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Per witness, journalist Steve Held was detained by ICE.
He was filming an arrest when feds knocked a group of people backwards and grabbed him. Witness says it appeared targeted to her since he had been filming CBP interaction with the protester from start to finish.
https://bsky.app/profile/unraveledpress.com/post/3lzubedpqpc2x
#OtD 4 Jul 1913 Black Spanish Civil War fighter, concentration camp survivor and electrician, Carlos Greykey, was born in Equatorial Guinea. He moved to Barcelona, fought against fascism, then fought the Nazis in France, then survived Mauthausen. More: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10438/carlos-greykey-born
Best of the Left podcast - Building an Organized Left, the Eternal Oxymoron
https://www.bestoftheleft.com/1720
Please listen and act!
We need to preserve what independence we have.
Chicago Teachers Union President criticizes Trump policies
Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates delivered a scathing rebuke of the Trump administration Monday while urging…
#UnitedStates #US #USA #Chicago #CookCounty #education #illinois #latestheadlines #LocalNews #News #Politics #theWhiteHouse #TrumpAdministration
https://www.europesays.com/2188593/
Avoiding a return of Andrew Cuomo would be a good thing.
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A must-read by Mark Jacob, Stop the Presses
Please, media, don’t turn the war into entertainment
https://www.stopthepresses.news/p/please-media-dont-turn-the-war-into
Federalist Society and Leonard Leo are the latest close associates of Donald Trump who he then turned on.
https://newrepublic.com/article/196026/trump-leonard-leo-judicial-feud
How many months will it be before he does the same with Elon Musk?
Journalism is under fire: will the press defend democracy?
www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/america-and-our-democracy-are-under-attack,255597?newsletter=255688
Soon, Trump will be saying the same sort of thing about Musk.
Trump is portraying himself as a sucker and a dupe.
My first guest piece collaborating with the Media and Democracy Project - A take on how global media calls out Trump’s racism & shocking behavior more prominently & more directly than most US media. With positive shoutouts to Karen Attiah & Adam Serwer
Times-Argus editorial (from 2018, republished this year)
Editorial: Freedom of the Press
We are the enemy. It’s true. We say that with no hesitation. If you abuse power, we are the enemy.
When you use propaganda to mislead the people, you are the enemy.
...
If you ignore laws and human rights, you are the enemy.
We will call out discrimination, any willingness or eagerness to hate, narrow-mindedness.
...
Read the full column here:
https://www.timesargus.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-freedom-of-the-press/article_7b6177b4-ee1c-11ef-8cca-57dabd156ba4.html
"Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink" is the story of a secretive hedge fund plundering America’s newspapers, and the journalists who are fighting back.
Join our free Zoom screening followed by a discussion with Director Rick Goldsmith: March 29 at 8 pm ET
It is on the internet archive. That's the link I've been sharing as I think the other will not last.
https://webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20250119025546/https://www.justice.gov/eoir/file/probonofulllist/dl
List of Pro Bono Legal Service Providers on Immigration Issues as of January 2025
Via DOJ: Executive Office for Immigration Review
154 pages PDF with contact info with nonprofits, referral services, private attorneys.
Section also broken down by US States and Puerto Rico
Full list here: https://www.justice.gov/eoir/file/probonofulllist/dl
#immigration #USPol #law #ProBono
Webpage here: http://www.justice.gov/eoir/list-pro-bono-legal-service-providers
(Edited to add link to full list and the department webpage)
We should also become familiar with the plans to undermine the free press outlined in #Project2025.
https://mediaanddemocracyproject.substack.com/p/warning-project-2025-mandate-for
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News outlets are preparing for attacks from the incoming administration. Considering Trump's past statements and actions and those of many of his nominees this seems completely warranted.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/business/trump-media-threats.html?unlocked_article_code=1.o04.rWJ6.JRAtRMnV0M8M&smid=url-share
#Press #PressFreedom #Journalism #1A
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