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John Refior<a href="https://hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@molly0xfff</a> Gee, I wonder why Trump would target the Wilson Center? 🤔 "Putin is the aggressor. This plain fact is incontestable. He launched an unprovoked attack on Ukraine without any pretext beyond the Russian president’s neo-imperial ambitions couched in invented grievances. Ukraine has paid a heavy price to resist this aggression. Ukrainians are sacrificing tens of thousands of lives – both military and civilian... The war has destroyed cities and infrastructure worth hundreds of billions. Any agreement with Putin must not undermine these sacrifices." <a href="https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/five-points-remember-dealing-putin" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/five-points-remember-dealing-putin</a><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#russia</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ukraine</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#usa</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/WilsonCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WilsonCenter</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a>

John RefiorThis raises First Amendment concerns:"The Trump administration has delivered an extraordinary ultimatum to Columbia University, threatening to permanently end federal funding to the Ivy League school unless it cedes control of an international studies department and implements sweeping changes to other campus policies."In a letter sent Thursday night, federal officials said the university must immediately place its Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies Department under 'academic receivership for a minimum of five years.'"It must also ban masks on campus meant to conceal the wearer’s identity 'or intimidate others,' adopt a new definition of antisemitism, abolish its current process for disciplining students and deliver a plan to 'reform undergraduate admissions, international recruiting, and graduate admissions practices.'" <a href="https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-mahmoud-khalil-ice-arrests-1921e26f6b5a8585ad5cbda790846324" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-mahmoud-khalil-ice-arrests-1921e26f6b5a8585ad5cbda790846324</a><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ColumbiaUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ColumbiaUniversity</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a>

John RefiorLocal protest this afternoon in Waltham, MA, 4:30-6pm: <a href="https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/762953/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/762953/</a><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/massachusetts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#massachusetts</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/WalthamMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WalthamMA</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/local" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#local</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#protest</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USConstitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USConstitution</a>

Lisa Gets PolitikTrump supporters: You may have voted for him, you may like his policies: But when you support his DICTATORSHIP, and his suppression of FIRST AMENDMENT rights, you are saying they don't want a voice in the NEXT administration. And that might mean supporting someone who violently disagrees with you. <a href="https://union.place/tags/Kahlil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kahlil</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democracy</a>

Tracy Rosenberg"“The <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a> doesn’t allow the government simply to label you and then prosecute you or deport you just because it doesn’t like what you say.” <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/mahmoud-khalil-bay-area-critics-slam-arrest-20213839.php" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/mahmoud-khalil-bay-area-critics-slam-arrest-20213839.php</a>?

Lisa Gets Politik"the Trump administration has arrested and detained a legal resident for expressing an opinion that Trump officials don’t like, likely using Khalil to launch this extraordinary attack on the First Amendment because they don’t expect Americans to care deeply about his fate. Once the principle is established that the government can arrest and jail protesters, though, officials will use it to silence opposition broadly." - Heather Cox Richardson <a href="https://union.place/tags/MahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MahmoudKhalil</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>

DB 🌎🌏🌍This is terrifying on multiple levels.<a href="https://todon.eu/tags/MahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MahmoudKhalil</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Columbia</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ICE</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Alt4Me" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Alt4Me</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Shalom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Shalom</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WhiteHouse</a>

PedestrianError :vbus: :nblvt:Where are the emergency protests today to free <a href="https://towns.gay/tags/MahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MahmoudKhalil</a> and end the assault on the <a href="https://towns.gay/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a>? We need to be in the streets in every city in this country. We can't give up freedom of speech and assembly for students, immigrants, or anyone. Trump is openly telling us all that he will continue to flout the law and the constitution in his pursuit of absolute dictatorial power. No one is safe if we can be jailed and deported for mere thought crime.

John Refior"Greer said she spoke by phone with one of the ICE agents during the arrest, who said they were acting on State Department orders to revoke Khalil’s student visa. Informed by the attorney that Khalil was in the United States as a permanent resident with a green card, the agent said they were revoking that instead, according to the lawyer." <a href="https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-mahmoud-khalil-ice-15014bcbb921f21a9f704d5acdcae7a8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-mahmoud-khalil-ice-15014bcbb921f21a9f704d5acdcae7a8</a><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ice</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USStateDepartment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USStateDepartment</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/GreenCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreenCard</a>

BakersRelay<a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/TheGremlinZoo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheGremlinZoo</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/ExecutiveOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ExecutiveOrder</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a> From NPR.org: Trump executive action targets Public Service Loan Forgiveness <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/03/07/nx-s1-5321313/trump-executive-action-public-service-loan-program" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.npr.org/2025/03/07/nx-s1-5321313/trump-executive-action-public-service-loan-program</a>

Dmitry BorodaenkoMoney is not speech. Advertisement is not speech. Promotion on social media is not speech. Discoverability in search is not speech.Government demanding that online platforms promote someone's content is government-compelled speech.<a href="https://mastodon.circle.lt/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.circle.lt/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a>

Ranger DanLive on <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/YosemiteNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YosemiteNP</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Yosemite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Yosemite</a> website- thank god for <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/park" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#park</a> people and those who support them and the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/photosmultimedia/webcams.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/photosmultimedia/webcams.htm</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TrumpisaNationalDisgrace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpisaNationalDisgrace</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/NationalParks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalParks</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ParkRanger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ParkRanger</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nature</a>

John Refior"After Fox stars defend Trump’s restrictions on the Associated Press, the network signs a letter calling them a 1st Amendment violation..."Newmax also signed onto the letter, even as its on-air programming attacked [AP]..."The stars of Fox News have used their shows to defend President Donald Trump’s banning of Associated Press reporters from the Oval Office and Air Force One because the wire service refuses to adopt the administration’s renaming of the Gulf of Mexico..."But Fox has also reportedly signed on to a letter calling on the Trump White House to restore the AP’s access and characterizing the ban as 'serious breach' of the First Amendment's protections for the press. So has Newsmax, whose on-air talent praised the White House response..." <a href="https://www.mediamatters.org/newsmax/after-fox-stars-defend-trumps-restrictions-ap-network-signs-letter-calling-them-1st" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.mediamatters.org/newsmax/after-fox-stars-defend-trumps-restrictions-ap-network-signs-letter-calling-them-1st</a><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#media</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#journalism</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/liars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#liars</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#propaganda</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/fox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fox</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/newsmax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#newsmax</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a>

Tracy RosenbergThe Associated Press ended up in court over the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/gulfofamerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gulfofamerica</a> “The press and all people in the United States have the right to choose their own words and not be retaliated against by the government" <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="https://apnews.com/article/ap-lawsuit-trump-administration-officials-0352075501b779b8b187667f3427e0e8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/article/ap-lawsuit-trump-administration-officials-0352075501b779b8b187667f3427e0e8</a>

Timothy R. Butler<a href="https://liberal.city/@wjmaggos" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@wjmaggos</a> It’s problematic, but I don’t think it would apply re: 1A. The restriction on speech would be to the company, not the end user, since no one has a constitutional <a href="https://mastodon.faithtree.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a> right to post on X. If Musk willingly restricts “his”/“his company’s” speech, that’s not a violation since the “violation” is against himself/his own interests, not a restriction of others’ rights.

Peter<a href="https://journa.host/@chrisgeidner" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@chrisgeidner</a> The government telling a person that they can't say they promote diversity/equity/inclusion in their hiring practices or work? Yeah, that's very much a First Amendment issue.<a href="https://theblower.au/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a>

John RefiorEvery US president from the Democratic Party let FOX News remain in the White House press corps despite them lying on air every night.But the Trump White House has banned the Associated Press because they won't use his made up fake name for the Gulf of Mexico. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-ap-journalism-first-amendment-8a83d8b506053249598e807f8e91e1ae" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/article/trump-ap-journalism-first-amendment-8a83d8b506053249598e807f8e91e1ae</a><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#media</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#journalism</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#constitution</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a>

petersuber<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Vance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vance</a> in Munich: "To many of us on the other side of the Atlantic, [European regulation of speech] looks more and more like old, entrenched interests hiding behind Soviet-era words like ‘misinformation’ and ‘disinformation’ who simply don’t like the idea that somebody with an alternative viewpoint might express a different opinion." <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5145376-vance-scolds-europe-mass-migration/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5145376-vance-scolds-europe-mass-migration/</a><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> in Washington: Taking down web sites and scientific research that use banned words. <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025/02/04/national-science-foundation-trump-executive-orders-words/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025/02/04/national-science-foundation-trump-executive-orders-words/</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Censorship</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DefendResearch</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Takedowns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Takedowns</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a>

Claire 🌊🇪🇺🇫🇷🌍5/ The legal and ethical implications are significant. Journal editors, like those at the American Journal of Public Health, have expressed concerns that this violates First Amendment rights, urging that the government shouldn't dictate language in scientific journals. <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AcademicFreedom</a>

Infinity Counter 🟦Baseless SLAPP Suits Threaten the Speech Rights of All Americans <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/GregLukianoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GregLukianoff</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/TheDispatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheDispatch</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/1stAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#1stAmendment</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/SLAPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SLAPP</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/Lawsuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lawsuit</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Law</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/AnnSelzer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AnnSelzer</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/Iowa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Iowa</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/DesMoinesRegister" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DesMoinesRegister</a> <a href="https://thedispatch.com/article/trump-selzer-slapp-suits-threaten-free-speech/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://thedispatch.com/article/trump-selzer-slapp-suits-threaten-free-speech/</a>

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