| Good morning, Chicago. One of the topics our section has turned back to again and again this year is free speech and how under President Donald Trump, right wingers have seemingly embraced their own version of cancel culture. Professor and regular contributor Jonathan Zimmerman writes about a Rutgers scholar of antifa who recently fled the country when he faced death threats after conservative activists on campus demanded that he be fired. This incident plus attempts by the White House to penalize students for speaking out against Israel and the removal of “woke” language from government websites are some of the ways the president is testing the boundaries of the First Amendment. But Zimmerman says that Democrats would do the same if given the opportunity. “Sure, Trump’s victims have condemned him for trampling on their free speech rights. But they have also demanded the censorship of right-wing voices, including — you guessed it — Turning Point USA,” Zimmerman writes. The president also recently suggested he would challenge another amendment, the 22nd, which limits him to serving just two terms as our nation’s leader. Columnist Laura Washington says there could be an upside to Trump running for a third term: Barack Obama, who is more popular than Trump, could too. The editorial board sat down with Mayor Brandon Johnson yesterday and got some more details about his proposed corporate head tax including one loophole companies could use to avoid it: Employees who don’t work in a Chicago-based office at least three days a week won’t be taxed. The board writes that this loophole is just another reason why reviving the head tax is a bad idea. Also coming out against the head tax in our section today is the leader of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce. The board also turns its attention today to a recent antisemitic attack on Jewish teens in Skokie, who were allegedly bombarded by a group of peers with gel blaster guns. In light of this violent incident perpetrated by youth, the board asks: “If hatred is being picked up this young, where — and how — are they learning it?” If you have thoughts about any of the topics we covered today, send us a letter at the link below. Thank you for reading and writing. — Grace Miserocchi, opinion editor Submit an op-ed | Submit a letter to the editor | Meet the Tribune Editorial Board | Subscribe to this newsletter | 
