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Note: I apologize but this will be my only offering today for it is chemo day and the aftershock takes me some time to recover.
This is the first part of a series where I look at promises made within the Constitution….are they doing their part or are they falling short?
There has been much debate on this so-called right and since Donny and his cutthroats have come to power that ‘right’ is being what some say under attack.
Like now with this activist problem that Donny is having…..
Free speech groups across the country are sounding the alarm over the Trump administration’s surveillance of social movements in Minnesota and the prosecution of the Minnesota 15, a group of activists from Minneapolis-St. Paul who face federal conspiracy charges after organizing protests against brutal immigration sweeps earlier this year.
President Donald Trump and his allies in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Justice Department have targeted the First Amendment-protected expression of protesters, civil society groups, journalists, universities and the lawyers representing them at a scale that has “not been seen since the Second Red Scare,” according to an amicus brief filed with a federal court in Minnesota on Aug. 25 by Protect Democracy and other groups.
Documents recently released in court filings show that DHS agents spied on churches, schools and libraries to gather information on labor unions, nonprofits and community groups large and small. In June, the Minnesota 15 were arrested and charged with conspiracy to stalk, impede and assault immigration officers under a section of federal law the Trump administration has used to arrest anti-ICE protesters across the country.
Is anyone surprised at this turn of events?
Maybe you should not.
The right to free speech in the United States is protected by the First Amendment, which stops the government from making laws that limit what people say, write, or peacefully protest.
- Political opinions: Expressing views about government leaders, policies, and public issues is the main goal of the First Amendment.
- Symbolic actions: Non-verbal actions like burning an American flag as a protest are protected as free expression.
- Offensive ideas: Saying things that people find unpopular, rude, or offensive is generally legal and protected from the government.
That is the short version of what most people believe…..that our right of free speech is guaranteed by the Constitution which is after all the laws of the land, right?
If all that is true why is Donny curbing our right?
First of all the Constitution means nothing to him or his minions….if so then who guarantees our right to free speech?
Since the Constitution is the laws of the state then it would be the state.
A blogging friend, Tina, recently posted an article on this subject.
Now if one has a critical thinking mind then what was written holds true….at least in these days.
Just look at what is happening now…..
The freedom of speech and of the press is not a gift bestowed by a president, Congress or a federal agency. It is a natural right of all persons. The First Amendment does not create that right; it prohibits the government from infringing upon it. The ability to think, speak, write, criticize, ridicule, persuade, offend, dissent and challenge those in government is among the most fundamental preconditions of the exercise of human liberty.
It is also indispensable to personal happiness. A person who cannot speak his mind, question authority, express unpopular ideas or tell the government that it is wrong is not fully free. And free speech is essential to the survival of the republic because a government that cannot be criticized cannot be effectively held accountable.
Today, government power is being brought to bear against institutions, journalists and universities because their speech is considered objectionable by the president and his political allies.
This is hardly the first time an American administration has made that mistake.
https://original.antiwar.com/andrew-p-napolitano/2026/09/17/more-threats-to-the-freedom-of-speech/
Your freedom of speech should be protected…..instead it will be used against you by these ‘Black Shirts’ of Donny and his ICE thugs…..
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