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Trump’s War on The View Is a War on Dissent & That Includes Us

Independent media has never been more important, or more vulnerable

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Marie Riverton
May 23, 2025
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When news broke this week that ABC executives told The View to tone down their political commentary, especially their criticism of Donald Trump, it felt all too familiar. Not because the hosts said anything new, but because this is how suppression works in 2025: not loud and overt, but strategic and chilling.

This isn’t the first pressure campaign from T…

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