#FirstAmendment
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Trump’s lame defamation lawsuit gets laughed out of court
President Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal, filed after the conservative publication reported on his relationship with Jeffrey…
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God to Hegseth: God disapproves
The First Amendment strictly prohibits the government from favoring one faith over another, or from endorsing religion in general, whether through subtle or not…
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Supreme Court gets an early start on a bad week
We don’t need to wait until Wednesday’s oral arguments in the birthright citizenship case for this week to suck at the Supreme Court. Getting a jump on things…
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The Biblical Passages I Support Putting In Classrooms
The MAGA Christo-fascists are preoccupied with pushing Christianity into the classroom. This manifests with efforts to impose by law requirements to hang the…
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The Fool’s Gold of MAGA Conservatism
In a 1994 Washington Post essay, Barry Goldwater wrote, “I am a conservative Republican, but I believe in democracy and the separation of church and state.
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Trump keeps focusing on the real issues—like college football
Laser-focused on making life better for the American people as his dumb war crushes the economy, President Donald Trump decided Friday was the day to do a…
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Because I got rights: Afroman prevails in court against cops
From “Because I Got High” to First Amendment rights, Afroman’s music is now making waves in the court of law. On Wednesday, the comedic rapper won a defamation…
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Trump’s FCC chair is now whining about Iran war coverage
Federal Communication Commission chairman Brendan Carr is threatening to pull the broadcast licenses of stations that don’t follow the Trump administration…
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The Fourth Estate and the Fourth Reich – Unexpected Bedfellows?
Well, it turns out that our Dear Führer and his Reichsminister of Propaganda are incensed at the domestic news content and quality of the “Big, Beautiful©”…
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The Recap: Trump squashes First Amendment, and another state could flip blue
A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know. A new low: Trump team says First Amendment doesn’t…
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Hegseth confesses plan to turn CNN into MAGA propaganda
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth admitted Friday that the Trump administration is looking forward to Trump ally David Ellison taking over CNN’s parent company…
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A new low: Trump team says First Amendment doesn’t apply to journalism
The Trump administration argued in court that one of the most basic acts of journalism—soliciting news tips and information from the public—is an act of…
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A Four-Part Plan to Save Iran and Maybe Ourselves, Too
In my last essay, I reasoned why our present air-and-sea campaign against the Iranian Mullahs, the IRGC and the basij does not fit the Powell Doctrine.
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Armageddon is God’s plan for Iran and other assaults on the U.S. Constitution
When church and state overlap, brutality follows, and justice bends with the whip. Blurred lines between religion and government produced the Spanish…
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Why won’t Brendan Carr apply ‘equal time’ to Fox?
The pattern is clear: Corporate billionaires who either own or are purchasing U.S. media are censoring content to support Trump. Trump’s blatantly illegal…
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Another Re-Run: The Department of Injustice
So, now a Trump banner is hanging in front of the Department of Justice. Let’s just say I called it, a little early. Why Can’t This Guy Just Play Around With…
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Resist Dance: Powerful Truth (in face of Trump suppression)
On President’s Day, a dance troupe took to two DC landmarks to make a powerfully moving statement about the horrendous State of the Union with ICE / CBP /
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CBS forces Colbert to pull segment—and he isn’t doing it quietly
CBS prevented late night host Stephen Colbert from airing an interview with Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico on Monday night, the latest act of…
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He’s familiar. But she’s not.
See the picture above? Welp, sure, we know who he is and that he has been arrested and indicted for being in a church in Minneapolis doing his job as a reporter…
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Two new things going on with ICE
I wish I could write an article that is light, uplifting, and funny but with all that I’ve been getting hit with that is not the case. Maybe I will dedicate…
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Court Rules For Sen. Kelly; Hegseth/DOD Can’t Retaliate Against Kelly For Const’ly Protected Speech
The D.C. District Court just issued its order enjoining Pete Hegseth, the DOD, and their agents from retaliating against Sen. Mark Kelly for exercising his…
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What the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort mean for Black Americans
The arrests of two Black journalists for doing their jobs mark a new chapter of an age-old struggle for democracy, inclusion and unflinching truth that traces…
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US Olympians rip Trump’s atrocities, infuriating GOP
In yet another sign that the GOP doesn’t actually care about free speech, President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers are trashing U.S.
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Trump has literally weaponized the DOJ against journalists
President Donald Trump kicked off February with an ominous promise: Not only would his compromised Justice Department continue its unprecedented attacks on his…
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This Suffering World: The Minds of Book Banners
We know what book banners SAY are the reasons for banning books, but I was taught this koan, in which I surmise that the real reason for banning books is to…
