F.B.I. Said to Have Investigated Times Reporter After Article on Patel’s Girlfriend

When even this DOJ says “there was no legal basis to proceed,” you know the case is garbage. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/u...

Tracking ICE–Police Collaboration: Tools for Journalists, Lawsuits and What Authorities Don’t Want You to See As local police expand roles in immigration enforcement, limited transparency around ICE collaboration raises accountability concerns. Experts share strategies for accessing records, analyzing data,…

What are authorities trying to hide? 🕵️‍♂️

Join FAC's @davidloy.bsky.social and Thad Greenson for a deep dive with @amcommmedia.bsky.social on uncovering ICE's local partnerships. Get records, read the data, and know what to look for.

Don't miss this briefing americancommunitymedia.org/media-briefi...

FOIA Friday: I Filed Two Different Lawsuits in Two Counties. I'm suing LA County over Flock records and Imperial County for contracts with Customs and Border Protection.

The story behind the lawsuit: @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social writes about why he's suing Imperial County for its communications with federal immigration enforcement www.joeyscott.xyz/foia-friday-...

FAC Sues Imperial County for Secret Federal Immigration Agency Contracts and Emails The county refuses to hand over documents about its cooperation with ICE, DHS, and CBP.

FAC is representing @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social in a lawsuit against Imperial County for withholding public records about the county's cooperation with ICE and other federal immigration enforcement agencies. More⬇️ firstamendmentcoalition.org/news/post/fa...

Schrödinger's blockade?

West Virginia’s Daniel’s Law would chill accountability reporting RCFP is urging the Fourth Circuit to affirm a lower-court ruling that the law is unconstitutional.

A West Virginia law would impose a blanket restriction on publishing certain information about public officials.

In a friend-of-the-court brief, @rcfp.org argues the law could chill reporting and cannot survive constitutional scrutiny.

San Diego empty homes tax draws comparison to recent court loss Opponents worry that, if approved, the tax would open the city up to legal trouble, costing residents far more than it helps.

I’m reading @inewsource.org about San Diego's proposed empty homes tax. #LocalNewsMatters because housing policy matters. inewsource.org/2026/04/06/s...

As County Leaders Tout Transparency, They Fight Public Records Releases Voice of San Diego last week sued the county to try to force the release of complaints against an ex-county contractor, marking the latest legal wrangling with the county over public records.

I’m reading @lisahalverstadt.bsky.social on a lawsuit by @voiceofsandiego.org to fight for transparency about "what the county knew about potential improprieties" before the COO of one of its contractors "faced felony charges." #LocalNewsMatters. voiceofsandiego.org/2026/04/06/a...

Local News Day A National Day of Action Connecting Communities with Trusted Local News

Today marks #LocalNewsDay, a time to support local journalism as essential civic infrastructure! Get involved: localnewsday.org

@rcfp.org is proud to support local newsrooms and their crucial role informing communities across the US. Learn how in the thread below:

Trump "Truth": The alleged Statement put out by CNN World News is a FRAUD, as CNN well knows. The false Statement was linked to a Fake News site (from Nigeria) and, of course, immediately picked up by CNN, and blared out as a “legitimate” headline. The Official Statement by Iran was just released, and posted on TRUTH, below. Authorities are looking to determine whether or not a crime was committed on the issuance of the Fake CNN World Statement, or was it a sick rogue player? CNN is being ordered to immediately withdraw this Statement with full apologies for their, as usual, terrible “reporting.” Results of the investigation will be announced in the near future. President DONALD J. TRUMP

White House Rapid Response account: "ATTENTION @cnni : As @POTUS just said, Iran’s official statement is linked in his TRUTH below AND posted by the Iranian foreign minister. This alleged statement by “Iran” is a FRAUD! Correct immediately!" [Photo of CNN story citing "a statement from Iran's Supreme National Security Council report by Iranian state media."

Brendan Carr tweet: More outrageous conduct from CNN. Fake news is bad enough for the country, but pushing out a hoax headline in such a sensitive national security moment as this requires accountability. Iran put out an official statement that simply cannot be squared with the one CNN's false headline attributes to them. Time for change at CNN.

Iran's PressTV Twitter account: Supreme national security council: Iran achieved historic victory by forcing criminal US to accept its 10-point plan.

The President, White House, and FCC's Brendan Carr are calling for action -- and implying a criminal investigation -- against CNN for... accurately reporting what Iran's state media shared as a statement from Iran's Supreme National Security Council.

San Diego County opens 2 project-based Section 8 housing waitlists Waitlists opened Monday for two new affordable housing communities in Fallbrook and San Marcos through the County of San Diego’s Housing Authority.

San Diego County opened 57 affordable housing units across Fallbrook and San Marcos — but 120,000 households are on the general waitlist. That gap is staggering.

www.kpbs.org/news/living/...

Coming soon to a first amendment casebook near you

French Politician Is Charged With Glorifying Terrorism in Social Media Post

Dear friends on the left who advocate restrictions on speech, be careful what you wish for. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/r...

Inside the debate over secret county subcommittees The county says the board committees, each made up of two elected supervisors, aren’t subject to the state’s open meeting law. Others argue they should operate more transparently.

Are San Diego County’s "secret" subcommittees violating state law? 🧐

FAC's @davidloy.bsky.social warns these "ad-hoc" groups tackle long-term issues that should be discussed publicly: “It does look to me that this presents significant Brown Act problems.” www.kpbs.org/news/politic...

Striking Down Pentagon Press Limits, Judge Vindicates Independent Journalism

Striking Down Pentagon Press Limits, Judge Vindicates Independent Journalism

The ruling cut deeper than left-versus-right politics, declaring that the policy imposed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is unconstitutional.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/u...

For U.S., Unmet Expectations in Iran Fit a Familiar Pattern in the Region

Understatement of the century: “The United States has a tendency to overestimate what political outcomes can be engineered using overwhelming military power while underestimating the fallout.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/u...

F.C.C. Chair Threatens to Revoke Broadcasters’ Licenses Over War Coverage

Same dictatorship, different day: “straight out of the authoritarian playbook.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/w...

Trump Administration Abandons Efforts to Impose Orders on Law Firms

Resistance is hard but not futile. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/u...

NEW: In my DOGE FOIA case with @facoalition.bsky.social Judge Boasberg ordered DoJ to ask Sean Duffy For Elon’s phone number. @nationalsecuritylaw.org is it normal to tell a witness to talk to a separate lawyer about whether or not to respond to you? storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

One battle after another.

FAC Urges High School to Reinstate High School Yearbook Senior Quotes Advocacy

The principal of El Capital High School banned senior quotes from the high school yearbook, saying parsing the "modern slang" of the quotes would be too difficult to vet. FAC and @splc.org note the ban violates state law, urges the principal to rescind it. firstamendmentcoalition.org/2026/02/18/f...

The Oaklandside wins prestigious award for advancing press freedom and government transparency Independent nonprofit newsroom The Oaklandside won a Freedom of Information award from SPJ NorCal for its accountability reporting.

Congrats to @oaklandside.org , winner of a @spj-norcal.bsky.social award for challenging Alameda County's sideshow observer law. “We cannot do our jobs when we’re not allowed to tell the public what’s happening in their city," says @tasneemraja.bsky.social oaklandside.org/2026/02/18/o...

@facoalition.bsky.social sent a letter to Imperial County counsel: “Perhaps a federal agency or official would prefer that the County not disclose the requested records, but the Supremacy Clause demands compliance only with laws of the United States, not mere wishes.”

First Amendment groups challenge Lakeside high school's yearbook quote elimination El Capitan High's decision to eliminate senior yearbook quotes has drawn legal scrutiny from several groups, including the First Amendment Coalition.

We hope the principal at El Capitan High School reverses course and rescinds the yearbook quote ban. Michael Chen of @abc10news.bsky.social has an update with comment from the yearbook editor www.10news.com/news/we-foll...

FAC Represents Newsroom After Shasta Elections Official Illegally Excludes its Journalists from Media Release Distribution

That’s 💯 percent the right political response by the Board of Supervisors.

The official’s actions were plainly unconstitutional — based on this own statements.

Read the letter by @davidloy.bsky.social for @shastascout.bsky.social

firstamendmentcoalition.org/2025/10/09/s...

Supervisors unanimously condemn Shasta election official's decision to restrict press access – Shasta Scout Registrar of Voters Clint Curtis responded by saying county supervisors, including the three who voted to appoint him in May, are “confused.” Nevertheless, he’s agreed to post press releases on the co...

A California county’s top election official excluded journalists he doesn’t like from receiving press releases.

Today, in response to @facoalition.bsky.social’s advocacy for @shastascout.bsky.social, these actions got a strong rebuke by the board that hired him.

shastascout.org/supervisors-...

Hold Your Tongue: Cypress Bans Politicians From Disparaging Each Other at City Council Meetings Cypress officials have adopted an ordinance prohibiting their colleagues from making unsubstantiated allegations against each other.

The answer to speech you dislike is more speech, not #censorship. voiceofoc.org/2025/10/cypr...

FAC Represents Newsroom After Shasta Elections Official Illegally Excludes its Journalists from Media Release Distribution Advocacy

FAC is representing @shastascout.bsky.social in this letter to Shasta County's elections official after he said the outlet was not "legitimate" and illegally removed her from a media release distribution list.

Government secrecy fuels corruption. Transparency fuels accountability. That’s why FAC challenges government secrecy head-on. Support FAC: firstamendmentcoalition.org/support-fac/

A Cutting French Senator Becomes Trump’s European Nemesis

One could do worse than be called a “visceral antitotalitarian.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/w...