Is it possible that adults have lower #neuroplasticity because of the taboos? Restriction on thought and what ideas can be explored teach kids to ask fewer questions resulting in their brains drying out by adulthood. Could that be the case?
Is that a #theory ?
Okay, so given Trump's move to undo pardons granted by outgoing US President Joe Biden so he can target DoJ officials who prosecuted him for real crimes he actually committed, and the above-mentioned pattern of Trump's aggrieved fascist ranting transmuting into official, state-recognized reality, while serving to justify oppressive action by the regime, what are we to make of Trump declaring that media outlets that report on him critically, including named organizations MSNBC and CNN, are "illegal" during that same speech at the US Department of Justice? Well, I think for starters it's safe to assume that none of this means *anything* good.
Donald Trump Claims MSNBC And CNN Are ‘Illegal’ In DOJ Speech
"The president gave a speech Friday at the Justice Department railing against news outlets he says have unfairly targeted him.
Trump singled out CNN and MSNBC, which he called “MSNDC,” claiming those outlets “literally write 97.6% bad about me” and are “political arms of the Democrat Party.”
He added, “In my opinion, they’re really corrupt and they’re illegal, what they do is illegal.”
Trump then argued that media organizations that report negative things about him “are really no different than a highly paid political operative,” insisting, “it has to stop, it has to be illegal” because “it’s influencing judges and it’s really, eh, changing law, and it just cannot be legal.”
He additionally claimed that news outlets cover him negatively “in total coordination with each other.”
Whether they're playing it cool on purpose, or not, this story is once again mostly being reported in corporate media as an extension of Trump's longstanding grievances with anything he perceives as critical media coverage and the outlets that produce it; although boutique "progressive" websites and nonprofit media have been a little quicker to realize why this isn't just "Trump being Trump" anymore and how dangerous it is to assume our new American Mussolini lacks purpose in his actions here.
Frankly, I don't think it's an accident that in the very same speech Trump previewed loyalty investigations into Justice Department officials, and attempted to usurp the power of his Attorney General by declaring himself the country's "chief law enforcement officer," he declared liberal establishment media an active political arm of the opposition party, and accused them of both actively conspiring against him, and engaging in criminal activity. What does it mean when the "chief law enforcement officer" declares media critical of him "corrupt" and "illegal?" And how much more ominous is that meaning when its set against the backdrop of a US president celebrating his election as a victory against (what is now) his own Justice Department, while promising what sure sounds like legal investigations into DoJ lawyers and officials that dared to bring charges against him?
The obviously implication here is that Trump thinks the DoJ should target and prosecute media outlets that are critical of him, he has the right to order the department to do so because he's running the DoJ, and anyone who opposes that activity is likely to find themselves purged from the department at a minimum, and quite possibly prosecuted themselves. What many of the corporate media outlets likely to be targeted by Trump's assault on free speech rights and critical media coverage have passed off as a vengeful old man "playing the hits" is actually a fully formed operation to seize control of the American legal apparatus or at least the prosecution portion of it, redefine what is a crime, manufacture consent to target his enemies with the US Department of Justice, and threaten to punish or dispose of anyone who dares to get in his way over a silly little thing like "the law." Trump may have delivered it like a drunk racist grandpa, but his speech is clearly a calculated attempt by the president to drastically expand his own powers, and prosecute his fascist agenda - whether he's doing it for revenge or not (he is), is ultimately the *least* important factor here.
This then dovetails into the methods by which Trump is actually attempting to accomplish this fascist, anti-free speech bullshit; specifically the larger narrative of unreality the Trump regime is constructing day by day. Trump is working to equate critical media with his political opposition, his political opposition with protestors, and protestors with terrorists, while his larger regime takes actions against that opposition as if what Trump is suggesting here were already indisputable truth. I hate to keep bringing up literally Hitler, the Nazi Party, and the German Enabling Act of 1933, but students of history will gladly tell you that Hitler's playbook for transforming Germany into a autocratic one-party dictatorship looks an awful lot like exactly what Trump is doing here.
Remember when the extreme right people would talk about their "Free Speech" rights, and we all knew what they wanted- which was to use "Free Speech" as a pretense to cause harm to Queer folks, and Black folks, and anyone they didn't like.
We called it out. We made fun of them, called it "Freeze Peach", etc.
When someone, under the pretense of "Free Speech", physically assaults someone else, sprays hate messages on their home, shoots at their school, physically blocks them from entering their school or work, gives away maps of where a "certain type of person" lives, etc. that's also not "Free Speech". It doesn't matter what the cause is, and if it's someone from the Left doing it. It's still not okay.
Call it out. Call it Freeze Peach. Call it whatever the hell we need to call it to make it stop.
And if you defend this stuff, then as far as I'm concerned, you can go to the same place as the Proud Boys go.
@MixMistressAlice@todon.euHow ironic it is to remember that it's the far-right that has been constantly bragging about 'free speech' like crybabies for being canceled by 'political correctness.' What a bunch of ridiculous snowflakes. In such fascist climate, we can only say that 'woke have balls.'
#ColumbiaUniversity #freespeech
#tiktok #cdnpoli
#democracy #humanrights
#usa #canada
#Gaza #Palestine #Syria
#iran #lebanon #Genocide
#geopolitics
@palestine@a.gup.pe
@palestine@lemmygrad.ml
@lebanon @yemen @irannachrichten #AntiImperialism
#antiPalestinianracism
#blackmastodon
@blackmastodon @BLKNewsNow @politics #politics
From: blenderdumbass . org
People often point out various grammatical errors in texts people write. As if having better attention to words makes the argument presented more or less valid. So I suppose I'm gonna rant about this.
Read or listen: https://blenderdumbass.org/articles/stupid_correct_english
Seph 
@vextaur@blog.taursnd.haushttps://blog.taursnd.haus/display/1a041b09-9967-d615-a12d-bae683608774
Sustaining a Politics of Extermination and Climate Chaos / Omar El Akkad
https://thisishell.com/interviews/1821-omar-el-akkad
#ColumbiaUniversity #freespeech
#tiktok #cdnpoli #freeyvesengler
#democracy #humanrights
#usa #canada
#Gaza #Palestine #Syria
#iran #lebanon #Genocide
#geopolitics
@palestine@a.gup.pe
@palestine@lemmygrad.ml
@lebanon @yemen
@irannachrichten #AntiImperialism
#antiPalestinianracism
#blackmastodon
@blackmastodon
@BLKNewsNow
@politics #politics #anarchism
Probably a couple of hundred people showed up today at the Tesla showroom in Superior, Colorado to protest the Trump/Musk coup. We were out there for a few hours. Great to see people mobilizing against the fascist takeover of the USA! The showroom actually shut down their rapid charging stations. Let's defund these assholes! #TeslaTakedown #uspol #freespeech #protest
Report: Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) shared a video of Mahmoud Khalil's arrest:
“Ideas are not illegal", the group said, "& there is no ‘controversial speech’ exception to the First Amendment.
“Our right to free speech includes advocacy for Palestine. We will not be intimidated. We will not be stopped. We will fight until Mahmoud Khalil is free.
"We will fight until Palestine is free."
https://aje.io/kb975q?update=3579802
#MahmoudKhalil #Trump #Racism #Autocracy #JVP #USPol #FreeSpeech .
@tagesschau #freespeech
for #oligarchs only.
Ich sag nur #leavex #leaveinstagram #leavemicrosoft #leavemeta #leavefacebook #leaveamazon #leavewhatsapp <= sehr bald. Ich arbeite daran.
Wer ausser mir ist auch schon draussen?
https://www.waterstones.com/book/careless-people/sarah-wynn-williams/9781035065929
Mr Meta-Facebook is throwing his weight around, desperately trying to have this book withdrawn (he is a big supporter of free speech) so obviously it's best others don't read it or share this information... he's already... errrm... 'obtained' an injunction preventing the author from further promoting it herself.
Report: Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) has published a video of Mahmoud Khalil's arrest:
“Ideas are not illegal", the group said, "& there is no ‘controversial speech’ exception to the First Amendment.
“Our right to free speech includes advocacy for Palestine. We will not be intimidated. We will not be stopped. We will fight until Mahmoud Khalil is free.
"We will fight until Palestine is free."
https://aje.io/kb975q?update=3579802
#MahmoudKhalil #Trump #Racism #Autocracy #JVP #USPol #FreeSpeech .
Detained Protester Mahmoud #Khalil Sues #Columbia University
https://www.404media.co/detained-protester-mahmoud-khalil-sues-columbia-university/
#DOJ probes Columbia war protests for terrorism violations
The U.S. #Justice Department is examining whether student protests at #ColumbiaUniversity over the #Gaza war violated federal terrorism laws, #Trump’s Deputy Attorney General & former #criminal defense attorney #ToddBlanche said on Friday.
#law #FreeSpeech #FreedomOfAssembly #RightToProtest #USpol #NaziState
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-justice-dept-probes-columbia-war-protests-terrorism-violations-official-says-2025-03-14/
@nixCraft 
GBS Media Response:
Big Tech isn’t just dominating markets—it’s controlling speech and shaping narratives. 
They suppress competition, throttle independent creators, and dictate what the public sees. Free speech suffers when a few companies hold all the power.
The future belongs to independent voices and decentralized platforms. It’s time to reclaim the internet for everyone—not just Silicon Valley. 
The Legal Argument That Could Set #MahmoudKhalil Free
Lawyers trying to free the #ColumbiaUniversity activist point to a legal exception undermining the #Trump administration’s argument.
“The government doesn’t get to decide what you can talk about and what you cannot talk about based on whether or not it helps the U.S.”
by Jonah Valdez, March 13 2025
"Khalil’s attorneys plan to contest his detention on free speech grounds under the First Amendment and by challenging the government’s use of the '#ForeigPolicy' provision. By evoking the 'foreign policy' provision, the Trump administration is making a clear statement not just about its foreign policy goals but also free speech, Azmy said.
"'The United States government thinks Mahmoud’s speech in favor of Palestinian human rights and to end the genocide is not only contrary to U.S. foreign policy, which is something in itself, but that that dissent provides grounds for arrest, detention, and deportation,' Azmy said. 'It’s an astonishing claim.'
"Central to their challenge in court will likely be another provision within the Immigration and Nationality Act that exempts #noncitizens facing deportation under the government’s “foreign policy” provision. The exception, known as Section 212(a)(3)(C)(iii), says that an individual cannot be deported under the 'foreign policy' provision cited by the government if their 'past, current, or expected beliefs, statements, or associations, if such beliefs, statements, or associations would be lawful within the United States.'
"In other words, since Khalil’s past activities were protected free speech under the First Amendment, he should not be deported under the 'foreign policy' provision cited by the government, Azmy said. The Department of Homeland Security has said it arrested Khalil, a lead negotiator for #Palestine solidarity protesters at Columbia, for having 'led activities aligned to Hamas.' But even if such alignments exist, advocacy is protected activity in the U.S., Khalil’s attorneys maintain.
"'If there is constitutionally protected speech,' Azmy said. 'It doesn’t matter if it goes adverse to the foreign policy interests of the United States — it’s still protected. The government doesn’t get to decide what you can talk about and what you cannot talk about based on whether or not it helps the U.S.'"
Original article:
https://theintercept.com/2025/03/13/mahmoud-khalil-legal-free-speech-deport/
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/Su5P8
#FreeMahmoud #FreeMahmoudKhalil #FreePalestine #FreeSpeech
@wdlindsy@toad.social"Trump's disappearing of Mahmoud Khalil should be a warning for us all. If Trump has his way, Kahlil will be just the first of many. …
This episode is the latest in what the left warned would be Trump’s anti-democratic crusade were he to be re-elected. What New York Times columnist Michelle Goldberg calls the 'Greatest Threat to Free Speech Since the Red Scare.'”
~ Todd Beeton
#Trump #MahmoudKhalil #FreeSpeech #authoritarianism
https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/mahmoud-kahlil-trump-detention
