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Does Trump have a legitimate First Amendment case?

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Does Trump have a legitimate First Amendment case?

Sara Swann

Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday filed class-action lawsuits against Facebook, Twitter and YouTube arguing his suspension from those platforms violates the First Amendment.

However, legal experts say that argument has little chance of succeeding in court since the First Amendment constrains only the government, and not private entities.

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Video: UNIT(ED) with David Adams

In the latest The Call To Unite video, David Adams, SEL Director at The Urban Assembly, and Dr. Tim Shriver, founder of UNITE, discuss social-emotional learning (SEL) as a lever for equity not only in our classrooms, but in our society at large. This is America's Classroom.

Grant makers must fund the big dreams of the youth movement

Imagine what could be accomplished if local youth organizations had million-dollar budgets every year, not just in presidential election years, writes Sarah Audelo, executive director of the Alliance for Youth Action.

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Present and Future Threats to American Democracy

Join USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future to hear Miles Taylor, former Homeland Security official, and a fall 2021 fellow at the Center for the Political Future who joins CPF Co-director Bob Shrum to discuss his upcoming course and his vision for the future of democracy and the Republican Party.


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America’s Operating System Needs an Update

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America’s Operating System Needs an Update

As July 4, 2026, approaches, our country’s upcoming Semiquincentennial is less and less of an anniversary party than a stress test. The United States is a 21st-century superpower attempting to navigate a digitized, polarized world with an operating system that hasn’t been meaningfully updated since the mid-20th century.

From my seat on the Ladue School Board in St. Louis County, Missouri, I see the alternative to our national dysfunction daily. I am privileged to witness that effective governance requires—and incentivizes—compromise.

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Meet the Faces of Democracy: Cisco Aguilar

Cisco Aguilar

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Meet the Faces of Democracy: Cisco Aguilar

Editor’s note: More than 10,000 officials across the country run U.S. elections. This interview is part of a series highlighting the election heroes who are the faces of democracy.

Francisco “Cisco” Aguilar, a Democrat, assumed office as Nevada’s first Latino secretary of state in 2023. He also previously served for eight years on the Nevada Athletic Commission after being appointed by Gov. Jim Gibbons and Brian Sandoval. Originally from Arizona, Aguilar moved to Nevada in 2004.

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Does Trump even care anymore that he’s losing?

President Donald Trump arrives to deliver remarks on the economy in Clive, Iowa, on Jan. 27, 2026. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images/TCA)

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Does Trump even care anymore that he’s losing?

Speaking at a rally in 2016, Donald Trump delivered these now-famous lines:

“We’re gonna win so much, you may even get tired of winning. And you’ll say, ‘Please, please. It’s too much winning. We can’t take it anymore, Mr. President, it’s too much.’ And I’ll say, ‘No, it isn’t. We have to keep winning. We have to win more!’ ”

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Minneapolis, Greenland, and the End of American Exceptionalism
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Minneapolis, Greenland, and the End of American Exceptionalism

America’s standing in the world suffered a profound blow this January. In yet another apparent violation of international law, Donald Trump ordered the military removal of another nation’s leader—an act that would have triggered global alarm even if the target had not been Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro. Days later, the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti were broadcast around the world, fueling doubts about America’s commitment to justice and restraint. These shootings sandwiched the debacle at Davos, where Trump’s incendiary threats and rambling incoherence reinforced a growing international fear: that America’s claim to a distinctive moral and democratic character is fighting for survival.

Our American Exceptionalism

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