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Wednesday, March 25, 2026

We just won Missouri v. Biden. As Missouri's Attorney General, I sued the Biden regime for brazenly colluding with Big Tech to silence Missouri families " censoring the truth about COVID, the Hunter Biden laptop, the open border, and the 2020 election. They tried to turn Facebook, X, YouTube, and the rest into their private speech police, labeling dissent "misinformation" while they pushed their narrative on the American people. Today, after years of unrelenting litigation, we deep state into a historic 10-year, court-enforceable Consent Decree. It directly binds the Surgeon General, the CDC, and CISA: no more threats of legal, regulatory, or economic punishment. No more coercion. No more unilateral direction or veto of platform decisions to remove, suppress, deplatform, or algorithmically bury protected speech.

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This is something JPW and Danforth have lectured me that it never happened.

#1 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-03-25 07:45 PM | Reply

... They tried to turn Facebook, X, YouTube, and the rest into their private speech police, labeling dissent "misinformation" ...

Were those who spoke out against the COVID policies at the time spreading disinformation?

The legal win seems to be more about free speech than the truth of that speech.

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-25 08:08 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"the truth about COVID, the Hunter Biden laptop, the open border, and the 2020 election"

What MAGA believes as the "truth" about COVID was harmful disinformation and lies, what they published about Hunter Biden's laptop was lies, "the open border" was a lie, and the lies about the "2020 election" helped foment treason. Harmful misinformation and disinformation should be censored

#3 | Posted by hamburglar at 2026-03-25 08:46 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

This is something JPW and Danforth have lectured me that it never happened.
#1 | Posted by BellRinger

Yes, much like the voter fraud that the SAVE act protects us from never happened.

#4 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-03-25 08:50 PM | Reply

" Harmful misinformation and disinformation should be censored

#3 | POSTED BY HAMBURGLAR AT 2026-03-25 08:46 PM | FLAG: "

This is exactly y why we have 1A. Authoritarian jackhloles will abuse powers given to them.

#5 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-03-25 08:58 PM | Reply

What should be censored? Name some things.

#6 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-03-25 08:59 PM | Reply

Obviously the lies about Trump losing the 2020 Election are.... just as stupid as all the rest of this oblivious X post thread.

#7 | Posted by Corky at 2026-03-25 09:07 PM | Reply

"No more unilateral direction or veto of platform decisions to remove, suppress, deplatform, or algorithmically bury protected speech."

The only speech these guys ever advocate for is...
Nazi speech.

#8 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-03-25 09:10 PM | Reply

" This is something JPW and Danforth have lectured me that it never happened."

The fact Zuckerberg never mentioned what he was "censored" about proves it was something idiotic, like the "let's eat Tide pods" challenge.

You can bet the house if it was something that would make the censors look ludicrous, he would've blurted it out.

#9 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-03-25 09:16 PM | Reply

And did you see the claim?!? At the center of it, this guy is lying about the 2020 elections ... Again.

And Bellringer is carrying water for it. What a non-surprise.

#10 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-03-25 09:18 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

" Authoritarian jackhloles will abuse powers given to them."

But enough about TikTok.

Let me guess: you would have let the "you can't die from an overdose of ivermectin" guy keep going, even if there was an epidemic of folks being killed by ivermectin overdoses.

You're the reason we have to have public health laws.

#11 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-03-25 09:21 PM | Reply

What should be censored? Name some things.

Late-night talk show hosts,
Puerto Rican pop stars,
any news org. critical of Trump,
info about what is happening in Iran.

I'm sure I missed a bunch of others.

#12 | Posted by horstngraben at 2026-03-25 09:32 PM | Reply

I knew Danforth would be in tears over this ruling. On the one hand, he claims censorship didn't happen (it quite clearly did, according to this court) on the other hand he extolls the virtues of censorship.

#13 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-03-25 09:33 PM | Reply

This is exactly y why we have 1A. Authoritarian jackhloles will abuse powers given to them.

Posted by BellRinger at 2026-03-25 08:58 PM | Reply

You're just mad that RCADE banned your Jeff account and you can't use it anymore. Cry me a river.

#14 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2026-03-25 09:36 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

#14. This has nothing to do with Rcade.

#15 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-03-25 09:42 PM | Reply

@#13 ... I knew Danforth would be in tears over this ruling. ...

Why does your current trolling always seem to make its replies ad hominem attacks, instead of addressing the issues raised?

Oh, yeah, as it has stated... more replies.

#16 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-25 09:47 PM | Reply

-You're just mad that RCADE banned your Jeff account and you can't use it anymore. Cry me a river.

I thought he reinstated Jeff's account.

#17 | Posted by Eberly at 2026-03-25 09:47 PM | Reply

" On the one hand, he claims censorship didn't happen"

No, I claimed that you couldn't find any examples of the Biden government censoring media outlets.

I also pointed out if the editorial board agrees with the governments suggestion, that's not censorship. I asked for any examples where the editorial board disagreed, and the government forced them into decisions they didn't want.

You never found any. The "Twitter files" was all about editorial boards doing what editorial boards are supposed to do.

And as I pointed out upthread, when Zuckerberg complained of the government "yelling at him", he never bothered saying about what.

Anybody who doesn't think that's telling for the manchild is an idiot.

#18 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-03-25 10:07 PM | Reply

" on the other hand he extolls the virtues of censorship."

Where government steps in and stops the "let's eat tide pods challenge", because people are dying from it left and right ... ?

That's the hill you're trying to die on???

(The real irony: you probably will.)

#19 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-03-25 10:09 PM | Reply

" (it quite clearly did, according to this court)"

Did you miss the guy's summation? He was proud that he gets to keep telling his lies.

Turns out you're a proud boy as well.

#20 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-03-25 10:11 PM | Reply

" No, I claimed that you couldn't find any examples of the Biden government censoring media outlets. "

So, what is the point of this ruling.

And you always pick the most extreme examples and act as if those were the ONLY things that were censored.

#21 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-03-25 10:16 PM | Reply

@#21 .... So, what is the point of this ruling. ...

Good question.

What is the point of this ruling?


Yer up ...

#22 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-25 10:18 PM | Reply

@#19 ... Where government steps in and stops the "let's eat tide pods challenge", because people are dying from it left and right ... ?

That's the hill you're trying to die on??? ...

An area hospital...

Danbury's outdoor hospital could treat variety of patients (2020)
www.newstimes.com

... Crews progressed Thursday on installing the 25-bed tented facility that Danbury Hospital says would be equipped to handle a surge in patients due to the coronavirus.

Danbury Hospital has not decided when or how it plans to use the facility, which is expected be fully set up outside the hospital by mid-day Friday in a city that is recording the third-highest number of cases in the state.

But it is meant to prepare the hospital for a potential influx of patients that is straining hospitals in nearby New York and has overwhelmed health systems in Italy and Spain

"We're developing the mobile field hospital as a what if' and looking a number of different scenarios for how we could use this field hospital," said Matthew Cassavechia, director of emergency medical services at Danbury Hospital. ...


#23 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-25 10:24 PM | Reply

" you always pick the most extreme examples and act as if those were the ONLY things that were censored."

That's because even the most extreme ones you're against censoring.

You've NEVER drawn a line. Anywhere. Somebody puts out malinformation that kills people??? You're ready to carry water for the fatal advice.

#24 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-03-25 10:25 PM | Reply

@#22 ... Good question.

What is the point of this ruling? ...

In my view, (in a nutshell) ...

I saw area hospitals setting up treatment tents in their parking lots to treat those affected by COVID.

And this ruling seems to say that the goverment, charged with protecting us, cannot issue guidelines to avoid COVID.

But some objected to the government trying to keep people safe.

And we wound up with this opinion.


#25 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-25 10:29 PM | Reply

"and act as if those were the ONLY things that were censored."

This guy is claiming lies about Hunter Biden's laptop, lies about an "open border", and lies about Trump wining the 2020 election.

And you're leading the parade.

#26 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-03-25 10:30 PM | Reply

"what is the point of this ruling."

Cherry-picking your judge and your venue werks!

#27 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-03-25 10:31 PM | Reply

" Missouri v. Biden"

Why do you act like nothing happened?

#28 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-03-25 10:32 PM | Reply

"labeling dissent "misinformation""

"Dissent" being anyone who pointed out bleach up the wazoo would kill you.

#29 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-03-25 10:33 PM | Reply

"Why do you act like nothing happened?"

Because the moron can't answer the same questions you can't answer.

If Rudy had a copy, what was keeping him from exposing what he had?
If it was censorship, why did Fox News, Newsmax, and the other right-wing outlets go along?
If 2020 was stolen, when will you be presenting the first bit of proof INSIDE a courtroom?
And don't get me started on the "open border" lies.

He's just lucky he found an idiot of a judge. MO's Aileen Cannon.

#30 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-03-25 10:37 PM | Reply

Trump is a cocksucking fag.

#31 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-03-25 10:49 PM | Reply

@#23 ... Crews progressed Thursday on installing the 25-bed tented facility that Danbury Hospital says would be equipped to handle a surge in patients due to the coronavirus. ...

And, major kudos to Danbury Hospital for having a plan to deal with such emergencies.

We often forget how the medical community had rallied, big time, during the COVID pandemic.

I, for one, want to cite that awesome ~rise to the occasion.~




#32 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-25 10:51 PM | Reply

@#31

You're off this evening.

I would have expected a better comment from you.

I mean, your "Secretary of Bar" comment ( drudge.com ) was quite apropos.

Jus' sayin'

;)

#33 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-25 10:55 PM | Reply

" He's just lucky he found an idiot of a judge"

I take it you can refute the majority opinion.

#34 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-03-25 10:59 PM | Reply

#21

You're a stupid fucking cunt, you stupid bitch. Fuck off and die you gutless coward.

#35 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-03-25 10:59 PM | Reply

#34

Fuck off cunt

#36 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-03-25 10:59 PM | Reply

... what is the point of this ruling. [sic]

It's not a "ruling." It's a Consent Decree. More commonly known as a settlement agreement. As is common with settlements there is no admission of the factual or legal basis for the claims or positions of the parties. It applies to no one else. It can only be enforced by the named parties. It establishes no precedent.

17. The parties acknowledge that this Agreement is entered into solely for the purpose of settling and compromising any remaining claims in this action without further litigation, and, except as stated explicitly in the text of the Agreement, it shall not be construed as evidence or as an admission regarding any issues of law or fact, or regarding the truth or validity of any allegation or claim raised in this action or in any other action.
nclalegal.org

As such, the settlement is not an example of federal censorship. It's another Buffoon TACO in the face of deadlines requiring it to disclose the evidentiary basis for it's claims of Biden censonship.

#37 | Posted by et_al at 2026-03-25 11:03 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

From the X (Twitter) comment cited ...

...Today, after years of unrelenting litigation, we deep state into a historic 10-year, court-enforceable Consent Decree. It directly binds the Surgeon General, the CDC, and CISA: no more threats of legal, regulatory, or economic punishment.

No more coercion.

No more unilateral direction or veto of platform decisions to remove, suppress, deplatform, or algorithmically bury protected speech....


So, "coercion."

Not, "suppression."

If I may ask, were the guidelines issued by the Biden administration a dictum to suppress what was being said?

Or were they guidelines to help Americans stay alive during the COVID crisis?

And, in response, please cite the actual dicta of the Biden administration.

thx.


#38 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-25 11:09 PM | Reply

This is something JPW and Danforth have lectured me that it never happened.

#1 | Posted by BellRinger

This isn't what you think it is, moron.

Schmitt is a piece of s*&^. Like Hawley, he used the office of MO AG to springboard to higher office and wasted taxpayer time and dollars to move his own ambitions forward.

This "win" he's crowing about it anything but. It's meaningless. Did you even bother looking into what a Consent Decree is?

How can you be so f*&^ing stupid to fall for the political theater bulls*&^ over and over and over and over...?

#39 | Posted by jpw at 2026-03-26 12:03 AM | Reply

"the settlement is not an example of federal censorship. It's another Buffoon TACO in the face of deadlines requiring it to disclose the evidentiary basis for its claims of Biden censonship."
~Et_Al

Jesus, Bellringer, I've never seen you with so much egg on your face. Omelettes for everyone!!!

#40 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-03-26 12:20 AM | Reply

So, what is the point of this ruling.

It's a settlement without any legal liability or admission of guilt or wrongdoing.

Overseen by a Trump appointee with a trash record.

en.wikipedia.org

Your desperation is sad, dude.

#41 | Posted by jpw at 2026-03-26 12:20 AM | Reply

@#41 ... Your desperation is sad, dude. ...

Yeah, but his current trolling alias generates ad revenue for the site.

So, there's that...

;)

#42 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-26 12:32 AM | Reply

Ballwasher the fucking coward

#43 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-03-26 01:05 AM | Reply

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