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Simon Brooke<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@patrickhadfield" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>patrickhadfield</span></a></span> Wow, that's an amazingly powerful video, even by <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/LedByDonkeys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LedByDonkeys</span></a> standards!</p><p>Bravo!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/GazaGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GazaGenocide</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToProtest</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ColumbiaUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ColumbiaUniversity</span></a> is coming down hard on pro-<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Palestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinian</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>students</span></a> who took part in a recent takeover of Butler Library &amp; last year's tent encampment, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/school" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>school</span></a> announced on Tuesday.</p><p>At least 70 were disciplined, with 80% receiving sanctions that resulted in expulsions, &amp; suspensions lasting at least 2 years, sources told CBS News New York.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreedomOfAssembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfAssembly</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToProtest</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/columbia-university-butler-library-takeover-expulsions-suspensions/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbsnews.com/newyork/news/colum</span><span class="invisible">bia-university-butler-library-takeover-expulsions-suspensions/</span></a></p>
Simon Brooke<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@kristiedegaris" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>kristiedegaris</span></a></span> this.</p><p>Part of the difference is that if you go out in public wearing a shirt which says "we should take action in support of the people of X", where X is one of Susan, Congo, Ukraine, Tigray, Yemen..., the police will defend your right to express your legitimate opinion.</p><p>If X is <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a>, they'll arrest you.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/GazaGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GazaGenocide</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToProtest</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UKPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKPol</span></a></p><p>Continued</p>
MiniMia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇵🇸<p>"Well have you argued, sir; and, for your pains, <br>of capital treason we arrest you here ... "</p><p>Richard II, Act 4 Scene I</p><p><a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/ShakespeareSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShakespeareSunday</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/WeAreAllPalestineAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeAreAllPalestineAction</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToProtest</span></a></p>
Simon Brooke<p>Well, I've stayed up until 04:00 writing an essay on terrorism and genocide, and why I expect to be arrested this afternoon.</p><p>So now I can't chicken out.</p><p>I'd better get some sleep.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/GazaGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GazaGenocide</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PalestineAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PalestineAction</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToProtest</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.journeyman.cc/blog/posts-output/2025-07-19-on-terrorism-and-genocide/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">journeyman.cc/blog/posts-outpu</span><span class="invisible">t/2025-07-19-on-terrorism-and-genocide/</span></a></p>
Simon Brooke<p>I've just updated my 'Palestine' t-shirt/hoodie/sticker design. The update doesn't make you any less likely to be arrested, but should hopefully make it easier to argue your case in court.</p><p>Feel free to download, copy and use. Any profits you make please donate to an authentic <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Palestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinian</span></a> charity.</p><p>Any fine or prison sentence you incur for displaying it you should treat as a badge of honour.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/GazaGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GazaGenocide</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToProtest</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.journeyman.cc/~simon/palestine_action.svg" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">journeyman.cc/~simon/palestine</span><span class="invisible">_action.svg</span></a></p>
Droppie<p>He seemed to go all loopy &amp; horrible during his NAB tenure, but before &amp; subsequent, i reckon this is <i>A Good Bloke</i><span>. <br><br></span><a href="https://insidestory.org.au/lets-just-get-this-done-shall-we/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://insidestory.org.au/lets-just-get-this-done-shall-we/</a><span><br><br></span><a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/KenHenry" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KenHenry</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/AusPol" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AusPol</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/ClimateCrisis" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClimateCrisis</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/NonLinear" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NonLinear</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/TippingPoints" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TippingPoints</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/PositiveFeedbackLoops" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PositiveFeedbackLoops</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/FossilFools" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FossilFools</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/RenewableEnergy" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RenewableEnergy</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/ChangeTheSystem" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChangeTheSystem</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/StateCapture" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StateCapture</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/RightToProtest" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RightToProtest</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/Biodiversity" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Biodiversity</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/WeAreTotallyFscked" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeAreTotallyFscked</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/Misanthropy" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Misanthropy</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/Karma" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Karma</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/NativeForests" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NativeForests</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/StopLoggingNativeForests" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StopLoggingNativeForests</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/FsckCapitalism" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FsckCapitalism</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/CognitiveDissonance" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CognitiveDissonance</a></p>
Simon Brooke<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@RussCheshire" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>RussCheshire</span></a></span> And this is why I am determined to follow her. To prison if necessary.</p><p>Ask yourself: should you do this too? My panel design -- for t-shirts, hoodies, what you will -- is free to copy and use. Or design your own.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToProtest</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/GazaGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GazaGenocide</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.journeyman.cc/~simon/palestine_action.svg" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">journeyman.cc/~simon/palestine</span><span class="invisible">_action.svg</span></a></p>
Greenpeace International<p>PROTECT THE PROTEST.</p><p>Across the world, we’re seeing a crackdown on the right to protest.</p><p>This doesn’t just affect environmental activists. It affects anyone who wants to make their voice heard.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToProtest</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/protester-ads-billboards-london-birmingham-manchester/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">greenpeace.org.uk/news/protest</span><span class="invisible">er-ads-billboards-london-birmingham-manchester/</span></a></p>
Droppie [anonsys] 🐨♀🌈🐧​🦘Australia’s protester crackdown didn’t start with Hannah Thomas — and it won’t end with her. The injuries sustained by the former Greens candidate are just the latest event in Australia’s crackdown on the right to protest.
Health Is Wealth<p><a href="https://www.doubledown.news/watch/2025/june/27/george-monbiot-demolishes-palestine-action-ban-starmer" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">doubledown.news/watch/2025/jun</span><span class="invisible">e/27/george-monbiot-demolishes-palestine-action-ban-starmer</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/PalestineAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PalestineAction</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestine</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/righttoprotest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>righttoprotest</span></a></p>
AngharadHafod<p>‘It’s a complete assault on free speech’: how Palestine Action was targeted for proscription as terrorists</p><p>It might even be illegal to share this in a week's time, so do it today! <br><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToProtest</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2025/jun/28/palestine-action-proscription-free-speech" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/politics/ng-in</span><span class="invisible">teractive/2025/jun/28/palestine-action-proscription-free-speech</span></a></p>
Jules<p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/MetPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MetPolice</span></a> arrested autistic <a href="https://social.coop/tags/YouthDemend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YouthDemend</span></a> activist in supported housing as part of <a href="https://social.coop/tags/WestminsterMeetingHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WestminsterMeetingHouse</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Quaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Quaker</span></a> raid operation<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jun/22/police-arrested-autistic-activist-in-supported-housing-as-part-of-quaker-raid-operation" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/j</span><span class="invisible">un/22/police-arrested-autistic-activist-in-supported-housing-as-part-of-quaker-raid-operation</span></a> </p><p>"They showed me pictures of protests that I wasn’t even in. They showed me pictures of [information about] upcoming events, only a few of which were actually protests, the other which were just meetings and free food events."</p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToProtest</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/DirectAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DirectAction</span></a></p>
Droppie [anonsys] 🐨♀🌈🐧​🦘<p><a href="https://citynews.com.au/2025/no-easy-answers-to-gas-network-death-spiral/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">citynews.com.au/2025/no-easy-a…</a></p><p>AFAICT this is a very real looming problem, yet our cretinous AusPol <i>lack-of-leadership</i> bullshit shemozzle is either exacerbating this, or at the very least, not helping. Eg... each time i begin again to ponder if i could possibly overcome my personal demons to fully electrify my home [ie, endure all the intensive <i>peopling</i> needed] when our gas prices rise [ie, increasing the economic desire to convert], what happens? Yep, our fucken electricity prices rise <i>as well</i>, thus reducing or eliminating the economic incentive.</p><p>Ofc all the climate, &amp; moral, reasons remain to more than justify converting, but so far, w/o <i>also</i> the strong economic reasons, my demons keep winning the day. For normal, non-me, peeps, sans my demons, the confused economic signals alone prolly entirely prevent them converting.</p><p>Fuckheads, our govt. 🙄🤦‍♀️</p><p><a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=WhyIsLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhyIsLabor</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=HahahahaLiebs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HahahahaLiebs</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=NatsAreNuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NatsAreNuts</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=GreensYEAH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreensYEAH</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=NonLinear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NonLinear</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=TippingPoints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TippingPoints</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=PositiveFeedbackLoops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PositiveFeedbackLoops</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=FossilFools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFools</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=RenewableEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RenewableEnergy</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=ChangeTheSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChangeTheSystem</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=StateCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateCapture</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToProtest</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=WeAreTotallyFscked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeAreTotallyFscked</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=Misanthropy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Misanthropy</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=Karma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Karma</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=NativeForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativeForests</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=StopLoggingNativeForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopLoggingNativeForests</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=FsckCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FsckCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=CognitiveDissonance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CognitiveDissonance</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“Petitioner is not a flight risk, &amp; the evidence presented is that he is not a danger to the community,”Judge Farbiarz said. “Period, full stop.”</p><p>During an hourlong hearing conducted by phone, the New Jersey-based judge said the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin had “clearly not met” the standards for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/detention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>detention</span></a>.</p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> filed notice Friday night that it is appealing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MahmoudKhalil</span></a>’s release. [cuz they’re assholes]</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToProtest</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dissent</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin is [still] seeking to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/deport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deport</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MahmoudKhalil</span></a> over his role in pro-<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Palestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinian</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protests</span></a>. He was detained on March 8 at his apartment building in Manhattan.</p><p>Khalil was released after US Dist Judge Michael Farbiarz said it would be “highly, highly unusual” for the govt to continue detaining a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> US resident who was unlikely to flee &amp; hadn’t been accused of any violence.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToProtest</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dissent</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The former <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ColumbiaUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ColumbiaUniversity</span></a> graduate <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/student" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>student</span></a> left a federal facility in Louisiana on Friday. He is expected to head to New York to reunite with his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UScitizen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UScitizen</span></a> wife &amp; infant son, born while <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MahmoudKhalil</span></a> was detained.</p><p>“Justice prevailed, but it’s very long overdue,”he said outside the facility in a remote part of Louisiana. “This shouldn’t have taken 3 months.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToProtest</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dissent</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ColumbiaUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ColumbiaUniversity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protester" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protester</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MahmoudKhalil</span></a> freed from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/detention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>detention</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Palestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinian</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/activist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>activist</span></a> Mahmoud Khalil was released Friday from federal immigration detention, freed after 104 days by a judge’s ruling after becoming a symbol of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s clampdown on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/campus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>campus</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protests</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToProtest</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dissent</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a><br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/mahmoud-khalil-release-columbia-protest-trump-immigration-69162d21ab22377b1c1c08cf2c83d6cd" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/mahmoud-kha</span><span class="invisible">lil-release-columbia-protest-trump-immigration-69162d21ab22377b1c1c08cf2c83d6cd</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The story behind the arrest of 87-year-old <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/veteran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>veteran</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JohnSpitzberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnSpitzberg</span></a> at the Capitol</p><p>John Spitzberg joined a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>veterans</span></a> march at the National Mall on March 14 in Washington, DC. The 87-year-old veteran was <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/arrested" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arrested</span></a> June 13 at the US Capitol while protesting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s birthday parade spectacle.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToProtest</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dissent</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/06/20/nx-s1-5438406/john-spitzberg-veteran-arrest-trump-parade" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/06/20/nx-s1-54384</span><span class="invisible">06/john-spitzberg-veteran-arrest-trump-parade</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin lawyers wrote in a June 17 filing that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MahmoudKhalil</span></a>'s request for release should be addressed to the judge overseeing his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> case, an administrative process over whether he can be deported, rather than to Farbiarz, who is considering whether Khalil's March 8 arrest &amp; subsequent detention were constitutional.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToProtest</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dissent</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a></p>