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#Trump says #ABC, #NBC licenses should be revoked over refusal to air speech on “election integrity”
Trump claimed without evidence that ABC & NBC declined to cover the speech because they were complicit in a larger fraud.
“They & others in the media are part of a plot. They want to continue this fraud for whatever reason. They want to keep it going. They want to protect the radical left,” he said.
#BigLie #Trumpaganda #propaganda #gaslighting #law #FirstAmendment
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#Antifa, short for “anti-fascist,” is a decentralized movement without a clear command structure or leader, reflecting a range of ideologies mostly on the political left, from anarchism to communism & everything in between. Unlike left-wing extremist groups of the 1960s & 1970s, such as Weather Underground, antifa does not issue manifestos or claim responsibility for actions.
#law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda #Trump
The others received prison terms of 30 to 70 years on charges such as rioting, providing support to terrorists & conspiracy to use & carry explosives. [so all #Jan6 offenders should suffer the same fate]
Defense attorneys called the prosecution politically motivated.
#law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda #Trump
That led to a criminal investigation that culminated last month in lengthy prison sentences given to several members of what prosecutors called an “antifa cell” — one defendant received 100 years — for their roles last summer in a protest outside an #ICE facility in Texas during which a police officer was shot. The person sentenced to 100 years was convicted of attempted murder.
#law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda #Trump
#law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda #Trump
…Some said, too, they were unsure why they had been invited. “We don’t have antifa,” said one European diplomat.
“I don’t think we can find any reason why we would be interested in attending such an event,” said another.
“Our law enforcement authorities have not focused on left-wing terrorism because this is not considered a high priority threat in our country,” said a third.
#law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda #Trump
But achieving that status for #Antifa would be a stretch, experts say.
#US #law requires a group be foreign to be designated. “If it has any significant domestic presence, it cannot be designated,” said Jason Blazakis, who ran the #State Department’s designation process for 10 years before leaving in 2018.
#law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda #Trump
“It’s true,” Miller said when #Trump asked for his opinion, “there are extensive foreign ties. I think that would be a very valid step to take.”
#law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment
A linkage to foreign terrorist groups “can unlock certain investigative tools,” such as #surveillance, said one #US counterterrorism ofcl, who like several other officials interviewed for this article spoke on the condition of anonymity…. …Some #Trump admin officials fear that a future Democratic administration could use the tactic against conservative activists, one admin ofcl said. [what goes around comes around]
#law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #FarRight
Some #US officials…worry it is part of a #Trump admin effort to use powerful counterterrorism tools to crack down on US #activists they view as left-wing extremists.
Trump’s counterterrorism czar, [the #AltRight #FarRight #WhiteNationalist media personality & fraudster] #SebastianGorka, has had discussions with colleagues about using foreign #terrorism labels for #Antifa to justify going after Americans with links to the movement….
Secretary of #State #MarcoRubio has invited senior ministers from more than 60 countries to a meeting next week about what the #Trump admin claims is a major peril — the “resurgence of transnational far-left terrorism,” acc/to documents reviewed by WaPo.
The meeting has prompted consternation among career & political #US officials, some European allies & independent analysts who do not see the threat in the same terms.
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#Rubio tries to enlist other nations in #Antifa fight, but some #allies recoil
The secretary of state plans to convene foreign ministers in Washington next week. The event has unsettled some US & European officials.
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Happy Birthday, #USA!
#America250 #Americas250th
#USPol #FirstAmendment #NoKings
#FrogsResist #Resistance #ProtestFrog #PortlandFrog #PortlandOR
"Professor fired over #CharlieKirk post could receive $1.9M in settlement."
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This is just the latest in a series. Universities that disciplined professors for criticizing Charlie Kirk knew or should have known that they were violating those professors' free-speech rights. But they did it to align themselves with the Trump admin, even on the wrong side of the law. Consider these settlements and damage awards to be a cowardice tax.
#Academia #AcademicFreedom #Censorship #FirstAmendment #Trump #Universities #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics
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#SCOTUS rebuffs #AlanDershowitz $300 million suit against #CNN
The Supreme Court refused Monday to revive the attorney’s #defamation lawsuit against CNN over its coverage of remarks he made while defending #Trump during his 2020 #impeachment.
Justices Neil #Gorsuch & #ClarenceThomas dissented from the majority decision, saying legal standards for public figures who claim defamation should be reconsidered.
#law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress
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