Klemn<p>Isaiah Martin arrested and dragged out of public meeting for exercising his First Amendment rights! This is what authoritarianism looks like. </p><p>silencing dissent</p><p>When speaking truth becomes "disorderly conduct," democracy is under attack. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/isaiahmartin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>isaiahmartin</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/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicMeetings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicMeetings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a></p><p><a href="https://substack.com/@azmundus/note/c-139343011?r=5dspyk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">substack.com/@azmundus/note/c-</span><span class="invisible">139343011?r=5dspyk</span></a></p>
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Ed Wilk 🇺🇦🌵<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Southpark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Southpark</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/07/28/oh-my-god-take-it-down-kills-parody/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">techdirt.com/2025/07/28/oh-my-</span><span class="invisible">god-take-it-down-kills-parody/</span></a></p>
Bich Nguyen :verified:<p>"If you can’t get the balance sheet on a marquee show worked out, that’s a YOU problem. As I have said for the last week, other late-night shows have made cost-cutting concessions, but Colbert wasn’t given a chance to defend his corner and present ideas for savings. So basically, the balance sheet is a mess, but you’re not interested in ways to fix it. Gotcha."</p><p><a href="https://www.laineygossip.com/cbs-will-never-beat-allegations-that-cancelling-the-late-show-stephen-colbert-wasnt-at-least-partly-politically-motivated/82506" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">laineygossip.com/cbs-will-neve</span><span class="invisible">r-beat-allegations-that-cancelling-the-late-show-stephen-colbert-wasnt-at-least-partly-politically-motivated/82506</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/television" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>television</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/entertainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>entertainment</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/bribes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bribes</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/CBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CBS</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/paramount" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paramount</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Skydance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Skydance</span></a> deal allows <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FCC</span></a> to “<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensorSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CensorSpeech</span></a>” and “<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilenceDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SilenceDissent</span></a>” on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CBS</span></a></p><p>FCC now has “never-before-seen controls” over a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/newsroom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>newsroom</span></a>, commissioner warns. </p><p>by Ashley Belanger – Jul 25, 2025</p><p>Excerpt: "Like many protesting <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Colbert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Colbert</span></a>'s firing, Gomez suggested that the FCC's requirements to approve the Skydance acquisition 'may only be' the 'beginning' of the Trump administration's <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> and ongoing 'assault on the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a>.'</p><p>"Notably, the White House issued a rare statement in response to a recent <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SouthPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthPark</span></a> episode Paramount aired, which mockingly depicted Trump seducing Satan. The White House fumed that 'no fourth-rate show can derail President Trump’s hot streak.' But Trump (whose current term's ratings are at an all-time low) taking the time to acknowledge the episode drew jokes on social media that South Park may have riled Trump enough to scramble the Paramount acquisition approval. At the very least, the statement shows that Trump still cares what people say about him on TV. Trump has long been considered the US president most obsessed with TV, and critics now fear that he has seized new powers to more effectively block negative coverage."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/07/skydance-deal-allows-trumps-fcc-to-censor-speech-and-silence-dissent-on-cbs/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20</span><span class="invisible">25/07/skydance-deal-allows-trumps-fcc-to-censor-speech-and-silence-dissent-on-cbs/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</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/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpSucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpSucks</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/SilencingCritics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingCritics</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</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/BrendanCarr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrendanCarr</span></a></p>
Jennifer Morency :mastodon:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@TheZeldaZone" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TheZeldaZone</span></a></span> The morality cops have arrested comedians before (including Lenny Bruce and George Carlin), and they will again, but this time it will be for posting risqué jokes on a website without government-mandated age verification. </p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/comedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comedy</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/AgeVerification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgeVerification</span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Skydance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Skydance</span></a> deal allows Trump’s <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FCC</span></a> to “censor speech” and “silence dissent” on <a href="https://mas.to/tags/CBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CBS</span></a></p><p>But the agency's approval drew fiery dissent from the only <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democratic</span></a> commissioner, Anna Gomez, after requiring written commitments from Skydance that allow the government to influence <a href="https://mas.to/tags/editorial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>editorial</span></a> decisions at CBS. Gomez accused the FCC of "imposing never-before-seen controls over <a href="https://mas.to/tags/newsroom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>newsroom</span></a> decisions and editorial judgment, in direct violation of the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> and the law."<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/censor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censor</span></a></p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/07/skydance-deal-allows-trumps-fcc-to-censor-speech-and-silence-dissent-on-cbs/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20</span><span class="invisible">25/07/skydance-deal-allows-trumps-fcc-to-censor-speech-and-silence-dissent-on-cbs/</span></a></p>
Spin D'Accord<p>The excuses being offered for censoring speech.</p><p>- alternative voices needed to accompany "Trans forming Liberty";<br>- it was divisive;<br>- need to be non-partisan</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/arts/design/amy-sherald-smithsonian-censorship.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/07/24/arts/de</span><span class="invisible">sign/amy-sherald-smithsonian-censorship.html</span></a></p>
Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/1stAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1stAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreedomofSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomofSpeech</span></a> / <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreedomofthePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomofthePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/antiMAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antiMAGA</span></a> item</p><p><a href="https://my-store-5985187.creator-spring.com/listing/come-and-take-it-july-2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">my-store-5985187.creator-sprin</span><span class="invisible">g.com/listing/come-and-take-it-july-2025</span></a> <br><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/antifa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antifa</span></a></p>
NewYorkFederal Court Orders New York to Pay Christian Photographer $225,000 A federal court has approved a $225,000 settlement in a case involving a Christian photographer from New York who challenged sta...<br><br><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Law" target="_blank">#Law</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" target="_blank">#News</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/belief" target="_blank">#belief</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/christianity" target="_blank">#christianity</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/firstamendment" target="_blank">#firstamendment</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lawsuit" target="_blank">#lawsuit</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/newyork" target="_blank">#newyork</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/weddingphotographer" target="_blank">#weddingphotographer</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/weddingphotography" target="_blank">#weddingphotography</a><br><br><a href="https://petapixel.com/2025/07/24/federal-court-orders-new-york-to-pay-christian-photographer-225000/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Origin</a> | <a href="https://awakari.com/sub-details.html?id=NewYork" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Interest</a> | <a href="https://awakari.com/pub-msg.html?id=DQisPIGSI3MMnE5MucQOMv7mZTU&interestId=NewYork" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Match</a>
NewYorkFederal Court Orders New York to Pay Christian Photographer $225,000 A federal court has approved a $225,000 settlement in a case involving a Christian photographer from New York who challenged sta...<br><br><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Law" target="_blank">#Law</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" target="_blank">#News</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/belief" target="_blank">#belief</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/christianity" target="_blank">#christianity</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/firstamendment" target="_blank">#firstamendment</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lawsuit" target="_blank">#lawsuit</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/newyork" target="_blank">#newyork</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/weddingphotographer" target="_blank">#weddingphotographer</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/weddingphotography" target="_blank">#weddingphotography</a><br><br><a href="https://petapixel.com/2025/07/24/federal-court-orders-new-york-to-pay-christian-photographer-225000/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Origin</a> | <a href="https://awakari.com/sub-details.html?id=NewYork" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Interest</a> | <a href="https://awakari.com/pub-msg.html?id=7KHikwAdasvq85coUjTJ65R18K0&interestId=NewYork" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Match</a>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2270322/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2270322/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Trump administration opens new investigation into Harvard, escalating pressure <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/college" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>college</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Harvard</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarcoRubio</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SecretaryOfState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecretaryOfState</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TrumpAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpAdministration</span></a></p>
IT News<p>The Chatbot Culture Wars Are Here - Conservatives, including President Trump, are accusing A.I. companies of left-wing bias, ... - <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/technology/trump-ai-chatbots-bias.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/07/23/technol</span><span class="invisible">ogy/trump-ai-chatbots-bias.html</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/regulationandderegulationofindustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulationandderegulationofindustry</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/firstamendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firstamendment</span></a>(usconstitution) <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/baileyandrew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>baileyandrew</span></a>(attorneygeneral) <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/freedomofspeechandexpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freedomofspeechandexpression</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/computersandtheinternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computersandtheinternet</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/artificialintelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artificialintelligence</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/metaplatformsinc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metaplatformsinc</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/microsoftcorp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microsoftcorp</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/trumpdonaldj" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trumpdonaldj</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a></p>
Jason Yip<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> bans <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WallStreetJournal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WallStreetJournal</span></a> from <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> trip press pool over <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Epstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Epstein</span></a> report <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-bans-wall-street-journal-from-scotland-trip-press-pool-over-epstein-report/ar-AA1J1Kcw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-us/news/politics/tr</span><span class="invisible">ump-bans-wall-street-journal-from-scotland-trip-press-pool-over-epstein-report/ar-AA1J1Kcw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a></p>
Daniel M. Reck<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/PBSNewsHour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PBSNewsHour</span></a> remarks on <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> passing President <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s request to rescind funding to <a href="https://mas.to/tags/CPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CPB</span></a>, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PBS</span></a>, and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NPR</span></a>. The move endangers local <a href="https://mas.to/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/emergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emergency</span></a> alerts particularly in rural and low-income <a href="https://mas.to/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> markets, many of which are in majority <a href="https://mas.to/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> areas.</p><p><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/1A" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1A</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/USpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpoli</span></a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/xijHdKwWv3I" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/xijHdKwWv3I</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Harvard</span></a>, he said, “should have read the fine print.”</p><p>Harvard has sharply disputed the idea that it condones discrimination. Steven P. Lehotsky, a lawyer for Harvard, told Judge Burroughs on Monday that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin’s quest to punish Harvard was a “blatant, unrepentant violation of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a>.”</p><p>He added, “It’s the constitutional third rail, or it should be, for the government to insist it can engage in viewpoint discrimination.”</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/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DueProcess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DueProcess</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarvardUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarvardUniversity</span></a> appeared in federal court Monday in a pivotal case in its battle with the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin, as the storied institution argued the government illegally cut $2.6 billion in federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a>. </p><p>Trump’s admin has battered the nation’s oldest & wealthiest <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/university" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>university</span></a> with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sanctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanctions</span></a> for months as it presses a series of demands on the Ivy League school, which it decries as a hotbed of liberalism & antisemitism.</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/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/harvard-trump-funding-cuts-court-0e9100198461e1df52b5a5a4d11837ed" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/harvard-tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-funding-cuts-court-0e9100198461e1df52b5a5a4d11837ed</span></a></p>
Jason Yip<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> threatens <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Washington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Washington</span></a> stadium deal unless <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NFL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NFL</span></a> team readopts <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Redskins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Redskins</span></a> name <a href="https://www.reuters.com/sports/trump-threatens-washington-stadium-deal-unless-nfl-team-readopts-redskins-name-2025-07-20/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/sports/trump-threa</span><span class="invisible">tens-washington-stadium-deal-unless-nfl-team-readopts-redskins-name-2025-07-20/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>From 2021... This started before <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>, but things are way worse now!</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLaws</span></a> Threaten <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> Movements</p><p>“<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriticalInfrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriticalInfrastructure</span></a>” laws in over a dozen states wrongly invoke national security to justify targeting <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PipelineProtesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PipelineProtesters</span></a>.</p><p>Kaylana Mueller-Hsia, March 17, 2021</p><p>"In 2016 as a member of Congress, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DebHaaland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DebHaaland</span></a> stood for four days in solidarity with protesters at the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StandingRockSioux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandingRockSioux</span></a> Reservation against construction of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DakotaAccessPipeline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DakotaAccessPipeline</span></a>. Today, as the first <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmerican</span></a> to be the secretary of the interior — the first to lead any cabinet department — she has the opportunity to support the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> rights of the protesters she joined in the past.</p><p>"With her authority over energy development on federal lands, Haaland can be a voice for Indigenous and climate movements facing an urgent threat: the rapid spread of laws to protect 'critical infrastructure' that single out activists.</p><p>"Since 2016, 13 states have quietly enacted laws that increase criminal penalties for trespassing, damage, and interference with infrastructure sites such as oil refineries and pipelines. At least five more states have already introduced similar legislation this year. These laws draw from national security legislation enacted after 9/11 to protect physical infrastructure considered so 'vital' that the 'incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, national public health or safety.'</p><p>"Many industry sectors are designated critical infrastructure, including food and agriculture, energy, water and wastewater, and communications, but most state critical infrastructure laws focus more narrowly on oil and gas <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pipelines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pipelines</span></a>. While protecting critical infrastructure is a legitimate government function, these laws clearly target environmental and Indigenous activists by significantly raising the penalties for participating in or even tangentially supporting pipeline trespassing and property damage, crimes that are already illegal. Many laws are modelled on draft legislation prepared by the American Legislative Exchange Council, also known as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ALEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ALEC</span></a>, a powerful lobbying group funded by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FossilFuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuel</span></a> companies like <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExxonMobil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExxonMobil</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Shell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shell</span></a>.</p><p>"Central to the new critical infrastructure laws are increased criminal penalties and vague, broad definitions that could discourage protest and particularly, nonviolent civil disobedience. Many laws make any 'damage' to or 'interference' with a facility deemed critical infrastructure a felony. Under <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ohio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ohio</span></a>’s law, trespass with the purpose of 'tampering' with a facility is a third degree felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine. In Indiana, a felony conviction is applied for any facility trespass, a crime that is typically a misdemeanor or fine.</p><p>"Vague language like 'damage,' 'tamper,' and 'impede' in critical infrastructure laws makes it unclear if, for example, knocking down <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SafetyCones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SafetyCones</span></a> and starting a fire next to a natural gas facility are the same under the law. Many critical infrastructure laws do not clarify if they apply only to land a company fully owns or also to pipeline easements, which run through both public and private lands. At least some laws apply to both. Only a week after Louisiana’s critical infrastructure law was enacted, opponents of the Bayou Bridge pipeline were charged with trespassing for boating on public waters on the border of a pipeline easement.</p><p>"The combination of overly broad language and steep penalties in critical infrastructure laws make it likely that future activists and supporting organizations will be discouraged from exercising their First Amendment-protected protest rights. A lawsuit brought in response to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BayouBridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BayouBridge</span></a> charges will test the laws for the first time on First Amendment grounds.</p><p>"Many of these laws even extend beyond the protesters. In a proposed law in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Minnesota</span></a>, anyone who 'recruits, trains, aids, advises, hires, counsels, or conspires' someone to trespass without a 'reasonable effort' to prevent the trespassing is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. In <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oklahoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oklahoma</span></a> organizations that conspire with perpetrators are liable to be fined up to $1 million. These laws may infringe on the freedom of association protected under the First Amendment. Indeed, the Supreme Court ruled that the illegal actions of a few individuals do not implicate an entire group.</p><p>"The criminalization of environmental protest is fueled by federal security agencies and oil and gas companies, who are often major political donors. For years, the Department of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HomelandSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HomelandSecurity</span></a> and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have labelled activists at infrastructure sites as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DomesticTerrorists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DomesticTerrorists</span></a> and violent extremists in order to justify further <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/policing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policing</span></a>. Government documents have been released that detail the FBI’s focus on '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AnimalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnimalRights</span></a> / <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalExtremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalExtremism</span></a>,' describing even <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NonviolentProtesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NonviolentProtesters</span></a> as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/extremists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extremists</span></a>.</p><p>"At Standing Rock, a private security firm [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Blackwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blackwater</span></a>] hired by the pipeline companies consistently referred to protesters as 'terrorists' while working with law enforcement. Ahead of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KeystoneXLPipeline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KeystoneXLPipeline</span></a> protests in 2018, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a> agents held an '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiTerrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiTerrorism</span></a> training' for state and local authorities. In contrast, members of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a> militant group the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThreePercenters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThreePercenters</span></a> have established a significant presence at oil and gas plants with little law enforcement reaction.</p><p>"To be sure, as the recent power outages in Texas showed so vividly, the United States needs reliable energy. But it’s questionable whether pipeline construction sites that could feasibly be moved or replaced with renewable energy sources should legitimately be considered 'vital' to the energy grid. Furthermore, a singular focus on this aspect of security comes at the cost of others. Whose essential resources do pipeline projects protect and whose do they threaten? Black Americans are disproportionately likely to live near natural <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GasPipelines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GasPipelines</span></a> and experience higher <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CancerRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CancerRisk</span></a> due to unclean air. An oil spill from the Dakota Access Pipeline could devastate the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SiouxTribe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SiouxTribe</span></a>’s water source. Meanwhile, on some reservations, 10 percent of households lack electricity and as many as 40 percent of households must haul water and use outhouses. The well-being of these communities must count too.</p><p>"The rise in critical infrastructure laws may foreshadow more anti-protest legislation to come. A similar wave of anti-protest laws has already begun in response to the 2020 <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackLivesMatter</span></a> protests. State legislators contemplating critical infrastructure laws should bear in mind that laws that criminalize trespassing and protect the safety of construction workers and law enforcement already exist. Critical infrastructure laws don’t fill an unmet need — they only raise the penalties for specific groups of people. Courts adjudicating <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> challenges in the coming years should recognize that these laws are overbroad and impose disproportionately severe penalties that chill freedom of assembly and association.</p><p>"As secretary of the interior, Haaland promises to uplift the voices of Indigenous and climate protesters in the Biden administration. State legislators, law enforcement, and the fossil fuel industry should follow suit and listen to these activists rather than suppressing constitutionally protected activity under the guise of national security."</p><p>Source:<br><a href="https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/anti-protest-laws-threaten-indigenous-and-climate-movements" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">brennancenter.org/our-work/ana</span><span class="invisible">lysis-opinion/anti-protest-laws-threaten-indigenous-and-climate-movements</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrennanCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrennanCenter</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/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoDAPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoDAPL</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoKXL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoKXL</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PipelineProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PipelineProtests</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ErikPrince" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrince</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilAndGas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalRacism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AirIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AirIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExxonLied" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExxonLied</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Blackwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blackwater</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StandWithStandingRock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandWithStandingRock</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StandingRockSioux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandingRockSioux</span></a></p>
Alan Lewis<p>'Violates the First Amendment': Judge bars Trump admin from imposing sanctions on US human rights advocates who work for International Criminal Court</p><p>Colin KalmbacherJul 19th, 2025, 1:24 pm </p><p><a href="https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/violates-the-first-amendment-judge-bars-trump-admin-from-imposing-sanctions-on-us-human-rights-advocates-who-work-for-international-criminal-court/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lawandcrime.com/high-profile/v</span><span class="invisible">iolates-the-first-amendment-judge-bars-trump-admin-from-imposing-sanctions-on-us-human-rights-advocates-who-work-for-international-criminal-court/</span></a></p><p>Eightysix47</p><p>: <a href="https://c.im/tags/democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democrats</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/donaldtrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>donaldtrump</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/eightysix47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eightysix47</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/firstamendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firstamendment</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/humanrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanrights</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/internationalcriminalcourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internationalcriminalcourt</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/maganazi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maganazi</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/maganaziparty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maganaziparty</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/maganazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maganazis</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> :</p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Three <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLaws</span></a> recently passed in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Kentucky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kentucky</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a></p><p>Source: <a href="https://www.icnl.org/usprotestlawtracker/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">icnl.org/usprotestlawtracker/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Arizona<br>HB 2880: Banning <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/encampments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>encampments</span></a> on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/campus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>campus</span></a></p><p>Bars protest encampments on the campuses of state colleges and universities. Under the new law, individuals or groups that establish an “encampment” are no longer lawfully present on campus for the purpose of speech protections under Arizona law; they are criminally liable to prosecution for trespass; and they are liable for any damage they cause, including the "direct and indirect costs" of removing the encampment and "restoring" campus. The new law defines “encampment” as “temporary shelter” installed on campus and used to stay overnight or “for a prolonged period of time.” The law requires colleges and universities to order individuals to dismantle and vacate any encampment; if the individuals refuse to comply, the institution is required to take disciplinary action and report the individuals to local law enforcement for trespassing. The sponsor of the new law said that it was motivated by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProPalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProPalestine</span></a> protests on college campuses.<br>Full bill text:<br><a href="https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/83353" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/Bill</span><span class="invisible">Overview/83353</span></a></p><p>Status: enacted</p><p>Introduced 12 Feb 2025; Approved by House 3 March 2025; Approved by Senate 30 April 2025; Signed by Governor Hobbs 7 May 2025</p><p>Issue(s): <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CampusProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CampusProtests</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trespass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trespass</span></a>, Camping</p><p>Kentucky<br>HB 399: New penalties for protesters at the capitol</p><p>Creates serious new criminal offenses that can cover <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeacefulProtesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeacefulProtesters</span></a> at the state capitol, as well as anyone who “conspires” with or otherwise supports them. The first new offense applies to someone who enters the capitol, or impedes access to the capitol by a legislator or legislative staff, with intent to disrupt or impede legislative business—regardless of whether legislative business was in fact “impeded.” “Conspir[ing]” to engage in such conduct or “facilitat[ing]” another person to engage in the conduct is subject to the same penalties as actually engaging in it. It is a Class B misdemeanor (punishable by up to 3 months in jail) for a first incident, and a Class A misdemeanor (up to one year in jail) for subsequent incident. The law creates a second, more serious offense for someone who engages in “disorderly or disruptive conduct” inside the Capitol with intent to disrupt or impede legislative business, if their conduct in fact “disrupts” or “impedes” the legislature’s business—even momentarily. As written, the offense could cover a demonstrator who shouts a single chant during a legislative hearing. “Conspir[ing]” to engage in such conduct or “facilitat[ing]” another person to engage in the conduct is subject to the same penalties as actually engaging in it. The offense would be a Class A misdemeanor (punishable by up to one year in jail) for the first incident, and a Class D felony (up to 5 years in prison) for third and subsequent incident. Prior to passing the bill, lawmakers added an amendment which provides that the law will not be construed "to prohibit... [a]ssembly in traditional public forums, including but not limited to the Capitol rotunda and outdoor areas of the Capitol grounds." While helpful, the amendment does not immunize all peaceful protest activity that the law could potentially punish, including protest organizing. When he vetoed the bill (later overridden), Governor Beshear noted the risks it poses to lawful <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> activity.<br>Full bill text:<br><a href="https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25rs/hb399.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apps.legislature.ky.gov/record</span><span class="invisible">/25rs/hb399.html</span></a></p><p>Status: enacted</p><p>Introduced 6 Feb 2025; Approved by House 7 March 2025; Approved by Senate 13 March 2025; Vetoed by Governor Beshear 25 March 2025; Veto overridden 27 March 2025</p><p>Issue(s): Protest Supporters or Funders, Police Response<br> </p><p>Texas<br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SB2972" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SB2972</span></a>: New restrictions on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CampusProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CampusProtests</span></a></p><p>Requires public colleges and universities to adopt new limitations on campus protests that among other things would ban protest encampments, limit protesters’ ability to wear a mask, and restrict vigils and other demonstrations at night. Under the law—which revises Texas’s 2019 law on campus speech—all public colleges and universities in the state must have policies that among other things prohibit: a) erecting tents or otherwise “camping” on campus; b) wearing a mask or other disguise while engaging in “expressive activities” on campus with certain intent, including intent to “intimidate others;” c) engaging in “expressive activities” between 10pm and 8am; d) engaging in “expressive activities” in the last two weeks of a school term by inviting speakers or using sound amplification or drums; and e) using sound amplification while engaging in “expressive activities” during class hours if it “intimidate[s] others.” Preexisting provisions of the law define “expressive activities” broadly as “any speech or expressive conduct protected by the First Amendment,” including but not limited to assemblies, protests, speeches, carrying signs, or distributing written material. As such, colleges and universities would seemingly be required to ban all kinds of expression between 10pm and 8am, from conversations in the dining hall to someone sending a text or wearing expressive clothing. The law repeals a provision in the 2019 law that established all common outdoor areas of campus as traditional public forums where anyone could engage in First Amendment activity, and replaced it with a provision authorizing the governing boards of schools to designate select areas as public forums. <br>Full bill text: <a href="https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=SB2972" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/H</span><span class="invisible">istory.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=SB2972</span></a></p><p>Status: enacted</p><p>Introduced 14 Mar 2025; Approved by Senate 14 May 2025; Approved by House 28 May 2025; Signed by Governor Abbott 20 June 2025</p><p>Issue(s): Campus Protests, Face Covering, Camping </p><p><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/CriminalizingProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingProtest</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/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLaws</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TexasProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TexasProtestLaws</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KentuckyProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KentuckyProtestLaws</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArizonaProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArizonaProtestLaws</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClothingBans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClothingBans</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CollegeCampusProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CollegeCampusProtests</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaskBans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaskBans</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EncampmentBans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EncampmentBans</span></a></p>
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