The Ezra Klein Show · 2025-08-05 · 84 min · 12,041 words

Mahmoud Khalil Tells His Story

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Then they got power, and this administration came after speech in a way the left never dared to do, never wanted to do. You saw it with the hunt to cancel any grant that had the word diversity anywhere near it. You saw it as countless organizations that depended on the government, or that feared the government, began reworking their mission statements or censoring their websites to avoid any words that might offend anyone in this administration. You saw it as border agents looked through travelers' phones to see if they had said anything. that the administration wouldn't like.

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