Search results for tag #freespeech
In the lead up to the trial Afroman did a sit down interview with local news explaining what the hearing was about.
He says this IS his art style, largely rapping about his life in very direct ways.
"I was going to clean my room, but then I got high"
So for Afroman when cops caused thousands of dollars in damage to his home in a botched raid and refused to help repair it he did what he always does, he rapped about it.
"The story on Fox News’ website about Brendan Carr’s threat against TV networks made it seem normal for the government to tell journalists what they can report. Fox enables fascism."
~ Mark Jacob
#BrendanCarr #Trump #FreeSpeech #media #FreePress #FCC #propaganda #fascism #FoxNews
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https://www.stopthepresses.news/p/trump-cant-handle-the-truth-about
"SB 13 also neutered librarians’ authority over their collections. I no longer det"ermine what goes into my collection. I make recommendations. ... In many districts, AI is being used to assess the lists of books turned in by librarians." https://www.texasobserver.org/abilene-isd-librarian-book-ban/
#Texas #FreeSpeech #books #bookstodon #library #schools #education
There's a word to describe Brendan Carr's attempt to throttle the free press and make it dance to the tune of the state. US media and history textbooks have been very willing to use that word when it comes to other nations.
The word is fascism. Brendan Carr and other authors of Project 2025 want fascist control of American government and society.
#BrendanCarr #Trump #FreeSpeech #media #FreePress #FCC #propaganda #fascism
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https://www.wonkette.com/p/brendan-carr-wants-to-yank-licenses
"Brendan Carr is not some neutral bureaucrat doing his job. He wrote the FCC chapter of Project 2025. ...
And none of this is new. This is how it has always been done. In Nazi Germany, Joseph Goebbels issued daily press directives telling editors what headlines to run, what stories to bury, and exactly how to frame the regime’s actions."
~ Heather Delaney Reese
#BrendanCarr #Trump #FreeSpeech #media #FreePress #FCC #propaganda #fascism
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https://heatherdelaneyreese.substack.com/p/the-president-of-the-united-states-da9
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La législation allemande est déployée pour criminaliser le discours politique critique, érodant la confiance dans l'État de droit.
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Germany's judiciary faces a crisis of legitimacy as laws designed for extremism are repurposed to police political dissent.
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Die strategische Nutzung rechtlicher Rahmenbedingungen zur Eindämmung unliebsamer politischer Narrative untergräbt fundamentale demokratische Prinzipien.
#ICE arrest led a journalist without a warrant stating they'll get one latter.
This is an assault on the #FirstAmendment, a #FreePress and #FreeSpeech.
Note: an expired visa is a misdemeanor (issue a citation).
No one individual is responsible for another's actions, and that's a #fact statistically. It has become crystal clear to me, that We seem to live in a new #technocratic age, where making #comments gets you #censored in 2026 more and more for no upfront #reason directly #responsible for this. Especially in ways that attacks #FreeSpeech #rights all at once from around our world. And quite frankly, you and I #deserve better #treatment in this way.
Afroman heads to court this month after deputies sued him for turning their unfounded raid on his home into viral music videos that exposed their faces and actions when he used his security camera footage of the raid.
The trial begins March 16 in Adams County, #Ohio, where the legal battle between the rapper and law enforcement has become a test case for free speech rights in the digital age.
Afroman’s argument is straightforward: he documented what happened to him and turned his story into art. #Law #FreeSpeech
https://allhiphop.com/news/afroman-battles-deputies-in-court-over-viral-music-video-from-home-raid/
EDITORIAL: $78,000 is a lot to cede the public has a right to talk back to Aurora lawmakers
‘The city has now stipulated, in effect, that it cannot pick and choose when the public may speak based on discomfort or inconvenience’
Adelaide University caves to media pressure and cancels literary festival event with Francesca Albanese.
Cancellation follows an article in The Australian that suggested that a university providing a platform for Albanese would be in defiance of US sanctions.
#auspol #newsmedia #newscorp #freespeech #francescaalbanese #unitedstates #israel
Nexstar, Sinclair spend millions lobbying to rewrite TV station ownership rules
https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2026/02/nexstar-sinclair-spend-millions-lobbying-to-rewrite-tv-station-ownership-rules
#FCC #Sinclair #Nexstar #BrendanCarr #ABC #Paramount #Disney #FreeSpeech #FirstAmendment #JimmyKimmel #USPol
“The high court ruling should be a turning point. It demonstrates how easily counter-terror powers and platform regulation can be used to silence debate and suppress dissent and how difficult it is to undo those harms once systems of censorship and surveillance are put in place"
Reuters won't tell you that they murdered 10 protesters.
https://x.com/s_m_marandi/status/2028712444017951224
#media #propaganda #usa #news #iran #bahrain #karachi #ressitance to 🇺🇸 #imperialism 🇮🇱 #zionism #genocide
#freepalestine #journalism @journalismandcomment #socialmedia #tiktok #mastodon #cdnpoli #uspol #trump #war #protest #activism #freespeech
Free speech allows me to say what I say.
Free speech also allows others to disagree, ignore, unfollow and block me for the things I say.
#freespeech #socialmedia #freedomofspeech #trump #constitution #media #news #mastodon
“Raise your hand if you have ever worn all black, in general, not even at a protest. Raise your hand if you have a first aid kit. If you own a gun, raise your hand. If you’ve ever used Signal, raise your hand.”
“If you raised your hand, does that make you a terrorist?” https://www.texasobserver.org/antifa-scare-prairieland-19-trial-ice-detention/
#antifa #politics #USpol #law #fascism #NorthTexas #Dallas #Texas #activism #FreeSpeech
Supernova+ posted info to their Telegram stating that Russia's MAX is basically a repackaged Telegram fork, under the control of the Russian FSB... which is essentially the FBI, CIA, and NSA all rolled into one. Supernova+ also released some really detailed information on MAX that #infosec , #admin , #security , #hackers , #freespeech #activist , etc. should be VERY interested in, including how to protect yourself from MAX, if you're required to install it. I translated/screen captured the info.
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"Max" is not a "new messenger", but a repackaged Telegram fork, compiled under the control of the FSB. According to internal builds (leaked repo fsb-max-v4.2.1.apk, May 2025), everything you write there is automatically copied to the "Archive-22" on the servers of the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media. Here's what's really happening:
1. Technical essence
- Codebase - Telegram Android 10.3.3, but e2e-encryption for personal chats is removed (call setSecretChatEnabled(false)).
- Instead of MTProto, "MTProto-R" is used - the same protocol, but with a hardcoded RSA key from the FSB (0x1B, 0xEF, 0xC0...).
- All voice packets are in 16-bit PCM format, captured on the server and decrypted online.
- Built-in "antisafety" - if root-detection or Magisk is detected, the app self-uninstalls and sends a post-request to the Ministry of Digital Development.
2. How it's implemented
- Decree of the Ministry of Labor No. 132-n of 15.05.2025: civil servants, the public sector, state corporations (Railways, Rosneft, Sberbank, Rostec) are obliged to install "Max" by 01.07.2025.
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For schools/universities - via the ROC "My School": the director receives a KPI "installation percentage"; <95% = removal of bonuses.
3. Why it's needed
- Telegram did not hand over the keys → the FSB wants mass interception without court orders.
- "Max" immediately gives:
- Geolocation every 30 seconds (even if GPS is turned off - via Wi-Fi-BSSID).
- A copy of all contacts and calls (permissions declared "critical").
- Access to the camera/microphone in the background (under the pretext of "secure call").
4. What you face for refusal
- Fine of 30-50% of salary for the first month; then - "official non-compliance" → dismissal under Art. 81 p. 5 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation.
- For civil servants - a "unreliable" flag in the FSB database; if you try to get a job in the private sector, the "Cadres" system automatically rejects you.
5. Secret flags of the firmware
- gov.max.forceUpdate = true - remote forced update without confirmation.
- gov.max.backdoorKey = 0xdeadbeef - master key for decrypting local caches.
- gov.max.remoteWipe = 1 - you can erase all data on the device when you're dismissed.
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6. How to escape the coercion (at your own risk)
- Install "Max" on an old SIM card → give permissions → immediately block it in Shelter/Work-Profile; the UID remains in the database, activity is zero.
- Or buy a $30 Xiaomi for cash, insert a corporate SIM, leave it in a drawer; use your main phone in airplane mode at work.
- For root devices: patch (remove the call sendTelemetry()), rebuild the APK → sign with a test key; updates are broken, but the KPI is counted.
Timeline:
- 01.07.2025 - Full transition of the public sector to "Max".
- 01.09.2025 - Bill on fines for PRIVATE companies (≥100 employees) for the lack of "Max" on corporate devices.
- 01.12.2025 - It is planned to ban sideload installation of any APK except RuStore (where "Max" will be preinstalled).
Conclusion: "Max" is not a messenger, but a state Trojan. Forced installation is needed to intercept what Telegram failed to take - your conversations, geo and metadata without any court orders.
many people don't understand that
"FREEZE PEACH!! WHARGARBL..."
right:
#freespeech from the govt
from the point of view of a private entity, be it twitter (bad) or some mastodon server (good) you can suspend for any reason
so pick the server that suspends in alignment with your desires
if i invite you into my house and you don't take off your shoes, i kick you out. you don't get to shout "FREE SHOES!" it's my fucking house. *that* is the freedom in question
Inside #Chicago’s #surveillance #panopticon
Law enforcement and security advocates say this vast monitoring system protects public safety and works well. But activists and many residents say it’s a surveillance panopticon that creates a chilling effect on behavior and violates guarantees of #privacy and #freespeech.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/02/23/1132740/inside-chicago-surveillance-panopticon/
https://archive.ph/kJD2R
John Oliver discusses how an already flawed Twitter got worse under Elon #Musk, how it continues to impact us all, and what it has to do with the 30-40 trillion cells humans are composed of.
Or, wait, sorry, Twitter doesn’t have anything to do with the cells. It’s about our understanding of the universe. Maybe. You’ll just have to take that last part up with Elon directly.
Only wish he mentioned Mastodon as an option.
"Parents and community members are outraged by reports that officers used physical force against minors and escalated what began as a student demonstration into arrests and criminal charges," read a statement ahead of the press conference. "It is especially disturbing that the police chief was directly involved in the physical confrontation with a student."
https://archive.is/ohnd1#selection-479.0-483.47
#ICE #Protest #Police #ACAB #News #Pennsylvania #USA #US #UnitedStates #America #FreeSpeech #Resist #Resistance
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Headline:
NEWS
Quakertown parents, groups demand release of students in police clash
by Jess Rohan, Danielle Camilli, and Jo Ciavaglia
Bucks County Courier Times
Updated Feb. 21, 2026, 6:01 p.m. ET
"the students who were arrested Friday remain in police custody and were held overnight. By late Saturday morning, calls to the Bucks County Youth Center [Phone #: 1-215-340-8300 ], where the teens are being held, were being disconnected when parents and others called, according to Upper Bucks United, a civil rights group."
https://archive.is/ohnd1#selection-479.0-483.47
#ICE #Police #Protest #Children #FreeSpeech #News #Quakertown #Pennsylvania #USA #US #UnitedStates #America
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Text and photo with caption from article:
Text: A handful of students were arrested on Front Street after police said the protest became disruptive and dangerous. However, a video from the protest shows the peaceful walk, escalated to violence once police intervened, civil rights leaders and parents said Saturday at a morning press conference.
"Parents and community members are outraged by reports that officers used physical force against minors and escalated what began as a student demonstration into arrests and criminal charges," read a statement ahead of the press conference. "It is especially disturbing that the police chief was directly involved in the physical confrontation with a student."
The parents of two kids and another speaker said the students who were arrested Friday remain in police custody and were held overnight. By late Saturday morning, calls to the Bucks County Youth Center, where the teens are being held, were being disconnected when parents and others called, according to Upper Bucks United, a civil rights group.
Photo: A group of adults, one holding a protest sign, stand in front of the Quakertown Police Department. One woman is talking into a microphone.
Caption: Heidi Roux of Immigrant Rights Action addresses media about the clash between Quakertown police and protesters on February 21, 2026. Jess Rohan
"A Quakertown High School student who filmed a violent clash between police and a group of teenagers on Feb. 20 alleges that officers assaulted the students without justification.
This news organization has identified a plainclothes officer in the videos as Quakertown Borough Police Chief Scott McElree through photos, videos and eyewitness identifications."
https://archive.is/og9jr
#ICE #Protest #Quakertown #Students #Police #ACAB #News #Pennsylvania #USA #US #America #FreeSpeech
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Headline:
LOCAL
Quakertown student recounts violent clash between police chief, students
by Jess Rohan
Bucks County Courier Times
Feb. 20, 2026, 9:41 p.m. ET
"Two people told WHYY News that they witnessed the Friday morning confrontation...
They said they saw #students walking on the sidewalks, holding signs and chanting “No more ICE.”
“From what we could see, the students were just on the sidewalk,” one witness said. “From our angle, a man in a brown jacket lunges towards a group of students, grabbing one of them, and then the students start hitting the man in the brown jacket.”
https://whyy.org/articles/bucks-county-district-attorney-investigation-quakertown-police-student-ice-protest/
#ICE #Protest #FreeSpeech #News #US #USA
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Text from article:
Two people told WHYY News that they witnessed the Friday morning confrontation while having breakfast together at Sunday’s Deli & Restaurant on Front Street. The two women, both 20-year-old Bucks County residents, requested anonymity over fears that their personal information could be released online and concerns for their personal safety.
They said they saw students walking on the sidewalks, holding signs and chanting “No more ICE.”
“From what we could see, the students were just on the sidewalk,” one witness said. “From our angle, a man in a brown jacket lunges towards a group of students, grabbing one of them, and then the students start hitting the man in the brown jacket.”
"The Bucks County District Attorney’s Office announced Saturday that it is conducting an investigation into the police response to a walkout by Quakertown High School students who were protesting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions."
https://whyy.org/articles/bucks-county-district-attorney-investigation-quakertown-police-student-ice-protest/
#ICE #Protest #Police #ACAB #Children #Students #News #Quakertown #Pennsylvania #USA #US #UnitedStates #America #FirstAmendment #Resist #Resistance #FreeSpeech
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Headline and photo with caption.
Headline:
Bucks DA investigating Quakertown police after violent confrontation with students protesting ICE
Videos show officers confronting student protesters in the Pennsylvania town, which the Bucks NAACP said “raised serious questions.”
By Emily Neil, February 21, 2026
Photo: A police thug kneels on the back of a student protestor while gesturing threateningly at other student protestors.
Quakertown police officers are seen Friday morning in this image taken from video arresting someone outside Sunday’s Deli & Restaurant, where students had gathered to protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (Used with permission)
Our top story, from Steven Monacelli: Wearing black, owning zines, using the encrypted messaging app Signal. The broader constitutional rights of left-wing activists may hang in the balance as the government builds its "antifa conspiracy." https://www.texasobserver.org/antifa-scare-prairieland-19-trial-ice-detention/
#politics #USpol #news #FreeSpeech #Texas #NorthTexas #ICE #law #antifa
Scholarship that challenges white supremacy, colonialism, or state violence is labeled as divisive. Programs rooted in Indigenous, Latinx, and Black knowledge are consolidated, put under review, or dismantled. The result is not balance—it is containment. https://www.texasobserver.org/ut-system-new-controversial-topics-policy-policing-knowledge/
#education #politics #USpol #news #Texas #censorship #FreeSpeech
"After the Monday broadcast concluded, he did interview Talarico. His team then uploaded it to 'The Late Show' YouTube channel. ...
As of this writing on Tuesday afternoon, Colbert’s interview of Talarico, which streamed on YouTube, as well as X, TikTok and Instagram, has been viewed well over 15 million times. That’s six times more views than if CBS had simply let Colbert interview the Texan on the broadcast."
#StephenColbert #JamesTalarico #BariWeiss #CBS #Trump #censorship #FreeSpeech
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"In an attempt to cozy up to the Trump administration, the network tried to stop Colbert from doing an interview Monday night.
When you read why, you’ll understand the reason everyone needs to see it.
CBS brass insisted Colbert cancel a guest scheduled for that night’s broadcast of 'The Late Show.'”
~ Dan Rather
#StephenColbert #JamesTalarico #BariWeiss #CBS #Trump #censorship #FreeSpeech #media
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https://steady.substack.com/p/trump-doesnt-want-you-to-see-this
"Not only was Colbert to tell Texas State Representative James Talarico, a Democrat running for U.S. Senate, he was no longer invited to appear, Colbert was ordered not to talk about why the interview was canceled, nor was he to mention Talarico’s name or show his face.
Colbert didn’t take kindly to CBS’s bashing of free speech. So he ignored his bosses."
#StephenColbert #JamesTalarico #BariWeiss #CBS #Trump #censorship #FreeSpeech #media
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🇨🇦 True North Documentary Trailer
#blackhistorymonth2026 #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #bipoc #blackwomen #blackmastodon #poc #crt #racism #whitesupremacy @democracy
@blackvoices #antifascism #antiimperialism #global #classwar #resistance #solidarity #protest #activism #sovereignty #revolution #freespeech #humanrights #education #uspol #ice #minnesota #fascism
#Africa #Free from #Western #Imperialism #Canada #Montreal #cdnpoli
- "What are you in here for? Murder? Robbery?"
- "Worse, possession of zines"
https://theintercept.com/2026/02/16/daniel-sanchez-estrada-prairieland-trial-zines
"Sanchez Estrada is facing up to 20 years behind bars for allegedly moving a box of anarchist zines from his parents’ house to another residence"
Another activist was indicted for telling people how to delete messages and remove people from Signal group chats, which government lawyers argue is a first-degree felony
#freespeech #zines #anarchism #censorship #uspol #dystopia #prison #orwell
Homeland Security Wants #SocialMedia Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/technology/dhs-anti-ice-social-media.html
It's not shaming him. The grumpy old dude is dead, and has been for 350 years.
It's merely accepting that history isn't complete, and sometimes new things are found about historical figures, and that sometimes your beloved historical "free speech" is pretty abhorrent when you frame it in modern terms.
It's not rewriting history; it's looking at it with the benefit of a few centuries of learning and medical advances in treating bladder stones. All of which I accept that Andrew Doyle is desperate to roll back and erase as quickly as possible.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/02/08/samuel-pepys-censorship-cancel-culture/
#History #London #Pepys #Opinion #Bezos #WashingtonPost #FreeSpeech #Writing #Shitty #Journalism #News
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The Washington Post
Democracy Dies in Darkness
Opinion
Another ludicrous canceling of a name from the past
Shaming the dead is an asinine culture warriors’ pastime. Now it’s the great diarist Samuel Pepys’s turn.
February 8, 2026
(Illustration by Washington Post staff; iStock)
5 min
By Andrew Doyle
Andrew Doyle is the author of “Free Speech and Why It Matters” and “The New Puritans.”
Samuel Pepys was, famously, an extraordinary diarist, offering a vivid first-hand account of life in Restoration England from 1660 to 1669. He was an eyewitness to the Great Fire of London in 1666 and recorded fascinating details of the ravages of the bubonic plague. His diaries were also intensely personal, with entries that echo familiarly across the centuries, whether recounting his rivalries and triumphs in his job as a naval administrator, his frustrations (can’t find a coach in the rain!), his delight in friends or boredom with dull sermons.
Der Kniefall des #IOC vor Faschisten wie Trump und Putin.
Das muss dieses #FreeSpeech sein, das rechtes Gelichter meint.
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Disqualifikation eines Olympia-Sportlers
Hut ab
Der ukrainische Skeletonfahrer Wladislaw
Heraskewytsch wird disqualifiziert, laut IOC nicht aus politischen Grinden. Es ist ein moralischerTiefpunkt der Spiele.
TAZ 13.02.2026
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»,Müsssen mit Gegenwind rechnen”
US-Vizeprasident Vance
attackiert Trump-kritische
Olympia-Stars
Frankfurter Rundschau 13.02.2026
Judge says #Hegseth is unlawfully retaliating against Sen. #MarkKelly over ‘illegal orders’ video
A federal judge on Thursday shut down #Defense Secretary #PeteHegseth’s attempts to punish Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly over his urging of US service members to refuse illegal orders, ruling that the #Pentagon chief’s actions were unconstitutionally retaliatory.
#law #MilitaryLaw #Trump #dictatorship #RevengePolitics #democracy #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #PoliticalSpeech
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/12/politics/mark-kelly-pentagon-lawsuit-ruling
The decision landed 2 days after a #GrandJudy in Washington, DC, declined to approve charges sought by federal prosecutors against the #Arizona senator & several other Democratic lawmakers who taped a video last year warning that “threats to our Constitution” are coming “from right here at home,” & repeatedly implored service members & the intelligence community to “refuse illegal orders.”
#law #MilitaryLaw #Trump #RevengePolitics #democracy #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #PoliticalSpeech
Together, the #GrandJudy declination & ruling from senior US District Judge Richard Leon represent major impediments to efforts by aides of #Trump to use the levers of government to punish Sen #MarkKelly, a retired Navy captain & former astronaut, over his participation in the video.
#law #MilitaryLaw #Hegseth #dictatorship #RevengePolitics #democracy #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #PoliticalSpeech
Leon, an appointee of President George W. Bush, wrote in a scathing, 29-pg ruling that #Hegseth was trampling over the #FirstAmendment rights of #MarkKelly & that his moves are an impermissible form of government retaliation.
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26953150-order-in-mark-kelly-case/
#law #MilitaryLaw #Trump #dictatorship #RevengePolitics #democracy #FreeSpeech #PoliticalSpeech
NPR:"....“She's using the city's license plate readers not to combat a wave of armed robberies, but to track down the everyday movements of an everyday citizen who dared to write the Kansas City Star and express their opinion,” Rhodes said...."
#alpr #privacy #bigbrother #freespeech #licenseplatereaders #flock
🚀 been updated to the 4.5.5 Mastodon version!
We are currently in the testing phase, but the first impressions are great. In our opinion, the UI looks much cleaner and more refined than previous versions. It’s faster, sleeker, and simply better to use. So far, I’m loving it! )))
Check it out and share your thoughts. Let’s build the free web together!
#Mastodon #Fediverse #Update #TechNews #FreeSpeech #VIRGroup #Networking #OpenSource #Software #TechUpdate
ICE Survivors Tell HORRIFYING Stories to Congress
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=asanYWlCj40
#socialmedia #USA #mastodon #dueprocess #ice #fuckICE #abolishice #law #minnesota #minneapolis #newyork #maine #portland #texas #chicago #trump #fascism #alexpretti #politics #uspoli #democracy #humanrights #civilrights #ableism #mutualaid @democracy @politics @blackvoices #resistance #freespeech #censorship
In honor of Black History Month, a short biography of Ben Fletcher (April 13, 1890 – 1949), Wobbly and revolutionary. Fletcher joined the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) in 1912 and became secretary of the IWW District Council in 1913. He also co-founded the interracial Local 8 in 1913. Also in 1913, he led a successful strike of over 10,000 dockers. At that time, roughly one-third of the dockers on the Philadelphia waterfront were black. Another 33% were Irish. And about 33% were Polish and Lithuanian. Prior to the IWW organizing drive, the employers routinely pitted black workers against white, and Polish against Irish. The IWW was one of the only unions of the era that organized workers into the same locals, regardless of race or ethnicity. And its main leader in Philadelphia was an African American, Ben Fletcher.
By 1916, thanks in large part to Fletcher’s organizing skill, all but two of Philadelphia’s docks were controlled by the IWW. And the IWW maintained control of the Philly waterfront for about a decade. After the 1913 strike, Fletcher travelled up and down the east coast organizing dockers. However, he was nearly lynched in Norfolk, Virginia in 1917. At that time, roughly 10% of the IWW’s 1 million members were African American. Most had been rejected from other unions because of their skin color. In 1918, the state arrested him for treason, sentencing him to ten years, for the crime of organizing workers during wartime. He served three years. Fletcher supposedly said to Big Bill Haywood after the trial that the judge had been using “very ungrammatical language. . . His sentences are much too long.”
#workingclass #LaborHistory #IWW #benfletcher #union #strike #philadelphia #longshore #docker #waterfront #worldwarone #prison #antiwar #freespeech #racism #blackhistorymonth #BlackMastodon
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Image: linocut print of African-American IWW organizer and longshoreman Ben Fletcher, by IWW artist, poet and muralist Carlos Cortez. Reads: Ben Fletcher Marine Transport Workers IU 510. The MTW-IWW introduced non-segregated union locals on the waterfronts of Baltimore, Norfolk and Philadelphia, as well as ports on the Gulf. The best organizer was Ben Fletcher. As an orator, his ringing voice needed no microphone. And his sense of humor put many a heckler on the run.
A federal judge on Tuesday sharply questioned the legality of the #Defense Department’s efforts to censure & possibly demote Sen. #MarkKelly, a retired #Navy captain, over his public criticism of the #Trump admin.
#US District Judge Richard J. Leon said Defense Secretary Pete #Hegseth appeared to be expanding restrictions on #FreeSpeech that have applied only to active-duty service members, not #military retirees.
#law #MilitaryLaw #judiciary #RevengePolitics #idiocracy #MafiaState
Homeland Security is trying to force tech companies to hand over data about #Trump critics
#privacy #politics #DHS #FreeSpeech #1stAmendment #Instagram
Analysis: The Long War on Free Speech
Under virtually every president, the US govt "has treated the First Amendment with contempt"...
..."consistently attacking the speech & assembly rights of Americans who speak out against the crimes & abuses of the Washington ruling class."
"The federal government’s hatred of the freedom of speech rights... is among the most clear & powerful testimonies of our country’s history."
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/03/the-governments-long-war-on-free-speech/
Analysis: The Long War on Free Speech
Under virtually every president, the US govt "has treated the First Amendment with contempt"...
..."consistently attacking the speech & assembly rights of Americans who speak out against the crimes & abuses of the Washington ruling class."
"The federal government’s hatred of the freedom of speech rights... is among the most clear & powerful testimonies of our country’s history."
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/03/the-governments-long-war-on-free-speech/
BREAKING: Judge Simon:
🧑⚖️ “In a well-functioning constitutional democratic republic, free speech, courageous newsgathering, and nonviolent protest are… permitted, respected, and even celebrated. In an authoritarian regime, that is not the case. Our nation is now at a crossroads.”
He then issued a TRO blocking federal agents from using unbounded force against peaceful protesters and journalists. ⚖️🇺🇸
#FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #RuleOfLaw
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ord.190589/gov.uscourts.ord.190589.68.0.pdf #press
Trumps War on Free Speech Continues After Journalist Arrested
After one journalist was raided by the Trump regime, another journalist was arrested for the crime of journalism.
https://www.freezenet.ca/trumps-war-on-free-speech-continues-after-journalist-arrested/
#Censorship #News #arrest #FreeSpeech #ICE #journalism #Trump
BREAKING: Independent journalist and VP of the National Association of Black Journalists Minnesota chapter Georgia Fort was arrested by federal agents Friday morning for filming a protest at a church earlier this month over the pastor’s affiliation with #ICE
#healthcare
#politics #uspol #dueprocess #socialmedia #technology @democracy @politics @workersrights @socialmedia @socialsciences @humanities #education #freespeech #censorship @workingclasshistory @workersrights
🇺🇸The gvt is using location,data from ads, weather apps, and mobile games for total real-time surveillance of everyone. Disable location tracking for all but essential & trusted services
#GENERALSTRIKE
#authoritarianism #trump #fascism
#freespeech #censorship #healthcare
#politics #uspol #dueprocess #socialmedia #technology @democracy @politics #education @workersrights #democracy #resistance #protest #culture #alexpretti #reneenicolegood #US #usa #fuckICE #cbp #Gaza
"News of Lemon’s Thursday night arrest broke Friday morning after his attorney, Abbe Lowell, released a statement:
'This unprecedented attack on the First Amendment and transparent attempt to distract attention from the many crises facing this administration will not stand. Don will fight these charges vigorously and thoroughly in court.'”
~ David Kurtz
#Trump #DonLemon #Minnesota #media #journalism #FreeSpeech #FirstAmendment
/26
https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/feds-arrest-journalist-don-lemon
"Attorney General Pam Bondi later confirmed the arrest of Lemon and three others — Trahern Jeen Crews, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lydell Lundy — in a post on X, accusing them of a 'coordinated attack' on the church."
Thou shalt not touch my sacred (white supremacist) Southern Baptists whose church was founded to keep slavery alive.
#Trump #DonLemon #Minnesota #media #journalism #FreeSpeech #FirstAmendment
/27
"Another independent journalist, Georgia Fort, was arrested last night in Minnesota."
Fort had reported, as a journalist, along with Don Lemon, on the protest in a Southern Baptist church headed by the regional ICE director in Minnesota.
~ Simon Rosenberg
#Trump #DonLemon #Minnesota #media #journalism #FreeSpeech #FirstAmendment
/25
https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/breaking-news-don-lemon-arrested
I recommend you organize a bloc of ticket holders that go to the Melania movie with the express purpose of harassing and disrupting the showing of the film.
Like this:
"...50 passes had been set aside for men purportedly intent on heckling, booing, and harassing Williams."
https://archive.is/htS7p#selection-2317.204-2317.304
That approach will work...once. After that, security gets wise to this tactic.
OK, use subtle tactics as listed in the Simple Sabotage Field Manual:
https://www.cia.gov/static/5c875f3ec660e092cf893f60b4a288df/SimpleSabotage.pdf
That document lists techniques suitable for sabotaging movie screenings.
#Politics #USpol #Trump #MAGA #Fascism #Venezuela #Strike #GeneralStrike #Greenland #law #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #ICE #CBP #Minneapolis #TRUMP #FASCISM
#ReneeNicoleGood #ICE #civilrights #humanrights #PoliceState #USA
#Minnesota #MInneapolis #fuckICE #JUSTICE #FreeSpeech
#politics #socialmedia #mastodon #fediverse #whitesupremacy #imperialism #protest #activism #resistance #unitedstates #classwar #racism #lgbtq #indigenous #poverty #Immigration #education #US #tiktok #antifa #labor #labour #unions #AlexPretti #Melania #Sabotage #Disruption
"What is clear is the extraordinary path the Trump Justice Department took to get there. Just days earlier, a magistrate judge refused to sign a criminal complaint against Lemon, finding the evidence insufficient.
Rather than respecting that judicial determination, the administration appears to have deliberately maneuvered around it—either by seeking a grand jury indictment or shopping the case to another magistrate judge."
#Trump #DonLemon #Minnesota #media #journalism #FreeSpeech
/11
"This is not normal law enforcement. It is the weaponization of prosecutorial power to punish a reporter whose coverage the government did not like."
#Trump #DonLemon #Minnesota #media #journalism #FreeSpeech
/12
"Federal authorities arrested former CNN anchor Don Lemon late Thursday in what amounts to an unmistakable act of overreach—one that directly threatens the First Amendment and signals a dangerous escalation in the Trump administration’s campaign against dissent and press freedom."
~ Aaron Parnas
#Trump #DonLemon #Minnesota #media #journalism #FreeSpeech #FirstAmendment
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https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/breaking-trump-doj-arrests-don-lemon
Today in Labor History January 30, 1933: German President Hindenburg appointed Adolf Hitler Chancellor. Almost immediately, Hitler began his attacks on labor, with his Sturmabteilung (paramilitary) raiding and burning union offices and assassinating labor leaders, while the police looked on. In May, 1933, he created the German Labor Front, a fascist labor organization to replace the gutted unions. They sent many of the labor leaders to concentration camps and abolished collective bargaining and union elections. Also in May, 1933, the Nazis also attacked and destroyed the Institute for Sexual Sciences, home to the world’s first trans medical clinic, which performed the world’s first sexual reassignment surgeries, for Karl Meir Baer, in 1906, and Lili Elbe, in 1930-1931.
Whether or not you think the comparison of Trump’s United States with Nazi Germany is a valid one, both came after trans people almost from day 1. And Project 2025 very directly targets unions and labor activism. So, if your workplace isn’t already organized, it’s past time to get started.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #nazis #fascsim #hitler #union #concentrationcamps #assassination #police #collectivebargaining #lgbtq #trans #transrightsarehumanrights #homophobia #transphobia #censorship #bookburning #bookban #freespeech #trump #project2025
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German students and Nazi SA members plunder the library of Magnus Hirschfeld, director of the institute. By Unknown author - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Photograph #01628 https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/pa26351, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10541598
"Attorney for my colleague & friend Don Lemon has released a statement saying Don was arrested by fed agents in LA last night.🚨This is outrageous & cannot stand. The First Amendment is under attack in America!"
-J Acosta
Theatrics,🚨the DOJ is nothing but a tool for Trump's retribution campaign. The Justice Dept should be upholding the Constitution: uphold the rule of law, to keep our country safe, & to protect civil rights.
#FreeSpeech #Retribution #1A #DOJ #RuleOfLaw #Impeach #Protest #USPol
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Statement from Lemon's ATTY A Lowell: the first amendment protects journalists...
#healthcare
#politics #uspol #dueprocess #socialmedia #technology @democracy @politics @workersrights @socialmedia @socialsciences @humanities #education #freespeech #censorship @workingclasshistory @workersrights #ableism #democracy #resistance #protest #culture #alexpretti #generalstrike #reneenicolegood #US #usa #fuckICE #cbp #authoritarianism #trump #fascism
Heather Cox Richardson, speaking about the execution of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis today:
"23 people could stop this if they wanted to."
(Transcript excerpt)
27:05
But here's the other, and this is the reason that I am so angry.
27:12
You've heard me say this a lot. The Republicans could stop this tonight
27:20
if they wanted to. Elected Republicans could stop this
27:27
tonight if they wanted to.
27:32
And here's the thing. You know how many Republicans that would take?
27:38
16 Republicans. 16 Republicans voting with the Democrats.
27:45
This is a country of 340 million people. 16 people could stop this. And you could
27:55
actually impeach and remove Trump with 23.
28:00
23 people could stop this if they wanted to.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r8fI8DhI0o
#Politics #USpol #Trump #MAGA #Fascism #Venezuela #Strike #GeneralStrike #Greenland #law #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #ICE #CBP #Minneapolis #TRUMP #FASCISM
#ReneeNicoleGood #ICE #civilrights #humanrights #PoliceState #USA
#Minnesota #MInneapolis #fuckICE #JUSTICE #FreeSpeech
#politics #socialmedia #mastodon #fediverse #whitesupremacy #imperialism #protest #activism #resistance #unitedstates #classwar #racism #lgbtq #indigenous #poverty #Immigration #education #US #tiktok #antifa #labor #labour #unions #AlexPretti
Wireguard is desiged to be easy, but easy comes minor risks.
>By default, WireGuard stores your IP address on a VPN server until it reboots
For most people this is no issue, in countries like China, Iran, Russia and a few others, it can be an issue. see:
#UKpol #VPNban #PornHub #ChatControl #Privacy #FreeSpeech #SocialMedia
Two days to the Nationwide Shutdown - 30 January
NO WORK
NO SCHOOL
NO SHOPPING
https://www.instagram.com/p/DT9ULZQjFUU/
#Politics #USpol #Trump #MAGA #Fascism #Venezuela #Strike #GeneralStrike #Greenland #law #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #ICE #CBP #Minneapolis #TRUMP #FASCISM
#ReneeNicoleGood #ICE #civilrights #humanrights #PoliceState #USA
#Minnesota #MInneapolis #fuckICE #JUSTICE #FreeSpeech
#politics #socialmedia #mastodon #fediverse #whitesupremacy #imperialism #protest #activism #resistance #unitedstates #classwar #racism #lgbtq #indigenous #poverty #Immigration #education #US #tiktok #antifa #labor #labour #unions #AlexPretti
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Two days to the Nationwide Shutdown - 30 January
NO WORK
NO SCHOOL
NO SHOPPING
https://www.instagram.com/p/DT9ULZQjFUU/
RE: https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/@thenewoil/115971195227745876
Next up will be a VPN ban. Many tech-y people will see that and think “lol yeah well that’s not going to stop *me* from using a VPN”
A VPN ban isn’t really meant stop you from using one. It means when they catch you doing so, they’ll use the fact you’re using this harmless technology itself as a *pretense* to lock you up without needing to do any “hard work” (i.e. an investigator’s job) like actually confirming whether you committed a real crime.
Don’t think you won’t be impacted just because you know how to outsmart an ISP filter! This is not a plan to protect children or stop you from consuming adult media. It is a ploy to eventually eliminate ALL freedom of expression and free access to information in the UK.
And the same goes for Chat Control and encrypted messengers, btw
#UKpol #VPNban #PornHub #ChatControl #Privacy #FreeSpeech #SocialMedia
The new owner of TikTok is a Paedophile Protector
The company are blaming this on a "data centre going down" which inexplicably means politically sensitive words are banned......hmmmm..
I'll tell you what, these are not things that innocent people would be doing.
#TikTok #ClanOfPaedophiles #USPOL #EPSTEINFILES #Epstein #USPOL #USPOLITICS #Censorship #FreeSpeech #Technology #LarryEllison
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© Caroleeena @caroleeena bsky.social - 2h
Trump's buddy Larry Ellison is now censoring references to Epstein
on TikTok because, like Trump, Larry Ellison is protecting a powerful
pedophile ring.
@ tori @ @intelligentpawg
50 the agreement for tiktok to sell its US business to GOP backed
investors was finalized a few days ago
and now you can't mention epstein Imao
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Funny how this is exactly what American politicians of both varieties were accusing TikTok of before with the CCP....
https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/tiktok-epstein-trump-censorship-ice-b2908309.html
#TikTok #Censorship #FreeSpeech #Nazis #USPOL #USPOLITICS #SocialMedia #Ellison #TechBros
The calls for a nationwide shut down are growing louder, spoken by more and more people.
January 30
NO WORK
NO SCHOOL
NO SHOPPING
https://www.instagram.com/p/DT9ULZQjFUU/
#Politics #USpol #Trump #MAGA #Fascism #Venezuela #Strike #GeneralStrike #Greenland #law #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #ICE #CBP #Minneapolis #TRUMP #FASCISM
#ReneeNicoleGood #ICE #civilrights #humanrights #PoliceState #USA
#Minnesota #MInneapolis #fuckICE #JUSTICE #FreeSpeech
#politics #socialmedia #mastodon #fediverse #whitesupremacy #imperialism #protest #activism #resistance #unitedstates #classwar #racism #lgbtq #indigenous #poverty #Immigration #education #US #tiktok #antifa #labor #labour #unions #AlexPretti
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The calls for a nationwide shut down are growing louder, spoken by more and more people.
January 30
NO WORK
NO SCHOOL
NO SHOPPING
https://www.instagram.com/p/DT9ULZQjFUU/
Nationwide shut down
January 30
NO WORK
NO SCHOOL
NO SHOPPING
https://www.instagram.com/p/DT9ULZQjFUU/
#Politics #USpol #Trump #MAGA #Fascism #Venezuela #Strike #GeneralStrike #Greenland #law #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #ICE #CBP #Minneapolis #TRUMP #FASCISM
#ReneeNicoleGood #ICE #civilrights #humanrights #PoliceState #USA
#Minnesota #MInneapolis #fuckICE #JUSTICE #FreeSpeech
#politics #socialmedia #mastodon #fediverse #whitesupremacy #imperialism #protest #activism #resistance #unitedstates #classwar #racism #lgbtq #indigenous #poverty #Immigration #education #US #tiktok #antifa #labor #labour #unions #AlexPretti
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Nationwide shut down
January 30
NO WORK
NO SCHOOL
NO SHOPPING
We must continue to apply pressure.
When will the General Strike begin?
#Politics #USpol #Trump #MAGA #Fascism #Venezuela #Strike #GeneralStrike #Greenland #law #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #ICE #CBP #Minneapolis #TRUMP #FASCISM
#ReneeNicoleGood #ICE #civilrights #humanrights #PoliceState #USA
#Minnesota #MInneapolis #fuckICE #JUSTICE #FreeSpeech
#politics #socialmedia #mastodon #fediverse #whitesupremacy #imperialism #protest #activism #resistance #unitedstates #classwar #racism #lgbtq #indigenous #poverty #Immigration #education #US #tiktok #antifa #labor #labour #unions #AlexPretti
When will the General Strike begin?
#Politics #USpol #Trump #MAGA #Fascism #Venezuela #Strike #GeneralStrike #Greenland #law #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #ICE #CBP #Minneapolis #TRUMP #FASCISM
#ReneeNicoleGood #ICE #civilrights #humanrights #PoliceState #USA
#Minnesota #MInneapolis #fuckICE #JUSTICE #FreeSpeech
#politics #socialmedia #mastodon #fediverse #whitesupremacy #imperialism #protest #activism #resistance #unitedstates #classwar #racism #lgbtq #indigenous #poverty #Immigration #education #US #tiktok #antifa #labor #labour #unions #AlexPretti
We need to combine the impending government shutdown with a nationwide General Strike:
#Politics #USpol #Trump #MAGA #Fascism #Venezuela #Strike #GeneralStrike #Greenland #law #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #ICE #CBP #Minneapolis #TRUMP #FASCISM
#ReneeNicoleGood #ICE #civilrights #humanrights #PoliceState #USA
#Minnesota #MInneapolis #fuckICE #JUSTICE #FreeSpeech
#politics #socialmedia #mastodon #fediverse #whitesupremacy #imperialism #protest #activism #resistance #unitedstates #classwar #racism #lgbtq #indigenous #poverty #Immigration #education #US #tiktok #antifa #labor #labour #unions #AlexPretti
When will the General Strike begin?
#Politics #USpol #Trump #MAGA #Fascism #Venezuela #Strike #GeneralStrike #Greenland #law #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #ICE #CBP #Minneapolis #TRUMP #FASCISM
#ReneeNicoleGood #ICE #civilrights #humanrights #PoliceState #USA
#Minnesota #MInneapolis #fuckICE #JUSTICE #FreeSpeech
#politics #socialmedia #mastodon #fediverse #whitesupremacy #imperialism #protest #activism #resistance #unitedstates #classwar #racism #lgbtq #indigenous #poverty #Immigration #education #US #tiktok #antifa #labor #labour #unions #AlexPretti
Good: "A judge⚡in Minnesota said DOJ failed to make its case to detain two of the church protesters charged with FACE Act violations."
-K Cheney
#Justice #Protest #1A #FreeSpeech #ICE #AbolishICE #DHS #DOJ #Minnesota #USPol
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.230689/gov.uscourts.mnd.230689.22.0.pdf
3 days ago, University of Arkansas law students walked out to push back against Republican attacks on free speech and academic freedom. Faculty and community members joined them in solidarity.
We, the BlueCrew, stand with these students as they defend democracy, education, and truth. ✊💙
#ProudBlue #Resist #ResistTrump #AcademicFreedom #FreeSpeech #StudentPower #StandWithStudents #Arkansas #UARK #DefendDemocracy #PeoplePower
Minneapolis airport - Peaceful demonstrators being arrested.
Livestream:
https://www.youtube.com/live/3xcVB5D4csM
#Politics #USpol #Trump #MAGA #Fascism #Venezuela #Strike #GeneralStrike #Greenland #law #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #ICE #CBP #Minneapolis #TRUMP #FASCISM
#ReneeNicoleGood #ICE #civilrights #humanrights #PoliceState #USA
#Minnesota #MInneapolis #fuckICE #JUSTICE #FreeSpeech
#politics #socialmedia #mastodon #fediverse #whitesupremacy #imperialism #protest #activism #resistance #unitedstates #classwar #racism #lgbtq #indigenous #poverty #Immigration #education #US #tikrok @povertyandinequality @democracydocket @blackvoices #antifa #labor #labour #unions @UnicornRiot
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Minneapolis airport - Peaceful demonstrators being arrested.
Livestream:
https://www.youtube.com/live/3xcVB5D4csM
A woman who led a #protest at a
#Minnesota #church service has been arrested
AG #PamBondi announced the arrest of #NekimaLevyArmstrong in a post on X days after protesters during Sunday service entered the Cities Church in #StPaul, where a local official with #ICE serves as a pastor.
#DOJ quickly opened a #CivilRights investigation after the group interrupted services by chanting “ICE out” & “Justice for #ReneeGood.”
#law #Trump #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #dissent
https://apnews.com/article/justice-department-minnesota-church-disruption-bondi-ed084f5005187f58eabe0cc627d1862b?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-01-22-Breaking+News
• Wsocial
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Social media platform, an alternative to X
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Check, help, and share the link to the platform 😊
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#twitter #x #socialmedia #Europe #freedom #freespeech #News #technology #Mastodon #Media #opensource #foss
UAW Statement in Solidarity with the Fight for Justice in Minnesota
The UAW stands in solidarity with the people of Minnesota, including hundreds of UAW members, who are standing up and fighting back against the federal government’s abuses and attacks on the working class.
The UAW stands for freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, and human dignity no matter where you were born, what language you speak, or the color of your skin. We will not tolerate a government that attacks working class people’s constitutional and human rights.
It is the working class that makes society run, and it is the working class that can shut it down if need be. On January 23rd, working class people will demonstrate that power in Minnesota, and the UAW has their back.
https://uaw.org/uaw-statement-in-solidarity-with-the-fight-for-justice-in-minnesota/
#Politics #USpol #Trump #MAGA #Fascism #Venezuela #Strike #GeneralStrike #Greenland #law #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #ICE #CBP #Minneapolis #TRUMP #FASCISM
#ReneeNicoleGood #ICE #civilrights #humanrights #PoliceState #USA
#Minnesota #MInneapolis #fuckICE #JUSTICE #FreeSpeech
#politics #socialmedia #mastodon #fediverse #whitesupremacy #imperialism #protest #activism #resistance #unitedstates #classwar #racism #lgbtq #indigenous #poverty #Immigration #education #US #tikrok @povertyandinequality @democracydocket @blackvoices #antifa #labor #labour #unions @UnicornRiot
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UAW Statement in Solidarity with the Fight for Justice in Minnesota
The UAW stands in solidarity with the people of Minnesota, including hundreds of UAW members, who are standing up and fighting back against the federal government’s abuses and attacks on the working class.
The UAW stands for freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, and human dignity no matter where you were born, what language you speak, or the color of your skin. We will not tolerate a government that attacks working class people’s constitutional and human rights.
It is the working class that makes society run, and it is the working class that can shut it down if need be. On January 23rd, working class people will demonstrate that power in Minnesota, and the UAW has their back.
https://uaw.org/uaw-statement-in-solidarity-with-the-fight-for-justice-in-minnesota/
#Politics #USpol #Trump #MAGA #Fascism #Venezuela #Strike #GeneralStrike #Greenland #law #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #ICE #CBP #Minneapolis #TRUMP #FASCISM
#ReneeNicoleGood #ICE #civilrights #humanrights #PoliceState #USA
#Minnesota #MInneapolis #fuckICE #JUSTICE #FreeSpeech
#politics #socialmedia #mastodon #fediverse #whitesupremacy #imperialism #protest #activism #resistance #unitedstates #classwar #racism #lgbtq #indigenous #poverty #Immigration #education #US #tikrok @povertyandinequality @democracydocket @blackvoices #antifa #labor #labour #unions @UnicornRiot
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ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA
DAY OF TRUTH & FREEDOM
JANUARY 23
MARCH @ 2PM, DOWNTOWN MPLS
#Politics #USpol #Trump #MAGA #Fascism #Venezuela #Strike #GeneralStrike #Greenland #law #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #ICE #CBP #Minneapolis #TRUMP #FASCISM
#ReneeNicoleGood #ICE #civilrights #humanrights #PoliceState #USA
#Minnesota #MInneapolis #fuckICE #JUSTICE #FreeSpeech
#politics #socialmedia #mastodon #fediverse #whitesupremacy #imperialism #protest #activism #resistance #unitedstates #classwar #racism #lgbtq #indigenous #poverty #Immigration #education #US #tikrok @povertyandinequality @democracydocket @blackvoices #antifa #labor #labour #unions @UnicornRiot
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‘ICE Out of Minnesota’ day is this Friday. Here’s what you need to know.
By: Michelle Griffith
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January 20, 2026
4:14 pm
Proton VPN Warns of the Dangers of Michigan’s VPN Ban Bill
Age verification laws have become more dangerous to civilians as VPNs become increasingly targeted. Michigan is one example.
https://www.freezenet.ca/proton-vpn-warns-of-the-dangers-of-michigans-vpn-ban-bill/
#Censorship #News #Privacy #Security #AgeVerification #FreeSpeech #Michigan #ProtonVPN #VPN
the Washington legislature is pushing age verification laws here, and infuriatingly this Project 2025 policy is cosigned by a bunch of democrats. https://www.theburnerseattle.com/post/bipartisan-caucus-of-prudes-push-age-verification-for-sexual-content-in-wa-legislature
the bill just had its first hearing, which according to the Burner was dominated by people denouncing the bill's anti free speech and data security consequences. you can track the bill and send statements of opposition on the WA legislature site: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2112&Year=2025&Initiative=false
The planned #subpoenas are a significant escalation between the #federal government & elected officials in #Minnesota during an increase of #immigration “enforcement” & following the #shooting #murder of #Minneapolis resident #ReneeGood by an #ICE officer.
#Trump #law #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment #DOJ #LegalEthics #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #dissent #Authoritarianism #Dictatorship #Autocracy #Tyranny #Despotism #Fascism #MafiaState
#Federal prosecutors issued #subpoenas Tuesday to at least 5 #Democratic officials in #Minnesota, ramping up #DOJ’s “investigation” into their response to the #Trump admin’s aggressive #immigration crackdown in the state….
#law #RevengePolitics #Minneapolis #StPaul #MSP #WeaponizationOfGovernment #LegalEthics #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #dissent #Authoritarianism #Dictatorship #Autocracy #Tyranny #Despotism #Fascism #MafiaState
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/us/politics/subpoena-minnesota-democrats-immigration.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
#Greens say #extremismbill a #threat to #freespeech, claiming #Labor followed #Coalition ‘down the rabbit hole’.
The Greens, who will pass the government’s #firearmslaw in the #Senate, have stood up to criticise the government’s extremism bill, and attacked Labor for going down the “rabbit hole” with the Liberal party.
Leader #LarissaWaters again says the bill, which will create a new hate groups listing and increase grounds to cancel or deny visas under the migration character test, was #rushed.
She says the bill could lead to the #criminalisation of #peacefulprotesters.
“It is an atrocity that we have seen the government go down the rabbit hole following the Liberals to further crackdown on people’s ability to speak out peacefully against human rights abuses anywhere in the world.”
Deputy leader Mehreen Faruqi calls the last minute deal with the Coalition a “#sham process”. #auspol
It appears Trump intends to turn the military on Minneapolis. With 1,500 active duty soldiers (this in addition to the hordes of ICE thugs) now under prepare-to-deploy orders, Joyce Vance writes,
"Trump seems to be on course to become the first President to direct the use of U.S. military forces against American citizens during peacetime."
#Trump #Minneapolis #military #army #guns #immigrants #protesters #FreeSpeech
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Today in Labor History January 19, 1920: Crystal Eastman, Roger Nash Baldwin, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (from the IWW) and others founded the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Their original focus was freedom of speech, primarily anti-war speech, and supporting conscientious objectors. In 1923, they defended author Upton Sinclair after he was arrested for trying to read the First Amendment during an IWW rally. In 1925, they persuaded John T. Scopes to defy Tennessee's anti-evolution law in The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes. Clarence Darrow, an ACLU member, headed Scopes' legal team. The ACLU lost the case and Scopes was fined $100. In 1926, they defended H. L. Mencken, who deliberately broke Boston law by distributing copies of his banned American Mercury magazine and won their first major acquittal. However, they kicked Elizabeth Gurley Flynn off their board in 1940 because of her Communist affiliations. And they refused defend Paul Robeson and other leftists in the 1950s.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #IWW #union #elizabethgurleyflynn #communism #aclu #evolution #uptonsinclair #PaulRobeson #clarencedarrow #hlmencken #freespeech #antiwar #education #school #freeppress #journalism #firstamendment @bookstadon
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Black and white portrait of Elizabeth Gurley Flynn in a white blouse, scarf and dark skirt, pointing a finger emphatically in what looks like a pause during a speech. Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=456361
Caleb Ecarma notes that Washington Post owner and Trump fanboy Jeff Bezos has been "radio silent" about the FBI raid on the house of a WaPo reporter Wednesday:
"Meanwhile, the Post’s website has been flooded with notes from angry subscribers, prompting the paper to briefly disable comments."
#Trump #JeffBezos #WashingtonPost #FBI #FreeSpeech #media #journalism
https://oligarchwatch.substack.com/p/bezos-silent-on-fbi-raid-of-washington
#Trump & Cabinet secretaries conspired to violate the #Constitution
In remarks laced with outrage, a Reagan appointed federal judge, speaking at a hearing on student detentions, decried “breathtaking” violations by top officials & called Trump an “authoritarian.”
#law #immigration #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #FreePress #RightToProtest #Authoritarianism #Dictatorship #Autocracy #Tyranny #Despotism #Fascism #MafiaState
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/15/unconstitutional-conspiracy-judge-slams-trump-administration-over-targeted-deportations-00733070
But now that the line has been crossed, some #journalists & #media lawyers expect it will happen again.
#Trump allies at the #DOJ have been “itching to do this,” a law enforcement reporter told CNN.
#PamBondi’s revised policy, which went into effect last May, weakened her predecessor Merrick Garland’s protections for the media & reflected Trump’s personal frustration with the #press.
#law #Constitution #democracy #FreePress #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #journalism #FourthEstate #censorship
This week, the #DOJ took the extraordinary step of obtaining a search warrant for the home of a #WashingtonPost reporter #HannahNatanson. #FBI agents arrived early on Wednesday & seized Natanson’s phone, 2 computers & her Garmin watch.
Inside the WaPo newsroom, the impact was immediate.
#law #Constitution #democracy #FreePress #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #journalism #FourthEstate #censorship #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #SevenMountainMandate
Early on in her tenure as Trump’s AG, #PamBondi scrapped a #Biden era policy that banned the #DOJ from pursuing #reporters’ phone records & notes while investigating #leaks.
The message was unmistakable: #Trump era investigators would welcome a confrontation. And now they have one.
#law #Constitution #democracy #FreePress #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #journalism #FourthEstate #censorship #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #SevenMountainMandate
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/15/media/fbi-hannah-natanson-washington-post-doj-search?cid=ios_app
#Minneapolis duo details their #ICE #detention, including pressure to rat on #protest organizers
2 Minneapolis residents who have been monitoring #immigration officers’ actions during #Trump’s latest crackdown say they were detained without charge for several hours in distressing conditions, denied phone calls, & pressured to rat out protest organizers & people living in the country illegally.
#law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FreeSpeech #DueProcess #CivilRights
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-protest-arrests-detention-ice-8993bfd5d54b870521ec5b44fc42cd71
…Sigüenza & O’Keefe, who are among an unknown number of #TwinCities residents observing the #immigration officers in action, were detained Sunday while following #ICE officers who were driving around & making arrests. The officers stopped in front of O’Keefe’s car, fired pepper spray through her windshield vent & smashed her car’s windows even though the doors were unlocked, the 2 told The AP.
#law #Trump #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #RightToProtest #FreeSpeech #CivilRights #MafiaState
Today, #ElissaSlotkin said, the primary divide in the #DemocraticParty is no longer between moderates like herself & progressives. Rather, she said, it is between #Democrats who want to fight & those who believe they can wait out #Trump & his movement.
“I realized it’s not just about me & my family,” she said. “It’s what happens when the commander in chief takes the arms of the government & turns them against basic #FreeSpeech & against his own people. And it’s not going to stop with me.”
Rep Lieu:🚨“Greg Bovino last night made a post that essentially called protesters, ‘CANNON FODDER.’ He needs to delete that post, or he needs to resign…If Greg Bovino and the administration doesn't turn down the rhetoric,🚨it's going to cause more people to get KILLED.”
-Bulwark
#DHS #BP #ICE #ReneeGood #Murder #Sadism #Racism #WhiteNationalism #Fascism #DOJ #CoverUp #Congress #Bovino #FreeSpeech #1A #Uprising #Protest #TrumpRegime #Lies #Minnesota #USPol
https://youtube.com/shorts/J76CloRcrao?si=NCDiDM9NpnHgSOv8
Trump Orders Smithsonian to Hand Over Documents for Thought Crime Audit
A deadline for the Smithsonian museums to hand over documents is today. Trump is auditing for "improper ideology".
https://www.freezenet.ca/trump-orders-smithsonian-to-hand-over-documents-for-thought-crime-audit/
#Censorship #News #FreeSpeech #museum #politics #Smithsonian #Trump #US #USPol