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N.Y. Post: Biden censors battered — expect an epic Supreme Court showdown
New York Post, August 13, 2023 Biden censors battered — expect an epic Supreme Court showdown By James Bovard Federal judges hammered fresh nails into the coffin of the Biden censorship regime Thursday in New Orleans. The thrashing the administration received will likely set up an epic Supreme Court battle that could help redefine freedom […]
‘The Most Massive Attack Against Free Speech in United States History’
‘The Most Massive Attack Against Free Speech in United States History’ by James Bovard Sometime since January 2021, Biden administration policymakers decided that they were infallible—or a “close enough for government work” level of infallible. They claimed a divine right to suppress the online posts and comments of conservatives and anyone else who had a […]
N.Y. Post: Biden admin thinks it has divine right to nix conservatives’ free speech rights
LISTEN TO NEW YORK POST AUDIO VERSION: New York Post, July 6, 2023 Biden admin thinks it has divine right to nix conservatives’ free speech rights By James Bovard When did the Biden administration become infallible with a divine right to nullify the free speech of conservatives? On July 4, federal Judge Terry Doughty condemned […]
N.Y. Post: Washington throws a pity party for federal censors finally being investigated
New York Post, June 8, 2023 Washington throws a pity party for federal censors finally being investigated by James Bovard Democracy Dies in Darkness” is the pious masthead motto The Washington Post adopted in the Trump era. But in the Biden era, the Post sees censorship as the salvation of self-government. Censorship requires secrecy to […]
N.Y. Post: Private-federal censorship machine targeted TRUE ‘misinformation’
New York Post, March 18, 2023 Private-federal censorship machine targeted TRUE ‘misinformation’ By James Bovard Did you make any “worrisome jokes” about the Biden administration’s proposal to send agents door-to-door to browbeat people to get COVID vaccines? Then you were a public enemy guilty of spreading dangerous disinformation. Did you ask questions about COVID policy? […]
New York Times: The ‘Of Course’ Curse (1983)
Thirty-five years ago, the New York Times published this satirical piece inspired by editors who stuck lame-assed nitwit phrases into my articles. Happily, I have had no reason to complain about editors since then. Admittedly, it is difficult to find editors who will tolerate “bedamned” in articles these days. The article was accepted by Robert […]