"A Stolen Life" by Jaycee Dugard and "A Clash of Kings" by George RR Martin added to list of #books #banned in the Utah, which has banned more books than any state in the nation. #FirstAmendment #FreedomToRead bookriot.com/utah-bans-34... From @bookriot.bsky.social and @heykellyjensen.bsky.social

Former FBI Director James Comey indicted Tuesday over photo of seashells he posted on #socialmedia & later took down, marking 2nd Trump attempt to prosecute him, sources told @cnn.com #FirstAmendment #FreePress #FreeSpeech edition.cnn.com/2026/04/28/p...

Going to go #vote in New York City's special election. If you live in NYC you should go vote too.

#FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #FreePress

Stop the war and save the #cheetahs. #Bigcats. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/28/w...

Tucker Carlson scares the bejezuz out of me. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

So the Trumps are going after Jimmy Kimmel again. #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #FreePress even when it's tasteless or atrocious or not to your liking. www.politico.com/news/2026/04... www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...

The 1st Amendment wasn't written so we'd feel free wishing each other a happy birthday. It was written so we'd feel free saying sharp and difficult things, such as stating plainly that the president of the United States is a convicted felon who is trying to destroy American democracy.

Will Tucker Carlson run for president? Your daily dose of #fascism for today. www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An appeals court on Friday reversed an $8.2 million #defamation verdict awarded to Alabama politician Roy Moore. The verdict stemmed from a TV commercial recounting sexual misconduct accusations against him. firstamendmentwatch.org/appeals-cour...

@advhumanrights.bsky.social has filed a lawsuit to ensure immigration court hearings remain open to the public and to #journalists. They used to be, until 2025. From @rcfp.org www.rcfp.org/doj-immigrat... #FreePress #FirstAmendment

Administrators at an affluent Marin County, Calif. high school appear to have twice violated a state law protecting #FirstAmendment #FreePress rights of student #journalists at an award-winning newspaper, the Redwood Bark. edsource.org/2026/student...

"Like buying war bonds in the 1940s--it didn't change the world, but at least you were pitching in." A plea for change #English #spelling. Not sure I agree, but from a #linguist. #language. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/o...

When you click #submissions and absolutely nothing comes up, it means they ain't taking your submissions, no way, no how. #writinglife

Secret Service agents raced through the room...There was an eerie silence. By the time I rose to look at the dais, (the Trumps) had already been rushed away...4 officers w/helmets and rifles standing guard against a backdrop of “Celebrating the #FirstAmendment.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

From the sorry I missed this earlier department: @notus.com to be re-branded as the (second coming of?) the Washington Star. #FirstAmendment #journalism (I also remember the Washington Star in #newsprint which shows you how old I am. ahem.) www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/b...

#Journalist Jeff Weinsier questioned Miami-Dade Mayor re: $60 million in taxpayer funds spent on electric buses taken out of service. A man in plain clothes, later identified as a law enforcement officer, physically intervened. #FirstAmendment #FreePress www.local10.com/news/local/2...

The use of a "Bias Response Team" at Missouri State #University has prompted a lawsuit from an advocacy group, charging that students' #FirstAmendment and #FourteenthAmendment rights are being violated. #FreeSpeech www.news-leader.com/story/news/e...

The #ACLU's Washington, DC, chapter has sued the National Park Service, alleging that the agency violated the #FirstAmendment by threatening to revoke a protest permit over signs critical of President Donald Trump. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

Now that your palette is cleansed, I want to tell you I had two #poems #accepted by a #literary #magazine this morning. Definitely a National #Poetry Month #NaPoMo miracle, and thank you to everyone.

And now for the palette cleanser: www.bbc.com/culture/arti...

A new memo at @ttu.edu establishes a sweeping #censorship policy toward LGBTQ+ people, creating a campus equivalent of "Don't Say Gay" in one of the most extreme anti-speech policies ever imposed at a public #university. From @erininthemorn.skystack.xyz www.erininthemorning.com/p/texas-tech...

"It is rare for a national #media organization to sponsor an event intended to fete the powerful politicians who are covered by its #news division, and rarer still when it has a major transaction pending before the federal government." #CapitulationBroadcastSystem www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/b...

#FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #FreePress

Cape Fear Community College theater students ordered to remove #NoKings slogan from set of their production of Euripides' The Bacchae. #FirstAmendment #censorship www.whqr.org/local/2026-0...

From @thefireorg.bsky.social : Does California's Assembly Bill 2624 protect people from being doxed or does it infringe on the #FirstAmendment rights of those #speaking on #socialmedia about immigrants and their advocates? www.fire.org/news/califor...

@facoalition.bsky.social, independent #journalist Joey Scott suing Imperial County, Calif. after records request turned down for contracts, communications w/three federal immigration departments. #FirstAmendment #FreePress www.ivpressonline.com/news/first-a...

"It is impossible to celebrate the #FirstAmendment with the current president. When Trump enters the ballroom at D.C.’s Washington Hilton Hotel on Saturday night, he will come not as a defender of the #FreePress, but amid the most hostile campaign against it." www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...

"The value of the #FirstAmendment is not merely the protection it provides to #speakers. The First Amendment protects the right of others to hear what the speaker is saying. It protects and encourages discussion − from both sides of an issue." www.cincinnati.com/story/opinio...

White House Correspondents Dinner is supposed to be a celebration of #FirstAmendment and toast to institutions tasked w/covering the most powerful person in the world. This year, some attendees fear it will be a staging ground for their ritualistic humiliation. www.thebulwark.com/p/white-hous...

Your daily dose of #fascism: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/u...

Fancy fancy #literary #magazine has "released" a #submission of my #poems because it's going on hiatus for some reason. The submission is more than a year old and I've obviously already gotten the message. Some editors are just cruel.

UCLA student government condemned a recent event featuring Omer Shem Tov, held hostage by Hamas for 505 days, calling it “harmful” and accusing Israel of “genocide," according to an FB post. The event was held "without disruption," according to UCLA. newsroom.ucla.edu/ucla-stateme...

“I almost wish we were butterflies and liv'd but three summer days - three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/a...

A new project from Georgetown #University examines how the Trump White House has treated the #media #journalists and how that shapes the information that is shared with the American public. This report from @mainepublic.org #journalism #FirstAmendment www.mainepublic.org/2026-04-21/t...

A woman has filed a lawsuit against the town of Surfside Beach, S.C., claiming members of the town's police department violated her #FirstAmendment rights by asking her to stop filming Canadian geese. wpde.com/news/local/w...

@queenscollegecuny.bsky.social #professor Andrew Hacker (whose "Black and White, Separate, Hostile, Unequal" #books were immensely helpful to me and my teaching) has died. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/b...

#Author Sharon McMahon said "some" of Charlie Kirk's rhetoric was bigoted. So now she's been cancelled as the graduation speaker at the site of Kirk's assassination, Utah Valley University. *sigh* www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/u...

I consulted two friends--a judge and a lawyer--before I allowed myself to be fully outraged about this. Court of Appeals ruling in favor of a Texas law mandating the posting of the Ten Commandments in school classrooms. #FirstAmendment #freedomofreligion www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/u...

A judge said a documentary released on Peacock last year could not have harmed Sean “Diddy” Combs’ reputation, as it was already “tarnished” by his criminal charges and civil lawsuits alleging sexual assault.

Well with all the errors and funky margins and amateurish typesetting I guess the editors reading my #query letters for my #novel and other materials (marketing plans, table of contents, synopses) will figure out they're not produced by artificial intelligence, ya know? Oh yeah. #AI.

The White House Correspondents Dinner is on Saturday. #journalism #FirstAmendment

No one...knows what Trump might...say...(at White House Correspondents Association dinner)...Trump might let fly... the media has been '..treasonous'... #reporters who don’t rat out leakers will be 'jailed,' that #journalists are 'enemies of the people'—or..." www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

A federal judge has temporarily blocked an Arkansas law set to take effect Tuesday (4/21) that would have restricted minors’ #socialmedia access. The law prohibits platforms from engaging in "addictive practices." #FirstAmendment arkansasadvocate.com/2026/04/20/f...

President Donald Trump’s March 26 executive order directing agencies to cancel federal contracts with businesses that engage in “racially discriminatory” diversity, equity, and inclusion #DEI activities violates the #FirstAmendment, a new lawsuit alleges. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-...

@theguardian.com looks at case of protest at Minnesota church resulting in charges against 40 people "that pits #FirstAmendment rights to #protest and report against the free exercise of religion." Two of those 40 were independent Black #journalists. #FreePress www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

FBI Director Kash Patel on Monday sued @theathletic.com and its #journalist Sarah Fitzpatrick for $250 million, just a few days after it published a report detailing allegations of his "excessive drinking and unexplained absences." #defamation #FirstAmendment www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...

As predicted, a federal judge has put the merger of Nexstar and Tegna on hold until an anti-trust lawsuit is decided. Critics say the merger could harm local television #news coverage. #journalism #legacymedia #media apnews.com/article/next...

More on Illinois federal judge's decision against Trump and co. regarding pressuring #Facebook and #Apple to get rid of app tracking #ICE: president violated #FirstAmendment and the apps' maker is likely to prevail in a higher court. From @theverge.com www.theverge.com/policy/91461...

A federal judge in Illinois has ruled in favor of an Indiana man who sued the Trump administration for pushing Apple to remove an app he created that allows users to post and monitor the activities of #ICEnforcement. #FirstAmendment #FreePress #FreeSpeech www.indystar.com/story/news/p...