#Free Speech
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🇺🇸 30 More Indicted in Cities Church Protest Against ICE in St. Paul
[USA]
The newly indicted people join nine others, including Don Lemon, in facing charges in connection to a protest of President Trump’s immigration crackdown during a worship service.
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🇺🇸 Kanye “Ye” West Claims His Art Allows Antisemitic Speech in Legal Case Weeks After Issuing Mea Culpa
[USA]
The rap mogul is involved in a workplace harassment case that seems to contradict the mea culpa he issued in January over years of similar language said in public forums.
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🇺🇸 Protestors Gather at ‘Scream 7’ Premiere After Melissa Barrera Fired: ‘Stand For Free Speech’ and ‘Cancel Paramount+’
[USA]
Protestors gathered outside of Wednesday night’s “Scream 7” premiere at the Paramount Studios lot in Los Angeles, calling for a boycott of the horror film in a show of support for Palestine. About 25 ...
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🇺🇸 Pro-Palestine Protesters March Outside ‘Scream 7’ L.A. Premiere
[USA]
The protest was also in response to Melissa Barrera's firing from the film in November 2023 after she expressed support for Palestine.
Related: #Entertainment Industry, #Political Activism, #Israel-Palestine Conflict -
🇺🇸 The most patriotic thing broadcasters can do for America's 250th
[USA]
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has urged broadcasters to air patriotic programming in celebration of America's 250th birthday, but a better idea would be to display the First Amendment on screens before br...
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🇺🇸 Berlinale Says Pro-Palestinian Speeches At Closing Ceremony Were “Within Bounds Of Free Speech Laws In Germany”
[USA]
The Berlin Film Festival has responded to separate claims by German politicians that pro-Palestinian speeches at its closing ceremony on Saturday were “unacceptable”, “antisemitic” and “malicious” in ...
Related: #Artistic Expression, #Political Sensitivity -
🇺🇸 Pentagon appeals order blocking punishment for Kelly
[USA]
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is appealing an order barring punishment for Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz) after a video in which Kelly and other Democrats pushed for service members to reject unlawful orde...
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🇺🇸 Pentagon appeals order blocking Sen. Mark Kelly's punishment for call to resist unlawful orders
[USA]
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is appealing a judge's order that blocks him from punishing Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, a former Navy pilot, for participating in a video that called on troops to resist...
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🇺🇸 US Department of Justice sues UCLA over anti-Semitism allegations
[USA]
Trump administration has sought to penalise pro-Palestine political activity and deport foreign-born student activists.
Related: #Campus Activism, #Government Education Policy -
🇺🇸 Comedy in Russia is booming. But stand-ups live in fear of being jailed for jokes.
[USA]
Stand-up comedy is booming in President Vladimir Putin's Russia but comics have to tread a fine line with their jokes where some have been jailed.
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🇺🇸 Read Wim Wenders’ Full Speech As Director Finally Addresses Berlinale Backlash: “The Weather Was A Bit Stormy”
[USA]
Wim Wenders addressed his tumultuous term as president of the jury at the 76th Berlinale at its closing ceremony on Saturday, suggesting filmmakers and activists need to work together rather than be a...
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🇺🇸 Judge blocks deportation of Palestinian activist who led protests at Columbia
[USA]
An immigration judge has dismissed the Trump administration's deportation case against Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian graduate student and Columbia protest leader.
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🇺🇸 Democratic Senate candidate caught in FCC clash after CBS pulls his interview on Colbert show
[USA]
The Trump administration's crackdown on political bias in broadcast television has spilled into the Texas Senate race.
Related: #Media Politics, #Election Interference -
🇺🇸 Mistrial declared in case of students charged after Stanford pro-Palestinian protests
[USA]
Related: #Campus Protests, #Legal Proceedings
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🇺🇸 FTC tells Tim Cook to look into reports Apple News is censoring conservatives
[USA]
Ferguson cited a study from the conservative Media Research Center that said Apple News did not feature right-leaning news during high-traffic windows.
Related: #Media Bias, #Tech Regulation, #Political Censorship -
🇺🇸 Immigration Judge Says Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts Student, Cannot Be Deported
[USA]
The student, Rumeysa Ozturk, who is from Turkey, was detained by immigration agents last year after she co-wrote a pro-Palestinian opinion article for her student newspaper.
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🇺🇸 Court rules U.S. can't deport Tufts student who criticized Israel, her lawyers say in filing
[USA]
A U.S. immigration court has terminated the Trump administration's attempt to deport a Tufts University student and pro-Palestinian activist who has been critical of Israel, her lawyers said Monday
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🇺🇸 U.S. Olympian responds after Trump calls him "a real loser"
[USA]
U.S. Olympian Hunter Hess said "there is so much that is great about America, but there are always things that could be better," a day after President Trump lashed out at him.
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🇺🇸 2/8/2026: The Indomitable Margaret Atwood; Knife; Officially Amazing
[USA]
First, Margaret Atwood: The 60 Minutes Interview. Then, Salman Rushdie: The 60 Minutes Interview. And, a look at the system behind Guinness World Records.
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🇺🇸 Why should I not express how I feel about conflicts? - Guardiola
[USA]
Pep Guardiola defended his stance of speaking up about global conflicts by asking, "why should I not express what I feel, just because I am a manager?"
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🇺🇸 Rushdie's message to "the man who failed to kill an unarmed 75- year-old writer"
[USA]
Salman Rushdie's message to his assailant: "Our lives touched each other for an instant and then separated. Mine has improved since that day, while yours has deteriorated."
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🇺🇸 Rushdie: "The last thing my right eye would ever see"
[USA]
Salman Rushdie describes what he saw in the moments before he was attacked at a literary festival in Chautauqua, New York.
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🇺🇸 Salman Rushdie’s Assailant
[USA]
"I do not want to use his name in this account," author Salman Rushdie said of his assailant. In his book "Knife" he refers to the attacker as "the A."
Related: #Literature, #Justice -
🇺🇸 The most upsetting thing about the attack for Salman Rushdie
[USA]
Salman Rushdie shares what he found most upsetting about a knife attack that nearly killed him.
Related: #Justice, #Literature -
🇺🇸 Salman Rushdie on censorship in America today
[USA]
Acclaimed author Salman Rushdie says the attack on free expression now comes from both the left and the right.
Related: #Censorship, #Politics -
🇺🇸 Two more arrested in Minnesota church protest, Pam Bondi says
[USA]
The announcement by the attorney general follows the arrest and release of journalist Don Lemon after a federal magistrate rejected the criminal complaint.
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🇺🇸 Trump Assails Grammys and Threatens to Sue Trevor Noah Over Epstein Joke
[USA]
President Trump declared the awards ceremony “virtually unwatchable” and accused Mr. Noah of defamation over a joke he made that appeared to tie the president to Jeffrey Epstein.
Related: #Entertainment, #Controversy, #Public Perception