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Dissent Newswire
August 6, 2026
Published by Nathan Fuller at August 6, 2026
Breaking Down Trump’s Blueprint Against Dissent Defending Rights & Dissent is leading the charge against Trump’s crackdown on dissent, political advocacy, and free expression. Ever since Trump issued National Security Presidential Memo 7, his plan to further weaponize the FBI
August 3, 2026
Published by Defending Rights & Dissent at August 3, 2026
Sign up here to receive future Gaza First Amendment Alerts directly in your inbox. Escalating Attacks on Independent Media Upon his return to the United States on July 10, journalist Max Blumenthal was stopped at Dulles International Airport by Custom
July 23, 2026
Published by Defending Rights & Dissent at July 23, 2026
Today the House Ways and Means Committee has subpoenaed NYC activist space the People’s Forum, nonprofit media outlet BreakThrough News, and Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. Defending Rights & Dissent Policy Director Chip Gibbons has issued the following statement in
July 20, 2026
Published by Defending Rights & Dissent at July 20, 2026
Today the U.S. State Department issued “Cuba: The Capital of 21st Century Communism,” a 100-page report which purportedly aims to expose “the full history of Cuban espionage and subversion” in the United States. Defending Rights & Dissent Policy Director Chip
July 16, 2026
Published by Defending Rights & Dissent at July 16, 2026
NSPM-7, Trump’s presidential memo detailing his plan to crackdown on dissent and the left, also poses a serious threat to journalists and their constitutionally protected right to practice their profession. Next Wednesday, July 22, at 2pm ET, Defending Rights &
July 14, 2026
Published by Defending Rights & Dissent at July 14, 2026
On July 13, 2026, The Grayzone reported that their editor-in-chief Max Blumenthal was detained at Dulles International Airport in Washington D.C. upon return from a reporting trip to Iran to cover the funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Agents searched Blumenthal’s
July 2, 2026
Published by Defending Rights & Dissent at July 2, 2026
Sign up here to receive future Gaza First Amendment Alerts directly in your inbox. U.S. Re-Sanctions UN Human Rights Expert Amid Legal Back and Forth On May 26, 2026, the U.S. government once again added United Nations Special Rapporteur Francesca
July 1, 2026
Published by Nathan Fuller at July 1, 2026
June was Espionage Act History Month Defending Rights & Dissent has declared June to be Espionage Act History Month, to memorialize some of the most important milestones of one of the worst laws in the U.S. legal code. This year,
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