In a week that witnessed President Donald Trump's unrelenting, frontal assault on the First Amendment freedoms of speech, press and expression, it became crystal clear, in his own words, that what he wants to do is to suppress speech that is critical of him. On Friday, Sept. 19, Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that negative coverage about him is "really illegal." He seems to mean it. On the same day, a federal judge dismissed as "improper and impermissible," and a violation of the rules of federal procedure, his defamation suit against the New York Times, for articles questioning his success as president.

On Sept. 16, Trump accused the reporter, Jonathan Karl, and his employer, ABC News, of engaging in hate speech against him, and warned Karl that his Attorney General, Pam Bondi,

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