Trump and Republicans find themselves on the other side of the cancel culture wars

At their convention five years ago, President Donald Trump and his Republican Party rallied their supporters fervently against an idea they characterized as a rot on society: cancel culture. Read More

In Their Own Words: Trump and Top Officials Change Tone on Free Speech

In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, the president’s pledges to guarantee free speech have been replaced by efforts to suppress — and even criminalize — what their critics have to say. Read More

Democrats Pitch Bill to Protect Speech Targeted by Trump

A group of House and Senate Democrats said they would introduce a measure that would bolster legal protections for people targeted by the government for speaking freely. Read More

White House threats against liberal groups test free speech protections

Trump administration plans to go after left-leaning groups is prompting fear among nonprofits and activists that the government will run roughshod over the first amendment in their pledges to ... Read More

‘Cowardly Corporate Capitulation’: FCC Commish Blasts Trump, Disney in Kimmel Debacle

Late-night host’s jokes “neither illegal nor grounds for companies to capitulate to this administration,” FCC commissioner Anna Gomez said. Read More

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Cheers Brutal Trump-Bashing Speech: ‘Shoot That Right Into My Veins!’

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow cheered Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker’s (D) blistering speech trashing President Donald Trump as a “wannabe dictator,” exclaiming, “Shoot that right into my veins!” Trump spent ... Read More

Trump’s threat to target ‘radical left’ after Kirk killing raises fears he’s trying to silence foes

President Donald Trump is escalating threats against what he calls the "radical left" after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Read More

A new era of American political violence is upon us

The job of all Americans now is to reject political violence “out loud over and over and over again,” Wintemute said, and to realize that, if they are deeply opposed to political policies or the Trump ... Read More