Of the 2016 election. To really understand why the socalled catch and kill scheme wasnt just about preventing negative press, just something all celebrities do, as Lindsey Graham tried to spin it a few days ago, well get in our Way Back Machine and take a trip down mem memory lane. After donald trump clifrm clinched the republican nomination and there is referred to his women problems, among female voters. The low Approval Ratings were fueled by his own rhetoric and his attacks against ted cruzs wife, a republican candidate carly and his long history of crude and vile remarks, not to mention his Flagrantly Misogynistic approach to his opponent Hillary Clinton and look at how that showed up in the polls for him. 73 of voters had a negative view of donald trump by midmarch of the election year. 64 of women voters in April Of 2016 said they have a quote, strongly unfavorably view of trump. In the middle of all of this, attorney Keith Davidson sends a text to the editor at the National Enq
tir ran cal. if it runs a foul of the law, so does the work of every press outlet, this one included. the first amendment protects the right of the free press and a free people to publish truthful public import, whether the government likes it or not. classified information is a category for those who work for the state, not for those of us in civil society. in fact, the obama administration had actually considered charges of precisely this kind but ultimately concluded it would violate the first amendment and have an intolerably destructive effect on the free press. justice officials said they looked hard at assange but realized that they have what they described as a new york times problem. if the justice department indicted assange, it would also have to prosecute the new york times and other news organizations and writers who publish classified material. this administration, of course, has no such reservations. the president has been calling the press the enemy of the