Bc presidents f/ *both* political parties have abused classification system & #EspionageAct to chill investigative journalism & punish sources, the differences bt Trump's actions & everyone else's will never resonate the way hopes.
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For #Whistleblowers, Motives Matter — disclosing secrets for fame, profit, revenge, or personal aggrandizement (Teixeira) vs the public’s right to know ( & #DanielHale).
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#Whistleblowers I rep face decades in prison for what #Trump did. Over a single #classified document. Disclosed to the media, not squirreled away. In the interest of the public, not profit or personal gain.
#LeakDoubleStandard
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BREAKING: Kaitlan Collins just asked Trump during the CNN Town Hall if he shared the classified documents seized at Mar-a-lago with anyone.
Trump’s incredibly scary answer:
“Not really”.
He then said “it doesn’t matter”.
When Collins continued to push him on what he… Show more
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People are complaining about the cost of the Coronation, around $235 million.
Devin is suing and me for the same amount.
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This is a very good point! Defamation lawsuits against public figures require “actual malice” and Mike Flynn’s lawyer made it clear that he is a public figure.
Joe Flynn recently tried to entrap me into actual malice by implying I want Mike Flynn “murdered” which I do not!
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Replying to @jimstewartson and @GenFlynn
“Defaming prominent conservative figures” language is a total self-own! He just defeated his own lawsuit by creating a public figure exception to his defamation claim. 
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Harold S. Kushner, a rabbi who became a spiritual counselor to millions as the author of the book “When Bad Things Happen to Good People,” a best-selling work about the search for solace amid unspeakable suffering, died April 28 in Canton, Mass. He was 88.
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As a reminder: every major press freedom and civil liberties group in the West -- from to -- has condemned Biden's ongoing attempts to extradite and prosecute Assange, warning it's the gravest threat to press freedom in the West.
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If you care abt #FreePress, be vocal about the blind recklessness of the #Assange prosecution and how it will throttle the #1stAmendment & imperil ALL journalists.
#WorldPressFreedomDay
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The trailer has been released for REALITY, based on 's IS THIS A ROOM, featuring "Euphoria" and "White Lotus" star as whistleblower Reality Winner - and we're pumped! The film will be released on on May 29.
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Maybe there could be a Trump survivor cover like they did for Bill Cosby?
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While we focus on #Assange’s unjust imprisonment on #WorldPressFreedomDay . . . let’s not forget imprisoned #sources.
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Tucker Carlson wants to join!
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FIGHT CLUB: New video evidence shows two high school football players duking it out in an alleged coach-sanctioned brawl at Kingfisher High School in Oklahoma. #8NN trib.al/nVdb4yi
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The only fight Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson has been in was on the receiving end of a knuckle sandwich at St. George’s Cuntry Day School.
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How do you spot an “Antifa kid”? FCK NZS hoodie? BLM t-shirt? Pussy hat? “F*ckTuck” keychain?
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Biden says “journalism is not a crime.” Then why does the gov keep imprisoning sources? And a publisher? Under the draconian Espionage Act?
#FreeDanielHale
#DropAssangeChrgs
#Pardon , @S_UnwantedSpy, &
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Renowned Human Rights Attorney Jesselyn Radack
on the Julian Assange case, and why the publisher will not get a fair trial if extradited to the US for publishing #FreeAssangeNOW #DanielHale
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No mention of Julian #Assange at the #WHCD speaks volumes abt US hypocrisy when it comes to #FreePress. Ditto regarding our footsie w/ Saudi Arabia.
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President Biden started his speech at the White House Correspondents Dinner on a serious note, talking about the importance of the 1st Amendment and a Free Press.
@POTUS talks about Evan Gershkovich, Austin Tice, Paul Whelan and every American journalist and citizen wrongfully… Show more
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"Dan Ellsberg has continued to mentor an entire generation of people who have been going through the living hell of whistleblowing."
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#DanielEllsbergWeek
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Fantastic panel on best practises for fair and accurate reporting on remote and clandestine government-backed killings: journalismfestival.com/programme/2023 .
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I imagine their estates would have something to say abt that since Elon is profiting off their names.
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For me, was most useful for 1) advocating for #whistleblowers no one heard of, 2) lightning-fast organizing, 3) cross-border activism, 4) opening direct convos w/ govt offl’s, 5) meeting role models who are now colleagues.
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BREAKING: Human Rights Attorney Speaks Out Against Injustice in Espionage Act Cases, warns that if admin succeeds in extraditing Julian Assange to the U.S., he will end up in a far worse place. She was speaking at the National … Show more
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Clarence Thomas: at what point does DOJ stop saying it won't investigate a conservative public figure because it will make DOJ look political, when in reality NOT investigating is what makes them actually be political?
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Julian #Assange & #DanielHale: Human Rights Attorney Jesselyn Radack Speaks Out Against Injustice in Espionage Act Cases todaynewsafrica.com/julian-assange via
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My friend and mentor is a national treasure & his words more prescient than ever. Please give this a listen.
#EspionageAct
#Russ
#NuclearWar
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We need a better system. More here.
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dumped them online; whether the docs showed govt abuse or fraud or criminality; whether he was careful to disclose only what the public needed to see; whether the leak was defensible, all things considered. Any reasonable system would care about these things—but ours doesn’t. 2/
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Things that don’t matter to the Espionage Act: why he did it; whether he intended to cause harm; whether he did in fact cause harm; whether the docs were properly classified; whether the docs informed public debate; whether he shared them with journalists or… 1/
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Russian operatives use online gaming communities to circulate disinformation. The US uses online gaming communities to recruit for the #drone prgm.
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Journalists should be asking: Why is it that the FBI did not get to Teixeira "until after The Post revealed numerous details about the still-anonymous leaker on Wednesday night, and after the New York Times followed up on Thursday by naming Teixeira"??
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This story was published by the NYT 12 hours ago. Numerous top editors who oversaw publication of our reporting -- then-Guardian-editor-in-chief and Intercept's -- quickly corrected them, but the paper ignored it, still has these errors up:
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Four years ago today, Julian Assange was arrested for publishing the truth.
I’m leading a letter to Attorney General Garland urging him to uphold the freedom of the press by dropping these Trump-era charges and withdrawing the extradition request.
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#DEA does an end-run around the 4th Amendment by buying customer data f/ private companies. So does & .
#unconstitutional
#getawarrant
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