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Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧<p><strong>NSPM-7: Project Esther in Overdrive</strong> </p><p>from <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/TheVoiceMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheVoiceMemo</span></a><br>by Stefanie Fox [Executive Director of <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/JVP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JVP</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/JewishVoiceForPeace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JewishVoiceForPeace</span></a> in <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a>]<br>Oct 20, 2025</p><blockquote><p>One year ago, the Heritage Foundation released <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/ProjectEsther" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProjectEsther</span></a>, which is best understood as an addendum to <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a>. It was released quietly, but with ambitious tactics; it contains everything needed to defame, defund, and ultimately dismantle groups like JVP “within 12-24 months.” This is the <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration’s blueprint to destroy civil society, starting with attacking Palestine solidarity.</p><p>Twelve months in, and they are well underway, judging by the giant stack of paperwork on my desk from JVP’s lawyers laying out the active lawsuits brought against our organization from Trump-aligned law firms and government requests for information...</p></blockquote><p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/thevoicememo/p/nspm-7-project-esther-in-overdrive?r=2y9nd&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=false" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/thevoice</span><span class="invisible">memo/p/nspm-7-project-esther-in-overdrive?r=2y9nd&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=false</span></a></p><p><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/FightNSPM7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FightNSPM7</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/DefendFreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendFreeSpeech</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/ProtestIsNotACrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtestIsNotACrime</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/DefendRuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendRuleOfLaw</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/NSPM7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSPM7</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>press</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedibird.com/@palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span></p>
Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧<p><strong>BREAKING: CAIR Calls on ICE to Release Sami Hamdi, British Journalist Abducted Over Criticism of Israel’s Genocide</strong></p><p>October 26, 2025<br>2:34 pm EDT </p><p><em>The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called for the immediate release of British Muslim journalist and political commentator Sami Hamdi, who was detained at San Francisco International Airport this morning, apparently because of his criticism of Israel’s genocide in Gaza and at the urging of a notorious anti-Muslim, pro-Israel extremist.</em></p><p><a href="https://www.cair.com/press_releases/breaking-cair-calls-on-ice-to-release-sami-hamdi-british-journalist-abducted-over-criticism-of-israels-genocide/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cair.com/press_releases/breaki</span><span class="invisible">ng-cair-calls-on-ice-to-release-sami-hamdi-british-journalist-abducted-over-criticism-of-israels-genocide/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/DefendFreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendFreeSpeech</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/StopTheDeportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopTheDeportations</span></a> <br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/DefendRuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendRuleOfLaw</span></a> <br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/DueProcessForAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DueProcessForAll</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestine</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lemmy.ml/c/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine@lemmy.ml</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedibird.com/@palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine@fedibird.com</span></a></span></p>
Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧<p><strong><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> detains British journalist after criticism of Israel on US tour</strong></p><p><em>Trump ally <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/LauraLoomer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LauraLoomer</span></a> took credit for Sami Hamdi’s detainment in move denounced as ‘affront to free speech’</em> </p><p>from <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/TheGuardian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheGuardian</span></a><br>Sun 26 Oct 2025 17.16 EDT </p><blockquote><p>British journalist <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/SamiHamdi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SamiHamdi</span></a> was reportedly detained on Sunday morning by federal <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> authorities at San Francisco airport, and the <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/CouncilOnAmericanIslamicRelations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CouncilOnAmericanIslamicRelations</span></a> (<a href="https://expressional.social/tags/CAIR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CAIR</span></a>) says that action is apparent retaliation for the Muslim political commentator’s criticism of <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> while touring the <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>. </p><p>A statement from CAIR said it was “a blatant affront to free speech” to detain Hamdi for criticizing Israel’s ongoing military campaign in <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> while he engaged on a speaking tour in the US. A <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration official added in a separate statement that Hamdi is facing deportation.</p></blockquote><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/26/ice-detains-british-muslim-journalist-laura-loomer?CMP=share_btn_url" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/o</span><span class="invisible">ct/26/ice-detains-british-muslim-journalist-laura-loomer?CMP=share_btn_url</span></a></p><p><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/DefendFreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendFreeSpeech</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/StopTheDeportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopTheDeportations</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestine</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedibird.com/@palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span></p>
Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧<p>A t-shirt design I came up with and produced and sold by a vendor on Etsy.</p><p><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/NoKings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoKings</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/DefendFreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendFreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/StopTheDeportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopTheDeportations</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/StopTrumpsCutbacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopTrumpsCutbacks</span></a> <br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/LetGazaLive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LetGazaLive</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/NoArmsToIsrael" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoArmsToIsrael</span></a> <br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/HandsOffVenezuela" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOffVenezuela</span></a> <br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedibird.com/@palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/graphic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>graphic</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/GraphicTee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GraphicTee</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Tshirt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tshirt</span></a> <br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Venezuela" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Venezuela</span></a></p>
Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧<p><strong><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> cities to resist Trump’s crackdown on dissent with <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/NoKings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoKings</span></a> protests: ‘We will not be bullied’</strong> </p><p><em>Second round of protests at more than 2,500 sites are set for Saturday, including in cities where <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> has sent troops</em> </p><p>from <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/TheGuardian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheGuardian</span></a> <br>Rachel Leingang<br>Fri 17 Oct 2025 06.00 EDT</p><blockquote><p>More than 200 organizations are signed on as partners for the 18 October protests; none have dropped off for fear of a Trump backlash, Levin said. The <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/AmericanCivilLibertiesUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanCivilLibertiesUnion</span></a>, the civil rights group, is a partner, as is advocacy group Public Citizen. <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unions</span></a> including the American Federation of Teachers and SEIU are in the coalition. The new protest movement #50501, which began earlier this year as a call for protests in all 50 states on a single day, is also a partner. Other partners include the Human Rights Campaign, MoveOn, United We Dream, the League of Conservation Voters, Common Defense and more. </p></blockquote><p><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/DefendFreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendFreeSpeech</span></a> <br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/StopTheDeportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopTheDeportations</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/HandsOffVenezuela" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOffVenezuela</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Farhad<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://expressional.social/@Peter_Link" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Peter_Link</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://freefree.ps/tags/antifascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antifascism</span></a> <a href="https://freefree.ps/tags/NewYorkTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewYorkTimes</span></a> <a href="https://freefree.ps/tags/NYT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYT</span></a> <a href="https://freefree.ps/tags/Rutgers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rutgers</span></a> <a href="https://freefree.ps/tags/TurningPointUSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TurningPointUSA</span></a> <a href="https://freefree.ps/tags/antifa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antifa</span></a> <a href="https://freefree.ps/tags/DefendFreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendFreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://freefree.ps/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://freefree.ps/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://freefree.ps/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br>This is so freaking disgusting</p>
Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧<p><strong>Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats</strong></p><p><em>Mark Bray was teaching courses on <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/antifascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antifascism</span></a>. Turning Point USA accused him of belonging to antifa, which he denies. His flight to Spain was canceled abruptly on Wednesday night.</em></p><p>from <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/NewYorkTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewYorkTimes</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/NYT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYT</span></a><br>[shareable 30-day gift article]<br>By Sharon Otterman<br>Published Oct. 8, 2025 Updated Oct. 9, 2025, 2:54 AM ET</p><blockquote><p>In the weeks after the assassination of Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, he has become a target of right-wing hate, accused of being a part of the movement he studied. Jack Posobiec, a right-wing influencer, called Dr. Bray a “domestic terrorist professor” on X. The <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Rutgers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rutgers</span></a> chapter of <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/TurningPointUSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TurningPointUSA</span></a> then circulated a petition accusing Dr. Bray of being an “outspoken, well-known <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/antifa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antifa</span></a> member” and called for him to be fired.</p><p>“My role in this is as a professor,” Dr. Bray, an assistant teaching professor at Rutgers, said..</p></blockquote><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/nyregion/rutgers-professor-threats-antifa.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sE8.EyFq.ei-eueErOTUk&amp;smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/10/08/nyregio</span><span class="invisible">n/rutgers-professor-threats-antifa.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sE8.EyFq.ei-eueErOTUk&amp;smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p><p><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/DefendFreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendFreeSpeech</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧<p><strong>Trump’s Blueprint to Crush the Left Draws from Decades of <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Counterterrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Counterterrorism</span></a> Policy</strong></p><p><em>Trump's NSPM-7 is a pivotal policy endangering free expression in the United States.</em> </p><p>from <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/DropSiteNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DropSiteNews</span></a><br>Chip Gibbons<br>Oct 03, 2025 </p><blockquote><p>If there was any question as to whether his Executive Order was merely bluster, <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> clarified the matter three days later when he issued National Security Presidential Memorandum 7 (NSPM-7). Bearing Trump’s signature, <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/NSPM7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSPM7</span></a> was clearly drafted with a deep understanding of the <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> counterterrorism bureaucracy. It seeks to “disrupt” not just those allegedly carrying out left-wing violence, but those who fund it and those who “radicalize” and recruit individuals to partake in it. It declares domestic terrorism to be a top priority and defines domestic terrorism priorities to include “civil unrest” and “doxing.”</p></blockquote><p><a href="https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/trumps-blueprint-to-crush-the-left-antifa-domestic-terror-nspm-7?r=2y9nd&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=false" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dropsitenews.com/p/trumps-blue</span><span class="invisible">print-to-crush-the-left-antifa-domestic-terror-nspm-7?r=2y9nd&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=false</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/DefendDemocraticRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendDemocraticRights</span></a><br><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/DefendFreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendFreeSpeech</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/repression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>repression</span></a></p>
Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧<p><strong>Trump’s NSPM-7 Labels Common Beliefs As Terrorism “Indicators”</strong> </p><p><em>New directive targets “anti-Christian,” “anti-American,” and “anti-capitalism” opinions</em></p><p>Ken Klippenstein<br>Sep 27, 2025 </p><blockquote><p>In NSPM-7, “Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence,” President <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> directs the Justice Department, the <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a>, and other national security agencies and departments to fight his version of political violence in America, retooling a network of Joint Terrorism Task Forces to focus on “leftist” political violence in America. This vast counterterrorism army, made up of federal, state, and local agents would, as Trump aide Stephen Miller said, form “the central hub of that effort.”</p><p>NSPM-7 directs a new national strategy to “disrupt” any individual or groups “that foment political violence,” including “before they result in violent political acts.” </p></blockquote><p><a href="https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nspm-7-labels-common-beliefs?utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-n</span><span class="invisible">spm-7-labels-common-beliefs?utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/DefendFreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendFreeSpeech</span></a> <br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧<p><strong>Underreported Memo Is ‘Declaration of War’ Against <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Opponents</strong> </p><p><em>“By targeting beliefs and protest activity, the directive positions dissent itself as a potential crime,” one news organization said.</em> </p><p>from <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/CommonDreams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommonDreams</span></a><br><br>Olivia Rosane<br>Sep 28, 2025 </p><blockquote><p>For another, the memorandum casts a very wide net, targeting groups, individuals, funders, and “entities” and listing several protected beliefs as “indicia” of extremism.</p><p>These include:</p><ul><li>“Anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity;</li><li>Support for the overthrow of the <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> Government;</li><li>Extremism on migration, race, and gender; and</li><li>Hostility towards those who hold traditional <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> views on family, religion, and morality.” </li></ul><p>What’s more, the memorandum entrusts enforcement to the <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a>’s over 4,000-strong Joint Terrorism Task Forces (JTTF), which removes the legal challenges to directing the National Guard or other military forces to quash domestic dissent. </p></blockquote><p><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/DefendFreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendFreeSpeech</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧<p><strong>In the Aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s Murder: Defend Free Speech</strong></p><p>By world-outlook.com on September 23, 2025<br>from <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/WorldOutlook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldOutlook</span></a> <br>By Yvonne Hayes and Argiris Malapanis</p><p>[In my opinion, this is an <strong><em>outstanding</em></strong> article, even if a bit long.]</p><blockquote><blockquote><p>The September 10 assassination of right-wing “influencer” <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/CharieKirk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharieKirk</span></a> was an attack on free speech of the most serious and dangerous kind. It should be unequivocally condemned. Kirk’s murder served up an excuse on a silver platter for the <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration and its allies to accelerate their assault on <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/democraticrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democraticrights</span></a>. The White House is now using the horrendous killing to propel Trump’s drive toward autocratic rule.</p><p>No matter how odious one’s ideas, eliminating an opponent in an act of violence does nothing to advance the cause of justice. It sets back every effort to win public opinion to defend democracy, which is preferable to any kind of dictatorial rule.</p></blockquote></blockquote><p><a href="https://world-outlook.com/2025/09/23/in-the-aftermath-of-charlie-kirks-murder-defend-free-speech/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">world-outlook.com/2025/09/23/i</span><span class="invisible">n-the-aftermath-of-charlie-kirks-murder-defend-free-speech/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/DefendFreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendFreeSpeech</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>press</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
TC Won't Give In To Lies<p>Don't be fooled by the return of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JimmyKimmel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JimmyKimmel</span></a></p><p>This is one battle, not the war.</p><p>Kimmel may be back, but the war can still be lost if TV hosts (and others) don't doubledown in speaking their minds.</p><p>For example, free speech is lost if:<br>- talent starts self-censoring<br>- shows start hosting rightwing spokegoblins (in particular, watch for Kirk's widow)<br>- shows don't get renewed</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DefendFreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendFreeSpeech</span></a></p>
Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧<p><strong>Palestinian student <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/MohsenMahdawi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MohsenMahdawi</span></a> returns to Columbia University: ‘They have failed to silence me’</strong></p><p><em>Mahdawi was targeted and arrested for deportation due to his activism but the permanent US resident is resuming postgraduate studies</em></p><p>Anna Betts<br>Tue 2 Sep 2025 16.33 ET</p><blockquote><blockquote><p>Mohsen Mahdawi, the 34-year-old <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Palestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinian</span></a> student and <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> permanent resident, returned to <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/ColumbiaUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ColumbiaUniversity</span></a> on Tuesday and vowed to continue speaking out.</p><p>“They have failed to silence me, and in fact, now I am more outspoken than before, and I will continue to work for peace and justice. I do this work not for myself alone – I do this for the future of children, whether they are Palestinians or <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Israelis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israelis</span></a>,” he told the Guardian on Tuesday in his first interview since stepping back on to campus to begin his graduate studies.</p></blockquote></blockquote><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/02/mohsen-mahdawi-columbia-university-palestinian" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/s</span><span class="invisible">ep/02/mohsen-mahdawi-columbia-university-palestinian</span></a></p><p><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/DefendFreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendFreeSpeech</span></a> <br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/ProtestIsNotACrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtestIsNotACrime</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/DefendRuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendRuleOfLaw</span></a> <br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/DueProcessForAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DueProcessForAll</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/StopTheDeportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopTheDeportations</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>press</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span></p>
Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧<p><strong>University of <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Michigan</span></a> still punishing pro-<a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> students after graduating</strong></p><p><em>Arbitration hearings carried out this summer are overreach, former students say</em></p><p>from <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/MiddleEastEye" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleEastEye</span></a><br>By <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/MEE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MEE</span></a> staff<br>Published date: 2 September 2025</p><blockquote><blockquote><p>A little over a year ago, Drin Shapiro was a student programme assistant at the <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/UniversityOfMichigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UniversityOfMichigan</span></a>'s (UM) English Language Institute, and a student in his final year of a bachelor's degree in history. </p><p>Since then, he has faced criminal charges brought by the state's attorney general, lost his on-campus job, spent time behind bars, and, as of last month, was still being disciplined by the university despite having graduated in May.</p><p>All of this was because he took part in a student encampment against the war on <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> on 21 May 2024. He was arrested during the police raid of the encampment and was later released on bond.</p></blockquote></blockquote><p><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/university-michigan-still-trying-discipline-pro-palestine-students-after-graduation-job" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">middleeasteye.net/news/univers</span><span class="invisible">ity-michigan-still-trying-discipline-pro-palestine-students-after-graduation-job</span></a></p><p><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/DefendFreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendFreeSpeech</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/DefendStudentProtesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendStudentProtesters</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>press</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span></p>
Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧<p><strong>New Trump Order Among 'Scariest Things I've Seen in US Politics,' Civil Rights Attorney Says</strong></p><p><em>The new order, he says, would essentially allow "random fascist vigilantes" to "sign up to be a Brownshirt" for Trump's militarized occupation forces.</em> </p><p>from <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/CommonDreams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommonDreams</span></a> <br>Stephen Prager<br>Aug 26, 2025 </p><blockquote><blockquote><p>...it orders the secretary to create a "standing <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalGuard</span></a> quick reaction force" that "can be deployed whenever the circumstances necessitate," not just in the nation's capital but in "other cities where public safety and order has been lost."</p><p>Monday's order calls for the creation of "an online portal for Americans with law enforcement or other relevant backgrounds and experience." Agency heads then "shall each deputize the members of this unit to enforce federal law."</p></blockquote></blockquote><p><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-vigilante-portal" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">commondreams.org/news/trump-vi</span><span class="invisible">gilante-portal</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/DefendCivilLiberties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendCivilLiberties</span></a> <br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/DefendFreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendFreeSpeech</span></a> <br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/ProtestIsNotACrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtestIsNotACrime</span></a><br><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>press</span></a></p>
Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧<p><strong>How <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Columbia</span></a>’s Leadership Refashioned the University in Trump’s Image</strong></p><p><em><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/ColumbiaUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ColumbiaUniversity</span></a> President Claire Shipman said the school retained full independence, but it gave in to virtually all of <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s demands.</em></p><p>from <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/TheIntercept" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheIntercept</span></a><br>Meghnad Bose, Anna Oakes<br>August 7 2025, 10:10 a.m. </p><p><a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/08/07/columbia-gaza-student-protests-expulsions-trump/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2025/08/07/co</span><span class="invisible">lumbia-gaza-student-protests-expulsions-trump/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/DefendFreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendFreeSpeech</span></a><br><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/ProtestIsNotACrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtestIsNotACrime</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/DefendStudentProtesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendStudentProtesters</span></a> <br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine</span></a><br><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/DefendRuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendRuleOfLaw</span></a> <br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/DueProcessForAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DueProcessForAll</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>press</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span></p>
Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧<p>this is a repost of <a href="https://sociale.network/@gubi/115003955787654526" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sociale.network/@gubi/11500395</span><span class="invisible">5787654526</span></a><br>with alt text added to the pic, plus 2 groups and some hashtags <br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Alt4You" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alt4You</span></a> </p><p>#################<br>If you want to protest in UK against a government that outlawed the pacifist organization "Palestine Action" with the anti-terrorism law, here is a plan for you:</p><p>1) Print the T-Shirt of the image below<br>2) Make a trip to UK<br>3) Wear the shirt at a public rally<br>4) Get unduly arrested under terrorism act for speaking the truth as nonviolent resistance against the authoritarian nature of regimes supporting ongoing genocide. </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lemmy.ml/c/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine@lemmy.ml</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sociale.network/@gubi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gubi</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/repression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>repression</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/DefendFreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendFreeSpeech</span></a><br><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/ProtestIsNotACrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtestIsNotACrime</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine</span></a><br><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine@a.gup.pe</span></a></span></p>
Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧<p><strong>I spent decades at Columbia. I’m withdrawing my fall course due to its deal with <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></strong><br><em>Rashid Khalidi</em></p><p>from <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/TheGuardian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheGuardian</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Guardian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Guardian</span></a><br>Fri 1 Aug 2025 06.00 EDT </p><blockquote><blockquote><p>Columbia’s capitulation has turned a <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/university" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>university</span></a> that was once a site of free inquiry and learning into a shadow of its former self, an-anti university, a gated security zone with electronic entry controls, a place of fear and loathing, where faculty and students are told from on high what they can teach and say, under penalty of severe sanctions. Disgracefully, all of this is being done to cover up one of the greatest crimes of this century, the ongoing genocide in <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a>, a crime in which <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Columbia</span></a>’s leadership is now fully complicit.</p></blockquote></blockquote><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/01/columbia-historian-rashid-khalidi-open-letter?CMP=share_btn_url" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/aug/01/columbia-historian-rashid-khalidi-open-letter?CMP=share_btn_url</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/DefendFreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendFreeSpeech</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/ProtestIsNotACrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtestIsNotACrime</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/DefendStudentProtesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendStudentProtesters</span></a> <br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/DefendRuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendRuleOfLaw</span></a> <br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/DueProcessForAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DueProcessForAll</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/StopTheDeportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopTheDeportations</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/DefendAcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendAcademicFreedom</span></a> <br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>press</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span></p>
Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧<p><strong>Prominent historian cancels course at Columbia University over Trump deal</strong></p><p><em><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/RashidKhalidi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RashidKhalidi</span></a>, in open letter published by <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Guardian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Guardian</span></a>, accuses university of ‘capitulating’ with $200m settlement</em> </p><p>from <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/TheGuardian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheGuardian</span></a><br>Dani Anguiano<br>Fri 1 Aug 2025 06.00 EDT </p><blockquote><blockquote><p>“Although I have retired, I was scheduled to teach a large lecture course on this topic in the fall as a “special lecturer” but I cannot do so under the conditions <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Columbia</span></a> has accepted by capitulating to the <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration in June,” Khalidi wrote.</p><p>Columbia announced last week that it would pay more than $200m in a settlement with the federal government after the White House claimed the university failed to adequately address alleged antisemitism on campus amid protests over the <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a>-<a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> war, and threatened to pull significant funding. </p></blockquote></blockquote><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/01/columbia-historian-rashid-khalidi-trump?CMP=share_btn_url" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a</span><span class="invisible">ug/01/columbia-historian-rashid-khalidi-trump?CMP=share_btn_url</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/DefendFreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendFreeSpeech</span></a><br><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/ProtestIsNotACrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtestIsNotACrime</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine</span></a><br><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/DefendRuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendRuleOfLaw</span></a> <br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>press</span></a></p>
Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧<p><strong><em>Those Attacking Pro-Palestinian Student Protests Endanger Jews</em></strong></p><p>from <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/WorldOutlook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldOutlook</span></a><br>July 23, 2025</p><p><strong>It’s Not Gaza Campus Protests That Endanger Jews, It’s Misguided Efforts to ‘Protect’ Them</strong></p><p><em>What truly poses a danger to <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Jews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jews</span></a> today is not young people demanding peace on campuses, it’s the way in which authorities, both university and governmental, but also the Jewish establishment, respond</em></p><p>article below was first published by Haaretz<br>July 22, 2025</p><blockquote><blockquote><p>Its author, Elijah Kahlenberg, is the president and founder of Atidna International, a university-based peace group uniting Jewish and Arab students.</p><p>Kahlenberg, who is <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jewish</span></a>, graduated this spring from the University of Texas, Austin. Last year, he took part in UT student protests condemning <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a>’s genocidal war in <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> and demanding the school divest from entities that do business with Israel.</p></blockquote></blockquote><p><a href="https://world-outlook.com/2025/07/23/those-attacking-pro-palestinian-student-protests-endanger-jews/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">world-outlook.com/2025/07/23/t</span><span class="invisible">hose-attacking-pro-palestinian-student-protests-endanger-jews/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/DefendFreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendFreeSpeech</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/DefendStudentProtesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendStudentProtesters</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>press</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span></p>