is unhinged.

#16 | Posted by horstngraben

Biden should have kicked fox news out of the white house when they pled in court that they're just entertainment not news.

As for him asking facebook and twitter to censor russian propaganda, what is the problem with that. He actually did far too little to combat russia's espionage attacks.

#20 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-09-17 08:46 PM | Reply

You've been given tons of evidence. Twitter files. Zuckerberg's own admission. For starters. More has come out since. I can lead you to water but can't make you drink.

Between you and I this discussion long ago became circular.

#19 | Posted by BellRinger

Then I'll tag in.

If the government finds that online platforms are being used by america's enemies to harm america, what is the government's duty in that situation?

#21 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-09-17 08:47 PM | Reply

" If the government finds that online platforms are being used by america's enemies to harm america, what is the government's duty in that situation?

#21 | POSTED BY SPEAKSOFTLY AT 2025-09-17 08:47 PM | FLAG: "

Encourage the likes of community notes and trust its citizens to call out obvious BS.

#22 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-09-17 09:05 PM | Reply

" Then I'll tag in."

Be honest, at some point in your life you were a WWE fan. It was WWF when I was a fan.

#23 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-09-17 09:13 PM | Reply

You are such a pathetic troll. You actively cheered a censorship regime for 4 years. Shut up and sit in the corner and feel shame.

#11 | Posted by BellRinger

Censorship to Jeff:
Twitter won't PROMOTE the posts of a doctor thrown out of three courtrooms for junk science. He can still post to his audience, just not promoted by Twitter.

Not Censorship to Jeff:
Trump attacking networks, shows, newspapers, reporters, and anyone else who is critical of him, even revoking VISAs and Green Cards of people critical of him

Jeff, we all said this would happen.

#24 | Posted by Sycophant at 2025-09-17 10:31 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

#24.

When you resort to assigning to me a position I've never taken, you've already lost.

I am critical of censorship. Period. Your criticisms are 100% situational.

#25 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-09-17 10:34 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

" You've been given tons of evidence. Twitter files."

Which showed ZERO instances of the government overriding the editorial board.

"Zuckerberg's own admission."

Of NOTHING. The fact Zuckerberg wasn't SPECIFIC makes it painfully obvious it was embarrassing to Zuck, otherwise he would've NAMED what the government was trying to censor.

Clearly, it was something like "the Drinking Bleach challenge".

But you're already on record supporting MALINFORMATION, the kind of post which could injure or kill others. And why?!?

Water-carrying partisanship.

#26 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-09-17 11:18 PM | Reply

Which showed ZERO instances of the government overriding the editorial board.
- DeflectionForth

How about intimidation?

Not what the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that held;

several Biden administration officials violated the First Amendment in two ways: First, some officials unlawfully bullied and intimidated social media platforms into changing their content moderation policies, and second, other officials became so entangled with the companies' moderation processes that those companies were no longer making their own independent decisions.

#27 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-09-17 11:32 PM | Reply

You are such a pathetic troll. You actively cheered a censorship regime for 4 years. Shut up and sit in the corner and feel shame.

Still pushing this bulls*&^ line.

Sorry to inform you, but your team, the people you voted for, are participating in actual censorship. The type the 1A is meant to prevent.

You're responsible for far more actual censorship than any librul here, sport.

#28 | Posted by jpw at 2025-09-18 09:33 AM | Reply

And, so did Charlie Kirk, and the Left killed him for it

#6 | Posted by Maverick

GFY idiot.

#29 | Posted by jpw at 2025-09-18 09:34 AM | Reply

Meanwhile, Trump LITERALLY STATES HE's WEAPONIZING the Justice Department, and you don't make a peep.
STFD and STFU.

#13 | Posted by Danforth

I wish I had more than one NW flag to give for my country.

#30 | Posted by jpw at 2025-09-18 09:35 AM | Reply

You've been given tons of evidence. Twitter files.

The twitter files were a bust, tiger.

Merely the beginning of Musk ingratiating himself with the maga moron crowd because he saw opportunity and $$.

#31 | Posted by jpw at 2025-09-18 09:37 AM | Reply

Encourage the likes of community notes and trust its citizens to call out obvious BS.

#22 | Posted by BellRinger

Except idiots like you fall for it. Every time.

The reason people like you get all pissy about 'cradle to the grave gubmint' and whine about how you don't need it is because you know, deep down, that you actually do need it and it pisses you off.

#32 | Posted by jpw at 2025-09-18 09:40 AM | Reply

Iircthe "twitter files" refers to the federal government allegedly getting news companies to not publish stories about the hunter Biden laptop before the 2020 election

Jeff can never explain why foxnews the Washington times OAN etc didn't pursue the story

#33 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-09-18 09:53 AM | Reply

And, so did Charlie Kirk, and the Left killed him for it

#6 | Posted by Maverick

The "left" didnt kill anyone.

His name is Tyler Robinson and he represents and speaks only for himself. And maybe a few friends on discord who were as surprised as the rest of us.

He is from a Mormon family and is not even a registered voter.

And if the truth be told (it will someday but not by this President obviously) he came from the same warped online world as Charlie Kirk. So if he "represents " anyone it's the people from that community.

#34 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-09-18 10:51 AM | Reply

"the Left killed him for it"

Of course, a political ideology doesn't actually kill people.

That's an absurd notion.

Are you saying that when a mentally unbalanced person grabs a gun and kills someone or multiple people, you think it's possible a political ideology is to blame?

what a notion.........

#35 | Posted by eberly at 2025-09-18 11:01 AM | Reply

#24.
When you resort to assigning to me a position I've never taken, you've already lost.
I am critical of censorship. Period. Your criticisms are 100% situational.

#25 | Posted by BellRinger

Sorry.

We had this debate.

The example at #24 is the ONLY example of censorship you could find at the height of your crazy "Biden is censoring Conservatives" hysteria.

And you voted 3 times for a man known to be the Censor in Chief.

You are done here. EVERYONE knows your real positions.

#36 | Posted by Sycophant at 2025-09-18 11:17 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Nothing but cowards.

#37 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-09-18 11:40 AM | Reply

Encourage the likes of community notes and trust its citizens to call out obvious BS.

#22 | Posted by BellRinger

So the government has no obligation to protect the country against foreign attacks other than warning people about them?

#38 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-09-18 01:56 PM | Reply

Bunch of pedo protecting snowflakes.

#39 | Posted by 2020Rocks at 2025-09-18 02:45 PM | Reply

Trump wants the four women who protested him at a restaurant to be arrested under RICO charges.

"Free DC! Free Palestine! Trump is Hitler of our time!" [VIDEO]

His response isn't fear. He smirks and finger waves security take them out.

Brave ladies.

#40 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2025-09-18 02:47 PM | Reply