Giving a bully your lunch money is only a temporary downpayment for future bullying. We ALL need to step up for the first amendment. By-the-way, for the record, this ex-Disney employee finds Jimmy Kimmel very talented and funny. mh

Sen Chris Murphy (D-CT), speaking to ABC, references Jan 6 when discussing turmoil in Justice Dept “If you are a friend of the President, a loyalist to the President, you can get away with nearly anything… including beating the hell out of police officers”

The Disinformation Governance Board was a policy coordination body that would have had nothing to do with the any American’s speech, so I would have done nothing. As an American citizen, I am v disturbed that a comedian has been suspended because the FCC pressured his network. You should be too.

Republicans in Congress: ABC made a business decision based on ratings and input from their viewers and advertisers. Trump and Carr: No, it was us. We hated him and demanded he be fired. I kinda have to believe Trump on this one.

This evening I went to a memorial service for my friend and my co-author of my book, Standing My Ground. Ron Harris was a great man and fantastic investigative journalist who was passionate about his work. Im thankful to him for helping me create and share with the world we created.

Narrator: They don’t

It should never have been filed, but this is the best news of the week for @usconstamendi.bsky.social

Never Trumpers were right about everything

An INTENDED result of going after free speech is it scares people into being silent in a moment where we need everyone to be the loudest.

Literally you cannot make up this level of hypocrisy. What an endless chode.

Anticipatory obedience www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/reversing-...

To honor Charlie Kirk, a thread on his words about Jan 6. Let us cherish and remember them - which is easy since 41 of his sentences are "I'm invoking my Fifth Amendment right not to testify". That is, Kirk thought his words could be used in a criminal prosecution. 1/ www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...

Jimmy Kimmel pulled from the air is bad. It's an attack on the First Amendment, press freedom, intended to limit what narratives are allowed -- none acceptable if they critique those in power. Also horrific: the detention of reporters like Mario Guevara.. He's been detained for just filming police!

Exactly this

Of the people overjoyed that the government got a comedian taken off the air How many do you think even know what the comedian said

Same

they don't have the capacity to compel obedience by the process of law. they don't have the capacity to compel obedience by violence. the only lever by which they can obtain obedience is fear. do not offer it to them.

If someone could print this matrix of 1,400 rows of J6 events, please bring to the next vigil and we can put it up on easels

If Trump is once again declaring Antifa a terrorist organization, that's not a good sign. The last time he did that was on Jan 5, 2021. The next day the Proud Boys "dressed as Antifa" when they set off the attack on the US Capitol. 1/

All those, past and present, who raised their hands to protect and defend the Constitution should speak up and make a stand against the erosion of our freedom of speech and our democracy.

My question is why was this so hard to anticipate

Today is Constitution Day—the anniversary of the signing that gave us the blueprint for democracy. The Constitution isn’t just history. It’s the rulebook for how our government must serve the people. 🧵

“On behalf of a grateful Congress, this plaque honors the extraordinary individuals who bravely protected and defended this symbol of democracy on January 6, 2021. Their heroism will never be forgotten.” — Me

Level of decorum not seen in the Senate chamber since you-know-when

Cruz is now saying “if you commit acts of violence you should be prosecuted.” Um…Jan. 6??????

I repeat: This is WILDLY illegal. Trump is just outright, explicitly, egregiously ignoring the law. The fact that NONE of these words in the Times post say so is a failure of journalism.

Gov. Josh Shapiro on political violence: " We need to be universal in our condemnation. And the president has once again failed that leadership test, failed the morality test, and it makes us all less safe."

Yes, we question your integrity

The numbers, they come from nowhere

When a sitting president files a lawsuit against a news organization would we say it has a chilling effect on speech? Mr. Chief Justice, get ready to answer

“A hoax” “Irrelevant” “Dead issue” Call it whatever you want Donald, just know it’s never going away. https://youtu.be/5TdD8bmSU-g

Diplomacy genius at work

Massie will likely get the 218 signatures he needs for the discharge petition to force a vote on the release of the Epstein files after the special election in AZ next week but he could get it right now from any one of the other 214 GOP reps, now why don’t they want to sign? 🤔🤔

And after all the favors NYT has done for him over the years

Well that is on brand

A petulant child being asked a question he doesn’t like

Patel is still evading Epstein files questions by focusing on grand jury testimony without acknowledging that there is much, much more in the FBI’s sole possession that it could release without a judicial order

Just since yesterday, the President has engaged in more extrajudicial killings, promised to use the federal government's power to repress the political opposition, threatened to prosecute a reporter for asking him a question, and filed a baseless lawsuit to try to intimidate a leading news outlet.

Let me guess You’re going to John Hammond this note into existence and it will be a detailed treatise on the greatness of trans and woke

When you failed statistics at Yale

Man, it would be great to have an opposition party in DC right now.

The president is intentionally killing non-combatants who pose no direct threat in violation of domestic, international and military law and his VP and chief policy adviser are promising an authoritarian crackdown on his political opponents. Just today. Democracy and the rule of law are on the line

NO. In Trump’s America, criminals go wild and people defamed by large media companies have no recourse to justice. 👎 Thank you Nina for showing us how to fight.

I didn’t forget ✋🏼

Rep. Jason Crow: "Every American and every elected official must unequivocally condemn political violence...Trump's rhetoric right now—calling Democrats a domestic terrorist organization, calling us enemies of the state, calling us traitors—only makes things much worse."

The right ignored the murder of the Minnesota House Speaker by a guy who had a hit list of Democrats he was targeting to flip control of the chamber to Republicans. Asked about that assassination today, the president said he didn't know who she was and a Fox host said he didn't care she was killed.

Pulitzer Feeling Increasingly Out Of Place In Washington Post Office

Whether it's Joe Biden condemning the killing of Charlie Kirk in 2025 or Charlie Kirk calling for the killing of Joe Biden in 2024, both men have issued strong words about the other's killing.

This thread is very good. Every skeet, every link.