New from Steven Monacelli: In court filings, prosecutors have cited protesters’ all-black clothing, zines and flyers they possessed, their use of the encrypted messaging app Signal, even possession of first aid kits and Faraday bags to argue that they were part of a criminal conspiracy. https://www.texasobserver.org/antifa-scare-prairieland-19-trial-ice-detention/

#antifa #antifascism #encryption #fascism #law #politics #FreeSpeech #NorthTexas #Texas #activism #Trump #ICE

New from Steven Monacelli: In court filings, prosecutors have cited protesters’ all-black clothing, zines and flyers they possessed, their use of the encrypted messaging app Signal, even possession of first aid kits and Faraday bags to argue that they were part of a criminal conspiracy. https://www.texasobserver.org/antifa-scare-prairieland-19-trial-ice-detention/

#antifa #antifascism #encryption #fascism #law #politics #FreeSpeech #NorthTexas #Texas #activism #Trump #ICE

- "What are you in here for? Murder? Robbery?"

- "Worse, possession of zines"

https://theintercept.com/2026/02/16/daniel-sanchez-estrada-prairieland-trial-zines

"Sanchez Estrada is facing up to 20 years behind bars for allegedly moving a box of anarchist zines from his parents’ house to another residence"

Another activist was indicted for telling people how to delete messages and remove people from Signal group chats, which government lawyers argue is a first-degree felony

#freespeech #zines #anarchism #censorship #uspol #dystopia #prison #orwell

- "What are you in here for? Murder? Robbery?"

- "Worse, possession of zines"

https://theintercept.com/2026/02/16/daniel-sanchez-estrada-prairieland-trial-zines

"Sanchez Estrada is facing up to 20 years behind bars for allegedly moving a box of anarchist zines from his parents’ house to another residence"

Another activist was indicted for telling people how to delete messages and remove people from Signal group chats, which government lawyers argue is a first-degree felony

#freespeech #zines #anarchism #censorship #uspol #dystopia #prison #orwell

Leon, an appointee of President George W. Bush, wrote in a scathing, 29-pg ruling that #Hegseth was trampling over the #FirstAmendment rights of #MarkKelly & that his moves are an impermissible form of government retaliation.

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26953150-order-in-mark-kelly-case/

#law #MilitaryLaw #Trump #dictatorship #RevengePolitics #democracy #FreeSpeech #PoliticalSpeech

Judge says #Hegseth is unlawfully retaliating against Sen. #MarkKelly over ‘illegal orders’ video

​A federal judge on Thursday shut down #Defense Secretary #PeteHegseth’s attempts to punish Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly over his urging of US service members to refuse illegal orders, ruling that the #Pentagon chief’s actions were unconstitutionally retaliatory.

#law #MilitaryLaw #Trump #dictatorship #RevengePolitics #democracy #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #PoliticalSpeech
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/12/politics/mark-kelly-pentagon-lawsuit-ruling

Leon, an appointee of President George W. Bush, wrote in a scathing, 29-pg ruling that #Hegseth was trampling over the #FirstAmendment rights of #MarkKelly & that his moves are an impermissible form of government retaliation.

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26953150-order-in-mark-kelly-case/

#law #MilitaryLaw #Trump #dictatorship #RevengePolitics #democracy #FreeSpeech #PoliticalSpeech

Together, the #GrandJudy declination & ruling from senior US District Judge Richard Leon represent major impediments to efforts by aides of #Trump to use the levers of government to punish Sen #MarkKelly, a retired Navy captain & former astronaut, over his participation in the video.

#law #MilitaryLaw #Hegseth #dictatorship #RevengePolitics #democracy #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #PoliticalSpeech

The decision landed 2 days after a #GrandJudy in Washington, DC, declined to approve charges sought by federal prosecutors against the #Arizona senator & several other Democratic lawmakers who taped a video last year warning that “threats to our Constitution” are coming “from right here at home,” & repeatedly implored service members & the intelligence community to “refuse illegal orders.”

#law #MilitaryLaw #Trump #RevengePolitics #democracy #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #PoliticalSpeech

Judge says #Hegseth is unlawfully retaliating against Sen. #MarkKelly over ‘illegal orders’ video

​A federal judge on Thursday shut down #Defense Secretary #PeteHegseth’s attempts to punish Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly over his urging of US service members to refuse illegal orders, ruling that the #Pentagon chief’s actions were unconstitutionally retaliatory.

#law #MilitaryLaw #Trump #dictatorship #RevengePolitics #democracy #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #PoliticalSpeech
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/12/politics/mark-kelly-pentagon-lawsuit-ruling

This is pretty much what was expected, but it hurts to see it happening - a direct attack on the humanities in Georgia by removing the right to teach them from the state universities with a reputation for being more critically minded towards the government.

https://www.radiotavisupleba.ge/a/33676000.html

#Georgia #Sakartvelo #Academia #FreeSpeech

@tante yes. This is not chicken and egg.

Just as #democracy precipitates #revolution, the systems bounding #technology must allow for #freedom by being open.

And that freedom comes with responsibility.

And that responsibility is something #techbros have shirked by moving goalposts of how much freedom users have while extracting from users. They do this because they can buy influence in a nation where #freespeech is measured in dollars.

The fediverse is an isle of coherence.

If a #GrandJury will indict a ham sandwich, the case was obviously BS

DC grand jury declines to indict 6 #Democratic lawmakers
The lawmakers had released a short video last year advising #military members to reject “illegal orders.”

#law #MilitaryLaw #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #Trump #Hegseth #DOJ #authoritarianism #dictatorship
https://apnews.com/article/trump-military-orders-democrats-video-e1435655587ad9715c4d1cc776edd545?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-02-10-Military+orders

If a #GrandJury will indict a ham sandwich, the case was obviously BS

DC grand jury declines to indict 6 #Democratic lawmakers
The lawmakers had released a short video last year advising #military members to reject “illegal orders.”

#law #MilitaryLaw #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #Trump #Hegseth #DOJ #authoritarianism #dictatorship
https://apnews.com/article/trump-military-orders-democrats-video-e1435655587ad9715c4d1cc776edd545?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-02-10-Military+orders

@tante yes. This is not chicken and egg.

Just as #democracy precipitates #revolution, the systems bounding #technology must allow for #freedom by being open.

And that freedom comes with responsibility.

And that responsibility is something #techbros have shirked by moving goalposts of how much freedom users have while extracting from users. They do this because they can buy influence in a nation where #freespeech is measured in dollars.

The fediverse is an isle of coherence.

AJ+ :
It used to be illegal to own the flag #BadBunny waved at the #SuperBowl halftime show.

Here’s what to know about #PuertoRico ’s sky-blue “independence” flag — & why the territory’s official flag was changed to navy blue

#freedom #antifascism #antiimperialism
#uspol #decolonize #imperialism #usa #nfl #cuba #latinamerica #sport #resistance #protest #activism #socialmedia #tiktok #mastodon #twitter #freespeech #politics #cdnpoli #us #education @democracy @politics @humanities @blackvoices

AJ+ :
It used to be illegal to own the flag #BadBunny waved at the #SuperBowl halftime show.

Here’s what to know about #PuertoRico ’s sky-blue “independence” flag — & why the territory’s official flag was changed to navy blue

#freedom #antifascism #antiimperialism
#uspol #decolonize #imperialism #usa #nfl #cuba #latinamerica #sport #resistance #protest #activism #socialmedia #tiktok #mastodon #twitter #freespeech #politics #cdnpoli #us #education @democracy @politics @humanities @blackvoices