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  1. Pentagon Spokesperson Admits There’s a Secret Blacklist of Journalists

    When pressed about the Iran war, a CENTCOM press official threatened to put an Intercept reporter on a “list of people to disregard.”

    Nick Turse, August 24 2026

    Excerpt: "Under self-styled #WarSecretary #PeteHegseth, the U.S. military has mounted the most aggressive assault on #PressFreedom in memory, from an effort to outlaw 'unauthorized' questions from reporters to imposing unconstitutional restrictions on journalists’ access to the Pentagon. Hegseth has compared reporters to 'Pharisees,' who in the Bible call Jesus’s teachings into question, while the secretary’s minions regularly hurl insults at reporters. This is part of a broader war on press freedoms by the #TrumpAdministration, that includes demonizing #journalists; filing so-called strategic lawsuits against public participation, or #SLAPPs, to intimidate and silence criticism through expensive legal proceedings; and employing grand jury subpoenas and search warrants to intimidate reporters.

    " 'Threatening journalists with placement on a #blacklist in retaliation for reporting the government doesn’t like is as #unconstitutional as it gets,' said Seth Stern, the director of advocacy for Freedom of the Press Foundation. 'This should put to rest the Pentagon’s prior claims that it’s anti-press policies — like its infamous requirement that reporters sign pledges to only print authorized information — are somehow content neutral.'

    "Allee revealed the existence of the blacklist after this reporter was left on hold for more than two hours and complained about a long-standing lack of transparency by the command. In calls earlier that morning, Maj. Emma Thompson, #CENTCOM ’s media operations chief, repeatedly refused to answer questions about Iranian attacks on U.S. bases across the Middle East, disparate U.S. casualty counts, and medical evacuation flights: 'Nothing for you,' 'Don’t have anything for you,' 'No comment.' Thompson then hung up on this reporter mid-question.

    #TheIntercept called back multiple times until Allee picked up the phone. 'They’re not going to answer your call if you just keep calling and calling,' he told this reporter."

    Read more:
    theintercept.com/2026/08/24/pe

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/uPwYW

    #USPol #Censorship #SiliencingDissent #SilencingThePress #NoComment #Orwellian #MinistryOfTruth #CharacteristicsOfFascism

  2. The case would be one of the most significant dealing with #religion in #PublicSchools since an ideologically divided #SCOTUS ruled in 2022 that a former public high school football coach’s on-field prayers were protected under the #FirstAmendment’s right to #FreeSpeech.
    In the current case, the [ultra-conservative] US Court of Appeals for the #5thCircuit in New Orleans upheld the #Texas #law on a 9-8 vote, overturning a lower-court ruling that found the measure #unconstitutional.

    #Constitution

  3. @MatthewNewell @ChrisMayLA6 The #Strait of #Hormuz wasn't "constructed" by anyone, other than God (or Allah), & its #seizure by the #US would be #illegal under #international law (the #UN Charter) & #unconstitutional in terms of the US #Constitution.

  4. #Police credit the #tech as an important crime-fighting innovation that helps locate missing people & track suspects in violent crimes. But critics say it amounts to #unconstitutional warrantless #MassSurveillance. Dozens of cities & agencies have nixed their relationships with #Flock amid concerns that the data can be accessed for #immigration enforcement or in unauthorized tracking, after a flurry of examples surfaced of #LawEnforcement officers misusing the tech for personal searches.

    #law

  5. 'Tower Dump' #Warrants Ruled #Unconstitutional

    The Hill: A federal judge in #Mississippi ruled Wednesday that "tower dump" warrants are unconstitutional, declining to reverse a lower court decision refusing the government's request to obtain the search warrants in a series of violent crime investigations. A "tower dump" involves #cellphone companies providing law enforcement with access to the time and location data of all mobile devices connected to specific cell towers during a designated time window.
    #towerdump #privacy #4thamendment

    yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/0

  6. ‘Tower dump’ warrants ruled #unconstitutional
    A "tower dump" involves #cellphone companies providing #lawenforcement with access to the time and location data of all mobile devices connected to a cell tower
    "That is an unreasonable search under the #FourthAmendment," judge concluded
    The order repeatedly referenced the Supreme Court's recent decision in Chatrie v United States, in which the majority held that #geofence #warrants require constitutional #privacy protections
    thehill.com/regulation/court-b

  7. Which is nothing more than #censorship. If just the use of the word #Antifa can point trouble in your direction, then it is absolutely #Unconstitutional and we already know that. So fuck #Trump and fuck #AI companies that have no spine! So says #MissKittyOfAntifa. 🗽🗽🗽

  8. Someone please commit this idiot of ours to an institution where his potential to hurt the rest of the society is arrested. Stealing is wrong! Privateers are criminals. Shame on us for having elected this corrupt and supremely dumb piece of garbage to the Senate.

    ksl.com/article/51599090/mike-

    #stupid #idiot #republicans #senate #unconstitutional #antiAmerican #corrupt #liar #hacking #stealing #Utah #UtahPolitics #GOP #USPolitics #USPol

  9. #NYT reports, #TraitorTrump's postal service has proposed blocking mail in ballots from states that refuse to turn over private voter data to the government. (So much for Secret Ballots.) 🤬

    #Unconstitutional #DisasterPresidency

    nytimes.com/2026/06/11/us/poli

  10. Justice shields Trump family and companies from tax liability: Oh, I wish I could say that I saw this coming, but the #criminal hits just keep coming! Are you all good with your taxes going directly into #TFG’s overseas accounts? #uspol #corruption #taxdodgers #unconstitutional politico.com/news/2026/05/19/t