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A quotation from Hugo Black

In the First Amendment, the Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to fulfill its essential role in our democracy. The press was to serve the governed, not the governors. The Government’s power to censor the press was abolished so that the press would remain forever free to censure the Government. The press was protected so that it could bare the secrets of government and inform the people. Only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government. And paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part of the government from deceiving the people and sending them off to distant lands to die of foreign fevers and foreign shot and shell.

Hugo Black (1886–1971) American politician and jurist, US Supreme Court Justice (1937–71)
New York Times Co. v. United States 403 U.S. 713, 717 (1971) (concurring)

More about this quote: wist.info/black-hugo/36400/

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RE: https://flipboard.social/@newsguyusa/117181483436647924

The Trump regime is scared of facts. They need #propaganda only.

#Fascism #Authoritarianism #FreedomOfSpeech #FreedomOfThePress #Midterms #ElectionInterference #Censorship

#RicochetRefresh and #Arti build on #Fedora Atomic #OS.
#rustlang environment is also functional in #rpm #ostree.
(#immutability over sandboxing if not live?)
#FreedomOfThePress #Journalism #ComputerScience #Linux @freedomofpress @torproject

jk, Rotational #HDD and #Rust work together just fine.
Anomalies and vulns in #QubesOS . . .
#console #hacking #rpc #Wayland #fastly @rust

Foreign Sources as attack vector
http://www.dds6qkxpwdeubwucdiaord2xgbbeyds25rbsgr73tbfpqpt4a6vjwsyd.onion/wiki/Install_Software#Foreign_Sources
also → APT::KashGrow “true”;

What other flaws might lie in confidential computing core trust mechanisms?
https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/07/04/confidential-computings-trust-mechanism-is-broken-the-fix-may-not-exist/5266056
@QubesOS @whonix
#attestation #TLS
@rfceditor #GOS

also, in case you didn't know,
rpm-ostree kargs --append=
is really great
and rpm-ostress works over torsocks, atomic just doesn't like systemd so run 'tor' manually

#Karg #Kernel

Justice Department withdrew subpoenas seeking reporters’ grand jury testimony

WASHINGT…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #Business #Caribbean #CaribbeanSea #Crime #DonaldTrump #EllenNakashima #Entertainment #FreedomofthePress #Generalnews #HannahNatanson #Iran #iranwar #JoeBiden #Juries #MarkSchoeffJr. #MattMurray #Media #PamBondi #Politics #Subpoenas #ToddBlanche #U.S.DepartmentofJustice #U.S.FederalBureauofInvestigation #UnitedStatesgovernment #Washingtonnews #World
https://www.newsbeep.com/607519/

https://youtube.com/shorts/r2RZ0AjAWuM

#PressFreedom #FreedomOfThePress #USConsititution #ACAB #LAPD #PoliceBrutality #NewsOppression #Journalism #Journalists #BadCops #ThinBlueLine #PeacefulProtest #Protest #ThisIsWhyWeHateCops

#JimmyLai has spent 5 years in custody, much of it in solitary confinement, & his family said his health has declined rapidly.

Lai’s trial, conducted in a #HongKong court without a jury, has been closely monitored by the US, Britain, the EU & political observers as a barometer of #media freedom & #JudicialIndependence in the former British colony, which returned to Chinese rule in 1997.

#law #China #democracy #authoritarianism #dictatorship #FreedomOfThePress #FreePress

Three government-vetted judges found Lai, 78, guilty of conspiring with others to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security & conspiracy to publish seditious articles. He pleaded not guilty to all charges.

#JimmyLai was arrested in August 2020 under a Beijing-imposed national security #law that was implemented following massive anti-government protests in 2019.

#law #China #HongKong #democracy #authoritarianism #dictatorship #FreedomOfThePress #FreePress #JudicialIndependence

Former Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai convicted in landmark “national security” trial

#JimmyLai, the pro-#democracy former #HongKong media mogul & outspoken critic of Beijing, was convicted Monday in a landmark national security trial, which could send him to prison for the rest of his life.

#law #China #authoritarianism #dictatorship #FreedomOfThePress #FreePress #JudicialIndependence
https://apnews.com/article/hong-kong-jimmy-lai-verdict-collusion-beijing-c2cd16f4c289a52d514591efe4aed389?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-12-14-Breaking+News

Orban’s ‘Propaganda State’ in Hungary Is Starting to Show Cracks

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/world/europe/orban-hungary-media-propaganda-magyar.html

#TrumpsEpsteinFiles DISGUST #Imprison #Impeach #TrumpsAmerica #president #XRHumanitysEmergencyServicesSocialClimateJusticeSocial #EcologicalClimateHealthActionNetworkForMotherEarth #IndigenousHumanRights #ProtectAcademicFreedpm #ProtectFreedomOfSpeech #FreedomOfThePress #StopFascismInAmerica

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:halertijfbxiekwigrzt2fvc/post/3lzmjfrjxyk2v

How Trump’s Approach Echoes China’s Crackdown on Dissent

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/business/china-censorship-jimmy-kimmel.html

In Assault on Free Speech, Trump Targets Speech He Hates

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/us/politics/trump-free-speech.html