How Trump Is Wielding Power to Stifle Speech (Gift Article)

On the Trump administration's "sweeping campaign to control speech in America" through lawsuits, regulation and threats: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

This NY Times story is largely a summary of Trump’s anti-free-speech moves. But there’s an interesting nugget: Trump’s access ban against the Associated Press had a motive beyond the “Gulf of America” dispute. Trump wanted AP to give him rights to that photo of him after the Butler, PA, shooting.

Donald Trump has done far more to curtail free speech than any recent president. His actions to use government power & private lawsuits to bully private citizens are unprecedented. Great recounting which also relays Trump's false promises that he would protect free speech. Worth keeping track:

You'll never guess which prominent "free speech" organization didn't talk to the Times for this article. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

NYT's lead this morning: "Almost 20 months into Mr. Trump’s second term, his long-running media clashes have grown into a sweeping campaign to control speech in America that stands out for applying so many levers, so fast, all at once." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

All eyes on the attacks on democracy in U.S. Front page above fold in @nytimes.com on Trump’s assault on free speech: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u... Lead story online in @washingtonpost.com is danger to elections from Trump Admin: wapo.st/4r70eX8 Editorial in @elpais.com elpais.com/opinion/2026...

Time for another Harper’s letter? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

A good chronicle of things we already know but this little tidbit was new to me. Ht @rparloff.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

“Almost 20 months into Mr. Trump’s second term, his long-running media clashes have grown into a sweeping campaign to control speech in America that stands out for applying so many levers, so fast, all at once.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

“Mr. Trump is deploying the might of the federal government…his long-running media clashes have grown into a sweeping campaign to control speech in America…the president’s intent is apparent: to punish, intimidate and silence dissenters.” (Gift article) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

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Authoritarian dictatorship in less than two years! #VoteBlue to save democracy and our country! #ProudBlue #USDemocracy #DemVoice1 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

Reporters Without Borders maintains an index that tracks press freedom in 180 countries The United States now ranks at its lowest since the organization started the index in 2002 — 64th just above Panama and just below Botswana #USDemocracy www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

Some really good nuggets here. Why did Trump kick AP out of the White House? It was a form of extortion after AP refused to give Trump rights to their iconic photo of him, bloodied with a raised fist, after he was shot in Butler, PA in 2024.

The Trump administration's attacks on press freedom have 'have certainly risen to the level where they’re kind of off the charts,' FPF's @trevortimm.bsky.social told @jimrutenberg.bsky.social and Maggie Haberman. Read more:

Trump is an enemy of free speech -- despite running on a campaign of free speech. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

Reporters Without Borders maintains an index that tracks press freedom in 180 countries, clocking governmental threats, subpoenas and the vindictive use of regulations against journalists. The United States now ranks at 64, just below Botswana.

Gift link: "Almost 20 months into Mr. Trump’s second term, his long-running media clashes have grown into a sweeping campaign to control speech in America that stands out for applying so many levers, so fast, all at once." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

Regime human thumb weighs in: "Mr. Trump’s team is unapologetic about its goal of achieving firmer control over the national information environment — what Mr. [Steven] Cheung, the comms director, has dubbed in a social media post 'Full Spectrum Dominance.'” 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

Glad to see the Trump administration’s war on speech and press freedoms getting some marquee coverage. Astounding that many still buy the notion that Trump is pro-free speech. What the latter often really mean, in true Orwellian fashion, is … www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

How Trump Is Wielding Power to Stifle Speech Get loud. Silence is an act of complicity. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

Thanks to Trump, the United States ranks worse than Botswana for press freedom, and just above Panama.

Präsident Trump hat Behörden in der gesamten Regierung dazu genutzt, die Pressefreiheit einzuschränken – eine umfassende Kampagne, die nach Ansicht von Verfechtern der Meinungsfreiheit dauerhafte Auswirkungen haben wird.

It's been notable how the so-called free speech absolutists who harped about the "censorship industrial complex" throughout the Biden years have been so very silent as Trump fired up a far more explicit censorship machine over the last two years.

New York Times: President Donald Trump retaliated against the Associated Press after the agency refused to transfer the rights to a photograph showing him fist-pumping the air following an assassination attempt while on the campaign trail in 2024.

Telling the President to eff off is more American than baseball or apple pie, and we will continue to do so. How Trump Is Wielding Power to Stifle Speech www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

Almost 2 years into Trump’s 2nd term, his long-running media clashes have grown into a sweeping campaign to control speech in America. He is using agencies across the govt to cut press freedoms, now and in the future. @demsabroad.bsky.social #TrumpRegime Free Read: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

I can't offer you $5,000, but PLEASE read & share this: How Trump Is Wielding Power to Stifle #Speech The president has harnessed agencies across the government to curtail press freedoms, a sweeping campaign that free speech advocates say will have lasting effects. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

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Nov. cannot come fast enough. VOTE! Make sure your friends and families all vote, too. This anti-Constitutional asshole and his fetid family must be brought to heel. So that the rest of us can heal. GIFT: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

Facism is the core of this regime. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

How Trump Is Wielding Power to Stifle Speech President Trump has harnessed agencies across the government to curtail press freedoms, a sweeping campaign that free speech advocates say will have lasting effects.

“President Trump has harnessed agencies across the government to curtail press freedoms, a sweeping campaign that free speech advocates say will have lasting effects.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

How Trump Is Wielding Power to Stifle Speech “Almost 20 months into…Trump’s second term, his long-running media clashes have grown into a sweeping campaign to control speech in America that stands out for applying so many levers, so fast, all at once.” Press Freedom—We’re #….64! rsf.org/en/index

😡 per NYT: * President Trump has harnessed agencies across the government to curtail press freedoms, a sweeping campaign that free speech advocates say will have lasting effects * www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

The @nytimes.com takes on Trump's crusade against freedom of speech and of the press. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

NYT Front today: "A Sweeping Effort To Stifle Free Speech" Huge Maggie Haberman & Jim Rutenberg piece on Trump's "campaign to control speech in America" www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

And furthermore, angry scum. "Angry over stories he does not like, President Trump has sued major news organizations and the White House has taken control of the previously independent press pool that tracks the president, deciding which outlets can participate." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

#TrumpTheEnemyOfFreeSpeech How Trump Is Wielding Power to Stifle Speech 👀🗣️🚨 “Trump has harnessed agencies across the government to curtail press freedoms. Free speech advocates say the president’s intent is apparent: to punish, intimidate and silence dissenters.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

Trump promised to “stop all government censorship.” The record assembled here shows the opposite: agencies, licences, subpoenas, funding, access and lawsuits deployed to raise the price of criticism — and Project 2025 supplied parts of the machinery. ↷ www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

“We live in a different world under this administration because the threats are so grave,” said Floyd Abrams. “It’s one thing to say there’s an extraordinarily powerful First Amendment, but unless and until courts rule on these matters, the threat is very real.”

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Jimmy Kimmel had to Webcast his interview with Talarico on YouTube when ABC caved to Trump. Sad how many different entities are helping Trump build his authoritarian regime. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

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Dear NYT: Stop referring to Trump officials engaged in stifling free speech as “conservatives.” They should be more accurately described as authoritarians. How Trump Is Wielding Power to Stifle Speech www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

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“Reporters Without Borders maintains an index that tracks press freedom in 180 countries…The United States now ranks at its lowest since the organization started the index in 2002 — 64th, just above Panama and just below Botswana.” Great again? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

It is an awful newspaper. Trump attacks the free press, the fucking NYT won't take a position, it uses the term "free speech advocates" say this is bad. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

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MAGA has no real belief in free speech; only that their own hate speech and misinformation should not be deterred. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

‘DEEPLY UN-AMERICAN’ - How Trump Is Wielding Power to Stifle Speech www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

"Regulatory agencies are using their powers to pressure media organizations over their content. The administration has stripped funding from public television and radio. Angry over stories he does not like, President Trump has sued major news organizations..." It's gotta STOP.

On Trump's relentless drive to stifle free speech. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

"The United States now ranks at its lowest since the organization started the index in 2002 — 64th, just above Panama and just below Botswana. The trend is the same at similar indexes kept by the Freedom of the Press Foundation and the V-Dem Institute of Sweden." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/

#USA 🇺🇸: The Trump administration is increasingly using government power to pressure the media and restrict press freedom. “We live in a different world under this administration because the threats are so grave,” said lawyer Floyd Abrams. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

“Almost 20 months into Mr. Trump’s second term, his long-running media clashes have grown into a sweeping campaign to control speech in America that stands out for applying so many levers, so fast, all at once.”

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@nytimes.com has a split personality. They write an impressive article like this: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u... and then write a non-serious piece as if we should not take trump seriously. This is the reason trump won the first time; the media did not take him seriously. The press owns this.

Good and long-overdue analysis. [free article] www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

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www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u... Jim Rutenberg, Maggie Haberman GIFTED The Pentagon has fired the editor & publisher of its independent newspaper, Stars & Stripes, blocked access to other journalists who refused to sign pledges that would limit their reporting ⬇️

Driven by a fury over leaks & a determination to shape the political narrative, Trump's deploying the might of the federal gov & filing personal lawsuits- targeting not just journalists & critics, but comedians & talk show host & the corporate entities behind the . www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

"Flood the zone, intimidate them and shut them up." Straight from the playbook for fascism. Trump is traumatising America and the rest of the world. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

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There is a comprehensive clampdown on all media. I'm the only one to reveal the $71 Trillion truth that made all of this happen. Please follow the thread. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

「トランプはどのように権力を振るって言論を封じ込めているのか」 Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/us/politics/trump-free-speech.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AlE.sHCI.SUSG0gR1_9oF&smid=tw-share “米国大統領が言論の自由を制限する措置を講じてきた歴史は長い。ウ […]

Alarming. GIFT link. Please share.

We're worse than Botswana? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

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This leaves out a big topic that belongs here (speech-driven deportation efforts), and it makes a passing reference to something that doesn't (the CPB rescission). Overall, though, a decent overview of recent legal and regulatory threats to free speech.

The "Justice Dept" sent FBI agents to reporters' homes to serve subpoenas & in at least one case flashed a warrant to seize devices. The Pentagon has fired the editor & publisher of its independent newspaper, Stars and Stripes, and blocked access to other iournalists. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

How Scumbag Asshole "I am the King" Trump Is Wielding Power to Stifle Speech www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

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Where are GOP believers in the Constitution when you need them? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

Funny how the self-proclaimed free speech warrior quickly weaponizes government agencies to stifle speech, as long as it's not *his* speech.

America is starting to sound more and more like a dictatorship than a democracy yet people seem complacent like the German people when Hitler rose to power. Look how that turned out, it didn’t end well. Wake up and do something. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

Stifling free speech Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

This is a fantastic analysis by The New York Times about how Trump and his malevolent minions are trying to stifle & choke off our First Amendment rights. THIS IS A MUST READ. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

As most fascists are, Trump is deathly afraid of truth. He runs a lie machine and a truth suppression machine using all the powers of the government he can muster. Why do we put up with it??? How Trump Is Wielding Power to Stifle Speech www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

Yet another reason to check your registration to vote, be sure you know where to vote (many polling places have been changed or closed to confuse voters), & if allowed by your state, to vote early!

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“an effort that has been welcomed by longtime conservative press critics like those at the Media Research Center.” Who is the Media Research Center? You know before you look.

I'm over ppl who only care about threatened free speech when it's their own. The NYTimes has been promoting demagogic attacks on the left under the pretense of free speech advocacy for a decade while ignoring the FAR greater, immediate threat from the right. They're not a champion I trust on this.

“The United States now ranks at its lowest since the organization started the index in 2002 — 64th, just above Panama and just below Botswana” How Trump Is Wielding Power to Stifle Speech www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

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"Regulatory agencies are using their powers to pressure media organizations over their content. The administration has stripped funding from public television and radio. Angry over stories he does not like, President Trump has sued major news organizations..." So very WRONG.

Trump is going to be hating on Maggie Haberman again. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

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NYT - President Trump has harnessed agencies across the government to curtail press freedoms, a sweeping campaign that free speech advocates say will have lasting effects. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

A chilling article outlining the ways Trump and company are curtailing media/free speech. I just wish the NYT headline writers and editors would stop banalizing Trump’s lies, dissembling, attacks. How Trump Is Wielding Power to Stifle Speech www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

Fascists hate Free Speech

4/5 Le New York Times, timide par le passé, l’affirme enfin clairement : le president représente une menace concrète pour la liberté d’expression (€) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

Here are examples of "How Trump Is Wielding Power to Stifle Speech": https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/us/politics/trump-free-speech.html #CivilLiberties #FreeSpeech copy: @renewedresistance #politics

"Almost 20 months into Mr. Trump’s second term, his long-running media clashes have grown into a sweeping campaign to control speech in America that stands out for applying so many levers, so fast, all at once." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

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