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Kathy Bryson<p>If you're looking for ways to "peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances"</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protests</span></a> update: "National day of action" planned for July 17 <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/anti-trump-protests-update-national-day-action-planned-july-17-2088233" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newsweek.com/anti-trump-protes</span><span class="invisible">ts-update-national-day-action-planned-july-17-2088233</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ByThePeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ByThePeople</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/grassroots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grassroots</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vote2026" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vote2026</span></a></p>
James M Branum - יעקב מתתיהו ☮<p>Yee more proof that <a href="https://c.im/tags/Oklahoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oklahoma</span></a> Superintendent Ryan Walters is a <a href="https://c.im/tags/fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascist</span></a></p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/PragerU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PragerU</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/AmericaFirst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericaFirst</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/EdLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EdLaw</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.news9.com/story/686efa9e9463432812917286/ryan-walters-osde-partner-with-prageru-to-vet-teachers-with-america-first-test" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">news9.com/story/686efa9e946343</span><span class="invisible">2812917286/ryan-walters-osde-partner-with-prageru-to-vet-teachers-with-america-first-test</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin has claimed it is trying to force change at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Harvard</span></a> &amp; other top-level <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>universities</span></a> across the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>, contending they have become bastions of leftist "woke" thought &amp; *<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antisemitism</span></a>*.<br>[support for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Palestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinian</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> is not equivalent to antisemitism.]</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InternationalStudents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalStudents</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin to subpoena <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Harvard</span></a> for information on foreign <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>students</span></a></p><p>The Trump admin escalated its feud with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarvardUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HarvardUniversity</span></a> on Wednesday, saying <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a> planned to issue subpoenas for information about alleged *misconduct* by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InternationalStudents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalStudents</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-administration-subpoena-harvard-information-foreign-students-2025-07-09/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/legal/government/t</span><span class="invisible">rump-administration-subpoena-harvard-information-foreign-students-2025-07-09/</span></a></p>
James M Branum - יעקב מתתיהו ☮<p><a href="https://forward.com/news/753544/irs-churches-synagogue-endorse-candidate-politics/?utm_source=Mailchimp&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=afternoonedition_20250708&amp;utm_source=The+Forward+Association&amp;utm_campaign=43c5e5bf4e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_04_25_04_22_COPY_01&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-9a85c28f87-273147045" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">forward.com/news/753544/irs-ch</span><span class="invisible">urches-synagogue-endorse-candidate-politics/?utm_source=Mailchimp&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=afternoonedition_20250708&amp;utm_source=The+Forward+Association&amp;utm_campaign=43c5e5bf4e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_04_25_04_22_COPY_01&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-9a85c28f87-273147045</span></a></p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mazeldon</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Judaism</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/EstablishmentClause" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EstablishmentClause</span></a></p>
James M Branum - יעקב מתתיהו ☮<p>This is not good news, as it upsets the very delicate balancing act set by our society in permitting religious organizations to have special benefits, in exchange for following a few very basic rules.</p><p>It also opens up another huge problem - as it stands now, this new policy will only apply to "churches" ( a term of art which refers to most, but not all, religious communities) and not all non-profits, which to me is an obvious <a href="https://c.im/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/EstablishmentClause" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EstablishmentClause</span></a> violation.</p><p>For my friends in the progressive religious world - my recommendation would be to be cautious and to wait until these polices are finally in place before changing one's current policies, because I think it is fair to say that we can count on biased decisions when it comes to prosecutorial discretion on these cases. </p><p>I also think there is a serious question to be asked as to whether it is ethically appropriate for religious communities to be involved in this kind of politics, even if it may soon be legal.</p><p><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/irs-says-churches-can-endorse-political-candidates-losing-tax-exemptio-rcna217483" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/politics/trump-adm</span><span class="invisible">inistration/irs-says-churches-can-endorse-political-candidates-losing-tax-exemptio-rcna217483</span></a></p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/ConLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConLaw</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Law</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a></p>
Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p>Punishing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Universities</span></a> for Their <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Viewpoints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Viewpoints</span></a> Violates the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.cato.org/blog/punishing-universities-their-viewpoints-violates-first-amendment" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cato.org/blog/punishing-univer</span><span class="invisible">sities-their-viewpoints-violates-first-amendment</span></a></p>
Texas Observer<p>It was a police-led art heist. The target: Some of the most controversial, but best-studied and most-discussed works in U.S. contemporary <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a>. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/fort-worth-sally-mann-dallas-express-photos-police/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.org/fort-worth-s</span><span class="invisible">ally-mann-dallas-express-photos-police/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/NorthTexas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorthTexas</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a></p>
James M Branum - יעקב מתתיהו ☮<p><a href="https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/education/2025/07/06/ryan-walters-oklahoma-social-studies-standards-implementation-in-schools/84450210007/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">oklahoman.com/story/news/educa</span><span class="invisible">tion/2025/07/06/ryan-walters-oklahoma-social-studies-standards-implementation-in-schools/84450210007/</span></a></p><p>(article also archived at: <a href="https://archive.ph/AQHeu" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/AQHeu</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> )</p><p>It's great to see my friend Aaron Baker quoted in this story!</p><p>As to more substantive thoughts --- my own thoughts on the new Social Studies standards are that thanks to SCOTUS (in the Mahmoud v. Taylor decision), parents with religious objections to the standards (including Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, Native American traditionalists, Wiccans, as well as many Christians) can and should object to this new curriculum and use their power as parents to opt their kids out of this curriculum which promotes Christian Nationalism, in violation of the parents' and student's religious beliefs.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Oklahoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oklahoma</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/SocialStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialStudies</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Law</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/EdLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EdLaw</span></a></p>
Henry Stone<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MadKingDonald" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MadKingDonald</span></a> 's <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascist</span></a> assault on free speech, the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a>, public safety, and the American People</p>
Anomalous Human<p>&gt;&gt;“This law forces religious organizations to choose between following their values or falling in line. It forces family members — spouses, siblings, even parents — to fear that simply living under the same roof as a loved one without legal status could land them behind bars,” read a statement by Spring Miller of the Tennessee Immigrant &amp; Refugee Rights Coalition, which is among a group of organizations providing legal representation. &lt;&lt;<br> <br><a href="https://tennesseelookout.com/2025/06/24/suit-seeks-to-block-tennessee-law-that-makes-it-a-crime-to-harbor-certain-immigrants/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tennesseelookout.com/2025/06/2</span><span class="invisible">4/suit-seeks-to-block-tennessee-law-that-makes-it-a-crime-to-harbor-certain-immigrants/</span></a><br><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Tennessee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tennessee</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/TennesseeLookout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TennesseeLookout</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/FreedomOfReligion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfReligion</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Lutherans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lutherans</span></a></p>
Houston Public Media<p>Four civil liberties organizations filed a lawsuit against the state of Texas to challenge the constitutionality of a new law requiring the display of an explicitly Protestant translation of the Ten Commandments in all public-school classrooms.</p><p><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/religion/2025/07/02/525523/four-civil-liberties-organizations-sue-texas-over-ten-commandments-display-law/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">houstonpublicmedia.org/article</span><span class="invisible">s/news/religion/2025/07/02/525523/four-civil-liberties-organizations-sue-texas-over-ten-commandments-display-law/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Court" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Court</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EducationNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EducationNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/National" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>National</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Religion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/2025TexasLegislature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>2025TexasLegislature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EstablishmentClause" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EstablishmentClause</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SeparationOfChurchAndState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfChurchAndState</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TenCommandments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TenCommandments</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TexasPublicSchools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TexasPublicSchools</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/CBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CBS</span></a> News did nothing wrong. But its parent company still paid price. That's the moral of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Paramount" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paramount</span></a> settlement story. And it's a story that keeps repeating itself in the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> era. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Paramount" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paramount</span></a> confirmed that it is paying $16 million to make Trump's legally dubious <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/60Minutes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>60Minutes</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/lawsuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lawsuit</span></a> go away. Paramount did not agree to any apology — which was a major point of tension. But it did agree to help fund Trump's future <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/presidential" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>presidential</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>library</span></a>. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/firstamendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>firstamendment</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/lies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lies</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> letters, along w/ interviews w/ several people close to the university, provide new details about the lengths the agency was prepared to go to to compel changes at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UVA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UVA</span></a> — part of escalating actions by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin to root out <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> from institutions &amp; reshape the country’s colleges &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>universities</span></a>.</p><p>letters: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/9fd88174-ebf4-4878-9fce-cc20f23e6a9f.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/documents/9</span><span class="invisible">fd88174-ebf4-4878-9fce-cc20f23e6a9f.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“Time is running short, &amp; the Department’s patience is wearing thin,” read a June 17 letter from top <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> ofcls Harmeet K. Dhillon &amp; Gregory W. Brown, both <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UVA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UVA</span></a> alumni. “Dramatic, wholesale changes are required, now, to repair what appears to be a history of clear abuses &amp; breaches of our nation’s laws &amp; our Constitution by the University of Virginia under its current administration.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The letters, obtained by WaPo through a records request, revealed the agency’s increasing frustration at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UVA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UVA</span></a>. They warned that a failure by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/university" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>university</span></a> to take “immediate corrective action” could lead to punitive steps, including possible termination of federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a></p><p>‘Time is running short’: Letters show growing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> ire at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UVA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UVA</span></a></p><p>Over 2 months this spring, *<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a>* Dept officials sent 7 letters to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UniversityOfVirginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UniversityOfVirginia</span></a>, alleging possible *racial* <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/admissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>admissions</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hiring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hiring</span></a>, inaction to address *<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antisemitism</span></a>* [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a>] on campus, &amp; a failure to cleanse <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diversity</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>equity</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inclusion</span></a> efforts at the institution.
<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/07/02/university-of-virginia-justice-department-investigation-letters/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/education/2</span><span class="invisible">025/07/02/university-of-virginia-justice-department-investigation-letters/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreedomOfThePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfThePress</span></a> Foundation, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> group, has said it planned to file a lawsuit on behalf of shareholders against Redstone &amp; the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Paramount" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paramount</span></a> board in the event of a settlement with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>; the group has retained the prominent litigator Abbe Lowell for its effort.</p><p>Paramount is planning to make changes to its board on Wednesday.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/appeasement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>appeasement</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Many lawyers had dismissed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s lawsuit as baseless &amp; believed that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CBS</span></a> would have ultimately prevailed in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/court" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>court</span></a>, in part because the network did not report anything factually inaccurate, &amp; the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> gives <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publishers</span></a> wide leeway to determine how to present information.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/appeasement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>appeasement</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a></p>
Henry Stone<p>Assault in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreedomofthePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomofthePress</span></a></p>