US free-speech rights shredded despite Trump vow to be first-amendment champion

Experts say free speech under attack in ways not seen since Nixon – and critics of president’s agenda are being targetedA cornerstone of the Maga movement during the Biden administration was to accuse a mixture of the so-called “woke left” and the justice department of forcing America into the grips of a free speech crisis.Common complaints were that nobody “can say anything any more” without being canceled or arrested for extremism. In the same breath, Maga broadly described the January 6 insurrection, which killed a police officer, as peaceful, accusing the Democrats of a communist conspiracy. Continue reading...

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