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"The Trump admin🚨is ordering federal employees to wear #Freedom250 pins - at events celebrating the Declaration of Independence. And🚨threatening them with disciplinary action if they decline.
“When I asked if I would receive any disciplinary action if I chose not to wear the pin, I was told,🚨‘Yes,'” one person said."
-D Friedman
Not:🚨#America250 pins‼️
#NPS #1A #FreeSpeech #Intimidation #Threats #Constitution #Rights #TrumpRegime #Uprising #Protest #USPol
motherjones.com/politics/2026/…
Trump administration tells federal employees to wear "Freedom" pins—or else
Park Service officials have threatened to discipline employees who refuse to wear Freedom 250 swag.Mother Jones
I'm standing -like putting my hands up, expressing my 1st Amend #rights -this is a rubber bullet, which they were saying they weren't shooting🚨-obviously were💔-shot some sort of canister thru my pants -a huge bruise on my thigh -shot me in leg -chest..."
"NJ AG says ppl wearing protective gear who didn't leave the area 1/2 MI from DH (an empty IND road)🚨put the public at risk.
Standing around🚨is a big threat to “the public” these days."
-T Ben-Ora
#ICE #Protest #USPol
cbsnews.com/newyork/news/delan…
Protesters, New Jersey State Police clash near Delaney Hall, not long after 9 p.m. curfew begins
Protesters and New Jersey State Police clashed again Sunday night near Delaney Hall, despite a 9 p.m. curfew imposed by Newark Mayor Ras Baraka.Mark Prussin (CBS New York)
I wonder if the people at #X ever read their own announcements.
Literally explaining how they sold out and enshittified the "blue checkmark".
This also seem like yet another step towards mandatory #IDverification on social media! (only to protect them kids & democratize the platforms of course 😉)
#Enshittification #SocialMedia #Twitter #Internet #announcement #news #web #verification #online #privacy #privacymatters #europe #eu #decision #digital #id #rights #legal
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As you know, on 1 April 2023 we began winding down Twitter's legacy
verification program:
Previously, to receive the blue checkmark, [highlighted in yellow] accounts had to be authentic,
active, and deemed notable by Twitter staff [] (for more information on the
legacy policy, please click here).
Now, following the changes implemented to democratize the platform, the
blue checkmark has a different meaning and identifies accounts that have an
active subscription to X Premium/X Premium+ (including services such as
reply prioritization) and are complete, active, secure and non-deceptive,
regardless of perceived notability. X supports freedom of speech and does not endorse or validate the views expressed on accounts featuring checkmarks.](https://friendica.hellquist.eu/photo/preview/640/5619279 "Screenshot of an X notification:
Update on X's blue checkmark
Following the European Commission's Decision of 5 December 2025, we must
explain the meaning of our blue checkmark and verification policies:
Premium accounts featuring the blue checkmark are not verified under
identity or authenticity criteria [highlighted in yellow](accounts verified based on an ID are labelled as \"ID verified\"). []
As you know, on 1 April 2023 we began winding down Twitter's legacy
verification program:
Previously, to receive the blue checkmark, [highlighted in yellow] accounts had to be authentic,
active, and deemed notable by Twitter staff [] (for more information on the
legacy policy, please click here).
Now, following the changes implemented to democratize the platform, the
blue checkmark has a different meaning and identifies accounts that have an
active subscription to X Premium/X Premium+ (including services such as
reply prioritization) and are complete, active, secure and non-deceptive,
regardless of perceived notability. X supports freedom of speech and does not endorse or validate the views expressed on accounts featuring checkmarks.")
