Headlines AfricaMay 26
Senegal’s Sonko slams Prime Minister appointment in first speech as speaker http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TSkbGW #Senegal #OusmaneSonko #PrimeMinister #PoliticalSpeech #NationalAssembly
Gokul DasMay 21

Assume #democracy to have died when #PoliticalSpeech in any form - #criticism, #satire, #debate or #art - is #censored. It's a nonnegotiable precondition!

This regime promotes #HateSpeech in the pretext of '#freedom of #expression' while unilaterally silencing #PoliticalVoices. An attack on the #Constitution by those who ascended to power using its provisions - An act of #treason!

Since you won't defend democracy, what date will it be on the tombstone, #India?

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/cockroach-janta-party-x-twitter-account-withheld-in-india-abhijeet-dipke-shares-photo-101779350031188.html

X withholds Cockroach Janata Party account in India, hours after it overtook BJP on Insta

The account, with username CJP_2029, is showing ‘Account Withheld’ in bold letters, when opened.  | India News

Hindustan Times
Assoc for Scottish LiteratureApr 28

“A rat race is for rats. We’re not rats. We’re human beings.”

Shipyard union leader James Reid was elected Rector of the University of Glasgow in 1971. He gave his rectorial address #OTD, 28 April, 1972. The New York Times reprinted it, & called it the greatest political speech since the Gettysburg Address. Read it online at

https://www.gla.ac.uk/media/Media_167194_smxx.pdf

#Scottish #literature #politics #alienation #politicalspeech #Glasgow #GlasgowUniversity #TradesUnions #workingclass #WorkingClassHistory

The Wild Hunt NewsApr 1

A federal judge dismissed a high-profile challenge to the Johnson Amendment, rejecting a proposed settlement that could have allowed political endorsements in churches. The ruling preserves current law while leaving unresolved questions about enforcement and religious political speech.

https://wildhunt.org/2026/04/court-dismisses-effort-to-loosen-restrictions-on-church-political-speech-and-endorsements.html

#pagan #politics #scotus #johnsonamendment #FreeSpeech #IRS #taxcode #politicalspeech #SeparationOfChurchAndState

Court Dismisses Effort to Loosen Restrictions on Church Political Speech and Endorsements

A federal judge dismissed a high-profile challenge to the Johnson Amendment, rejecting a proposed settlement that could have allowed political endorsements in churches. The ruling preserves current law while leaving unresolved questions about enforcement and religious political speech.

The Wild Hunt
Red Global NewsMar 9
President Trump addressed House Republicans at his Miami golf resort, emphasizing the difficulty of enacting beneficial policies for the public that conflict with insurance companies' interests. #PoliticalSpeech #InsuranceIndustry
Show threadNonilexFeb 12

“That Senator Kelly may be an ‘unusually staunch individual’ does not minimize his entitlement to be free from reprisal for exercising his First Amendment rights,” Leon wrote. “Senator Kelly was reprimanded for exercising his First Amendment right to speak on matters of public concern.”

#law #MilitaryLaw #Hegseth #Trump #dictatorship #RevengePolitics #MarkKelly #democracy #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #PoliticalSpeech

Show threadNonilexFeb 12

Leon, an appointee of President George W. Bush, wrote in a scathing, 29-pg ruling that #Hegseth was trampling over the #FirstAmendment rights of #MarkKelly & that his moves are an impermissible form of government retaliation.

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26953150-order-in-mark-kelly-case/

#law #MilitaryLaw #Trump #dictatorship #RevengePolitics #democracy #FreeSpeech #PoliticalSpeech

Order in Mark Kelly case

US District Court DC

Show threadNonilexFeb 12

Together, the #GrandJudy declination & ruling from senior US District Judge Richard Leon represent major impediments to efforts by aides of #Trump to use the levers of government to punish Sen #MarkKelly, a retired Navy captain & former astronaut, over his participation in the video.

#law #MilitaryLaw #Hegseth #dictatorship #RevengePolitics #democracy #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #PoliticalSpeech

Show threadNonilexFeb 12

The decision landed 2 days after a #GrandJudy in Washington, DC, declined to approve charges sought by federal prosecutors against the #Arizona senator & several other Democratic lawmakers who taped a video last year warning that “threats to our Constitution” are coming “from right here at home,” & repeatedly implored service members & the intelligence community to “refuse illegal orders.”

#law #MilitaryLaw #Trump #RevengePolitics #democracy #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #PoliticalSpeech

NonilexFeb 12

Judge says #Hegseth is unlawfully retaliating against Sen. #MarkKelly over ‘illegal orders’ video

​A federal judge on Thursday shut down #Defense Secretary #PeteHegseth’s attempts to punish Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly over his urging of US service members to refuse illegal orders, ruling that the #Pentagon chief’s actions were unconstitutionally retaliatory.

#law #MilitaryLaw #Trump #dictatorship #RevengePolitics #democracy #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #PoliticalSpeech
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/12/politics/mark-kelly-pentagon-lawsuit-ruling

Judge says Pete Hegseth is unlawfully retaliating against Sen. Mark Kelly over ‘illegal orders’ video

A federal judge on Thursday shut down Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s attempts to punish Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly over his urging of US service members to refuse illegal orders, ruling that the Pentagon chief’s actions were unconstitutionally retaliatory.

CNN