• Federal judge dismisses Washington medical lawsuit alleging free speech violations

    (The Center Square) – A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against the Washington Medical Commission’s investigations of two licensed medical professionals accused of publishing false information about COVID-19. The lawsuit, which was co-filed against WMC Executive Director Kyle S. Karinen by former NBA basketball player and Gonzaga alumnus John Stockton, argued that the investigations violated the physicians’ right to free speech as well as those who wished to hear...

  • Expedia says two execs dismissed after ‘violation of company policy’

    Expedia says Rathi Murthy and Sreenivas Rachamadugu, respectively its CTO and senior vice president of core services product & engineering, are no longer employed at the travel booking company. In a statement shared with TechCrunch and other publications, Expedia said Murthy and Rachamadugu are “no longer employed at Expedia Group” due to an unspecified “violation […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

  • Police release Scheffler arrest video, say officer violated bodycam policy

    May 23 (UPI) — Louisville police on Thursday released two videos of the incident that led to golfer Scottie Scheffler‘s arrest last week. And officials said a detective involved in the arrest violated policy by not using his body-worn camera during the incident. Corrective action was taken against Louisville Metro Police Department detective Bryan Gillis, […] The post Police release Scheffler arrest video, say officer violated bodycam policy first appeared on Gephardt Daily.

  • Free speech is free, except for Trump

    Recently, former President Donald Trump courted controversy because of a social media post about the daughter of acting New York State Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan.

  • ‘Antisemitic in Its Core,’ New York City Mayor Says of ‘Washington Post’ Article

    (JNS) – A Washington Post article that reported that New York City responded to anti-Israel protests on college campuses due to pressure from billionaires is “antisemitic in its core,” the city’s mayor told the FOX5 program “Good Day New York.” “First of all, I think that article was antisemitic in its core,” Eric Adams told […]

  • Museum of Jewish Heritage to give free tours to NYC 8th graders to combat antisemitism

    The Museum of Jewish Heritage is offering free tours to eighth grade classes in New York City. The $2.5 million initiative comes amid a sharp rise in both antisemitism and Islamophobia after the Israel-Hamas war erupted on Oct. 7, 2023. [ more › ]

  • Connecticut’s campaign ad rules violate free speech, high court rules

    (The Center Square) — Connecticut's high court has ruled that a state election panel's ban on advertising in publicly financed campaigns violates the free speech rights of political candidates. The unanimous ruling by the Connecticut Supreme Court sided with two Republican lawmakers who were sanctioned by state election officials for using public campaign financing grants to attack then-Gov. Dannel Malloy’s Democratic fiscal policies. In the 54-page opinion, Chief...

  • British universities plunged into free speech row after Russell Group issues statement likening gender critics to anti-Semitism

    The organisation's response to a consultation by the Office for Students (OfS) said that 'universities would be expected to take steps to restrict' unlawful speech.

  • Dave Chappelle urges Americans to fight antisemitism years after backlash over ‘antisemitic’ SNL speech

    Comedian was performing in the United Arab Emirates as part of Abu Dhabi Comedy Week

  • Washington criticizes announced recognition of Palestine

    The U.S. government is skeptical about the announced recognition of Palestine as an independent state by several European countries. "We believe the only way that you are going to achieve a two state solution that delivers for both Israelis and Palestinians is through direct negotiations between the parties," President Joe Biden's National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said in Washington on Wednesday. The Biden administration has been working on this for a long time, he added.

  • Blackmail is the basis of Western policy, says Russia

    Moscow, May 25 (Prensa Latina) Threats, blackmail and violence are the basis of Western policy towards those who do not follow its course, according to the President of the State Duma (Lower House of the Russian Parliament), Vyacheslav Volodin. The post Blackmail is the basis of Western policy, says Russia first appeared on Prensa Latina.

  • Campus protests are a free speech test for universities

    ‘This is a major win.’ These were the words of a spokesperson after the University of Melbourne caved in to…What to read next: Free speech on campus, actions are louder than words | Free speech … for how much longer? | Australia’s global advocacy for the suppression of free speech | Labor betrayed universities Just like Labor betrayed everyone else