AndMedPage Todayreports that at least two other journals have received similar intimidating letters.

Are there new norms being developed and offered?

while ending with a request for a response by May 2.

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The journal also posted apublic statementonline Friday affirming its editorial standards but didnt address the DOJ letter specifically.

The journal went on to stress the editorial standards the publication adheres to, including theICMJEandCOPE guidelines.

Its not yet clear which other journals cited byMedPage Todaymay have received the letters.

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Attorneys Office for the District of Columbia didnt immediately respond to questions over email Friday.

But Martin appeared to threaten anyone who hindered their activities, even by just speaking out against them.

And if history has taught us anything, its that the ideology of fascism is all-encompassing.

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Yes, theyre coming for the medical journals now, as ridiculous as that sounds.

And every Trump supporter who thinks theyll escape fascisms wrath is sorely mistaken.

In this kind of system, everyone is eventually made to prove their fealty to the leader.

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