The War on Free Speech

[kalm]

So Klamdami? When did you go blind?

What’s the matter? TDCR?

(Too dumb couldn’t read)

[Caribbean Hen]

So Klamdami? When did you go blind?

What’s the matter? TDCR?

(Too dumb couldn’t read)

What’s the matter? TICS ?

(too indoctrinated couldn’t see)

[kalm]

What’s the matter? TDCR?

(Too dumb couldn’t read)

What’s the matter? TICS ?

(too indoctrinated couldn’t see)

Stolen material. Uninventive. You lose again.

[Caribbean Hen]

What’s the matter? TICS ?

(too indoctrinated couldn’t see)

Stolen material. Uninventive. You lose again.

Why is it so important to you that I lose?

[kalm]

Stolen material. Uninventive. You lose again.

Why is it so important to you that I lose?

When you insult first and back it up with gibberish, America needs you to lose.

[Caribbean Hen]

Why is it so important to you that I lose?

When you insult first and back it up with gibberish, America needs you to lose.

And ultimately, that appears to be your goal

that America loses

[UNI88]

When you insult first and back it up with gibberish, America needs you to lose.

And ultimately, that appears to be your goal

that America loses

America has been losing since January 20, 2017. Hopefully we get a real leader in January of 2029.

[kalm]

When you insult first and back it up with gibberish, America needs you to lose.

And ultimately, that appears to be your goal

that America loses

I love this country. That’s why I’m opposed to changing it into something unrecognizable. And/or an authoritarian state.

[Caribbean Hen]

And ultimately, that appears to be your goal

that America loses

I love this country. That’s why I’m opposed to changing it into something unrecognizable. And/or an authoritarian state.

Have you noticed what the Democrats have become?

Unrecognizable from 10 years ago

[UNI88]

I love this country. That’s why I’m opposed to changing it into something unrecognizable. And/or an authoritarian state.

Have you noticed what the Democrats have become?

Unrecognizable from 10 years ago

The same is true of Republicans.

[kalm]

I love this country. That’s why I’m opposed to changing it into something unrecognizable. And/or an authoritarian state.

Have you noticed what the Democrats have become?

Unrecognizable from 10 years ago

Good god I hope so!

(You keep forgetting I’m not a Democrat.)

[BDKJMU]

And ultimately, that appears to be your goal

that America loses

America has been losing since January 20, 2017. Hopefully we get a real leader in January of 2029.

We will.

[Caribbean Hen]

Have you noticed what the Democrats have become?

Unrecognizable from 10 years ago

Good god I hope so!

(You keep forgetting I’m not a Democrat.)

Who is? And what is a Democrat today?

[UNI88]

America has been losing since January 20, 2017. Hopefully we get a real leader in January of 2029.

We will.

Thank you for admitting that America has been losing with trump as POTUS for 8 of the 12 years between 2017 - 2029.

I don't have high hopes for Just Dance. putin probably has kompromat photos of him and a sofa.

[UNI88]

DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email

The Trump administration is targeting free speech with a little-known legal tool: administrative subpoenas.

The Washington Post reports that a retired Philadelphia man, Jon, 67, found himself in the government’s crosshairs after he emailed a lead prosecutor at the Department of Homeland Security, Joseph Dernbach, who was handling the deportation case of an Afghan refugee, identified as H, asking him to consider that the man’s life was in danger from the Taliban.

“Mr. Dernbach, don’t play Russian roulette with H’s life,” Jon wrote from his gmail account. “Err on the side of caution. There’s a reason the US government along with many other governments don’t recognise the Taliban. Apply principles of common sense and decency.”

Later that day, Jon received an email from Google notifying him that an administrative subpoena had been sent to them from the Department of Homeland Security “compelling the release of information related to your Google Account.” Federal agencies can issue such subpoenas without an order from a judge or grand jury, and Google gave Jon, who withheld his last name to protect his family from the government, one week to challenge it.
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“It doesn’t take that much to make people look over their shoulder, to think twice before they speak again,” said Nathan Freed Wessler, one of Jon’s attorneys. “That’s why these kinds of subpoenas and other actions—the visits—are so pernicious. You don’t have to lock somebody up to make them reticent to make their voice heard. It really doesn’t take much, because the power of the federal government is so overwhelming.”

If you don't want to be called an authoritarian then don't do authoritarian things.

[kalm]

Good god I hope so!

(You keep forgetting I’m not a Democrat.)

Who is? And what is a Democrat today?

Schumer, Jefferies, Newsome, are the best examples. You could name AOC or Ro Kahna but they’re Dems mostly because of the duopoly.

[UNI88]

Oops.

[Caribbean Hen]

And ultimately, that appears to be your goal

that America loses

My feelings have been losing since January 20, 2017. Hopefully we get someone to cure my derangement syndrome in January of 2029.

Marco Rubio or JD Vance?

[UNI88]

Mullah Abbott speaks out publicly against student ICE walkouts

"If you're a student, you have a job and that's to go be in a classroom," Abbott said. "Protests by leaving a school is not allowed by law."

The governor's comments come after hundreds of students across Central Texas walked out over the last week to protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement activities.

Mullah abbott should tell us specifically which laws students are allegedly violating by leaving school? They can be marked absent but I don't think it's actually illegal. I believe the punishment must usually be the same as for other unexcused absences, not extra punishment just because the absence was for a protest or some other reason that chaps the Mullah's behind.

[UNI88]

Not when you have an overly sensitive beta cuck as secretary of war crimes.

[UNI88]

Pentagon bans its own publication from attending Pete Hegseth’s morning press conference

"The Pentagon blackballed its own newspaper from covering its own press conference? Reminder, Stars & Stripes employees are US Army civilians," he wrote. "Their editorial independence is protected by Congress specifically to prevent political leaders from feeding troops propaganda.”

Timothy Richardson of PEN America, a freedom of speech advocacy nonprofit, told Stars and Stripes that the new content guidelines were clear signs that the Pentagon was trying to wrangle the outlet to deliver its preferred talking points.

“This clearly shows that the Pentagon is trying to increase its influence over content decisions at Stars and Stripes,” he said. “That’s a threat to the First Amendment, certainly, and the independence that Congress has long guaranteed for the newsroom.”

[UNI88]

‘Incredibly chilling’: Advocacy groups raise alarm over Trump’s demand for list of Jewish faculty at Penn

While the Trump administration says the information will assist in an antisemitism investigation into the university, some Jewish advocates argue the government has used their community to advance attacks and policies against higher education to restrict free speech on campuses.
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Members of the Jewish community say they have lost trust in the White House’s intentions over the past year.

“At the top of everyone’s mind is that this administration, no matter what they say, has no plan to prevent or end antisemitism whatsoever. Its policies actively harm Jewish people by using our legitimate fears of antisemitism and our legitimate need for reassurances for safety as a smoke screen to advance unpopular anti-democratic policies exactly like this,” said Eli Williams-Szenes, director of advocacy and political affairs for Bend the Arc Jewish Action.

Williams-Szenes pointed to policies such as the Trump administration screening foreign students’ social media accounts before approving visas as evidence of its impure motives.

[UNI88]

Agriculture secretary’s religious Easter message to all employees sparks internal backlash and a formal complaint

Employees at the department’s 4,500 offices across the country received an email From Secretary Brooke Rollins on Sunday: “Happy Easter — He is Risen indeed!”

Rollins told all department staff it was a day to celebrate “the foundation of our faith.”

“From the foot of the Cross on Good Friday to the stone rolled away from the now empty tomb, sin has been destroyed. Jesus has been raised from the dead. And God has granted each of us victory and new life,” the email read.

The complaint, obtained by CNN, was filed with the Office of Special Counsel by Ethan Roberts, the president of a local union for federal employees who is also an employee at USDA. The OSC is an independent federal investigative agency that investigates whistleblower complaints from federal employees with claims of violations of laws, rules or regulations.

In his complaint, Roberts said the email was a “pro-Christianity sermon” sent to all USDA employees on Easter Day, claiming it violated the establishment clause of the First Amendment. Roberts added that the email “eroded the separation of church and state.”

Roberts told CNN the secretary’s email speaking of “sin” and “Hell” made him “feel as if that was my fate if I did not treat Easter as holy as Secretary Rollins does.”

[UNI88]

Agriculture secretary’s religious Easter message to all employees sparks internal backlash and a formal complaint

Employees at the department’s 4,500 offices across the country received an email From Secretary Brooke Rollins on Sunday: “Happy Easter — He is Risen indeed!”

Rollins told all department staff it was a day to celebrate “the foundation of our faith.”

“From the foot of the Cross on Good Friday to the stone rolled away from the now empty tomb, sin has been destroyed. Jesus has been raised from the dead. And God has granted each of us victory and new life,” the email read.

The complaint, obtained by CNN, was filed with the Office of Special Counsel by Ethan Roberts, the president of a local union for federal employees who is also an employee at USDA. The OSC is an independent federal investigative agency that investigates whistleblower complaints from federal employees with claims of violations of laws, rules or regulations.

In his complaint, Roberts said the email was a “pro-Christianity sermon” sent to all USDA employees on Easter Day, claiming it violated the establishment clause of the First Amendment. Roberts added that the email “eroded the separation of church and state.”

Roberts told CNN the secretary’s email speaking of “sin” and “Hell” made him “feel as if that was my fate if I did not treat Easter as holy as Secretary Rollins does.”

[UNI88]

A Full List Of The Trump Administration’s Efforts To Intimidate, Silence Or Otherwise Harass Journalists

Here’s a list of some of the current Trump administration’s most notable attempts to browbeat the press.
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The ‘Your Mom’ Incident
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Leavitt fired off a round of insults when Dáte asked if she thought the “your mom” quip was funny.

“It’s funny to me that you actually consider yourself a journal [sic],” she wrote back. “You are a far left hack who nobody takes seriously, including your colleagues in the media, they just don’t tell you that to your face. Stop texting me your disingenuous, biased, and ******** questions.”
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A Whole Bunch Of Lawsuits
The Trump administration has filed numerous lawsuits against media outlets over reporting the president deems unflattering, often seeking massive damages in the millions and even billions.
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Outrageous Searches, Investigations And Arrests
Last year, Trump’s Federal Trade Commission launched an investigation into watchdog outlet Media Matters for America in connection with its court battle with then-Trump ally Elon Musk, who’d accused the group of orchestrating advertiser boycotts of X.
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Then, in January, federal agents arrested independent journalist and former CNN host Don Lemon over his coverage in a Minnesota church of a protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Lemon was charged with conspiracy and interfering with the First Amendment rights of the church’s congregants. Agents also arrested independent journalist Georgia Fort.

That same month, the FBI raided the home of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson, seizing both her personal and work laptops, her phone and her watch.
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Outright Blocking Of Press Access
The month after Trump started his second term, Leavitt rolled out a new policy for press coverage access, ending a decades-long system in which the White House Correspondents’ Association determined the rotation of reporters who fill spots dedicated for radio, television, print and wire service reporters each day.
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Hours after the announcement, the White House kicked Dáte and a Reuters reporter out of their spots in the pool the next day. Axios ― an outlet focused on brief, straightforward coverage ― and two right-wing outlets ― The Blaze and Newsmax ― were given spots that day instead.
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Relentless Personal Attacks On Female Journalists
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The president’s hostility toward women in the press room began ramping up last fall when he started making highly personal attacks on them when they asked him questions. Perhaps most infamously, in November, he scolded Bloomberg reporter Catherine Lucey, a veteran White House correspondent, with a jaw-dropping “Quiet, piggy!” and finger wag when she pressed him about Jeffrey Epstein.

Later that month, he slammed the female author of a New York Times story about him as “ugly” and a “third rate reporter,” saying absolutely nothing about the man who co-wrote the story.

It didn’t stop there. In recent months, he’s excoriated female journalists, often to their faces, as “horrible,” “insubordinate,” “terrible,”“stupid and nasty.” In February, he lobbed a clichéd insult at CNN’s Kaitlan Collins for not smiling enough. Just on Thursday, he told NOTUS’s Jasmine Wright she was a “disgrace” after she asked him about his Iran timeline.