Could the US see attacks on free speech? | Planet America Weekend

Could the crackdown on dissent lead to a new era of McCarthyism? And an iconic polling site shuts down, just as Trump’s approval ratings slump. With guests GWU Professor of Law Catherine Ross and FiveThirtyEight’s polling analyst Nathaniel Rakich. Subscribe: https://ab.co/3yqPOZ5

00:00 – Welcome to Planet America Weekend with John Barron and Chas Licciardello.

00:16 – A crackdown on dissent and the arrest of Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil.

15:35 – Is America returning to a new era of McCarthyism? We ask GWU Law Professor Catherine Ross.

23:14 – Buyers’ remorse for MAGA voters? Trump’s ‘flood the zone’ tactics lead to a slump in the polls.

31:43 – Sad news for US politics junkies as polling analysis website FiveThirtyEight shuts down.

32:35 – Our interview with FiveThirtyEight’s former polling analyst Nathaniel Rakich.

44:15 – Goodnight from John Barron and Chas Licciardello.

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