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#FreeSpeechInAmerica!
This is outrageous.
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SAVE FREE SPEECH
Stop Trump & GOP Fascists from destroying Democracy
ACT NOW
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SAVE FREE SPEECH
Stop Trump & GOP Fascists from destroying Democracy
ACT NOW
September 18, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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@democrats.org
Next they came for late night TV.
#FreeSpeechInAmerica!
This is outrageous.
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@raskin.house.gov
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@crockett.house.gov
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@democrats.org
Next they came for late night TV.
#FreeSpeechInAmerica!
This is outrageous.
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This is how authoritarian regimes tighten control: by making examples out of dissenters until everyone self-censors.
In a free society, offensive speech is countered with more speech, not government coercion.
We must resist this chilling precedent before silence becomes the norm.
This is how authoritarian regimes tighten control: by making examples out of dissenters until everyone self-censors.
In a free society, offensive speech is countered with more speech, not government coercion.
We must resist this chilling precedent before silence becomes the norm.
September 17, 2025 at 11:51 PM
First they cancelled Stephen Colbert. Now they cancelled Jimmy Kimmel. Next it will be anyone who dares say anything MAGA does not approve.
September 17, 2025 at 11:51 PM
A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
September 17, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Saying a right-wing darling who was murdered said bad things will get you fired.
Saying homeless people should die and offering a weak apology allows you to keep your job.
#FreeSpeechInAmerica
Saying homeless people should die and offering a weak apology allows you to keep your job.
#FreeSpeechInAmerica
September 15, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Saying a right-wing darling who was murdered said bad things will get you fired.
Saying homeless people should die and offering a weak apology allows you to keep your job.
#FreeSpeechInAmerica
Saying homeless people should die and offering a weak apology allows you to keep your job.
#FreeSpeechInAmerica
#FreeSpeechInAmerica: goodbye to free trade unions (always among the first to be banned in an autocracy)
FNN - President Trump orders more federal agencies, including NASA, USAGM (which oversees what's left of VOA) and the National Weather Service, to terminate their collective bargaining agreements with labor unions.
Trump orders more agencies to nix collective bargaining agreements
In a new executive order, Trump added more federal agencies to his list slated for collective bargaining cancellations “to enhance national security.”
federalnewsnetwork.com
August 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
#FreeSpeechInAmerica: goodbye to free trade unions (always among the first to be banned in an autocracy)
#FreeSpeechInAmerica
A survey of countries where press freedom in under pressure includes the United States
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A survey of countries where press freedom in under pressure includes the United States
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JURISTnews surveys press freedom under pressure around the world. www.jurist.org/news/2025/08...
Voices from around the world: global dispatch on press freedom under pressure
Edited by Alanah Vargas | JURIST Staff, US Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights guarantees everyone the right to freedom of opinion and expression, including the freedom to seek, re...
www.jurist.org
August 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
#FreeSpeechInAmerica
A survey of countries where press freedom in under pressure includes the United States
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A survey of countries where press freedom in under pressure includes the United States
bsky.app/profile/news...
Latest in my thread #FreeSpeechInAmerica- a record of how the current US government is moving away from one of their nation's foundational ideas
Trump says that all of the choices for Kennedy honorees "came through me" and adds that he turned down "some wokesters"
August 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Latest in my thread #FreeSpeechInAmerica- a record of how the current US government is moving away from one of their nation's foundational ideas
Trump says that all of the choices for Kennedy honorees "came through me" and adds that he turned down "some wokesters"
August 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
WSJ - The White House plans to conduct a far-reaching review of Smithsonian museum exhibitions, materials and operations ahead of America’s 250th anniversary to ensure the museums align with President Trump’s interpretation of American history. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | White House to Vet Smithsonian Museums to Fit Trump’s Historical Vision
Top White House officials will scrutinize exhibitions, internal processes, collections and artist grants ahead of America’s 250th anniversary.
www.wsj.com
August 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
LVRJ - The special agent in charge of the FBI's Las Vegas office has been fired.
‘Disgraceful moment’: FBI fires official who was head of Las Vegas field office, attorney says
Attorney Mark Zaid said Spencer Evans was fired without due process because he followed the Justice Department’s COVID-19 policies.
www.reviewjournal.com
August 10, 2025 at 9:31 AM
#FreeSpeechInAmerica
Copying a move which has always worked well whenever it's been tried, US puts scientific research under political control
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Copying a move which has always worked well whenever it's been tried, US puts scientific research under political control
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It's been obvious for a while that they were headed in this direction, & this attempt almost certainly won't go unchallenged, but you need to understand that this is & has been America's Lysenkoism moment knocking on the door, & it has to be resisted every way it can.
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
New executive order puts all grants under political control
All new funding on hold until Trump administration can cancel any previously funded grants.
arstechnica.com
August 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
#FreeSpeechInAmerica
Copying a move which has always worked well whenever it's been tried, US puts scientific research under political control
bsky.app/profile/wolv...
Copying a move which has always worked well whenever it's been tried, US puts scientific research under political control
bsky.app/profile/wolv...
#FreeSpeechInAmerica
Government attacks academic freedom with implausible legal actions against universities
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Government attacks academic freedom with implausible legal actions against universities
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LA Times - The Trump administration is demanding that the University of California pay more than $1 billion to settle federal charges of antisemitism in exchange for restoring more than half a billion dollars in frozen grant funding to UCLA. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Trump seeking $1-billion fine from UCLA over antisemitism allegations
The Trump administration has proposed the University of California pay more than $1 billion to settle antisemitism charges and restore frozen grant funding at UCLA.
www.latimes.com
August 8, 2025 at 7:57 PM
#FreeSpeechInAmerica
Government attacks academic freedom with implausible legal actions against universities
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Government attacks academic freedom with implausible legal actions against universities
bsky.app/profile/news...
After months of cowardly capitulation to this Administration, Paramount finally got what it wanted.
Now it's time for companies, journalists, and citizens alike to stand up and speak out, because unchecked and unquestioned power has no rightful place in America.
I dissent. 🧵
Now it's time for companies, journalists, and citizens alike to stand up and speak out, because unchecked and unquestioned power has no rightful place in America.
I dissent. 🧵
August 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
#FreeSpeechInAmerica The regime is removing the right of government employees to be represented by independent unions
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We CANNOT let this go under the radar: Donald Trump is attacking our veterans — this time by ending VA unions contracts.
This is anti-worker and anti-veteran.
I'll fight it every step of the way.
This is anti-worker and anti-veteran.
I'll fight it every step of the way.
August 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
#FreeSpeechInAmerica The regime is removing the right of government employees to be represented by independent unions
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bsky.app/profile/warr...
#FreeSpeechInAmerica
Citizens of Arkansas could be forced to use the wrong names for parts of Palestine
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Citizens of Arkansas could be forced to use the wrong names for parts of Palestine
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The US state of Arkansas could require people at public institutions, such as universities, to use the term "Judea and Samaria" when referring to the occupied West Bank ⬇️
Why is Arkansas renaming the West Bank to ’Judea and Samaria’?
"This is a violation of church and state," David Frank, a professor of communication and rhetoric at the University of Oregon, told The New Arab.
www.newarab.com
August 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
#FreeSpeechInAmerica
Citizens of Arkansas could be forced to use the wrong names for parts of Palestine
bsky.app/profile/then...
Citizens of Arkansas could be forced to use the wrong names for parts of Palestine
bsky.app/profile/then...
#FreeSpeechInAmerica Florida controlling education resources along ideological lines
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bsky.app/profile/quir...
August 3, 2025 at 12:03 PM
#FreeSpeechInAmerica Florida controlling education resources along ideological lines
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bsky.app/profile/quir...
#FreeSpeechInAmerica
Statistics boss fired for not providing the numbers the regime wanted
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Statistics boss fired for not providing the numbers the regime wanted
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REPORTER: Why did you fire the head of the bureau of labor statistics?
TRUMP: Because I thought her numbers were wrong
TRUMP: Because I thought her numbers were wrong
August 1, 2025 at 10:23 PM
#FreeSpeechInAmerica
Statistics boss fired for not providing the numbers the regime wanted
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Statistics boss fired for not providing the numbers the regime wanted
bsky.app/profile/atru...
#FreeSpeechInAmerica
Independent, non commercial broadcasting is being shut down after decades of bipartisan supported federal funding was suddenly ended
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Independent, non commercial broadcasting is being shut down after decades of bipartisan supported federal funding was suddenly ended
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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) will shut down after losing federal funding due to a $9 billion cut by the Republican-controlled House. Created in 1967, it distributed funds to NPR, PBS, and over 1,500 local stations.
This does not make America great in any way. 🤬
This does not make America great in any way. 🤬
Corporation for Public Broadcasting to close after funding cut, in blow to local media
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting will shut down its operations after the loss of federal funding, the nonprofit said on Friday, in a blow to local TV and radio stations that have relied on its grants for nearly six decades.
www.reuters.com
August 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
#FreeSpeechInAmerica
Independent, non commercial broadcasting is being shut down after decades of bipartisan supported federal funding was suddenly ended
bsky.app/profile/davi...
Independent, non commercial broadcasting is being shut down after decades of bipartisan supported federal funding was suddenly ended
bsky.app/profile/davi...
I'm going to collect items about the suppression of #FreeSpeechInAmerica in this thread. Stories about the hypocrisy of the sort of people who think you can't say prayers in Scottish hospitals. More in sorrow than in anger
So, how are things going in the land of the free, some of whose inhabitants lecture the rest of us on free speech?/...
August 1, 2025 at 8:08 AM
I'm going to collect items about the suppression of #FreeSpeechInAmerica in this thread. Stories about the hypocrisy of the sort of people who think you can't say prayers in Scottish hospitals. More in sorrow than in anger