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The 199 Things You Can’t Say in the Trump Administration

The 199 Things You Can’t Say in the Trump Administration

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Mar 12, 2025
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by Timothy Noah

Donald Trump delivers remarks on the jobs report from the Oval Office.
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In 1972, the comedian George Carlin identified seven words you couldn’t say on television. These were: “shit,” “piss,” “fuck,” “cunt,” “cocksucker,” “motherfucker,” and “tits.” Last Friday The New York Times identified 199 words and phrases you can’t say in the Trump administration (197 in today’s print edition…

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