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November 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Also credit to Paul Goyette for the photos
November 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM
It’s an event about Kirby, not featuring him
October 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
October 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
October 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
October 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Here are excerpts of his interview with Isaac Chotiner in the New Yorker in which he dissembled repeatedly about causes of hunger in Gaza, the nature of the Israeli campaign, and the character of US involvement: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
October 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
You may recall that the State Department found that Israel was deliberately blocking aid to Gaza, and the Biden administration suppressed that report and lied about its content. Kirby, as the national security spokesperson, was the central figure in that effort. www.propublica.org/article/bide...
A Year of Empty Threats and a “Smokescreen” Policy: How the State Department Let Israel Get Away With Horrors in Gaza
Israel has repeatedly crossed the Biden administration’s human rights red lines. But the U.S. continued to send weapons. Exclusive records and interviews reveal what happened inside the State Departme...
www.propublica.org
October 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Moreover, the effect of these
targeted deportation proceedings continues unconstitutionally to
chill freedom of speech to this day.”
September 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
They did so in order to strike fear into similarly situated non-citizen pro-Palestinian individuals, pro-actively (and effectively) curbing
lawful pro-Palestinian speech and intentionally denying such
individuals (including the plaintiffs here) the freedom of speech that is their right.
September 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
From conclusion, p 147:

"Secretaries Noem and Rubio and
their several agents and subordinates acted in concert to misuse the sweeping powers of their respective offices to target non-citizen pro-Palestinians for deportation primarily on account of their First Amendment protected political speech.
September 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
storage.courtlistener.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM