Thursday, December 4, 2025

Trump Latest Grotesque Move: A $15 Billion Lawsuit Against the NY Times, Paper Says “Will Not Be Deterred by Intimidation Tactics”

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You don’t even want to say Donald Trump’s name aloud on a morning when we mourn someone as accomplished as Robert Redford.

The grotesque fascist continues to test the First Amendment and the right to free speech. He says on his social media that he’s filed a $15 billion lawsuit against the New York Times. He’s also recently sued the Wall Street Journal, as well as the major television networks.

The Times’ response is below. “The New York Times will not be deterred by intimidation tactics,” they declare.

In the cases of the latter, the networks caved and settled. But it’s unlikely the Times or the Journal will do the same. Still, Trump continues to make a mockery of the Constitution, using bullying, dictatorial tactics to shut his critics.

This insane lawsuit and social media post are only part of the freeze Trump is attempting on the right to speak up. Critics of just murdered blogger and right wing activist Charlie Kirk are being denounced and losing jobs in many quarters not just in the media. Two hundred and fifty years of history and law are now threatened by one very mentally ill mad man. And it’s only getting worse.

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Roger Friedman
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Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News, where he created the Fox411 column. His movie reviews are carried by Rotten Tomatoes, and he is a member of both the movie and TV branches of the Critics Choice Awards. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. He is also the writer and co-producer of "Only the Strong Survive," a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals, directed by DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.

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