Donald Trump Jr. just posted a photo the judge's child on Truth Social
@christ @juddlegum let them do their thing. They are digging their own hole.
@juddlegum WTH? Now the kid's a target along with anyone near him such as family, friends, schoolmates...
@yesbiscuit @juddlegum Even mobsters typically don't mess with the prosecutors, judge, or their families. 🤦‍♀️ Now juries, witnesses? 🤷🏼‍♀️ #trumpisacriminal

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trumps offspring are rather stupid.. maybe they didn't get that memo.

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Oh, they’re way past mafia tactics… this is Putin tactics, but this isn’t Russia West yet!
@yesbiscuit @juddlegum she’s an adult.
@Ghostcatloki thanks for the info. Substitute "colleagues" for "schoolmates".
@yesbiscuit look, I’m not arguing that Jr. Posting his daughter picture isn’t detestable, it absolutely is. it’s simply not illegal. It’s first amendment speech of the worst kind, and we have to defend that kind of free speech in order to have free speech at all. I’m sorry, but there’s nothing illegal about posting a picture of somebody. It’s not a threat by any stretch of the legal imagination, unless you can prove clear intent to cause harm, which of course, you cannot.
@Ghostcatloki @yesbiscuit It would have been perfectly acceptable to wait until Don Jr. actually gets arrested (which nobody believes will happen) to defend his right to free speech. The First Amendment also guarantees your right to not preemptively rise to the defense of detestable douchebags before their rights are actually violated.
@Ghostcatloki @yesbiscuit @juddlegum maybe, but does she have *anything* to do with the case, or anything at all that could possibly be legitimate, other than being an obvious threat?
@reiterator @yesbiscuit @juddlegum no, and I’m not arguing the morality of it, I’m arguing that there is a difference between publishing the picture of a public figure’s adult daughter and publishing a picture of a child under 18. Don Jr. Is a detestable douchebag, but he’s entitled to do detestable things like this.
@Ghostcatloki @yesbiscuit @juddlegum And that makes doxxing an innocent person acceptable in what way, again?
@turboquokka @yesbiscuit @juddlegum it is not doxxing to publish a picture of a public figure’s adult daughter. Is it detestable? Yes. Would I do it? No, but acting like it’s somehow criminal is absurd, it’s the worst face of free speech, which we have to defend whether we like it or not, so that we can have free speech at all. The judge is a public figure and that carries consequences whether we agree with it or not.
@Ghostcatloki @turboquokka @yesbiscuit @juddlegum So you’re saying taking the circumstances, timing and context, it cannot be seen as intimidation to post the photo of a judge’s relative to a site known to support and incite violence against liberals they don’t agree with?
@MelodyCooper @turboquokka @yesbiscuit @juddlegum I think you’re already embelllishing by calling Truth Social a site known to incite violence. In fact that is a whole separate charge against TS you’d have to prove before you could use it as an argument against Don Jr. Posting a picture on said site and then prove HIS intent was to intimidate or threaten someone. What you know and what you can prove in court are rarely the same.
Trump Accused of Threatening Judge Hours After 'Incite Violence' Warning

The former president was warned about his public statements before mentioning a "Trump-hating judge" and Merchan's family in his Mar-a-Lago, Florida, speech.

Newsweek
@Ghostcatloki @MelodyCooper @yesbiscuit @juddlegum Familiarize yourself with the concept of “stochastic terrorism”, and then reevaluate what you’re trying to defend (probably along with WHY you’re so bent on defending it, which is frankly also really suspect.)
@turboquokka @MelodyCooper @yesbiscuit @juddlegum I’m quite familiar with it, now familiarize yourself with just how difficult it is to prove stochastic terrorism in a court of law. The answer: Extremely.
@turboquokka @MelodyCooper @yesbiscuit @juddlegum im defending it because if we don’t defend the worst uses of free speech, we all lose free speech. What Jr. Did is reprehensible. It is also his first amendment right to do so, and if y’all are intent on stopping people you don’t like from exercising their free speech, no matter how shitty that exercise is, you’re not for free speech.
Google Says Trump’s Truth Social Must Scrub Violent Content to Join Play Store

The social media app is not available on Google’s app store, and the former president’s company and Google are publicly disagreeing about why.

The New York Times
@turboquokka @MelodyCooper @yesbiscuit @juddlegum again, google is not the government. The government I.e. the people are not alleging that posting a picture on truth social of a public figure’s daughter is A) an illegal threat or B) stochastic terrorism.
You’re all responding to me with you’re feelings, but the law requires more than that. It’s not what you know, it’s what you can prove.
"Incitement of violence": Trump trashes GOP calls for MAGA mob to remain "peaceful" on Truth Social

“It sure looks like Donald Trump is calling for violence if he gets indicted,” watchdog group warns.

Salon.com
@turboquokka @MelodyCooper @yesbiscuit @juddlegum let me know whenSalon becomes law enforcement. You guys just keep quoting me articles. The proof is in the pudding. Nobody is legally attempting to take down Jr’s truth social post by arguing it’s I imitation or a threat. You’re just posting pundits opinions.
Trump Jr. Didn’t break the law here, and not one of you can make a valid argument that he did. His actions were disgusting. And legal.
Donald Trump is back on social media, and nobody knows what happens next

Now that Donald Trump has his Twitter and Facebook back, the social media platforms have to decide how much they're willing to take.

CNBC
Two years after Jan. 6, Trump is still promoting violent rhetoric

The former president has employed suggestive rhetoric before. But the message he promoted to his social media followers this week was strikingly direct.

The Washington Post
On Trump’s Truth Social, anti-FBI sentiment builds with little oversight

Posts on Truth Social in which users call for civil war and advocate for violence against the FBI remained online Friday, some of them days after they were

NBC News
@turboquokka @MelodyCooper @yesbiscuit @juddlegum the only point you’ve made is that you can link to a bunch of articles that all say the same thing, and none of them include anyone actually being able to make a legal case against Trump, or his son, for the words they’ve spoken and pictures they’ve posted. You’ll notice out of all the cases facing Trump, NONE of them allege he illegally incited violence through words and tweets.
Judge Merchan and his family receive threats after Trump's arrest

In the 24 hours since former President Donald Trump’s arraignment, the presiding judge and his family have received unsubstantiated threats, two sources said.

NBC News

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And who says cocaine is not bad for your judgment?

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SCARY! I hope that charges are laid, ASAP.
@juddlegum what was the context? I assume not a good one.
@juddlegum Child endangerment charges next? How is that legal?
@juddlegum he's jealous that someone actually loves the child

@juddlegum Lock up that little freak. That is clearly illegal.

Wowee.

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Of pure brutal fascist-wannabe lineage. He needs to be arraigned also. ASAP.

@juddlegum WTF is wrong with these people?
@juddlegum True. At least she's an adult, but still...
@msbellows @juddlegum the only reason he posted that was to sic their rabid supporters on innocent people.
@msbellows @juddlegum that scumbag should go to jail for that.
@juddlegum I hope the judge is writing up the arrest warrant as we speak.

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Is the hearing still going on? Are the prosecutors aware of this and bringing it to the judge?

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What the everloving cavorting copulation is that, if not a patent threat?
@juddlegum Who is going to tell him about Clarence and Ginni?
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"Pro-life!" "Think of the children!"
my ass.

@juddlegum Protesting outside a Justice's home: a bridge too far

Posting photos of a judge's family to incite harassment and violence: Fair game.

Their whole schtick is "laws for thee, but not for me."

@juddlegum well, thank God I never go on that puke party.