Bernie Sanders ‘Will Not Attend’ Netanyahu Speech Before Congress
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said he “will not attend” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech after Republican and Democratic lawmakers invited him to speak to a “joint session of Congress.” Sanders is press release On Saturday, he called Netanyahu a “war criminal” and said he “should not be invited to address a joint session of […]
Bernie Sanders blasts Netanyahu invite, won’t attend speech by ‘war criminal’
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a “war criminal” and said he would not attend his address to a joint session of Congress. “It is a very sad day for our country that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accepted an invitation from leaders of both parties to address a joint session […]
Fauci Bemoaned How ‘Freedom Of Speech’ Made It Harder To Censor People Who ‘Demonize’ Him
Dr. Anthony Fauci, in testimony released Friday, complained that the First Amendment makes it harder to police speech critical of him. Fauci, a former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), has faced intense scrutiny over his response to the COVID-19 pandemic and allegations that he funded gain-of-function research at China’s […]
Supreme Court unanimously sides with NRA to allow free speech lawsuit against New York official
United States Supreme Court Verdict on Friday A free speech lawsuit by the National Rifle Association against New York state officials could move forward. The decision was written by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, one of the nation’s most liberal justices. “Government authorities have no right to use their regulatory powers to blacklist objectionable political groups.” Sotomayor […]
Protesters Assault, Interrupt Harvard Interim President at Alumni Day Speech
During a Graduates Day event in Harvard Yard on Friday, protesters disrupted a speech by Harvard Interim President Alan Garber, throwing green glitter all over him as he spoke. Harvard University interim president Alan Garber was attacked with a glow-in-the-dark bomb. Now that we have it at our attention, torturing baby monkeys is neither scientific […]
Sojourner Truth’s Statue Unveiled On Historic Site Of Iconic Speech
A statue and plaza commemorating 19th century abolitionist and former slave Sojourner Truth was unveiled Wednesday in northwest Ohio near the site of her iconic 1851 “Am I not a Woman?” speech, according to reports. The statue and plaza stand on the former site of Akron’s Universalist Old Stone Church, where Truth delivered her famous […]
Activist admits goal of protests in pro-revolution speech
At the Palestinian People’s Conference, Lua Das, a doctoral student at Pennsylvania State University, spoke candidly about how campus protests are being used to train students for violent revolution. “We have been working to agitate on campuses and expose these forces, but what this moment has taught us, what this moment has reaffirmed is that […]
Supreme Court clears the way for the NRA’s free speech lawsuit against an ex-New York official
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed a lawsuit brought by the National Rifle Association (NRA) alleging that a former New York state official violated the free speech rights of the state. The unanimous opinion overturns a lower court decision that dismissed a lawsuit filed by gun rights groups against Maria Vullo, the former head of […]
Free Speech Group Files Lawsuit Against Public University Over ‘Bias Response Team’
Indiana University is violating students’ First and 14th Amendment rights through its “far-reaching” bias reporting policy, a civil rights organization alleges. Speech First filed a federal lawsuit against Indiana University on Wednesday arguing that the school is violating the rights of students by enacting a speech policy that “is designed solely to deter, discourage, and […]
NYU nurse fired after speech decrying ‘genocide in Gaza’
A self-described “Palestinian-American Muslim” nurse at New York University Langone Medical Center was fired after giving a speech condemning the “genocide in Gaza.” Hessen Jabr, a nurse at NYU Langone Health, said she was fired on May 22, her first day back on shift, after giving a speech during Nurses Week on May 7 about […]