Journalists Beware: A Second Trump Term Could Pose Very Real Risks

JD’s Abortion Claim • Trump’s Meltdown • RFK Jr.’s Secrets [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( Journalists Beware: A Second Trump Term Could Pose Very Real Risks Good Monday morning! JD Vance passed up an opportunity on Meet the Press to apologize for his “childless cat ladies” remarks, while claiming that he wants “women to have more choices,” [writes]( Katie Herchenroeder, who notes that Vance also claimed Donald Trump “would not sign a federal abortion ban—even though he [voiced support]( for one when he was in office.” While Trump’s “worst instincts” for limiting press freedom “were thwarted by senior officials, the courts, and the media itself” during his first term in office, Joel Simon [warns]( of the grave threats in a potential second term. Simon, the former executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, writes that “the authoritarian playbook is firmly established” and “Trump knows it well.” Plus, as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. goes to bat for Trump, revisit Joe Hagan’s [deep dive]( last month on the political scion. Thanks for reading. [Image may contain: Adult, Person, Flag, Lamp, Clothing, Footwear, Shoe, Accessories, Bag, Handbag, Indoors, Crowd, and People]( [American Journalists Beware: A Second Trump Term Could Pose Very Real Risks]( By [Joel Simon]( [The former director of the Committee to Protect Journalists lays out the grave threats that news outlets might confront—and offers proactive safeguards.]( [Read more button](   [“I Just Want Women to Have More Choices”: Senator JD Vance, Who Has Likened Abortion to Murder]( By [Katie Herchenroeder]( [On Sunday’s Meet the Press, the Republican vice presidential candidate was given several opportunities to apologize for “childless cat ladies” remarks and just couldn’t—or wouldn’t—do it.]( [Read more button](   [Trump Has Chernobyl-Level Meltdown Over Harris’s Democratic National Convention Triumph]( By [Bess Levin]( [He’s not handling it well.]( [Read more button](   [Donald Trump Campaign’s Use of Foo Fighters Song Could Boost Kamala Harris]( By [Eve Batey]( [The Republican nominee used the band’s hit “My Hero” to introduce Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.]( [Read more button](   [RFK Jr.’s Family Doesn’t Want Him to Run. Even They May Not Know His Darkest Secrets.]( By [Joe Hagan]( [A shocking photograph. Blowback from a Trump meeting. Alleged sexual assault. The Kennedys have voiced support for Joe Biden, but certain aspects of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s character are only just now coming to light.]( [Read more button](   Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now](   [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn](   This e-mail was sent to you by The Hive. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe]( Sent from Condé Nast, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Copyright © 2024 Condé Nast