{"id":17425,"date":"2022-07-29T08:40:50","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T12:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=17425"},"modified":"2022-07-29T16:53:32","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T20:53:32","slug":"feds-tried-to-suppress-my-usa-today-articles-fff-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/29\/feds-tried-to-suppress-my-usa-today-articles-fff-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Feds Tried to Suppress My USA Today Articles &#8211; FFF Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m\" dir=\"auto\">Lots of laughs as I joined <a class=\"oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 q66pz984 b1v8xokw\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jacob.hornberger.7?__cft__[0]=AZWsXsjhs7NDCe-RFUbmDzPUV8aKPSHBUNe2Agte2UvsjxZbLrvE8QTAp9p98dQCJPeR4W5hump3AoyIcKEeSR7iGktdqtcL6cqTGtrHCJ__VWyRfQbOeSt4IJH3aJvYdZzteIPemjJdR2zfBA_PyveXasJWrx6nWyQpfhQnYo0awQ&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\"><span class=\"nc684nl6\">Jacob Hornberger<\/span><\/a> and <a class=\"oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 q66pz984 b1v8xokw\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/richard.ebeling.7?__cft__[0]=AZWsXsjhs7NDCe-RFUbmDzPUV8aKPSHBUNe2Agte2UvsjxZbLrvE8QTAp9p98dQCJPeR4W5hump3AoyIcKEeSR7iGktdqtcL6cqTGtrHCJ__VWyRfQbOeSt4IJH3aJvYdZzteIPemjJdR2zfBA_PyveXasJWrx6nWyQpfhQnYo0awQ&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\"><span class=\"nc684nl6\">Richard Ebeling<\/span><\/a> to talk about the Justice Department trying to squelch my articles at <a class=\"oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 q66pz984 b1v8xokw\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/usatodayopinion\/?__cft__[0]=AZWsXsjhs7NDCe-RFUbmDzPUV8aKPSHBUNe2Agte2UvsjxZbLrvE8QTAp9p98dQCJPeR4W5hump3AoyIcKEeSR7iGktdqtcL6cqTGtrHCJ__VWyRfQbOeSt4IJH3aJvYdZzteIPemjJdR2zfBA_PyveXasJWrx6nWyQpfhQnYo0awQ&amp;__tn__=kK-R\"><span class=\"nc684nl6\">USA TODAY Opinion<\/span><\/a> in the <a class=\"oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 q66pz984 b1v8xokw\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/futureoffreedom\/?__cft__[0]=AZWsXsjhs7NDCe-RFUbmDzPUV8aKPSHBUNe2Agte2UvsjxZbLrvE8QTAp9p98dQCJPeR4W5hump3AoyIcKEeSR7iGktdqtcL6cqTGtrHCJ__VWyRfQbOeSt4IJH3aJvYdZzteIPemjJdR2zfBA_PyveXasJWrx6nWyQpfhQnYo0awQ&amp;__tn__=kK-R\"><span class=\"nc684nl6\">The Future of Freedom Foundation<\/span><\/a> podcast. We also whupped up on the non-recession recession and a heap of other BS out of Washington. In his lead-in, Jacob refers to &#8220;a member of the Justice Department.&#8221;\u00a0 Actually, it was the <span class=\"d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\">chief spokesman for the Justice Dept. and later press chief for the Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here is a link to the<a href=\"https:\/\/libertarianinstitute.org\/articles\/the-justice-department-pressured-usa-today-to-stop-publishing-me\/\"><strong> story I wrote for Libertarian Institute<\/strong><\/a> on the behind-the-scenes string-pulling.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2022\/jul\/7\/records-reveal-obama-administration-silence-critic\/\"><strong>Washington Times article<\/strong><\/a> on the censorship attempt.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why a Member of the Justice Department Contact a Newspaper Editor to Complain About James Bovard?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gWv8Emu66LA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hornberger_g?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@hornberger_g<\/a> asks: &quot;Is that a Cuban cigar you have?&quot; I scoffed: &quot;Heck no! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FutureofFreedom?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FutureofFreedom<\/a> doesn&#39;t pay me enough to afford Cubans.&quot; (I prefer Dominicans) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n80sSV8MpQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/n80sSV8MpQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1553110413864304642?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gWv8Emu66LA\">YouTube page<\/a> for the video &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot-2022-07-29-at-16-51-51-Why-a-Member-of-the-Justice-Department-Contact-a-Newspaper-Editor-to-Complain-About-James-Bovard.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-17435\" src=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot-2022-07-29-at-16-51-51-Why-a-Member-of-the-Justice-Department-Contact-a-Newspaper-Editor-to-Complain-About-James-Bovard.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"541\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot-2022-07-29-at-16-51-51-Why-a-Member-of-the-Justice-Department-Contact-a-Newspaper-Editor-to-Complain-About-James-Bovard.png 541w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot-2022-07-29-at-16-51-51-Why-a-Member-of-the-Justice-Department-Contact-a-Newspaper-Editor-to-Complain-About-James-Bovard-150x64.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lots of laughs as I joined Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling to talk about the Justice Department trying to squelch my articles at USA TODAY Opinion in the The Future of Freedom Foundation podcast. We also whupped up on the non-recession recession and a heap of other BS out of Washington. In his lead-in, Jacob [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[391,432,952,11],"class_list":["post-17425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-censorship","tag-eric-holder","tag-future-of-freedom-foundation","tag-justice-department"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Feds Tried to Suppress My USA Today Articles - FFF Podcast - James Bovard<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Justice Department pressured USA Today to stop publishing my articles. 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