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KLAAS: "Yeah, I mean, it’s completely parallel, right? So you have going after intimidating critical media -- that’s what authoritarian regimes do. Trump has not only talked about libel laws but he's also talked about revoking media licenses for critical reporting. He's called the press a stain on America and the enemy of the people. And people throughout history have used that last term or Mao and Stalin. I mean, it's not hard to connect the dots here, right?"