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applegrove

(129,831 posts) Sat Dec 13, 2025, 06:18 PM Saturday

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He's going after sign language. May the best lip readers [View all]

in the world, those who are deaf, get together and bring down the mango mueselini by reading his private words to staff.

And the evil continues...The Trump administration is arguing that requiring real-time American Sign Language interpretation of events like White House press briefings â€œwould severely intrude on the Presidentâ€™s prerogative to control the image he presents to the public,â€
— Kathleen Cottontail ðŸ³ï¸â€âš§ï¸â™¿ï¸ðŸ––ðŸ»ðŸ° (@kathleengmaz.bsky.social) 2025-12-13T12:19:38.410Z

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He's going after sign language. May the best lip readers [View all] applegrove Saturday OP

And don't show blind people at his press conferences BOSSHOG Saturday #1

Interpreting enid602 Saturday #2

Putin doesn't have a sign language interpreter, why should Trump? Jim__ Saturday #3

So, Is This Sarcasm I'm Not Getting? ColoringFool Saturday #6

It would be much harder to synthetically alter or deepfake alittlelark Saturday #4

Good Grief! Our fellow citizens who happen to be deaf deserve to know what he's saying and they vote! Rhiannon12866 Saturday #5

ASL should be taught in middle school berniesandersmittens Saturday #7

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