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Hate or free speech? CMU students react to local Turning Point USA polls

Few things stir debate on college campuses like politics—and at CMU, a student group’s whiteboard polls have done just that. Turning Point USA’s Colorado Mesa University chapter (TPUSA CMU) has sparked discussion after posting a series of provocative whiteboard poll questions in the university’s cafeteria. Some students view the questions as open discussion starters, while others see them as hate speech meant to provoke.

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Is Tina Peters’ life at risk in jail? Attorneys sound the alarm on her health decline

Former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters’ time in Larimer County Jail is taking a toll, according to her legal team and supporters. They say she’s experiencing memory loss, declining health and mistreatment—claims that have only fueled concerns about her condition. With growing pressure on Governor Jared Polis to grant a pardon, Peters’ case is becoming a test of justice, fairness and political influence in Colorado.

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White House Correspondence cartel is freaking out because it’s losing power and control, not press freedom

Approved, National, The Federalist / February 27, 2025 / Democracy, First amendment, White House Correspondence

During all the meltdowns about Donald Trump’s election being a “threat to democracy,” someone observantly noted that all the panic made sense once you replaced the word “democracy” with “bureaucracy.” Now, as D.C. journo types panic about the threat to a “free press” posed by Trump’s breakup of the White House Correspondents’ Association monopoly, replacing “free press” with “corporate media’s control of news narratives” provides similar clarity.

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Kaminsky: Obama’s ‘censorship’ office goes bankrupt and is closing up shop

The Daily Signal, Approved, Commentary, National / January 2, 2025 / censorship, First amendment, Obama

The Global Engagement Center, an office housed within the State Department and aiming to thwart disinformation and misinformation, has been forced by Congress to close up shop. It’s no mystery why; the taxpayer-backed GEC violated its mandate to work only overseas and devolved into a partisan enabler of speech suppression in the United States.

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Spending bill subsidizes State Department’s conservative censorship slush fund

National, Approved, Breitbart / December 18, 2024 / Conservative censorship, First amendment, Government corruption, State Department

The government funding bill includes a one-year extension of the State Department’s Global Engagement Center (GEC), an agency that funds organizations that censor conservative media including Breitbart News.

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FCC’s Brendan Carr: big tech must dismantle ‘censorship cartel’ including ‘Orwellian’ newsGuard

National, Approved, Breitbart / November 15, 2024 / Big Tech, Brendan Car, censorship, FCC, First amendment

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Brendan Carr on Friday called on big tech platforms to dismantle the “censorship cartel,” charging that American democracy depends on it. Carr states that the tech Masters of the Universe, in conjunction with “the orwellian-named NewsGuard,” fact checking groups, and ad agencies, have enforced “one-sided narratives.”

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Biden-Harris admin ‘taking advice from foreign governments’ on policing speech, lawmaker charges

Approved, Fox News, National / October 10, 2024 / First amendment, Freedom of speech, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Social Media

A newly released tranche of documents shows senior Biden-Harris administration officials gained pointers from British “disinformation” officials about partnering with social media companies and establishing an all-of-government effort for fighting disfavored content that includes elections and COVID-19.

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Kilpper: Hillary Clinton says quiet part out loud on free speech

Approved, National, The Daily Caller / October 8, 2024 / First amendment, Free Speech, Government overreach, Hillary Clinton, Social Media

The catch-and-release migrant programs created by President Joe Biden and endorsed by Vice President Kamala Harris have increased national security risks, according to the independent watchdog that oversees the Department of Homeland Security.

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