Post AzFfhfg1ugdf0TnxfU by lupus_blackfur@mastodon.world
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(DIR) Post #AzFF30GJsKAAAaj6O0 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-10-15T20:50:11Z
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#Journalists turn in access badges, exit #Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rulesDozens of #reporters turned in access badges & exited the Pentagon on Wednesday rather than agree to government-imposed restrictions on their work, pushing journalists who cover the #US #military further from the seat of its #power.#law #US #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress #journalism #FourthEstate #democracy #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny https://apnews.com/article/pentagon-press-access-hegseth-trump-restrictions-5d9c2a63e4e03b91fc1546bb09ffbf12?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-15-Breaking+News
(DIR) Post #AzFF9AArw2mSeJ78vQ by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-10-15T20:51:18Z
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News outlets were nearly unanimous in rejecting new rules imposed by #Defense Secy #PeteHegseth that would leave #journalists vulnerable to expulsion if they sought to report on information — classified or otherwise — that had not been *approved* by #Hegseth for release.#Trump #law #US #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress #journalism #FourthEstate #democracy #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
(DIR) Post #AzFFNkYtRb8fYbJ5sW by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-10-15T20:53:56Z
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Many of the reporters waited to leave together at a 4PM deadline set by the #Defense Dept to get out of the building. As the hour approached, boxes of documents lined a #Pentagon corridor & reporters carried chairs, a copying machine, books & old photos to the parking lot from suddenly abandoned workspaces. Shortly after 4, about 40 to 50 #journalists left together after handing in badges.#Trump #law #US #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress #journalism #FourthEstate #democracy #fascism
(DIR) Post #AzFFVcCmOjPXxKiKA4 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-10-15T20:55:21Z
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“It’s sad, but I’m also really proud of the #PressCorps that we stuck together,” said Nancy Youssef, a reporter for #TheAtlantic who has had a desk at the #Pentagon since 2007. She took a map of the Middle East out to her car. It is unclear what practical impact the new rules will have, though news organizations vowed they’d continue robust coverage of the #military no matter the vantage point. #Trump #law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress #journalism #FourthEstate #autocracy #tyranny
(DIR) Post #AzFFs7hVyhsg0cp4F6 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-10-15T20:59:24Z
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…Reporters effectively demonstrating against barriers to their work are unlikely to move #Trump supporters, many of whom resent #journalists & cheer his efforts to make their jobs harder. Trump has been involved in #court fights against NYT, CBS News, ABC News, WSJ & AP in the past year.Speaking to reporters Tuesday, Trump backed his #defense secy’s new rules. “I think he finds the press to be very disruptive in terms of world peace,” Trump said. “The press is very dishonest.”#law #FreePress
(DIR) Post #AzFGMeltaRAlGOQnNw by iuculano@masto.ai
2025-10-15T21:04:56Z
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@Nonilex Finally! People with spines!
(DIR) Post #AzFGR6w2ohHjlnInWS by nomdeb@mstdn.social
2025-10-15T21:05:42Z
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@Nonilex One hope is now that they aren't trying to keep their access maybe they'll do some more frank and honest reporting.
(DIR) Post #AzFXTZ8sc4VR3J3vCy by GutterPoetry@mastodon.me.uk
2025-10-16T00:16:37Z
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@Nonilex This is what integrity looks like. This should be the norm.
(DIR) Post #AzFXezUJ08KFwmX1to by troy_frizzell@mstdn.social
2025-10-16T00:18:42Z
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@Nonilex I have to say that an independent media should have never been seated inside the Pentagon.Here's hoping they never go back.
(DIR) Post #AzFfhfg1ugdf0TnxfU by lupus_blackfur@mastodon.world
2025-10-16T01:48:49Z
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@Nonilex "turned in"...???Or, "had their badges confiscated" for failure to comply with the authoritarian idiot's attempt to constrain that free speech they profess to hold so dear...Come on.Stop couching MAGAt actions in passive voice reactionary rhetoric...Call it out expressly for what it is!!🤦♂️🤷♂️🤡🤡🖕🖕💩💩
(DIR) Post #AzGoGj8y0eZUgYWicy by timo21@mastodon.sdf.org
2025-10-16T14:59:30Z
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@Nonilex Is this phrase in the dictator handbook: ". “I think he finds the press to be very disruptive in terms of world peace,”