Secretary of Defense #PeteHegseth, who oversees about 3 million #military service members and #civilian employees, reposted a video last week advocating repealing the #19th #Amendment, which #guarantees #women the #righttovote. The video is an excerpt from CNN anchor Pamela Brown's interview with Christian nationalist pastor Doug Wilson, who Brown reports believes "women shouldn't be able to vote." https://apnews.com/article/women-hegseth-defense-secretary-religion-d962f472910fb47a0c66cd37b01f550d #christian #nationalism
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A gov’t-sanctioned #truth #arbiter for CBS?! https://gizmodo.com/fcc-commissioner-slams-paramounts-new-truth-arbiter-for-the-trump-regime-2000640818
As both a US #citizen and a former #journalist, I say: What the hell?! Has the 1st #amendment to the #Constitution been taken away?! https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/amdt1-9-1/ALDE_00000395/
Gizmodo · FCC Commissioner Slams Paramount's New 'Truth Arbiter' for the Trump RegimeAnna Gomez says the new company is "born in shame."
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Even for #JoeRogan, this is a Touch too much.
The #Issue totally conflicts with #freeSpeech in #America and the first #Amendment.
The #Trump-#Admistration shits on the #Constitution, literally.
“What are ‘Black Jobs’ Under the Trump Regime?”
by Roz in Rosalyn’s Writings on Substack
“Black Jobs Will be the Jobs That are Now Performed by Illegal Immigrants. Don’t worry. These jobs will also be performed by the poorest of whites, other racial minorities, & anyone who’s deemed ‘undesirable’ or who upsets the regime”
https://open.substack.com/pub/rosalynmorris/p/what-are-black-jobs-under-the-trump
Rosalyn’s Writings · What are “Black Jobs” Under the Trump Regime?
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@MEActNOW but the freedom of speach in the #Dutch #Constitution is much worse: it's poorly written, the government can do the #sensorship it wants, no judge is going to stop them.
So, the US's first #amendment is still much better.
https://www.denederlandsegrondwet.nl/id/vkugbqvdsyww/artikel_7_vrijheid_van_meningsuiting#taal_enge
www.denederlandsegrondwet.nlArtikel 7: Vrijheid van meningsuiting; censuurverbod - Nederlandse Grondwet
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The irony that I personally am seeing is my stepdad actively encouraging me to get my FOID (Illinois gun card) card and acquire a piece to carry on my person.
He doesn't realize if I had one at all times it would likely get used to stop right wing #fascism if I had such an opportunity. He just so fervently believes in the 2nd #Amendment that he's blind to this kind of thing.
He's one of those individuals that believes if you just comply, cross the border legally, etc. that you wouldn't have any issues. If it wasn't obvious, I disagree.
You can hear a pin drop as #trump drones on about trophy wives, and the West Point crowd realizes he's non compos mentis.
25th #Amendment NOW.
#Hegseth has invited what appears to be the entire #Pentagon workforce to a Christian prayer and worship service in the official Pentagon auditorium during duty hours in violation of the First #Amendment and military regulations.
It's 2 AM and we're still here fighting for working families.
#WaysMeansCmte
Dems just offered an #amendment to cut #taxes for middle-class families and make the ultra-rich pay their fair share instead.
#Republicans just voted it down — because they only care about billionaires.
The citizens of Springfield Illinois told Kristi Noem to get the F out of their town and they don’t want her there! Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem is #exploiting the unaliving of Emma Schaefer for her political agenda in Springfield Illinois! 
1st #Amendment … this is how you do it.
#Trump DOJ is trying to destroy the 4th #Amendment. I have the bonkers #DOJ memo that authorizes federal agents to barge into our homes without a warrant. I explain the many ways this is wildly unconstitutional, and premised upon a sham application of the #AEA
How cool is this? Somebody got a picture of me at the march down fifth avenue today! A favorite sign I saw was "They're cashing the checks. They're cashing the dividends."
#deport #PresidentMusk #Nazi #Swasticar we #elected #OurPutin #HandsOff #protest #resist #FightBack #NYC #NewYorkCity #TeslaTakedown #meatpacking #district #BryantPark #FifthAvenue #march #ICE = #Gestapo #first #amendment #rights #SCOTUS #CapturedCourt #KingTrump #kiss #ring #tariffs #free #speech #Congress #asleep
New entry of AI-generated #comics and #jokes added to our #website:
#Voter ID #Amendment
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#AIGeneratedJokes #DailyJokes #AIHumor #LaughWithAI #AIComedy
comics.lucentinian.comVoter ID AmendmentWhy did the constitutional amendment need an ID to get into the Wisconsin Constitution?
Because it wanted to make sure it was really qualified to be there!
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@soulexpress
Gun nuts used to love to say:
"The #SecondsAmendment is the one that protects all the rest." (That's bull$#!+ of course. It's the FIRST that does that, not the 2nd.)
But, as I've LONG pointed out, they'll sit back and watch every other #Constitutional #Amendment be decimated so long as they get to keep their Wubbies. 
A Statement from #ConstitutionalLaw Scholars on the government's funding cutoff at #ColumbiaUniversity
— Eugene Volokh, Michael C. Dorf, David Cole, & 15 other scholars
The #USgovernment may not threaten #funding cuts as a tool to pressure recipients into suppressing #First #Amendment protected #speech.
#law #Constitution #CivilRights #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #ThoughtPolice #ViewPointDiscrimination #dissent
https://www.nybooks.com/online/2025/03/20/a-statement-from-constitutional-law-scholars-on-columbia/
The New York Review of BooksA Statement from Constitutional Law Scholars on Columbia | Eugene Volokh, Michael C. Dorf, David ColeWe write as constitutional scholars—some liberal and some conservative—who seek to defend academic freedom and the First Amendment in the wake of the
As a close family member of mine is in breast cancer research, I’m aware of the fascist ideals of #trump against science. The word “woman” is now banned. Write a breast cancer grant without “woman”.
#amendment #rights #fascism #science #project2025 #antifa
grantwritingandfunding.comBanned and Trigger Words in Federal Grant Writing in the Trump Administration 2.0 | Grant Writing & FundingWhat are the banned words grant writers need to know about for federal grants in the 2025 Trump Administration.
#NeedsFixin
New Post: Unfixable: The U.S. Constitution Is Irreparably Broken
https://this.needsfixin.net/2025/02/25/unfixable-the-u-s-constitution-is-irreparably-broken/
#Law #Politics #amendment #constitution
New Post: Unfixable: The U.S. Constitution Is Irreparably Broken
https://this.needsfixin.net/2025/02/25/unfixable-the-u-s-constitution-is-irreparably-broken/
#Law #Politics #amendment #constitution
this.needsfixin.netUnfixable: The U.S. Constitution Is Irreparably Broken – This Needs Fixin'
Local press accuses city officials of secrecy. Officials sue, to silence local press, not feeling ironic at all. Judge sides with the fascists! Orders paper to remove editorial! Paper will appeal. Wowza.
#Louisiana #people #press #freedoms #first #amendment #rights #silence #critics #USA #judge #newspaper #editorial #abuse #bench #state #judicial #reprimand #disciplinary #action #maybe https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5155749-mississippi-clarksdale-editorial-press-freedom/
#Trump promises 2 punish people 4 disagreeing w him Lately he’s found that such threats R sufficient to bring many of perceived #enemies in line. Certainly the case when leaders at #Disney rolled over after Trump sued #ABC for alleged defamation by Stephanopoulos in a case that 1st #amendment lawyers widely believed #Disney would have won. This is1 way institutions fail not because they r forced in2 submission but because people in positions of power collapse on their own https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/03/washington-post-bezos-trump-cartoon-ann-telnaes/681406/?gift=mBLCHcnsd_Gd3EecvWSKTR9BCilTPPRU9PG5KWrQMnk
The Atlantic · The Washington Post’s Dangerous Precedent
HuffPost: #ICE Arrests More Than 500 In Raids, Including U.S. #Veteran In #NewJersey, Mayor Says
“This egregious act is in plain violation of the Fourth #Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees ‘the right of the people be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against #unreasonableSearches and seizures…’” the mayor said in a statement. “Newark will not stand by idly while people are being unlawfully terrorized.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-raids-new-jersey-undocumented-immigrants_n_67931012e4b084b88b0f5af6
HuffPost · ICE Arrests More Than 500 In Raids, Including U.S. Veteran In New Jersey, Mayor Says