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Curtis Houck @CurtisHouck - Video: .@Public_News's Michael @Shellenberger was in the "new media seat" for today's White House press briefing....
“I want to see if you could give some insight into whether the President is considering additional measures against Europe and Brazil, not just for censorship, but also for preventing political candidates from actually competing in elections. We’ve now seen in Romania, France and now Germany, with Joachim Paul efforts to basically just prevent candidates from being able to compete in elections. President has shown some concern around President Bolsonaro, who’s being prevented from running. All of this is coming in the context of increased censorship of online platforms, of American platforms and efforts to censor Americans. I’m personally being investigated under criminal investigation with my Brazilian colleagues for publishing the Twitter Files Brazil. We’re very grateful that the President has imposed Magnitsky sanctions on the judge. Is the President considering additional actions, given that it appears that they’re going to end up with a conviction against President Bolsonaro preventing him from running? Is he considering doing anything about this crackdown in Europe? I mean, it’s shocking to see. And Joachim Paul, this mayoral candidate in Germany, the criminal indictment against him, cites him saying that he loves the Lord of the Rings as reason why he’s — he’s an extremist and shouldn’t be able to run. So, I just wonder if you could speak to that. And again, I’m grateful to be here. Nice to meet you all. And I’m grateful for what the Trump administration has done to — to push for free speech abroad.
@PressSec @KarolineLeavitt: “Well, thanks for being here, Michael. We appreciate it. Freedom of speech is arguably the most important issue of our time. It is enshrined in our Constitution and the president believes in it strongly. He himself faced censorship in his road back to this beautiful Oval Office here in Washington, D.C., So he takes this very seriously, as does I know, the vice president of the United States and the entire Trump administration, which is why we have taken significant action with regards to Brazil in the form of both sanctions and also leveraging the use of tariffs to ensure that countries around the world are not punishing their citizens in this way. And at the same time, the President is — while he’s leveraging the United States to safeguard our interests abroad, he’s also making sure that freedom of speech remains here in the United States of America, so I don’t have any additional actions to preview for you today. But I can tell you this is a priority for the administration. And the President is unafraid to use the economic might, the military might of the United States of America to protect free speech around the world.”
https://x.com/CurtisHouck/status/1965474308639064562

Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius - We obviously have a problem in America where criminals run free without fear of punishment, terrorizing those of us who are responsible citizens.
Consider that this is not an oversight, or a case of misplaced sympathy, or a failure of the system.
Consider instead that this is a deliberate attempt to make sure Americans live in perpetual fear so that the only choice we have is to turn to our government to protect us.
Certainly this is not true nationally, but it is clearly true in the states and cities run by Marxists (aka "Democrats"). They do this intentionally and with malice aforethought, and it is historically a step taken by all Marxists to achieve and maintain power.
This is deliberate, and is why our Marxist-run (aka "Democrat-run") cities are so opposed to President Trump sending in ICE and the National Guard.
https://x.com/CynicalPublius/status/1965522410213704138
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