RonSupportsYou<p>"White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) president Eugene Daniels told members that the organization has opted to cancel comedian Amber Ruffin’s scheduled performance at this year’s gala, ..." I think White House Correspondents’ Association president Eugene Daniels is a cowardly piece of shit. When Trump banned the Associated Press from press conferences, Eugene the Coward wanted the response to be for WHCA members to by wear a pin that says <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a>. How pathetic! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
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kriykat<p>A Brief History of ‘The’ Freedom of Speech<br><a href="https://consortiumnews.com/2025/03/28/a-brief-history-of-the-freedom-of-speech/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">consortiumnews.com/2025/03/28/</span><span class="invisible">a-brief-history-of-the-freedom-of-speech/</span></a><br>The government’s respect for speech is often at its lowest ebb in wartime, when it is also most important and timely, writes Andrew P. Napolitano, By Andrew P. Napolitano “I disagree with what you say but will defend to the&#8230;<br><a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Commentary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Commentary</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Legal</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Militarism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Militarism</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/PressFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PressFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/U" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>U</span></a>.s. <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/U" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>U</span></a>.s.SupremeCourrt <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/UntilThisDayHistoricalPerspectivesOnTheNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UntilThisDayHistoricalPerspectivesOnTheNews</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/AlienAndSeditionActsIn1798" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlienAndSeditionActsIn1798</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/AndrewP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AndrewP</span></a>.Napolitano <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/BillOfRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillOfRights</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/BrandenburgV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrandenburgV</span></a>.Ohio <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/DeclarationOfIndependence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeclarationOfIndependence</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/JamesMadison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JamesMadison</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/PresidentAbrahamLincoln" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentAbrahamLincoln</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/PresidentJohnAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentJohnAdams</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/PresidentWoodrowWilson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentWoodrowWilson</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/U" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>U</span></a>.s.CivilWar</p>
Jonathan Emmesedi<p>The Trump goon squad kidnap of Tufts University PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk has rightly been seen as an attack on civil liberties and the rule of law in general.</p><p>In addition, the damage that this and similar abductions and harassment are doing to US higher education should be noted. Students and faculty alike benefit from hearing the views of international students, both inside and outside the classroom. Now many of those students will be afraid to speak their minds. Their freedom of speech is stifled, and the equally important right of other students and faculty to hear a range of uncensored opinions is also diminished. </p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/USHigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USHigherEducation</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/RumeysaOzturk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RumeysaOzturk</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/USUniversities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USUniversities</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a></p>
Jason Yip<p>Can noncitizens protest? What to know about <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> rights and risks. <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/can-noncitizens-protest-what-to-know-about-first-amendment-rights-and-risks/ar-AA1BOCWT" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-us/news/us/can-nonc</span><span class="invisible">itizens-protest-what-to-know-about-first-amendment-rights-and-risks/ar-AA1BOCWT</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Lawyer Paul Clement argued on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LawFirm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LawFirm</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WilmerHale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WilmerHale</span></a>’s behalf that it was “clear as day” that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOrder</span></a> against the firm violated the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a>. He said the chilling effect on the firm’s business had been immediate.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> lawyer Richard Lawson urged Judge Leon not to issue a temporary restraining order <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TRO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TRO</span></a>, arguing the specific limitations for Wilmer Hale had not been decided, so there was no reason to rush a court decision.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extortion</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
daisE 🌈<p>So is it still about free speech?<br><a href="https://youtu.be/sNMdRzK9Nj0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/sNMdRzK9Nj0</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>The Daily Show nails it.</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/JonStewart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JonStewart</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/DailyShow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DailyShow</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
NotImpressed<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/firstamendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firstamendment</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> <br>"...series of legal actions targeted the prominent New York-based activist group Within Our Lifetime, as well as the Columbia University chapters of Jewish Voice for Peace and Students for Justice in Palestine..the groups were allegedly funded by Hamas"<br>"While few of these lawsuits are expected to succeed in court, they align with broader efforts by pro-Israel lobbyists and the Trump-aligned right to clamp down on criticism of Israel"<br><a href="https://www.mintpressnews.com/israeli-lawsuits-target-americans-a-new-threat-to-the-first-amendment-under-trump/289334/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mintpressnews.com/israeli-laws</span><span class="invisible">uits-target-americans-a-new-threat-to-the-first-amendment-under-trump/289334/</span></a></p>
WINGS_radio<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration is currently engaged in the first phase of an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aggressive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aggressive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/terror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>terror</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/campaign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>campaign</span></a> to undermine the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/firstamendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firstamendment</span></a> They’re bullying <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> outlets and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lawfirms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawfirms</span></a> and public figures into bending the knee and refraining from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/criticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criticism</span></a> which will pave the way for harsher crackdowns to come.<br><a href="https://charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/you-are-not-special-in-a-fascist" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">charlotteclymer.substack.com/p</span><span class="invisible">/you-are-not-special-in-a-fascist</span></a></p>
Devin Ulibarri<p>Folks in Somerville, MA. I hope to see you at City Hall soon.</p><p><a href="https://www.cambridgeday.com/2025/03/27/protests-are-planned-in-cambridge-and-somerville-for-a-second-day-after-taking-of-tufts-grad-student/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cambridgeday.com/2025/03/27/pr</span><span class="invisible">otests-are-planned-in-cambridge-and-somerville-for-a-second-day-after-taking-of-tufts-grad-student/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SomervilleMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SomervilleMA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Somerville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Somerville</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/R%C3%BCmeysa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rümeysa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mahmoudkhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mahmoudkhalil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rumeysa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rumeysa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/firstamendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firstamendment</span></a></p>
Deadline<p>AP Journalists Tell Judge That White House Ban Has Hurt Their Ability To Report On Donald Trump, Warn Of Chilling Effect On Other Media<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AssociatedPress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AssociatedPress</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElectionLine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionLine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteHouse</span></a></p><p><a href="https://deadline.com/2025/03/trump-ap-gulf-of-mexico-2-1236352109/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">deadline.com/2025/03/trump-ap-</span><span class="invisible">gulf-of-mexico-2-1236352109/</span></a></p>
DopeGhoti<blockquote><p>Congress shall make no law [...] abridging [...] the right of <u>the people</u> peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.</p></blockquote><p>Emphasis mine.</p><p>"The people", not "citizens". The First Amendment applies to all people in US jurisdiction, not just citizens. Not just legal residents. The First Amendment applies to undocumented persons here illegally just as fully as it does to the most upstanding member of the landed Gentry.</p><p>Anyone suggesting that folks here on a student visa are somehow not supposed to be accorded the protections of the first amendment has no business being anywhere <em>near</em> a seat of any authority whatsoever.</p><p>Disappearing a grad student for an op-ed or for participating in a peaceful protest are the actions of a police state, not a representative democratic republic.</p><p>When asked after the American Revolution "what to we have now?", Ben Franklin is said to have replied, "A Republic, if you can keep it."</p><p>I fear we've lost it.</p><p>I hope we can find it again before it's too late.</p><p>I hope it's not already too late.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Nuance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nuance</span></a></p>
skua<p>Trump so far has not imposed censorship on online media.</p><p>Though his kidnappings of university anti-genocide activists is disguised censorship.</p><p>Musk's XTwitter has done censorship frequently while Elon pretends to be in favour of unrestricted free speech.</p><p>Google has done censorship with Youtube.</p><p>Wondering if/when anti-<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> videos on YT will be blocked. And if/when similar will occur on XTwitter.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Spectacle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spectacle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a></p>
Devin Ulibarri<p>This is the article that the current US admin apparently doesn't want us to see: <a href="https://www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2024/03/4ftk27sm6jkj" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tuftsdaily.com/article/2024/03</span><span class="invisible">/4ftk27sm6jkj</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/R%C3%BCmeysa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rümeysa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rumeysaozturk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rumeysaozturk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/firstamendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firstamendment</span></a></p>
Ferdi Magellan<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@cmorris" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cmorris</span></a></span> so much for freedom of speech.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/TurdReich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TurdReich</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/USFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USFascism</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FreedomOfSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfSpeech</span></a></p>
maple<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@davidho" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>davidho</span></a></span> What so upsets me about things like this is if the Democrats had felt this way, Trump and his ilk would never have been elected. They could have stopped Faux News and similar lying right-wing propaganda mills simply by agreeing that the First Amendment does not protect provable lies, nor hate speech. But oh no, there were the "free speech absolutists" loudly proclaiming that if any speech was restricted, all speech could be, because it was a "slippery slope." Well how did that work out for you?</p><p>And so there were travesties like the ACLU defending the right of Nazis to march in Skokie, Illinois. And when I heard about that, I knew that the free speech absolutists had gone too far, and it was only a matter of time before that would bite them in the ass, or as we now say, the leopards would eat their faces. Almost everyone agrees you should not be able to go around yelling "fire" in a crowded theater; how is hate speech and blatant lying on a national "news" outlet any different? Those things also get many people killed and injured.</p><p>There have been some predictions that at some point in the future, possibly the near future, people will become <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/telepathic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telepathic</span></a>. I have no idea if this happens because some people become more spiritually enlightened (a good thing if it happens), or because of some kind of technology enables it (probably not a good thing at all). But, if people can communicate by <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/telepathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telepathy</span></a> it becomes impossible to lie (well, you can lie but everyone will know when you are lying). And since most governments and large corporations lie all the time in their various dealings with each other and with the public, their whole structure will collapse. Even the lower classes will be affected - I mean, imagine hiring a contractor to work on your home and being able to tell instantly if they are attempting to deceive you. But that goes both ways, your kids will know instantly that there is no Santa Claus (I am surprised there haven't been more sci-fi tropes about the day the world becomes telepathic). But where I was going with this is that we would not need laws governing speech because we would know when we are being lied to, we would know if someone is being coerced into saying something (and what the truth really is), and we would know what people's true motivations are. But until such a time, if it ever arrives, we can't be absolutists about free speech, because we are in effect telling others it is okay to lie to us and attempt to deceive us and use propaganda on us, and I for one am not okay with that. No society can be truly free if they are constantly fed lies and propaganda!</p><p>But free speech absolutists remind me of some atheists and religious types. They are absolutely convinced they are right and that something must be wrong with you if you disagree with them. I am not holding my breath waiting for them to admit they were wrong and maybe even take some responsibility for the mess the USA is in now. But it sure would be helpful if they would start to re-think their position, just in case somehow that country is ever able to climb out of the hole they are in now.</p><p>By the way, just as an aside, if you think telepathy is absolutely impossible, you're either very close-minded or you have never heard any of the thousands of reports of telepathic communication, from people just knowing when a loved one is in trouble or is about to die (or has just died), to UFO abductions where telepathic communication takes place, to non-verbal autistic children that communicate with each other (and sometimes with a parent or sibling) telepathically. Of course for every such report there is a skeptic that goes around trying to disprove anything they don't personally experience, or that they are paid to debunk. But that's a whole other topic.</p><p><a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a></p>
Xamanismo Coletivo<p>"George Washington University law professor <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/MaryAnneFranks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaryAnneFranks</span></a> argued that the most egregious acts of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> were being committed in real time by the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration. In a 60-second video posted to Bluesky by Senate Judiciary Democrats, Franks described how Trump has "unleashed the greatest assault on the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> since the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/RedScare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RedScare</span></a>."</p><p>"The <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a>-industrial complex is a thought-terminating, gaslighting cliche that attempts to portray the most powerful people in the United States as oppressed and silenced," Franks said. "The current president of the United States is ordering lawful residents to be surveilled, kidnapped and expelled from the country because of their speech. He is attempting to dictate what words people are allowed to use, what educational institutions are allowed to teach, what values businesses are allowed to promote. He is calling for critics and dissenters to be imprisoned and assaulted. He is threatening journalists, students, judges, lawyers, religious leaders, governors, anyone he deems insufficiently loyal and insufficiently obedient."</p><p><a href="https://www.alternet.org/trump-censorship-expert/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">alternet.org/trump-censorship-</span><span class="invisible">expert/</span></a></p>
Karl Dezeti<p>@j.d.vance@cheerleaders-of-mump.dissocial</p><p>Dear Mr. Vice President </p><p>I have valuable recommendations for you. Do not visit Greenland unless you wish to sell your wife as a sled dog. It's connected to woke parasitic EU-dictatorship. I recommend vacation in Sibiria where people are rewarded for acting according to the <a href="https://norden.social/tags/firstamendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firstamendment</span></a>. Share further classified information about your exact itinerary on this Caesar encrypted signal-group-link:<br><a href="https://signal.group/#IPX!UP!IBWF!GVO!JO!EZTUPQJB" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">signal.group/#IPX!UP!IBWF!GVO!</span><span class="invisible">JO!EZTUPQJB</span></a></p><p><a href="https://norden.social/tags/vance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vance</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/greenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greenland</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/eu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eu</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/us" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>us</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Looks like the American Association of University Professors agrees with me!</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AAUP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AAUP</span></a>, Allies Sue over <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Policy of Arresting and Threatening to Deport <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Students</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Faculty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Faculty</span></a> for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LawfulSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LawfulSpeech</span></a></p><p>"The national AAUP; chapters at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Harvard</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Rutgers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rutgers</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NYU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NYU</span></a>; and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MiddleEastStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleEastStudies</span></a> Association today filed a lawsuit seeking to block the Trump administration from carrying out large-scale arrests, detentions, and deportations of noncitizen students and faculty members who participate in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProPalestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProPalestinian</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protests</span></a> and other protected <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> activities. </p><p>"We believe that the administration’s ideological-deportation policy violates the First Amendment by targeting constitutionally protected speech that Americans have a right to hear and engage with. The policy has created a climate of fear and repression on campuses around the country. We are represented in the case by the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KnightFirstAmendmentInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KnightFirstAmendmentInstitute</span></a> at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ColumbiaUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColumbiaUniversity</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AhilanArulanantham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AhilanArulanantham</span></a>, and Zimmer, Citron & Clarke LLP.</p><p>"Following executive orders issued by President Trump in January, the federal agencies that enforce immigration laws have arrested and detained several people associated with U.S. colleges and universities, including a legal permanent resident, on the basis of constitutionally protected speech and association. </p><p>"Today’s filing argues that the ideological-deportation policy has created a climate of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/repression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>repression</span></a> and intense fear on university <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/campuses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>campuses</span></a>, 'terrorizing students and faculty for their exercise of First Amendment rights in the past, intimidating them from exercising those rights now, and silencing political viewpoints that the government disfavors.'</p><p>"'The Trump administration is going after international <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/scholars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scholars</span></a> and students who speak their minds about <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a>, but make no mistake: they won't stop there. They'll come next for those who teach the history of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slavery</span></a> or who provide <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GenderAffirming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenderAffirming</span></a> health care or who research <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> or who counsel students about their reproductive choices. We all have to draw a line together—as the old labor movement slogan says: an injury to one is an injury to all,' says AAUP President Todd Wolfson. </p><p>"'The First Amendment means the government can’t arrest, detain, or deport people for lawful political expression—it’s as simple as that. This practice is one we’d ordinarily associate with the most repressive political regimes, and it should have no place in our democracy,' says <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JameelJaffer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JameelJaffer</span></a>, executive director at the Knight First Amendment Institute."</p><p>Source:<br><a href="https://www.aaup.org/news/aaup-allies-sue-over-trump-policy-arresting-and-threatening-deport-students-and-faculty-lawful" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aaup.org/news/aaup-allies-sue-</span><span class="invisible">over-trump-policy-arresting-and-threatening-deport-students-and-faculty-lawful</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RightToProtest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarcoRubio</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreedomOfAssembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfAssembly</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Good news (for now)</p><p>Judge Orders <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> to Stop Attempts to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Deport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deport</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Columbia</span></a> Undergrad</p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin had been seeking to arrest & deport <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/YunseoChung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YunseoChung</span></a>, who immigrated from South Korea as a child & is a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GreenCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenCard</span></a> holder, after she participated in a pro-<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Palestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinian</span></a> sit-in.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreedomOfAssembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfAssembly</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RightToProtest</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dissent</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/nyregion/columbia-university-protester-chung-deportation.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=5C6C987B-9585-4051-BA86-E26F1D77E60C" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/25/nyregio</span><span class="invisible">n/columbia-university-protester-chung-deportation.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=5C6C987B-9585-4051-BA86-E26F1D77E60C</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>New <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> demand to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/colleges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>colleges</span></a>: Name <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protesters</span></a> — & their nationalities<br>
The demand for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/student" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>student</span></a> information came after the admin promised to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/deport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deport</span></a> non-citizens who participated in what it called “pro-jihadist protests”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreedomOfAssembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfAssembly</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RightToProtest</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dissent</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/03/25/trump-administration-campus-antisemitism-investigations/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/education/2</span><span class="invisible">025/03/25/trump-administration-campus-antisemitism-investigations/</span></a></p>
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