first amendment
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McConnell Doesn’t Care About Section 230 or the Election — Just Keeping Your Relief Check Small
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell moved to block consideration of a House-approved stimulus package on Tuesday that includes $US2,000 ($2,627) checks for many Americans — an amount sought after by a rising chorus of Republicans and an outgoing President Trump.
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AOC’s Measure to Kill U.S. Military Twitch Streams Fails House Vote
An amendment proposed by U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that would st0p the military from recruiting on platforms like Twitch failed a House vote on Thursday. Had it passed, it would have added a provision to the House Committee on Appropriations Bill to bar the U.S. military from using federal funds to maintain “a presence on…
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Minneapolis Cops Sued for Shooting, Beating, and Gassing Over a Dozen Journalists
The ACLU has filed a class-action lawsuit against Minnesota authorities on behalf of journalists whom state and local police were filmed beating, shooting, gassing, and arresting during protests against the police killing of George Floyd.
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Federal Appeals Court Says Facebook, Twitter Aren’t Conspiring to Suppress Conservative Views
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington dismissed a lawsuit that claimed major tech companies including Twitter, Facebook, Google, and Apple worked together to “intentionally and wilfully suppress politically conservative content” online. According to Bloomberg, the federal appeals court said nonprofit group Freedom Watch and Laura Loomer, a right-wing YouTube personality, failed to provide…