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Sep 22
LAWSUIT: Eight officers raided his home before dawn. His offense? He filmed an officer speeding, criticized him when he got to a drive-thru, and embarrassed the department. In a free country, criticizing police shouldn’t end in handcuffs. In 2022, Joshua Gibbons filmed a
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Sep 24
Court orders are not optional. The law requires all Americans to abide by court rulings, regardless of whether they disagree with the ruling. Refusal to abide by a court ruling has a name: contempt. And contempt has clear consequences. Judge Kelly explicitly ordered the Trump
Brian Stelter
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Sep 24
At 1am ET, a judge ordered the Trump admin to restore White House access to CNN, MS NOW and Politico. As of 9am, CNN correspondent @betsy_klein has still not been allowed back to her workspace at the WH. "It appears that the White House may be in defiance of this court order..."
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Sep 24
When the White House opens the briefing room to the press, the Bill of Rights comes in, too. The president can’t ban reporters from the White House because he doesn’t like the stories they write.
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Sep 24
Federal Judge Timothy Kelly ordered the Trump administration to reinstate CNN, MS NOW and Politico's access to the White House after they were banned from the premises by President Donald Trump. cnn.it/4xHboDO
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Sep 23
BREAKING: An Iowa state court has dismissed President Donald Trump’s frivolous lawsuit against veteran pollster and FIRE client J. Ann Selzer and the Des Moines Register newspaper, a victory for First Amendment rights. More to come.
FIRE
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Jan 7, 2025
BREAKING: FIRE will defend J. Ann Selzer, the veteran pollster whose last poll before the 2024 election incorrectly predicted Kamala Harris leading in Iowa, against a baseless lawsuit by President-elect Donald Trump that threatens Americans’ First Amendment rights.
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Sep 22
The Trump White House media ban has raised lots of questions. Thankfully, FIRE is here with the answers. Join us tomorrow as we break down what happened, why it matters, and what the First Amendment has to say about it! REGISTER ➡️ thefire-org.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
Nico Perrino and Aaron Terr
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Sep 20
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"The government isn't supposed to like the press. The press isn't there to make the government happy. . . . It is not there to be a mouthpiece of the government. "This isn't Russia. This isn't China. This is America." 🎙️: @CTFitzpatrick 📺: @ThisWeekABC @jonkarl
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