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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu Sep 18, 2025, 02:48 PM Thursday

Borowitz - Trump's War on Laughter Will Bite Him in the Ass [View all]

Trump’s attempt to silence those who mock him is straight out of the autocrat’s playbook—and while he has never demonstrated an ability to read, perhaps Stephen Miller reads it to him softly when he tucks him in at night.

But if Trump thinks trampling on free speech will serve him well, he hasn’t thought this through.

By gagging his critics, he’s destroying his chance at the one thing he values even more than Emirati crypto billions: the Nobel Peace Prize.

You see, the Nobel folks really like free speech. For example, this is from their announcement of the 2021 award to two courageous journalists:

https://www.borowitzreport.com/p/trumps-war-on-laughter-will-bite

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