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Nonilex

#DOJ probes Columbia war protests for terrorism violations

The U.S. #Justice Department is examining whether student protests at #ColumbiaUniversity over the #Gaza war violated federal terrorism laws, #Trump’s Deputy Attorney General & former #criminal defense attorney #ToddBlanche said on Friday.

#law #FreeSpeech #FreedomOfAssembly #RightToProtest #USpol #NaziState
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GBS Media Pro

@nixCraft 💡 GBS Media Response:

Big Tech isn’t just dominating markets—it’s controlling speech and shaping narratives. 🚨

They suppress competition, throttle independent creators, and dictate what the public sees. Free speech suffers when a few companies hold all the power.

The future belongs to independent voices and decentralized platforms. It’s time to reclaim the internet for everyone—not just Silicon Valley. 💪

#FreeSpeech#BreakBigTech#IndependentMedia
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William Lindsey :toad:

"Trump's disappearing of Mahmoud Khalil should be a warning for us all. If Trump has his way, Kahlil will be just the first of many. …

This episode is the latest in what the left warned would be Trump’s anti-democratic crusade were he to be re-elected. What New York Times columnist Michelle Goldberg calls the 'Greatest Threat to Free Speech Since the Red Scare.'”

~ Todd Beeton

#Trump #MahmoudKhalil #FreeSpeech #authoritarianism

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The Big Picture · Backlash Grows Against Trump's Detention Of Mahmoud KhalilBy The Big Picture
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MissConstrue

Columbia University, the epicenter of a number of issues, has conferenced their journalism students to tell them that if they are not US citizens, they should not publish anything likely to anger Trump, Russia, Israel, or the techbros, saying “Nobody can protect you.” They’ve been told to blank their social media of anything that might offend.

And yes, outrage is warranted, but Columbia has in its toolbox some of the brightest legal graduates and professors. If they don’t think they can lawyer up enough to stop this illegal curtailing of speech, the problem is a lot bigger than many people realize. Not the least of which is that other countries are dictating what people can say on American soil.

On one hand, the dean is trying to protect his students, on the other hand, never obey in advance.

(Archive link because NYT) archive.ph/zHMoo

Students who were not U.S. citizens should avoid publishing work on Gaza, Ukraine and protests related to their former classmate’s arrest, urged Stuart Karle, a First Amendment lawyer and adjunct professor. With about two months to go before graduation, their academic accomplishments — or even their freedom — could be at risk if they attracted the ire of the Trump administration. “If you have a social media page, make sure it is not filled with commentary on the Middle East,” he told the gathering in Pulitzer Hall. When a Palestinian student objected, the journalism school’s dean, Jelani Cobb, was more direct about the school’s inability to defend international students from federal prosecution. “Nobody can protect you,” Mr. Cobb said. “These are dangerous times.”
#columbia#freespeech#authoritarianism
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The Conversation U.S.

John Adams regretted signing the Sedition Act of 1798, which restricted press freedom. He told his son it was "never a favorite" of his. The law expired in 1801, but its legacy as a restriction on free speech endures. A history professor explains: buff.ly/6HCy4Vx
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The ConversationAlien and Sedition Acts were reviled in their time, and John Adams was not sorry to see them goJohn Adams signed the Sedition Act in an attempt to silence dissent. Some other Founding Fathers thought that muzzling the press would mean the end of the republic.
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Indivisible SF

ICE came for Khalil Mahmoud in retaliation for his political speech. We must speak out—or we’re next.

Tell your members of Congress that the government must immediately release Mahmoud Khalil, return him to his family, and stop violating the constitutional right to protest. indivisiblesf.org/call-scripts

If you would like to help Mahmoud’s family, including his pregnant wife, with legal defense, you can donate on their Chuffed page. chuffed.org/project/justice-fo
#USPol #Resist #FreeSpeech #ICE

Indivisible SFTell Your Members of Congress: Demand the Immediate Release of Mahmoud Khalil | Indivisible SFTell our Congresspeople: Stop BOP from Putting Trans Women in Men’s Prisons
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Nonilex

#MahmoudKhalil’s lawyers appeared in federal court Wed morning, after filing papers urging a judge to release the student or return him to NY, days after #immigration agents arrested him at his apt & moved him to a detention center in Louisiana 1,300 miles away. The #Trump admin has said it will target *noncitizens* protesting the war between #Israel & #Hamas, which has led to campus protests across the US, while opponents say the govt is trampling on the #FirstAmendment right to #FreeSpeech.

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Nonilex

Every hour, the #UnitedStates becomes less free & more Nazified

Workers remove #DC #BlackLivesMatter Plaza #mural to avoid funding cuts

Construction workers began removing Washington, DC's #BLM Plaza mural on Monday, after Mayor Muriel Bowser pledged to redesign the plaza in response to #Trump & #Republicans threats to cut the city's transportation #funding unless it was renamed.
#law #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #FreedomOfExpression #art #USpol #whitewashing #oppression
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William Lindsey :toad:

Gene Weingarten notes that Ruth Marcus was also an Associate Editor of Washington Post, "and was so well thought of that when Opinions editor Fred Hiatt died suddenly in December 2021, she was appointed interim editor, along with Karen Tumulty."

#WashingtonPost #RuthMarcus #FreeSpeech #media #JeffBezos #billionaires #EconomicElites #Trump #authoritarianism
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The Gene Pool · Sigh, Vol. IXBy Gene Weingarten
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