Good. It's hard to imagine government documents of greater concern to the public than police disciplinary records. https://www.courthousenews.com/ny-top-court-rejects-carveouts-to-shield-old-nypd-disciplinary-records/
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Kash Patel wants to "come after" the press. The Senate shouldn’t give him the keys to the FBI to do it.
If fear of liability stops CBS's owner from bribing Trump with settlement payments, great. But something's very wrong when liability risk is the only thing giving news executives pause about bribing public officials their journalists cover. https://www.wsj.com/business/media/paramount-executives-ask-could-they-be-sued-for-settling-trumps-20-billion-cbs-lawsuit-228604a2?mod=media_news_article_pos3
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This White House doesn’t care about free speech or informing the American people. It cares about controlling the narrative by shutting out the press and punishing anyone who challenges it in even the smallest of ways. All Americans should object to this unconstitutional ban on The Associated Press. image
There's a lot of reasons why people should be concerned about the damage DOGE is wreaking behind closed doors, but sorry, the head count and budget of U.S. intel agencies should be public information — there's no reason for it to be classified.
"If vital media institutions are to survive this administration, it will be because essential media, on all sides, stand up clearly and unequivocally for the right to report the news," Committee to Protect Journalists CEO Jodie Ginsberg writes in The Guardian
The U.K. is in cloud cuckoo land if it really believes this spy order will make its citizens safer. Its demand that Apple break iCloud encryption by adding a back door is a gift to hackers and dictators around the world.
"Plenty of experts have already stated the obvious — punishing journalists for not using words the government likes is an egregious violation of the First Amendment," Seth Stern said to The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2025/02/13/associated-press-gulf-of-america-media-access/ image