Mike Johnson talks threats

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7abs1WcbYI4

Trump administration subpoenas New York Times journalists over new Air Force One reporting

Seth Stern, the Freedom of the Press Foundation’s director of advocacy, said in a separate statement that “when the government claims it needs to investigate journalists to protect national security, it really means its own reputational security”. 

 “The administration’s embarrassment” over the reported security concerns “does not supersede the need for a free and independent press”, Stern’s statement also said...

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/11/justice-department-subpoenas-new-york-times-air-force-one 

The for-profit #journalism industry is broken and #cbsnews under Bari Weiss

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/31pYb8yXstw

 

CBS pulls ‘60 Minutes’ segment on notorious El Salvador prison - POLITICO

"Government silence is a statement, not a VETO," Alfonsi wrote. "Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story." 

She continued, "If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a 'kill switch' for any reporting they find convenient."…

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/22/cbs-pulls-60-minutes-el-salvador-prison-00702617 

 

Outgoing FCC chair rejects TV bias complaints that ‘curtail press freedom’

"First, the FCC should not be the President's speech police. Second, the FCC should not be journalism's censor-in-chief."

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/jan/16/fcc-rejects-tv-petition-jessica-rosenworcel

 

Reporter allegedly attacked by man saying ‘This is Trump’s America now’

An arrest affidavit in the case said Egan arrived by taxi, pulled up next to Alex – who was on an assignment at the time – at a stoplight and asked: "Are you even a US citizen? This is Trump's America now! I'm a marine and I took an oath to protect this country from people like you!" 

The affidavit described Egan as tackling Alex and putting him in a headlock before Egan "began to strangle him", causing co-workers to run out and help...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/29/reporter-attacked-trump-colorado

Donald Trump’s disturbing war on the press has now escalated

Trump has sued the Des Moines Register – merely for publishing a poll that wrongly predicted Harris would win Iowa…

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/18/trump-press-freedom

Trump Told Reporter He Hopes Fans Act On His Fiery Rhetoric | HuffPost Latest News

Jonathan Karl said the ex-president told him he wanted his followers to take his words to heart and added, "I believe the press is the enemy of the people."…

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-fiery-rhetoric-jonathan-karl_n_6552a1dee4b0c9f2466156af

Republican leaders deploy the First Amendment against the First Amendment - The Washington Post

What the Republicans driving this discussion seek is clear: thorough autopsies of every decision that disadvantages them and their allies and an impenetrable defense against any such scrutiny of their own...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/09/first-amendment-media-republicans-desantis-twitter/

More from the Right Wing War on Free Speech (Opening Arguments podcast OA648)

Today we get a breakdown on a few cases in which right wing goons are seeking to shut down free speech and freedom of the press in a pretty major way. AND they are finding success in our broken courts. Dershowitz v. CNN and Trump v. CNN. It also gives Andrew a chance to fawn over the Onion Amicus Brief that so many of you requested us to go over!

Interview: 

https://openargs.com/oa648-more-from-the-right-wing-war-on-free-speech/

Judge blocks New York Times from publishing Project Veritas materials | Press freedom | The Guardian

"When a court silences journalism, it fails its citizens and undermines their right to know," he added. "The supreme court made that clear in the Pentagon Papers case, a landmark ruling against prior restraint blocking the publication of newsworthy journalism. That principle clearly applies here. We are seeking an immediate review of this decision."

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/nov/19/judge-temporarily-blocks-new-york-times-publication-project-veritas

Reporter Andrea Sahouri Going On Trial For Black Lives Matter Protest Coverage

The criminal charges against Andrea Sahouri have been widely criticized as an attack on press freedom in the US.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/clarissajanlim/andrea-sahouri-blm-protest-reporter-arrest-trial

Assault On The Press And Democracy In The Philippines (Pod Save the World podcast)

An attack on press freedom in the Philippines and what it could mean for the future of their democracy. The two year anniversary of the US-North Korea Singapore summit. Right-wing zealots take over the Voice of America. Fighting between China and India and updates out of Russia. The US threatens to sanction the International Criminal Court (huh?), how right-wing news outlets are being used by foreign intelligence, and Bob Gates and John Bolton sell books. Then Ben talks to Rokhaya Diallo, a French journalist and activist, about the protests against systemic racism and police brutality in France and what’s next for President Emmanuel Macron.
Interview:
https://crooked.com/podcast/assault-on-the-press-and-democracy-in-the-philippines/

Teargassed, beaten up, arrested: what freedom of the press looks like in the US right now

As protests spread across the US, journalists are being attacked by police forces and even sustaining serious injuries
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/06/george-floyd-protests-reporters-press-teargas-arrested

Trump’s Contempt for the Press & Husch Blackwell (Opening Arguments podcast OA379)

Today’s episode features a deep dive on a completely frivolous lawsuit filed by Donald Trump against a Wisconsin TV station for simply airing an ad created by Priorities USA that… uses a pastiche of Trump’s own words talking about COVID-19. Learn why Trump (and his corrupt lawyers at Husch Blackwell) are transparently trying to silence any public criticism of this President.

First, we begin with an update on the various emoluments clause cases and we learn a) the status of all three cases and b) why none are likely to be decided before the next Presidential election.

Then, it’s time for that deep dive into Trump for President, Inc. v. Northland Television d/b/a WJFW-NBC, a nonsense lawsuit designed to intimidate a local TV station for airing a garden-variety attack ad against Trump’s handling of COVID-19.

After that, it’s time to decipher whether Trump can actually de-fund the World Health Organization (WHO), as he’s threatened. (Hint: no.)

Then, of course, it’s time for the answer to a thrilling #T3BE involving breach of contract by a beloved aunt and her niece over the ownership of a business, the transfer of a lease, and some slow lawyers. Will Thomas’s win streak continue? Listen and find out!
Interview:
https://openargs.com/oa379-trumps-contempt-for-the-press-husch-blackwell/

Chris Wallace issues SCATHING rebuke of Trump at public forum

https://youtu.be/jMGRJqcoVHQ

Georgia GOP lawmakers want to open the door to more regulations on the press - CNN Politics

A group of Republicans in the Georgia state assembly unveiled a bill earlier this week that could open the door to imposing regulations on members of the free press that include fining reporters who refuse to turn over recordings to subjects of interviews...
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/04/politics/georgia-gop-regulate-press-bill/index.html

Trump calls the New York Times an 'ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE' for exposing his obstruction of justice - Daily Kos

Tuesday's blockbuster New York Times report detailed Donald Trump's "sustained" efforts to undermine law enforcement probes into Russian election hacking, its ties to the Trump campaign, and related criminal acts. Among the details presented: an attempt by Trump to get acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker to reinstall a Trump-allied U.S. attorney as head of federal investigations of "hush money" payments to several Trump mistresses...
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1836328

Donald Trump Should Be Impeached Now Because ‘The Constitution Demands It’: New Book - Newsweek

"President Donald Trump has been violating the Constitution since the moment he took the oath of office," the book states. ....
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-should-be-impeached-now-because-constitution-demands-it-new-book-1069914

New Poll: 43% of Republicans Want to Give Trump the Power to Shut Down Media - The Daily Beast

The "enemy of the people" talk is working. A plurality of self-identified Republicans say they want Trump to have the power to take "bad" media outlets out. ....
https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-poll-43-of-republicans-want-to-give-trump-the-power-to-shut-down-media