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20 February 2026

‘Whoa!’: Ice-T’s Brutal Trump Comparison ( originally posted on 6 NOV 2020 ) Cut Deep as MAGA Spirals Into Outrage 17FEB26

 

This truth needs to be repeated to magat cultist daily. From the Atlanta Black Star.....

‘Whoa!’: Ice-T’s Brutal Trump Comparison Cut Deep as MAGA Spirals Into Outrage

 | Published on: February 17, 2026

Ice-T has never hidden his contempt for Donald Trump, and when the country handed the former reality TV mogul another term on Nov. 5, 2024, he reacted exactly how you’d expect — loud, sharp, and unapologetic.

Back then, the rapper-turned-actor didn’t just side-eye the outcome; he scorched it. He framed the win as proof that voters were embracing a man he’s long painted as power-obsessed, slippery, and far too comfortable with comparisons most public figures would shut down immediately.

Now, that pointed post is making fresh rounds online, landing in timelines as if it were written yesterday. The message hasn’t softened, the tone hasn’t aged — and people are once again dissecting every word, wondering if Ice-T fans meant to spark round two.

The “Colors” artist compared Trump to Satan mere days after he was defeated by Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election, issuing a tweet that was shared more than 17,000 times.

“I can’t believe people are comparing Trump to Satan,” wrote Ice-T. “Yes, he’s evil, but he’s certainly not as evil as Trump.” The tweet resurfaced on Threads on Feb. 11 with the caption, “‘Do you agree with Ice-T?”

Fans of the “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” star got riled up, as they posted comments like, “Yes I agree,” and “Brilliant way of putting it Ice-T!!!”

The jokes rolled right off the tongue from there as one person wrote, “Satan was an angel. Trump never ever could claim that.” Another said, “Heaven doesn’t want him, Hell is afraid he’ll take over.”


Yet and still some were in shock that Ice-T would take aim at someone known for trolling those who speak against him as one social media user exclaimed, “Don’t believe he said it.”

Another user brought up Trump’s old friend, the late billionaire Jeffrey Epstein. Following the Department of Justice’s shocking release of files tied to the disgraced financier’s alleged crimes and scandal. Before his death in 2019, Epstein wrote in an email that Trump was “evil beyond belief, mad.”

“He’s spot on! Even EPSTEIN said that,” wrote one person who made the reference.

“Love you Ice-T and that was a good one,” another chimed in. “Whoa! Satan is going to be pissed but this is quite accurate!!”

The “New Jack Hustler” artist also shared his opinion about Trump during a 2025 interview with “AllHipHop.”

“Trump, to me, has shown many, many ways how much of a piece of s—t he is,” he said. “I don’t think, I think he likes Black people when it’s to his advantage. He’s an opportunist. Me being a criminal, I know a con artist when I see one.”

The “6 in the Morning” artist also changed the lyrics to his controversial song “Cop Killer” with his metal band, Body Count, during a January concert. Ice-T changed the lyrics to “ICE Killer” after ICE agents in Minneapolis killed a young mother, Renee Good. Weeks later, Border Patrol agents in the city killed a young nurse named Alex Pretti.

Ice-T is unafraid to express his opinions and take a stand, as demonstrated in a heated exchange with a school teacher and Trump supporter. She criticized him for marrying a white woman and for his celebration of Black History Month. In response, he defended his 20-plus-year marriage to Coco Austin and addressed her disrespectfully.

27 December 2025

Virginia enacts social media time limits for minors starting Jan. 1, 2026 & Media Guidelines 26DEZ25 & 7JUL18

 


THIS may be a surprise to my family and friends who know my liberal beliefs, attitudes and actions but I am a supporter of the Commonwealth's new law on social media and minors. These controls are not the same as book banning in our schools, something I am generally opposed to. The social media time limits for minors lessens the chances of minors being exposed to porn or racism or violence. This law lowers the risk of minors being manipulated and then being sexually assaulted and abused, or manipulated and then committing suicide, or manipulated and then committing acts of violence. And the law allows for parents to adjust the time limits for their children to lower time limits or no time limits. ( Though the material from US Davis may be a little old it applies to today just as it did in 2018 ) These from WSET ABC13 News and UC Davis Health / Children's Hospital

Virginia enacts social media time limits for minors starting Jan. 1

by Alexia Stanbridge

Virginia is set to implement a new law next week that will impose strict time limits on social media usage for minors.

Starting Jan. 1, social media platforms will be required to restrict users under the age of 16 to just one hour per day on their apps.

Del. Wendell Walker, R-52nd District, compared social media addiction to drug addiction, saying, "When we get hooked on social media, it's almost like a drug addiction, you just have to have more."

The law allows parents to adjust these time limits, either increasing or decreasing them as they see fit.

Del. Sam Rasoul, D-38th District, emphasized the bipartisan concern over children's mental health, stating, "From a bipartisan perspective, people are concerned about the addiction of screen time. Social media companies are trying to entice us through these algorithms and keep us more and more addicted to these social media platforms."

SEE ALSO: Australia bans social media for kids under 16, leading the way in new global restrictions

The legislation, which passed with support from both parties in the House and Senate, also mandates that companies use reasonable methods to verify a user's age.

Del. Walker noted that it is the responsibility of the attorney general's office to ensure compliance with the new rules, saying, "You have to work for the safety and the health of the human beings out here and for young people."

The new law applies only to minors, with no changes to adult access.

Attempts to reach social media companies X, Meta, Snapchat and TikTok for comment or an interview have been unsuccessful.

MEDIA GUIDELINES

by three29 

 July 7, 2018


Growing Up in a Digital World

An ever-changing technological landscape asks for more and more from parents and teachers as the younger generations grow up with omnipresent technology and media. Here are some handouts illustrating Media Guidelines for toddlers, children, and teens, created by our team at the UC Davis center for Child & Adolescent Abuse Resource & Evaluation.

Media Guidelines for Toddlers, Ages 1-4

Full Size Downloadable PDF: Media Guidelines for Toddlers

Media Guidelines for Children, Ages 5-12

Full Size Downloadable PDF: Media Guidelines for Children

Media Guidelines for Teens, Ages 13-17

Full Size Downloadable PDF: Media Guidelines for Teens

Common Technology Terms – For Kids & Parents

Full Size Downloadable PDF: Tech Terms – Pg 1

PDF: Tech Terms – Pg 2

 

PDF: THINK Handout

20 July 2024

MISS MANNERS ON INFLUENCERS 19JUL24

 

Ms Manners is spot on with this one


Dear Miss Manners: I’ve never heard of “influencers” and don’t know the names of any of them. Who are they influencing and why should I care?

Indeed.

28 June 2013

BRAVE NEW FOUNDATION: BEYOND BARS (U.S. JUSTICE SYSTEM), CUENTAME (IMMIGRATION REFORM) & WAR COST (AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, DRONES) 28JUN13

HERE is an update from Brave New Foundation focusing on the media campaigns they have been running on immigration reform, the American justice system, War Cost, and the American military's and "intelligence" communities use of drones. I have donated to some of these campaigns (BNF has also taken on the koch brothers and their repiglican / tea-bagger allies ) and these media campaigns do have an impact. Check them out......
Brave New Foundation

CREATING MEDIA THAT MAKES AN IMPACTDONATE
Beyond Bars Wins Prestigious AwardThe National Council on Crime & Delinquency honored Beyond Bars as part of its annual Media for a Just Society Awards. “Law & Disorder”, which contrasts the criminal justice system on TV with the one in real life, won in the TV/Video category. The piece was screened for high school, college, and law school students as part of a live webcast with the ACLU last year for Constitution Day. Beyond Bars won the award among a field of nominees which included Mother Jones, NPR, and BBC.

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Immigration Reform Efforts Celebrated by AILACuéntame’s Immigration Reform campaign is being recognized by the American Immigration Lawyers’ Association through its 2013 Advocacy Award. The award recognizes outstanding efforts in support of AILA’s legislative and media advocacy agenda, which is to advocate for fair and reasonable immigration law and policy, primarily through informing the public with media outreach. Cuéntame’s latest video exposes the rampant abuse conducted by border patrol officers and the harsh human cost that results.

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War Costs Fights 'Signature Strikes'Our War Costs campaign is in high gear working on Unmanned: America’s Drone Wars and recently released a short investigative video that pinpoints the U.S.’s use of ‘signature strikes’ and their detrimental effects. You can also sign a petition asking Congress to end signature strikes and if we get enough signatures, we will use the petition to get a Member of Congress to introduce legislation ending signature strikes that kill innocent civilians. If you aren’t already, you can still become a Producer on Unmanned and help us in these crucial last months.

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Dear Supporters,
Earlier this week, the Supreme Court made a historical decision by ruling that the Defense of Marriage Act, signed by President Bill Clinton in 1996, violated the Fifth Amendment. This ruling will allow same-sex couples to receive federal benefits.
Thanks for your continued support,
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22 June 2011

Stop Apple's iPhone Kill Switch 22JUN11

STEVE Jobs missed his calling, missed his place in history actually. He would have been a Wunderkind in hitler's reich, helping the nazis really control everyone and everything. But we know better, and don't have to tolerate his abuses of privacy and civil rights and liberties. Click the link to tell apple to drop their plans for the kill switch on their phones and i pads. 
SavetheInternet.com


ActNow: Stop Apple’s iPhone Kill Switch

Think you own your smartphone? Think again.
Apple wants to patent a kill switch technology that can detect when people are using their phone cameras and give corporations the power to shut them down.1
Think that’s bad? Imagine what would happen if this tool fell into the hands of repressive regimes. Thousands of people across the Middle East have used cellphone cameras to document government abuses.
This kind of technology would give tyrants the power to stem the flow of videos and crack down on protesters with impunity.
Sign our letter to Apple CEO Steve Jobs: Demand that Apple stop developing technology that harms democracy and free speech.
Apple says this new technology was designed to stop concertgoers from taking unofficial video at live events. But you can bet that governments and corporations will use it  in other, more dangerous ways – to silence the voices of protesters, political opponents or anyone else they dislike.
As Steve Jobs obviously knows, smartphones have become extensions of ourselves. They are incredibly powerful tools for communication, education, political expression, community organizing and just plain fun.
Tell Steve Jobs that WE control our phones: Neither Apple nor anybody else can dictate what we photograph and film with them.
Earlier this year, researchers discovered that iPhones recorded your every move for the past year in a hidden but unprotected file.2 The public was outraged, and Apple soon announced that it was updating its software to better protect users.
We must stop Apple again. This new camera-blocking technology is a pre-emptive strike against free speech. If activated, it would be immensely harmful to our rights to connect and communicate.
Please take action now to urge Steve Jobs to pull the plug on this censorship technology.
Thanks,
Josh Levy
Online Campaign Manager
Free Press
www.freepress.net
1. “Is Apple Launching a Pre-emptive Strike Against Free Speech?” Huffington Post, June 22, 2011:  http://act2.freepress.net/go/4692?akid=2596.9767049.5AiSFn&t=7
2. “Got an iPhone or 3G iPad? Apple is recording your moves,” O’Reilly Radar, April 20, 2011: http://act2.freepress.net/go/4627?akid=2596.9767049.5AiSFn&t=9