It is disgusting that the DOJ feels the need to continue insulting Öztürk on her way out, even after their claims about her have been definitively proven false.
These are awful people.
The ant colony cordially invites you to a celebration of insects' rights in honor of Raid.
The case of two fired judges – and one who kept his job – offers a lesson in Trump administration’s view of free speech.
FPF’s @seth-stern.bsky.social writes in @us.theguardian.com.
"While we can’t claim the mantle of leadership right now, the U.S. can try to reclaim some dignity if the State Department fights for the immediate release of Ahmed Shihab-Eldin from detention in Kuwait," FPF's @adamrose.bsky.social told MS NOW.
#FreeAhmed
The DOJ is making immigration judges choose between the First Amendment and their jobs.
FPF’s @seth-stern.bsky.social explains in @us.theguardian.com.
Is Paramount trying to make the case against its own merger? If the Ellisons are already punishing news outlets, imagine if they own CNN and their buddy Trump calls in a favor.
This doesn't sound like a company that deserves even more power over the press.
Sign this petition to help free well-respected journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin.
A contributor to numerous outlets, including The New York Times, PBS, and Al Jazeera English, he is jailed in Kuwait on vague charges for sharing news on social media.
#FreeAhmed
We appreciate Judge Friedman seeing the Pentagon's revised policy for the nonsense it is and granting the Times' motion
But any court order that responds to the admin's lawlessness with anything less than sanctions, contempt of court findings and attorney disciplinary referrals is a disappointment.
The notion that an administration that casually posts genocide threats during its illegal wars is worried about national security risks from whistleblowers who expose sexual harassment is absurd.
Read our full statement on the Espionage Act charge against whistleblower Courtney Williams:
The Pentagon's unconstitutional policy demands the press limit itself to "authorized" sources. This is why.
Does anyone think Pete Hegseth or his PR flacks would have voluntarily disclosed the abuses this whistleblower allegedly revealed to Harp to their briefing room of stenographers?
Ask anybody who has read The Fort Bragg Cartel which they think is the national security threat: Seth Harp’s sources, or the rampant criminality they enabled him to document?
The administration knows the answer and that’s why it wants to punish whistleblowers and chill investigative reporting.
Trump lapel pin-wearing bootlicker Brendan Carr went from writing "A newsroom’s decision about what stories to cover and how to frame them should be beyond the reach of any government official" in 2021 to threatening outlets he doesn't even regulate over completely accurate reporting in 2026.
A tell that Trump's latest anti-press rant is extra bonkers is that he "ordered" a news outlet to unpublish news, and that's not even the headline.
Not long ago it was a national scandal when a random judge in Mississippi briefly ordered news unpublished. Now it's the president's Tuesday evening.
Trump's weird rant is factual and legal nonsense. That said, is he implying that CNN is under criminal investigation for its (accurate) reporting? Should Paramount shareholders be worried about acquiring a company that, according to the president, is under investigation?
Teen who went to photograph L.A. 'No Kings' rally shot, blinded by Homeland Security agent, attorney says
Tucker Collins, an 18-year-old freshman at USC, was shot in the eye with a less-lethal projectile by a DHS agent on March 28.
More from @summerrlin.bsky.social:
A federal court recently upheld journalists' First Amendment rights by ruling that DHS used unlawful force against reporters at LA immigration protests last year.
Watch @adamrose.bsky.social explain, and if you're a journalist facing a press freedom violation, contact @pressfreedomtracker.us.
🔔 Join us for a webinar on the dangerous precedent set by the Prairieland “antifa” convictions in TX and Trump’s war on the First Amendment.
W/ @rightsdissent.bsky.social, @chipgibbons.bsky.social and @dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social
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LAPD obstructed, threatened, and arrested journalists covering the No Kings 3 protests — violating a federal injunction.
Watch @adamrose.bsky.social — who was on the ground in LA that day — explain, and if you're a journalist facing a press freedom violation, contact @pressfreedomtracker.us
So ... how's LAPD doing with that federal injunction requiring them to let press cover protests?
I went to No Kings 3 in Los Angeles to find out. Here's my report for @freedom.press about some of the disturbing things I witnessed.
Trump’s FCC Chief Says His Censorship Protects the Little Guy. It Really Serves One Powerful Man.
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Hey media conglomerates that said you weren’t bribing Trump because your settlement payments were going to a library: It sure looks like you might’ve bribed Trump after all. Oops.
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The court is right — the government can't condition benefits on censorship it can't achieve directly.
That goes for PBS, but it also goes for Brendan Carr shaking down broadcast licensees, Hegseth denying access to reporters that don't follow his unconstitutional rules, and more.
The Trump administration is working to create a database of intimate details about every U.S. resident, which is "a giant honeypot for bad actors," @freedom.press's Lauren Harper said on @wamu.org's 1A.
If breached, it could cause an "identity theft nightmare."
Listen:
FCC Chair Brendan Carr claims he protects local news, but the fights he picks with broadcasters over the “public interest” requirement aren’t local stories.
They’re national stories that upset President Trump.
FPF's Seth Stern writes in @theintercept.com:
Individual in “press” shirt handcuffed in zip ties in front of LAPD officers.
In case anyone is wondering how LAPD is doing tonight at following the injunction against arresting or detaining journalists.
He was cut loose, I spoke with him after. He said he had asked multiple officers earlier for a supervisor and they refused — also a violation of injunction.
An important new bill from @wyden.senate.gov and @balint.house.gov would finally give some teeth to the law that’s supposed to prevent newsroom raids and seizures of journalists’ files.
Tell your lawmakers to support it with our action center.
If the Trump administration succeeds in chipping away at constitutional protections for basic journalistic practices, "reporters who wish to do anything more than regime stenography may risk imprisonment."
Read more from FPF's Seth Stern in @theintercept.com:
I'll be discussing warrantless wiretapping tomorrow w/ @freedom.press. RSVP below!
