Notes from the Resistance
Around 700 protestors showed up to protest his appearance, chanting slogans like ‘no justice, no peace,’ ‘Kyle is a killer,’ and ‘lock his ass up.’ [More]
I’m debating going next Tuesday.
Outside can be dangerous enough. That it’s inside the KIVA Auditorium makes avoiding expected trouble problematic.
I’m not confident promoters have thought through all the potentials.
[Via Michael G]
Why should someone who desn’t respect yolur right to arms respect your right to petition for redress? Chad Clifford can afford to smirk because he knows he’s in a safe Democrat district.
Bonus points if anyone knows who my title came from.
[Via Jess]
UPDATE
Points to DDS for Kurt Hofmann. Some of you guessed Vanderboegh, and that’s who he heard it from.
Wisconsin voters approved two constitutional amendment proposals Tuesday that prohibit private money from being used to conduct elections and mandate only legally designated government officials may administer elections. This makes Wisconsin the 28th state to ban “Zuckbucks”-style electioneering and the second to do so by constitutional amendment. [More]
So, if they’re capable of being rational about elections, what the hell is this about?
Or am I making an assumption that ignores the same First Amendment abridgements that made McCain-Feingold so objectionable?
Feel free to edumacate me on similarities and differences.
[Via Michael G]
During a mandatory “structural racism” class at UCLA medical school, a pro-Hamas guest speaker led students in chants of “Free, Free Palestine” and demanded that they bow down to “mama earth” for a prayer. [More]
This is like telling Mao to hold your beer.
Forget the establishment clause. Now put down your fork and raise that fist — or else!
That there was compliance instead of an angry mass walkout tells us much. It figures the program is headed by a pediatrician.
[Via Michael G]
The Language Of Force: How The Police State Muzzles Our Right To Speak Truth To Power [More]
So is this where I play “God Bless the USA” or “Weight of the Badge“?
[Via bondmen]
Angry Student Mob Chases Attendees of Kyle Rittenhouse Event Off Campus at U. Memphis [More]
So naturally, David Hogg throws fuel on the fire.
I guess someone with armed guards doesn’t worry about it happening to him.
[Via Michael G]
Excessive free speech is a breeding ground for more Trumps [More]
The totalitarian-promoting wanker says that like it’s bad thing.
I’m sorry, I know you’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but that is one creepy, fascist-looking motherf****r…
[Via WiscoDave]
A second petition, posted on Change.org by KSU student Ally Grecco, urges the university and Turning Point to reconsider the decision to host Rittenhouse. Grecco points out KSU’s “painful history with gun violence” on May 4, 1970, which had profound impacts on national politics. [More]
My alma mater‘s right down the road– I may try to see if I can meet him.
You’d think knowing who committed that “gun violence,” their indignant sympathies woudln’t be with the “Only Ones,” but no-o-o…
[Via Michael G]
Justice Jackson ripped for worrying about the First Amendment ‘hamstringing’ government: ‘Literally the point’ [More]
What’s a woman?… 800 rounds a second... Is there anything this woman is not an idiot on?
It also targets reported instances of “a person’s hostile expression of animus toward another person, relating to the other person’s actual or perceived characteristics…” Literally, the hotline gives people a way of informing on others supposedly guilty of thought crimes – or, perhaps, speech crimes. [More]
Hey, if you don’t have any forbidden thoughts you’ve got nothing to worry about.
And tell me the bill’s main sponsor’s other priority surprises you.
[Via Michael G]
NewsGuard announced last week it’s using AI to automatically prevent American citizens from seeing information online that challenges government and corporate media claims about elections ahead of the 2024 voting season. [More]
Who are you to question God?
[Via Michael G]
Hours after he posted the joke, a SWAT team descended on Bailey’s Louisiana home. According to court documents, officers with guns drawn ordered Bailey to his knees. He was placed in handcuffs, told he was under arrest, and instructed that his next Facebook post should tell readers “not to f*** with the Police.” [More]
The law of the instrument writ large.
[Via bondmen]
Cooper wrote that he “recognizes the paramount importance of a free press in our society” and the critical role of confidential sources in investigative journalism. But the judge said the court “also has its own role to play in upholding the law and safeguarding judicial authority.” [More]
I know Mike and I were committed to being jailed before revealing our sources. You’re just going to have to trust me when I tell you that people have no idea what went on behind the scenes of this, and the fears that went with it.
[Via bondmen]
Georgia city apologizes to man arrested for holding a ‘God Bless the Homeless Vets’ sign at city hall [More]
One question: Does the authoritarian swine still have his snout in the public trough?
[Via WiscoDave]
Poll: Almost a Third of Americans Say the First Amendment Goes ‘Too Far’ [More]
Kinda like all those East Germans who longed for the good old days…
Judge Overseeing Case to Release Covenant Killer Manifesto Warns of Contempt If Parties ‘Usurp’ Sealed Materials [More]
What filthy politics must be in play for this to even be an issue on as story of such public importance that’s being exploited to ratchet down on our rights?
If I had the information, I’d defy this robed tyrant in an instant and protect my sources to the end.
[Via bondmen]
This puts journalists in an interesting position. If I reach out to the neighbor for her side of the story, a judge can jail Jeremy. In essence, a judge in Florida is restricting the right of the press to get to the heart of a story through threats of removing the liberty of the subject of the story… One of the worst things the judge has done to Jeremy and his girlfriend is to restrict Jeremy’s movements on his own property without hearing the facts of the case…Worse, his Second Amendment rights have been removed with no evidentiary hearing to decide if he is actually a threat. Meanwhile, he says he’s been threatened by the neighbor and her associates with all manner of bodily harm. He is also prohibited from hiring security due to the injunction, as he cannot be around anyone with guns. [More]
That would be Judge Craig C. DeThomasis, a DeSantis appointee.
At least we know where to turn up the heat.
[Via WiscoDave]
Comment left under a post:
It would seem that your site has disappeared from my web browser. Had to go a very circuitous route to find you today. Thought I might have been in the public library in Cleveland, where your site is blocked by the libraries there………… Johny Gee
This after my weekend adventure?
I’ll check it out when I get better from this cold that I came down with. Hudson’s library is part of the CleveNet system, and if I can’t access it I may have a First Amendment claim.
