The Persistent Push to Depict Luigi Mangione and His Supporters as Terrorists
Trump calls them extremists. Mainstream media casts them as unhinged. We saw something else at a protest for Luigi Mangione.
Chilling Dissent
First Amendment rights are under attack, as powerful entities crack down on those who speak out.
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Far-Right Demands for Informants About Charlie Kirk Comments Remind Me of Syria
Authoritarianism flourishes when people fall silent. That’s why the response to Charlie Kirk’s killing made me think of Assad’s Syria.
MIT Professor Cancels Israeli Military Grant After Student Pressure
“This concession shows that student campaigns do have an influence,” one student said. "These ties cannot survive transparency."
Unnamed Pentagon Officials Ridicule Hegseth’s Plan to Stop War Department Leaks
Three current Pentagon insiders told The Intercept that new Department of War rules are an egregious assault on press freedom.
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Why FCC Chief Brendan Carr May Be the Most Dangerous Man in Media
Carr’s most pronounced quality is his total fealty to Donald Trump — and he’s been busy weaponizing the FCC for the cause.
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Trump’s Idea of the Criminal Left Is a Fiction. A Coordinated Defense Against His Fascism Shouldn’t Be.
The president describes a cartoonish fantasy of a George Soros-backed criminal network. If only the left were that good at collective defense.
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Jimmy Kimmel Wasn’t the Biggest Corporate Media Capitulation to Trump This Week
The mainstream media barely made a peep about Trump’s latest attack on Mahmoud Khalil’s free speech rights.
Trump Wants to Label Antifa a Terror Group. His Real Target Might Be a Lot Bigger.
The domestic terror designation might be a flop, but Trump will keep trying to find ways to crush the left.
Nancy Mace Targets Ilhan Omar in Charlie Kirk Speech Crackdown
The censure attempt comes as waves of people face professional reprisal over their speech in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s killing.
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Trump Sanctions Palestinian Human Rights Groups for Doing Their Job. Anybody Could Be Next.
It’s the first time the U.S. has sanctioned an organization specifically for using lawful, peaceful tools of advocacy.