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That's not a meme, that's Propaganda.
It’s also libel made with actual malice.
right? it is literally the definition of libel...
Gonna be a really expensive lawsuit. That is paid out by all of us taxpayers.
You can sue Donald Trump without suing the US Government. Right now several lawmakers are preparing a lawsuit against Pam Bondi over the Epstein Files.
If we flip the house and senate I'm gonna start sending drafts to representatives for a law that makes the Trump estate and all future president's estates liable for all the avoidable and frivolous lawsuits on the basis of which they did not protect the human beings who live in this nation nor represent the system of laws which govern them, rather that they were personal and need to be paid for personally by the officials responsible for giving the orders resulting in lawsuit.
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Dystopian fiction: The regime alters photos to make people look happy and smiling, to hide their cruelty.
Dystopian reality: The regime alters photos to make people look sad and pained, to brag about their cruelty.
Defamation.
Also, nice racist bias on that model (making her fatter).
And darker.
Nothing like having a "presidency" done by tweets and memes.
FFS.
I was looking for this before I said basically the same thing.
As an American, watching the highest office in this country be turned into an absolute joke over the decades has been demoralizing, to say the least. There's nothing to be proud of. I feel like, thanks to social media, we got to see the real people, and then it distilled people down to their worst parts. I despise seeing the leaders of the nation be so petty, so idiotic, so childish.
I mean, throw this on the pile of reasons the current administration isn't worthy. The felonies, the child raping, the blatant attempts to start wars, the blatant disregard of the Constitution, and just misinformation galore. They edited a photo... how small of a person do you have to be to think "I'm part of the government, I have access to the White House official channel, I'm going to be very transparent about what I think of the current situation and use AI to mock and try to spread misinformation." I hope people link back to these things (all of these things, not just this photo) every single time anyone in the current administration speaks. When ever any company supports them. When ever any person supports them. Like NEVER let it go. Just flood them every single time. They say Merry Christmas, bring up the Epstien files, the rape, the photo editing, the felonies, the... everything. Just non-fucking-stop.
It's just so god damn fucking embarrassing to be an American right now. And I know by the end of the year, I'll be wishing to get back to how it is now, I'll look back fondly on how it was "only" so bad at the start of 2026.
Sorry for the rant, I'm just, so god damn tired of every single day Dimentia Don, doing yet again, another dumbass thing.
Ignoring the fakery, I don't see how the alteration makes her less sympathetic. I would also be distressed if being frog-marched by facists for the crime of being born autistic.
All this propaganda does, is cement my decision to fight. The Trump Regime and Dogey Americans, are enemies of any decent human being, and must be destroyed.
They think they are portraying the subject as 'weak'. It's for their racist base to feel like 'right on, we made a weak black leftist woman cry, like they all deserve''.
It was never about making her less sympathetic, but a celebration of hurting the 'correct' people to get hurt.
It's not JUST for thier base.
For anyone pondering joining such actions, these would be leaders.
If you're thinking of joining, and the leaders look "weak", it might not inspire much faith. You might decide to hold back.
The truth is, she looked calm and collected, confident in her decisions and actions. She looks like a leader. She looks like someone worth following. That type of imagery is dangerous if you're trying to suppress action.
So, in short, it's an attempt at active suppression, not just a "treat" for thier own. It's the modern equivalent of going on about how short Napoleon is. It's an attempt to diminish those they're afraid of to try and keep others from following them.
This comment deserves to be its own post.
It’s not meant for you. They actually don’t care how it makes you feel. It’s for their racist, fascist loving voters. They love this.
I know history is full of nasty little dictators and their lackeys but have any of them ever been this fucking childish?
Yes. But it’s so much easier to be a child and have that get out to the masses. It would take a lot of effort to doctor a photo and get it published 100 years ago.
Hitler was actually extremely childish as was his entire regime. The similarities are remarkable.
Henry VIII of England was basically what would happen if a pro American football player was a powerful king. He's suspected to have had CTE.
Versailles was basically a cruel experiment on the mental health of trapped nobility and rulers, that involved basically nothing but petty social games for power and prestige, but no options to use them.
Rome had plenty of emperors like this including Caligula and Nero. Nero had a neck beard and unhealthy attachment to his mother. Meanwhile if half of what was written about Elagabulus is true then we have proof of how bad of an idea it is to give absolute power to a horny teenager with neither qualifications nor training.
Speaking of weird mommy issues, Wilhelm I of Prussia/Germany was a weird childish man whose family spat was the first world war. On the other side was Nicolas of Russia who wasn't much better.
Also Ghaddafi was nuts, like in funny and horrifying ways, but definitely never matured after taking power young.
So yeah, I'm conflating kings, emperors, and dictators as all more or less the same, because they kinda are. Julius Caesar took the title of dictator, was assassinated to prevent him from being a king, and was invoked by the emperors. We have a modern tendency to think of dictators as people who came to power through coups or the military, which can lead towards more mature and sane figures, but we still use the term for the hereditary absolute ruler of North Korea (it's a socialism themed monarchy) and we don't use it to describe the huge portion of roman emperors who were generals installed by coup. Additionally, history indicates (to me at least) that you likely have to be a bit nuts and immature to overthrow an established republic, because of the behavior shown by citizens in a destabilizing republic.
I understand the urge to treat this administration as a freak of history, but they're just too similar to the third reich to do so responsibly. And yeah those similarities include immaturity. It seems that a destabilizing republic is best hijacked by the narcissistic, and narcissists who are leaning into their disorder tend towards immaturity because growth often requires painful self reflection.
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What a joke of a country.
Feels bad, man
Really bad
The altering of a photo is meant to distract you from the fact that they are arresting ordinary citizens who don't have the financial means to legally protect themselves. It may seem like an irrelevant distinction based on everything else they do but this is an escalation.
This is actually really scary. They’re modifying photos to manipulate and control people.
I mean, they're also abducting children and murdering dissenters to control people...
Me, the other day: "They've finally done it. They've finally hit rock botto...wait, nope, I was wrong."
Me, yesterday: "They've finally done it. They've finally hit rock botto...wait, nope, I was wrong."
Me, this morning: "They've finally done it. They've finally hit rock botto...wait, nope, I was wrong."
Me, tomorrow: "They've finally done it. They've finally hit rock botto...wait, nope, I was wrong."
Etc, etc, and fucking, etc.
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Cut out the lying tongues of the propagandists!
imagine being older than 20 and using memes.
Cool, and so will the resistance you shitstains
I wonder how many judges will have the courage to sanction the government for this conduct... If POTUS lies or falsifies documents, throw the charges out already. We can't have a tainted jury.
And that won't stop Mr. Orange. But at least it will give some relief to people who are harassed by him.
Oh, wow. Where do I begin?
Welcome to the USA, deepfakes are not only legal but encouraged.
Very professional and mature. This is what everyone expects from a government institution.
A government agent altering a photograph to render an inaccurate image of an accused person will raise serious questions of bias. But also, any defense will likely now include whether the government has also digitally altered any other evidence concerning the matter, and whether that evidence was developed for public consumption or otherwise. to generate bias.
I'd say more broadly this raises concerns about how the White House directly controls or damages the credibility of the Judicial Branch. But, for the world audience, this should raise red flags about the (in)stability of the US in general.
I've been saying this for months. A primary role of any jury is to determine the credibility of evidence. I would argue that no jury should trust any evidence presented by the Trump DoJ at this point.
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