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#Hegseth #Nazis #history #FreedomOfThePress
"No Tab Pete Punches Down: Hitler’s 1942 Pivot as Hegseth’s Domestic Agenda
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The 'myth' of Rommel is a perfect example. Montgomery broke him by November 1942 and he was flown out of Tunisia in March 1943 with Torch closing from the west. The arrogant, impatient Nazi general was outsmarted and outclassed, losing badly. For two more years he was used a propaganda asset, until the regime demanded he commit suicide and staged his state funeral as killed by enemy wounds.
What followed for three and a half years was a regime that could no longer win a battle against an army, so it instead punched down like a bully who fixated on people who could not fight back. Sound familiar?
Europe-wide extermination was on the table by December 9, 1931, when the Münchener Post printed the Nazi party’s leaked plan for the Jews and its own word for the end state, Endlösung. The Nazis answered by destroying the paper and sending its reporters to Dachau. Historians who date the 'decision' to autumn 1941, at the peak of 'perceived victory' propaganda, are dating the moment the regime believed it could carry out what it had already published.
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On August 21 Hegseth’s Pentagon fired the editor of Stars and Stripes for insubordination after he called censorship a red line, four months after removing the ombudsman Congress installed to keep brass out of the newsroom. The paper that prints the plan gets shut first. Shocking but true fact, I have found zero Germans today who say they have heard of Münchener Post, or why Hitler called it a poison kitchen (Giftküche) and sent the publishers to concentration camps.
Pete’s purged Pentagon has performed the first two Nazi platform procedures in Iran: no fire discipline, 'max lethality', and a depleted magazine.
The third procedure is on the domestic side, and it was prepared before the Iran war. It was clearly Nazi doctrine as well, in preparation for the punching down that comes next.
In 2025 the administration sent 7,000 troops into American cities over the objections of their governors, put active duty Marines into Los Angeles during the immigration crackdown, and told the generals at Quantico that American cities were the training ground.
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The obvious hurdle is the November election. Trump said on May 12 he would not rule out troops at polling places. Hegseth, asked in April whether he would follow an order to seize ballots, called the question a 'gotcha hypothetical'.
It’s not a hard question, yet no tab Pete struggled to answer. Federal law since 1865 bars armed federal forces at the polls except to repel armed enemies of the United States, an exception no president invoked even during two world wars."
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Why has the Trump administration ordered staff to take polygraph tests? | Military News
In a major crackdown on information leaks, the Trump administration has ordered dozens of Pentagon officials to undergo…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #DonaldTrump #Espionage #FreedomofthePress #investigation #Iran #Media #MiddleEast #Military #UnitedStates #Us #US&Canada #USA #Weapons
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https://www.europesays.com/people/216333/ Why has the Trump administration ordered staff to take polygraph tests? | Military News #DonaldTrump #espionage #FreedomOfThePress #investigation #Iran #Media #MiddleEast #Military #News #PeteHegseth #UnitedStates #US&Canada #Weapons
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Why has the Trump administration ordered staff to take polygraph tests? | Military News
In a major crackdown on information leaks, the Trump administration has ordered dozens of Pentagon officials to undergo…
#UnitedStates #US #USA #DonaldTrump #Død #espionage #freedomofthepress #investigation #Iran #media #middleeast #military #News #pentagon #petehegseth #SecretaryofDefense #US&Canada #Weapons
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Pentagon polygraphs dozens of US military staff over media leaks | Freedom of the Press News
About 50 officers on the US Joint Staff have been interrogated over reports detailing depleted weapons stockpiles during…
#NewsBeep #News #Topstories #Europe #France #FreedomofthePress #Government #Headlines #investigation #Iran #MiddleEast #Military #TopStories #UnitedStates #US&Canada #Weapons
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https://www.europesays.com/people/216035/ Pentagon polygraphs dozens of US military staff over media leaks: Report | Freedom of the Press News #europe #France #FreedomOfThePress #Government #investigation #Iran #MiddleEast #Military #News #PeteHegseth #UnitedStates #US&Canada #Weapons
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https://www.europesays.com/videos/88018/ What does acquittal in the Daphne Caruana Galizia case mean for journalists? • FRANCE 24 English #FRANCE24 #FRANCE24English #FRANCE24 #FRANCE24English #FreedomOfThePress #Journalists #Malta #murder #news #SCOOP
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/277024/ Trump calls media ‘treasonous scum’ over reports of low Iran war munitions | Donald Trump News #DonaldTrump #Europe #FreedomOfThePress #Iran #Media #MiddleEast #Military #News #Opinions #Ukraine #UnitedStates #US&Canada #USIsraelWarOnIran #Weapons
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Trump calls media ‘treasonous scum’ over reports of low Iran war munitions | Donald Trump News
Comments are the latest swipe by US president against critical media coverage of what experts call troubling shortages.…
#Conflict #Conflicts #War #DonaldTrump #Europe #freedomofthepress #Iran #media #middleeast #military #News #Opinions #Ukraine #UnitedStates #US&Canada #usisraelwaroniran #war #Weapons
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https://www.europesays.com/videos/87536/ Outrage mounts in Malta after acquittal over journalist’s murder • FRANCE 24 English #CarBomb #DaphneCaruanaGalizia #fenech #FRANCE24 #FRANCE24English #FRANCE24 #FRANCE24English #FreedomOfThePress #infos #InvestigativeJournalism #journalist #Justice #killing #Malta #news #outrage #press #PressFreedom #Scandal #verdict
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https://www.europesays.com/people/213496/ Trump calls media ‘treasonous scum’ over reports of low Iran war munitions | Donald Trump News #DonaldTrump #europe #FreedomOfThePress #Iran #Media #MiddleEast #Military #News #Opinions #POTUS #PresidentOfTheUnitedStates #Ukraine #UnitedStates #US&Canada #USIsraelWarOnIran #Weapons
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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/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #hugoblack #scotus #censorship #firstamendment #fourthestate #freepress #freedomofthepress #government #journalism #media #meme #priorrestraint #SCOTUS #tyranny #watchdog
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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/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #hugoblack #scotus #censorship #firstamendment #fourthestate #freepress #freedomofthepress #government #journalism #media #meme #priorrestraint #SCOTUS #tyranny #watchdog
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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/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #hugoblack #scotus #censorship #firstamendment #fourthestate #freepress #freedomofthepress #government #journalism #media #meme #priorrestraint #SCOTUS #tyranny #watchdog
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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/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #hugoblack #scotus #censorship #firstamendment #fourthestate #freepress #freedomofthepress #government #journalism #media #meme #priorrestraint #SCOTUS #tyranny #watchdog
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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/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #hugoblack #scotus #censorship #firstamendment #fourthestate #freepress #freedomofthepress #government #journalism #media #meme #priorrestraint #SCOTUS #tyranny #watchdog
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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 TimesMore about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #henrycommager #commager #pentagonpapers #billofrights #civilliberties #civilrights #Constitution #dissent #firstamendment #freepress #freedomofthepress #government #petition #protest #thepeople
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The Unfounded Criminal Conviction of Erik Tegnér
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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
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https://www.europesays.com/videos/42609/ Not up for debate: Britain bans commentators Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur • FRANCE 24 English #FRANCE24 #FRANCE24English #FRANCE24 #FRANCE24English #FreedomOfSpeech #FreedomOfThePress #IsraeliPalestinianConflict #KeirStarmer #news #SCOOP #uk
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A quotation from Henry Commager
Who are those who are really disloyal? Those who inflame racial hatreds, who sow religious and class dissensions. Those who subvert the Constitution by violating the freedom of the ballot box. Those who make a mockery of majority rule by the use of the filibuster. Those who impair democracy by denying equal educational facilities. Those who frustrate justice by lynch law or by making a farce of jury trials. Those who deny freedom of speech and of the press and of assembly. Those who press for special favors against the interest of the commonwealth. Those who regard public office as a source of private gain. Those who would exalt the military over the civil. Those who for selfish and private purposes stir up national antagonisms and expose the world to the ruin of war.
Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1947-09), “Who Is Loyal to America?” sec. 3, Harper’s Magazine, Vol. 195, No. 1168More about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #henrycommager #America #civilliberties #civilrights #corruption #demagoguery #democracy #disloyalty #division #firstamendment #freepress #freespeech #freedomofreligion #freedomofspeech #freedomofthepress #injustice #jingoism #justice #loyalty #loyaltyoath #military #patriotism #publicoffice #religiousfreedom #unAmerican #usvsthem #votersuppression #votingrights #war #warmongering
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Last August, #CPB announced it would take steps toward closing itself down after being defunded by #Congress.
Plaintiffs’ attorney Theodore Boutrous said Tuesday’s ruling is “a victory for the #FirstAmendment & for #FreedomOfThePress.”
#law #FreeSpeech #NPR #PBS #Trump #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
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A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt
In the democracies of the world, the passion for freedom of speech and of thought is always accentuated when there is an effort anywhere to keep ideas away from people and to prevent them from making their own decisions. One of the best ways of enslaving a people is to keep them from education and thus make it impossible for them to understand what is going on in the world as a whole. […] The second way of enslaving a people is to suppress the sources of information, not only by burning books, but by controlling all the other ways in which ideas are transmitted.
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) First Lady of the US (1933-45), politician, diplomat, activist
Column (1943-05-11), “My Day”More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-eleanor/81…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #eleanorroosevelt #bookburning #education #freepress #freespeech #freedomofexpression #freedomofspeech #freedomofthepress #freedomofthought #information #media #oppression #thoughtcontrol #tyranny #understanding
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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.
#law #China #democracy #authoritarianism #dictatorship #FreedomOfThePress #FreePress
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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.
#law #China #HongKong #democracy #authoritarianism #dictatorship #FreedomOfThePress #FreePress #JudicialIndependence
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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.
#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 -
A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt
One thing is sure — none of the arts flourishes on censorship and repression. And by this time it should be evident that the American public is capable of doing its own censoring.
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) First Lady of the US (1933-45), politician, diplomat, activist
Column (1947-10-29), “My Day”More info about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-eleanor/79…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #eleanorroosevelt #America #art #arts #censorship #culture #freepress #freespeech #freedomofexpression #freedomofspeech #freedomofthepress #repression #publicmorals
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The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Videos [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·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
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The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Videos [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·
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
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🗞️ LIBERTÀ DI STAMPA E DI INFORMAZIONE:
cosa dovrebbe fare la politica per sostenere questo pilastro della democrazia?[ENG]
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND INFORMATION:
What should politics do to support this pillar of democracy?#freedom #news #politics #press #Freedom #libertà #informazione #stampa #libertàdistampa #fakenews #politica #attualita #freedomofthepress #notizie #conoscenza #divulgazione
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2/2 The far right the Finns Party has been haunting our public broadcaster #Yle ever since 2011.
Now, 2nd time as a #government party, they got partially what they've been wanting - the financing of #Yleisradio will be cut for 200 M € during the near future.
They've also tried to affect to #journalism itself.
#Finland #ExtremeRight #FarRight #TheFinns #TheFinnsParty #politics #media #press #FreedomOfThePress #PressFreedom #FreedomOfSpeach #FIpol #FINpol
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Rising distrust of news and journalists is risking lives, media freedom in EU [Advocacy Lab Content] https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/rising-distrust-of-news-and-journalists-is-risking-lives-media-freedom-in-eu/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #freedomofthepress #Freiheit #MediaFreedomAct
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Antti Yrjönen wrote in Twitter about the Finns Party and the press
"It’s not much news that a far-right party attacks free press, what is new in #Finland is that this is now coming from a ministerial level while our Prime Minister is acting like a mime in a debate."
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1681589035255361536.html
#politics #TheFinnsParty #PetteriOrpo #FreedomOfThePress #targeting #SocialMedia