#unconstitutional — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #unconstitutional, aggregated by home.social.
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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:
https://theintercept.com/2026/08/24/pentagon-military-journalist-blacklist-press-media/Archived version:
https://archive.ph/uPwYW#USPol #Censorship #SiliencingDissent #SilencingThePress #NoComment #Orwellian #MinistryOfTruth #CharacteristicsOfFascism
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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. 🗽🗽🗽
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Postmaster General says USPS won't send mail ballots to states that don't provide voter lists | PBS NewsHour
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https://reddit.com/comments/1uep58l#protest #politics #resistance #resist #usa #authoritarianism #fascism #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #policestate #policemilitarization #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #nokings #50501movement #votingrightsact #usps #riggedelection #unconstitutional #electioninterference #elections #vote
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Postmaster General says USPS won't send mail ballots to states that don't provide voter lists | PBS NewsHour
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https://reddit.com/comments/1uep58l#protest #politics #resistance #resist #usa #authoritarianism #fascism #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #policestate #policemilitarization #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #nokings #50501movement #votingrightsact #usps #riggedelection #unconstitutional #electioninterference #elections #vote
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Congress, DO YOUR JOB! No war has been declared against Venezuela by the Congress. This felon POTUS is carrying out an outright illegal operation. It is your responsibility to put an end to this. This criminal belongs in prison.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-says-land-strikes-venezuela-191521301.html
#felon #POTUS #criminal #warcrime #impeach #USPolitics #government #TraitorMAGA #TraitorGOP #unconstitutional #vendetta #politics #venezuela #Congress
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CBS news' 24/7 streaming channel had some reporters on the ground @ the protests against the #Unconstitutional #ICE camps / raids and attacks on the SEIU workers.
Reporter said that normally the local law enforcement relies on what cops call "Mutual Aid" to help each other out before calling in any larger armies whenever a "situation" arises.
And this is an instance where there was no need for "Mutual Aid". Gavon Newsom is suing over the waste, and Drumpf will lose.
So that now you have some more context for that phrase I never liked "Mutual Aid", do the math:
First of all: The United States does not have any money, jurisdiction or value. Oligarchs [consumption] going untaxed means that debt is EXPLODED.
Funds paying fed cops to jet-set and stay in [fancy motels] are rising the thermometers, melting glaciers, and parching the already scorched deserts. The #tornado, #flood, #landslide, #mudslide, #derechos and #hurricane season this year is again expected to be the worst on record. For each of the last 5 years, the NOAA is reporting "warmest year on record", where each year is getting hotter, making more extreme #weather.
All of this is because military does not keep anyone safe. ICE does not make America "secure", it makes it more vulnerable to climate disasters. These are FACTS.
Hurricane season is just about started; mark my words that there will be no money to help all those rednecks in the deep south after this hurricane season, because of the waste.
American empire is OVER. Take your money out of the markets, especially take it out of military and "security" based oligarch-run companies, they are going to crash the hardest, the fastest.
Stupid president does stupid things. He is too stupid to realize what he does already is making the worst possible future for his grandkids.
[fancy hotels]:https://kolektiva.social/@salixlucida@mastodon.sdf.org/114657585632817904
[consumption]:https://kolektiva.social/@indie/114501926719365456
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"This argument is absurd!" - filled w/ dozens of exclamation marks, this federal judgement hammers the administration. I work at this law firm, so it's great to hear; the DOJ hasn't appealed in their similar losses (I've a friend at Perkins Coie, who also won), so things look good for us.
#WilmerHale #PerkinsCoie #unconstitutional #executive #order #injunction #law #firm #fight #win #unlike #SkaddenArps or #PaulWeiss #diversity #equity & #inclusion #DEI #DOJ #PamBondi https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/wilmerhale-wins-in-court-as-judge-throws-out-executive-order -
Is #Trump planning to declare #MartialLaw on April 20? The frightening claim, explored
Story by Charlotte Simmons, March 14, 2025
"First, the essentials. Martial law is the term for when civilian government and legal processes (such as mayoral jurisdiction and police officers, respectively) are overtaken by state military, so as to make demands on behalf of the nation’s leader, and then enforce those demands with their wealth of resources. Typically, martial law is invoked in dangerous situations, such as natural disasters or major #CivilUnrest.
"This is different from the United States’ #InsurrectionAct, wherein those civilian enterprises are not replaced by military personnel and resources, but supplemented by them. More importantly, the official nature of the Insurrection Act allows the #POTUS to deploy the military domestically during emergencies, as the #PosseComitatus Act of 1878 prohibits the use of the military against American civilians. In short, the Insurrection Act can waive the rules of the Posse Comitatus Act to create a sort of #MiniMartialLaw. Remember this.
"Recently, fears have been rising over whether or not the United States could enter martial law on April 20 under Donald Trump. But why then? What is it about April 20 that holds significance? When Trump first took office back on January 20, he signed an executive order declaring a state of emergency at the United States’ southern border, requiring the secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security to submit a report about what the 'situation' is at said border, together with recommended actions for 'resolving' said 'situation.' This report needed to be submitted within 90 days.
"When this order was signed, Trump also declared that 'A #NationalEmergency exists at the southern border of the United States…I hereby declare that this national emergency requires use of the Armed Forces…' This, directly references the potential execution of the Insurrection Act.
"The Secretary of Defense? #PeteHegseth. The Secretary of #HomelandSecurity? #KristiNoem. Two of Donald Trump’s most prominent yes-men. And guess how many days January 20 and April 20 are apart? Ninety.
"So, essentially, on April 20, there’s a not-insignificant chance that those two aforementioned Trump yes-men are going to tell Trump whether or not he should deploy the military in the southern United States so as to crack down on immigration. Except, as we saw with the case of #MahmoudKhalil — a recent #ColumbiaUniversity graduate who played a major role in that student body’s recent #ProPalestinain campus occupations — it doesn’t matter if you have a green card or if you haven’t committed any crimes; under this presidency, #ICE will illegally detain you if they think you’re troublesome to the vision of #TrumpsAmerica. They’re trying to deport Khalil for speaking out against #genocide as we speak. This is a direct, wholly #unconstitutional attack on #FreeSpeech.
"And here’s why that distinction between the Insurrection Act and martial law was so important earlier. On April 20, Trump will constitutionally — through the Insurrection Act — be allowed to deploy the military against #AmericanCivilians, and his government has already demonstrated that legal American civilians who have not committed any crimes are at risk for detention and deportation. It’s not technically martial law, but this #Trumpian cocktail is just as bad, if not worse.
"#Khalil’s detention — again, occurring in response to his speaking out against the #genocide of #Palestinian people — was made on the grounds of Trump’s executive order prohibiting #AntiSemitism. How long before more executive orders (none of them made in good faith, let’s be clear on that) just so happen to limit more ways of speaking, acting, and thinking? A scary thought, and a horrifyingly pertinent one."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/is-trump-planning-to-declare-martial-law-on-april-20-the-frightening-claim-explored/ar-AA1AUIqy
#USPol #Authoritarianism #Fascism #Crackdown #CriminalizingDissent #NDAA #ExpandedPowers
#USPresidency #NationalEmergency #Terrorists #Activists #USPol #BorderEmergency #Gitmo #IllegalDetention #IndefiniteDetentionClause #IndefiniteDetention -
#FBI’s #Warrantless #Search #Ruled #Unconstitutional in a #Blow to #Government #Spying.
The #FBI trawled #NSA #records without a #warrant to #investigate a #man suspected of trying to join a #terror #group, #prosecutors #admit.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Technology
https://theintercept.com/2025/01/27/fbi-government-spying-surveillance-702-fisa/
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A federal judge #temporarily #blocks #Trump’s executive order redefining #birthright #citizenship
Calling it “blatantly #unconstitutional"
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#DOD #policy on #transgender #surgery for #family of #servicemembers #ruled #unconstitutional
The #Pentagon violated the #constitutional #rights of two #transgender #women by denying them #healthinsurance #coverage for #genderaffirmationsurgery #recommended by their #doctors, according to a recent #ruling by a #federalcourt in #Maine.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #MilitaryService #Healthcare #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Transphobia
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-11-06/judge-rules-favor-transgender-surgery-15758542.html
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@Savvyhomestead
IF "Special Prosecutors" are #Unconstitutional, then HOW does one prosecute a sitting or former president for crimes?If the appointment of #ArchieCox (Nixon) or #KenStarr (Bill Clinton) were unconstitutional, I want #Republicans to come out and say so (and apologize to Bill Clinton.) 🤔
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#Court in #Japan #allows #trans #woman to #officially #change #gender without #compulsory #surgery.
The #HiroshimaHighCourt #ruled Wednesday that the current #requirement is possibly #unconstitutional, a step #LGBTQ #groups are calling a mixed #victory.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Asia #Japan #Transitioning #LegalTransition
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/japan-court-transgender-gender-change-surgery-rcna161533
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#Judge #strikesdown #Florida’s #restrictions on #transgender #care for #minors and #adults.
The law restricting #transition-#related #care for #minors is #unconstitutional, a #judge #ruled, and was #motivated by #antitrans #bias
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#GeorgeHWBush appointed US District Judge Robert E. Payne, Richmond, VA concluded in a 71-page opinion, which will lead to loss of countless lives, #unconstitutional a set of #laws #regulations that #prohibit #FederallyLicensed #firearms #dealers from #selling #handguns to 18-to-20-year-olds, finding that #measures #violated the #SecondAmendment. #GunViolence is a fact of life in America because Republican appointed judges have made it so; gun dealers profit #NRA kills https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/05/11/judge-rules-handgun-sales-allowed-18-year-olds/
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#Demoralizing, #Destructive, #Delusional #Fascist #Florida #Governor #RonDeSantis Has Gone Too Far.
His #Unconstitutional pet project, "#DontSayGay," now expands to #highschool #students.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #Florida #TransKids #GayKids #Education #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #SayGay
https://www.advocate.com/voices/demoralizing-destructive-delusional-desantis-has-gone-too-far