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From JD Vance's free speech critique of Europe to the Trump administration barring the Associated Press from the Oval Office, free speech news is buzzing. General Counsel Ronnie London and Chief Counsel Bob Corn-Revere unpack the latest developments.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

01:49 JD Vance's speech in Europe

13:27 Margaret Brennan's comment on the Holocaust

15:13 Weimar fallacy

17:36 Trump admin v. Associated Press

21:33 DEI executive order

27:39 Trump's lawsuits targeting the media

28:54 Â鶹´«Ã½IOS defending Iowa pollster Ann Selzer

32:29 Concerns about the FCC under Brendan Carr

44:09 2004 Super Bowl and the FCC

46:25 FCC's history of using the "Section 230 threat"

49:14 Newsguard and the FCC

54:48 Elon Musk and doxxing

59:44 Foreigners and the First Amendment

01:05:19 Outro

Read the transcript here.

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Show notes:

- "" The White House (2025)

- "" Michael Tracey via X (2025)

- "" FOX News (2025)

- "" 60 Minutes (2025)

- "" AP News (2025)

- "Â鶹´«Ã½IOS statement on White House denying AP Oval Office access" Â鶹´«Ã½IOS (2025)

- "" The White House (2025)

- "" The Wall Street Journal (2025)

- "" AP News (2025)

- "" Columbia Journalism Review (2025)

- "Trump v. Selzer: Donald Trump sues pollster J. Ann Selzer for 'consumer fraud' over Iowa poll" Â鶹´«Ã½IOS (2025)

- "" Bob Corn-Revere (2025)

- "" FCC (1996)

- (1993)

- "" USA Today (2025)

- "" FCC (2004)

- "" Brendan Carr via the FCC (2024)

- "NRA v. Vullo" (2023)

- "" Elon Musk via X (2025)

- "" The White House (2025)

- "" The White House (2025)