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Defending Rights & Dissent @rightsdissent.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Our Policy Director @chipgibbons.bsky.social discussed the Trump administration's crackdown on dissent and its echoes of past McCarthyite repression with the Left Reckoning podcast www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGNM...

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The Reality of Trump's McCarthyism & Fernando Cerimedo and the Global Right Exposed

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Defending Rights & Dissent @rightsdissent.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

All in the latest Defending Rights & Dissent newsletter: 🔹 The New McCarthyism: attacks on journalists 🔹 DHS's AI surveillance picks up our 2018 demo 🔹 Opposing Trump's lawless regime of sanctions and boat strikes www.rightsanddissent.org/news/newslet...

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Newsletter: September 2026

Defending Rights & Dissent Protest Appears in DHS AI Search for Minnesota 15 Defendant The Department of Homeland Security used Clearview AI facial recognition technology to search the internet…

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Defending Rights & Dissent @rightsdissent.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

After 9/11, the US launched forever wars, killing & displacing millions in its global war on terror. On this 25th anniversary, we remember that the US gov also went to war here at home, attacking dissent, civil liberties & the Constitution. In 2021, we outlined how to End the War on Terror at Home

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Defending Rights & Dissent @rightsdissent.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Live at 2pm ET / 11am PT! Watch here 👇

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Kevin Gosztola @kgosztola.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I'm moderating a panel discussion organized by @rightsdissent.bsky.social on the Trump administration's attacks on independent media. To watch it live, tune in tomorrow, August 27, at 2pm ET: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRY8...

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Independent Media & the New McCarthyism

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Defending Rights & Dissent @rightsdissent.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

🚨Trump is escalating attacks on adversarial journalists amid a wider crackdown on dissent across the United States. Tomorrow our policy director @chipgibbons.bsky.social, @freedom.press advocacy director @seth-stern.bsky.social, and ADC President Jenin Younes will break down the latest attacks

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 25/08/2026

🔔 Join a live @rightsdissent.bsky.social webinar to learn about the Trump admin's McCarthyite crackdown on political dissent and targeting of US journalists, featuring @chipgibbons.bsky.social, @seth-stern.bsky.social, and Jenin Younes. 🗓️ Aug. 27, 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT Watch:

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Independent Media & the New McCarthyism

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Defending Rights & Dissent @rightsdissent.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The DHS’s investigation into Minnesota labor unions, a climate change organization, and other groups and activists who exercised their First Amendment rights in protesting ICE crackdowns is a disturbing, invasive, and utterly unjustifiable attack on freedom of expression and political dissent.

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Defending Rights & Dissent @rightsdissent.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

📩 DRAD Newsletter August 2026 🔹 Breaking Down NSPM-7, Trump’s Blueprint Against Dissent 🔹 The New McCarthyism: House Cmte. Subpoenas & State Dept's "Cuba Report" 🔹 Mobilizing mass actions: opposing U.S./Israeli military meld, & against Jay Clayton for DNI www.rightsanddissent.org/news/newslet...

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Newsletter: August 2026

Breaking Down Trump’s Blueprint Against Dissent Defending Rights & Dissent is leading the charge against Trump’s crackdown on dissent, political advocacy, and free expression. Ever since Trump …

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Defending Rights & Dissent @rightsdissent.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Law enforcement have used Flock and other automatic license plate reader cameras to discriminate, track protesters, and follow at least one woman seeking reproductive health care. Tell Congress: Withhold funding from cities that spy on people with Flock cameras! actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

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Defending Rights & Dissent @rightsdissent.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

FISA Section 702 was sold as a tool to surveil foreign threats. In practice, it's a backdoor for spying on Americans. Now that Jay Clayton has been confirmed as DNI, the push to reform 702 only becomes more urgent. Tell Congress: No Warrant, No Access! secure.rightsanddissent.org/a/tell-congr...

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Defending Rights & Dissent @rightsdissent.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Just days after a federal judge blasted the DOJ over subpoenas issued by U.S. attorney Jay Clayton for NYT journalists--leading to the withdrawal of those subpoenas--the Senate has voted to confirm Clayton for DNI. Defending Rights & Dissent strongly condemns the Senate's vote.

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Defending Rights & Dissent @rightsdissent.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

House Investigation of @btnewsroom.bsky.social Is an Attack on All Journalism We spoke to @seth-stern.bsky.social for @theintercept.com about the House subpoenas of activist and media groups and the threat they pose to the freedom of the press Full story here: theintercept.com/2026/07/27/b...

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Defending Rights & Dissent @rightsdissent.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

🚨Senate votes tonight! Jay Clayton has overseen subpoenas for journalists reporting in the public interest, & he won't commit to a warrant requirement for surveillance. Tell your Senators: Reject Jay Clayton for Director of National Intelligence! secure.rightsanddissent.org/a/tell-congr...

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Oppose Jay Clayton for Director of National Intelligence

Clayton has overseen violations of press freedom, denies the 2020 election results, and refuses to commit to a warrant requirement for surveillance. Use this tool to urge your Senators to vote NO on h...

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Defending Rights & Dissent @rightsdissent.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The State’s War on the Left Didn’t Begin With Trump — But He’s Escalating It @chipgibbons.bsky.social on the Rubio-Miller 'political terrorism summit, the State Dept's McCarthyite 'Cuba Report', and Trump's NSPM-7 -- the memo outlining his blueprint to crush the left truthout.org/articles/the...

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Defending Rights & Dissent @rightsdissent.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The subpoenas of @btnewsroom.bsky.social, the @peoplesforum.bsky.social & @tricontinental.bsky.social are a blatant pretext to intimidate dissenting activist groups and media outlets, part of the Trump administration's growing new McCarthyism Policy Director @chipgibbons.bsky.social breaks it down:

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Defending Rights & Dissent @rightsdissent.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

If you missed it yesterday, @freedom.press hosted a panel discussion on Trump's NSPM-7: A Threat to Press Freedom Featuring our policy director @chipgibbons.bsky.social, @faizapatel.bsky.social, @drboguslaw.bsky.social Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ogk7...

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NSPM-7: A threat to press freedom

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Defending Rights & Dissent @rightsdissent.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Defending Rights & Dissent objects to the State Department's McCarthyite report on Cuba, which makes unfounded claims seeking to tar domestic movements for social change as agents of a foreign government. (cont'd)

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Defending Rights & Dissent @rightsdissent.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Reject expansion of US-Israeli military cooperation! A provision of the National Defense Authorization Act calls for the US & Israel to co-produce weapons, coordinate AI tech for war & meld together the US-Israeli military-industrial complex. Say NO to NDAA Section 219!

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Defending Rights & Dissent @rightsdissent.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Reporter @maxblumenthal.bsky.social, editor of @thegrayzonenews.bsky.social, was stopped & searched at the U.S. border upon return from Iran, where he reported on the funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. CPB forced him to turn over his smartphone. Our statement on this attack on press freedom:

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Defending Rights & Dissent @rightsdissent.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Defending Rights & Dissent board member and law professor Emily Berman explains that the Espionage Act is written so broadly that it's been abused to punish whistleblowers and the press, and why we must reform it. Contact your lawmakers today: secure.rightsanddissent.org/a/ellsberg-act

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Defending Rights & Dissent @rightsdissent.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Robert Ellsberg, son of legendary whistleblower Dan Ellsberg, recounts his father's prosecution under the Espionage Act and why we must reform the law now to end its abuse against truthtellers and journalists. Learn more at rightsanddissent.org

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Defending Rights & Dissent @rightsdissent.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

On This Day in Espionage Act History On June 17, 2022, British Home Sec. Priti Patel signs an extradition order to send WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange to the U.S to face charges under the Espionage Act for publishing -- the first such charges for a journalist. Learn more: rightsanddissent.org

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Defending Rights & Dissent @rightsdissent.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

On this day in 1918, Eugene Debs delivered an anti-war speech for which he was convicted under the Espionage Act and sentenced to a decade in prison. It's long past time to reform this law and end its abuse against dissent, against whistleblowers, & against the press, for good.

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Defending Rights & Dissent @rightsdissent.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

109 years ago today, Congress created one of the most dangerous weapons in prosecutors' arsenal: the Espionage Act. We're spending June highlighting key milestones in the history of the Act, which has been used for over a century to silence dissent.

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Defending Rights & Dissent @rightsdissent.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Trump has declared war on free speech in support of Palestine. We will not accept a Palestine exception to the First Amendment. That's why we're suing the govt to release all files on this authoritarian crackdown. Here's our Board co-president Shannon Al-Wakeel on the FOIA lawsuit.

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Defending Rights & Dissent @rightsdissent.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

June is Espionage Act history month! One of the worst laws in our legal code, the Espionage Act poses a direct threat to whistleblowers, journalism, & your right to know. We're spending the month highlighting its abuses & the urgent need for major reform. www.rightsanddissent.org/news/june-is...

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Defending Rights & Dissent @rightsdissent.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Once again the Trump administration is using the U.S.'s abusive sanctions regime to attack humanitarians and retaliate against critics of U.S. foreign policy. (Cont’d)

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Defending Rights & Dissent @rightsdissent.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

We condemn the abusive overreach of the U.S. government applying terrorism sanctions to humanitarian activists attempting to bring life-saving aid to the people of Gaza. (1/2)

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Defending Rights & Dissent @rightsdissent.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Release Courtney Williams! Drop the charges now! Williams is an Army veteran who blew the whistle on sexual harassment & gender discrimination in the military. Now the government is charging her under the Espionage Act. Sign our petition with @dropsitenews.com! actionnetwork.org/forms/petiti...

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Defending Rights & Dissent @rightsdissent.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

NEW: Rights Groups, Journalists, & Whistleblowers Call for Courtney Williams’ Release “Patriotic individuals who alert the public to government wrongdoing are whistleblowers, not spies." Williams, an Army vet, was charged under the Espionage Act after speaking out against abuses in the military

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Defending Rights & Dissent @rightsdissent.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Live in 5 mins: Breaking down NSPM-7 and Trump's crackdown on activism and free speech www.youtube.com/watch?v=50ks...

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Defending Rights & Dissent @rightsdissent.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

LAST DAY FOR DONATIONS MATCHED 2 TO 1 Today is the final day for all contributions to Defending Rights & Dissent to go 3 times as far. We depend on your support to keep up the fight for all of our rights. Please consider a donation today. Here's how: secure.rightsanddissent.org/I5Km7wu38ku9...

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 01/05/2026

Watch the full panel discussion featuring three journalists who were abducted and illegally detained by Israel from flotillas in 2025. Co-hosted in November with @rightsdissent.bsky.social.

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Hear from the U.S. Journalists Abducted from Gaza Aid Flotillas

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 30/04/2026

“Here are a bunch of unarmed people with baby formula on a ship, and then there’s this elite navy who are just armed to the f — ing teeth ... there to intercept us,” @recolston.bsky.social told us in November about the last time he and other journalists were abducted by Israel from flotillas.

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Defending Rights & Dissent @rightsdissent.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

We are deeply concerned that Israel has once again kidnapped activists trying to bring desperately needed humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza. It is also outrageous that it has kidnapped journalists, including U.S. reporter Alex Colston. (Continued below)

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Defending Rights & Dissent @rightsdissent.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Here's how Defending Rights & Dissent fights for your rights, every single day. We rely on your support to put our plans into action -- and for just 2 more days, all donations will be matched 2:1, tripling your impact. Please consider donating today: secure.rightsanddissent.org/I5Km7wu38ku9...

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Defending Rights & Dissent @rightsdissent.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Defending Rights & Dissent fights for the right to protest, the freedom of the press, and the future of the First Amendment. We rely on your support to make this work possible. All Spring fundraiser donations will be matched 2 to 1. Please donate today! secure.rightsanddissent.org/I5Km7wu38ku9...

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Defending Rights & Dissent @rightsdissent.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Just 9 more days to urge your Congressmembers to say NO to warrantless surveillance by voting against a "clean" reauthorization of FISA section 702 Take action here: actionnetwork.org/letters/bloc...

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Defending Rights & Dissent @rightsdissent.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

No war In Iran, no more bombs for Israel! ☎️ Call your Senators TODAY to support an War Powers bill and 2 JRDs to block arms shipments to Israel. Votes expected today, act now!

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Defending Rights & Dissent @rightsdissent.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

The Dangerous Precedent of the Prairieland “Antifa” Trial Hear from lawyers, press freedom experts, and activists on the First Amendment implications of the Prairieland terror convictions -- including a defendant from the trial! Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqL0...

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Defending Rights & Dissent @rightsdissent.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

📺 Join us for a livestreamed panel discussion on the Prairieland "Antifa" trial and what it means for dissent and the First Amendment 📆Tomorrow @ 4pm ET Featuring: 🔹 @freedom.press 🔹 @nlg.org 🔹 @dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social 🔹 @chipgibbons.bsky.social Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqL0...

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 02/04/2026

President Trump’s unconstitutional executive order aiming to punish U.S. law firms over their pro bono clients threatens an independent press. Read about the amicus brief we signed with over 40 other media organizations and press freedom advocates.

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The Intercept’s Press Freedom Defense Fund Leads Cohort Fighting Trump’s Unconstitutional Media Attacks

A cohort of 42 media and press freedom advocates, led by The Intercept’s Press Freedom Defense Fund, filed an amicus brief opposing Trump's attempts to censor the press.

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A great opportunity to be the next executive director of an awesome nonprofit. I served on the board of @rightsdissent.bsky.social years ago and I still donate because they are fearless, principled, and effective. Someone awesome should apply today. www.idealist.org/en/nonprofit...

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 12/03/2026

The Espionage Act has been used to criminalize whistleblowers and journalists for years. Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s landmark reform bill, the Daniel Ellsberg Act, aims to stop exactly that. Watch @laurenleharper.bsky.social and learn how you can take action: freedom.press/ellsberg-act

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 10/03/2026

We are calling on ICE to immediately release journalist Estefany Rodriguez, who has covered immigration, including ICE actions, for the Spanish-language news site Nashville Noticias. Read the letter we signed with 40 other press freedom and civil society groups: www.freepress.net/news/coaliti...

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