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As activists target one of the only direct pressure points they have — Tesla, the car company that forms the basis for much of the wealth of Trump’s unelected prime minister Elon Musk — Trump has said he wants to charge demonstrators with domestic terrorism. Even if he doesn’t, even if Khalil is the only student he arrests and Perkins Coie the only law firm he targets, the damage is done. Free speech is in the crosshairs.
