General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSatirist Arrested For Social Media Posts Critical Of Trump, without warning or underpants
Freelance Writer Arrested For Social Media Posts Critical Of Donald TrumpPolitical satirist Allan Ishac was seized by FBI agents at his home in New York City without warning and without underpants
*THIS IS ONLY A TEST
This is only a test.
The free press in your area, in voluntary cooperation with the nations independent journalists, television reporters, columnists, political cartoonists, satirists, and advocates of First Amendment rights, have developed this system to protect American writers in all genres and to keep you informed in the event of suppression by federal, state, and local authorities of their rights to free speech a cornerstone of democracy.
If this had been an actual emergency, and Allan Ishac, or any other American journalist whose rights to free expression are guaranteed by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, was actually detained or imprisoned without warning or underpants, you would have been instructed where to tune in your area for news and official information.
You would have also been asked (by Mr. Ishacs family and friends) to call the Reporters Committee Legal Defense Hotline at 18003364243, which is available to all journalists and media lawyers at any time. Alternatively, you could contact the American Civil Liberties Union at 2125492500.
Domestic free press advocates would have also suggested that you read the articles below about the rapid deterioration, and eventual elimination, of press freedoms in other democratic countries ................
Link to tweet
brush
(54,000 posts)and getting their affairs in order.
Johnny2X2X
(19,380 posts)This ruse was believable.
And we are probably mere months from this becoming a reality. When Don starts a war he will assert that anyone who questions him in anyway is an enemy of the country because we are at war.
Snake Plissken
(4,103 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Leith
(7,820 posts)Tell me I'm wrong with the bunch running the government these days.
demmiblue
(36,947 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)TeapotInATempest
(804 posts)I almost had a heart attack and I don't even know who Allan Ishac is!
NeoGreen
(4,031 posts)...thanks for the body-of-post test-post disclaimer.
I have been suitably informed on how to properly respond in the future.
Kick in to the DU tip jar?
This week we're running a special pop-up mini fund drive. From Monday through Friday we're going ad-free for all registered members, and we're asking you to kick in to the DU tip jar to support the site and keep us financially healthy.
As a bonus, making a contribution will allow you to leave kudos for another DU member, and at the end of the week we'll recognize the DUers who you think make this community great.