#First Amendment

[writing-with-olive]

Bummed you couldn't make it to No Kings? Made it and wanna go again? Just wanna ruin Trump's day?

JULY 17 IS GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON!!!

Yup, another chance to take to the streets, exercise our first amendment rights to peaceful assembly, and tell Trump and his enablers that he needs to sit his ass down.

Here's the website with the map of planned protests. This was only announced June 17, so if there aren't any near you, come back later, and see what new options have populated. And remember: try to avoid actually rsvp-ing, and if you must, put in fake information.

Please boost!!

[alyfoxxxen]

Columbia protester Mahmoud Khalil freed from immigration detention | AP News

[political-us]

Los Angeles protests for Mahmoud Kahlil

[liberalsarecool]

This is serious.

[kcinpa]

This is kind of brilliant, and necessary.

A group of adult entertainment actors is about to spend $100,000 in the next 29 days running anti-Project 2025/anti-Trump ads on adult websites targeting their male audiences in seven battleground states: Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona, and Nevada.

Why?

Page 5 of the 920 page Project 2025 manifesto says of pornography:

It has no claim to First Amendment protection. ... Pornography should be outlawed. The people who produce and distribute it should be imprisoned. Educators and public librarians who purvey it should be classed as registered sex offenders. And telecommunications and technology firms that facilitate its spread should be shuttered.

Now whether or not you approve of the porn industry, it's clear that Project 2025 is talking about a much broader thing: whatever these right-wing zealots determine to be "pornographic." Note how teachers and librarians are mentioned specifically. Some bookbanners have called children's books pornographic simply for featuring a lgbtq character.

Closer to tumblr's heart, smutty fanfic and fanfic sites would certainly be swept up if Project 2025 ever came to pass.

So kudos to the adult film stars for stepping up and spreading the word.

[bonesashesglass]

Just deleted TikTok. That Trump saving TikTok notification was the most overt propaganda I’ve ever seen in my entire life and no way am I sticking around after that. Moving to Rednote is the right move for everyone over there.

[my-midlife-crisis]

Texas wants to make political memes illegal

[dandelionsresilience]

Dandelion News - April 8-14

Based on preliminary results of this poll, for the next few weeks I’m gonna test out doing 5 articles a week instead of 10, as part of an effort to maintain my own mental health. If these half-sized posts get markedly fewer notes, I’ll try to figure out a different compromise.

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1. Zookeepers prepare Easter treats for animals

“”Our Asiatic lion cubs, who have just turned one, are at a crucial stage in their development, honing their natural exploratory and hunting instincts. Enrichment — like the enormous, scented Easter egg — plays an important role in this, helping to diversify their habitat and encouraging them to fully engage their strength and remarkably keen sense of smell.””

2. ‘People love being here’: London development shows harmony between nature and housing

“[… T]he charmingly named Tadpole Garden Village in Wiltshire will have 28 hectares (68 acres) of green space and nearly 2,000 homes. […] “We were initially brought in to find a nature-based solution to the flooding of the River Quaggy. We linked it to a floodplain and created sustainable urban drainage systems[….]””

3. Federal judge restores AP’s full access to White House events in victory for press freedom

“The ruling affirms that the First Amendment prohibits punishing journalists for refusing to adopt government-mandated language[….] “"Today’s ruling affirms the fundamental right of the press and public to speak freely without government retaliation.””

4. Huge Reductions in Plastic Pollution Along Aussie Coastlines

“[… P]lastic pollution along Australian coastlines has decreased by more than a third (39 per cent) over the past ten years[…. Other research found] a 16 percent increase in areas where no plastic debris was found at all.”

5. Pangolarium: world's first pangolin rehab facility opens in South Africa

“A purpose-built facility like the Pangolarium will give rescued pangolins the best chance at regaining health. Monitored release back into the wild is the goal whenever possible[….] “It will also be a research and conservation hub for pangolin academics, rehabilitators and veterinarians to share information and knowledge[….]””

April 1-7 news here | (all credit for images and written material can be found at the source linked; I don’t claim credit for anything but curating.)

[porterdavis]

[thoughtportal]

The Power of Grass Roots Organizing

[postmoderntongues]

I made a video breaking zero laws and violating zero terms of service stating that refusing to let Luigi Mangione use the restroom until he wet himself and then photographing him in his soiled clothing is a form of torture and it’s especially heinous because he hasn’t even been found guilty and TikTok dirty deleted I fucking hate that platform

[political-us]

[liberalsarecool]

The fascist Felon is very obvious.

[sweaterkittensahoy]

If you are not willing to protect pornography, you are not willing to protect free speech.

This isn't about calling you a prude. This is about identifying one of the most vulnerable forms of free speech and standing in front of it when people try to remove it because "it's not free speech" and going, "Yes it fucking is."

You don't have to like pornography. You don't have to interact with it. You need only to understand that free speech absolutely protects porn and that if you truly believe in the first amendment, then you will support keeping porn legal. If you claim to believe in free speech in all cases, it means you believe it when it comes to fucking videos or fucking stories or fucking comics.

You must--MUST--support free speech you hate to truly support free speech. I can list you all sorts of stuff I fucking hate (stares at piss christ; not for religious reasons just hate the edgelord wank of it), and I will defend to my final breath the right for it to exist, be shown, and no one seeing or creating it being punished for creating or consuming it.

If you're not willing to stand up for free speech you don't like, you're just a fascist pretending to be progressive.

"But porn is so bad for--"

Shut the fuck up. This isn't about the ethics of porn (and a lot of you need to kill the radfem in your head); this is about the first amendment being protected and respected. Either the first amendment is protected, or it is not. There is no middle ground.

[jordynfinity]

Misogyny is in your silence

And your violence is loud

[my-midlife-crisis]

The dawn of Newspeak is on the rise...

And you claim you are for "free speech"...

Just in case you don't want to read the article. These are the words Trump has forbidden:

activism

activists

advocacy

advocate

advocates

barrier

barriers

biased

biased toward

biases

biases towards

bipoc

black and latinx

community diversity

community equity

cultural differences

cultural heritage

culturally responsive

disabilities

disability

discriminated

discrimination

discriminatory

diverse backgrounds

diverse communities

diverse community

diverse group

diverse groups

diversified

diversify

diversifying

diversity and inclusion

diversity equity

enhance the diversity

enhancing diversity

equal opportunity

equality

equitable

equity

ethnicity

excluded

female

females

fostering inclusivity

gender

gender diversity

genders

hate speech

excluded

female

females

fostering inclusivity

gender

gender diversity

genders

hate speech

hispanic minority

historically

implicit bias

implicit biases

inclusion

inclusive

inclusiveness

inclusivity

increase diversity

increase the diversity

indigenous community

inequalities

inequality

inequitable

inequities

institutional

Igbt

marginalize

marginalized

minorities

minority

multicultural

polarization

political

prejudice

privileges

promoting diversity

race and ethnicity

racial

racial diversity

racial inequality

racial justice

racially

racism

sense of belonging

sexual preferences

social justice

sociocultural

socioeconomic

status

stereotypes

systemic

trauma

under appreciated

under represented

under served

underrepresentation

underrepresented

underserved

undervalued

victim

women

women and underrepresented

Don't believe me? Here's more about it.

Enjoy!