"Grambo, who retired from the Navy in 2022, believes it is his patriotic duty to keep a close eye on ICE because he believes the agency’s stepped-up tactics under the Trump administration violate the due process rights of immigrants." - Banner

As polls open across the nation, know your rights this Election Day.

Threats to Civil Society. Re-circulating CEIP's @carnegieendowment.org useful resource for civil society organizations experiencing more restrictive operating environments in the United States. carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

Baltimore No Kings sign waves throughout the city during the annual running festival. #baltimore #nokings #freespeech #democracy

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook) Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

Shoutout to Baltimore's hometown outlet the @thebaltimorebanner.com for receiving the Catalyst Award for an investigation revealing the local impact of the opioid crises and another exposing decades of child sexual abuse allegations involving a local megachurch.

Wow. Judge Immergut just issued a second TRO from the bench blocking the deployment of out of state National Guard troops to Portland. This analysis is holding up well👇

Where are our federal tax payer dollars going? The Trump administration can't or won't say. NOTUS investigates. www.notus.org/trump-white-...

Fiesta Baltimore 2025, Patterson Park Celebrating the city's diversity over a warm, sunny October weekend. #baltimore #dei #culture

More censorship from the Trump administration and more capitulation by corporate America.

Patterson Park, Baltimore. Signs of Support. Community exercising 1stA free speech rights in response to Trump's actions with a sign-making activity in the park. Links to immigrant and protestor Know-Your-Rights resources: www.aclu.org/know-your-ri... migrant-resources-dmv.my.canva.site/english

I, and many other American friends and colleages, have spent 25 years supporting civil society organizations around the world operating under repressive regimes. Looks like we'll need to apply those skills, experience, and expertise back home now.

A must-read HCR on Kimmel, censorship, political dissent, and the 1st Amendment.

The Banner profiles professors who describe the abuse they experienced when Charlie Kirk's Turning Point placed them on its Professor Watchlist. The professors talk about doxing, harassment, threats, and fear. Their offenses? Advocating for equality in one form or another. #freespeech #censorship

Today, a federal court stopped the Trump-Vance admin’s attempted takeover of the Library of Congress. We are proud to represent Shira Perlmutter in defending the integrity of our democratic institutions.

Federal employees, know your dissent and whistleblower rights.

Submit your comment to CDC's vaccine committee.

Online "Know Your Rights" training. #baltimore

Know Your Rights when you encounter law enforcement.

More pictures from the #WorkersOverBillionaires Labor Day protest in Baltimore. #Indivisible #MayDayStrong #baltimore #FreedomOfSpeech #1stAmendment

#WorkersOverBillionaires Labor Day protest in Baltimore. Protestors marched through the streets to rally outside local offices of controversial billionaires: Johns Hopkins and Atlas Restaurant Group (linked to the Smith family - Sinclair Broadcast Group / Fox45 #Indivisible #MayDayStrong #baltimore

🗞️ Now on The Guardian: Elon Musk’s #DOGE put sensitive social security data at risk, whistleblower says This article features our whistleblower client Charles Borges, who alleges that DOGE created a live copy of the entire country’s social security data. 🔗: whistleblower.org/in-the-news/...

Know Your Rights.

"Media Matters, a nonprofit group that has played a key role in liberal politics, is struggling to withstand months of legal assaults by President Trump’s allies, offering a glimpse of what might be in store for even well-funded targets of his retribution campaigns." - NYT #freespeech

Just Security's new series with an interactive Anti-Corruption Tracker, catalogs and analyzes: (1) how US anti-corruption systems are being weakened, (2) what the consequences are when that happens, and (3) what tools might remain to guard against the misuse of public power for private ends.

“Everywhere there’s a courthouse, there’s a lawyer,” she said. “We’re small and mighty in numbers, and willing to cause discomfort if necessary.” - NYT

A former federal judge penned a piece for today pulling out from the Declaration of Independence 27 tyrannical acts of the King that drove the American Colonists' pursuit for freedom. Link for the piece is embedded in the article linked here, which includes a conversation with the Judge.

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"There is every reason to expect that freedom of the press will remain under threat for the foreseeable future, but the public will only be able to comprehend the scale and severity of the threat if individual developments are explained in reference to the bigger picture." - R. Hamilton

"Without immediate and flexible support, countless journalists and communities will be left even more vulnerable to censorship, propaganda, and information blackouts. Even modest investments can protect the future of independent media.” - Internews Europe CEO internews.org/new-report-r...

Honored to be supporting GAP and heroes like Mr. Reuveni, who blow the whistle on wrongdoing. You can find Know Your Rights information on GAP's website.

Preparation and safety tips for journalists covering protests. cpj.org/2018/09/phys...

Know your protest rights guide from Free Press Action. freepress.net/sites/defaul...

[T]he Trump presidency has embarked on an unprecedented scale of self-dealing out in the open... Where are the current constraints against presidential self-dealing? carnegieendowment.org/events/2025/...

Baltimore's fledgling answer to the decline of independent American journalism -- the online non-profit daily known as the Baltimore Banner -- has just been awarded its first Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the city's overdose crisis. Subscribe now. Great cities have great metro dailies.

Everyday must be World Press Freedom Day. Our rights depend on it. www.axios.com/2025/05/02/u...

On this Earth Day, recognizing the courage and persistence of these environmental heroes making Earth a better place for us all. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This week Baltimore! #baltimore #freespeech #protest #protector #April19 #democracy #handsoff #1stAmendment

April 5 Hands Off protest in DC. America speaks. #freespeach #handsoff #democracy #1stAmendment

Proud to sign on behalf of myself and my firm VKV Law Group. #ruleoflaw #democracy