#1746 What an actual attack on free speech looks like

#1746 What an actual attack on free speech looks like

Author: Best of the Left: Perspectives on Politics, Culture, and Economics October 25, 2025 Duration: 3:12:46

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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