Mark Zuckerberg Doesn’t Want to Be Your Speech Police
Sometimes the most critical moments in history happen not when a person does something, but when they refuse to do...
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Democratic Lawmaker Suggests New Ethics Commission Could Regulate Speech of Elected Officials
Politicians say stupid things. That's not exactly breaking news. Sometimes the stupid things they say rise to the level of...
Plain Talk: Trump Says So-Called “Fake News” Is “Dangerous” and “Not Free Speech” but He’s Absolutely Wrong
"I don’t think that the mainstream media is free speech either, because it’s so crooked, it’s so dishonest. So to...
Cops Wearing Their Taxpayer-Issued Uniforms for Political Purposes Is Not Protected Speech
Earlier this week I was critical of members of the Fargo Police Department for showing up en masse, and in uniform,...
Plain Talk: Jussie Smollett and Privilege, Plus North Dakota’s New Law Holding Anti-Pipeline Zealots Accountable
On today's Plain Talk, Jussie Smollett got away with something in Chicago. What does that mean for our notions about...
Holding Political Extremists Accountable for Violence and Vandalism Is Not an Effort to “Chill Speech”
The ACLU opposes SB2044, a bill which clarifies law around tampering with critical infrastructure like power plants or pipelines and...
This Is the Sort of Citizen Activist Measure 1 Will Hurt
Over the weekend reporter Diane Newberry from the North Dakota Newspaper Association had a very interesting report about citizen-driven politics...
Lawmakers Introduce Resolution Ordering Study Into Whether It’s “Necessary” or “Desirable” to Implement Ethics Ballot Measure
"Measure 1 is actually so poorly written that it would institute a host of new restrictions and regulations on political...
Were the Covington Boys Asking for It?
Yesterday during my weekly appearance on the Jay Thomas Show on WDAY AM970 we discussed the controversy of those Covington...
ACLU Calls North Dakota Bill Targeting Meddling With “Critical Infrastructure” Unconstitutional
Back in 2016, during the heights of the #NoDAPL protests against the Dakota Access Pipelines, a group of left wing...
