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Only a Billionaire Could Look at Network TV News and Say: We Need More Bari Weiss
Billionaire David Ellison installed conservative ideologue Bari Weiss atop CBS News, dropping any pretense of independence at the network.
Chilling Dissent
First Amendment rights are under attack, as powerful entities crack down on those who speak out.
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The Latest FCC Censorship Push No One Is Talking About Targets Incarcerated People
Brendan Carr is advancing a plan to choke communications for those of us who use cellphones to expose abuses in prison.
The Intercept Briefing
Government Shutdown and Free Speech Showdown
Amid the Republican-Democrat blame game, a federal judge’s extraordinary ruling takes on the Trump administration’s unlawful detentions of pro-Palestine protesters.
Sunrise Movement, Founded to Fight Climate Change, Pivots to Fighting Trump
As Trump targets his critics on the left, Sunrise says it needs to battle authoritarianism to protect the climate.
Judge Finds Rubio and Noem Intentionally Targeted Pro-Palestine Activists to Chill Speech
The unusual ruling delivered a searing rebuke to the Trump administration on grounds of violating the First Amendment.
Mohsen Mahdawi Faces Conservative Judges as Trump Administration Tries to Lock Him Back Up
The Republican-appointed judges could influence future rulings on defendants’ rights amid Trump’s free speech crackdown.
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What Liberals Get Wrong About Trump’s Executive Order on Antifa
Liberals dismiss antifa as just an idea — instead of acting to defend the activists, researchers, and organizers facing persecution.
The Persistent Push to Depict Luigi Mangione and His Supporters as Terrorists
Trump calls them extremists. Mainstream media casts them as unhinged. We saw something else at a protest for Luigi Mangione.
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Far-Right Demands for Informants About Charlie Kirk Comments Remind Me of Syria
Authoritarianism flourishes when people fall silent. That’s why the response to Charlie Kirk’s killing made me think of Assad’s Syria.
MIT Professor Cancels Israeli Military Grant After Student Pressure
“This concession shows that student campaigns do have an influence,” one student said. "These ties cannot survive transparency."