(News Editors) Following news that The Department of Homeland Security’s new ‘disinformation governance board’ will be headed by a woman who says free speech makes her ‘shudder’ and who falsely labeled the Hunter Biden laptop story disinformation, Republicans called for the body to be scrapped, labelling it a ‘monstrosity’.
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Free Speech Criticism Has Unlikely Source: The Press
(Aaron Kliegman) Journalists continue to express fear that First Amendment left unchecked will pose danger.
“I’m Defending the Right to Express Your Views Under the First Amendment” – Alan Dershowitz Speaks Out in Defense of J6er He Is Representing who Was Waved in to US Capitol (VIDEO)
(Jim Hoft) A vast majority of the more than 800 January 6 political prisoners who were arrested following the protests in January 2021 were accused of walking into the US Capitol — something they had no idea was against the law especially since the police officers were waving them in.
Microsoft Corporation Legal Documents Show Biden DOJ Spying on Project Veritas Journalists — Hides It From Federal Court Judge
(JD Rucker) One of the reasons the 1st Amendment gives protection to the free press is because they are supposed to be one of the most important checks against a tyrannical government. Independence and protection for journalists can be argued as one of the biggest reasons the United States has flourished for a quarter millenium.
How the First Amendment Protects the Marginalized and Saves Lives
(Connor Vasile) With the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics now underway, concerns over China’s treatment of the Uyghurs have come back into public light. While many voice outrage over the Chinese Communist Party’s treatment of ethnic minorities, some choose to ignore the crisis or flat-out state that “no one cares about human rights abuses in China.”
Blatant Tyranny: Biden Administration Now Mandating What Content to Censor from the Internet
(Ramon Tomey) The Biden administration recently admitted that it is working with Big Tech to censor and remove so-called “problematic content.
Teacher Placed on Leave for Opposing Transgender School Policy: ‘First Amendment is on Our Side’
(NOQ Report) Source: Photo from Alliance Defending Freedom The Loudon County school district has stayed true to its word and is repealing a Circuit Court decision to reinstate Tanner Cross , an elementary school gym teacher who was placed on leave after objecting to the district’s policy that transgender students be referred to by their proper pronouns. Cross was speaking during the public comment period of a May 25 school board meeting.
Democrats are Now Moving Quickly to Reclassify Conservative Dissent as “Domestic Terrorism”
(JD Heyes) Supporters of President Donald Trump, including those who did not vote for him, had the best champion of ‘the little guy and gal’ in the Oval Office in our lifetimes.
Federal Court: First Amendment Protects Sharing Food With Homeless People
(Nick Sibilla) In a colorful decision that managed to invoke the Boston Tea Party, Lady Macbeth and Jesus of Nazareth, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruledon Wednesday that feeding the homeless is “expressive conduct protected by the First Amendment.” The decision revives a challenge brought by a local chapter of Food Not Bombs, which sued Fort Lauderdale, Florida for requiring a permit to share food in public parks.