#first-amendment — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #first-amendment, aggregated by home.social.
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Looking at median grade-point averages, & standardized test scores broken down by race, the #Trump #DOJ concluded that “Yale’s use of race resulted in a Black applicant being as much as 29 times higher odds of getting an interview for admission than an equally strong Asian applicant with similar academic credentials.”
#Yale medical school does not only consider grades & test scores when evaluating applications.#law #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #CivilRights #education
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The #DOJ requested documents from #Yale to determine whether its admissions practices were in compliance with federal #CivilRights #law, & determined that the medical school “continues to intentionally discriminate against applicants based on their race,” despite a 2023 #SCOTUS ruling rejecting race-conscious #AffirmativeAction in college admissions.
#FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #education #Trump #WhiteSupremacy
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After a year-long “investigation”, the #Trump #DOJ concluded that #Yale School of Medicine “discriminated” based on race in its admissions, favoring Black & Hispanic applicants over White & Asian ones, the agency said Thursday.
#law #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #education #CivilRights #SCOTUS #WhiteSupremacy
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Silencing free speech kills democracy. They’re trying!
We cannot allow conservative media companies with a disinformation agenda like Sinclair and Nexstar to dominate our public discourse. #EndSinclair #EndNexstar
#BrendanCarr #FCC #MediaConsolidation #Sinclair #Nexstar #FirstAmendment #USPol
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- Observers being tailed, stopped, and subjected to questioning without reasonable suspicion of a crime after observing Task Force activity.
“Exercising First Amendment rights should not result in arrests, intimidation, or surveillance, and yet that is exactly what is happening to people in Memphis. The pattern of unconstitutional retaliation is severe and chilling.”
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- Observers noticing unmarked vehicles with tinted windows and individuals in tactical vests outside their homes after observing the Task Force.
- Task Force agents repeatedly identifying and taunting observers by name, when observers have never met them before, making observers “feel hypervigilant.”
- Task Force agents shining bright lights at observers’ faces, phones, and cameras to obscure photography and filming of Task Force activity.
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“While observing and recording Task Force activities, civilians have reported a pervasive pattern of retaliation. Allegations include:
- Task Force agents tackling an observer seeking to record Task Force activity, pinning her down and arresting and jailing her for 27 hours.
- Task Force agents swerving at or boxing in observers with their vehicles.
- Task Force agents consistently photographing observers’ faces, vehicles, and license plates.
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“Four Memphis residents filed suit in federal court to stop the Memphis Safe Task Force from retaliating against them for exercising their First Amendment right to film the Task Force’s immigration and law enforcement activity.“
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NOW ON VERDANT SQUARE RADIO ==
NOW PLAYING == The Don Lemon Show 5/13/26: This Economy Is Hurting Everyday USians...But Trump Doesn't Think About It! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQU7XCA-CM0 #news #uspol #radio #BlackMastodon #lgbtq #culture #commentary #trump #resistance #DonLemon #journalism #freespeech #firstamendment #pressfreedom #vsn #progressivenewstalk #progressive #left #resistance #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft https://mastodon.social/@VerdantSquareRadio/116567621422698844
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NOW PLAYING == The Don Lemon Show 5/13/26: This Economy Is Hurting Everyday USians...But Trump Doesn't Think About It!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQU7XCA-CM0
#news #uspol #radio #BlackMastodon #lgbtq #culture #commentary #trump #resistance #DonLemon #journalism #freespeech #firstamendment #pressfreedom #vsn #progressivenewstalk #progressive #left #resistance #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia #Resist
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NOW ON VERDANT SQUARE RADIO ==
NOW PLAYING == The Don Lemon Show 5/12/26: Could Athlete #Activism Fight #MAGA #Redistricting?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzAeOKocBTQ#news #uspol #radio #BlackMastodon #lgbtq #culture #BoycottSEC #commentary #trump #resistance #DonLemon #journalism #freespeech #firstamendment #pressfreedom #vsn #progressivenewstalk #progressive #left #resistance #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft https://mastodon.social/@VerdantSquareRadio/116564563508774268
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NOW PLAYING == The Don Lemon Show 5/12/26: Could Athlete #Activism Fight #MAGA #Redistricting?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzAeOKocBTQ
#news #uspol #radio #BlackMastodon #lgbtq #culture #BoycottSEC #commentary #trump #resistance #DonLemon #journalism #freespeech #firstamendment #pressfreedom #vsn #progressivenewstalk #progressive #left #resistance #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia #Resist
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New at Media Nation: Trump falsely claims treason in ordering his acting AG to target freedom of the press. #FirstAmendment https://dankennedy.net/2026/05/12/trump-falsely-claims-treason-in-ordering-his-acting-ag-to-target-freedom-of-the-press/
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ABC Shows A Backbone In FCC Fight, Shows FCC Manufactured A Controversy Surrounding James Talarico
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Trumpism and Constitutional Collapse: How America Might Be Stronger If MAGA Had Never Reached Power
Trumpism and Constitutional Collapse examines MAGA authoritarianism, constitutional overreach, separation of powers, religious freedom, and why America’s republic depends on leaders serving the Constitution rather than one man.https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/u-s-politics/trumpism-and-constitutional-collapse/
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Oh, c'mon now. Just because I'm always posting about guillotines doesn't mean I'm making death threats. I'm just hoping they'll only be needed as deterrents. (Save Mark Hamill, btw.)
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#ABC Accuses #US Government of Violating #FirstAmendment
The company said in a filing with the #FCC that regulators had a “chilling effect” on #freespeech by trying to punish political content they disagreed with. The filing, made public on Friday, is the most aggressive defense from any #television network since President Trump kicked off an extended campaign last year to bring media organizations to heel.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/business/media/abc-fcc-first-amendment-the-view.html?unlocked_article_code=1.g1A.HuB8.ECUOXvDmcafP&smid=url-share
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The filing responded to action the #FCC took earlier this year questioning whether “#TheView,” the longtime #ABC morning talk show, fell under old federal rules requiring entertainment programs on broadcast television to grant equal airtime to political candidates for the same office. The show features a mix of political & celebrity interviews, led by a panel of hosts who are often highly critical of #Trump.
#law #constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #authoritarianism #dictatorship #fascism
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The filing was registered on behalf of a single #ABC station in Houston & involved a minor regulatory dispute over the talk show “#TheView.” But in a signal of its importance, the company’s paperwork was signed by one of the most experienced Supreme Court litigators in the country, Paul D. Clement, a solicitor general under President George W. Bush.
https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/10507899614175/1
#law #constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #media #Trump #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
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I love that this will be on Trump's birthday
...On June 14, a group of legendary performers will take the stage in New York to celebrate art and music—and fight “an authoritarian regime that is rapidly taking over our democracy,” says organizer Jane Fonda. “Rise Up, Sing Out: A Concert for the First Amendment”...Proceeds from the event will go to the Committee for the First Amendment..Fonda, Bette Midler...
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It represented a striking departure for #ABC. The network, under the corporate stewardship of the Walt #Disney Company, set an early tone of compliance toward #Trump when it settled a defamation lawsuit with him for $15 million in December 2024. Many legal experts considered Trump’s case unlikely to succeed in court.
#law #constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #FreePress #media #entertainment #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
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#ABC Accuses #Government of Violating #FirstAmendment
The network’s argument, made to the #FCC, is the most aggressive [long overdue] posture taken yet by a television network toward the #Trump admin.
#law #constitution #FreeSpeech #FreePress #media #entertainment #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/business/media/abc-fcc-first-amendment-the-view.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share -
ABC Says FCC’s Equal Time Crackdown On ‘The View’ Poses A Chill To Its First Amendment Rights
#News #Politics #ABC #BrendanCarr #DonaldTrump #ElectionLine #Equaltime #FirstAmendment #TheViewhttps://deadline.com/2026/05/abc-the-view-fcc-first-amendment-1236887960/
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This will be a great alternative to the UFC fight on the White House lawn on Flag Day, aka trump's birthday.
Committee for the First Amendment will present a concert and free speech event in New York City on June 14.
#firstamendment
#concert
#newyorkcity
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/jane-fonda-bette-midler-patti-smith-concert-authoritarianism -
New at Media Nation: Kash Patel's ongoing crusade to weaponize the FBI against freedom of the press. #FirstAmendment https://dankennedy.net/2026/05/07/kash-patels-ongoing-crusade-to-weaponize-the-fbi-against-freedom-of-the-press/
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In a blatant weaponization of political power, pedo protector FBI Director Kash Patel is going after a journalist who exposed Kash Patel's Incompetence and corruption #DrunkKashPatel Personalized Bourbon Stash - The Atlantic #KashPatelCrimes #NaziKashPatelCorruption
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/05/kash-patel-fbi-bourbon/687066/ #TrumpCrimeSyndicate # FreePress #FirstAmendment
