Before the last election Gannett, publisher of The Arizona Republic and another 200+ newspapers developed cold journalistic feet when it came to publishing daily editorials, letters and cartoons. "Readers don't want us to tell them what to think. They don't believe we have the expertise to tell anyone what to think on most issues. They perceive us as having a biased agenda." Normally they have a pack of writers hammering away at Biden or Obama or Hillary or anything vaguely liberal. Not now. Silence. For the first time a new administration gets a free ticket to do what it wants and challenge whatever constitutional norms it dislikes. The Supreme Court is on board. Congress is on board. The army is becoming an instrument of political power. PBS out. Foreign Aid out. Aid to the poor out. Medicaid out. Medical research out. Universities under attack. Project 2025 is being implemented. Criticism, even discussion will not be tolerated. Democracy? Freedom of speech? Marxist drivel. One people, one government, one leader. Work will make us free!