Literally once again. bsky.app/profile/kurt...

This is a very bad decision made by very bad people on behalf of other very bad people. The Trump administration has repeatedly shown itself to use illegitimate investigations to punish people it dislikes. Therefore a Trump administration investigation is not legitimate basis for this decision.

Free Software Foundation Europe (@fsfe.org ) lost its payment processor over a fight for donor privacy. fsfe.org/news/2026/ne... h/t @blmurch.com

🔔 The SEC "gag rule" is blatantly unconstitutional. Join us for an conversation with @wcreeley.bsky.social, Floyd Abrams, Peggy Little, and Rachel Frank Quinton to learn about why SCOTUS must act to strike it down. 🗓️ Tuesday, May 5, 2 p.m. ET/1 p.m. CT RSVP: freedom.press/gag-rule

So grateful for this review of my book from @eff.org

Really important book from @reitman.bsky.social on how banks, credit cards & payment processors are chilling & censoring speech It makes very clear that this isn’t just the “whim” of financial institutions but comes from pressure—direct & indirect—from government reason.com/2026/04/29/b...

Blocking donations to a nonprofit that’s fighting for justice. What happened to Trump’s executive order against debanking, you ask? Could its enforcement be sporadic and politically motivated?🤔

Payment services like PayPal don’t have any incentive to consider the value of controversial and unpopular speech or how it may benefit our society. Yet as @reitman.bsky.social points out, they hold the power of censorship. @literaryhub.bsky.social

Remember: one-third of all Americans killed by strangers in the United States are killed by the police. hrdag.org/violence-in-...

Solar panels don’t damage the countryside you just don’t like the way they look. Skylarks. Linnets. Yellowhammers. www.ecoportal.net/en/solar-pan...

I still love this review so much. Thanks High Times. hightimes.com/culture/tran...

The Pentagon fired an ombudsman whose role is to preserve a military newspaper's editorial independence because she spoke out about efforts to undermine that independence. These people behave as if someone else pays their legal fees when they get sued. Oh, right...

Cash is built to be more anonymous than digital credit card transactions. @reitman.bsky.social reminds us that cash is also resistant to censorship since there is no financial intermediary or time and location tracker.

What happens when financial companies shutter the accounts of people engaged in legal forms of speech, like journalists and activists, who have important stories to tell? @reitman.bsky.social #FreedomOfSpeech

Just horrifying to watch once excellent universities voluntarily destroying themselves.

If you haven't been paying attention to niche national security law, you should now. This surveillance program collects communications from all over the globe--and when folks talk to people in the US, the US side of the convo is stored and the FBI can sift through it without a warrant. A lil 🧵:

I sent a classified letter to House and Senate colleagues about a secret interpretation of surveillance law that every American should be concerned about. Representative Massie is right. The Constitution requires EVERY member to vote against a clean reauthorization.

Seems like the DC media should be asking every rep or Senator who votes for a clean reauth if they read Wyden's letter...

I just finished and enjoyed @annaleen.bsky.social “Automatic Noodle”. Great world building, one scene I’ll never stop thinking about, & just perfect for my brain right now. If you’re in the mood for light-hearted science fiction, (& especially if you live/lived in San Francisco) a strong recommend.

Love this from @hrdag.org -- "Systems of data collection shape knowledge"

It’s infuriating when a woman comes forward about a man raping her in his hotel room after drinking and the response is “Why would she go to his room?” “Why would she drink with him?” This is Mike Pence logic. Women should be allowed to hang out with men without expecting they will be raped.

I will admit, I have an especially deep enmity for people speaking authoritatively about things that happened in rooms where I was present and they were not.

Somebody just sent me this, and I'll just say... I'm on the @eff.org board, and I promise we don't spend any time talking about tweet strategy. We *do* spend lots of time thinking about how to make tech markets more competitive for companies like Epic, tho. (I just don't use Musk's CSAM site. 🤷🏾)

If the DOJ’s history killer memo stands, Trump - and every future president - will be able to operate in total secrecy. We can’t let that happen. My latest for @theintercept.com:

Book unboxing of Transaction Denied. 🎉📖🤗 a.co/d/09Aje7Md

Trump lapel pin-wearing bootlicker Brendan Carr went from writing "A newsroom’s decision about what stories to cover and how to frame them should be beyond the reach of any government official" in 2021 to threatening outlets he doesn't even regulate over completely accurate reporting in 2026.

Thanks to @jhpot.bsky.social for featuring our app Dangerzone in @wired.com. This free app makes even the sketchiest PDF or Word Doc safe to open.

Wow, Turning Point: The Vietnam War just received 5 Emmy nominations. Incredible! www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7Lo...

Unboxing copies of my new book Transaction Denied. What a surreal moment. The dog is also excited. a.co/d/072cZqNx

Thanks for helping to spread the word. As more people find out about the book, I get more emails from people telling me they lost their financial accounts due to legal speech or legal donations. Turns out our financial system isn't working for many, many people.

Journalists don’t work for the government and their right to publish government leaks is protected by the First Amendment which, despite President Trump’s efforts, remains the law of the land. Read our statement: freedom.press/issues/trump...

Thanks @fightforthefuture.org 🙏

I'm talking about journalists losing financial services in this interview with @kgosztola.bsky.social

absolute last chance to buy my book as a pre-order is tonight: www.amazon.com/Transaction-...

This will be fun! I hope to see folks there

Review from High Times: "Reitman is not floating some abstract thesis about speech and democracy above the mess of real life. She is showing how corporate power behaves when nobody is looking, and how quickly that certainty can wobble once public scrutiny arrives." hightimes.com/culture/tran...

So wonderful to see the interview with Cindy Cohn of @eff.org on the Daily Show. Let’s make her incredible book a bestseller. 🚀 youtu.be/QkC1aK7jfLo?...

Speaking out against humanitarian crimes should never cause one to lose a bank account.

I have had my @eff email account back one day and someone already emailed there asking me to be on the board of their nonprofit. How did they even know??

I had a great chat with @masnick.com about my new book, the role financial companies should play in policing online speech, starting @freedom.press, and jawboning. Listen to the Tech Dirt podcast on your player of choice or at this link: www.techdirt.com/2026/03/31/t...

If you are in the Bay Area, it would be wonderful to see you at my book launch next week. Come hang out and we can talk about what role financial companies should play in policing online speech. April 7 in Berkeley & April 9 in SF. RSVP: financialcensorship.org/2026/03/12/c...

I feel like Jon Stewart isn't used to having litigators on his show. You can tell Cindy is just having a blast and could debate free speech online with him all night. Then she ends with a big smile and "this was fun." So good.

Incredible multi-media report from our friends at @uwchr.bsky.social telling the story of Efraín Arévalo Ibarra: a teacher, father, and union member who was “disappeared” by the Salvadoran government in November 1977. unfinishedsentences.org/reports/efra...

So wonderful to see the interview with Cindy Cohn of @eff.org on the Daily Show. Let’s make her incredible book a bestseller. 🚀 youtu.be/QkC1aK7jfLo?...

I joined @kgosztola.bsky.social for this conversation exploring how financial access can be a tool to punish journalists who challenge powerful interests. Check it out and subscribe to Kevin's newsletter.

There are many, many bad government websites.... ...and then there's MyMove.gov -- easily the most evil, disastrously bad website ever to be created for the world wide web. I want to kill it ten times over.

ICE OUT! ICE OUT! Here's a little clip of my song "Come Thru Us" on Boston Common at the "Saturday in the Park" event organized by The Format with Joyce Manor The song is up on Bandcamp rn with 100% of proceeds to LUCE: Immigrant Justice Network: evangreer.bandcamp.com/track/come-t...

Such an incredible moment in the fight against mass surveillance. I learned so much working with you @brianknappenberger.bsky.social

DHS says filming ICE is illegal and amounts to doxxing. They’re absolutely wrong. Recording law enforcement in public spaces is protected by the First Amendment — and courts have affirmed that right time and again. Watch @freedom.press's @trevortimm.bsky.social explain:

Aesop: I TOLD YOU