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Judi Lynn

(160,515 posts) Mon May 29, 2017, 06:15 PM May 2017

Bullet damage suspected in Ky. newspaper vandalism

Source: The Hill

BY NIV ELIS - 05/29/17 05:56 PM EDT

Lexington police are investigating vandalism at the Lexington Herald-Leader newspaper office, where several windows were broken or shattered Sunday.

There were suspected signs of small-caliber bullet damage, according to an article in the Herald-Leader.

The vandalization occurred at a time in which the press has become a frequent verbal target in Washington.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/335557-bullet-damage-suspected-in-ky-newspaper-vandalism

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Bullet damage suspected in Ky. newspaper vandalism (Original Post) Judi Lynn May 2017 OP

The new normal in the Drumpf era. sandensea May 2017 #1

If they suppress free speech bucolic_frolic May 2017 #2

sandensea

(21,622 posts)

1. The new normal in the Drumpf era.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon May 29, 2017, 08:12 PM

May 2017

Their idea of freedom of the press is what you see in Mexico or Colombia: the press is free to investigate; but the investigated are free to kill them.

bucolic_frolic

(43,125 posts)

2. If they suppress free speech

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Tue May 30, 2017, 06:12 AM

May 2017

these fascist/culture warriors will go unreported in the newspapers

and can do anything they want.

Sound familiar?

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