The US Congress Is Trying to Use the Spending Bill to Criminalize Boycotts of Israel and Other Countries
From the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU): “Congress Is Trying to Use the Spending Bill to Criminalize Boycotts of Israel …
Tag Archives: Free Speech
2016 Reporting Shows Saudis Only Banned Murdered Journalist Khashoggi After He Criticized Trump
Trump and Saudi Crown Prince MBS (Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud). From Common Dreams: “While President Continues to …
State Laws Targeting Israel Boycotts Fail Again in US Federal Court
From the American Civil Liberties Union: “Laws Targeting Israel Boycotts Fail Again in Court By Brian Hauss, Staff Attorney, ACLU …
Russian Opposition Leader (Navalny) Detained in Moscow
From VOA news: “Russian Opposition Leader Detained in Moscow August 25, 2018 12:45 PM, by VOA News Russian opposition leader …
Censoring A Dying Man: US Senator McCain Statement On Trump-Putin Meeting In Helsinki Deleted From Senate Web Site As He Lay Dying; Read The Statement; Make A Copy For The Record
On August 24, 2018, shortly after John McCain’s family announced that he was discontinuing medical treatment, McCain’s very critical statement …
US: Free Speech – Hate Speech – Limitations On Free Speech
“The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theater and …
Holtec Refused to Make Costs-Profits Available to US Government But Wants Permission To Bury High Level Nuclear Waste In New Mexico – Comment Deadline July 30th 11.59 pm
Holtec should not be able to use a highly regulated and publicly funded industry to make profits, but to refuse …
His Primary Rules: Never Allow the Public to Cool Off; Repeat a Big Lie Frequently Enough and People Sooner or Later Believe It
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
“…fascism, in Italy and Germany alike, has been subsidized above all by the magnates of heavy…
At 101 Years Old Onetime Mao Secretary Takes Aim at Current Chinese Leader Xi
Trump and Xi Jinping Mar a Lago https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2017/02/28/chinese-gov-awarded-trump-org-a-trademark-possibly-worth-billions-after-he-affirmed-one-china-policy-largest-trump-tower-tenant-chinese-state-owned-co-violates-constitution-say-13-senators From VOA: (See photos at original article: https://www.voanews.com/a/onetime-mao-secretary-takes-aim-at-china-president-xi-jinping/4378355.html ) “Onetime Mao Secretary …
Anti-Putin Activist Navalny Released After Anti-Govt Protests
From VOA (see protest pictures at original link: https://www.voanews.com/a/anti-putin-opposition-leader-arrested-as-protests-unfold-across-russia/4381057.html ) “Anti-Putin Activist Navalny Released After Anti-Govt Protests Last Updated: May …
Over a Thousand People Arrested in Russia’s “He’s Not Our King” Protests of Putin’s Inauguration; Putin’s Been in Power for almost Twenty Years
Putin has been in power for almost 20 years, since 1999. He was Prime Minister of Russia from 1999; acting …
Holtec Refused to Make Costs Available to US Gov; Continues to Suck Taxpayer Money; Wants To Bury High Level Nuclear Waste In New Mexico
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
As US attorneys noted: “Holtec should not be able to use a highly regulated and publicly…
Turkey: A Dark Day For Press Freedom And For Justice As Journalists Sentenced To Life In Prison Including Up To 23 Hours Per Day Solitary Confinement
By Amnesty Internationa: “Turkey: A dark day for press freedom and for justice as journalists sentenced to life 16 February …
Vietnam Sentences Environmentalist To 14 Years In Prison For Protesting Formosa Plastics Chemical Spill; Supporters Who Came To Court Beaten And Detained
Formosa is located in the US, as well, where they are being currently sued over water pollution. From RFA: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/vietnam/arrest-05152017165544.html …
Russian Opposition Activist-Would Be Presidential Candidate Navalny Summoned For Questioning
“Navalny has said the vote [in March] will not be a real, democratic election but the ‘reappointment’ of Putin, who …
British Lawyer Emmerson Takes Case Of Catalan Political Prisoners to UN
By http://www.vilaweb.cat: “British lawyer Emmerson takes case of Catalan political prisoners to UN Lawyers from Barcelona, Paris and London have …
Thousands March in Pro-Opposition Rallies Across Russia
Aleksei Navalny On ‘Putin’s Secret Dacha’ In Russian with English subtitles: https://youtu.be/MrIsXKdjZdo https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2017/09/01/russia-navalny-punches-even-higher-with-new-video-alleging-secret-island-dacha-used-by-putin/ From VOA News: “Thousands March in Pro-Opposition …
Press Freedom Groups Warn That Trump’s “Fake News” Mantra Is Being Used To Limit Global Press Freedom; Trump Doesn’t Think His Long-time Friend Murdoch Makes Fake News; 40% Of Americans Consider Murdoch’s Fox Fake News
Notice that Trump doesn’t consider Fox, owned by Trump’s long-time friend Murdoch, fake news. Beware that the Wall Street Journal …
Putin Spokesman: Calls for Election Boycott May Be Illegal
“Putin Spokesman: Calls for Election Boycott May Be Illegal December 26, 2017 6:39 AM, VOA News A Kremlin spokesman suggested …
Russian Anti-Corruption Activist Navalny Calls For Presidential Election Boycott After Barred From Running
“Navalny Calls for Presidential Election Boycott After Being Barred as Candidate December 25, 2017 11:04 AM, VOA News Russian opposition …
Anti-Corruption Activist Navalny Declares Official Candidacy For Russian Presidency
“Navalny Says He’s Now an ‘Official Candidate’ to Run For Russian President Last Updated: December 24, 2017 10:16 AM, RFE/RL MOSCOW …
Roy Cohn’s Men: McCarthy, the Mafia, Trump, Murdoch, Roger Stone, Manafort; the John Birch Society and the Kochs
Interesting that both Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal and the John Birch Society appear opposed to investigation of Russian tampering in …
CBC Chairman Statement on White House Criticism of US Congressmen Lewis, Thompson
““It’s laughable that the White House is criticizing John Lewis and Bennie Thompson for not attending the opening of a …
US Congressmen John Lewis-Bennie Thompson Joint Statement On Not Attending Opening Of Mississippi Civil Rights Museum (Racist-Sexist Trump Crashing The Opening)
“Civil rights leaders meet with President John F. Kennedy in the Oval Office of the White House after the March …
Animal Activists Who Freed Thousands Of Minks Charged With Terrorism | Care2 Causes
Originally posted on "OUR WORLD":
By: Susan Bird November 13, 2017 About Susan Follow Susan at @ItsSusanBird It’s perfectly fine to…
The Problem With Trying To Control “Fake News” Is That Truth Can Be Labelled As “Fake News”
The Solution to Fake News is Education, Freedom of Expression, Access to Quality Information, and More Free Time. “If there …
Russian State Media Declaring Open Season On Journalists
“When state media dehumanizes journalists and opposition figures and brands them as enemies, it’s all too predictable that somebody somewhere …
Russia Is No Safe Place For Independent Journalists – Violent Attack on Echo of Moscow Reporter Reminder of Vitriol Against Kremlin Critics
From Human Rights Watch: “Russia Is No Safe Place For Independent Journalists Violent Attack on Echo of Moscow Reporter Reminder …
Detentions and Spoilers: How a Day of Protests Went Down on Putin’s Birthday
On October 7, 2017 (Putin’s birthday) during protests in support of jailed presidential candidate Alexei Navalny, 290 people were detained …
Putin Birthday Protests: Opposition Candidate-Campaign Manager Jailed Ahead Of 70 City Protest Across Russia; Navalny Calls Putin A Turnip
Russian Presidential candidate “Navalny and his supporters plan to hold protests across Russia on October 7, Putin’s 65th birthday, in …
Catalonia General Strike of 3 October 2017: Against Repression and in Defense of Civil Liberties
Against Repression and in Defense of (Civil) Liberties: Catalan general strike of October 3, 2017, by Ernest CS, CC-BY-SA It …
Putin Gives Himself Early Birthday Present: Russian Presidential Challenger, Alexei Navalny, Sent to Jail Again (for 20 Days)
It is important to keep Navalny’s name out there as much as possible lest he meet the same fate as …
German Government Raided and Shutdown Independent Media Site Indymedia Linksunten
Putin and German Chancellor Merkel, CC-BY Sebastian Zwez Putin and Merkel two peas in a pod? Putin was a KGB …
Russia: Navalny Punches Even Higher With New Video Alleging Secret Island Dacha Used By Putin
From RFERL: https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-navalny-putin-island-dacha/28705917.html “RUSSIA – Navalny Punches Even Higher With New Video Alleging Secret Island Dacha Used By Putin August …
“It’s Only Getting Darker”: Arrested Russian Director Has Long Record Of Dissent
“Russia is an unbelievably dark and ignorant country, and it’s only getting darker.” — Kirill Serebrennikov in 2014” Is this …
Public Citizen Represents Trump Inauguration Protest Website Visitors Who Are Resisting DOJ Witch Hunt
By PublicCitizen.org: “Aug. 21, 2017 Public Citizen Represents Inauguration Protest Website Visitors Who Are Resisting DOJ Witch Hunt First Amendment …
Trump’s “Justice Dept” Demands Records From Anti-Trump Protest Website In Violation of First and Fourth Amendments To The US Constitution – Hearing Friday
Starting to sound like Russia, already: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2017/04/02/russia-web-censor-crackdown-ahead-of-april-2nd-anti-corruption-protests/ From the VOA: “Justice Department Demands Records From Anti-Trump Protest Website August 15, …
Trump DOJ Attempting Digital Dragnet Of Visitors To Anti-Trump Web Site in Violation of First and Fourth Amendments To The US Constitution – Hearing on Friday
Starting to sound like Russia, already: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2017/04/02/russia-web-censor-crackdown-ahead-of-april-2nd-anti-corruption-protests/ From http://www.eff.org: “In J20 Investigation, DOJ Overreaches Again. And Gets Taken to Court …
US DOJ’s Announcement On Leaks Is “Deeply Troubling” – The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Press Release from The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press: “DOJ’s announcement on leaks is “deeply troubling” Press Release …
Trump Admin-AG Sessions Threaten First Amendment-Freedom of the Press
https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/usao-ne/legacy/2012/04/27/Civil%20Rights%20Book-NE-2.pdf “Richard Blumenthal @SenBlumenthal As a former federal prosecutor, I know how important press freedom is to responsible criminal justice …
Russian Lawyer Who Met With Trump Jr-Kushner-Manafort Had Russian Spy Agency (FSB) As Client; Trump Lifted Sanctions Against The FSB
The FSB replaced the old KGB. Remember that Russian President Putin was a KGB man until he was almost 40 …
Russian Cyberattacks Are Acts of War; Trump Jr. Is A Traitor
John Martin Pandemonium From a moral-ethical perspective Trump Jr. is clearly a traitor. And, based on “Oran’s Dictionary of the …
Trump Aide Scaramucci Admitted Meeting with CEO of Sanctioned Russian Sovereign Wealth Fund Entity; Senators Warren-Cardin Requested Investigation; Treasury Sec Promised to Investigate
This appears the same topic as the story which CNN retracted, and raises the question of the so-called “editorial” reasons …
Trump Lawyer-“Mentor” Roy Cohn was US Sen. Joe McCarthy’s Chief Counsel and Led the Worst Witch-Hunt in US history; Is the Greatest Warlock Hunt in Progress?
“And Roy is incandescent evil. I mean, I would sit with him, and I—you know, it was enough to make …
Authors Stand Up for Free Speech and Canadian Forests Threatened by Resolute Forest Products and Trump Lawyer
The firm of one of Trump’s lawyers – Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP – is suing Greenpeace under RICO laws meant …
Boy Arrested in Moscow for Reciting Shakespeare Because it Cuts Too Close to Russian Political Reality?
Something is rotten in the state of Russia! (Fish rots from the head down.) “10 year old boy arrested in …
UN Rapporteur Received Reports that Japan Media Avoids Covering Ongoing Fukushima Nuclear Disaster; Reporter Demoted-Salary Reduced for Writing About Fukushima
USAF bombing of hiroshima-nagasaki fall 1945, color enhanced. “I have also received first-hand reports of newspapers delaying or cancelling the …
Collusion Between Local, State, Federal Police; ETP Pipeline Co and TigerSwan Defense Contractor Against DAPL Pipeline Opponents – Documents Leak
Related Background: “Jeremy Scahill: TigerSwan Security, Linked to Blackwater, Now Coordinates Intel for Dakota Access” November 21, 2016, https://www.democracynow.org/2016/11/21/jeremy_scahill_tigerswan_security_linked_to In …
Trump Welcomed Turkey’s Islamic Caliphate Dictator in-the-Making Yesterday; Protestors Beaten
Yesterday, supposedly anti-Muslim Trump welcomed Turkey’s Erdogan, who has an Islamic Caliphate-dictatorship in-the-making. “In-the-making” is probably an understatement. Islamic Caliphate …
Russian Activists Jailed Over Letters Submitted to Putin (Asking Him Not to Run for a 4th Term) and to their Mayor (Asking for Cancellation of a Waste-Incineration Plant)
link: http://youtu.be/mLfCKTOfO9o From RFERL: http://www.rferl.org/a/russia-activist-kulakova-arrested-protests-putin-khodorkovsky/28460491.html “Russian Activist Jailed Over Letters Submitted To Putin April 30, 2017 21:25 UTC, RFE/RL’s Tatar-Bashkir …
