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When identity politics Trumps the Constitution

When identity politics Trumps the Constitution
nation9/19/2025

The First Amendment is the latest casualty of the Republican Party's identity politics, and Trump's cult of personality. What can stop him?

This week, I wanted to write about how Donald Trump has used Charlie Kirk’s death to stage an alarming, party-wide and government-sponsored assault on the First Amendment and free and fair elections — and about Republican legislators’ complete capitu... [16767 chars]