29-08-2019 16:50 via sltrib.com

Leonard Pitts: Trump’s anti-journalism hit squad

“The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.”So says Dick the Butcher in Shakespeare's "Henry VI, Part 2." Though often regarded as a Renaissance-era lawyer joke, the line is actually a backhanded compliment to the legal profession. Dick, a follower of the rebel Jack Cade, knows that before their insurrection can succeed, they have to get rid of the defenders of law and order.We are seeing a disturbingly similar strategy unfold in American politics. Except that this time
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