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Anthony L. Fisher

Senior Editor, MS NOW

Anthony L. Fisher is a senior editor and opinion columnist for MS NOW, often covering free speech, civil liberties and extremism. He was previously the senior opinion editor for The Daily Beast, a politics columnist for Business Insider, and he’s a two-time winner of the Southern California Journalism Award for investigative reporting on criminal justice issues. Find him on Bluesky and Threads.

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Out of focus in the foreground, people hold picket signs that read "Hands Off Iran!" In focus in the background is the White House.

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A masked agent driving a white car looks out the window of the car.

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a photo illustration showing Trump with a long red tie weaving around him

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Bob Weir and the Grateful Dead’s music will endure for generations

At sunset, an American flag flies in the foreground with the Capitol in focus in the background.

CBS News says it ‘unapologetically’ loves America. But it’s perpetuating a dangerous binary.

Donald Trump in front of a Christmas tree.

Trump officials showed their hostility to the Constitution on Christmas Day