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So Much for Free Speech Under Trump

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FRIDAY, MAY 2, 2025
Adam Smith’s key insight was that both parties to an exchange can benefit and that, so long as cooperation is strictly voluntary, no exchange can take place unless both parties do benefit.
– Leonard E. Read, The Freeman [March 1977]

HORNBERGER’S BLOG
May 2, 2025
So Much for Free Speech Under Trump
After riding a wave of criticism of Democrats for suppressing freedom of speech, President Trump has just put the quietus on Amazon, which had the audacity to contemplate including the price of Trump’s tariffs in its shopping carts. Upon hearing of Amazon’s plan, Trump went ballistic, calling Amazon’s plan a “hostile and political act.” According to an article in Aljazeera, Trump telephoned Amazon …
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