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Steve Scaffidi: “The president went after major news organizations. CBS comes…”

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Wisconsin's Midday News w/ Jessica Tighe & Telly Hughes - 02/10/26

Published | Video Starts at 1:43:23

And I just wanted to go through them and have you and our listeners kind of gut check where they think the US is in any one of these 12 categories. All right, so number one, the authoritarian stifles dissent and speech. Yeah. Well, The president went after major news organizations. CBS comes to mind, actually changing the way they approach their job. So. Absolutely. Yes. Okay. An authoritarian persecutes political appointment opponents. Yeah. Department of justice has gone after both characters in the last administration, the Biden administration, and ones that they don't like. (1:43:23–1:43:31)

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