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President Donald Trump has threatened reporters with treason over Iran war coverage (Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

Trump to media: Cheer the war — or else

Sophia Tesfaye
Stephen Miller and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The long war on the American left

Heather Digby Parton
At the 2025 Munich Security Conference, Vice President JD Vance chided Europeans on limiting free speech. (Johannes Simon/Getty Images)

JD Vance doesn't believe in free speech

Austin Sarat, Thomas Dumm
Don Lemon makes a statement outside of federal court in Los Angeles following his arrest on charges related to covering an ICE protest in Minneapolis. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Don Lemon's arrest is a MAGA misfire

Sophia Tesfaye
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Most journalists and press organizations are rallying around Don Lemon, following his arrest for his supposed involvement in a protest in Minneapolis this week. With some conservative pundits support his arrest, the debate over press freedom is back in the conversation. (Kevin Mazur / Getty Images)

Press freedom under fire after arrest

CK Smith
Fox News saw this week's ruling as a win. Rival right-leaning news outlet Newsmax is appealing. (anouchka / Getty Images)

Fox News shrugs at FBI raid of reporter

Sophia Tesfaye
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The press helped Project 2025 succeed

Sophia Tesfaye
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivers remarks on Dec. 8, 2025. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Hegseth's press purge is now complete

Sabrina Haake
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Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump is remaking America — as Russia

Andrea Mazzarino - TomDispatch.com
Republican presidential nominee former U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the Israeli American Council National Summit at the Washington Hilton on September 19, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

How Trump redefined antisemitism

Mattea Kramer - TomDispatch.com
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Taxing churches is a bad idea

Katherine Kelaidis
U.S. flag hangs over a church in Plano, Texas. (Photo by Stewart F. House/Getty Images)

The Texas church training GOP candidates

Marissa Greene, Cecilia Lenzen - ProPublica
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Jane Fonda channels her famous father in reviving his free speech committee of people in the entertainment industry from the McCarthy era. (JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP / Getty Images)

Hollywood fights back — again

CK Smith
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. and Donald Trump (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

The FCC's phony right-wing critics

Charles R. Davis
No Kings demonstration in Chicago, June 14, 2025. (Jim Vondruska/Getty Images)

America's slow-motion coup speeds up

Andrew O'Hehir
President Trump attended the men's finals of the US Open in New York on Sunday. He presence was met with mixed reactions, much like other major sporting events he's attend in the last decade. Most people complained about the delay due to long security lines. (Matthew Stockman / Getty Images)

USTA faces heat after muting Trump boos

CK Smith
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Protestors gather in Boston, Massachusetts during hearings for Harvard University's lawsuit against the Trump administration. (Scott Eisen/Getty Images)

Democracy at stake in Harvard vs. Trump

Sabrina Haake
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth testifies during his Senate Armed Services confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on January 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump’s “new” war on leaks

Jesselyn Radack
A Secret Service member stands outside the perimeter prior to Super Bowl LIX on February 09, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. ( Aaron M. Sprecher/Getty Images)

When the Secret Service reads your blog

Russell Payne
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio speaks to supporters at a campaign stop on the Keep Florida Free Tour at the Horsepower Ranch in Geneva. (Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Marco, “making a ruckus” is the point

Austin Sarat
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Protesters hold signs reading "Free Rumeysa Ozturk" and "come for one face us all! solidarity forever" during a demonstration at Powder House Park in Somerville, Massachusetts. = (Erin Clark/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Student's arrest "designed to silence"

Griffin Eckstein
Demonstrators gather outside United States Federal Court House in New York City to show support for pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil and demand his immediate release from ICE detention. New York, U.S., March 12, 2025. (Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images)

It won't end with Mahmoud Khalil

Russell Payne
Julian Assange (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Now Trump gets to use the Espionage Act

Jesselyn Radack
TikTok logo displayed on a phone screen is seen through broken glass. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Congress knew a TikTok ban wasn't legal

Brendan Gilligan
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