@America1stLegal - America First Legal
/1🚨BREAKING — We just filed a brief defending the First Amendment rights of @realdonaldtrump in a D.C. Circuit case involving an unconstitutional gag order. https://aflegal.org/america-first-legal-files-brief-defending-donald-j-trumps-first-amendment-rights-in-d-c-circuit-case-involving-unconstitutional-gag-order/
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/2 This case arises from an unprecedented gag order issued by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s politically-motivated prosecution of Former President Trump in Washington, D.C.
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/3 The gag order prevents the President from making public statements that target the Special Counsel or his staff, public statements that target any reasonably foreseeable witnesses or the substance of their testimony, and directing others to make any public statements about either of those two categories.
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/4 This absurd gag order is just another example of the Biden administration unjustly using its power to silence its political opponents and to attempt to prevent President Trump from speaking. AFL’s brief highlights two critical issues for the court: https://t.co/smgkUVgGzt
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/5 As AFL’s brief highlights, the Biden Administration has authorized the appointment of, and an indictment by, a Special Counsel. That indictment charges President Biden’s principal political rival and likely general-election opponent, Donald J. Trump, with multiple federal crimes.
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/6 The gag order sharply curtails President Trump’s ability to engage in core political speech and political association, thereby limiting his ability to keep both the Special Counsel and the President “accountable . . . to his country in his political character.”
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/7 That political accountability—like the First Amendment’s protections—“has its fullest and most urgent application . . . during a campaign for political office.” Citizens United v. FEC, 558 U.S. 310, 339 (2010).
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/8 And the gag order prevents President Trump from engaging in that core political speech despite his campaign for political office.
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/9 America First Legal is proud to support President Trump’s right to free speech and will continue to be vocal against the Biden Administration’s weaponization of the Department of Justice and the federal government at large.
@JesseBWatters - Jesse Watters
CNN just slapped a gag order on The Trump campaign— days before the CNN debate. We knew Trump’s mic would be muted during the debate, but we didn’t know his campaign’s mic would be muted before it. https://t.co/8S6XlZ0VLB
@RedWave_Press - RedWave Press
BREAKING: Jim Acosta is reportedly out at CNN after being banished to the midnight time (EST) slot on the network. Flashback to when President Trump slapped Jim Acosta all over the White House in a heated exchange: “I’ll tell you what, CNN should be ashamed of itself having you work for them.” “You are a rude, terrible person, you shouldn’t be working for CNN. You are a very rude person.”
@njhochman - Nate Hochman
This is arguably the single most important aspect of Trump's funding freeze. The immigration crisis isn't an accident. It's a well-oiled system, facilitated by powerful NGOs—and funded by your tax dollars. By defunding the NGOs, Trump is crippling the entire system. 🧵 https://t.co/OJs1GN0O3y
@njhochman - Nate Hochman
Here's what just happened: Last week, President Trump signed an executive order suspending refugee admissions into the U.S. Then, the State Department went a step further—they issued a "stop-work" order to their NGO "partners," suspending all funding for refugee resettlement. https://t.co/TU6TgRTEzO
@njhochman - Nate Hochman
The NGOs were beside themselves. And for good reason—very few of these groups are self-sufficient. Most of them are sustained by the federal tax-dollar gravy train. The immigration crisis is being financed by your government—with your money. Hence, their outraged statements: https://t.co/KfxDJMtwg1
@njhochman - Nate Hochman
To be clear, these NGOs exist to subvert U.S. immigration law at every step of the process—actively transporting migrants into the country, fighting enforcement efforts at the border, resettling migrants in American towns and cities, and lobbying for open border policies in D.C. https://t.co/ZYMjlIcDMq
@njhochman - Nate Hochman
And again, they've been doing it on your dime. For the past four years, The Biden State Department has been mainlining taxpayer funds to groups that run an end-to-end mass migration network, beginning deep in South America and finishing with resettlement in American communities. https://t.co/UuZqmEZhoP
@njhochman - Nate Hochman
They provide "humanitarian transportation" to ferry immigrants up to our border, waypoints with shelter and medical services along the way, Spanish-language maps showing the best route to the U.S., and legal services for immigrants to beat our immigration laws once they get here. https://t.co/ZfuKr7gAIn
@njhochman - Nate Hochman
Oh, and money. They just give them cash cards, vouchers, and often even just stacks of cash in envelopes. Tough to think of a more direct 1:1 redistribution: You pay your taxes. Your government sends that money to the NGOs. The NGOs hand it to immigrants. You work, they benefit. https://t.co/NsnIyYziPP
@njhochman - Nate Hochman
Ten of these major immigration NGOs—known as VOLAGS ("Voluntary Agencies")—have contracts with the State Department's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM), which provides them with the funding to resettle migrants in the U.S. These are the ten VOLAGS in question: https://t.co/43lGcF7hEs
@njhochman - Nate Hochman
Most of these groups are only able to operate because of the federal government. Take the USCCB: In 2023, they received $129.6M in federal grants for migration services. They spent $130.5M on migration services. Their immigration activities are almost 100% taxpayer-funded. https://t.co/dAgiXcgFxs
@njhochman - Nate Hochman
Or take the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service. (Which, unlike the USCCB as an overall organization, is exclusively focused on immigration). In FY 2023, 96.65% of their revenue came from federal grants and contracts, to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars. https://t.co/q30J9qkzah
@njhochman - Nate Hochman
Or take the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society—a group that we made an entire video about last year. (See below). Biden DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas served on their board until taking a job in the Biden admin. Surprise, surprise—after he took office, their funding skyrocketed. https://t.co/7hwpgZps7S
@njhochman - Nate Hochman
If you're looking for the villain at the center of the immigration crisis, it's these guys. The refugee NGOs are a fifth column in American politics. And they've essentially been acting as an extension of the federal government. But not anymore. This is a big, big win.
@njhochman - Nate Hochman
You can check out my deep-dive thread on mass deportations from earlier this month here:
@njhochman - Nate Hochman
And yesterday’s thread on how the “online right” won:
@EricLDaugh - Eric Daugherty
🚨 HOLY SHLIT. You can't hate the media ENOUGH. NPR has "fact checked" Trump's mission to save the stranded astronauts by claiming "they're not stranded." Yet, MONTHS ago, virtually every major media outlet (CNN, PBS, et al) *literally* called them "STRANDED." As soon as Trump says something, it has to be wrong, though. Despicable.
@unlimited_ls - Unlimited L's
🚨Kaitlan Collins: Which White House official barred the AP and from the Oval Office last night [over not using the "Gulf of America" language] Karoline Leavitt: "We are going to hold those lies accountable, and it is a fact that the body of water off the coast of Louisiana is called the 'Gulf of America.'"
@catturd2 - Catturd ™
This is 🔥
@liz_churchill10 - Liz Churchill
Communist Meltdown… “Donald Trump banned the AP, a 179 year/old newspaper…from the White House…because it declines to call the Gulf of Mexico the ‘Gulf of America’. This is straight up press censorship…” -Jamie Raskin featuring Mask Retard beside him. https://t.co/wYFjWhb35p
@nicksortor - Nick Sortor
🚨 #BREAKING: The Trump administration has officially BANNED the AP from the Oval Office and Air Force One after they refuse to stop peddling fake news about the Gulf of America GOOD! Now ban Kaitlyn Collins and CNN Karoline Leavitt was crystal clear this week reiterating her warning to outlets: “I was very upfront in my briefing on day one, that if we feel that there are lies being pushed by outlets in this room, we are going to hold those lies accountable.” 🔥
@bennyjohnson - Benny Johnson
🚨BREAKING: The Associated Press has been completely BANNED by the Trump Administration from the Oval Office and Air Force One for refusing to accept and use the updated name, the Gulf of America. https://t.co/Cp8KHearmY
@WallStreetMav - Wall Street Mav
I just reviewed news on the word "USAID". It is all stories about how horrible it is that Trump and Elon shut it down. There are ZERO stories about the crazy items that USAID was spending money on. They are trying to create a fake narrative to that USAID was an awesome agency and Trump is horrible for stopping the flow of money.
@The_Jtoms101 - Devil Dog
🚨 BREAKING: MEDIA NOW HOSTING A FUNERAL FOR USAID 🚨 Y’all, I just Googled “USAID,” and apparently, Trump and Elon personally turned off the world’s oxygen supply. At least, that’s what the headlines are saying. 📰 “USAID was the heart and soul of humanity!” 📰 “Without USAID, the world may not survive!” 📰 “Trump and Elon hate poor people, confirmed!” But guess what’s mysteriously missing from all these sob stories? ❌ ANY actual reporting on what USAID was spending money on. ❌ ANY mention of the sketchy projects they were funneling billions into. ❌ ANY explanation of why shutting it down might be… a good thing? It’s almost like we weren’t supposed to notice that USAID was: 💰 Dropping millions on gender studies in countries that still stone women. 💰 Funding “infrastructure projects” where nothing ever got built. 💰 Paying for D.C. cocktail parties instead of actual aid. The media is clutching its pearls like USAID was a holy temple, when in reality it was just a government ATM with no withdrawal limits. The funniest part? Nobody outside of Washington even knew what USAID did until Trump shut it down. Now suddenly, half of X is acting like they’ve been volunteering there every weekend since birth. Here’s a thought: If your “charity” dies the second the free government money stops flowing, it wasn’t a charity—it was a money-laundering Ponzi scheme. And the fact that CNN is crying harder than Nancy Pelosi at an empty wine glass? Yeah, that tells you everything you need to know. 💀🔥
@HaMeturgeman - Eli Steinberg
🚨🚨60 Minutes pulled in 2 comms consultants who were never actual employees of USAID and presented them as though they were longtime employees who were fired for lack of "loyalty." 🚨🚨
@HaMeturgeman - Eli Steinberg
Between this and Brennan asserting the Holocaust happened because of free speech, CBS had a heckuva day.
@HaMeturgeman - Eli Steinberg
@mehdirhasan - Mehdi Hasan
Hey @JDVance, I know you’re busy lecturing the Europeans on free speech, but have you seen this?
@JDVance - JD Vance
@mehdirhasan Yes dummy. I think there’s a difference between not giving a reporter a seat in the WH press briefing room and jailing people for dissenting views. The latter is a threat to free speech, the former is not. Hope that helps!
@CollinRugg - Collin Rugg
NEW: Former CNN host Jim Acosta is calling on the media to come together and boycott the Trump administration. The call comes in response to the White House's decision to ban the Associated Press. "News outlets then must rally to the cause, by offering supportive statements to the court hearing the case, writing op-Ed’s backing the AP, and, if necessary, refusing to cover presidential movements in solidarity, until Trump backs down," Acosta said on Substack. "The presidential Sharpie is not mightier than the pen."
@libsoftiktok - Libs of TikTok
The President of Mexico is now threatening to SUE Google over them complying with Trump’s EO and changing the name to “Gulf of America” https://t.co/7YqsQNmGHr
@bennyjohnson - Benny Johnson
Judge McFadden DENIED the Associated Press motion to return its access to White House press events. Here is the White House’s statement in response to this win: “This is the most transparent Administration in history.”🔥 https://t.co/vvJnqaSzUd
@shinboson - 𝞍 Shin Megami Boson 𝞍
not only are the wokies going to turn out to be 100% correct that he’s an unstable rеtаrd, they’re also going to be right about him being a fascist tyrant he’s trying to use an executive order to punish a law firm for the “crime” of representing his political opponents
@lokkju - Loki Coyote
No one called Obama a fascist, yet his administration persued similar goals, but in more insidious ways. This is only news because (1) Trump, and (2) he's actually being upfront and public about it, instead of secretive and manipulative. It's perfectly fine, actually, for the USG to decide they don't want to do business with a firm because of that firm's advocacy positions that are in conflict with the USG's. We don't have the cab-rank rule in the US; lawyers choose their clients, and clients their lawyers, specifically for their advocacy positions. The USG doesn't buy components from manufacturers with supply chain risks, and doesn't want to trust a firm that has demonstrated a willingness to breach professional ethics in pursuit of ideological goals. https://reason.com/volokh/2025/03/13/remember-when-the-obama-administration-pressured-baker-hostetler-to-drop-its-representation-in-house-of-representatives-v-burwell/
@amuse - @amuse
PRESS FREEDOM: The AP's Mike Balsamo is the president of the National Press Club has denied Natalie Winter's membership after determining she is not a reporter. This is becoming a more common way for Democrats to exclude conservative journalists - claiming they aren't journalists. h/t @JoeKinseyexp
@LauraLoomer - Laura Loomer
Probably just mad I exposed their radical left, Trump hating White House reporter who hit President Trump in the face with a microphone. She was so upset I exposed her, she deleted her X account. DEFUND NPR AND GIVE @LoomerUnleashed THEIR PRESS PASS INSTEAD. She got Loomered. https://t.co/dChFXi1FOj
@LauraLoomer - Laura Loomer
President Trump deserves to be applauded for his actions against law firms that participate in weaponization of government. There is a reason why Bill Maher @billmaher and @HBO chose DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE to represent them in the defamation lawsuit I filed against them. They went out of their way to choose an anti-Trump law firm. Then, days before my deposition of Bill Maher, Maher went to the White House to grovel to President Trump, as he reiterated last night during his show. So he bashes Trump, falsely accused him of committing adultery, and attacked the Trump family, and then HBO wants to monetize the episode about Maher’s dinner with Trump while they are paying an openly anti-Trump law firm? Seriously?!? Cc: @realDonaldTrump Davis Wright Tremaine needs to be held accountable ASAP. Their lawyers are some of the most unethical people practicing law, in my opinion.
@Eric_Schmitt - Eric Schmitt
It's hard to overstate how big this is. For years, the State Department ran a global censorship operation—not just in America, but across the West. Now, it's pushing free speech instead. Here's why this matters. 🧵
@Eric_Schmitt - Eric Schmitt
The "disinformation" and "hate speech" industry is one of the top threats to Western freedom today. "From its very beginnings," @SecRubio writes, this industry "has existed to protect the American establishment from the voices of forgotten Americans."
@Eric_Schmitt - Eric Schmitt
As Attorney General of Missouri, I sued the Biden admin for working with Big Tech to censor conservatives. We took them all the way to the Supreme Court. That case—Missouri v. Biden—led to the release of thousands of pages of documents detailing a vast censorship enterprise. https://t.co/YffN43srog
@Eric_Schmitt - Eric Schmitt
Piece by piece, we uncovered exactly how this system worked. Under Biden, government agencies funded an army of third-party censors and "disinformation" groups to do what they couldn't legally do themselves—censor American speech. More details here: https://t.co/vNDBYyAo8r
@Eric_Schmitt - Eric Schmitt
One of the nerve centers of this censorship machine was the State Department's Global Engagement Center (GEC). Founded under Obama, the GEC was originally billed as a way to combat FOREIGN propaganda. But it began to target Americans—under the guise of fighting "disinformation." https://t.co/i8LTeUKzcB
@Eric_Schmitt - Eric Schmitt
And it wasn't just Americans. The GEC funded and worked with powerful NGOs pushing speech restrictions and creating advertiser blacklists—designed to crush conservative media—across the West. Your tax dollars were funding a global war against conservatives. As Rubio writes: https://t.co/1I03Q8VCks
@Eric_Schmitt - Eric Schmitt
These people were very good at burying their radicalism in neutral, harmless euphemisms—"disinformation," "information integrity," etc. But in practice, they were almost exclusively going after right-wing speech. This was an international effort to silence criticism of the Left.
@Eric_Schmitt - Eric Schmitt
For example: One GEC-funded group, the London-based Global Disinformation Index, compiled blacklists of media outlets to feed to advertisers—essentially a form of financial warfare against disfavored outlets. The top 10 outlets on its "disinformation" list were all on the right. https://t.co/sdjGwfu3dF
@Eric_Schmitt - Eric Schmitt
Last year, I led a fight in Congress to shutter the GEC for good. The agency was supposed to sunset at the end of 2024. But the Biden State Department simply renamed it, kept all the same employees, and tried to smuggle it into the next administration. https://t.co/Zfmi7fDTys
@Eric_Schmitt - Eric Schmitt
That's how the administrative state works. It morphs and adapts to protect itself. But now, those of us in Congress who pushed for these reforms have an administration that shares our goals. As Rubio writes today: "Whatever name it goes by, GEC is dead. It will not return." https://t.co/M0VsQrrfAN
@Eric_Schmitt - Eric Schmitt
This is a huge step in dismantling the Left's censorship enterprise. Free speech—and in particular, free speech online—is one of the major battlefields of our time. It's one of the fights that will define whether we win or lose on everything else. It's a big, big win.
@WarHorizon - #𝕎𝕒𝕣 ℍ𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕫𝕠𝕟
🔥Trump signs executive order cutting funding to PBS, NPR The order instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and other federal agencies "to cease Federal funding for NPR and PBS" and further requires that they work to root out indirect sources of public financing for the news organizations. The White House, said the outlets "receive millions from taxpayers to spread radical, woke propaganda disguised as 'news.'"
@LauraLoomer - Laura Loomer
I just got out of my deposition. I was there since 10 am EST. Kate Bolger, the lawyer from the anti-Trump law firm Davis Wright Tremaine @DWTLaw which has been hired by @billmaher and @HBO, attempted to BROW BEAT ME, but that did not deter me from telling the truth. My deposition went extremely well, and my lawyer @LarryEKlayman kept Bolger off my back despite how nasty she was to me. Thank you for your support. I appreciate everyone’s kind words and their financial support of my legal fund to cover the costs of what will continue to be very expensive litigation. https://www.givesendgo.com/LoomerLawfare This will not only teach @billmaher and @HBO a lesson, but it will also protect others who may be subjected to this same type of politically motivated defamation from the Left.
@Villgecrazylady - Mel
Cities and states can boycott American companies all day long… but if they boycott Israeli companies, the Trump administration will cut off their federal funding. https://t.co/a6CEmEQlEK
@DebiLuvzGold - Debi Gold
Dear Jews, Stop doing overt Bolshevik shit and we won’t have to remove you by force. Regards, America