The Texas-Sized Plan To Shut You Up
https://www.levernews.com/the-texas-sized-plan-to-shut-you-up/
Texas is considering a sweeping set of legislative changes that would erode First Amendment protections, emboldening corporations and powerful individuals to use retaliatory lawsuits to silence their critics.
#SilencingDissent #Lawfare #Texas #FirstAmmendment #Tyranny #AntiConstitution #AntiHumanRights #Corporatism #Fascism #Profit #PublicAbuse
It's not just modern media's click and profit motives that silence or corrupt important stories - our own government actively suppresses journalism. Here are just a few of the cases we know about: https://pressfreedomtracker.us/blog/trump-allies-pursue-multipronged-campaign-against-the-press/
#news #journalism #FreedomOfThePress
#FirstAmmendment
This has got to be a case of "venue shopping" which is the process of finding a court that will be likely to go along with your argument. How the hell did the deportation of a student activist living in New York City end up being heard by a judge in Louisiana?
#corruption #USPol #gaza #palestinian #FirstAmmendment #FreedomIfSpeech
Life imitating art again.
The first time I encountered this it was expressed as the "thought police" in George Orwell's 1984.
#repression #1984 #ThoughtPolice #dystopia #Orwell #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #FirstAmmendment #FreedomOfSpeech
COLUMBIA STUDENT HUNTED BY ICE SUES TO PREVENT DEPORTATION
A 21-year-old Columbia University student who has lived in the United States since she was a child sued President Trump and other high-ranking administration officials on Monday after immigration officials tried to arrest and deport her
The Trump admin says her presence in the US hinders their foreign policy agenda of halting antisemitism
#MassDeportations #FirstAmmendment
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/nyregion/columbia-student-ice-suit-yunseo-chung.html
ARCHIVE: https://archive.is/nixp5
📲 Exclusive: Mahmoud Khalil's attorney on breaking developments
The judge rebuked the Trump administration Wednesday, and Khalil expanded his civil suit against Columbia University to name Attorney General Pam Bondi, Education Secretary Linda McMahon, and others.
#ice #mahmoudkhalil #news #law #firstammendment #civilrights
Video credit: Scahill/DSN
# Columbiauniversity #freespeech, #firstammendment #trumpuniversity ##protest #palestine #gaza
Source Newsweek : COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY NYC IS EXPELLING GAZA PROTESTERS AND TAKING AWAY THEIR DIPLOMAS DESPITE HAVING EARNED THEM. THIS IS A VIOLATION OF FREE SPEECH. DID TRUMP STRONG ARM WITH THE WITHDRAWL OF GRANTS MAKING MONEY MORE IMPORTANT THAN FREE SPEECH? CALL AND POLITELY EXPRESS YOUR OPINION AT 212-854-5573 x4
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There was a familiar building on the junction of Broad Way and Alchemists. The facade was ornate, but covered in grime. Gargoyles had colonized it.
The corroded motto over the portico said “I DISAPPROVE OF WHAT Y SAY, BUT I WILL DEFEND TO THE DEATH YOUR RI T TO AY IT” and in more spacious days that may have been the case, but recently someone had found it necessary to nail up an addendum which read:
DON’T ASK US ABOUT:
gender
inclusion
diversity
Mrs. Cake
Israel and/or Palestine
climate change
Freckleface Strawberry
critical race theory
Mrs. Cake
#Discworld #TerryPrachett #USPol #FirstAmmendment #FreedomOfSpeech #ColumbiaUniversity
Columbia University facilitated the abduction of Mahmoud Khalil (a lawful green card holder) from his home as his pregnant wife watched, following orders from the White House.
#WarCrimes #Persecution #Victims #USA #Government #Crime #ColumbiaUniversity #Israel #Genocide #ICC #FirstAmmendment #Conspiracy #Collusion #Control
Rand Paul has plans to kneecap the nation’s cyber agency - CISA
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/14/rand-paul-kneecap-cisa-00189698?cid=apn #cybersecurity #CISA #firstammendment #disinformation #misinformation
Fuck Phil Bryant and fuck Brett Favre (and I say that as a #Packers fan):
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41403341/favre-nfl-wolfe-bryant-mississippi-welfare
#NFL #Mississippi #WelfareScandal #BrettFavre #FirstAmmendment #USPol
Hey heads up guys, #loophole is started to enhittify their service by violating American #firstammendment protections for authors of #sciencefiction and fantasy, just something to be aware of.
