The Trump Assault on the First Amendment
By James Donahue
Since taking office four years ago President t-Rump has been making a constant assault on the nation’s freedom of speech and freedom of the press as guaranteed in the First Amendment. He accuses news reporters and many of the nation’s finest news outlets of publishing false information about him. Most recently he has filed an executive order removing the protection of Internet social outlets for allowing what he claims to be published lies and misleading information.
If he gets away with this latest attack via the high courts that he and his GOP thugs have been stacking there could be a serious removal of our long cherished right of stating our viewpoints via public speeches or written commentary.
As a personal visitor and contributor in various public media outlets like Facebook and Twitter I have been painfully aware of the many false accusations and outright lies posted by this president and many of his followers who are obviously quoting from his published statements on Twitter. That he has been running this nation’s government with his daily Twitter remarks and written executive orders has been especially troubling to this retired news reporter/editor.
The irony here is that Mr. t-Rump is claiming to be protecting our right to free speech while his actions are making it clear that he is out to weaken or destroy the First Amendment.
The threat here is so intense I cannot let it pass without comment, knowing that I might find myself in a court driven by right wing GOP appointed and supporting judges, fighting for my right to write and state the issues addressed on this and other news outlets that I contribute to.
If we allow the orange monkey in Washington and his gang of thieves to get away with this serious effort to destroy our nation’s Constitutional freedoms it is seriously possible that he will win his November re-election campaign or worse yet, use executive order to block the election. This would be just one step from his crowning as the first dictator in our nation’s history.
By James Donahue
Since taking office four years ago President t-Rump has been making a constant assault on the nation’s freedom of speech and freedom of the press as guaranteed in the First Amendment. He accuses news reporters and many of the nation’s finest news outlets of publishing false information about him. Most recently he has filed an executive order removing the protection of Internet social outlets for allowing what he claims to be published lies and misleading information.
If he gets away with this latest attack via the high courts that he and his GOP thugs have been stacking there could be a serious removal of our long cherished right of stating our viewpoints via public speeches or written commentary.
As a personal visitor and contributor in various public media outlets like Facebook and Twitter I have been painfully aware of the many false accusations and outright lies posted by this president and many of his followers who are obviously quoting from his published statements on Twitter. That he has been running this nation’s government with his daily Twitter remarks and written executive orders has been especially troubling to this retired news reporter/editor.
The irony here is that Mr. t-Rump is claiming to be protecting our right to free speech while his actions are making it clear that he is out to weaken or destroy the First Amendment.
The threat here is so intense I cannot let it pass without comment, knowing that I might find myself in a court driven by right wing GOP appointed and supporting judges, fighting for my right to write and state the issues addressed on this and other news outlets that I contribute to.
If we allow the orange monkey in Washington and his gang of thieves to get away with this serious effort to destroy our nation’s Constitutional freedoms it is seriously possible that he will win his November re-election campaign or worse yet, use executive order to block the election. This would be just one step from his crowning as the first dictator in our nation’s history.