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The First Amendment is Not Negotiable (opens the original)
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Donald Trump can’t make a deal to erase the First Amendment because he doesn’t like unfavorable media coverage. Welcome to the club of presidents who have bristled at negative coverage. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson would feel his pain.The first refuge of a tyrant is to crack down on a free press, but Trump’s latest attempt—and there have been many—will not silence critical analysis of his administration. It will likely only amplify it, and it should.No president gets to discriminate against m
September Eleventh United Americans (opens the original)
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Enduring memories still haunt Americans who were alive on a bright September morning a quarter century ago when commercial airliners piloted by suicide terrorists slammed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center, the side of the Pentagon, and a field in rural Pennsylvania.<source type="
Trump’s Costly Iran War (opens the original)
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Donald Trump’s losing war of choice against Iran passed the six-month mark Friday, and the folly of this reckless, costly military adventure has become increasingly ruinous for America. It has done far more harm than good, with the casualties mounting for U.S. service members, a deepening stalemate in the Strait of Hormuz and a wounded global economy.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!n1hV!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:stee
America at 250 (opens the original)
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“By the rude bridge that arched the flood,Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled,Here once the embattled farmers stood,And fired the shot heard round the world.”— Concord Hymn by Ralph Waldo Emerson<source type=
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