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Olives<p><a href="https://ncac.org/news/in-tennessee-rutherford-county-public-libraries-vote-to-remove-materials-that-promote-transgender-themes" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ncac.org/news/in-tennessee-rut</span><span class="invisible">herford-county-public-libraries-vote-to-remove-materials-that-promote-transgender-themes</span></a> Rutherford County Public Libraries vote to remove books containing transgender themes. <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Tennessee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tennessee</span></a></p>
DJZappelli<p>I've been speaking out about the <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> with regards to <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a>, <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Belief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Belief</span></a>, <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Assembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Assembly</span></a>, <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Petition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Petition</span></a>, and the <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a>. But, it's now clear that we're seeing severe threats to international <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a>, like <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/FreedomOfMovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfMovement</span></a>. <br><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Travel</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/NonCitizen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NonCitizen</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/post-reports/know-your-rights-protesting-and-traveling-in-the-us-as-a-noncitizen/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/podcasts/po</span><span class="invisible">st-reports/know-your-rights-protesting-and-traveling-in-the-us-as-a-noncitizen/</span></a></p>
David Zappelli<p>I've been speaking out about the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> with regards to <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/Belief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Belief</span></a>, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Assembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Assembly</span></a>, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Petition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Petition</span></a>, and the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a>. But, it's now clear that we're seeing severe threats to international <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a>, like <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/FreedomOfMovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfMovement</span></a>. <br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Travel</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/NonCitizen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NonCitizen</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/post-reports/know-your-rights-protesting-and-traveling-in-the-us-as-a-noncitizen/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/podcasts/po</span><span class="invisible">st-reports/know-your-rights-protesting-and-traveling-in-the-us-as-a-noncitizen/</span></a></p>
The Wild Hunt News<p>The Satanic Grotto attempts to hold a Black Mass in the Kansas Statehouse in support of religious freedom while hundreds of angry Christian protestors rally against the group.</p><p><a href="https://wildhunt.org/2025/03/satanic-grotto-holds-black-mass-to-promote-religious-freedom-christians-upset.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wildhunt.org/2025/03/satanic-g</span><span class="invisible">rotto-holds-black-mass-to-promote-religious-freedom-christians-upset.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kansas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kansas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/satanicgrotto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satanicgrotto</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/churchandstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>churchandstate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/christiandominiontheology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>christiandominiontheology</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“This administration has proven that we will take swift action to hold institutions accountable if they allow *antisemitism* to fester,” he added. “We will not hesitate to act if <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Harvard</span></a> fails to do so.”</p><p><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/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</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></p>
Nonilex<p>In a stmnt on Monday, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin said it was examining ~$256M in contracts, as well as another $8.7B in what it described as “multiyear grant commitments.”</p><p>“While <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Harvard</span></a>’s recent actions to curb institutionalized *antisemitism*—though long overdue—are welcome, there is much more that the university must do to retain the privilege of receiving federal taxpayers’ hard-earned dollars,” Josh Gruenbaum, a snr ofcl at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GSA</span></a>, said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</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></p>
Nonilex<p>Here we go again </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin will review roughly $9 billion in federal grants &amp; contracts in funding for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Harvard</span></a></p><p>The admin has already canceled hundreds of millions in federal grants &amp; contracts at Columbia &amp; the University of Pennsylvania.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</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> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/us/trump-administration-harvard-funding.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=ABF06A27-648D-4D4E-A053-DBBE522822C8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/31/us/trum</span><span class="invisible">p-administration-harvard-funding.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=ABF06A27-648D-4D4E-A053-DBBE522822C8</span></a></p>
MineEyesDazzle<p>"In Texas, the law that protects people from SLAPP lawsuits is called the Texas Citizens Participation Act. It protects your First Amendment rights, such as free speech, the right to petition (ask the government for help), and the right of association. It is often referred to as the “Anti-SLAPP law.” <a href="https://texaslawhelp.org/article/anti-slapp-suits-frequently-asked-questions" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">texaslawhelp.org/article/anti-</span><span class="invisible">slapp-suits-frequently-asked-questions</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/TX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TX</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SLAPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SLAPP</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/1stAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1stAmendment</span></a></p>
Dissent Doe :cupofcoffee:<p>Shoot the Messenger, Sunday Edition: Reporting on a leak is not unethical, Hamilton County</p><p><a href="https://databreaches.net/2025/03/30/shoot-the-messenger-sunday-edition-reporting-on-a-leak-is-not-unethical-hamilton-county/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">databreaches.net/2025/03/30/sh</span><span class="invisible">oot-the-messenger-sunday-edition-reporting-on-a-leak-is-not-unethical-hamilton-county/</span></a></p><p>See the Chattanooga Times Free Press's full OpEd at: <a href="https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/mar/30/opinion-reporting-on-a-leak-is-not-unethical/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">timesfreepress.com/news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/30/opinion-reporting-on-a-leak-is-not-unethical/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/pressfreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pressfreedom</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transparency</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/incidentresponse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incidentresponse</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/govsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>govsec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/databreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>databreach</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a></p>
GMcGath<p>Citizens United established that a video critical of Hillary Clinton couldn't be restricted or banned as "campaign spending." Jeanne Shaheen wants to overturn that. <br><a href="https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/press/dem/releases/durbin-duckworth-join-shaheen-in-push-to-overturn-citizens-united-ruling" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">judiciary.senate.gov/press/dem</span><span class="invisible">/releases/durbin-duckworth-join-shaheen-in-push-to-overturn-citizens-united-ruling</span></a><br><a href="https://liberdon.com/tags/Shaheen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shaheen</span></a> <a href="https://liberdon.com/tags/NewHampshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewHampshire</span></a> <a href="https://liberdon.com/tags/CitizensUnited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CitizensUnited</span></a> <a href="https://liberdon.com/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> takes aim at foreign-born college students, with 300 visas revoked</p><p>Some students have been picked up off the street by immigration agents and held in detention centers, sometimes a thousand miles away from their homes, with little warning</p><p>By Daniella Silva, Chloe Atkins, Julia Ainsley and Abigail Williams, March 27, 2025</p><p>"Secretary of State <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarcoRubio</span></a> said Thursday the State Department has revoked 300 or more <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StudentVisas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StudentVisas</span></a>, as the White House increasingly targets foreign-born students whose main transgression seems to be <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>activism</span></a>.</p><p>"Rubio warned that the administration was looking out for 'these lunatics.' Around the country, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/scholars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scholars</span></a> have been picked up, in some cases by masked immigration agents, and held in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DetentionCenters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DetentionCenters</span></a>, sometimes a thousand miles from their homes with little warning and often with few details about why they were being detained.</p><p>"'It might be more than 300 at this point. We do it every day. Every time I find one of these lunatics, I take away their visas,' Rubio said at a news conference in Guyana, where he was meeting with leaders. </p><p>"Many of those rounded up by Trump officials attended or were part of the pro-Palestinian movement that swept college campuses last year, and while the administration hasn’t said publicly why these students are being singled out over others, at least one sought by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement appeared on lists made by far-right pro-Israel groups as targets for deportation. </p><p>"And Trump allies, many in government again, telegraphed for months before he took office that they’d seek to deport students who openly advocated for Hamas or other U.S.-designated terrorist groups or after they participated in an unauthorized campus <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a> and were suspended, expelled or jailed.</p><p>"The detentions are a signal of a broader effort by President Donald Trump to clamp down on the actions of legal permanent residents, student visa holders and others who live and work legally in the United States, one that threatens to undermine a fundamental American right to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> and to assemble, experts and advocates said."</p><p><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-administration-takes-aim-immigrant-students-rcna198346?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump</span><span class="invisible">-administration-takes-aim-immigrant-students-rcna198346?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us</span></a><br><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/ThoughtPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThoughtPolice</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/Orwellian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orwellian</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/Clampdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Clampdown</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/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingActivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingActivism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RightToAssemble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RightToAssemble</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
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>
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>
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>
GMcGath<p>A parent posted to TikTok. The superintendent of a Gardner, Kansas school system didn't like the posts and banned the parent from school property. A court is teaching the superintendent about the First Amendment. <a href="https://reason.com/volokh/2025/03/26/parent-submits-photo-of-school-postings-to-libsoftiktok-gets-restricted-from-accessing-school-property-or-events/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">reason.com/volokh/2025/03/26/p</span><span class="invisible">arent-submits-photo-of-school-postings-to-libsoftiktok-gets-restricted-from-accessing-school-property-or-events/</span></a><br><a href="https://liberdon.com/tags/Kansas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kansas</span></a> <a href="https://liberdon.com/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a></p>
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