September 15, 2026
Published by Nathan Fuller at September 15, 2026

Newsletter: September 2026

Defending Rights & Dissent Protest Appears in DHS AI Search for Minnesota 15 Defendant The Department of Homeland Security used Clearview AI facial recognition technology to search the internet for images of ‘Minnesota 15’ defendant Isaac Sant. In addition to
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August 24, 2026
Published by Nathan Fuller at August 24, 2026

Independent Media & the New McCarthyism

The Trump administration has unleashed a McCarthyite crackdown on political dissent across the United States, and journalists who don’t toe the official line are in the government’s crosshairs. As is often the case in authoritarian repression of the press, independent
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August 6, 2026
Published by Nathan Fuller at August 6, 2026

Newsletter: August 2026

Breaking Down Trump’s Blueprint Against Dissent Defending Rights & Dissent is leading the charge against Trump’s crackdown on dissent, political advocacy, and free expression. Ever since Trump issued National Security Presidential Memo 7, his plan to further weaponize the FBI
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May 6, 2026
Published by Nathan Fuller at May 6, 2026

NSPM-7: Trump’s War on Dissent

Last fall, Trump issued National Security Presidential Memorandum-7 (NSPM-7), his blueprint to crush the left. The memo relies on the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Forces and gives a central role to his Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller. Days earlier, Trump
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April 8, 2026
Published by Nathan Fuller at April 8, 2026

The Dangerous Precedent of the Prairieland “Antifa” Trial

The guilty verdict on federal terrorism charges for activists protesting ICE at the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, marks a dangerous win for Trump and the criminalization of dissent. Throughout the 3-week trial in North Texas, prosecutors advanced the
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April 1, 2026
Published by Nathan Fuller at April 1, 2026

Gaza First Amendment Alert (4/1/26)

Sign up here to receive future Gaza First Amendment Alerts directly in your inbox. Leqaa Kordia Finally Released from Detention On March 17, New Jersey resident Leqaa Kordia was released from immigration detention after more than a full year in confinement in
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March 11, 2026
Published by Nathan Fuller at March 11, 2026

21 Civil Society Groups to DHS: Release Detained Protester Leqaa Kordia

Twenty-one immigrant rights, free expression, and civil liberties groups have co-signed a new letter, organized by Defending Rights & Dissent, to the Department of Homeland Security calling for the immediate release of detained pro-Palestine protester Leqaa Kordia. Amnesty International, the
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January 16, 2026
Published by Nathan Fuller at January 16, 2026

Newsletter: January 2026

Trump’s Illegal Venezuela Invasion Our worst fears came to fruition when President Trump invaded Venezuela early this month, killing more than 80 civilians and service members and ousting President Nicolas Maduro in a regime-change operation that violated our Constitution and
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January 15, 2026
FBI HQ entrance
Published by Nathan Fuller at January 15, 2026

“The FBI’s raid of a journalist’s home was the product of decades of backsliding”

Yesterday, FBI agents raided the home of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson and seized her computers and phone, ransacking her possessions in violation of the Privacy Act and threatening press freedom. The raid is another reminder of the lengths the
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August 13, 2025
Images of bombed-out Gaza and a Palestine protest
Published by Nathan Fuller at August 13, 2025

Gaza First Amendment Alert (8/13/25)

Sign up here to receive future editions of the Gaza First Amendment Alert in your inbox. Gaza Humanitarian Foundation subcontractor speaks out An employee with UG Solutions, which partnered with Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a U.S- and Israeli-backed NGO established
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