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🚨DON LEMON TAKEN INTO CUSTODY🚨
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Date: January 30th, 2026 9:02 AM Author: floppy church therapy huge escalation against the 1st Amendment. Mind you this is the same party that hissed and moaned about J6 terrorists being arrested for violently trespassing on Gov. property and damaging property. Trump's poll numbers about to go down another 5 points. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49632485) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 9:36 AM Author: sinister boyish office mad-dog skullcap STFU you subtard. you're just mad that your side is getting a taste of its own medicine. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49632590) |
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Date: January 31st, 2026 3:36 AM Author: Claret marvelous theater knife To be fair,
LMAO stay mad as fuckkkk, faggot!
Hey remember like a week ago when you guys were like "LMAO TACO Trump never does shit, nothing will happen to Don Lemon"? IMO this was before Trump revealed himself to be LITERALLY HITLER OMG by BRUTALIZING THE 1ST AMENDMENT through the HORRIBLE AND UNLAWFUL ARREST OF BELOVED JOURNALIST DON LEMON.
You people are such hysterical faggots it's truly unreal. |
Date: January 30th, 2026 9:03 AM Author: aromatic corn cake stage 180 I hope he gets waterboarded for 8 hours a day for at least a week whils “awaiting trial” (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49632489) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 9:07 AM Author: floppy church therapy Narrator: the case will quickly be dismissed like every other Trump DOJ case (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49632505) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 9:11 AM Author: aromatic corn cake stage Well hopefully they are taking full advantage of the window to go medieval on his faggot ass right fucking now then (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49632515) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 9:05 AM Author: Aquamarine thirsty garrison deer antler 180 8 0 |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 9:13 AM Author: Salmon 180 theatre nowag (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49632520) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 4:32 PM Author: anal stead cumskin (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49633910) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 8:20 PM Author: bearded bipolar set (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49634509) |
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Date: January 31st, 2026 3:36 AM Author: Claret marvelous theater knife (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49635089) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 9:05 AM Author: Sepia Charismatic Cruise Ship Gay Wizard i'm a first amendment absolutist, but i'm not mad at this. there's evidence that he was working with these guys and encouraging them - like handing out donuts and shit beforehand, then thanking them "for their service" after. it's borderline, but i don't necessarily view this as an affront against free speech. it pales in comparison to all this antisemitism bullshit happening rn. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49632494) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 9:07 AM Author: floppy church therapy this was good rage bate flame, you should post it on reddit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49632500) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 9:08 AM Author: Aquamarine thirsty garrison deer antler nobody cares about his "speech" it's the whole trespassing and interfering with others rights to worship. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49632506) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 9:09 AM Author: floppy church therapy was it trespass when 2,000 violent Trumpmos entered the Capitol and private offices on J6? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49632509) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 9:10 AM Author: Aquamarine thirsty garrison deer antler yes (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49632513) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 9:17 AM Author: floppy church therapy do you ever get embarrassed by some of your fellow Trumpmos legal theories re J6? e.g. below. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49632534) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 9:10 AM Author: aromatic corn cake stage Debunked (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49632514) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 9:14 AM Author: Salmon 180 theatre nowag No. Those are the people's offices. And the founders knew the importance of having politicians know they answer to the people (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49632521) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 9:16 AM Author: floppy church therapy MAGA aren't "people" that's why everyone calls them farm animals, next argument? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49632530) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 9:15 AM Author: french mahogany chad no private offices were entered, the capitol is not a church, and the trumpmos were not violent (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49632523) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 9:16 AM Author: floppy church therapy lie, true, lie (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49632528) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 9:21 AM Author: french mahogany chad the Capitol is a government building owned by the united states taxpayers. there are no private offices. the peaceful protestors were not violent and only defended themselves against needlessly aggressive captiol police who were on order to act that way for political suppression purposes. once the captiol was cleared out, the peaceful protestors should have been allowed in to take their selfies. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49632548) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 9:17 AM Author: Sepia Charismatic Cruise Ship Gay Wizard yes and they should have been tried and put in jail and not pardoned (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49632536) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 9:35 AM Author: Aquamarine thirsty garrison deer antler They were. Were you asleep for the last 6 years? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49632588) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 9:41 AM Author: Sepia Charismatic Cruise Ship Gay Wizard i didn't say otherwise you fucking retard (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49632601) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 10:31 AM Author: Aquamarine thirsty garrison deer antler "they should have been tried and put in jail"
durrrr |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 10:48 AM Author: Sepia Charismatic Cruise Ship Gay Wizard which is what happened, and therefore don lemon being arrested is just fine (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49632772) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 9:21 AM Author: Charcoal marketing idea It’s a bizarre argument to compare this to J6ers who were actually prosecuted and imprisoned. Whether or not there are conservatives who wish the J6ers weren’t prosecuted, the fact is they were and many were given harsh sentences. So regardless of anyone’s personal POV, if you believe this is comparable then there you have it.
BTW — what is the liberal POV of what should happen to J6ers, and if you think these are comparable events, why aren’t you applying the same outcome to them? |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 9:47 AM Author: exhilarant range not only that, there were multiple "streamers" who followed the J6ers into the Capital who got charged.
What Lemon did was worse because he knew all of the protesters and met with them earlier |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 9:51 AM Author: floppy church therapy and Trump PARDONED them. So clearly he thought that was wrong yet is encouraging far less violent people to be prosecuted for similar reasons. Odd case. Then you guys will wonder why Newsom's admin is going to go overboard prosecuting you. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49632628) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 10:06 AM Author: Charcoal marketing idea CSB. So let’s throw Don Lemon in solitary for a few years and maybe a Dem president some day will pardon him. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49632662) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 10:10 AM Author: floppy church therapy Jurors convicted you J6 terrorists.
No jurors will convict Don Lemon. That's the difference. We know you guys can't integrate in normal western societies, but that's how we function in them. |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 10:19 AM Author: Charcoal marketing idea Really lazy flame. You must be back on the sauce, WLMAS. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49632692) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 2:02 PM Author: Violent Sickened Parlor (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49633321) |
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Date: January 31st, 2026 3:09 AM Author: crusty gaping chapel (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49635073) |
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Date: January 31st, 2026 3:38 AM Author: Claret marvelous theater knife (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49635091) |
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Date: January 31st, 2026 5:10 AM Author: Galvanic sticky stock car corner (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49635123) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 10:31 AM Author: Aquamarine thirsty garrison deer antler oh yeah DC jurists (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49632740) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 9:35 AM Author: big impressive kitchen he also asked for likes and subscribes while interrupting the church service. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49632587) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 9:52 AM Author: floppy church therapy likes and subscribes? No way, that's punishable by death! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49632630) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 9:59 AM Author: big impressive kitchen i expect pre-trial victory for Don.
but if we're building a case that he violated FACE despite claiming to be a journalist, his appeal for, essentially, monetization during the interruption seems relevant. |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 9:39 AM Author: motley twisted laser beams Tolerance paradox.
Im an absolutist about freedom of religion, too. But if this is extended to Muslims, freedom of religion vanishes.
I hope by the 21st C we have had enough time pass since the Enlightenment not to be retarded about this any more. You cannot tolerate intolerance. You cannot begin with some "blank slate", where a Somalian or a lib are gifted these "rights"
Free speech works in a western homogenous context - and it makes that society the best in the world. Freedom of religion works in a Christian society. You can be atheist or Lutheran or Catholic, etc. No one cares.
But no... you cannot give libs free speech. You cannot give shariah dudes free religion. We must stop being dumb about this
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Date: January 30th, 2026 9:46 AM Author: Domesticated glittery heaven juggernaut (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49632604) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 9:55 AM Author: Jade spectacular state And that’s exactly how it was originally intended. But libs like to take your principles and use it against you.
It’s like that smug atheist meme that goes like, “you should let in a billion Somali refugees because Jesus preached compassion in the Bible. I don’t believe in Jesus and that argument wouldn’t work on me. But if I use it on you, you’ll let in people who will vote for my political party” |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 11:56 AM Author: Mind-boggling Nighttime Stag Film (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49632971) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 12:11 PM Author: Stimulating very tactful bawdyhouse pistol Everyone knows the strict liability that comes with handing out donuts (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49633011) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 12:48 PM Author: Provocative Affirmative Action Internal Respiration Same. I’m fine if Don Lemon is where we draw the line. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49633119) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 10:04 AM Author: Mauve foreskin dilemma https://x.com/ToTheBreakOfDan/status/2017233521664840150
an @ToTheBreakOfDan Don Lemon 15 seconds after arriving in prison |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 10:56 AM Author: Razzmatazz reading party No ocifer, please don't throw me in that br'er patch (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49632798) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 10:08 AM Author: territorial laughsome property feces NSAM free thread (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49632666) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 10:16 AM Author: sinister boyish office mad-dog skullcap (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49632679) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 10:37 AM Author: fantasy-prone fluffy area Can't wait for JD Vance to lecture Europe about free speech again. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49632749) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 11:30 AM Author: territorial laughsome property feces go back to reddit, tranny (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49632881) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 11:36 AM Author: french mahogany chad shutting down a church service and intimidating the parishioners isn't free speech you tranny weirdo. go whack off to more 14 year old hungarian girls (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49632904) |
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Date: January 31st, 2026 5:19 AM Author: Grizzly Pungent Field Weed Whacker ljl at maga retards (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49635126) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 11:40 AM Author: Razzmatazz reading party You are aware the law he broke was started as a shitlib curb on violence to abortion clinics or some shit? They added in places of worship at the last minute. Similar to the mostly peaceful j6 protesters getting tossed in solitary because of the patriot act. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49632919) |
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Date: January 31st, 2026 5:19 AM Author: Grizzly Pungent Field Weed Whacker (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49635125) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 10:42 AM Author: infuriating jew Hey LIBS, are we going to get in here and APOLOGIZE?
http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823914&forum_id=2#49601078 |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 11:34 AM Author: pearl fanboi 190 billion. I don't care how many bees you have stuck in your bonnet, you DON'T MESS WITH CHURCH, shitlibs (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49632897) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 11:35 AM Author: disgusting philosopher-king azn "Don Lemon Squeezed" let's automate this AP headline come on you jewish communications magnates, get to work. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49632899) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 11:37 AM Author: pearl fanboi (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49632907) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 11:35 AM Author: Razzmatazz reading party Best thing that could have happened to this shithead.
Do you guys remember the early 2016 days when Lemon spent multiple interviews suck daddy Donald's dick? |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 11:45 AM Author: big impressive kitchen it's fantastic for him, no doubt.
https://x.com/KatieMiller/status/2017226316391616622 |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 11:48 AM Author: Razzmatazz reading party Lol did not expect that (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49632941) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 11:55 AM Author: vibrant rehab selfie epah conflicted (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49632967) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 12:10 PM Author: Stimulating very tactful bawdyhouse pistol *Stephen Miller staring at polling numbers*
Now how can we make this worse??? |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 12:18 PM Author: infuriating jew wrongtime tlumpmo here, risten I suppolted him but allesting Don Remon is go to fall. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49633033) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 12:31 PM Author: Stimulating very tactful bawdyhouse pistol We gotta get these poll numbers down so only those 29% Rongtime Trumpmos remain (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49633058) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 12:31 PM Author: Histrionic iridescent casino pocket flask (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49633060) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 4:50 PM Author: anal stead cumskin (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49633960) |
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Date: February 10th, 2026 12:00 PM Author: comical sandwich (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49660720) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 12:37 PM Author: godawful curious step-uncle's house rigpig 🍋✊🌼💩 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49633090) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 1:01 PM Author: Hyperventilating center Why does MAGA waste time with this weak shit? I doubt they secure convictions and pleas out of any of the protestors, let alone Lemon. They'll fundraise to cover legal fees, DOJ will waste resources, MAGA annoys normie voters, and they get nothing out of it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49633156) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 1:19 PM Author: infuriating jew Why did SHITLIB waste time with this weak shit like J6 and Ricky Vaughn? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49633222) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 1:34 PM Author: french mahogany chad all the "normies" think it's funny as fuck and that Lemon is an annoying fag who more than deserves this. go back to farting cum from your ass you joyless dork (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49633249) |
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Date: January 31st, 2026 3:40 AM Author: Claret marvelous theater knife To be fair,
"Why do you annoying faggots spend so much time and energy leveraging the justice system to try and persecute your political enemies? It's really annoying and dumb and it makes you look pathetic," sneered the shitlib in 2026 without even the slightest trace of self-awareness.
Get bent you fucking faggot. |
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Date: January 31st, 2026 6:50 AM Author: Charcoal marketing idea Thoughtful moderate liberal here who can’t even come close to putting himself in the shoes of Christians who go to church, so he can’t see any possible reason why we should prosecute people who disrupt church services.
Srs question — do you think barging into a church during Sunday services, not leaving when the pastors demand it, and shouting BLM chants until everyone has to leave is a crime? |
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Date: January 31st, 2026 8:35 AM Author: Sepia Charismatic Cruise Ship Gay Wizard (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49635199) |
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Date: January 31st, 2026 2:05 PM Author: Claret marvelous theater knife (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49636032) |
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Date: January 31st, 2026 2:10 PM Author: Purple lodge windowlicker (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49636037) |
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Date: January 31st, 2026 3:20 PM Author: godawful curious step-uncle's house rigpig (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49636147) |
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Date: February 6th, 2026 10:32 AM Author: Shivering Plaza (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49650686) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 1:21 PM Author: Useless red french chef about time. these protests have gone far enough. https://ibb.co/fYz560gd (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49633227) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 3:10 PM Author: supple embarrassed to the bone sanctuary They arrested like 500 people from that (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49633636) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 4:27 PM Author: Useless red french chef yeah then he pardoned all the people who tried to murder his own vice president (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49633898) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 3:08 PM Author: magical ratface I detest Don Lemon, but I can't understand why Trump is doing this. I am beside myself. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49633627) |
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Date: January 30th, 2026 4:49 PM Author: anal stead cumskin libs wanted Lemon Parties (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49633959) |
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Date: January 31st, 2026 5:05 AM Author: Arrogant Exciting Potus he cop dat activist judiciary (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49635121) |
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Date: January 31st, 2026 4:47 PM Author: anal stead cumskin are activist grand juries a thing? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49636365) |
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Date: February 6th, 2026 10:15 AM Author: big impressive kitchen This "news" seems to be exaggerating whatever Lemon did before the protest.
Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes Investigation into ICE protesters storming the Minnesota Church reveals Don Lemon didn’t just happen to be there
Don Lemon was part of the planning and was provided logistics days in advance
Storming the church was a highly organized event by Democrats
“Developing — a new federal arrest is drawing attention to what prosecutors say was Don Lemon's role in planning and recording the disturbing protest of demonstrators storming that Minnesota church service.
A Temple University student has now surrendered on federal charges admitting he helped Don Lemon with logistics and local contacts ahead of that anti-ICE protest — Court records and social media posts show Richardson describing himself as assisting Don Lemon in the days leading up to the protest — Prosecutors say this new arrest undercuts that defense, suggesting planning and not just passive coverage.”
https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/2019567524514574641 |
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Date: February 6th, 2026 10:29 AM Author: Shaky Ticket Booth ruh roh (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49650684) |
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Date: February 6th, 2026 10:36 AM Author: big impressive kitchen But the vaguely described "planning" might just be conversations about where to show up to film the protest as a journalist. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5828624&forum_id=2...#49650693) |
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Date: February 6th, 2026 10:38 AM Author: Shaky Ticket Booth we'll see what unfolds and also what legal fees unfold |
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Date: February 6th, 2026 1:47 PM Author: anal stead cumskin “hey we’re gonna go protest at this jewelry store, you wanna film?”
“sure, just doing my job haha” |
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Date: February 10th, 2026 12:00 PM Author: big impressive kitchen i've been skeptical about the prosecution of Lemon because most of his "participation" seems trivial.
apparently this is the SCOTUS case that will be cited against Lemon. it deals only with a contract claim based upon a newspaper's promise to keep a source's name confidential, but it has this passage too. Lemon literally walked in on and disrupted a religious service.
==== This case however, is not controlled by this line of cases but rather by the equally well-established line of decisions holding that generally applicable laws do not offend the First Amendment simply because their enforcement against the press has incidental effects on its ability to gather and report the news. As the cases relied on by respondents recognize, the truthful information sought to be published must have been lawfully acquired. The press may not with impunity break and enter an office or dwelling to gather news. Nei- ther does the First Amendment relieve a newspaper reporter of the obligation shared by all citizens to respond to a grand jury subpoena and answer questions relevant to a criminal in- vestigation, even though the reporter might be required to reveal a confidential source. Branzburg v. Hayes, 408 U.S. 665 (1972). The press, like others interested in publishing, may not publish copyrighted material without obeying the copyright laws. See Zacchini v. Scripps-Howard Broad- casting Co., 433 U.S. 562, 576-579 (1977). Similarly, the media must obey the National Labor Relations Act, Associ- ated Press v. NLRB, 301 U.S. 103 (1937), and the Fair Labor Standards Act, Oklahoma Press Publishing Co. v. Walling, 327 U.S. 186, 192-193 (1946); may not restrain trade in violation of the antitrust laws, Associated Press v. United States, 326 U.S. 1 (1945); Citizen Publishing Co. v. United States, 394 U.S. 131, 139 (1969); and must pay non- discriminatory taxes. Murdock v. Pennsylvania, 319 U.S. 105, 112 (1943); Minneapolis Star and Tribune Co. v. Min nesota Commissioner of Revenue, 460 U.S. 575, 581-583 (1983). Cf. University of Pennsylvania v. EEOC, 493 U.S. 182 , 201-202 (1990). It is therefore beyond dispute that "[t]he publisher of a newspaper has no special immunity from the application of general laws. He has no special privilege to invade the rights and liberties of others." Associated Press v. NLRB, supra, at 132-133. Accordingly, enforce- ment of such general laws against the press is not subject to stricter scrutiny than would be applied to enforcement against other persons or organizations.
Cohen v. Cowles Media Co. (90-634), 501 U.S. 663 (1991)
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