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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(120,322 posts)
Mon Feb 10, 2025, 06:07 PM Feb 10

Ben Meiselas and MeidasTouch Network - Trump Threatening to Prosecute Us?!!!

By Ben Meiselas

We knew this would happen. As Trump gets more desperate, we always thought he would try to use his Department of Justice and FBI to attack Meidas and try to shut us down. Since MeidasTouch is not on terrestrial TV or cable TV, the FCC does not have regulatory authority over us. Since we don’t have investors, the SEC and DOJ do not have regulatory authority over us to approve mergers. So what is an authoritarian regime to do?

This weekend, Elon Musk published a letter from the top Trump federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C., stating he would be investigating “networks” that covered and exposed Elon Musk’s team for seizing control of government agencies and people’s private data. Then, Trump’s Homeland Security Secretary stated she would be going after networks that exposed ICE raids and protected migrants. Trump is apparently livid at the coverage by us and others who have alerted migrants about ICE raids.

I received a call from a friend who is very connected with the intelligence community, who told me we are squarely on Trump’s radar as one of his biggest enemies. My friend told me that the Trump regime is worried that if they hit us hard publicly, it could backfire and cause our network to grow even bigger and more influential, becoming a rallying cry for the people. They are apparently debating their options on what to do with us.

It’s interesting. Trump sued our hosts before for hundreds of millions of dollars, and it didn’t go well for him. Trump tried to intimidate us in his criminal case, and that didn’t go well. Trump blamed us for his conviction in his motion for a new trial, and that didn’t go well. We’ve been involved in litigation with Marjorie Taylor Greene, and she ended up paying us money, which we donated to gun reform groups.

https://www.meidasplus.com/p/trump-threatening-to-prosecute-us

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Ben Meiselas and MeidasTouch Network - Trump Threatening to Prosecute Us?!!! (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 10 OP
Unfortunately I think they will try................ Lovie777 Feb 10 #1
I keep saying this: He wants to be Stalin. madaboutharry Feb 10 #2
this evil regime will never stop attacking us until they are removed from power LymphocyteLover Feb 10 #3
I have no doubt they will go after all of our media, including MSNBC, Free Speech TV, Meidas, and others. Intractable Feb 10 #4

madaboutharry

(41,764 posts)
2. I keep saying this: He wants to be Stalin.
Mon Feb 10, 2025, 06:21 PM
Feb 10

Or at least the head of a Soviet style client state. Nothing would please him more than creating a modern day Stasi like that which existed in the GDR prior to the unification of Germany.
He is that evil. And sadly we are seeing in real time how easily people are willing Quislings.

LymphocyteLover

(7,582 posts)
3. this evil regime will never stop attacking us until they are removed from power
Mon Feb 10, 2025, 06:24 PM
Feb 10

Goddamn them. If only they could use their power for good.

Intractable

(946 posts)
4. I have no doubt they will go after all of our media, including MSNBC, Free Speech TV, Meidas, and others.
Mon Feb 10, 2025, 09:55 PM
Feb 10
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