* “Scribblers”: How Abraham Lincoln often referred to the press.
* We now have another reminder that Trump’s demonization of the media as the “enemy of the people” has consequences. Tampa’s Democratic state senator, Janet Cruz, has filed a bill that would extend the protection of Florida’s hate crime statues to reporters. According to the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker, there were approximately 400 attacks on journalists last year.
* “It was so enthralling and gratifying to assail Donald Trump as a liar and misogynist that it was bound to be jarring when the beast slouched out of town and liberals had to relearn the lesson that reporters don’t—or shouldn’t—suit up for the blue team.” That was Maureen Dowd—not Rachel Maddow.