Today’s notice: MAGA floats going after hate speech, and some conservatives hate it. Republicans float their “clean” CR, and Democrats largely hate it. Patel and Schiff tested decorum at a Senate Judiciary hearing — you better believe Chuck Grassley hated it. And: Judges want security, too.
The Big One
Is this the new MAGA test? The White House is urging conservatives to channel their anger over Charlie Kirk’s assassination behind a new, whole-of-government drive against what AG Pam Bondi expressly called “hate speech.”
Bondi said prosecutors will go after people who make death threats against politicians, citing laws about incitement and other illegal speech. “Hate speech that crosses the line into threats of violence is NOT protected by the First Amendment,” she clarified.
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Donald Trump went further: He wants RICO charges against the protesters who heckled him recently at a Washington steakhouse. JD Vance and some members of Congress are singling out specific liberal and left-wing groups as hate speech purveyors.