Tag: First Amendment

Bills in Republican Legislatures Allow Motorists to Run Over Protesters (Video)

Republicans are afraid. One term of Donald Trump's naked racism, xenophobia, and general incompetence cost them both houses of Congress and the White House. They know...

8 Things Conservatives Seriously Need To Learn About Free Speech

To too many Americans, Free Speech is largely reduced to a weak argument belted in a strong voice when all other excuses fail to...
Donald Trump at the 2018 Conservative Political Action Conference (image courtesy Gage Skidmore, available under a Creative Commons BY-SA license)

Trump Campaign Manager Wants Reporter Punished For Practicing Journalism (TWEETS/VIDEO)

It's no secret that Donald Trump hates the media. Really, really, really hates the media. Ever since he took office, he and his aides...
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Sen. Tom Cotton’s Office Sends ‘Cease And Desist’ Letters To Constituents...

We've written lots about this loser. Visit here and here and here and here and here and here and have fun! Idiotic Arkansas Sen. Tom...
Joe Arpaio at a 2014 campaign rally (courtesy Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons)

Sheriff Joe: Speaking Ill Of Dear Leader May Be ‘Treason-Type Situation’...

For the better part of the last two years, whenever anyone has dared to speak out against Donald Trump, he or she runs the...

Six ‘J20’ Protesters Acquitted–But Brace For More 1st Amendment Attacks (Video)

Apparently simply reporting the news today can get someone a criminal conspiracy charge. That is according to D.C. Superior Court Judge Lynn Leibovitz, who presided over...

The Trial Has Begun For Inauguration Day Protesters And Journalists Who...

The trial has begun for six defendants accused of rioting during President Donald Trump’s inauguration. They are Michelle Macchio, 26, of Naples, Fla.; Jennifer Armento, 38, of Philadelphia;...

Journalists Covering Inaugural Protests Face More Time In Prison Than Murderers...

In a couple of weeks, nine people will be charged for their alleged involvement in the “J20″--January 20--incidents on inauguration day in which protesters smashed...

Want Hurricane Relief? Pledge Allegiance–To Israel (Video)

The state of Texas is promising residents of Dickinson funds to help them recover from the disastrous effects of last month's hurricane Harvey. But there's...
Roy Moore on the campaign trail for Senate (image courtesy Moore's Facebook)

Roy Moore Says Taking A Knee Is Illegal, The First Amendment...

The right is almost unanimous in its view about NFL players protesting police brutality by taking a knee during the national anthem. To hear...
Ben Sasse at the 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference (image courtesy Gage Skidmore, available under a Creative Commons BY-SA license)

Ben Sasse Calls Out Trumpkins Supporting A War On The Media...

When Donald Trump threatened to have NBC taken off the air for supposedly peddling fake news, the criticism came fast and hard. After all,...

Georgetown Law School Takes A Knee Against AG Sessions (TWEETS)

Attorney General Jeff Sessions was at Georgetown Law School this week to give a scheduled talk on campus free speech, and boy did the...

Questionable Decision Making Affects Trump And His Ability To Identify An...

It's no secret that the alleged 45th President of the United States Donald Trump is a bully. A racist who wields his position like...

Texas A&M Cancels Neo-Nazi’s White Power Party (VIDEO)

Yesterday Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas officially canceled a planned white nationalist rally on their campus, citing concern for student safety. University leaders...
Rodney Frelinghuysen touring a Superfund site (image courtesy Frelinghuysen's congressional office, part of public domain)

House Appropriations Chairman Didn’t Just Do An ‘Awful Thing’–He Must Resign...

Most of the talk in Washington this week has centered around Donald Trump's reckless and potentially criminal behavior regarding the firing of James Comey...

Trump STILL Thinks He Can Change The Libel Laws To Avoid...

One of President Donald Trump's favorite ways to mislead his supporters is by attacking the media for reporting "dishonest" things about him and threatening...
E. W. Jackson at a 2011 tea party rally (image courtesy Mark Taylor, available under a Creative Commons-BY license)

RWNJ Black Pastor: You ‘Hate God’ If You Don’t Want Prayer...

The religious right has used a very simple formula to get ahead over the years. By hyping up social issues like abortion and gay...

BREAKING: It’s FREEZING In Hawaii – Trump’s Travel Ban Just Got...

A federal judge in Hawaii has just issued a freezing on President Trump's most recent travel ban that was set to go in affect...

ACLU Fighting A Warrant Requesting That Facebook Divulge Information On Protesters...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is trying to stop a warrant issued to police to search a private Facebook group protesting the Dakota...

PROOF That Resistance Works: Bill To Charge Protestor Like Terrorists Dropped...

The activism that has been ignited by the Trump administration has once again proven its value for our troubled democracy. This time it was a...