October 16, 2025 Secretary Pete HegsethThe Department of War and Censorship Defense Mr. Secretary: In support of the journalists who gave up their press credentials rather than follow your undemocratic rules for covering the Pentagon, I am officially returning my pass. I know it expired long ago: in fact, it’s more out of date than… Continue reading Take the badge. Leave the First Amendment alone.
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McCarthy’s ghost haunts the Voice of America
August 5, 2025 Senator Joseph McCarthy (l) with Trump’s future mentor Roy Cohn in the 1950s If you know about Trump’s campaign to destroy the Voice of America along with PBS/NPR, or you’re merely outraged at his assault on free speech everywhere, this article by the Columbia Journalism Review is a blockbuster: "Joseph McCarthy’s War… Continue reading McCarthy’s ghost haunts the Voice of America