I've been speaking out about the #FirstAmendment with regards to #FreeSpeech, #Belief, #Assembly, #Petition, and the #Press. But, it's now clear that we're seeing severe threats to international #HumanRights, like #FreedomOfMovement.
#Travel #NonCitizen
I've been speaking out about the #FirstAmendment with regards to #FreeSpeech, #Belief, #Assembly, #Petition, and the #Press. But, it's now clear that we're seeing severe threats to international #HumanRights, like #FreedomOfMovement.
#Travel #NonCitizen
So much for #Trump and the #maga #Trumplicans supporting free speech and the #FirstAmendment. They are defiling the very essence of this country and #weaponizing our law institutions. They are hunting down those who speak against their ideology like other #fascist and #nazi governments. And just like in those countries, they have groups of #traitors that are turning in fellow Americans. We have turned a corner and are proceeding down the road to a fascist and #totalitarian state.
#resist #fightback Be a #Patriot .
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.
“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 #Harvard fails to do so.”
In a stmnt on Monday, the #Trump admin said it was examining ~$256M in contracts, as well as another $8.7B in what it described as “multiyear grant commitments.”
“While #Harvard’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 #GSA, said.
Here we go again
#Trump admin will review roughly $9 billion in federal grants & contracts in funding for #Harvard
The admin has already canceled hundreds of millions in federal grants & contracts at Columbia & the University of Pennsylvania.
#USpol #education #research #science #academia #law #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #FreedomOfAssembly #RightToProtest
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/us/trump-administration-harvard-funding.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=ABF06A27-648D-4D4E-A053-DBBE522822C8
« In an address to Congress this month, President Trump claimed he had “brought free speech back to America.” But barely two months into his second term, the president has waged an unprecedented attack on the #FirstAmendment rights of journalists, students, universities, government workers, lawyers and judges.
This story explores a slew of recent actions by the Trump administration that threaten to undermine all five pillars of the First Amendment to the U.S. #Constitution, which guarantees freedoms concerning speech, religion, the media, the right to assembly, and the right to petition the government and seek redress for wrongs. »
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/03/how-each-pillar-of-the-1st-amendment-is-under-attack/
"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.” https://texaslawhelp.org/article/anti-slapp-suits-frequently-asked-questions
Shoot the Messenger, Sunday Edition: Reporting on a leak is not unethical, Hamilton County
See the Chattanooga Times Free Press's full OpEd at: https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/mar/30/opinion-reporting-on-a-leak-is-not-unethical/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/30/white-house-correspondents-dinner-cancels-comedian-appearance “Why be around powerful people if the only way they’re using their power is to lie to the public and to demean your profession and to undermine the amendment in the constitution that your profession is built around?” #Journalism #GOP #FirstAmendment
#Trump takes aim at foreign-born college students, with 300 visas revoked
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
By Daniella Silva, Chloe Atkins, Julia Ainsley and Abigail Williams, March 27, 2025
"Secretary of State #MarcoRubio said Thursday the State Department has revoked 300 or more #StudentVisas, as the White House increasingly targets foreign-born students whose main transgression seems to be #activism.
"Rubio warned that the administration was looking out for 'these lunatics.' Around the country, #scholars have been picked up, in some cases by masked immigration agents, and held in #DetentionCenters, sometimes a thousand miles from their homes with little warning and often with few details about why they were being detained.
"'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.
"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.
"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 #protest and were suspended, expelled or jailed.
"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 #FreeSpeech and to assemble, experts and advocates said."
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-administration-takes-aim-immigrant-students-rcna198346?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
#USPol #ThoughtPolice #Authoritarianism #Orwellian #CharacteristicsOfFascism #Clampdown #SilencingDissent #CriminalizingDissent #CriminalizingActivism #RightToAssemble #FirstAmendment #USPol
"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 #FirstAmendment. How pathetic! #media #politics
A Brief History of ‘The’ Freedom of Speech
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/03/28/a-brief-history-of-the-freedom-of-speech/
The government’s respect for speech is often at its lowest ebb in wartime, when it is also most important and timely, writes Andrew P. Napolitano, By Andrew P. Napolitano “I disagree with what you say but will defend to the…
#Politics #CivilRights #Commentary #FreeSpeech #Legal #Militarism #PressFreedom #U.s. #U.s.SupremeCourrt #UntilThisDayHistoricalPerspectivesOnTheNews #AlienAndSeditionActsIn1798 #AndrewP.Napolitano #BillOfRights #BrandenburgV.Ohio #DeclarationOfIndependence #FirstAmendment #JamesMadison #PresidentAbrahamLincoln #PresidentJohnAdams #PresidentWoodrowWilson #U.s.CivilWar
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.
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.
Can noncitizens protest? What to know about #FirstAmendment rights and risks. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/can-noncitizens-protest-what-to-know-about-first-amendment-rights-and-risks/ar-AA1BOCWT
Lawyer Paul Clement argued on the #LawFirm #WilmerHale’s behalf that it was “clear as day” that the #Trump #ExecutiveOrder against the firm violated the #FirstAmendment. He said the chilling effect on the firm’s business had been immediate.
#DOJ lawyer Richard Lawson urged Judge Leon not to issue a temporary restraining order #TRO, arguing the specific limitations for Wilmer Hale had not been decided, so there was no reason to rush a court decision.
So is it still about free speech?
https://youtu.be/sNMdRzK9Nj0
The Daily Show nails it.
#Israel
#firstamendment
@palestine
"...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"
"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"
https://www.mintpressnews.com/israeli-lawsuits-target-americans-a-new-threat-to-the-first-amendment-under-trump/289334/
