"Trump’s lawsuits are classic examples of SLAPP, “Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation.” 1/ “SLAPP strategy isn’t to win. The plaintiffs don’t intend to win. The point is to intimidate, to bleed opponents dry, that’s what Trump is doing,” www.salon.com/2025/05/01/w...
Learned at the knee of Ray Cohn.
Great article!
Agree
And that is quite clearly an abuse of the Judicial System. I admit it could be a slippery slope, but it seems to me that someone, something, some group that disobeys court rulings, should lose the right to seek court ruling, until they start obeying court rulings.
2/ But I have no sympathy for the press because they've been complicit in their own attacks. Ignoring, sanewashing, lack of in the moment fact checking and pushing back, parrotting blatant lies...self-inflicted. And guess what? He still goes after them. Because once you
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3/3 kowtow to bully, he'll only expect more of it from you. With very few exceptions, they brought this on themselves. And were belligerent and rude to voters calling them out on it. Well...
Karem gets this right: "But nothing compares to how we in the press have failed to hold Trump accountable in the Brady Briefing room. Because the parent companies have fallen in line, most reporters have done the same."