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Breaking & Updates DM / FILE
BREAKING: Federal Government Seeks Gag Order To Silence Journalist Who Exposed Their Surveillance
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Nov 8, 2025 Breaking & Updates Civil Rights & Accountability
Click on Document to read full motion U.S. Marshals Want Court to Ban Reporter from Discussing His Own Arrest After He Discovered BOLO Alert Targeting…
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Civil Rights & Accountability DM / FILE
Federal Courthouse Arrest: First Amendment Under Attack
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Oct 13, 2025 Civil Rights & Accountability Federal
In a shocking display of government overreach, independent journalist Matthew Reardon faces criminal charges for exercising his constitutional rights…
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Breaking & Updates DM / FILE
Breaking: Government Adds Prosecutor in First Amendment Case Against Independent Journalist
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Oct 13, 2025 Breaking & Updates Civil Rights & Accountability
In a significant development that raises serious questions about the government’s motives, federal prosecutors have added an additional attorney to…
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Breaking & Updates DM / FILE
Galveston Staged Arrest Sparks Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit & Demand for accountability
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Sep 12, 2025 Breaking & Updates Civil Rights & Accountability
GALVESTON, TX- On August 11, 2023, a routine drive across the causeway into Galveston turned into something far more sinister.
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Breaking & Updates DM / FILE
Left Without Counsel, Left Without Argument: How Mississippi’s Courts Compounded Injustice in a Case the State Refuses to Defend
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Sep 11, 2025 Breaking & Updates Civil Rights & Accountability
The appellate system is supposed to be a safeguard — a last line of defense ensuring that errors are corrected, due process is honored, and indigent…
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Audits and Encounters DM / FILE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Journalist Violently Arrested by Federal Agents for Protected Speech
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Aug 27, 2025 Audits and Encounters Breaking & Updates
Independent journalist Matthew Reardon is violently arrested by federal agents for protected First Amendment speech outside a federal courthouse — with…
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