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May 16, 2023

DHS building. CP3 and TVTP are DHS programs.

Published by Cody Bloomfield at May 16, 2023

It’s time to defund CP3 and TVTP

There’s not enough terrorism for…DHS? DHS has branched out beyond its statutory mandate of addressing emergencies and preventing terrorism into addressing the hodgepodge category of “targeted violence,” which, oddly, includes both school shootings and sabotaging oil pipelines among other crimes.

April 25, 2023

Members of the African People's Socialist Party at a rally

Published by Defending Rights & Dissent at April 25, 2023

Defending Rights & Dissent Statement on Indictment of African People’s Socialist Party Members

Defending Rights & Dissent expresses its concern with the indictment of three members of the African People’s Socialist Party, along with one member of Black Hammer, for allegedly acting as unregistered foreign agents of Russia. According to a Department of

April 25, 2023

Published by Cody Bloomfield at April 25, 2023

TikTok bans neglect the global landscape of surveillance

Aside from being Chinese in origin, Congress can’t quite make up its mind about what, precisely, the problem is with TikTok. Is it a deficit of censorship, or an overabundance of it? Is the problem actually with TikTok, or is

April 14, 2023

One of the documents leaked by Jack Teixeira, who is now facing charges under the Espionage Act

Published by Defending Rights & Dissent at April 14, 2023

DRAD Statement: Jack Teixeira and the Espionage Act

Earlier this morning Jack Teixeira, a 21 year old member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, was charged with two counts under §793 of the Espionage Act for unlawfully obtaining and communicating national defense information. Additionally, Teixeira was charged under

April 12, 2023

Published by Cody Bloomfield at April 12, 2023

BREAKING: Seven members of Congress take a stand for Assange

Four years ago today, six men dragged Julian Assange out of the Ecuadorian embassy in London into a van, where he was carted off to Belmarsh Prison, where he remains, fighting extradition to the U.S. On April 11, 2019, after

April 5, 2023

Cover of Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs by Kerry Howley

Published by Cody Bloomfield at April 5, 2023

Surveillance and the narrative gravity of the national security state

Surveillance is made of dogs. It’s also made of us. In Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs: A Journey Through the Deep State, Kerry Howley dives into what surveillance is, what stories are told with intelligence data, and, ultimately, how

March 6, 2023

Published by Defending Rights & Dissent at March 6, 2023

69 Organizations Urge that Domestic Terrorism Charges Against Defend the Atlanta Forest Protesters Be Dropped

69 environmental, human rights, and civil liberties organizations sent a letter to Georgia prosecutors urging them to drop domestic terrorism charges against Stop Cop City/Defend the Atlanta Forest protesters. The charges represent a draconian escalation seemingly intended to chill First

February 24, 2023

Exterior of the Supreme Court, which denied writ of certiorari in the BDS case Arkansas Times LP v. Waldrip this week.

Published by Cody Bloomfield at February 24, 2023

The Supreme Court sleeps on defending boycotts and the right to political expression

In an absurd ruling, the Eighth Circuit denied that boycotts are political expression. Now, the Supreme Court has denied writ of certiorari, letting the Eighth Circuit’s ruling in Arkansas Times LP v. Waldrip stand. This is a missed opportunity for

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