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Justice Department Steps Up Assault on Press Freedom with Records Request Into New York Times Journalist
A new article from the New York Times reports that the Department of Justice sought, and was granted, communications records for a journalist as part of an investigation into a former Senate Intelligence Committee staffer who allegedly acted as a … Read more »
More Trump Inauguration Protester Prosecutions Dropped as Judge Rules Government Suppressed Evidence
Al Jazeera reports that US attorneys prosecuting a group of protesters at a Washington, DC Inauguration Day demonstration (known as J20) for felony rioting charges have dropped charges against a new group of defendants after a judge ruled that the … Read more »
From the President: Say No to Torture, Oppose Gina Haspel Nomination as CIA Chief
There is urgency to this posting because Congress will return from its Spring break April 9 and the Senate Intelligence Committee is expected to schedule quickly thereafter the Haspel confirmation hearings, to be followed almost immediately by full Senate vote.… Read more »
US Justice Department Compels Anti-Trump Protest Site to Turn Over Data on Over A Million Visitors [UPDATED]
UPDATE (8/25/17): New reports on DreamHost’s challenge to the federal search warrant targeting disruptj20.org, this time reported by The Intercept, reveal that while the Department of Justice stands by its decision to drop its order for DreamHost to submit … Read more »
Journalists Face Greater Legal Peril as US Justice Department Goes After Leakers
According to a new article from The Intercept, the US Department of Justice has announced that, as part of their redoubled effort to combat unauthorized disclosures, it may issue subpoenas to compel journalists to identify sources for their reporting. … Read more »
Trump’s Law Enforcement Address is Only the Latest Encouragement in a Pattern of Normalizing Police Brutality
In a piece for Portside, columnist Jelani Cobb underscored the dangerous pattern of the Trump administration, spearheaded by President Trump himself, to normalize abusive policing practices. While Trump’s speech last week to police officers in Long Island grabbed headlines … Read more »
Call to Action: Urge Your Congressional Representatives to Uphold Net Neutrality and Protect Freedom on the Internet
Since the election, President Trump’s team of policymakers has been moving forward with plans to reverse FCC net neutrality policies implemented by President Obama, which would deal a critical blow to internet freedom. With its vote on May 18, 2017 … Read more »
Chicago Organizers Outline Extensive Protests for February and Beyond
Organizers across a wide array of social movements have outlined an extensive schedule for protest activity in Chicago over the course of February, with at least four slated for this month. Further action for as far out as April has … Read more »
Obama Built an ‘Infrastructure’ for Civil-Liberties Violations That Trump Will Inherit
Read Emma Green’s interview in The Atlantic with Jameel Jaffer here.
… Read more »Trump to Impose Military Tribunals on Accused Americans?
Republic presidential nominee Donald J. Trump’s fear-mongering campaign continued its wanton disregard for the Constitution when he suggested he might bypass the civilian judicial system and try Americans accused of terrorism in military tribunals at Guantánamo Bay.
The Washington Post… Read more »
