Newsletter – Defending Rights & Dissent

August 6, 2026

Published by Nathan Fuller at August 6, 2026

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 issued National Security Presidential Memo 7, his plan to further weaponize the FBI

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July 1, 2026

Published by Nathan Fuller at July 1, 2026

Newsletter: July 2026

June was Espionage Act History Month Defending Rights & Dissent has declared June to be Espionage Act History Month, to memorialize some of the most important milestones of one of the worst laws in the U.S. legal code. This year,

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June 8, 2026

Published by Nathan Fuller at June 8, 2026

Newsletter: June 2026

Suing the U.S. Gov’t Over Palestine Protest Crackdown Defending Rights & Dissent is suing the State Department, FBI, DOJ, & ICE under the Freedom of Information Act to compel the agencies to release documents related to the government’s crackdown on

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May 14, 2026

Published by Nathan Fuller at May 14, 2026

Newsletter: May 2026

Resisting Trump’s unconstitutional war The U.S./Israeli war on Iran began with a devastating war crime, the bombing of a girls’ elementary school, and it remains a major threat to global stability, as thousands have already been killed and the blockade

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April 1, 2026

Published by Nathan Fuller at April 1, 2026

Newsletter: April 2026

We’ve had an especially busy March! We organized a panel event with a sitting Congressmember, saw a detainee and a journalist we campaigned for walk free, and we participated in an historic conference on groundbreaking journalism in Berlin. We’re proud

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March 13, 2026

Published by Defending Rights & Dissent at March 13, 2026

Newsletter: March 2026

Responding to Trump’s illegal war on Iran Just weeks after kidnapping the president of Venezuela, Trump embarked on a new regime-change operation in flagrant violation of U.S. and international law when he began bombing Iran this month in coordination with

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February 12, 2026

Published by Defending Rights & Dissent at February 12, 2026

Newsletter: February 2026

Good & Pretti Killed, Don Lemon Arrested Amid Minnesota Crackdown The ICE and Border Patrol crackdown on protesters against the Trump administration’s massive immigration raids turned deadly in Minnesota, where federal agents shot and killed Renee Nicole Good and Alex

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January 16, 2026

Published by Nathan Fuller at January 16, 2026

Newsletter: January 2026

Trump’s Illegal Venezuela Invasion Our worst fears came to fruition when President Trump invaded Venezuela early this month, killing more than 80 civilians and service members and ousting President Nicolas Maduro in a regime-change operation that violated our Constitution and

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December 12, 2025

Published by Defending Rights & Dissent at December 12, 2025

Newsletter: December 2025

UN Submission: Input on Terrorism Definitions On behalf of Defending Rights & Dissent, our Policy Director Chip Gibbons submitted a response to the United Nations’ call for input regarding how to define “terrorism”, “terrorist organizations” and “violent extremism.” Ben Saul,

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November 5, 2025

Published by Defending Rights & Dissent at November 5, 2025

Newsletter: November 2025

Showcasing Gaza whistleblower in DC event Defending Rights & Dissent hosted U.S. Army veteran Anthony Aguilar, who worked as a contractor under the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in Palestine, for a conversation about the war crimes he witnessed on the ground

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October 6, 2025

Published by Defending Rights & Dissent at October 6, 2025

Newsletter: October 2025

Responding to Trump’s plan to ‘crush’ the ‘radical left’ The Trump administration is using the killing of Charlie Kirk to escalate government targeting of political dissent into a full-blown crackdown on its political adversaries, with White House officials blaming nonprofits

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September 3, 2025

Published by Defending Rights & Dissent at September 3, 2025

Newsletter: September 2025

“Eyewitness to Gaza’s death traps” speaks with Defending Rights & Dissent One week after our panel event featuring policy experts on U.S. complicity in Israel’s genocide in Palestine, Defending Rights & Dissent continued to highlight American involvement in war crimes

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August 8, 2025

Published by Defending Rights & Dissent at August 8, 2025

Newsletter: August 2025

Chip Gibbons joins Majority Report on Trump’s war on free speech Defending Rights & Dissent Policy Director Chip Gibbons appeared on Majority Report to discuss the widespread crackdown on free speech in support of Palestine, with particular focus on the arrest and

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July 8, 2025

Published by Defending Rights & Dissent at July 8, 2025

Newsletter: July 2025

Defending Your Right Know: Investigating Our Government’s Role in Gaza “killing fields” Defending Rights & Dissent is using Freedom of Information Act requests to urgently investigate our government’s role in supporting crimes against humanity in Gaza. We filed two Freedom of

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June 9, 2025

Published by Defending Rights & Dissent at June 9, 2025

Newsletter: June 2025

Defending Rights & Dissent uses FOIA to expose abuse Defending Rights and Dissent has made extensive use of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to uncover the ways in which both local and federal law enforcement abuse their powers to

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