#freepress — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #freepress, aggregated by home.social.
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Republican President Donald Trump lashes out at another female journalist
https://www.ms.now/news/youre-the-worst-trump-rachel-scott-abc-female-journalist
#journalism #freepress #misogyny #1A #gender #Trump #MAGA #media #Republicans #GOP #ABC #RachelScott
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Republican President Donald Trump lashes out at another female journalist
https://www.ms.now/news/youre-the-worst-trump-rachel-scott-abc-female-journalist
#journalism #freepress #misogyny #1A #gender #Trump #MAGA #media #Republicans #GOP #ABC #RachelScott
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Republican President Donald Trump lashes out at another female journalist
https://www.ms.now/news/youre-the-worst-trump-rachel-scott-abc-female-journalist
#journalism #freepress #misogyny #1A #gender #Trump #MAGA #media #Republicans #GOP #ABC #RachelScott
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Republican President Donald Trump lashes out at another female journalist
https://www.ms.now/news/youre-the-worst-trump-rachel-scott-abc-female-journalist
#journalism #freepress #misogyny #1A #gender #Trump #MAGA #media #Republicans #GOP #ABC #RachelScott
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Republican President Donald Trump lashes out at another female journalist
https://www.ms.now/news/youre-the-worst-trump-rachel-scott-abc-female-journalist
#journalism #freepress #misogyny #1A #gender #Trump #MAGA #media #Republicans #GOP #ABC #RachelScott
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Prominent Niger Journalist Feared Forcibly Disappeared https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/09/03/prominent-niger-journalist-feared-forcibly-disappeared #Nigeria #FreePress #ViolenceAgainstJournalists #MoussaKaka #disappeared
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Stanford Student Newspaper Wins Suit over Trump's Crackdown on Pro-Palestine Speech http://www.democracynow.org/2026/9/4/stanford_daily_lawsuit_free_speech_fire #uspoli #FreeSpeech #FreePress #StandfordStudentNewspaper #TrumpRegime #journalism #TrumpFascism #GOPfascism
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#EuGH ⚖️ zu Social-Media-Posts: Auch kurze Beiträge sind urheberrechtlich geschützt | heise online https://www.heise.de/news/EuGH-zu-Social-Media-Posts-Auch-kurze-Beitraege-sind-urheberrechtlich-geschuetzt-11442222.html #SocialMedia #copyright #Urheberrecht #Pressefreiheit #FreePress #journalism #Journalismus
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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
https://apnews.com/article/stars-stripes-pentagon-censorship-c9cd2e453e6bb2e8ca5908e0581e6eca?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=copy_link -
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
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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 -
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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Trump is now reporting individual journalists to the FCC for "rebuke or punishment" when they say something that he doesn't like.
(Even when it's true, like saying that Trump's endorsement of candidates got "mixed results," which is what NBC's Kristen Welker said)
#USA #USpol #trump #FCC #FreePress #journalism
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/08/30/donald-trump-kristen-welker-fcc-meet-the-press/91536303007/ -
"Trump says NBC's Welker will be reported to FCC
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said in a post on Truth Social that NBC's Kristen Welker will be reported to the FCC for 'rebuke or punishment', after he said she reported the Republican President had mixed results in his endorsement of candidates."
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The #FCC has limited power over issues like this, & its own website states the agency “cannot prevent the broadcast of any particular point of view,” so the notion of “punishment” for #KristenWelker, the moderator of #NBC’s “Meet the Press,” would historically [& legally] be a nonstarter.
But #BrendanCarr has been quick to respond to #Trump’s requests to go after #media organizations. And he has taken aggressive action against some #FCC licensees…
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#Trump wrote: “Kristen Welker, the Unpopular ‘Hostess’ of the once great Meet the Press, now considered Meet the Fake Press, just stated that Donald Trump has ‘mixed results’ on his Endorsements of Candidates, when the recent WINS of Darline Graham and Mike Mazzei, stand at 100% for the U.S. Senate, and 98% for the U.S. House, recently and over the longterm. How can anyone be allowed to say this, working for freely given Public Airwaves?”
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The posts were Trump’s most explicit efforts yet to direct the #FCC to carry out his wishes. FCC Chair #BrendanCarr, a Trump appointee & close ally, did not respond to request for comment.
#Trump posted a long missive Sunday about what he described as mischaracterizations of his endorsement record in primaries.
#law #democracy #US #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress #FreeSpeech #authoritarianism #dictatorship #MafiaState
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Treating the #FCC like his own personal enforcer, #Trump said on social media Sunday that #NBC’s #KristenWelker would be “reported to the FCC for rebuke or punishment” over a TV segment he didn’t like.
In a separate post, Trump complained in all caps about “fake polls” & said “something must be done about it,” adding, “FCC to the rescue!”
#law #democracy #US #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress #FreeSpeech #authoritarianism #dictatorship #MafiaState
https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/30/politics/trump-kristen-welker-fcc-nbc -
Comparing Nixon’s Attacks On The Press To Trump’s
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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
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After a #Pentagon official, Andrew Brey, emailed Lederer last week & asked him to fire Slavin & Korte for participating in a #CBS #News interview, he declined to do so & instead submitted plans to retire, WaPo previously reported.
On Friday, all 3 were fired, with the dismissals to take effect after 5 business days. In their lawsuit filed Thursday, the 3 asked a federal judge to halt their firings.
#law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress #FreeSpeech #StarsAndStripes #Trump #Hegseth
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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
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#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/ -
4 days ago The Pentagon fired the editor in chief of Stars and Stripes.
Yesterday they broke the story of Elsie Dominguez, a civilian engineer who was raped repeatedly by the Captain of a Navy ship she was on.
A Judge ruled she needs to file a worker’s comp claim. For rape.
They keep trying to silence the press & quash the truth.
Elsie’s story must be told:
#uspol #rape #rapeculture #fascism #freepress #pentagon #navy
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"They Threw Me to the Wolves": Karen Attiah on Censorship Under Trump, Winning Her WaPo Job Back http://www.democracynow.org/2026/8/26/they_threw_me_to_the_wolves #uspoli #censorship #WashingtonPost #FreePress #jounralism #KarenAttiah #fascism #TrumpRegime
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Pentagon Fires Chief Editor Of ‘Stars & Stripes’ For Promising To Do Independent Journalism
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Slavin said he & Korte were fired for participating in a #CBS #News interview, during which he said #censorship of the #military #newspaper crossed a red line. “#Pentagon public affairs has deemed that insubordination,” Slavin said in an interview.
#StarsAndStripes #Trump #law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress #journalism #media #FourthEstate #censorship #RevengePolitics #MafiaState #PrerogativeState #StateMedia #propaganda #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Taking it even further…
#Pentagon fires #StarsAndStripes leaders who criticized #DOD’s interference
The Defense Dept earlier this year railed against the publication, which has long enjoyed editorial #independence, as “woke.”#Trump #law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress #military #journalism #media #FourthEstate #censorship #RevengePolitics #MafiaState #PrerogativeState #StateMedia #propaganda #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/08/21/pentagon-fires-stars-stripes-leaders-who-criticized-dods-interference/ -
They can’t even handle being covered by the #military’s own #newspaper.
Longtime publisher of #StarsAndStripes to retire, citing differences with #Pentagon leadership
The longtime publisher of Stars and Stripes has announced his retirement, ending a decades-long career with the military newspaper as Defense Secy Pete #Hegseth’s Pentagon moves to exert editorial control & eliminate what it asserts are “woke distractions.”
#Trump #law #FirstAmendment #FreePress #fascism
https://apnews.com/article/stars-stripes-pentagon-publisher-retire-journalism-policy-ae5277e248f51d10dfcb49d7796e7d2f?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=more_org_joinmastodon_app_shareactionextension -
"JD Vance is a dangerous extremist who embraces a set of ideas that should put a chill down the spine of every American.” 🗞️🇺🇸
Gi Duran appeared on Democracy Now! to discuss his book, The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley #Fascism and the War on #Democracy. https://www.thenerdreich.com/my-democracy-now-interview/
Order today—first-week sales matter. 📘✊ #DemocracyNow #Democracy #Tech #Fascism #BookNews #FreePress #NerdReich
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The End of Local News? Why I’m Saying Alarm Bells are Ringing at the New FCC Policy
by Winston Wendell For years, I studied the relationship between information and society. But the latest policy changes in Washington are deeply troubling. This week, the Federal Communications Commission, in a 2-1 vote, overturned a key media ownership rule protecting the diversity of viewpoints in our news and entertainment. This decision, which has been made by a Republican majority, allows bigger corporations to acquire a significantly greater share of local news. If this is to be […] -
…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
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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 #DeepState didn’t take down #Nixon.
So why did #JDVance say it did?
Nixon’s #Crimes, the #Courts, #Congress & the #FreePress drove #Watergate.
Such a scandal of #crime & #corruption could easily happen again — [especially in a nation where #Trump controls the #press, the rule of #law only applies to his enemies & the courts have been subjugated by a #corrupt #SCOTUS].#Trumpaganda #propaganda #Republicans #RevisionistHistory #UShistory #law #criminal
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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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Kissing ass with Nazis doesn't work. Washington Post demands immediate return of reporter’s devices seized by FBI citing threats to free press #TrumpNaziDeathRegime #FreePress #FirstAmendmentUSConstitution
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Patrick Lawrence: Free Speech & Its Enemies
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/12/30/patrick-lawrence-free-speech-its-enemies/
Europe is convulsing as its “centrist” authoritarians impose an unprecedented regime of suppression of speech, but the mainstream media in America is silent about it. By Patrick Lawrence The Floutist This is the first of two essays The Floutist publishes, one glancing back…
#Politics #Analysis #Commentary #Disinformation #EuropeanUnion #FreePress #FreeSpeech #HumanRights #Media #Russia #Ukraine #Belgium #Censorship #CostasLapavitsas #DanielDavis #Eu #Europe #Fascism #FrancescaAlbanese #GeorgetownUniversity #JacquesBaud #Nato #PatrickLawrence #Switzerland #U.n.Watch #Un #YanisVaroufakis -
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 -
WATCH: 50 Yrs of Combatting Suppressed News
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/11/23/watch-50-yrs-of-combatting-suppressed-news/
Project Censored marked its 50th anniversary Friday night in Washington with Ryan Grim, John Kiriakou, Lauren Harper, Joe Lauria, Mischa Geracoulis and Mickey Huff. The problem of censorship and suppressed news in the United States is older than 50 years,…
#Politics #Analysis #Censorship #Commentary #ConsortiumNews #ConsortiumNewsAt30 #FreePress #FreeSpeech #Gaza #History #Intelligence #IranContra #Israel #Media #Palestine #PressFreedom #Propaganda #Russia #Russiagate #Ukraine #UnitedStates #Wikileaks #CathyVogan #JoeLauria #JohnKiriakou #LaurenHarper #MickeyHuff. #MischaGeracoulis #ProjectCensored #RyanGrim -
WATCH: 50 Yrs of Combatting Suppressed News
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/11/22/watch-50-yrs-of-combatting-suppressed-news/
Project Censored marked its 50th anniversary Friday night in Washington with Ryan Grim, John Kiriakou, Lauren Harper, Joe Lauria, Mischa Geracoulis and Mickey Huff. The problem of censorship and suppressed news in the United States is older than 50 years,…
#Politics #Analysis #Censorship #Commentary #ConsortiumNews #ConsortiumNewsAt30 #FreePress #FreeSpeech #Gaza #History #Intelligence #IranContra #Israel #Media #Palestine #PressFreedom #Propaganda #Russia #Russiagate #Ukraine #UnitedStates #Wikileaks #CathyVogan #JoeLauria #JohnKiriakou #LaurenHarper #MickeyHuff. #MischaGeracoulis #ProjectCensored #RyanGrim -
Project Censored Marks 50th Year
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/11/20/project-censored-marks-50th-year/
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 -
Which oligarch owns Rolling Stone magazine and how long before they 'Teen Vogue' it? 😔
#RollingStone #TeenVogue #Oligarchs #FreePress #Journalism #USPOL #USPOLITICS
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Judge #Xinis GRANTS a motion by #news organizations to unseal certain records in the #KilmarAbregoGarcia case. Some remain under seal. Some will be unsealed with redactions. Some will be unsealed without redactions.
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815.180.0.pdf
#law #immigration #Rendition #StateSponsoredAbduction #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #DueProcess #transparency #FreePress #AbuseOfPower #Trump
