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Nora Benavidez

Nora Benavidez

Oct 5, 2026

56:36
Mm-hmm
56:36
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56:36
Donald Trump's behavior towards the First Amendment, and it was dizzying.
56:42
Uh, people near me said I sounded, you know, insane because I was ingesting so much content, trying to understand and make sense of what he has been doing to journalists, to protesters, to students, to law firms, to you name it.
56:59
Nothing has been off the table for him.
57:01
And we've known that he is a bully for years.
57:05
Uh, you know, even when he was a private businessman, he would bring lawsuits to silence critics.

7 MINS LATER

64:36
Yeah.
2:37
Tell us about this journalist, Mr. Mario Guevara, if I have that right.
2:43
This case is in many ways unique, but in other ways, I think it's it's part of a growing pattern of censorship by the Trump administration.
2:53
Mario Guevara is a beloved journalist in Atlanta.
2:57
He's Spanish speaking.
2:58
He's from El Salvador.
2:59
He came to Atlanta over 20 years ago legally and has been here with a work visa.
3:06
he really covers things in the community that a lot of other people don't he has an independent news outlet called mg news and he covers issues for the local spanish-speaking community a lot of that coverage is about ice about law enforcement and the way that they are monitoring his community but he was targeted in june while covering one of the no kings rallies in atlanta There were protests all over the country that day, June 14th, and he was picked up by local officials, arrested, and he has been in detention since June 14th.
6:44
What can people who are listening to us right now do about this? Are we powerless?

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