“These state AGs are directly responding to Musk’s pleas - helping him punish critics.”
The rush to defend #Musk against the org., a newly anointed enemy of the right, underscores Musk’s rising profile among Rs as a free-speech crusader.
Is it worth it to write this one piece on Elon/X if it means that you’ll be stuck in a M$ legal battle? Most newsrooms can't pay legal fees to fight Musk, esp. now that ST AGs are stepping in.
I repeatedly asked her press team to add me to their media email lists to no avail & they rebuffed my credential requests. A reporter from the NYT told me: experienced difficulty getting credentialed by the Haley team. A separate reporter: his friends in the foreign press corps had groused about their inability to get credentialed by any GOP cands. DeSantis admitted -regretted ignoring traditional news outlets.
@thenewoil well there’s some repeat recipients (Tor Project for example), although… I also do like the focus this year on more journalism organizations than development projects, yes.
Today in Labor History December 9, 1935: Walter Liggett, American newspaper editor and muckraker, was murdered in a drive-by shooting with a Thompson submachine gun, as he stepped out of his car, groceries in his hand. His wife and daughter were in the car and witnessed his death. Liggett was a card-carrying member of the American Socialist Party, but he was more of a Mid-Western Populist-Socialist than a Marxist. In the 1920's he participated in efforts to free Sacco and Vanzetti and Thomas Mooney. In a series of articles, he accused Farmer-Labor politicians of collusion with the organized crime family of Isadore Blumenfield. He accused Minnesota Governor Floyd Olson of corruption and said that he should be impeached and prosecuted. In response, Blumenfield tried to bribe him to stop his exposés, but Liggett refused. Blumenfield and his gang savagely beat Liggett up. Liggett escalated his attacks and began printing a list of reasons for Olson's impeachment on the front page of the Midwest-American. Soon after, he was murdered.
The prosecution of Julian Assange Assange is a serious violation of the First Amendment. A bipartisan group of members of Congress have now written a letter opposing prosecution.
“First, he attacked a Capitol Police officer who was part of a small group trying to hold back rioters on the grounds around 2 p.m., as the building was being breached. She had just been hit with bear spray when Woods rammed her into a metal barricade; she later said it felt like she was ‘hit by a truck.’” #MAGA#Terrorists#USA