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  1. A federal judge refused Friday to block the #Pentagon from firing 3 #StarsAndStripes staff members who claim they were illegally disciplined for speaking out about the #military news outlet’s need to maintain its editorial independence.

    Judge Trevor McFadden, who was nominated to the bench by #Trump ruled that the #journalists are unlikely to successfully prove that the Pentagon violated their #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech rights.

    #law #Constitution #FreePress #journalism
    apnews.com/article/stars-strip

  2. A federal judge refused Friday to block the #Pentagon from firing 3 #StarsAndStripes staff members who claim they were illegally disciplined for speaking out about the #military news outlet’s need to maintain its editorial independence.

    Judge Trevor McFadden, who was nominated to the bench by #Trump ruled that the #journalists are unlikely to successfully prove that the Pentagon violated their #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech rights.

    #law #Constitution #FreePress #journalism
    apnews.com/article/stars-strip

  3. A federal judge refused Friday to block the #Pentagon from firing 3 #StarsAndStripes staff members who claim they were illegally disciplined for speaking out about the #military news outlet’s need to maintain its editorial independence.

    Judge Trevor McFadden, who was nominated to the bench by #Trump ruled that the #journalists are unlikely to successfully prove that the Pentagon violated their #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech rights.

    #law #Constitution #FreePress #journalism
    apnews.com/article/stars-strip

  4. A federal judge refused Friday to block the #Pentagon from firing 3 #StarsAndStripes staff members who claim they were illegally disciplined for speaking out about the #military news outlet’s need to maintain its editorial independence.

    Judge Trevor McFadden, who was nominated to the bench by #Trump ruled that the #journalists are unlikely to successfully prove that the Pentagon violated their #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech rights.

    #law #Constitution #FreePress #journalism
    apnews.com/article/stars-strip

  5. A federal judge refused Friday to block the #Pentagon from firing 3 #StarsAndStripes staff members who claim they were illegally disciplined for speaking out about the #military news outlet’s need to maintain its editorial independence.

    Judge Trevor McFadden, who was nominated to the bench by #Trump ruled that the #journalists are unlikely to successfully prove that the Pentagon violated their #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech rights.

    #law #Constitution #FreePress #journalism
    apnews.com/article/stars-strip

  6. The show of force appeared aimed at not just ferreting out anyone who may have shared information, but intimidating others who might do so in the future, acc/to people with knowledge of the effort.

    …The scope of the investigation is without parallel. Mass #polygraph tests have never been administered to the top ranks of the #US #military in modern history.

    #Trump #Hegseth #transparency #MilitaryReadiness #MafiaState #law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress #journalism #fascism

  7. The show of force appeared aimed at not just ferreting out anyone who may have shared information, but intimidating others who might do so in the future, acc/to people with knowledge of the effort.

    …The scope of the investigation is without parallel. Mass #polygraph tests have never been administered to the top ranks of the #US #military in modern history.

    #Trump #Hegseth #transparency #MilitaryReadiness #MafiaState #law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress #journalism #fascism

  8. The show of force appeared aimed at not just ferreting out anyone who may have shared information, but intimidating others who might do so in the future, acc/to people with knowledge of the effort.

    …The scope of the investigation is without parallel. Mass #polygraph tests have never been administered to the top ranks of the #US #military in modern history.

    #Trump #Hegseth #transparency #MilitaryReadiness #MafiaState #law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress #journalism #fascism

  9. The show of force appeared aimed at not just ferreting out anyone who may have shared information, but intimidating others who might do so in the future, acc/to people with knowledge of the effort.

    …The scope of the investigation is without parallel. Mass #polygraph tests have never been administered to the top ranks of the #US #military in modern history.

    #Trump #Hegseth #transparency #MilitaryReadiness #MafiaState #law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress #journalism #fascism

  10. The show of force appeared aimed at not just ferreting out anyone who may have shared information, but intimidating others who might do so in the future, acc/to people with knowledge of the effort.

    …The scope of the investigation is without parallel. Mass #polygraph tests have never been administered to the top ranks of the #US #military in modern history.

    #Trump #Hegseth #transparency #MilitaryReadiness #MafiaState #law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress #journalism #fascism

  11. A quotation from Bertrand Russell

    All the governments of the world adopt elaborate methods of concealing truths which they consider undesirable, and inflict various forms of penalty upon those who spread knowledge which is thought bad for the population This applies especially to knowledge of the kind which is considered seditious, and the kind which is considered obscene. I shall not give instances, since, if I did, I should myself fall under the ban of the law.

    Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
    Education and the Social Order [Education and the Modern World], ch. 1 “The Individual versus the Citizen” (1932)

    More about this quote: wist.info/russell-bertrand/853…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bertrandrussell #censorship #control #freepress #freespeech #government #knowledge #obscenity #pornography #publicgood #sedition #suppression #treason #truth

  12. @RonSupportsYou @renewedresistance @Beachbum @cell911 #politics #FreedomOfInformation #FreeSpeech #FreePress

    Ok, so you're choosing to drink in the Nazi bar, that tolerates Nazi regulars, and, in fact, gives them money. That's _a_ choice...

    I take your point about Trump media monopolies, but you do realise there are _other_ platforms out there that _don't_ support actual Nazis?

  13. RE: mastodon.social/@RonSupportsYo

    Trump wants his MAGA donors who buy media corporations to monopolize all sources of information. We lost several trusted media outlets that are no longer trustworthy. Useful idiots help Trump by attacking Substack, which publishes many excellent people who express their thoughts there.
    copy: @renewedresistance #politics copy: @Tarbh #FreedomOfInformation #FreeSpeech #FreePress

  14. Good

    #SCOTUS rebuffs #AlanDershowitz $300 million suit against #CNN

    The Supreme Court refused Monday to revive the attorney’s #defamation lawsuit against CNN over its coverage of remarks he made while defending #Trump during his 2020 #impeachment.

    Justices Neil #Gorsuch & #ClarenceThomas dissented from the majority decision, saying legal standards for public figures who claim defamation should be reconsidered.

    #law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress
    apnews.com/live/trump-administ

  15. Friday, May 1, 2026

    Fake rabbi curse, banned pilgrimage: Russian disinformation fuels Ukraine–Israel tensions -- Kyiv to buy 8,000 Octopus interceptor drones for Ukrainian military -- Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova on Navalny, Russian culture, and supporting Ukraine’s military -- Ukraine overtakes US, 6 EU countries in Press Freedom Index ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  16. The ruling marks yet another blow in the #Trump administration’s efforts to manage fallout over its release of the #EpsteinFiles & Trump’s attempts to abuse the legal system to block reporting he finds critical of him.

    #journalism #law #FirstAmendment #democracy #FreePress #Congress #DOJ #criminal #Epstein #BestFriendsForever #rape #ChildSexCrimes #pedohilia #SexTrafficking #RapistInChief #CoverUp

  17. When leaders say God put them in power, who’s allowed to question them?
    Day 6 of our Shadows Unveiled series digs into the dangerous crossroads of faith, authority, and war.
    Families are speaking out. History is echoing.
    And the warning signs are impossible to ignore.
    Find out why ⬇️
    🔥 tinyurl.com/5xs9mcx8
    #shadowsunveiled #ChurchAndState #accountability #PoliticalPower #FreePress #democracy #divinewill #apocalypse #PeteHegseth #MikeJohnson #blueangels #Putin #SaddamHussein #TylerSimmons

  18. 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

  19. His son Sebastien Lai said the family had expected a guilty verdict, “but that doesn’t make it any less devastating.”

    “In the 800-page verdict they have there is essentially nothing, nothing that incriminates him,” he told reporters in London. “This is a perfect example of how the national security law has been molded & weaponized against someone who essentially said stuff that they didn’t like.”

    #law #JimmyLai #China #HongKong #democracy #authoritarianism #FreePress #JudicialIndependence

  20. #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

  21. 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

  22. 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
    apnews.com/article/hong-kong-j

  23. Project Censored Marks 50th Year
    consortiumnews.com/2025/11/20/
    Project Censored celebrates 50 years at a D.C. event Friday with Ryan Grim, John Kiriakou, Lauren Harper, Joe Lauria, Mischa Geracoulis & Mickey Huff. Project Censored has tracked the most censored news stories in the U.S. since it was founded…
    #Politics #Censorship #FreePress #FreeSpeech #History #Media #UnitedStates #JoeLauria #JohnKiriakou #LaurenHarper #MickeyHuff. #MischaGeracoulis #ProjectCensored #RyanGrim

  24. CN at 30: The Knowledge & Experience of Insiders
    consortiumnews.com/2025/11/21/
    Consortium News is comprised of former insiders at senior levels of intelligence and mainstream media who broke with the establishment to share their unique insights about the world with our readers. By Joe Lauria Special to Consortium News CN at…
    #Politics #ConsortiumNews #ConsortiumNewsAt30 #FreePress #History #Intelligence #IranContra #Media #C.i.a. #CathyVogan #CentralIntelligenceAgency #CorinnaBarnard #DanEllsberg #JoeLauria #JohnKiriakou #JohnPilger #MikeGravel #OliverNorth #PatrickLawrence #RayMcgovern #RobertParry

  25. WATCH: Our 30th Birthday Celebration
    consortiumnews.com/2025/11/14/
    Consortium News turned 30 years old Saturday. Robert Parry founded the first independent, online news publication in the U.S. on Nov. 15, 1995. We’re celebrating 3 decades of bringing you news others won’t. Watch the replay of our Saturday night…
    #Politics #Analysis #Australia #ColdWar #Commentary #FreePress #Gaza #Genocide #History #Intelligence #Israel #Legal #Media #MiddleEast #Palestine #Russia #Ukraine #UnitedNations #Vips #Wmd #CathyVogan #ChrisHedges #ElizabethVos #JoeLauria #JohnKiriakou #JohnPilger #MaryKostakidis #PatrickLawrence #RayMcgovern #TheOttawaCitizen