Post AyHTb2GUTb6aLDUFAO by Nonilex@masto.ai
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 (DIR) Post #AyHSsqRl3U3ewhgYK0 by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2025-09-17T00:42:17Z
       
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       #US AG #PamBondi provoked a backlash after announcing she would “absolutely target” #protesters engaging in “hate speech”—& claiming she had authority to investigate businesses that refused to print memorial vigil posters for #CharlieKirk.The comments by Bondi reflect a broader effort by the #Trump admin to punish anyone who has celebrated Kirk’s killing or even people who denounced his killing but criticize his political stances.#law #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/us/politics/pam-bondi-hate-speech-charlie-kirk.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
       
 (DIR) Post #AyHT7PAyjGBOi9mP2G by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2025-09-17T00:44:58Z
       
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       #PamBondi’s comments came as other top #Trump admin officials — among them VP #JDVance — have called on ordinary people across the country to seek #vengeance against those who have criticized Kirk by calling their employers in an effort to get them fired.The naming-&-shaming campaign has led to countless people from various walks of life — teachers, medical personnel & members of the armed forces — being dismissed from their jobs or placed on suspension.#law #Constitution #FirstAmendment
       
 (DIR) Post #AyHTIk9X4vjixFVfsm by GlennMG@mas.to
       2025-09-17T00:47:08Z
       
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       @Nonilex It's a gang.  With an extended novice base.
       
 (DIR) Post #AyHTMMUWzbd8jF3biC by AkaSci@fosstodon.org
       2025-09-17T00:47:49Z
       
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       @Nonilex You think Bondi will target hate speech peddlers like this?It has little to do with hate speech and all about targeting Democrats and Democracy.https://www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwatch/ali-alexander-calls-trump-arrest-and-possibly-kill-500000-people-response-charlie
       
 (DIR) Post #AyHTTVWzmVpAnAcKYa by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2025-09-17T00:49:09Z
       
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       …In an interview on FauxNews’s “Hannity” late Monday, #PamBondi suggested that she might direct the #DOJ’s *#CivilRights* division to “prosecute” businesses if they turned away customers who wanted to print pictures of Kirk for memorial vigils, citing the case of an Office Depot employee in Michigan who was fired for rejecting such an order.#law #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech
       
 (DIR) Post #AyHTb2GUTb6aLDUFAO by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2025-09-17T00:50:31Z
       
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       “Businesses cannot discriminate,” she told Hannity, saying she had referred the Office Depot case to Harmeet K. Dhillon, the head of the *#CivilRights* division.“We can prosecute you for that,” she added.#PamBondi’s assertion that the #DOJ might seek charges against a business for refusing to serve customers for political reasons runs afoul of a #SCOTUS decision that barred state authorities from punishing a Colorado baker for refusing to bake a wedding cake for a same-sex couple.#law
       
 (DIR) Post #AyHTsBm8N126lBT1ZQ by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2025-09-17T00:53:37Z
       
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       …Despite the cascade of criticism, #Trump seemed to defend #PamBondi’s remarks in comments to reporters, twisting & personalizing them into a self-serving attack on the #media.When #JonathanKarl of #ABCNews asked Trump about Bondi’s hate speech comments, he went after Karl.“We’ll probably go after people like you,” Trump said, “because you treat me so unfairly — it’s hate.”#law #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech