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Journalist @davidsirota.com says that while the U.S. is "immersed in corruption" in a way that feels inevitable, it is the result of a decadeslong "master plan" by the wealthy to deregulate campaign finance and weaken anti-bribery laws.

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/28/david_sirota

NEW: AG Pam Bondi has revoked media protections instituted by former AG Merrick Garland, according to a memo seen by NBC News. More to come.

Biden's Legacy: Punishing or Snubbing Whistleblowers President Joe Biden harnessed the very machinery that Obama and Trump wielded to enforce secrecy and punished or ignored numerous whistleblowers

Biden periodically harnessed the very machinery that Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump wielded to enforce secrecy and silence whistleblowers. His administration largely brushed aside or retaliated against those who dissented and exposed corruption. thedissenter.org/bidens-legac...

Trump DOJ Leaders Leaked NY, NJ Covid Probes to Media, IG Says Trump Justice Department officials improperly provided reporters details of investigations into Covid-19 deaths at New York and New Jersey nursing homes shortly before the 2020 presidential election, ...

Bloomberg Law scoops that Trump DOJ political appointees leaked nonpublic investigative details to the New York Post & Wall Street Journal in 2020 & found evidence strongly suggesting an effort to impact elections

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Jesselyn Radack and Julian Assange at Christmastime

Thank you and Merry Christmas to all our supporters who help ensure that truth-tellers do not have to stand alone! We rely on independent donors to defend national security whistleblowers who have been bankrupted, blacklisted, and exiled.

There's still time to donate:
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this is one of the worst #Christmas    in the last 4 decades: Israel's #genocide against #Gaza, war in #Ukraine and several wars which never hit the headlines, millions struggle to survive

But there is also a spark of hope

#JA is free.
For once we did overcome

Lawmakers introduce federal anti-SLAPP legislation The bipartisan legislation would protect journalists and the public by providing a means to dismiss frivolous lawsuits in federal court.

🚨 A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced federal anti-SLAPP legislation.

This important law would protect journalists and the public by providing a means to dismiss frivolous lawsuits intended to silence criticism and speech in federal court.

The Real Danger of ABC News Settling Its Lawsuit With Donald Trump The big news outlets used to say settlements encouraged more lawsuits. After ABC settled its lawsuit, Trump started targeting smaller newspapers.

“When [news outlets] settle, not only are they putting a target on their back, they’re putting a target on the backs of smaller outlets that don’t have those kinds of legal resources.”

YouTube video by Brave New Films Rethink Afghanistan • FULL DOCUMENTARY FILM • BRAVE NEW FILMS

A recent @nytimes.com story featured a Taliban commander who revealed how U.S. intervention actually strengthened the Taliban.

This echoes the devastating truths explored in my documentary Rethink Afghanistan.

It’s a stark reminder of the need to learn from these failures.

It's not a permissible purpose, but I think one of the reasons the government seeks out pretrial detention is to try to break a defendant and coerce a plea.

The Espionage Act continues to be sharpened as an unconstitutional and draconian weapon against #whistleblower & media leak cases. Already notoriously difficult for defense, pretrial detention makes things even harder.

The public has a right to know.

Three Steps to Fixing the FBI: Interview with Whistleblower Coleen Rowley Depoliticization, decentralization, and transparency are all achievable goals

Three Steps to Fixing the FBI: Interview with Whistleblower Coleen Rowley www.racket.news/p/three-step...

Trump was prosecuted under the Espionage Act — now he'll turn it against his "enemies" We've seen how ruthless presidents use this deeply flawed law — and Trump already knows it's an effective weapon

My dire warning for whistleblowers, journalists & Trump critics. ⚠️
www.salon.com/2024/12/15/w...

The deafening hypocrisy of elite left/liberals: Judith Butler criticizes Trump voters for being willing to overlook his misogyny, while they themselves willfully overlooked Biden/Harris' full complicity in genocide and voted Harris anyway. english.elpais.com/culture/2024...

US official fighting Chinese telecom intrusions urges more encryption A senior U.S. official who is among those working to evict alleged Chinese hackers from American telecom companies has a word of advice for his fellow Americans:

Top U.S. cyber official recommends strong encryption, a message counter to what top officials have said in recent years @raphae.li www.reuters.com/technology/c...

What the fuck is @aoc.bsky.social talking about? She admitted Biden & Harris were genocidal and then fully backed them for election...

My Life As a Homeless Man in America An extraordinary firsthand account.

“The toughest parts of homelessness have been surviving the poverty and the marginalization, discrimination, and hostility from the non-homeless population.”
www.esquire.com/news-politic...

US lawmakers urge Biden to pardon Assange to send ‘clear message’ on media freedom Exclusive: James McGovern and Thomas Massie warn US president they are ‘deeply concerned’ the WikiLeaks founder’s plea deal sets worrying precedent

Representatives Thomas Massie and Jim McGovern have sent Biden a letter urging a pardon of Assange to “send a clear message that the US government under your leadership will not target or investigate journalists and media outlets simply for doing their jobs”.
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Research by #DisruptionNetworkInstitute Fellow
Lisa Ling takes a closer look at the growing field of #NetworkCentricWarfare, asking questions about its ethics & governance. The research will be presented at Investigating the #KillCloud conference on 29 Nov: dnlb.org/34. #DNL34
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I had missed that prosecutors are still pursuing the charges against Trump aides, despite dropping the Espionage Act case against Trump himself.

“If I didn’t have confidential sources, and this credible pledge that I would protect their identity, I would never have been able to uncover the defects in the Russia collusion case. And I think that should really matter to President Trump” -Catherine Herridge on the PRESS Act

Trump Pledges Major Crackdown on Leakers Once again, Donald Trump is set to take the helm of the vast, secretive national security apparatus. This country will need whistleblowers, sources, and strong investigative journalism as much as e…

Trump once again pledges a major crackdown on whistleblowers.

We'll be here to defend them.

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