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  ✍️ Petition: NYT, CNN, WaPo Must Cover Prairieland as Silencing Dissent Add Your Name Nine people connected to a July 4th noise demonstration outside a Texas ICE detention center have collectively received 562 years in federal prison — the longest sentences ever handed down to a group of political anarchist defendants in U.S. history. Most received decades-long terms not for violence, but for attending a protest, wearing dark clothing, using an encrypted messaging app, or belonging to a book club. One man received 30 years for moving a box of zines — despite not attending the protest at all. A federal judge said openly at sentencing that he wanted to send a message to anyone with similar ideology. The prosecution called the Emma Goldman Book Club a terrorist front. The government's own expert witness defined antifa membership as believing in anarchism or non-authoritarian socialism. This is not a crime story. It is a political prosecution — and it is part of a deliberate, expandi...

  SHARED FOR EDUCATION AND INFORMATION!  TRUMP HAS EMPLOYED INTIMIDATION TO SILENCE DISSENT!  WE SUPPORTED JON OSSOFF'S CANDIDACY TO REPLACE THE WEALTHY  OLIGARCHS IN GEORGIA  AND NEED HIS VOICE IN OFFICE TO CONTINUE  TO SPEAK OUT!   Before I ran for the U.S. Senate, I was an investigative journalist leading a team that exposed corruption and human rights abuses worldwide. This report in  The New York Times  reminded me of what I saw in many of those investigations: More and more, the atmosphere under Trump reminds me of countries where dissent is silenced by intimidation. From the article: Fired federal workers who are worried about losing their homes ask not to be quoted by name. University presidents fearing that millions of dollars in federal funding could disappear are holding their fire. Chief executives alarmed by tariffs that could hurt their businesses are on mute. ... “When you see important societal actors — be it university p...

NOTICE MORE LIES FROM TRUMPLAND!   LISTEN TO LIZ OYER'S EXPLANATION!  MEL GIBSON HAD A PREVIOUS CONVICTION FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE  IN 2011, ATTEMPTED TO PURCHASE A FIREARM IN 2023 & WAS DENIED  DUE TO HIS PREVIOUS CONVICTION.  ARGUED THAT MEL GIBSON WAS A TRUMP SUPPORTER...HUH? NOTE: TODD BLANCHE'S ATTACK!  TODD BLANCHE WAS THE CLOWN WHO DEFENDED TRUMP IN HIS TRIAL FOR FALSIFICATION OF BUSINESS RECORDS & CONTINUOUSLY CREATED A SIDE SHOW CLAIMING TRUMP HAD NEVER MET STORMY DANIELS - NOT AT ALL WHAT THE TRIAL WAS ABOUT! SILENCING DISSENT! MSNBC 8.25M subscribers #MelGibson #DOJ #gunrights DOJ pardon attorney Liz Oyer says she was fired after refusing to restore Mel Gibson's gun rights. She joins Chris Hayes live to tell her story.  For more context and news coverage of the most important stories of our day click here: https://www.msnbc.com/ » Subscribe to MSNBC:     / msnbc   » Subscribe to MSNBC on TikTok...