Trump lawyers have been making frivolous legal arguments they know won't hold up, violating court orders by the dozens, and ignoring basic ethics rules every attorney has to follow.
When are judges going to start using their powers to sanction them?
A federal judge is furious at the DOJ over withholding info on the raid on a Washington Post journalist’s home.
Plus, Florida plans to have its own spy quads to monitor views it doesn't like.
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*affect, not effect
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To those who stupidly claimed the WikiLeaks prosecution would never effect "real" journalists:
DOJ cited the WikiLeaks case in court as to why they should have been allowed to raid a Washington Post reporter's house without telling the judge about the Privacy Protection Act.
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Really encourage everyone to read this very meticulous report. It describes the horrific and systematic torture of dozens of Palestinian journalists in Israeli jails.
Kudos to @jodieginsberg.bsky.social and the entire @pressfreedom.bsky.social team. It should be on the front page of every paper.
A must-read report from @pressfreedom.bsky.social: "We returned from hell": Palestinian journalists recount torture in Israeli prisons
"58 Palestinian journalists reported being subjected to what they described as torture, abuse, or other forms of violence in Israeli detention facilities."
Hümeyra Pamuk @humeyra_pamuk SCOOP: The U.S. State Department is developing an online portal that will enable people in Europe and elsewhere to see content banned by their governments, a move Washington views as a way to counter censorship, three sources familiar w/the plan tell me @Simondlewis @G_Slattery
Hümeyra Pamuk @humeyra_pamuk · 17h The site will be hosted at "http://freedom.gov," former DOGE member Edward Coristine, aka “Big Balls”, is also involved in the effort which is being spearheaded by State Department’s top public diplomacy official Sarah Rogers — an outspoken critic of EU content policies. https://freedom.gov/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us-plans-online-portal-bypass-content-bans-europe-elsewhere-2026-02-18/
The administration who literally locked a woman up for nothing other than an oped in a student newspaper criticizing Israel can stfu forever about free speech.
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We've been taking a close look at court documents on the FBI's raid on a Washington Post reporter's home. There's a lot journalists can learn from this incident. freedom.press/digisec/blog...
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The Trump admin’s effort to deport Rümeysa Öztürk has failed — miserably.
Plus, ICE is claiming that revealing its office locations is a “national security threat.”
Yes, we rolled our eyes too.
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Hegseth's unconstitutional retaliation against Sen. Kelly was so brazen that an exasperated federal judge used more than a dozen exclamation points!
Highlights from the ruling: "Horsefeathers!" and "Please!"
"That is a troubling development in a free country!" buff.ly/YY60KWM
It's important to point out in the sea of horrible news we see all the time: They keep losing! And seemingly at greater frequency every week.
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DHS has labeled leakers “a threat” to national security and is pushing to prosecute them.
Yet much of what the public knows about DHS and its agencies, like ICE, is thanks to whistleblowers.
Watch @trevortimm.bsky.social spotlight recent examples of journalism made possible by leaks.
DHS says leaks to the press about ICE are a threat to national security and need to be prosecuted.
Here's a look at some of those recent "threats to national security" and how they are obviously in the public's interest to know:
DHS says leaks to the press about ICE are a threat to national security and need to be prosecuted.
Here's a look at some of those recent "threats to national security" and how they are obviously in the public's interest to know:
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We filed a bar complaint at @freedom.press against the prosecutor who failed to disclose the Privacy Protection Act when getting a warrant to raid a Washington Post reporter's home.
The PPA bars raids of journalists in all but the most exceptional circumstances! www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
Bar Complaint Filed Over Search of Washington Post Reporter’s Home
A press group says a prosecutor broke ethics rules by not flagging a law that limits searches for reporting materials.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
Everyone's heard of the Don Lemon case, but there are a HUGE number of other instances of ICE violently infringing the rights of journalists in Minnesota. The last month has been particularly disturbing.
@uspresstracker.bsky.social has been documenting them all:
The havoc ICE is wreaking on the First Amendment simply cannot stand in our democracy.
Watch @trevortimm.bsky.social recount the numerous gruesome attacks on reporters in Minnesota. It goes way beyond the arrest of Don Lemon.
You’ve heard about the Don Lemon arrest, but have you seen the stories of the dozens of *other* journalists who’ve had their rights violated by ICE?
“What we have seen out of Minnesota — just in the last month — is shocking.”
Watch @freedom.press' @trevortimm.bsky.social explain.
Everyone's heard of the Don Lemon case, but there are a HUGE number of other instances of ICE violently infringing the rights of journalists in Minnesota. The last month has been particularly disturbing.
@uspresstracker.bsky.social has been documenting them all:
Records from Donald Trump’s first term are now subject to release under FOIA.
@freedom.press has already filed over two dozen requests targeting critical transparency gaps.
Watch @trevortimm.bsky.social explain why this is important, and how you can file FOIAs for Trump’s first term yourself.
DHS Secretary says filming ICE is illegal and amounts to doxxing.
They’re absolutely wrong.
Recording law enforcement in public spaces is protected by the First Amendment — and courts have affirmed that right time and again.
Watch @freedom.press’s @trevortimm.bsky.social explain.
Over and over and over again, courts have affirmed Americans have the right to record law enforcement in public spaces.
DHS claiming cell phone videos are "violence," "illegal," or "doxxing" is a direct assault to the First Amendment.
A letter to the director of the CIA from Senator Ron Wyden saying he has sent a classified letter that expressed concerns.
This is how Sen. Ron Wyden clues the public into activity that he finds extremely alarming. He does a press release about a letter he sent to the director of the CIA that basically says, 'I want to make sure you saw the classified letter I sent early today.' www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
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Over and over and over again, courts have affirmed Americans have the right to record law enforcement in public spaces.
DHS claiming cell phone videos are "violence," "illegal," or "doxxing" is a direct assault to the First Amendment.
Or even better, give it away! Not holding my breath on that one, though. bsky.app/profile/jame...
04.02.2026 16:00 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Speaking of the Washington Post, this is a must-read story it recently put out about how the government chased down a guy who sent critical emails to federal employees about current deportation policies.
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