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He Burned a Flag and Won an American Right. He Worries It’s at Risk.

The Texas appellate court said, “Recognizing that the right to differ is the centerpiece of our First Amendment freedoms, a government cannot mandate by fiat a feeling of unity in its citizens.” Since then, many have tried to mandate patriotism. I’m skeptical a court would rule this way today.

Same — I thought your name sounded familiar too. Gotta love uncommon names!

That’s awesome! Nice to reconnect here!

This didn’t get much attention, but in Illinois “‘press opining, reporting, or investigating matters of public concern is participating and communicating with the government’ and should be shielded from strategic lawsuits against public participation.” @chicago.suntimes.com

Satisfied subscriber here! I asked myself: Is it worth a few bucks every month to get something funny in the mail? Yes!

Opinion | Amy Klobuchar: What I Didn’t Say About Sydney Sweeney

Strong leadership on the issue of deepfakes and AI regulation from @amyklobuchar.com but I’m still skeptical of progress anytime soon because of the deepfaker-in-chief.

Current Smithsonian drama now stopping us from getting a Weird Al exhibit Current Smithsonian drama now stopping us from getting a Weird Al exhibit

Yankovic was all set to donate memoribilia—including his Hawaiian shirt from UHF—for a planned exhibit, but, "I’m putting that on hold."
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Stanford Newspaper Challenges Legal Basis for Student Deportations

It’s no surprise that targeting noncitizens for using freedom of speech and the press has a chilling effect on others who would exercise their First Amendment rights. Glad to see the Stanford Daily student newspaper taking the lead with support from @thefireorg.bsky.social

10 facts about teens and social media Nine-in-ten U.S. teens say they use YouTube. Majorities also use TikTok (63%), Instagram (61%) and Snapchat (55%).

Nine-in-ten U.S. teens say they use YouTube.

Majorities also use TikTok (63%), Instagram (61%) and Snapchat (55%).

...and roughly half think social media have a mostly negative effect on people their age.

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Superman’s Other Secret Weakness? Journalism Ethics.

Worlds collide: As a kid I read one Superman comic or another every week. As a journalism educator today, his ethical dilemmas are timely. (Gift link)

New report maps a “severe” shortage of local journalists in the U.S. The report from Rebuild Local News and Muck Rack finds that more than 1,000 counties — one out of three in the nation — do not have the equivalent of even one full-time local journalist.

More than 1,000 U.S. counties — one out of three in the nation — do not have the equivalent of even one full-time local journalist. www.niemanlab.org/2025/07/new-...

This problem is massive. Local journalism is essential to civic engagement. The loss of local journalists is a factor in the erosion of democracy.

Excellent, clear analysis of this situation from @sulliview.bsky.social and why it matters.

Notification Center 38 From Opinion 1m ago Since the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage, the gay rights movement has radicalized and lost its way, Andrew Sullivan writes.

Shorter Andrew Sullivan: “Once I got what I wanted, they kept going, trying to help other people. How dare they?”

We aren’t going away.

Pope Leo XIV Calls for News Media to Shun Divisive Language

The Pope on jailed journalists, at his first press conference:
"The suffering of these imprisoned journalists challenges the conscience of nations and the international community, calling on all of us to safeguard the precious gift of free speech and of the press"
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Conclave Selects First Chicago-Style Pope

Conclave Selects First Chicago-Style Pope

#WorldPressFreedomDay 🔥

@froomkin.bsky.social

Protect and defend editorial cartoonists this World Press Freedom Day

Say no to “bothsidesism”

Opinion | The AP’s Freedom of Speech—and Yours A brazen attempt to punish us for using words Trump dislikes.

“For anyone who thinks the Associated Press’s lawsuit against President Trump’s White House is about the name of a body of water, think bigger. It’s really about whether the government can control what you say.” www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...

I learned this week that you can put our troops' lives in danger, compromise our national security, and violate the Espionage Act. And the government will do nothing.

But if you write an editorial for your school newspaper that Trump doesn't like, you will be abducted on the street and disappeared.

SPLC and 10 other press freedom groups today condemned the detention of a Tufts University student on the apparent basis of an op-ed she coauthored in the student newspaper. Read the letter ➡️ splc.org/2025/03/splc...

The Sun-Times is losing some amazing journalists. They wouldn't want us to stop. The bad news: 35 staffers — including 23 in the newsroom — took a Chicago Public Media buyout and most are leaving today. But their sacrifice will help ensure the newspaper's future.

Maybe because I’m at a journalism conference this week, but news that the @chicago.suntimes.com is losing so much talent and experience at a time when we need both just hits hard. I’m happy to be a subscriber and thankful that this newsroom will still be fiercely reporting on a dynamic city.

“Punishing even one person for their speech is meant to intimidate others into self-censorship…these threats cut to the core of what it means to live in a pluralistic democracy. journalism.columbia.edu/news/cjs-fac...

“Remaining silent will not protect us — but it does come with at least two major costs. … If America’s nearly 6,000 universities and colleges launch a campaign in defense of higher education, odds are that Trump will lose.”
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“More alarming by the day”: New York Times investigations editor on the legal threats faced by news publishers "The rhetoric and actions that Trump and his allies take at a national level are being mimicked across the country at a much smaller level. Whether they’re Trump supporters or not, they’re taking…

The campaign to overturn one of the most consequential free speech cases in U.S. history predates Donald Trump.

A new book by @davidenrich.bsky.social charts that campaign in startling detail.

Still required viewing for my high school journalism students — and it holds up. They (and their parents) love it!

Seven things to know about the student press - Poynter Student journalists are tackling major issues and shaping local news, but they also face censorship, backlash and growing threats to press freedom

Today is Student Press Freedom Day. Student Journalism IS journalism! This list @poynterinstitute.bsky.social for pro journalists and the public is really excellent.
#studentpressfreedom