The Trump admin wants to make it illegal for reporters to ask "unauthorized" questions of the government — a broadside attack on free speech.
  • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    They lost in court and are appealing. I doubt they’ll win, but still ignore. The cross-post has a lot more info.

    A judge last week struck down the Pentagon’s restrictions on journalists seeking “unauthorized” information, siding with the New York Times in its lawsuit against the government. In response, the Pentagon on Monday added some meaningless window dressing and essentially reissued the same restrictions. The administration pledged to “immediately” appeal the decision on the original policy, and on Tuesday, the Times filed a motion to compel the administration to comply with the judge’s order.

    • IamSparticles@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      2 months ago

      This isn’t even about what they write. They’re trying to stop press from even asking questions they don’t want asked. They could just refuse to answer, but apparently that’s not enough.

    • starman2112@sh.itjust.works
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      2 months ago

      Yes, it is the country with the 5th highest incarceration rate on the planet, and the second highest total prison population

      • AngryDeuce@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        “Look guys, the people are really all ate up about this slavery thing…I know, stupid…but anyway, what if we instead allowed slavery as punishment for a crime and then just started locking the poors up?”

        “My god man, thats brilliant! Why, if we do that we dont even have to pay for their care ourselves! We can even put that expense on the poor people through taxes, thus increasing the chance that they will end up in jail and be available for slave labor!!”

        “Dude, I know!! We wont even be forced to enslave people of a certain color, we’ll be able to enslave anyone!!!”

        “But what if we dont have enough criminals to leverage?”

        “Thats the best part! We make the laws so as long as we always have an easy way to lock people up, we’ll have more slaves than we ever had before the 13th amendment got passed!”

        “God bless these United States!”