June 10, 2019
U.S. government’s moves against Julian Assange are a blueprint for making journalists into felons
fromTheStar: Empowering prosecutors to decide who does or doesn’t deserve press protections would restrict “freedom of the press” to a small, cloistered priesthood of privileged citizens designated by the government as “journalists.” The First Amendment was written to avoid precisely that danger.
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fromLibertyPen/YouTube: California has an epidemic of homelessness that is hard to believe. A look at what is going on in Golden State’s richest cities. Karen Hix, Tucker Carlson.
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Hacking dirty government secrets is not a crime
fromCounterpunch: "Corporate media’s instant reversal on Assange—from rapist scum to First Amendment hero—elevates self-serving hypocrisy to high art. But that’s OK. Whatever gets Assange closer to freedom is welcome."
The Government is Not Us Individual Liberty: America's First Principle
Give up your password or go to jail: Police push legal boundaries to get into cellphones
fromNBCNews: “The world should know that what they’re doing out here is crazy,” said a man who refused to share his passcode with police.
Police State America
You’re under arrest: How the police state muzzles our right to speak truth to power
fromRutherfordInstitute: "What the architects of the police state want are submissive, meek citizens who don’t talk back, don’t challenge government authority and don’t speak out against government misconduct."
Police State America