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Jul 6
LAWSUIT: We’re suing DHS after agents tracked down a Rochester, NY, man for sending a critical email to ICE’s director. This is America at 250. Dispatching federal agents to your doorstep because you criticized a public official is an insult to the First Amendment.
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This week in free speech: 👉 Jason Arday’s death sparks calls for new limits on reporting 👉 A Reconstruction-era law is being used to prosecute Don Lemon and Douglass Mackey 👉 Foreign journalists will soon face social media checks to obtain U.S. visas ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Aug 21
Today's firings are an ugly, un-American attack on our free press. By tradition and design, the Stars and Stripes is protected by First Amendment principles. The paper has possessed editorial independence for decades. To preserve that independence, and prevent the Pentagon from
Brian Stelter
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Aug 21
Stars & Stripes editor in chief Erik Slavin and reporter Lara Korte "were fired for participating in a CBS News interview, during which he said censorship of the military newspaper crossed a red line." washingtonpost.com/business/2026/…
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Aug 20
Free speech protects everyone, especially when you’re outnumbered. That’s why protecting the First Amendment matters, and we can’t do it without your support. Join us 🔥 thefire.org/donate?form=sm
Greg Lukianoff
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Aug 20
The Soviet Union’s constitution protected free speech. So why did those rights mean nothing? @McCormickProf joins FIRE’s @RosenJeffrey to unpack the gap between having rights on paper and actually protecting them, and what that means for all of us today. 🧵👇
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