DARE: White House Fires Top Tillerson Aide
State Department Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy fired by White House after he contradicts the Trump administration account of the dismissal of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Family of slain… More
DARE: Trump Denies Making ‘Shithole Countries’ Comment
The language of racism and ignorance comes to the fore as President Trump is reported to denigrate Haiti, El Salvador, and African countries at a meeting on immigration, and… More
DARE: New York attorney general announces a multi-state lawsuit challenging the net neutrality vote
FCC's vote to repeal net neutrality met with multi-state lawsuit. Sinclair Broadcasting Group's planned purchase of Tribune Media likely to be approved by Justice Department. More
DARE: ABC News Suspends Brian Ross for 4 Weeks Over Erroneous Flynn Story
ABC news suspends reporter Brian Ross for four weeks over an inaccurate report about Michael Flynn in the Russia investigation. More
DARE: Trumpism Without Trump: A Losing Formula in Swing-State Virginia
Expression issues including divisive speech, identity, voting rights, and Confederate monuments play out in Virginia elections. Twitter expands character limit to 280 for all users in almost all languages. More
DARE: Harvey Weinstein’s Army of Spies
Harvey Weinstein hired detectives and undercover agents in deceitful effort to thwart publication of harassment claims by the New York Times and the New... More
DARE: U.S. lawmakers want crackdown on Facebook, Twitter political ads
Senators unveil bill that would put transparency requirements on political ads carried by Facebook, Google, and Twitter, and the audiences they target. More
DARE: NFL owners emerge from full day of meetings without requirement for players to stand for anthem
NFL owners cede to players’ demands to be able to protest, and agree to work with them on social justice issues at the core of #TakeAKnee. President Trump’s pick... More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal from baker who invoked the First Amendment, Trump administration to go ahead with parts of travel ban. And the White House press secretary… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
U.S. Supreme Court rules on two First Amendment cases, Georgia 6th candidates bar unfavorable media from events; cyberwar in Ukraine, and more in free expression news from the United… More
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