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28. The point is not the courts. It is a mob tactic to shut down criticism by using threats.

Sat Apr 11, 2026, 10:52 AM

13 hrs ago

Even if it gets thrown out, it will scare people.

Like in China and Russia you cannot make comments against the dictators or you
get disappeared.

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Trump Administration Demands Reddit Reveal Identity of User Who Criticized ICE [View all] BumRushDaShow 15 hrs ago OP

So they know this won't hold up in front of a judge Walleye 15 hrs ago #1

Yes, it's yet another intimidation ploy MuchBetterThanThis 14 hrs ago #7

Definitely. All I see here is mob, strong arm tactics. Walleye 14 hrs ago #8

Exactly. paleotn 14 hrs ago #13

They make the Mafia look honest COL Mustard 13 hrs ago #22

The point is not the courts. It is a mob tactic to shut down criticism by using threats. Irish_Dem 13 hrs ago #28

I'm hoping eventually, they will get tired of being pushed around Walleye 10 hrs ago #44

So far, no one seems tired of being threatened, bullied, harassed. Irish_Dem 8 hrs ago #47

I know I don't really understand my fellow Americans here. I used to feel a kinship with them Walleye 8 hrs ago #48

Will the now-corporate Reddit folks comply with a baseless request? Soul_of_Wit 11 hrs ago #40

If they do, they'll lose about 90 percent of their members. Pinback 8 hrs ago #49

Agreed, and thst would be a crying shame. ShazzieB 5 hrs ago #55

Reddit has cleaned up its act quite a lot in recent years. Pinback 2 hrs ago #68

Yes it will angrychair 9 hrs ago #46

They'll come for DUers one day IronLionZion 15 hrs ago #2

Perhaps I should stop telling people displacedvermoter 14 hrs ago #6

How can he have syphilis if a simple penicillin shot would have cured him? FakeNoose 14 hrs ago #10

I believe in miracles? displacedvermoter 14 hrs ago #12

That's what they said about gonorrhea, but.... Tanuki 13 hrs ago #21

Are you an Md? n/t. SonOfNebanaube 7 hrs ago #51

No MD is needed to know how silly this rumor is. ShazzieB 4 hrs ago #63

Exactly! ShazzieB 5 hrs ago #56

What do you do every time you see a mention of Trump's syphilis? displacedvermoter 5 hrs ago #57

They'd like to but you give them far more power and good sense then they have. paleotn 14 hrs ago #14

First they came for the reddit users, popsdenver 11 hrs ago #39

We all do! Linda ladeewolf 15 hrs ago #3

Reddit?! Seriously?! Collimator 14 hrs ago #4

I don't get Reddit but apparently a lot of people do. underpants 13 hrs ago #33

Reddit hosts a ton of progressive groups TommyT139 11 hrs ago #41

"You are requested not to disclose the existence of this summons for an indefinite period of time. eShirl 14 hrs ago #5

MAGA are a pathetic caricature of fascists IronLionZion 14 hrs ago #9

MAGA is just about 80% or more kabuki. It is all made up in the cyber world of Musk, Twitter, X, and web .. Botany 13 hrs ago #20

MAGA Kabuki IronLionZion 4 hrs ago #65

The work of "para-lawyers" paleotn 14 hrs ago #15

Only 2 lawyers? Attilatheblond 8 hrs ago #50

Hell...tell that guy to start a Go Fund Me and see how long it takes Bengus81 5 hrs ago #60

I"m imagining lawyers in parachutes IronLionZion 4 hrs ago #64

Lol!! It's a line from Danny DeVito in The Rainmaker. paleotn 3 hrs ago #66

"Don't tell anyone" - isn't that what child abusers say to the kids? Talitha 13 hrs ago #31

Hey ICE orangecrush 14 hrs ago #11

No I am Sparticus. Prairie_Seagull 12 hrs ago #37

FUCK ICE! orangecrush 11 hrs ago #42

I'm Spartacus! DBoon 9 hrs ago #45

And the Epstein files were ordered to be released by a court of law. travelingthrulife 14 hrs ago #16

I confess, it was me. twodogsbarking 13 hrs ago #17

I am Spartacus. COL Mustard 13 hrs ago #23

How ya doin? Good I hope. twodogsbarking 13 hrs ago #24

... BumRushDaShow 13 hrs ago #29

Lots of Spartacus here IronLionZion 13 hrs ago #32

We will all be Earl! Bayard 12 hrs ago #38

It is meant to scare us into silence. Get louder. travelingthrulife 13 hrs ago #18

Dude, nearly everyone in the world is critisizing ICE. Try to keep up old man. twodogsbarking 13 hrs ago #19

It's a public matter. When you work in the public sector, you live in a fish bowl underpants 12 hrs ago #35

More of that Administrative BS that does not require approval of a judge. Ziggysmom 13 hrs ago #25

K & R for exposure. SunSeeker 13 hrs ago #26

Designed to specifically shut down internet criticism of the Trump Crime Syndicate. Irish_Dem 13 hrs ago #27

will impede the investigation and thereby interfere with the enforcement of federal law GreenWave 13 hrs ago #30

Where are the supposed libertarian types on the right like Rand Paul? SamuelAdams 12 hrs ago #34

We are now in full on fascist mode.... Joinfortmill 12 hrs ago #36

It was me, I'll be waiting ouija 10 hrs ago #43

My understanding is that snot 7 hrs ago #52

I think they should... kerouac2 6 hrs ago #53

And they said we were exaggerating. enigmania 6 hrs ago #54

Our Government is our enemy people bluestarone 5 hrs ago #58

Hey MSM,can we use the name HITLER yet?? Nope,not yet? Not enought PROOF? Bengus81 5 hrs ago #59

"I am Spartacus!" NM Grins 5 hrs ago #61

DU'er Demands Trump Reveal Identity of All His Cohorts in the Trump-Epstein sex, blackmail and money-laundering empire. usonian 4 hrs ago #62

There are thousands who criticize ICE. AllyCat 2 hrs ago #67