Trump's favorite clowns in the news

Pro-Trump vlogger duo Diamond & Silk are on a legal campaign this week, threatening to sue two bloggers unless they take down unflattering mentions of them.

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The pair’s anonymous lawyer have sent at least two cease-and-desist aimed at stories that mention in Diamond & Silk in connection with racist groups.

One of the targeted blog posts, published on Wonkette, accused the African-American duo of helping to “prop up the most vile white supremacy.” Diamond and Silk’s mystery legal team wrote that the article “deliberately and maliciously slandered and defamed Diamond and Silk and the Diamond and Silk brand by deliberately and maliciously attaching their name to racist context.”

The letter also includes a warning for Wonkette not to post about the letter: "This notice is not to be made public via online sources or any other sources in any manner.”

  The Daily Beast

Can I get a Jesus eye roll gif?

The duo also sent a letter to Grant Stern, an author and investigative reporter who mentioned in a blog post that the duo had appeared on a neo-Nazi show. The letter Stern received is nearly identical to the one received by Wonkette, and it also demands that Stern take down his story or face legal action.

Stern, who has no plans to take down the mention of Diamond and Silk in his story, pointed out the irony of the free speech activists, who once appeared at a House hearing to complain about tech censorship, threatening him over his post.

And here's Wonkette's response to the cease and desist letter:

That's right. THE Diamond and Silk sent us a cease and desist. And it's just as beautiful as we imagined.

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Everything about this letter is incredible and SUPER LEGALLY BINDING. The fact that it was sent to us via email by "robert," with a lowercase "r" and no last name. The subject line, "Cease and Desist Letter for Defamation of Character and Libeling," is just the tip of the iceberg.

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The first paragraph sets the tone:

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Specifically, they didn't like a few particular excerpts, so we'll just go ahead and reproduce those for you, here.

I"'m getting super tired of Diamond and Silk, especially since at this point they've been running this con long enough for me to accidentally remember BOTH of their real Government names, Lynette Hardaway (Fucking Diamond), and Rochelle Richardson (Goddamn Silk). I have long despised both trolls; I've hated their hair, their animal print, their dumb facial expressions, their jiggin' and jivin', but most of all? I have hated the way they prop up the most vile white supremacy in our government, and it's time to start calling that shit out."

"They are the black faces of White Nationalism."

"... hate them for looking so dumb ... "

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Here in the US of A, we have this little thing called the First Amendment. And because of it, you don't get to sue people for being mean to you. In fact, making fun of assholes is a proud American tradition, much like obesity and electing white supremacists.

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And for public figures, which Diamond and Silk unfortunately and undeniably are, it's a lot harder. Public figures have to show that any actual false statements were made "with actual malice."

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The US Supreme Court has been pretty clear throughout the years that political speech, in particular, receives the most protection. That's because "speech concerning public affairs is more than self-expression; it is the essence of self-government." Garrison v. Louisiana, 379 U.S. 64 74-75 (1964).

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In case you were wondering, writing besmirches and "maliciously attaching their name to racist context" are not causes of action in any of the 50 states. Just FYI.

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[If Diamond & Silk actually sued, discovery] would be LIT.

Not only would we get to explore exactly how Quartz and Cotton-Poly Blend prop up white nationalism, we'd get to ask them why they think our articles are false and what kind of sketchy sources they get their money from.

ALLEGEDLY. Not that in any way we'd suggest that Diamond and Silk might have any sources of income they wouldn't want us to know about. Perish THAT thought.

  Wonkette

Never mind the mismatched singular noun/plural verb problem, I like how they capitalized untruthful and deceptive in their opening sentence, and all the other misplaced capitals in their closing:




Is there a Trump school of capitalization all his ass-kissers go to? I know Diamond & Silk don't have German roots.

By the way, Wonkette is an actual lawyer.  (A tediously arrogant one as long as I've known about her, but that's a different story.)