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Value press freedom

Tue., March 7, 2017

I, for one, am grateful to our press for their coverage of events. Because this freedom was so important to our founders, they made it the First Amendment to the Constitution. They wanted a provision to hold the government accountable to the people. Any constitutionalist should recognize this.

As far as Trump is concerned, he is a bag of hot air, “full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”

Barbara Slaughter

Spokane

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