Good! Enough of this oppression of free speech in the USA. ICEBlock app creator Joshua Aaron sues Trump admina for abuse of government power and infringing on his free speech.cnn.com/2025/12/08/tech/iceb…

If this insane spending bill passes, the America Party will be formed the next day. Our country needs an alternative to the Democrat-Republican uniparty so that the people actually have a VOICE.

If you don’t defend speech you hate, you are not for free speech.

Harvard's lawsuit is straightforward because the government's actions were straightforward. - - The government may not "interfere with private actors' speech to advance its own vision of ideological balance" (Moody v. NetChoice). The government demanded Harvard achieve "viewpoint diversity" in "each department, field, or teaching unit" (i.e. ideological balance). As Harvard notes, "the First Amendment makes clear that the authority to achieve that objective rests with the University rather than the Government." - - The government may not "rely[] on the 'threat of invoking legal sanctions and other means of coercion ... to achieve the suppression' of disfavored speech" (NRA v. Vullo). The government demanded censorship on condition of receiving federal funds, and President Trump explicitly said Harvard "teaches Hate and Stupidity, and should no longer receive Federal Funds" (i.e. viewpoint discrimination). - - The government "may not deny a benefit to a person on a basis that infringes his constitutionally protected interests" (Perry v. Sindermann). The government demanded Harvard give up its autonomy and First Amendment rights on condition of receiving federal funds. - - The government must follow a specific process in order to revoke federal funding under Title VI. It did not follow this process. - - Even if the government did follow the appropriate process, the funding revocations would need to be targeted "to the particular program, or part thereof, in which ... noncompliance has been found." Instead, the government's funding revocations were indiscriminate. In short, pretty much everything we at @TheFIREorg have said from the get-go.

whitehouse.gov/lab-leak-true… notable!

dark-comedic commentary upon the dilemma of exploitative labor, alongside Apple’s controversial exemption from top tier China tariffs (while smaller companies without armies of lobbyists are put out of business) #tariffsonChina #iphone17 #appleintelligence @FreeYourMac

They can run, but they can’t hide.

New #AsiaNow post: Please read and share the AAS Statement on the Arrest and Indictment of Dr. Paul Chambers in Thailand. asianstudies.org/association…

Thai Lawyers for Human Rights on Friday reports that police from Mueang Phitsanulok Police Station arrived to search the office of American scholar Paul Chambers at Naresuan University without a search warrant yesterday. "They claimed that during a previous search, they had received consent from the university, thus giving them authority under the Computer Crime Act." The lawyer insisted that a court-issued search warrant was required, so the police left, said TLHR which represent Chambers who is charged with royal insult. The same police unit returned again at 4.30pm Friday and claimed to have coordinated with the Vice-Rector the university to obtain consent to check Chambers' old computer, which is the property of the university, without any written consent. "According to the Computer Crime Act, accessing any computer data where there is reasonable cause to believe an offense has been committed requires the authorized officer under the Computer Crime Act to obtain a court order first. However, the police who conducted the search did not present any court order. Furthermore, the investigative unit of Mueang Phitsanulok Police Station is not considered an authorized officer under the Computer Crime Act," TLHR noted. (Photo from Paul Chambers FB.) #Thailand #paulchambers #ม112

BREAKING: American scholar Paul Chambers, who was charged with royal defamation, was finally released by the Immigration Bureau in the middle of Wednesday night, Thai Lawyers for Human Rights confirmed shortly before noon today. TLHR said Chanbers' passport has been confiscated, and he was required to wear EM anklet to track his whereabouts. Chambers, who teaches Thai studies at Naresuan University in Phitsanuloke province, posed 600,000 bath bail surety. (TLHR photo) #Thailand #PaulChambers

Thai police summoned a prominent American academic on Friday to face charges of insulting the monarchy, a rare case of a foreign national being charged under the kingdom's strict lese-majeste law. cbsn.ws/4iTmUoS

I loved being in India. My first time. I was shocked by how normalized Indians are to poor air quality. Breathing the air is like smoking multiple cigarettes a day. Yet no one wears a mask or has air filters in their indoor environments. The evidence shows that India would improve the health of its population more by cleaning up air quality than by curing all cancers. I am unsure why India's leaders do not make air quality a national emergency. I don't know what interests, money and power keep things the way they are but it's really bad for the entire country.

BREAKING The Phitsanulok Provincial Court has refused to grant bail for Dr Paul Chambers, a lecturer at Naresuan University's Faculty of Social Sciences. Chambers is facing charges of royal defamation and violation of the Computer Crimes Act. An arrest warrant was previously issued for him, but university administration requested that the police instead allow him to report to the police himself. He was taken to court today (8 April) after reporting to the police at Muang Phitsanulok Police Station. The Court subsequently denied him bail because his charges were severe. A court official told his lawyers to file for appeal. The lawyers said that they will be filing another bail request today and will be increasing the amount of cash security. They will declare to the Court that Chambers should be granted bail because he has a medical condition and that he is happy to follow conditions set by the Court, such as having a supervisor appointed and being required to report to the Court. If the request is still denied, the lawyers will be filing for appeal.

At 15.30, the Phitsanulok Provincial Court once again refused to grant Dr Chambers' bail request, despite his lawyers requesting that the dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences be appointed his supervisor. Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) said that lawyers will be appealing the Court's decision tomorrow. Chambers will be detained at Phitsanulok Central Prison in the meantime.

The American scholar didn't yet know what may have led the Third Army Region to file a lese majeste police complaint against him. Column by @PravitR #lesemajeste #thailand #LM #retention #paulchambers #ม112 #ป #เสรีภาพ #เสรีภาพสื่อ khaosodenglish.com/opinion/2…

NEW: Bill Maher guest calls out Fauci’s ridiculous pardon, saying, “There’s a reason he was given a pardon back to 2014.” “There is something very wrong going on here.” “Everyone knew it [gain-of-function research] was dangerous a long time ago. You go back to 2015, you will find a big meeting in London where they say there’s one lab in the world most likely to have a problem with this—Wuhan. Do you know who was the biggest supporter of gain of function research for the last 30 years? Anthony Fauci.” It turns out that in 2014, 300 scientists warned Anthony Fauci would start a global pandemic. RFK Jr. previously explained that following the high-profile escape of three bugs from U.S. labs, these 300 scientists sent a letter to President Obama, urging him to shut down Anthony Fauci's gain-of-function research. Obama issued a moratorium and shut down 18 of the worst projects by Anthony Fauci. In the end, he really didn't shut them down. Instead, Obama moved the research offshore to places like Ukraine, the former Soviet State of Georgia, and the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan, China. Now, it is widely accepted that COVID-19 originated from that very lab in Wuhan, China. The 300 scientists were right when they said Anthony Fauci would start a global pandemic.

Remember back in 2015 when Professor Noam Chomsky warned that NATO pushing up to Russia’s borders and the 2014 coup made Ukraine’s tilt toward the West “unacceptable” to any Russian leader? He made it very clear this was a direct trigger for the conflict....

PLEASE LISTEN TO @RobertKennedyJr below. Ukraine is one giant money laundering operation. The question is, who is not laundering money from American taxpayers?