Australian writer questioned, deported from US after report on pro-Palestinian protests
Australian writer questioned, deported from US after report on pro-Palestinian protests - Committee to Protect Journalists
Can't have any free thinking or free speech in the land of the free, that's not what we mean by free. It doesn't mean you don't have to pay either.
What does the billboard say?
Come and play
Come and play
Forget about the Movement
It's the land of the free.
Let's fight! Please don't hit me too hard, I have American health insurance. Have some sympathy for your enemy?
Is this not protected speech?
I don’t think we have rules anymore.
Tbf you don't have regular rules anymore. You only have special orangeman rules that have been enacted despite courts consistently finding they aren't real rules.
Who would protect it?
Well, the courts potentially. I am asking mainly to see whether this guy could impose another costly and embarrassing court case on the administration. While people are saying they can do whatever they want unless stopped, and there is truth to this, the more pushback, the more political cost.
We, The People.
It should be, but obviously not.
Not lately.
Damn. Crazy. I was told this only happened in Evil Foreign Country.
Beginning to wonder if Americans are not, in fact, Exceptional.
We’re exceptional in all the wrong ways.
These are the same people who championed freedom of speech and cried about censorship. I know they’re spineless hypocrites, but I don’t understand how the MAGAts can justify this to themselves.
It's a game to them. You feel like you're winning by making sure the enemy loses.
The only consistency is their holding whichever position is most advantageous at any given moment.
This is another (illegal I would argue) border phone search. If you come to the us as a non citizen, I would highly reccomend getting a burner phone at this point.
In theory, you have the right to lock your phone with a pin or password and tell them to fuck off if they ask you for it, but I wouldn't depend on that right.
You would likely be refused entry for not handing over the phone, legal or not.
Using a burner phone is the best bet.
We’re so utterly fucked. The only silver lining is that none of it is shocking this time, so at least that part’s less exhausting.
DHS looks more and more like east German State Security on Steroids
I hope it wasn't the same reporter that got shot in the leg the other day.
US is probably not scoring many points with your average Australian.
As much as I hate Australians this is over the line.
Oh shit the Nazis have taken over every level of the American government.
Fear for your lives if they approach you. Act accordingly.
I think we already knew they'd taken over Customs and Immigration. This is yet more of the same shit they've been pulling for decades - just more blatant and with a lot more coverage than usual, which is nice that people are finally seeing what they're doing. Eyes-on is, despite the lack of rebellious glamour, a critical thing to have...