Air Date: 10-25-2025

Trump's attacks on free speech, particularly with the use of the Federal Communications Commission, goes far beyond the Jimmy Kimmel story. We're in the middle of an all-out assault on  freedom of speech, a free and unbiased press, and freedom of association.

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KEY POINTS

KP 1: FCC's Anna Gomez & Axios' Sara Fischer - Axios - Air Date 9-19-25

KP 2: Bari Weiss, CBS News, And The Conservative Media Takeover - Lever Time - Air Date 10-9-25

KP 3: Trumps Horrifying Plan to Destroy Free Speech W/ Ken Klippenstein - Current Affairs - Air Date 10-10-25

KP 4: ‘They’ll Be Others’: Trump THREATENS More Indictments of Foes After Comey - All In with Chris Hayes - Air Date 9-26-25

KP 5: Is ANTIFAscism Really a Violent Extremist Movement? - Matthew Cooke - Air Date 10-14-25

(00:48:56) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

On 'Working the Refs'

DEEPER DIVES

(00:53:51) SECTION A: ANTIFA

A1: What Is Antifa and Why Trump Wants to Label It a Terrorist Organization - PBS NewsHour - Air Date 9-23-25

A2: Trump, Antifa, and Left-wing Terror – Fake News or a Real Problem? Part 1 - The Bunker – News Without the Nonsense - Air Date 10-6-25

A3: Trump Sounds RIDICULOUS At INSANE Antifa Roundtable - Pod Save America - Air Date 10-7-25

(01:15:09) SECTION B: POLITICAL ENEMIES

B1: Anti-Fascism Scholar Flees U.S. Amid Trump's "Antifa" Fearmongering - Democracy Now! - Air Date 10-15-25

B2: Trump, Antifa, and Left-wing Terror – Fake News or a Real Problem? Part 2 - The Bunker – News Without the Nonsense - Air Date 10-6-25

B3: NSPM-7: An Authoritarian Nightmare Ft. Ken Klippenstein - Kill The Computer - Air Date 10-11-25

B4: Trump Classifies "Anti-Capitalism" as Political Violence Pre-Crime - Give Them An Argument w/Ben Burgis - Air Date 10-1-25

(01:53:02) SECTION C: FREE SPEECH

C1: Trump’s GOP: Free Speech for Me, but Not for You - Velshi - Air Date 9-28-25

C2: Donald Trump BRAGS IN MEETING About Taking Away the Freedom of Speech!!! - Jesse Dollemore - Air Date 10-9-25

C3: Trump Has DISASTER MORNING As His Civil War BACKFIRES, Cancels Freedom of Speech?! - I've Had It - Air Date 10-9-25

C4: See Trump's Free Speech Failure: Melbers Definitive Breakdown - The Beat - Air Date 9-17-25

(02:29:52) SECTION D: MEDIA TAKEOVER

D1: Democratic Congresswoman Discusses FCC Regulations, Free Speech, "A  uthoritarianism at Its Worst" - CBS TEXAS - Air Date 9-29-25

D2: Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - LastWeekTonight - Air Date 10-13-25

D3: Authoritarianism, but Make It Look Normal. Plus, the Family Taking Over American Media. - On the Media - Air Date 10-10-25

(02:52:28) SECTION E: MOCKING THE FACISTS

E1: Trump Panel Admits Antifa Fought Actual Nazis - The Majority Report W/ Sam Seder - Air Date 10-11-25

E2: Jamelle Bouie Says Your Fear of Trump Isn't Helping. Plus, Humphrey Bogart's Betrayal. - On the Media - Air Date 10-3-25

SHOW IMAGE CREDITS

Description: Black and white version of the official portrait of FCC Chair Brendan Carr with the list of words banned by the Trump administration in red over his face.

Credit: Internal composite design. |  Carr official portrait via Wikimedia Commons, public domain. 

Produced by Jay! Tomlinson

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