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

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A quotation from Henry Commager

The Bill of Rights was not written into the Constitution in order to protect governments from “trouble,” but so that the people might have a legitimate method of causing trouble to governments they no longer trusted.

Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Letter (1971-06-17) to the Editor, New York Times

More about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…

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#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.

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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.

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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.

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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

🗞️ LIBERTÀ DI STAMPA E DI INFORMAZIONE:
cosa dovrebbe fare la politica per sostenere questo pilastro della democrazia?

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FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND INFORMATION:
What should politics do to support this pillar of democracy?

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