@xankarn

Necessary edit:

"You might be, according to Pam Bondi and the DOJ, if any of these apply to you:

-anti-American, according to what Trump thinks

-anti-capitalist, according to what Trump thinks

-anti-Christian, according to what Trump thinks

-critical of law/immigration enforcement policies, according to what Trump thinks

-an adherent to “radical gender ideology” according to what Trump thinks

-hostile to “traditional views” on family, religion, and morality, according to what Trump thinks"

#Trump #Bondi #FirstAmendment #BillofRights

Today’s story is an update on last week’s Rutherfordton events where officials denied a permit for a small Pagan-led vigil, citing undocumented restrictions and a coercive “Christian parade” alternative,

https://wildhunt.org/2025/12/a-yuletide-act-of-civil-disobedience-in-the-american-south.html

#pagan #witchcraft #lgbtqia #civilrights #firstamendment #minotityfaiths #paganclergy #paganrights #ReligiousFreedom #ReligiousDiscrimination

FBI agents fired for kneeling at George Floyd protest sue Kash Patel and other officials.

https://www.advocate.com/news/fired-fbi-agents-sue-patel
#KashPatel #GeorgeFloyd #FirstAmendment #FBI

#ICEBlock lawsuit: #Trump admin bragged about demanding App Store removal

In a lawsuit filed against top Trump administration officials on Monday, #Apple was accused of caving to #unconstitutional government demands by removing an #Immigration and Customs Enforcement-spotting app from the App Store with more than a million users.
#ice #privacy #firstamendment

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/12/iceblock-lawsuit-trump-admin-bragged-about-demanding-app-store-removal/

#ICEBlock Creator Sues U.S. Government Over App’s Removal

The creator of ICEBlock, a popular ICE-spotting app that #Apple removed after direct pressure from the Department of Justice, is suing #AttorneyGeneral #PamBondi and other top officials, arguing that the demand violated his #FirstAmendment #rights.
#privacy #security #doj #ice #immigration

https://www.404media.co/iceblock-creator-sues-u-s-government-over-apps-removal/

FBI agents fired for kneeling at George Floyd protest sue Kash Patel, other admin members

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/fired-fbi-agents-sue-patel

ICEBlock lawsuit: Trump admin bragged about demanding App Store removal https://arstechni.ca/XsEb #immigrationandcustomsenforcement #FirstAmendment #freespeech #AppStore #iceblock #Policy #apple #ice

A dozen #FBI agents fired this year for having knelt during a #RacialJustice #protest in 2020 sued the bureau’s director, #KashPatel, & the #Trump admin on Monday, arguing that they had been unjustly punished for de-escalating a potentially dangerous situation.

The suit involves one of the largest groups of former law enforcement officials to challenge the Trump admin in court over its continuing purge of personnel at the #DOJ & FBI.

#law #FirstAmendment #FreedomOfExpression #FreeSpeech

A Dozen #FBI Agents Sue #KashPatel After Being Fired Over Kneeling at #Protest

A 5-year-old photo of agents kneeling at a DC protest after #GeorgeFloyd’s murder led to the firing of about 16 agents.

#Trump #DOJ #law #FirstAmendment #FreedomOfExpression #FreeSpeech
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/us/politics/kash-patel-fbi-lawsuit-george-floyd-protest.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

#Speech Is Only Free for the #Privileged: The Moral Mechanics of #Neutrality

34 Pages Posted: 1 Dec 2025
Candice Mason Kulbeth

This Article argues that the integrity of the #FirstAmendment's promise of free expression depends less on the right to speak than on the discipline to translate speech into neutral, verifiable judgment.

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5661270

So apparently some Idaho guy wants to amend the state constitution to ban a religion because they are [checks notes] raising money to feed the poor.

Seriously? Like there's a whole amendment about free exercise of religion. Not to mention that the last time this Catholic read the Bible, Jesus was all about feeding the poor and "what you do to the least among you."

Anyway, here's a link to the foodbank fund drive: https://www.thesatanictempleidaho.com/devils-pantry-2025.html

#Religion #Hypocricy #FirstAmendment

Hmm. That's the First Amendment, not the Second Amendment. But, yeah. That's how we are supposed to roll in the United States of America. #democracyinamerica #theocracysucks #firstamendment #constitutionalrights

#FirstAmendment auditor #TheRandomPatriot put the inherent entitlement and superiority of our country's law enforcement officers on full display when he was confronted by a reported #HomelandSecurity director in #Catahoula #Parish, #Louisiana @rickstrom.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy reacts youtu.be/NFxVFfhEjV8?...

Local Official Thinks HE IS th...

#Trump: " #BigMedia practices #viewpointdiscrimination and outrageously #factchecks Americans trying to use their #FirstAmendment Rights."

Also #Trump: "Here's a new official federal government list of fake, subversive, lying, seditious, evil, terrible, treasonous news outlets we don't like."

https://apnews.com/article/trump-press-media-bias-hall-of-shame-4571e8bfc924de0d83529b635be0a68c

Official accounts are increasingly using influencer-style call-outs. Our latest brief examines why tone from the top matters for press freedom: https://alaskaheadlineliving.com/the-reel-heard-round-the-newsroom-why-tone-from-the-top-matters/ #news #Trump #TheWhiteHouse #Politics #FreedomofthePress #FreePress #Journalism #ThePeople #FirstAmendment

"The three stations that have joined NPR as plaintiffs in the suit capture the appeal and reach of the broader public radio system: the statewide Colorado Public Radio, which is based in Denver; Aspen Public Radio which broadcasts throughout the Roaring Fork Valley; and KSUT, originally founded by the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and now serving four federally recognized tribes in the Four Corners region in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah."
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/05/g-s1-100844/npr-battles-trump-executive-order-in-court

#uspol #PublicBroadcasting #FirstAmendment

This is 100% the Malicious Practices Act of 1933 aka "Ordinance for the Defense against Malicious Attacks against the Government"

#Trump #fascism #ThoughtPolice #dissent #ViewpointDiscrimination #NaziInformants #law #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #FreedomOfReligion

The memo also calls on the department's grant-making offices to prioritize awarding #funding to states & municipalities that have programs designed to protect against [thier definition of] “domestic terrorism”, & it instructs the #FBI to update & improve its tip line so that "witnesses & citizen journalists can send media of suspected acts of domestic terrorism."

#Trump #fascism #ThoughtPolice #dissent #ViewpointDiscrimination #NaziInformants #law #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #FreedomOfReligion

Bondi wrote that the FBI's Joint #Terrorism Task Forces "shall prioritize the investigation of such conduct."

Bondi ordered federal law enforcement to step up investigations into #antifa & asked the #FBI to compile a list of entities possibly engaged in “domestic terrorism”….

Antifa, short for anti-fascist, is a "decentralized, leaderless movement composed of loose collections of groups, networks & individuals," according to the ADL, which tracks extremists.

#Trump #law #FirstAmendment

#Trump AG #PamBondi orders law enforcement to investigate #Antifa

"These domestic terrorists use violence or the threat of violence to advance political & social agendas, including opposition to law & immigration enforcement; extreme views in favor of mass migration & open borders; adherence to radical gender ideology, anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, or anti-Christianity," Bondi wrote.

wtf?

#ThoughtPolice #dissent #law #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #FreedomOfReligion
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/bondi-orders-law-enforcement-investigate-us-groups-over-accusations-domestic-2025-12-05/