"The sheer volume of chilling attacks has helped ensure that even the most egregious assaults quickly fall out of the news cycle and public consciousness." - Free Press' @attorneynora.bsky.social

The Trump admin has tried to chill dissent, weaken the media, & muzzle universities, law firms, corporations. Its attacks on free speech are incessant & chilling. Read my @freepress.bsky.social report documenting Trump & his year of targeting speech that isn't his: www.freepress.net/attack-on-fr...

“Sometimes you don’t survive whole, you just survive in part. But the grandeur of life is that attempt. It’s not about that solution. It is about being as fearless as one can & behaving as beautifully as one can, under completely impossible circumstances." - Toni Morrison

Officially, seven people have died in ICE detention this month. Thinking about the way the Trump admin vanishes both people and data, I suspect the real number is higher.

What Epstein files? Distraction by design. The results are still horrifying. Just don’t forget the master game.

First line of 39-page opinion from Judge Amir Ali in DC: "The Constitution forbids government officials from using their power to retaliate against people for their speech.. even when the speech is critical of the government" Judge restores security clearance to whistleblower attorney Mark Zaid

The State Dept’s targeting of foreign individuals for their work monitoring social-media & disinfo echoes its censorship of students’ pro-Palestinian speech. Both tactics use immigrants as test subjects to erode constitutional principles, distorting First Amendment rights of citizens & non-citizens.

The Trump administration sells us lies wrapped in the rhetoric of public safety as an excuse to censor those who speak out against its leadership, its allies and their policies. How it draws this line between acceptable and unacceptable speech solely depends on whether Trump approves of the message.

Chilling, sweeping, horrific, distorting of long-held jurisprudence protecting speech of citizens & non-citizens alike. So don't forget -- it's unconstitutional. www.state.gov/releases/off...

“Chilling and unconstitutional” — @attorneynora.bsky.social @freepress.bsky.social

The headline alone is chilling. Where are we?! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/t...

Trump getting the smackdown: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...

The Trump admin has sanctioned five individuals for being part of the “censorship industrial complex”: the Orwellian misnomer for efforts to combat harassment and disinfo online. It’s an escalation of a clear trend: weaponizing immigration laws to persecute First Amendment-protected activities.

Who will sue? ↘️

This echoes efforts to target political speech of students Mahmoud Khalil, Rumeysa Ozturk, others. One court ruled of that tactic: "the President’s palpable misunderstanding that the gov't simply cannot seek retribution for speech he disdains poses a great threat to Americans’ freedom of speech."

Chilling, sweeping, horrific, distorting of long-held jurisprudence protecting speech of citizens & non-citizens alike. So don't forget -- it's unconstitutional. www.state.gov/releases/off...

To be clear: I’m not hopeful this is what turns the tide. Brazil convicted their former leader w/ decades long prison sentence for trying to stay in power illegally. Trump, instead, parlayed his insurrectionist acts into $59.5 million in bribes from platforms after they kicked him off post-Jan 6.

In Brazil, it took those in power coming after corporate media for pro-democracy forces to successfully push back on Bolsonaro & his authoritarian grip. Will the U.S. somehow, finally revolt against Trump’s tyrannical clutches with corporate media so totally & openly under attack now?

As "60 Minutes" finalized its "Inside CECOT" report last Thursday, CBS sent the White House a request for comment. A WH spokesperson responded within a few hours. The quote was not included in the "60" report – so, judge for yourself whether it should have been included or not >>>

Free Press’ year end report CHOKEHOLD catalogued nearly 200 of the most potent examples of the federal government’s attacks on the First Amendment. Here’s a sampling of 2025’s timeline of free speech attacks. 🧵 1/x Find CHOKEHOLD from @attorneynora.bsky.social: www.freepress.net/attack-on-fr...

Did their new censor mandate this?

Thanks to Donald Trump, 2025 was a good year … for white-collar criminals

Elon Musk is spreading nonsense conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election again. This “report” comes from The Federalist, a propaganda rag for the Trump regime. Long story short: there was a statewide hand recount in GA. Biden’s victory confirmed. No law broken. This is nonsense.

At least 30 detainees have died in federal custody this year. Is this “cracking down on immigration”? When will people find this the right level of enraging and unacceptable? www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

I’m honored @dazeddigital.com featured my @freepress.bsky.social report, CHOKEHOLD, in their new piece documenting 2025 & Trump’s censorship campaign to target and remove the most vulnerable voices and any dissenting views: www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture...

I’m honored @dazeddigital.com featured my @freepress.bsky.social report, CHOKEHOLD, in their new piece documenting 2025 & Trump’s censorship campaign to target and remove the most vulnerable voices and any dissenting views: www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture...

Sadly @poynterinstitute.bsky.social left off the horrific unconstitutional treatment of journalist Mario Guevara. Guevara was arrested covering a protest in ATL, detained over 100 days in rural GA, deported to El Salvador for his journalistic work filming police. www.poynter.org/commentary/2...

Interesting research on how people engage with and believe in free speech: goodauthority.org/news/what-we...

Honored Free Press Action endorses the LISTOS Act, @lujan.senate.gov @padilla.senate.gov @hirono.senate.gov @wyden.senate.gov. Read about the bill's aim to improve AI, LLM & content moderation practices to better protect non-English speaking communities online: www.lujan.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...

Honored to support this endeavor thru Issue One’s integrity & tech council I sit on. Kudos for filing this @issueonereform.bsky.social:

Framing fact-checking jobs as censorial, the admin adds to its list of distortions, manipulations & lies. Hypocritical, yes. Dangerous, yes. And deeply chilling on inquiry & association globally. Honored to support @issueonereform.bsky.social with this FOIA work: issueone.org/press/decisi...

Framing fact-checking jobs as censorial, the admin adds to its list of distortions, manipulations & lies. Hypocritical, yes. Dangerous, yes. And deeply chilling on inquiry & association globally. Honored to support @issueonereform.bsky.social with this FOIA work: issueone.org/press/decisi...

What state constitutional case from 2025 should our readers know about, and why? We asked some of the country’s leading legal thinkers, and their answers highlight the myriad ways state courts can chart their own jurisprudential courses. A must read piece to wrap up the year!

Free Press has published a report summarizing the many acts of the Trump Administration attacking free speech, describing acts of resistance, and recommending ways to respond. 29 pages, heavily endnoted for another 28 pages. Please read and pass around. www.freepress.net/download/cho...

Acts of violence shouldn't to be exploited by our leaders. Yet, the lies & unfounded conspiracies trotted out by Trump & his loyalists are painful, misleading & not how a leader brings ppl together during crisis. Spoke w/ @anjalihuynh.bsky.social @bostonglobe.com: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/17/m...

Sharing the incredible work @freepress.bsky.social and @attorneynora.bsky.social have done in writing this report documenting the Administration's attacks on free expression. This is essential reading, galvanizing and clear. www.freepress.net/attack-on-fr...

tired: a federal moratorium blocking states from regulating AI wired: local moratoriums blocking tech companies' AI-fueled resource grabs me for @techpolicypress.bsky.social with a big thanks to the folks I talked to and everyone in these fights across the US www.techpolicy.press/the-real-rac...

"Acts of violence and the kind of grief that follow are not moments to be exploited. And yet, leaders in the highest levels of office trot out falsities and unproven theories that sway people because they're emotional in moments after violent acts." - @attorneynora.bsky.social via @bostonglobe.com

New one by me @jacobinmag.bsky.social on MergerMania 2025. Can't yet pick a winner in this heavyweight rumble between Netflix and Paramount, but we know who the losers will be: artists, filmmakers, workers, writers, and the rest of us in the audience. In this bout, there are no heroes, only heels.

A complete farce of the legal system and an abomination for press freedom to convict Jimmy Lai. I reject and encourage others to sound the alarm about this sham conviction: www.npr.org/2025/12/15/n...

Headlines about US descent into authoritarianism are coming so often that their pace risks people tuning the substance out. But the substance of these headlines is troubling, damning, and isolating as we find United States democracy eroding. www.politico.eu/article/us-p...

Trump was pressed by a reporter later & kept going. He said Reiner was "bad for this country." Good vs. bad is literally just based on Trump's feelings about whether you're a would-be villain, critic, opponent, someone who disagrees with him. Which is, in other words, a dictator.

An essential report on the Trump regime's war on Free Speech in 2025 by @attorneynora.bsky.social - categories of degradation of free speech - summaries by month Strongly recommend.

Here's today's must-read, y'all ⬇️

As I explain in our new @freepress.bsky.social report, CHOKEHOLD, creeping authoritarianism can be hard to recognize in real time. Leaders subvert reality, suppress dissent, reward harassment, and sideline independent journalism & marginalized voices. www.freepress.net/attack-on-fr...

Headlines about US descent into authoritarianism are coming so often that their pace risks people tuning the substance out. But the substance of these headlines is troubling, damning, and isolating as we find United States democracy eroding. www.politico.eu/article/us-p...

I examined hundreds of assaults on the First Amendment. One thing is clear: the admin has waged an unrelenting assault on free speech & dissent, collaborating w/ the most powerful & wealthy people to weaken our most basic freedoms. Read @freepress.bsky.social: pressingissues.org/the-trump-ad...

Major advertisers appeared to sit out a new CBS News town hall telecast Saturday, moderated by Bari Weiss and featuring an interview with Erika Kirk. Lack of Madison Avenue support could challenge the viability of the format, which Weiss wants to expand variety.com/2025/tv/news...

This year, I set out to chronicle free speech under the Trump admin. No small feat. Trump attacks dissent & leverages the White House to go after critics constantly. But how? Read our bombshell new @freepress.bsky.social report. I'm proud & horrified: www.freepress.net/attack-on-fr...

A must-read from @davey.bsky.social :