💬 Opinion May 15, 2026 · Matthew Petti

Judge Stops U.S. Treasury From Sanctioning Someone's Speech

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Judge Stops U.S. Treasury From Sanctioning Someone's Speech
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Over the past few years, the U.S. government has been experimenting with using economic sanctions to shut up voices that annoy it. In 2021, the Biden administration seized the websites of several news outlets it accused of being Iranian propagandists (including some that turned out to be Iranian dissident outlets). And in 2025, the Trump administration sanctioned U.N. Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese for recommending prosecutions of companies that benefit from the Israeli-Palestinian confli

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