Since assuming office, President Trump has dramatically upended the federal government to fulfill many of his campaign promises. He authorized Elon Musk to lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to reduce government spending, initiated a campaign of mass deportation, and enacted major tariffs on important trade partners. But one of the major promises Trump made on the campaign was to uphold Americans' right to free speech.
Read MorePro-Palestinian students, protesters, and organizations have faced an enormous wave of censorship since October 7th. Pro-Palestinian groups have been barred from college campuses, pro-Palestinian students have been blacklisted and had job offers rescinded, and university presidents have lost their jobs for defending pro-Palestinian students’ First Amendment rights. In a radical shift away from their purported belief in freedom of speech — and their fight to expose all Americans, particularly college students, to views that may be deemed controversial, offensive, or outright harmful — many on the American political Right have embarked on an aggressive campaign to silence pro-Palestinian speech.
Read MoreAny time a claim against Israel seeks to delegitimize, demonize, or hold the state to double standards, the criticism can no longer be considered constructive and must be seen for what it is — anti-Semitism.
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