Randahl FinkFeb 2

The US is now a country, where The Executive Branch celebrates its arrest of a journalist for reporting the news.

Let that sink in.

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Not a surprise. He seems to be following El Salvador's governing style, where they were so proud to announce they had the biggest prison in the Americas, all powers are now concentrated on the Executive. And then, journalists are forced to flee after an investigation that revealed the murky methods Bukele used to arrive to power:

Bukele’s crackdown pushes top Salvadoran journalists to flee
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/18/bukele-authoritarian-el-faro-salvador/

Bukele’s crackdown pushes top Salvadoran journalists to flee

El Salvador’s top independent investigative news outlet moved its headquarters to Costa Rica in 2023. More of its journalists left the country this month.

The Washington Post
Feb 2 at 8:01amWeb