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New from "The Dispatch": Aure Free Press presents "The Gatekeeper." Racist Stephen Miller becomes White House chief of staff Monday, days after voters handed Democrats control of Congress. The leaked emails, the 3,000-a-day arrest quota, the killings in Minneapolis: a deep dive into the man who now controls access to Trump. Patreon: 👉 https://www.patreon.com/Free_Press_Forever #AureFreePress #Journalism #IndependentJournalism #PressFreedom #StephenMiller

Queer Media is in Trouble, and we are barely making it. The Advocate was born in the 1960s covering cops kicking in gay-bar doors. Sixty years later the raid wears a lanyard and calls itself brand safety. The administration stamps queer outlets DEI, sponsors bolt, reporters eat the layoffs. Nobody passed a law. Nobody had to. No ad network funds this one. Readers do: liberapay.com/wendythedruid #QueerNews #Journalism #LGBTQ #Trans #IndieMedia #PressFreedom #History #Books #Queer #Solidarity

New at Aure Free Press on Patreon today: The Forgotten Crews: Who Pays When Hormuz Burns, Part 1. Nineteen people were aboard the tanker On Peace when a projectile hit it on Oct. 6. Seventeen were Indian. Twelve were hurt. Part 1 follows the sailors who keep the world's oil moving, and the months many spent stranded in the Gulf. Part 2 arrives Friday. 👉 https://www.patreon.com/Free_Press_Forever #AureFreePress #Journalism #uspol #PressFreedom #StraitOfHormuz

Banning journalists from reporting on parties in the UK seeking election seems to be all the rage - Reform, now the Tories. When will Labour catch up? https://bylinetimes.com/2026/09/30/kemi-badenochs-conservatives-ban-byline-times-from-conference-after-condemning-reform-for-journalist-ban/ #Journalism #Tories #Ban #BylineTimes #UK #Media #PressFreedom

And look under the hood of tech policy via @mmasnick@mastodon.social's feed. https://surf.social/feed/surf%2Fcustom%2F01jpk2b2xmmbf1qdwbrnssnkcj #Journalism #PressFreedom #FirstAmendment

If you are a media organization or reporter who would like to explore Surf or @Flipboard@flipboard.social, please get in touch via DM. Facts, quality journalism and press freedom matter to us, and always will. https://about.flipboard.com/inside-flipboard/flipboards-commitment-to-facts-for-a-new-political-era/ #Journalism #PressFreedom #FirstAmendment

DRONE WARS! 1,550 kilometers. That's how deep Ukraine just reached into Russia to torch an oil refinery — with drones rigged from fishing line and run off 3D printers, not billion-dollar contracts. DRONE WARS, Part 1: how a garage-built arsenal is outpacing a nuclear power's defense industry. LIVE NOW: https://www.patreon.com/Free_Press_Forever #AureFreePress #Journalism #IndependentJournalism #PressFreedom #Ukraine

In Trump's White House, China's Dictator Is Welcome. American Media, Less So. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/us/politics/trump-xi-press-pool-boycott-media.html #Politics #InternationalRelations #PressFreedom

In Trump's White House, China's Dictator Is Welcome. American Media, Less So. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/us/politics/trump-xi-press-pool-boycott-media.html #Politics #InternationalRelations #PressFreedom

#DOJ claims #Trump can shut out #journalists from the White House at his will & for “national security” A court filing from the Trump admin late Tuesday night argues “access to the White House is a privilege, not a right,” in spite of #FirstAmendment protections around #PressFreedom. The admin attys argue that Trump can control areas of the White House to protect “national security” information that may be inside the complex. #law #Constitution #FreePress #journalism

Major TV Networks Halt Video Coverage of Trump Following White House Ban on CNN, MS NOW, and Politico 📰 Original title: Major TV networks halt video coverage of Trump over CNN ban 🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅ 👥 Users: It's not clickbait ✅ 👇👇👇 https://en.killbait.com/major-tv-networks-halt-video-coverage-of-trump-following-white-house-ban-on-cnn-ms-now-and-politico.html?utm_source=mastodon_social&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=killbait.mastodon_social #politics #media #pressfreedom

An attorney with a license to protect, a byline, and a working client list filed the first lawsuit anyone has ever brought to enforce the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Against the Justice Department. Alone. Judge Emmet Sullivan sided with her. Ordered the department to unredact key documents and publish a redaction log, and then declined to pause his own order so the government could appeal. #Epstein #Journalism #PressFreedom #Accountability #Law #Courts #News #USPolitics #FOIA 1/2

MS NOW Reporter Barred From White House After Trump Imposes Press Ban https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/business/media/trump-white-house-press-ban.html #Politics #News #PressFreedom

Press freedom matters. The First Amendment matters. Here are some Surf feeds by, and featuring, news organizations, starting with @freedomofpress@social.freedom.press's Press Freedom Network. https://surf.social/feed/surf%2Fcustom%2F01kzs4ee0h6dnk603eajzfx3ev #Journalism #PressFreedom #FirstAmendment

Get the latest stories, podcasts and videos from @WIRED@flipboard.com's newsroom and its extended universe. https://surf.social/feed/surf%2Fcustom%2F01k7j3kn3109bc7ph61db8n379 #Journalism #PressFreedom #FirstAmendment

Get no-holds-barred politics reporting from @RollingStone@flipboard.com. https://surf.social/feed/surf%2Fcustom%2F01jzgtyrjmbtx2mrzdjqxztg04 #Journalism #PressFreedom #FirstAmendment

Speaking Truth to Power is @ben@werd.social's feed of independent and non-profit media, including @ProPublica@newsie.social, @bolts@journa.host, @motherjonesmag@flipboard.com and more. https://surf.social/feed/surf%2Fcustom%2F01jf18nkhmm632b8qtret48113 #Journalism #PressFreedom #FirstAmendment

BREAKING 🚨 The Supreme Court just dealt Trump a major defeat, rejecting his bid to enforce new USPS mail-ballot restrictions ahead of the midterms. In a 7-2 ruling, justices left in place a lower court block, meaning mail voting continues without the new barcode/voter-list requirements Trump's order demanded. Conservatives Thomas & Alito dissented. We broke down the whole legal fight in our deep dive: 👉 https://www.patreon.com/Free_Press_Forever #AureFreePress #Journalism #IndependentJournalism #PressFreedom

Hong Kong independent bookstore Have a Nice Stay closed permanently on Sunday The shop was raided by national security police last month. The closure occurred as part of an ongoing crackdown under Hong Kong's national security law which has targeted independent booksellers https://hongkongfp.com/2026/08/31/in-pictures-fans-pay-tribute-to-hong-kong-independent-bookshop-have-a-nice-stay-on-final-day-following-raid/ #HongKong #China #censorship #bookstore #PressFreedom

State control of the news media is shaping what AI chatbots say. New research in Nature finds LLMs give more pro-government answers in the languages of countries with less press freedom. @edri@eupolicy.social #AIAccountability #PressFreedom