musician.social is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
Mastodon site for Musicians and people into Music

Administered by:

Server stats:

141
active users

#criminalizingjournalism

0 posts0 participants0 posts today
DoomsdaysCW<p>I'm not sure if this passed. Knowing the evil entrenched in Washington, I suspect it went through...</p><p>'Must cover the costs': Trump directs DOJ to 'enforce' a rule of civil procedure and seek security <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/bonds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bonds</span></a> from '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/activist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>activist</span></a>' groups that win injunctions against the government</p><p>Colin Kalmbacher Mar 7th, 2025 </p><p>"The memo, on its own terms, aims to curb the power of 'activist organizations fueled by hundreds of millions of dollars in donations' and 'activist judges' by pushing back against 'frivolous litigation.' "</p><p><a href="https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/must-cover-the-costs-trump-directs-doj-to-enforce-a-rule-of-civil-procedure-and-seek-security-bonds-from-activist-groups-that-win-injunctions-against-the-government/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lawandcrime.com/high-profile/m</span><span class="invisible">ust-cover-the-costs-trump-directs-doj-to-enforce-a-rule-of-civil-procedure-and-seek-security-bonds-from-activist-groups-that-win-injunctions-against-the-government/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingProtest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingJournalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingJournalism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Corporatocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corporatocracy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoDAPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoDAPL</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoKXL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoKXL</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StandWithStandingRock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandWithStandingRock</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalJustice</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Journalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Journalists</span></a> among at least 13 arrested during <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a>-related protest in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CincinnatiOH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CincinnatiOH</span></a></p><p>Police in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CovingtonKY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CovingtonKY</span></a>, said those arrested had refused to comply with orders to disperse.</p><p>By John Seewer | The Associated Press</p><p>"Police in Cincinnati arrested at least 13 people, including two journalists, after demonstrators protesting the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/detention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>detention</span></a> of a former hospital chaplain blocked a two-lane bridge carrying traffic over the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OhioRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OhioRiver</span></a>.</p><p>"A reporter and a photography intern who were arrested while covering the protest for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CityBeat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CityBeat</span></a>, a Cincinnati news and entertainment outlet, were among those arraigned Friday morning in a Kentucky court.</p><p>"Other journalists reporting on protests around the U.S. have been have arrested and injured this year. More than two dozen were hurt or roughed up while covering protests against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ImmigrationRaids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ImmigrationRaids</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LosAngeles</span></a>.</p><p>"A Spanish-language journalist was arrested in June while covering a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoKings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoKings</span></a> protest near <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AtlantaGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AtlantaGA</span></a>. Police initially charged Mario Guevara, a native of El Salvador, with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UnlawfulAssembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnlawfulAssembly</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/obstruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>obstruction</span></a> of police and being a pedestrian on or along the roadway.</p><p>"A prosecutor dropped the charges, but Guevara had already been turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and is being held in a south Georgia immigration <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DetentionCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DetentionCenter</span></a>. His lawyers say he has been authorized to work and remain in the country, but <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> is trying to deport him.</p><p>"Video from the demonstration in Cincinnati Thursday night shows several tense moments, including when an officer punches a protester several times as police wrestle him to the ground.</p><p>"Earlier, a black SUV drove slowly onto the Roebling Bridge while protesters walked along the roadway that connects Cincinnati with Kentucky. Another video shows a person in a neon-colored vest pushing against the SUV.</p><p>"Police in Covington, Kentucky, said those arrested had refused to comply with orders to disperse. The department said in a statement that officers who initially attempted to talk with the protest's organizer were threatened and met with hostility.</p><p>"Among the charges filed against those arrested were rioting, failing to disperse, obstructing emergency responders, criminal mischief and disorderly conduct.</p><p>"Reporter Madeline Fening and photo intern Lucas Griffith were charged with felony rioting and several other charges, said Ashley Moor, the editor in chief of CityBeat.</p><p>"A judge on Friday set a $2,500 bond for each of those arrested.</p><p>"The arrests happened during a protest in support of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AymanSoliman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AymanSoliman</span></a>, an Egyptian immigrant who worked as a chaplain at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. He was detained last week after he showed up for a routine check-in with ICE officials at their office near Cincinnati.</p><p>"Protesters met in downtown Cincinnati on Thursday in support of Soliman, then walked across the bridge carrying a banner that read '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BuildBridgesNotWalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuildBridgesNotWalls</span></a>.'</p><p>"Covington police said that 'while the department supports the public’s right to peaceful assembly and expression, threatening officers and blocking <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriticalInfrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriticalInfrastructure</span></a>, such as a major bridge, presents a danger to all involved.' " </p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/journalists-others-arrested-immigration-related-protest-cincinnati/3793302/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcchicago.com/news/national-i</span><span class="invisible">nternational/journalists-others-arrested-immigration-related-protest-cincinnati/3793302/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ResistICE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingJournalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingJournalism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingFreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingFreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtestLawsKentucky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtestLawsKentucky</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Clampdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Clampdown</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingProtest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLaws</span></a></p>