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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Trump takes aim at UC Berkeley over free speech rights of protestors

    President Trump today signed an executive order directing colleges and universities to support free speech, threating to pull their federal funding. California has been at the center of the latest free speech debates.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Mar 21, 2019 • 1 min read

    President Trump today signed an executive order directing colleges and universities to support free speech, threating to pull their federal funding. California has been at the center of the latest free speech debates. In 2017, student Republicans at UC Berkeley invited conservative provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos to speak on campus, which resulted in a violent backlash, and the cancellation of his appearance. Trump invited members of the Berkeley College Republicans to be at today’s signing.

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    The full episode

    1 of 5
    Why some California doctors are traveling out of state to perform abortions
    1. 0:00Trump takes aim at UC Berkeley over free speech rights of protestorsYou’re reading this
    2. 8:43Conservative activist Candace Owens calls for African Americans to leave the Democratic party
    3. 18:18Diamonds are not forever: The diamond market turns to synthetics
    4. 26:08California doctors are traveling to other states to perform abortions
    5. 40:25How celery juice became the latest wellness craze
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