Reposted by Erik UglandRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Time for this classic again. 156164575550
Erik Ugland @erikugland.bsky.social · 29/09/2026In our new Virginia Law Review Online article, Chris Terry @christopherterry.bsky.social and I analyze the FCC's new Equal Time guidance, its selective scrutiny of TV talk shows & its inattention to GOP appearances on talk radio. virginialawreview.org/articles/une... #FCC #BrendanCarr #EqualTime 122
Erik Ugland @erikugland.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I don’t understand why the biggest companies in the country aren’t the most forceful advocates for universal healthcare. Wouldn’t it be thrilling as a CEO to cast off all the internal costs and bureaucracy?  000
Erik Ugland @erikugland.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Let's train AI to help us reengineer a world without AI. 241
Erik Ugland @erikugland.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Jimmy Kimmel/ABC: Air the Talarico interview. Extend the same invite to Ken Paxton to comply with the law. He'll refuse. Problem solved. And if he doesn't, all the better. 120
Reposted by Erik UglandJulie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Gloria Steinem died with fewer rights than she had during her lifetime. That fact needs to be front and centre of every media report, every dedication, every discussion of her death. 5951231738
Reposted by Erik UglandRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 30/08/2026It’s mind-blowing that we have literal white nationalists in the White House carrying out unfathomably cruel, abusive, white nationalist policies, and the punditariat has spent the last two weeks debating if some people were too intemperate after a Black man was murdered by cops six years ago. 153109032684
Reposted by Erik UglandJust Security @justsecurity.org · 19/08/2026ABC's suit against the #FCC alleging retaliation is the latest in a string of major recent developments in U.S. #PressFreedom. Prof. @bechamilton.bsky.social has updated her interactive tracker and analysis. Check it out: www.justsecurity.org/112792/trump...justsecurity.orgTrump Administration and Media: Keeping Track of the Big PictureThis graphic tracks the use of State power to help identify linkages between individual developments and broader trends. 04021
Erik Ugland @erikugland.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Brendan Carr extols virtues of localism and importance of local TV journalism ... Then uses this to justify lifting 39 percent audience-reach cap, enabling more monopolization ... Disingenuous trickle-down flim-flam, but who can be surprised anymore? 020
Reposted by Erik UglandElizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Can't get numb to this: The United States is stuck in a war it started, cannot end, and may further escalate to no avail, having dismantled its diplomatic apparatus, depleted its military stockpile, and destroyed its credibility. A historic strategic mistake harming millions in many different ways. 22681002174
Reposted by Erik UglandRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 13/07/2026They're continuing to kill people because this administration has told them that the people they're apprehending -- and those who defend them -- deserve violence, that no amount of violence is too much, and that no matter how egregious the abuse, they'll never be held accountable.bangordailynews.comICE agents involved in fatal Biddeford shooting, lawmaker saysIt's at least the 11th fatal shooting involving an ICE or Border Patrol agent since President Donald Trump took office last year. 191929703
Reposted by Erik UglandPaul Guinnessy @paulguinnessy.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Pretty classy message by the Norwegian Embassy. #WorldCup 152111751859
Reposted by Erik UglandTechFreedom @techfreedom.org · 09/07/2026The First Amendment leaves editorial judgments to broadcasters—not regulators. @techfreedom.org was joined more than 50 First Amendment scholars and free speech organizations in filing reply comments urging the FCC to end its “equal time” crackdown on The View. techfreedom.org/50-free-spee... 1119
Reposted by Erik UglandMatt Wood @mattfieldwood.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Our statement at @freepress.bsky.social about the Supreme Court torpedoing independent regulatory agencies. Just another day in Trump's America -- which is to say, yet another tragedy, with far-reaching and almost immeasurable consequences. www.freepress.net/news/supreme...freepress.netSupreme Court Destroys Independent Agencies and Sets Up Even More Opportunities for Corruption and Corporate Capture"Today’s Supreme Court ruling is a tragedy for good government, and for the ability of federal agencies to stand up against the overreach and favoritism of this president or any other," says Free Pres... 01614
Erik Ugland @erikugland.bsky.social · 26/06/2026WaPo review of Trump’s Great American State Fair: “The Trump administration’s signature 250th celebration on the National Mall lacks nostalgia and feels more like a trade show for Christian groups, tourist boards and the military industrial complex.” Everything he touches is trash, or becomes it. 010
Erik Ugland @erikugland.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Trump: No affordable housing unless you let me rig elections. But of course. 001
Erik Ugland @erikugland.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Odds of passage are low, and Trump would probably veto anyway, but this would universalize federal right-to-record protections and hold federal officials (currently immune from civil suits) accountable. reason.com/2026/06/08/b...reason.comBill introduced in Congress to codify the First Amendment right to film the feds and sue for violationsThe Right to Record Act would let Americans sue federal law enforcement officers who interfere with filming or observing police activity. 010
Reposted by Erik UglandBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 03/06/2026I'm Mike Lindell. I'm Herschel Walker. I'm Mel Gibson. I'm Sidney Powell. I'm Riley Gaines. Those stories and more. Tonight. On 60 Minutes. 40672741343
Reposted by Erik UglandSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 28/05/2026When we have a real president again, he or she will have to waste inordinate amounts of time cleaning up the terrible mess created by this awful mistake of a human who never should have been allowed near the levers of power. 51979661876
Reposted by Erik UglandAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Campos: While I want to thank CBS news for funding this generous gift towards my education, I want to acknowledge how the recent direction of the outlet stains the legacy of Mike Wallace, the namesake of this scholarship. 481223775519
Reposted by Erik UglandNick Anderson - political cartoonist @andertoon.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Raising the Flag Follow my work and writing on Substack: nickanderson.substack.com 351159605950
Reposted by Erik UglandDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 29/04/2026American Black women now have fewer voting rights and reproductive rights than their mothers did at the same age. Progress isn’t a straight line, indeed.slate.comThe Supreme Court’s Conservatives Just Issued the Worst Ruling in a CenturyThis evisceration of the Voting Rights Act requires us to take SCOTUS reform more seriously. 3826911259
Erik Ugland @erikugland.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Tinpot clownishness. #86FCCnpr.orgFCC orders early license renewals for ABC stations after criticism from TrumpThe FCC has ordered early license renewals for Disney-owned ABC stations, following renewed criticism of Jimmy Kimmel from President Trump and the first lady. 000
Erik Ugland @erikugland.bsky.social · 29/04/2026One of Richard Goodwin's finest speeches (with an assist from Bill Moyers), and one of Johnson's greatest moments. #RememberingAmerica. Time for more good trouble. 000
Erik Ugland @erikugland.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Between Brendan Carr's jawboning of Disney/ABC, the sacking of the NSF board, the indictment of Comey for his "threatening" seashell arrangement, and the rollout of Trump-exalting passports, this might be the dumbest day in the dumbest of all administrations. 000
Erik Ugland @erikugland.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Who needs a military parade when you've got the NFL Draft? 010
Reposted by Erik UglandDaniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 17/04/2026They're calling it the best democracy ever. www.ft.com/content/7529... 113423791
Erik Ugland @erikugland.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Yes, cancel. Or shame anyone who participates in this censorship-washing diversion. 020
Reposted by Erik UglandJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Tonight in Budapest’s Heroes’ Square, a sea of young Hungarians—who’ve only ever known Orbán’s corrupt, suffocating regime—are packed together, singing, chanting, and daring to dream of freedom again. Their hope is raw, their courage is real. The heart of Europe is beating in Budapest tonight. 🇭🇺❤️🇪🇺 538188145086
Reposted by Erik UglandChanea Bond @heymrsbond.com · 11/04/2026Every single one of the astronauts who went to the moon and back on Artemis II was educated at a public school. Thinking of the teachers who poured into Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen tonight. You helped send a kid to the moon! 🌕 💛 172195434015
Reposted by Erik UglandSimon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Impossible to disagree with a single word that Ben Rhodes (Obama era NSC official) is saying here: 464231467588
Reposted by Erik UglandDavid M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Reminder to next dem government: take all of SpaceX’s federal contracts and give the money back to NASA. 7881491856
Erik Ugland @erikugland.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Sorry, Separation of Powers, he's just not that into you. 000
Erik Ugland @erikugland.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Clearly unconstitutional even under Hazelwood, But hard to get courts to agree when young people are involved. Need #NewVoices law in all 50. 010
Reposted by Erik UglandGovernor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 31/03/2026In Minnesota, we stand tall with our neighbors in the face of hatred. 165138692482
Reposted by Erik UglandMinnesota House DFL @mnhousedfl.bsky.social · 30/03/2026ICYMI - Samuel L. Jackson (!!) narrated this powerful video for Saturday's No Kings rally about the strength of Minnesotans protesting ICE: "When your neighbors are being attacked and your communities are being targeted, you don't give up. You don't look away. You don't back down. You showed up." 6049591619
Erik Ugland @erikugland.bsky.social · 30/03/2026techdirt.comThe Missouri v. Biden ‘Settlement’ Is A Fake Victory For A Case They LostLast week, Senator Eric Schmitt of Missouri got into a heated exchange during a Senate hearing with Stanford’s Daphne Keller. Schmitt, who, as Missouri’s Attorney General, originally fi… 000
Reposted by Erik UglandFreedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 28/03/2026The raid on journalist Hannah Natanson is just one of many examples of why the Privacy Protection Act of 1980 must be strengthened. A new bill by @wyden.senate.gov and @balint.house.gov would do just that. We’re proud to endorse it.freedom.pressNew bill would fix law that’s failing journalistsPolice keep raiding reporters without telling courts about the Privacy Protection Act of 1980. An update to the act from Sen. Wyden and Rep. Balint would put a stop to it 18133
Erik Ugland @erikugland.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Another hyper-partisan henchman and vandal leading an INDEPENDENT regulatory agency. This is not how anything is supposed to work. 020
Erik Ugland @erikugland.bsky.social · 26/03/2026What's with all these thumb-sucking Texas universities that can't handle free speech? Lots of big-hat-no-cattle types down there. #TexasState www.kxan.com/news/texas/t...kxan.com 110
Erik Ugland @erikugland.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Pass the Ellsberg Act freedom.press/action/pass-... ➡️ Follow @freedom.press for more.freedom.pressPass the Ellsberg ActDefending press freedom for the next generation 010
Reposted by Erik UglandMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Professors & university staff were targeted & fired for less than this just a few months ago. 10362871511
