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Good news from the Wired - who is leading all other media on accurate, timely, insightful and important news on #trump #maga #doge #democracy Starting today, @wired.com will be putting stories based on #publicrecords outside the paywall. Maybe this will help with #FOIA officers who deny requests for expedited processing on the dubious grounds that Wired is not primarily engaged in disseminating information to the public! Now you can all read - wired.com #freepress

WIREDWIRED - The Latest in Technology, Science, Culture and BusinessWe bring you the future as it happens. From the latest in science and technology to the big stories in business and culture, we've got you covered.

"Trump said legally operating news outlets do things that are "totally illegal"...

#Trump handpicked people to run #DOJ "that will not say no to him," attorney and Temple University law professor Donte Mills said on "NewsNight" Friday. "So, if he says, 'here's what I think should be illegal, go find a way to make it illegal and to punish these people,' it's going to happen."
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"Murder the Truth" by David Enrich review – disturbing read on effort to undo free speech in US — Guardian News & Media (Book Review by Lloyd Green), Mar 16, 2025. Excerpt: “Book delves in to network of #Trump, government members and ultra-rich to overturn Times v Sullivan…. David Enrich is a keen observer of the intersection of money, power and politics.
In his first book, Dark Towers, the New York Times business investigations editor plumbed the relationship between Donald Trump and Deutsche Bank, Trump’s lender of last resort. In the process, Enrich drew further attention to the triangle between Trump, the supreme court justice Anthony Kennedy and his son, a former Deutsche Bank officer, and Brett Kavanaugh, the former clerk who replaced Kennedy on the court…”. #FreePress #FreeSpeech #FirstAmendment #NYTimes #NYTimesVersusSullivan
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The Guardian · Murder the Truth by David Enrich review – disturbing read on effort to undo free speech in USBy Lloyd Green

"All at VOA, who swore an oath to the Constitution, strove ​daily to live up to our charter: to be accurate, objective and comprehensive. That promise, more than any broadcast or byline, is a legacy worth protecting.”— @w7voa Steve Herman

steveherman.press/p/requiem-fo

The Newsguy -- Steve Herman · Requiem for the voice that carried a nation’s conscienceBy Steve Herman
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@w7voa 😢 Thank you for your excellent work, Steve. We hope you’ll find a way to continue sharing news on Mastodon. "It took decades to build this goodwill and an audience of hundreds of millions every week. Seeing arsonists just set fire to it all is awful.” npr.org/2025/03/15/nx-s1-53292 #NPR #VoiceOfAmerica #SteveHerman #FreePress #Journalists #Integrity