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Trump Administration Wants to Install Federal Oversight of Columbia University

The Wall Street Journal — The US government is aiming to legally bind Columbia University to changes in their speech policies as they negotiate over…

freespeechnewsApril 10, 2025

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Pressed for evidence against Mahmoud Khalil, government cites its power to deport people for beliefs

Associated Press — Khalil has adamantly rejected allegations of antisemitism, accusing the Trump administration in a letter sent from jail last month of “targeting me…

freespeechnewsApril 10, 2025

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A Letter to Columbia

Columbia Spectator — This op-ed was dictated by Mahmoud Khalil. Khalil is currently detained at the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center. Faced with a movement…

freespeechnewsApril 4, 2025

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Democratic Party Leaders and “Free Speech” Warriors Shrug as Trump Deports Dissidents

In These Times — President Trump’s unprecedented crackdown on constitutionally-protected speech has solicited crickets from key Democratic Party leaders and self-described “free speech” advocates in…

freespeechnewsApril 1, 2025

Censorship Foreign Policy

ICE Abduction of Tufts Student Suggests a pro-Netanhyahu Spy Network Is Policing Students In the US

Donziger on Justice — Extremist pro-Israel groups like Betar and Canary Mission are serving as the de facto US arm of the Netanyahu government to…

freespeechnewsMarch 27, 2025

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Censorship Violates The Rights Of The Speaker And Of The Hearer

Caitlin Johnstone — As Frederick Douglass said, “To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as…

freespeechnewsMarch 25, 2025

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The Right is coming for free speech

UnHerd — The will to silence the political opposition is neither a specifically Republican nor Democratic predilection. Rather, it’s the irresistible impulse of whoever happens…

freespeechnewsMarch 17, 2025

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ICE Arrest of Columbia Student Marks New Era of Campus Politics

Wall Street Journal — Trump says arrest of Mahmoud Khalil is first of many in administration’s campaign to dismantle what it calls extreme leftist ideology…

freespeechnewsMarch 10, 2025

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Even More Assaults On Free Speech To Silence Criticism Of Israel

Caitlin Johnstone — Acting on orders from the White House, immigration agents have arrested a Columbia University graduate for deportation due to his leadership of…

freespeechnewsMarch 10, 2025