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We explore how censorship is impacting institutions -- from universities to law firms to the Maine House of Representatives.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

01:40 Federal government cuts Columbia's funding

16:57 Updates on the Mahmoud Khalil case

27:01 Ed Martin's Georgetown letter

34:59 Trump targeting law firms

55:01 Maine House censure of Rep. Laurel Libby

01:03:37 Outro

Read the transcript.

Guests:

- Will Creeley, ÃÛÖ­ÏãÌÒ's legal director

- Conor Fitzpatrick, ÃÛÖ­ÏãÌÒ's supervising senior attorney

- Lindsie Rank, ÃÛÖ­ÏãÌÒ's director of campus rights advocacy

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Show notes:

- "" U.S. Department of Justice (2025)

- . U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Government Services Administration (2025)

- "" The Wall Street Journal (2025)

- "" Columbia University (2025)

- "Columbia caves to feds -- and sets a dangerous precedent" ÃÛÖ­ÏãÌÒ (2025)

- "" U.S. Department of Education (2025)

- "FIRE demands answers from Trump admin officials on arrest of Mahmoud Khalil" FIRE(2025)

- "Brief of Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner's Motion for Preliminary Injunction - Khalil v. Joyce" FIRE(2025)

- "" Secretary of State Marco Rubio via X (2025)

- "' President Donald J. Trump" The White House via X (2025)

- "" PBS NewsHour (2025)

- "" U.S. Department of State (2025)

- "" Habeeb Habeeb via X (2025)

- "" National Archives (1798)

- . (2025)

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- "" The Wall Street Journal (2025)

- "" The White House (2025)

- "" The White House (2025)

- "" The White House (2025)

- "" The CATO Institute (2025)

- "" President Trump via TruthSocial (2025)

- "" The New York Times (2025)

- "" Maine House of Representatives (2025)

- "Maine's censure of lawmaker for post about trans student-athlete is an attack on free speech" FIRE(2025)

- "" Sen. Kennedy via X (2025)

- "" Karl Popper (1945)

- "" Mike Godwin (1995)