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Focus on the USA with emphasis on international human rights and conflict. Kept by Catherine Morris @cmorris.

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2024-11-17 01:26:08

#Self_Censorship Leads to #Extremism on #American College Campuses | Columbia Political Review http://www.cpreview.org/articles/2024/1/self-censorship-leads-to-extremism-on-american-college-campuses

2024-11-17 01:23:17

The Rise of Self-Censorship in America | by JL Sutherland, JL Gibson. Jan 2024. “Abstract. …data & analysis of the increasing trend of #self_censorship among #Americans from 1954 to 2023. …48% of Americans in 2023 feel less free to express their opinions, a slight increase from 46% in 2020. … Self-censorship is connected to affective polarization among the mass public, with greater #polarization associated with more self-censorship…” SSRN https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4671208

2024-11-16 19:28:18

Timothy Snyder | “Imagine that you are a foreign leader who wishes to destroy the #UnitedStates… The easiest way would be…to somehow induce Americans to undo their own health, #law, administration, defense, & intelligence. …Trump's proposed appointments…are perfect instruments…[&] look like a #DecapitationStrike: destroying the American government from the top.“
https://open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p/decapitation-strike?r=7p2cc&utm_medium=ios 1/2

2024-11-16 19:28:18

2024-11-16 13:39:49

H.R. 9495 “a threat to free speech,” says Oxfam America. After failing to pass H.R. 9495, a bill that would allow the Treasury Secretary to effectively shut down any non-profit organization, including news outlets, universities, & civil society groups, under a suspension of the rules last week, the House of will again bring it up for a vote next week.“ See full Oxfam statement https://www.oxfamamerica.org/press/hr-9495-a-threat-to-free-speech-says-oxfam-america/ #HR9495

2024-11-16 13:32:46

The #Theocratic Blueprint for Trump’s Next Term. ‘…pay especially close attention to the handiwork of Russell #Vought…[who] served as Donald Trump’s director of the Office of Management & Budget (OMB)… He also contributed a central chapter to #Project2025… “Executive Office of the President of the United States.” In it, Vought lays out the case for unleashing untrammeled executive power from the maw of a “sprawling federal bureaucracy…”.’ | The Nation, 6 June 2024 https://www.thenation.com/article/society/russell-vought-center-renewing-america-christian-nationalism/

2024-11-16 13:11:13

Trump allies prepare to infuse ‘#ChristianNationalism’ in second administration: Spearheading the effort is Russell Vought, president of The Center for Renewing America, part of a conservative consortium preparing for Trump’s return to power. | POLITICO, February 2024
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/20/donald-trump-allies-christian-nationalism-00142086

2024-11-04 13:58:37

“A New York Times analysis of more than 1 million messages across nearly 50 #Telegram channels with over 500,000 members found a sprawling & interconnected movement intended to question the credibility of the presidential #election, interfere with the voting process & potentially dispute the outcome… The Times reviewed messages from “election integrity” groups… posts overwhelmingly spewed #disinformation & conspiracy theories & featured #violent imagery. | NYT https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/04/technology/telegram-right-wing-groups-election.html

2024-10-31 16:41:25

Trump’s Election Lawyers Must Heed Their Ethical Duties. “Free & fair elections are essential to American democracy, never more so than when we choose our President. Donald #Trump tried to undermine this bedrock principle in 2020 and gives every indication that he will do the same in 2024 if he loses. Trump relied on #lawyers to plan and implement false claims of a stolen #election in 2020, and no doubt will do so this year as well.” | Stephen Marcus & Bruce Kuhlik, LLRX, https://www.llrx.com/2024/10/trumps-election-lawyers-must-heed-their-ethical-duties/

2024-10-26 15:27:57

The #WashingtonPost & #LATimes refused to endorse a candidate. Why? “…this may look like…nonpartisan neutrality… but it’s far from that. …it’s a…smackdown of…staffs who have… expos[ed] Trump’s dangers... It’s also a strong statement of preference. The papers’ leaders have made it clear that they either want Trump (who is…a boon to large personal fortunes) or that they don’t wish to risk the ex-president’s wrath & retribution if he wins.” | Margaret Sullivan, Guardian https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/25/news-election-endorsements-washington-post-la-times

2024-10-10 15:04:59

New documentary details #Trump's #child_separation policy…NBC won't air it until December. ‘…[filmmaker] Morris [asks]... "Why is my movie not being shown on #NBC prior to the election? It is not a partisan movie. It’s about a policy that was disgusting & should not be allowed to happen again. Make your own inferences," he wrote...’ | Salon.com https://www.salon.com/2024/10/09/new-documentary-details-child-separation-policy-but-nbc-wont-air-it-until-december/.
The film is based on the book, _Separated: Inside an American Tragedy_ by Jacob Soboroff https://www.harpercollins.com/products/separated-jacob-soboroff?variant=32903736295458 #ChildRights

2024-09-17 03:23:12

Sheriff in Ohio calls on residents to write down addresses of Kamala Harris supporters. “An #Ohio sheriff used his public #Facebook accounts to attack Vice President Kamala #Harris, urging residents to write down the addresses of her supporters. Portage County Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski made the request on two separate Facebook accounts Sept. 13.” | Kansas City Star https://amp.kansascity.com/news/nation-world/national/article292564759.html #RightToVote #FairElections

2024-08-29 13:00:57

#UnitesStates: Marching Towards Autocracy: How States are Failing Democracy– And What We Can Do About It. “Numerous [US] states have been implementing laws that undermine core principles of democracy. With these developments happening quickly – & often with little public awareness – LDAD set out to identify, catalogue, analyze, & publicize these efforts in 5 states…” |
LDAD – Lawyers Defending American Democracy https://ldad.org/

2024-08-26 20:20:41

ICYMI in June 2024: #Trump’s COVID Response Was Worse Than We #Remember: He misled the public, mismanaged the crisis, and missed chances to save lives. “The #US death rate from #COVID far exceeded that of peer nations. That was not due to excessive lockdowns or masking. It was due to #incompetence in the White House. Time for a great remembering.” | Mona Charen, The Bulwark, 5 June 2924 https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-covid-response-worse-than-we-remember

2024-08-02 01:26:34

Inside the Secret #Negotiations to Free Evan #Gershkovich: “The effort to bring home The Wall Street Journal reporter and others unfolded on three continents, involving spy agencies, billionaires, political power players and his fiercest advocate—his mother.” | WSJ https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/evan-gershkovich-prisoner-exchange-ccb39ad3

2024-07-25 22:06:40

ICYMI: “President Joe #Biden should press …Netanyahu on the unprecedented number of #journalists killed in the #Gaza Strip and the near-total ban on international media entering the Strip, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) & 9 other human rights & press freedom organizations said in letters to the White House and US Congressional leaders... | CPJ
https://cpj.org/2024/07/cpj-and-rights-groups-biden-should-press-netanyahu-on-journalist-killings-urge-media-access-to-gaza/

2024-07-25 00:38:32

Around half of Congress' Democrats skip #Netanyahu speech. “Why it matters: Many lawmakers, particularly progressive #Israel critics, made clear they were explicitly boycotting the event in protest of Netanyahu's prosecution of the war in Gaza… Most of the lawmakers who did attend the speech are on the more moderate, pro-Israel side of the party, including many swing-district lawmakers.” | Axios https://www.axios.com/2024/07/24/half-house-senate-democrats-boycott-netanyahu