As I note in my book, the FBI from its beginning in July 1908 has been a small-c conservative bureaucracy--anything that threatens the existing political, economic, or social paradigm is automatically threat-coded. This is just the latest example.

Democrats have provided reflexive & unconditional support to Netanyahu & Israeli governments, even as they undermined the values we claimed to stand for.   It's time to end taxpayer-funded support & condition arms sales to end the occupation & salvage a 2-state solution.

Trump: “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will … We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World. 47 years of extortion, corruption, and death, will finally end”

The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications Memorial Wall honors all 2,510 journalists killed since CPJ began keeping records more than three decades ago. Read about the gallery and the visitors honoring colleagues lost 👇 news.syr.edu/2026/01/08/n... 📷: Ken Harper

CPJ is grateful to honor every journalist who has been killed since we began keeping records 3+ decades ago, with the Memorial Gallery at Syracuse University. Since the opening, our hearts are full to see the loved ones of journalists on the wall who have been able to visit. #2025Highlights

Dong Yuyu remains unjustly incarcerated after the Beijing High Court rejected his appeal. Dong is a journalist who has been given a 7-year sentence on a politically motivated charge. PRC authorities should release him and respect the internationally recognized right of freedom of the press.

CPJ joined a global coalition of 29 civil society organizations calling on democratic governments to prioritize advocacy on behalf of journalists, human rights defenders + political leaders who have been imprisoned for their reporting or views. cpj.org?p=534123 #InternationalDayofPoliticalPrisoners

Trump continues his efforts to suppress freedom of the press to limit what we can learn about his wrongdoing. For months, ICE has wrongfully detained Atlanta journalist Mario Guevara, who is authorized to work in the US. (1/2)

BREAKING: Last night, an immigration board wrongly issued a final removal order for Emmy award-winning journalist Mario Guevara. ICE has detained Mario for over 100 days for his reporting, despite a previous order that he be released on bond. This means he could be deported at any moment.

PEN America Condemns “Horrific” Killing of Activist Charlie Kirk While Speaking on a Utah Campus pen.org/press-releas...

An Israeli strike targeted at least one journalist in Gaza, killing five total

Seventeen U.S. Senate Democrats are urging Secretary of State Marco Rubio to press the government of Israel to protect journalists in Gaza and allow international media to access the territory. Read the letter👇 www.huffpost.com/entry/gaza-i...

VOA Russian told the stories Putin didn’t want heard — from political prisoners to human rights in the U.S. Silencing it hands the narrative to the Kremlin. #SaveVOA #PressFreedom

Tomorrow #Mzia Amaglobeli’s court case ends. On Friday I attended the last hearing in Batumi on behalf of 🇳🇱 with colleagues from 🇨🇿🇸🇪🇳🇴🇵🇱🇫🇷🇩🇪🇱🇹 and 🇪🇺 - in support of free and independent media and journalism in #Georgia @caoilfhionn.bsky.social @irmadimitradze.bsky.social @netherlandsmfa.bsky.social

Grateful for the Vermont Congressional Delegation including press freedom advocate U.S. @welch.senate.gov for meeting with Dylan Collins, a video journalist for @afp.com, who was targeted by the IDF while reporting in Lebanon in 2023. www.welch.senate.gov/vermont-dele...

"In Gaza, journalism is not just under siege, it’s deliberately being starved. ...if the EU truly stands by the values it claims to champion, now is the moment to show it." — CPJ MENA Regional Director Sara Qudah for @politico.eu tinyurl.com/5428hek5 @kajakallas.bsky.social @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu

@lizagoitein.bsky.social says it perfectly here - focus on the threat from presidential overreach - don't be distracted by statutory justifications.

We are in this perilous moment of threat to the Republic & our fundamental rights because Trump is exploiting the weaknesses in our system & precedents set by his predecessors. Learning the lessons of the past is foundational to understanding our present. My latest.

Trump's unconstitutional attacks on law firms has no precedent I'm aware of based on the 10 years+ of research I've done so far for my book series on domestic surveillance & political repression, which spans from the late 1890s to the present. Even at the height of the Cold War, this didn't happen.

🚨 Today, @publicknowledge.bsky.social joined 17 other public interest, trade associations, & civil liberties groups in a letter urging Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr to defend free speech and media freedom, expressing “deep concern” regarding recent actions taken by the agency.

When AP has to do a primer on "Marbury v. Madison," that is DefCon 2.

I asked Liv, the Meta-Ai created “queer momma” why her creators didn’t actually draw from black queer people. Not sure if Liv has media training, but here we are.

I'm still doing what I can to get my PRESS Act across the finish line before the end of the year to protect journalists from potential attempts by any administration to target a free and fair press shedding light on abuses and corruption.

I'm not taking my foot off the gas. I'll keep trying to get this bill across the finish line to write much-needed protections for journalists and their sources into black letter law.

South Korea's free press shows how independent journalism is indispensable to upholding democracy and fundamental freedoms: www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...