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#US government investigators have taken the extraordinary step of subjecting roughly 50 members of the #military’s #JointStaff to #polygraph tests over leaks to #journalists, including about how the #Iran #war has created a shortage of crucial munitions, acc/to officials briefed on the move.

#Trump #Hegseth #MilitaryReadiness #transparency #law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress #journalism #media #FourthEstate #MafiaState #authoritarianism #fascism #tyranny
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/us/politics/pentagon-staff-polygraph-tests.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-1A.SYLz.KGEu4ztorAmj&smid=nytcore-ios-share

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/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #hugoblack #scotus #censorship #firstamendment #fourthestate #freepress #freedomofthepress #government #journalism #media #meme #priorrestraint #SCOTUS #tyranny #watchdog

The #Pentagon already faces two #FirstAmendment lawsuits over its recent actions at #StarsAndStripes∶ one from the ombudsman, Jacqueline Smith, who sued over her firing & alleged retaliation; the other by two board members, who sued over the March restrictions, alleging illegal #censorship.

#law #Constitution #FreePress #FreeSpeech #military #Trump #Hegseth #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny

In the lawsuit, filed Thursday in federal district court in Washington, publisher Max Lederer, editor in chief Erik Slavin & reporter Lara Korte claimed that their firings last week for “insubordination” were retaliatory in nature & violated federal administrative law.

#law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress #FreeSpeech #StarsAndStripes #Pentagon #military #Trump #Hegseth #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny

#StarsAndStripes employees sue #Pentagon over firings at #military #newspaper

The publication’s publisher, its editor in chief & a reporter allege that the government violated their #FirstAmendment rights to #FreeSpeech.

#law #Constitution #FreePress #Trump #Hegseth #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/08/27/lawsuit-says-pentagon-breached-1st-amendment-stars-stripes-firings/

Under #Defense Secy #Hegseth, the publication’s #independence has come under threat during the 2nd #Trump admin as top #Pentagon leaders have derided the newspaper as “woke.”

Erik Slavin, the #editor in chief, said he & #reporter Lara Korte also received separation notices Friday.

#StarsAndStripes #law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress #journalism #media #FourthEstate #censorship #MafiaState #StateMedia #propaganda #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny

#AmericaLast ?

"Trump’s ‘America First’ policy plunges global image of US, survey shows"

#TACO #Trump #News #Politics #UN #War #ww3 #Military #Fascism #USA #Escalation #Europe #EU #Corruption @Qatar #FreePress

https://www.france24.com/en/20170627-usa-trump-survey-global-opinion-america-first-allies

…In January, #FBI agents took the rare step of searching the home of a Washington Post #reporter, Hannah Natanson, as part of an investigation into a government contractor’s handling of classified material. The agents seized phones, laptops & a smartwatch after executing a search warrant. Natanson had spent months speaking with govt employees while reporting on the #Trump admin’s efforts to shrink the federal work force.

#law #Constitution #FreePress #journalism #democracy #fascism #MafiaState

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

I should think so; & yet he just had to tie up the courts.

Judge dismisses Trump’s $10B #defamation lawsuit against #WSJ, #RupertMurdoch over reporting on ties to #Epstein

US Dist Judge Darrin P. Gayles in Florida wrote in the order that #Trump had failed to make the argument that the article was published with the intent to be malicious, but gave him a chance to file an amended complaint.

#journalism #FirstAmendment #FreePress #law #rape #RapistInChief #EpsteinFiles
https://apnews.com/article/trump-murdoch-wall-street-journal-lawsuit-40e7aba7731db9e8800488038cb92a66

Pentagon Bans Press Photographers For ‘Unflattering’ Photos of Pete Hegseth https://petapixel.com/2026/03/11/pentagon-bans-press-photographers-for-unflattering-photos-of-pete-hegseth/ #nationalpressphotographersassociation #firstamendment #petehegseth #thepentagon #freepress #pentagon #Culture #News #nppa #Law

Celebrate Civic Learning Week March 9-13 with film! This national event makes civic learning a priority for a stronger democracy. Our teaching resources for award-winning films can bring civics to life and inspire civic participation. For grades 5-12 plus adult/higher ed.

⭐ This collection includes films that are also great for Women's History Month!

Learn more: https://journeysinfilm.org/film/civics-and-civic-engagement-lessons/?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=Social+Media&utm_campaign=Civic+Learning+Week&utm_content=link

#CivicLearningWeek #CivicEducation #WomensHistoryMonth #Education #Homeschooling #Movies #Democracy #Activism #CommunityEducation #FreePress #RankedChoiceVoting #Government

“Given the documented reporting on #government #leak investigations & the government’s well chronicled efforts to stop them, allowing the government’s filter team to search a reporter’s work product — most of which consists of unrelated information from #confidential #sources — is the equivalent of leaving the government’s fox in charge of the #WashingtonPost’s henhouse,” Porter wrote.

#law #democracy #FreePress #journalism #Trump #authoritarianism #fascism

Hillary Clinton Is Wrong: The Genocide Isn’t ‘Fake News’
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/12/23/hillary-clinton-is-wrong-the-genocide-isnt-fake-news/
If the former U.S. secretary of state and her peers are only consuming legacy news sources then they’d be the ones who are uninformed, writes Aastha Uprety. By Aastha Uprety Common Dreams CN at 30 As unconditional support for Israel…
#Politics #Commentary #FreePress #Gaza #Genocide #Israel #Media #Palestine #SocialMedia #U.s. #WarCrimes #AasthaUprety #BisanOwda #ChineseCommunistParty(cpc) #Cnn #ForeignPolicyMagazine #GenocideDenial #HillaryClinton #LemkinInstituteForGenocidePreventionAndHumanSecurity #PewResearchCenter #RaviAgrawal #TheNewYorkTimes #Tiktok #VanJones

Public Media Under Fire: Why We Must Protect NPR, PBS, and Local Stations Now https://stakeholderssgv.wpcomstaging.com/2025/01/13/support-public-media/ #BudgetPolitics, #Community, #CorporationForPublicBroadcasting, #CPB, #CulturalProgramming, #EarlyChildhoodProgramming, #EducationMedia, #EducationForAll, #EmergencyBroadcasting, #EmergencyUpdates, #FreePress, #GovernmentFunding, #InformationVoid, #Journalism, #Local, #MediaAccess, #MediaMatters, #MediaThreats, #MediaUnderThreat, #News, #NonprofitMedia, #NPR, #PBS, #Podcasts, #PublicAccess, #PublicBroadcasting, #PublicMediaFunding, #PublicBroadcasting, #PublicBroadcastingMatters, #PublicMedia, #Radio, #Rural, #RuralCommunities, #SaveNPR, #SupportPBS, #TV, #UnbiasedNews

“Justice” Clarence Thomas, the subject of #factual reports of his receiving money and gifts from conservatives who have business before #SCOTUS, wants to get rid of landmark #libel precedent so public figures can more easily sue #journalists. #FirstAmendment #FreePress https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/10/us/clarence-thomas-libel-supreme-court.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare