Air Date 10/25/2025
Trump's attacks on free speech, particularly with the use of the Federal Communications Commission, goes far beyond the Jimmy Kimmel story. We're in the middle of an all-out assault on freedom of speech, a free and unbiased press, and freedom of association.
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KEY POINTS
KP 1: FCC's Anna Gomez & Axios' Sara Fischer - Axios - Air Date 9-19-25
KP 2: Bari Weiss, CBS News, And The Conservative Media Takeover - Lever Time - Air Date 10-9-25
KP 3: Trumps Horrifying Plan to Destroy Free Speech W/ Ken Klippenstein - Current Affairs - Air Date 10-10-25
KP 4: ‘They’ll Be Others’: Trump THREATENS More Indictments of Foes After Comey - All In with Chris Hayes - Air Date 9-26-25
KP 5: Is ANTIFAscism Really a Violent Extremist Movement? - Matthew Cooke - Air Date 10-14-25
(00:48:56) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
On 'Working the Refs'
DEEPER DIVES
(00:53:51) SECTION A: ANTIFA
(01:15:09) SECTION B: POLITICAL ENEMIES
(01:53:02) SECTION C: FREE SPEECH
(02:29:52) SECTION D: MEDIA TAKEOVER
(02:52:28) SECTION E: MOCKING THE FACISTS
SHOW IMAGE CREDITS
Description: Black and white version of the official portrait of FCC Chair Brendan Carr with the list of words banned by the Trump administration in red over his face.
Credit: Internal composite design. | Carr official portrait via Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
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