1. United States
2. Md.
3. Letter

It’s past time to draw a new legal line:
If you shoot members of the press—whether with lethal or so-called “non-lethal” force like rubber bullets—you should face immediate criminal prosecution. Not “pending review.” Not someday. Now. Investigations into such attacks must be conducted by an independent body, not by police departments investigating themselves. Write the law. Pass it. Enforce it.
Or admit that you’ve already decided truth is more dangerous than violence. A free press is essential to any functioning democracy.
I’ve stopped watching most broadcast news—it feels more performative than informative. But I do rely on the work of writers and analysts like Heather Cox Richardson, Joyce Vance, Preet Bharara, Jennifer Rubin, and reporting in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. These sources depend on facts and the ability to report them freely. I also read your newsletters. I expect them to be fact-based and to include what you’re doing to uphold your oath: to protect and defend the Constitution and to represent your constituents. Thank you.