I see your disagreement. In the first instance, I'm referring to conservatives - persons or groups - doing more often what
they can already do, suing for defamation if a cease/desist/retract doesn't work.
In the second instance, I'm referring to revoking absolute privilege;
Public Officials in Defamation Claims I don't think politicians should be able to maliciously defame citizens or other politicians. If that impedes their ability to fulfill their duties, a lawsuit or two might provoke responsible speech from the governing. They may still criticize all they want.
I extend that to media. Example, when a person says 'good people on both sides, (referring to the debate over Confederate monuments) but not the white supremacists who should be totally condemned' and media perpetrates a willful distortion by culling the exculpatory words. One can criticize - "well, I want him to say it a hundred times because I won't get it the first 99" or "I think his actions are fascist" but cannot willfully defame.
Likewise, a politician should be subject to suit when they inflict a hoax on the nation by creating a conspiracy to defame another candidate and perpetuate fraud on the public. Nor should those DOJ/FBI bureaucrats who lied to courts and collaborated to remove a president and then prevent his re-election, be allowed to walk away. Nor is it legitimate or legal governance to outsource that which is not constitutionally permitted it, such as the DOJ/FBI using and coercing media companies to perform its desired censorship.
