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First They Came for Mahmoud Khalil…
Trump Admin Is Trying To Deport Mahmoud Khalil for Speech That’s ‘Contrary’ to US Foreign Policy
The Trump administration is trying to deport 30-year-old Mahmoud Khalil, a green card holder who was arrested by ICE agents over the weekend, for activity that is “contrary” to US foreign policy based on his involvement in protests critical of Israel’s war on Gaza at Columbia University.
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State Department To Use AI To Revoke Visas of Students Who ‘Appear Pro-Hamas’
The effort will comb through social media accounts using AI in a major crackdown on the speech of foreign students
State Department To Use AI To Revoke Visas of Students Who ‘Appear Pro-Hamas’
Trump Orders Schools to Ease Sex Assault Rules
Nothing is sacred to the Kochtopus
Stand Together Music, part of rightwing billionaire Charles Koch’s advocacy network, collaborates with Pitbull, Machine Gun Kelly and others
Revealed: how top pop stars are used to ‘launder the reputation’ of Koch family
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Can Music Help Solve America’s Biggest Problems? | by Chase Koch
[2004] Go Figure: Ani DeFranco in Myanmar (Tom Morello)
This commencement speech shocked listeners
FIRE lawyer Zach Greenberg reacts to a student-selected speaker who criticized Israel, the university, capitalism, and more in her May 12 law school commencement speech.
Link to full commencement speech.
This commencement speech shocked listeners via Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
Israel lobby smeared Palestinian American professor, then got him fired
Cabrini University discriminated against a Palestinian American professor and violated his First Amendment rights, a lawyer says. (Cabrini Univesity)
Israel lobby smeared Palestinian American professor, then got him fired
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Cabrini University: Professor Fired after Anti-Israel Tweets
On March 19, 2023, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Cabrini University fired Professor Kareem Tannous in August 2022 after pressure from outside organizations to censure and punish the professor for allegedly anti-Semitic tweets. FIRE wrote the university on April 14, 2023, explaining it cannot fire Tannous for protected extramural speech and that the university should make clear it upholds the academic freedom standards it maintains in its faculty handbook.
Democrats Threaten Matt Taibbi With Jail Time Over Twitter Files Testimony
Stacey Plaskett, a Democrat, is the delegate from the Virgin Islands to the U.S. Congress. Last month, when independent writers Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger testified before the House Judiciary Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, she described them as “so-called journalists” and sought to undermine their testimony about government pressure to restrict speech on Twitter.
Democrats Threaten Matt Taibbi With Jail Time Over Twitter Files Testimony
Franklin BOMA to vote on ‘Community Decency Policy’, Franklin Pride permit April 11
Franklin’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen is set to vote on a “Community Decency Policy” and Franklin Pride special event permit on April 11 after the Pride Festival vote was deferred last month.
Franklin BOMA to vote on ‘Community Decency Policy’, Franklin Pride permit April 11
No, you can’t be forced to say the Pledge of Allegiance
Do you believe in pledging allegiance to the flag? Do you believe in doing it because you want to, or because you have to? If some Arizona lawmakers got their way, not everyone would have that choice.
No, you can’t be forced to say the Pledge of Allegiance
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