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The Wild Hunt NewsThe 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.<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">https://wildhunt.org/2025/03/satanic-grotto-holds-black-mass-to-promote-religious-freedom-christians-upset.html</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kansas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kansas</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/satanicgrotto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#satanicgrotto</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/firstamendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#firstamendment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/churchandstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#churchandstate</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/christiandominiontheology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#christiandominiontheology</a>

Nonilex“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">#Harvard</a> fails to do so.”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#education</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#research</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#academia</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreedomOfAssembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreedomOfAssembly</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RightToProtest</a>

NonilexIn a stmnt on Monday, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin said it was examining ~$256M in contracts, as well as another $8.7B in what it described as “multiyear grant commitments.”“While <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Harvard</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">#GSA</a>, said.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#education</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#research</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a>

NonilexHere we go again <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin will review roughly $9 billion in federal grants & contracts in funding for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Harvard</a>The admin has already canceled hundreds of millions in federal grants & contracts at Columbia & the University of Pennsylvania.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#education</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#research</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#academia</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreedomOfAssembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreedomOfAssembly</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RightToProtest</a> <a href="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" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">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</a>

Hacker NewsHow Each Pillar of the First Amendment Is Under Attack<a href="https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/03/how-each-pillar-of-the-1st-amendment-is-under-attack/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/03/how-each-pillar-of-the-1st-amendment-is-under-attack/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HackerNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreedomOfSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreedomOfSpeech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CivilLiberties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CivilLiberties</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PressFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PressFreedom</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeExpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeExpression</a>

RonSupportsYou"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">#FirstAmendment</a>. How pathetic! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#media</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a>

Jonathan EmmesediThe 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. <a href="https://c.im/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/USHigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USHigherEducation</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/RumeysaOzturk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RumeysaOzturk</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/USUniversities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USUniversities</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a>

NonilexLawyer Paul Clement argued on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LawFirm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LawFirm</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WilmerHale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WilmerHale</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">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ExecutiveOrder</a> against the firm violated the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a>. He said the chilling effect on the firm’s business had been immediate.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOJ</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">#TRO</a>, arguing the specific limitations for Wilmer Hale had not been decided, so there was no reason to rush a court decision.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#extortion</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a>

Devin UlibarriThis is the article that the current US admin apparently doesn't want us to see: <a href="https://www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2024/03/4ftk27sm6jkj" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2024/03/4ftk27sm6jkj</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/R%C3%BCmeysa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rümeysa</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rumeysaozturk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rumeysaozturk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/firstamendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#firstamendment</a>

maple<a href="https://mastodon.world/@davidho" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@davidho</a> What so upsets me about things like this is if the Democrats had felt this way, Trump and his ilk would never have been elected. They could have stopped Faux News and similar lying right-wing propaganda mills simply by agreeing that the First Amendment does not protect provable lies, nor hate speech. But oh no, there were the "free speech absolutists" loudly proclaiming that if any speech was restricted, all speech could be, because it was a "slippery slope." Well how did that work out for you?And so there were travesties like the ACLU defending the right of Nazis to march in Skokie, Illinois. And when I heard about that, I knew that the free speech absolutists had gone too far, and it was only a matter of time before that would bite them in the ass, or as we now say, the leopards would eat their faces. Almost everyone agrees you should not be able to go around yelling "fire" in a crowded theater; how is hate speech and blatant lying on a national "news" outlet any different? Those things also get many people killed and injured.There have been some predictions that at some point in the future, possibly the near future, people will become <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/telepathic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#telepathic</a>. I have no idea if this happens because some people become more spiritually enlightened (a good thing if it happens), or because of some kind of technology enables it (probably not a good thing at all). But, if people can communicate by <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/telepathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#telepathy</a> it becomes impossible to lie (well, you can lie but everyone will know when you are lying). And since most governments and large corporations lie all the time in their various dealings with each other and with the public, their whole structure will collapse. Even the lower classes will be affected - I mean, imagine hiring a contractor to work on your home and being able to tell instantly if they are attempting to deceive you. But that goes both ways, your kids will know instantly that there is no Santa Claus (I am surprised there haven't been more sci-fi tropes about the day the world becomes telepathic). But where I was going with this is that we would not need laws governing speech because we would know when we are being lied to, we would know if someone is being coerced into saying something (and what the truth really is), and we would know what people's true motivations are. But until such a time, if it ever arrives, we can't be absolutists about free speech, because we are in effect telling others it is okay to lie to us and attempt to deceive us and use propaganda on us, and I for one am not okay with that. No society can be truly free if they are constantly fed lies and propaganda!But free speech absolutists remind me of some atheists and religious types. They are absolutely convinced they are right and that something must be wrong with you if you disagree with them. I am not holding my breath waiting for them to admit they were wrong and maybe even take some responsibility for the mess the USA is in now. But it sure would be helpful if they would start to re-think their position, just in case somehow that country is ever able to climb out of the hole they are in now.By the way, just as an aside, if you think telepathy is absolutely impossible, you're either very close-minded or you have never heard any of the thousands of reports of telepathic communication, from people just knowing when a loved one is in trouble or is about to die (or has just died), to UFO abductions where telepathic communication takes place, to non-verbal autistic children that communicate with each other (and sometimes with a parent or sibling) telepathically. Of course for every such report there is a skeptic that goes around trying to disprove anything they don't personally experience, or that they are paid to debunk. But that's a whole other topic.<a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a>

NonilexGood news (for now)Judge Orders <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> to Stop Attempts to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Deport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Deport</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Columbia</a> UndergradThe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin had been seeking to arrest & deport <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/YunseoChung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YunseoChung</a>, who immigrated from South Korea as a child & is a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GreenCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreenCard</a> holder, after she participated in a pro-<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Palestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Palestinian</a> sit-in.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreedomOfAssembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreedomOfAssembly</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RightToProtest</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dissent</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/nyregion/columbia-university-protester-chung-deportation.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=5C6C987B-9585-4051-BA86-E26F1D77E60C" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/nyregion/columbia-university-protester-chung-deportation.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=5C6C987B-9585-4051-BA86-E26F1D77E60C</a>

NonilexNew <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> demand to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/colleges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#colleges</a>: Name <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#protesters</a> — & their nationalities  The demand for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/student" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#student</a> information came after the admin promised to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/deport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deport</a> non-citizens who participated in what it called “pro-jihadist protests”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreedomOfAssembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreedomOfAssembly</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RightToProtest</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dissent</a> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/03/25/trump-administration-campus-antisemitism-investigations/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/03/25/trump-administration-campus-antisemitism-investigations/</a>

NonilexThe decision to target noncitizens who participate in pro-<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Palestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Palestinian</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#protest</a> activity and speech, the lawsuit argues, has created a broadly chilling effect on what can be heard on college campuses.<a href="https://knightcolumbia.org/documents/pwkvocf6z4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://knightcolumbia.org/documents/pwkvocf6z4</a><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreedomOfAssembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreedomOfAssembly</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RightToProtest</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dissent</a>

NonilexProfessors Sue <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> Admin Over Arrests of Campus ProtestersThe lawsuit says the detention of noncitizen <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#students</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/faculty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#faculty</a> members deprives US citizens of their right to engage with foreign-born peers.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreedomOfAssembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreedomOfAssembly</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RightToProtest</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dissent</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/nyregion/professors-sue-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=C3943887-A1F9-454A-B3EE-835680EF3F6D" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/nyregion/professors-sue-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=C3943887-A1F9-454A-B3EE-835680EF3F6D</a>

Zhi Zhu 🕸️"This is nothing less than government compelled speech – a textbook <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a> violation. The <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#government</a> is explicitly forcing a private entity to dedicate resources to supporting specific <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#political</a> initiatives. That a major <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> firm would accept such an obviously <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/unconstitutional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unconstitutional</a> demand, rather than challenge it as <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/PerkinsCoie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PerkinsCoie</a> did, represents a complete abdication of their professional responsibilities" <a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/21/paul-weisss-shameful-surrender-makes-every-lawyer-there-complicit-in-trumpian-constitutional-desecration/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/21/paul-weisss-shameful-surrender-makes-every-lawyer-there-complicit-in-trumpian-constitutional-desecration/</a><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Coup</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Corruption</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GOP</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a>

Jim NaureckasOf the many repressive moves by Trump's <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FCC</a> chief documented here by <a href="https://bird.makeup/users/freepress" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@freepress</a> , perhaps the most alarming is going after <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/KCBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KCBS</a> radio for covering lawbreaking by ICE. Reporting on government misconduct is at the heart of the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a>; if you can't do that, you don't have a free press--period. <a href="https://www.freepress.net/blog/how-fcc-chairman-carr-has-fueled-trumps-authoritarian-takeover" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.freepress.net/blog/how-fcc-chairman-carr-has-fueled-trumps-authoritarian-takeover</a>

Paul SchoeNice interview by Japanese media with VOA contributor Steve Herman."They tried to get me to admit that I made "speculations and analysis" in those comments. In any case, I have never been called into question in my 20+ year career at VOA.""Shortly after, I was investigated again by VOA and USAGM for my social media activity. I was also investigated for my social media activity during the first Trump term, and it was alleged that I harbored anti-Trump bias."<a href="https://journa.host/@w7voa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@w7voa</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/firstamendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#firstamendment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#press</a>

Doug BakerHere's an irony: according to one account, <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CBS</a>' <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/60Minutes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#60Minutes</a> was conceived in 1968 as a Golden Handshake for one of its founding producers (<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/DonHewitt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DonHewitt</a>?); he was offered resources to do as he liked, to get him shifted off his then-job. Mgt didn't intend anything with it, really. Numerous <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Emmys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Emmys</a> later...it's one of the few MSM journalistic outlets standing between <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>, <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a>, and complete capitulation. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/cbs-60-minutes-lawsuit-trump-pelley-58339cc1a1eb52739bb365e2e8c6d8bc?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/article/cbs-60-minutes-lawsuit-trump-pelley-58339cc1a1eb52739bb365e2e8c6d8bc?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CBS</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/60Minutes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#60Minutes</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a>

Church of Jeff<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/1A" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#1A</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FreeGaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeGaza</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreePalestine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FreeMahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeMahmoudKhalil</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HigherEd</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deportation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MAGA</a> The one thing that conservatives don't understand is that you don't have a <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/2A" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#2A</a> if you don't have the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a>

pdbDevin Stone on U.S. govt. extraordinary rendition of Mahmoud Khalil and questions surrounding: <a href="https://nebula.tv/videos/legaleagle-ice-deports-student-for-protesting-israel" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://nebula.tv/videos/legaleagle-ice-deports-student-for-protesting-israel</a><a href="https://social.coop/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/freedomOfSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freedomOfSpeech</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/MahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MahmoudKhalil</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/DevinStone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DevinStone</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/LegalEagle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LegalEagle</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/abolishICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#abolishICE</a>

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