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The Trump administration recently launched its most high-profile attack on free speech yet—and it didn’t work. In fact, new polling suggests it’s backfiring bigly.

On Sept. 15, late-night host Jimmy Kimmel tamely critiqued the MAGA movement’s response to the murder of far-right activist Charlie Kirk. But even that proved unacceptable for the Trump administration, which successfully pressured ABC to suspend Kimmel’s show two days later.

Emboldened, President Donald Trump quickly demanded that NBC cancel late-night programs hosted by Seth Meyers and Jimmy Fallon, who have also made fun of him. The next day, he threatened

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