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Kimmel suspension ratchets up political debate about free speech

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published September 19, 2025 at 11:55 AM EDT

Here & Now hosts Peter O’Dowd and Celeste Headlee invite Fox News’ Chad Pergram and Puck News’ Leigh Ann Caldwell to the Friday politics roundtable to talk about what our political leaders are saying about political violence and free speech in the week after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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