Federal judge orders White House to restore The Associated Press’s access to key White House spaces after it exiled #AP b/c it refused to use Trump's name for Gulf of Mexico, “Gulf of America.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/5238923-trump-administration-ap-access/
What will #TrumpMafia do?
Besides whine.
NEW in #AssociatedPressVBudowich – the federal case regarding #Trump's ban on #AssociatedPress reporters
Federal judge lifts White House ban on #AP
U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden found that when rooms in the White House, like the Oval Office or the East Room, are opened to certain #journalists, the admin cannot block others.
#FourthEstate #FreePress #democracy #censorship #StateMedia #Propaganda #Trumpaganda
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.277682/gov.uscourts.dcd.277682.47.0.pdf
![The Associated Press ("AP") moved for a preliminary injunction against the White House Chief of Staff, Deputy Chief of Staff, and Press Secretary (collectively, "the Government"). Am. Mot. Preliminary Inj., ECF No. 27. It sought to enjoin the Government from denying the AP access to the Oval Office, Air Force One, and other limited spaces because of the AP's viewpoint. The Court granted the AP's preliminary injunction request. Mem. Order, ECF No. [46]. The Court now, on its own motion, stays its Memorandum Order imposing a preliminary injunction through April 13, 2025, to provide the Government time to seek an emergency stay from a higher court and to prepare to implement the Court's injunction. This stay automatically dissolves after April 13, absent further relief from a higher court. For this reason, it is hereby ORDERED that the Court's [46] Memorandum Order Granting Plaintiff's [27] Amended Motion for Preliminary Injunction is STAYED through April 13, 2025. SO ORDERED. Dated: April 8, 2025 TREVOR N. McFADDEN](https://s3.masto.ai/media_attachments/files/114/304/429/932/130/076/original/b0a32e7c4d81044c.jpeg "The Associated Press (\"AP\") moved for a preliminary injunction against the White House Chief of Staff, Deputy Chief of Staff, and Press Secretary (collectively, \"the Government\"). Am. Mot. Preliminary Inj., ECF No. 27. It sought to enjoin the Government from denying the AP access to the Oval Office, Air Force One, and other limited spaces because of the AP's viewpoint. The Court granted the AP's preliminary injunction request. Mem. Order, ECF No. [46]. The Court now, on its own motion, stays its Memorandum Order imposing a preliminary injunction through April 13, 2025, to provide the Government time to seek an emergency stay from a higher court and to prepare to implement the Court's injunction. This stay automatically dissolves after April 13, absent further relief from a higher court. For this reason, it is hereby ORDERED that the Court's [46] Memorandum Order Granting Plaintiff's [27] Amended Motion for Preliminary Injunction is STAYED through April 13, 2025. SO ORDERED. Dated: April 8, 2025 TREVOR N. McFADDEN")
This is why you subscribe for A DOLLAR A MONTH FOR 6 MONTHS. #Media #FreePress #PhiladelphiaInquirer
'Undo' Israel's offensive cyber collapse?
On Monday April 7 (2025) Netanyahu will probably try to convince Trump to 'Make Israel's Offensive Cyber Industry Great Again', including the likes of NSO (*).
(*) From (extremely pro-Zionist) https://www.israelhayom.com/2025/04/04/how-the-us-led-to-israels-offensive-cyber-collapse/:
❝ [...]
The 2018 murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a case that implicated NSO, marked a turning point in American policy toward offensive cyber generally and Israeli companies specifically.
[...]
Everything changed in November 2021, however, when the US Department of Commerce announced that two leading Israeli cyber companies – NSO and Candiru – had been added to the "Entity List" of organizations whose activities conflict with American national security interests.
[...] ❞
I expect Trump to be all ears, and to handle accordingly. Be careful out there.
https://t.me/liveukraine_media/30266 
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The Decline of American Journalism – Robert McChesney
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKFlxxdCUsc
#press #freespeech #journalism #media #opensource #propaganda #usa #cdnpoli #tiktok #democracy #freepress #humanrights @blackmastodon
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@politics
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Pulitzer Winner Quits Washington Post and Slams Bezos
https://www.thedailybeast.com/pulitzer-winner-quits-washington-post-and-slams-bezos/
Why do billionaires always want more?
Amazon makes bid for TikTok days before platform is set to be banned
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/4/2/2314125/-Amazon-makes-bid-for-TikTok-days-before-platform-is-set-to-be-banned
The Center for Public Integrity (CPI) has ceased #publishing after 36 years, and is in talks to turn over its #archives to the Project on Government Oversight (POGO)
https://www.cjr.org/news/center-for-public-integrity-shutting-down.php
If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be. The functionaries of every government have propensities to command at will the liberty and property of their constituents. There is no safe deposit for these but with the people themselves; nor can they be safe with them without information. Where the press is free, and every man able to read, all is safe.
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) American political philosopher, polymath, statesman, US President (1801-09)
Letter (1816-01-06) to Charles Yancey
Sourcing, notes: wist.info/jefferson-thomas/759…
I guess we could keep posting a picture to @PressSec @WhiteHouse, @realDonaldTrump @JDVance on all social media platforms until they leave @ap & @cnn alone & change it back to #GulfOfMexico
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A little ray of sunshine:
The Journal Times, part of Lee Enterprises, had been seriously impacted by the #ransomware attack by Qilin in February. Today, they announced that they are back to full strength: https://journaltimes.com/opinion/column/article_856d2fed-473b-4683-bbf4-61e8fd157830.html
Sincere congrats to them after what was almost two months of intensive and dedicated efforts to fully recover.
The #UnitedStates was added to the CIVICUS Monitor #Watchlist due to concerns about declining #CivilLiberties, particularly under the #Trump Administration. #CIVICUS, a global alliance of civil society groups, cited actions such as: cuts to #ForeignAid; crackdowns on #diversity initiatives; attempts to restrict #MediaFreedom or the #FreePress; and threats to #dissent. The #WhiteHouse has rejected this assessment, asserting that President Trump is leading the most transparent administration in history.
The #UnitedStates was added to the CIVICUS Monitor #Watchlist due to concerns about declining #CivilLiberties, particularly under the #Trump Administration. #CIVICUS, a global alliance of civil society groups, cited actions such as: cuts to #ForeignAid; crackdowns on #diversity initiatives; attempts to restrict #MediaFreedom or the #FreePress; and threats to #dissent. The #WhiteHouse has rejected this assessment, asserting that President Trump is leading the most transparent administration in history.
https://time.com/7266334/us-human-rights-watchlist-civil-liberties/
A free and unobstructed press, providing accurate and reliable information, is essential to a healthy society. We condemn Israel's targeting of journalists. #Gaza #journalists #freepress https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/25/hussam_shabat_journalist_killed_gaza
Does Jeff Bezos support snatching immigrants who are here lawfully and deporting them to El Salvador? Or snatching Russian dissidents and returning them to Russia?
Asking for Lauren Sanchez...
Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink
won Best Documentary at the United Nations Association Film Festival
https://economichardship.org/2023/10/stripped-for-parts-wins-best-documentary-at-united-nations-association-film-festival/
That is old news ...
... but tomorrow is your first chance to see it online,
at our free screening, Sat. Mar. 29 at 8 pm ET
http://tiny.cc/screening329
#RobertMcChesneyRIP 
1952 - 2025
Free Press Mourns the Death of Co-Founder and Scholar Robert W. McChesney
