Mastodawn

“We work for the federal government, not a church. I just want to go to work and make my country better — I shouldn’t have to suffer through sermons and other religious messages forced upon me by the head of a federal agency.”

https://federalnewsnetwork.com/litigation/2026/05/agriculture-employees-sue-rollins-over-escalating-religious-messaging/

#usda #1A #FirstAmendment #religion #proselytizing

Agriculture employees sue Rollins over ‘escalating’ religious messaging

Plaintiffs said Rollins' religious messages are “unconstitutionally coercive,” leaving USDA employees feeling “unwelcome, excluded and like outsiders.”…

Federal News Network

Steve Thompson PhD 3d ago

FCC's Brendan Carr picks a fight with The View ...... and winds up in a battle with Mickey Mouse.

https://www.publicnotice.co/p/fcc-brendan-carr-the-view

#MAGA #FCC #Republicans #1A #media #press #news #trump

FCC's Brendan Carr picks a fight with The View ...

... and winds up in a battle with Mickey Mouse.

Public Notice

Bich Nguyen 6d ago

"...it’s important to never forget that your standard is the joke. We’re not changing the damn world. Have you seen the world? I promise you, if you think that I’m on some kind of agenda, then I’m really shitty at it because nothing has gone in the direction that I had hoped. I mean, nothing for 25 years."

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/stephen-colbert-interview-late-show-end-1236585528/

#work #labor #entertainment #comedy #LateNight #CBS #1A

The Stephen Colbert Exit Interview: “I Did Not Expect It to End This Way”

As ‘The Late Show’ nears its final bow, the host opens up about the cancellation that shocked the industry, the win of going out as a “martyr” and his next act in Middle-earth.

The Hollywood Reporter

Steve Thompson PhD 6d ago

ABC Accuses Government of Violating First Amendment - The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/business/media/abc-fcc-first-amendment-the-view.html

The network’s argument, made to the F.C.C., is the most aggressive posture taken yet by a television network toward the Republican Trump administration.

#ABC #1A #Trump #MAGA #Republicans #GOP #press #news

ABC Accuses Government of Violating First Amendment

The network’s argument, made to the F.C.C., is the most aggressive posture taken yet by a television network toward the Trump administration.

The New York Times

Kim Perales May 8

Welcome news:⚡The ABC network’s argument, made to the F.C.C., is the most aggressive posture taken yet by a television network toward the Trump administration.

#1A #FreePress #Democracy #ABC #FCC #USPol
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/business/media/abc-fcc-first-amendment-the-view.html?unlocked_article_code=1.g1A.EqTX.qs9EYQzZPSsf&smid=nytcore-ios-share

ABC Accuses Government of Violating First Amendment

The network’s argument, made to the F.C.C., is the most aggressive posture taken yet by a television network toward the Trump administration.

The New York Times

Algernon D'Ammassa May 6

Half a year has passed since the city of Roswell blocked a local Food Not Bombs chapter from distributing free food at the city-owned Pioneer Plaza downtown.

Now, the group is taking the city to court.

https://www.abqjournal.com/news/food-not-bombs-sues-roswell-over-plaza-ban/3037557

#NewMexico #Roswell #foodnotbombs #freespeech #1A

Food Not Bombs sues Roswell over downtown plaza permit rules

Food Not Bombs and a local organizer have sued the city of Roswell, alleging unconstitutional permit and concession requirements blocked the group from serving free food and gathering at Pioneer Plaza downtown.

abqjournal

Bich Nguyen May 6

"Officials at the Food and Drug Administration have blocked publication of several studies supporting the safety of widely used vaccines against Covid-19 and shingles in recent months, a spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed."

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/us/politics/fda-covid-vaccine-studies.html

#PublicHealth #FDA #CDC #NIH #HHS #covid #shingles #vaccines #immunizations #biomedical #science #research #1A #FreeSpeech #USpol

F.D.A. Blocked Publication of Research Finding Covid and Shingles Vaccines Were Safe

The agency’s scientists and data contractors reviewed millions of patient records for studies that were pulled back before release.

The New York Times

Copwatch Chronicle May 6

Thank you guys! With your help we nailed it out of the park in April with over 500k views on facebook. Www.facebook.com/AmazingAudits
#MrAmazing #AmazingAudits #copwatch #1a #audit

Copwatch Chronicle May 6

Thank you guys! With your help we nailed it out of the park and April with over 500k views on facebook. Www.facebook.com/AmazingAudits
#MrAmazing #AmazingAudits #copwatch #1a #audit

Kim Perales May 5

For days after the killing of #AlexPretti by fed IMM offs in MPLS🚨fellow wkrs for the Dept of #VA held vigils at health cens nw, partly in protest/pay their respects. Halioua -rec therapist/union ldr at the a GA VA cen: “It was impt to ack him, as a brother of our org.”

She learned🚨*under investigation by that same govt. Her supv informed her➡️int probe had been: violated agency rules re ee intvws w the news media. At least 3 other VA ees➡️investigated.
#Fascism #1A #USPol
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/05/politics/va-investigation-vigil-alex-pretti

Exclusive: VA conducted internal investigations into employees who attended vigil for Alex Pretti

Becky Halioua, who attended a vigil for Pretti after his death, feels the VA probe is a “scare tactic” and an attempt to silence those “with the loudest voices.”

CNN