It's YOUR fight, too!

24/09/26 07:24
IMG_7256September 24, 2026 (Vol.20 No. 35) - It was predictable. A federal judge reaffirmed the right of a free press to cover the President of the United States early today. Judge Timothy Kelly ordered the President to reinstate CNN’s, MS NOW’s and Politico’s access to the White House. In his order, Judge Kelly wrote the that the President’s abrupt ban last week of these three media outlets was done without “constitutionally adequate due process.”



As we have seen this week, the President’s media tizzy-fit backfired. When these three media outlets were banned from the press room, other news organizations - including Fox News - refused to participate in the White House press pool. That denied Donald Trump access to the position he most cherishes, being in front of cameras. Since Judge Kelly’s rule was a temporary restraining order, it will be interesting to see whether the Trump White House wants to push this matter farther. Not only would he be likely to lose on appeal, but the move would be just one more false step that will hurt Republicans in the midterm elections. I’m sure beleaguered Republican candidates wish he would quit while he is “ahead.”
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I know that many Americans are viewing this media-government tussle with some amusement. But this is not someone else’s fight. It is your fight, too. A healthy democracy cannot operate without a free and unfettered press. You have a right to know what the government is doing in your name. That right is enshrined in the First Amendment of the Constitution. Anything that weakens the First Amendment of some weakens it for all.



We have already seen this Administration treat the Constitution as a doormat. The President has engaged in an unconstitutional war against Iran without Congressional approval. He had made tremendous budgetary commitments for his vanity projects in Washington without congressional approval. He has enriched himself by $2 billion in violation of the Constitution’s emoluments clause. Let’s not forget that the bastard engaged in sedition by trying to overthrow the 2020 election by sending a mob to the Capitol on January 6, 2021. God knows what he is planning to overturn what is expected to be a resounding rebuke at the hands of voters this November. He’s already promised $5,000 to every American should the GOP win - an idea that is not only ludicrous and inflationary. It is also illegal. And speaking of illegal, our President - in your name - announced to the United Nations that he is pondering the commission of war crimes by committing genocide in Iran.



And you wouldn't know about any of this without a free press acting as a check and balance against this tyranny.



This is your fight. And you have the ability to let the White House and his synchophantic Republican minions know that you do not approval of this oligarchical approach to governance. Vote blue this November as if your life depends on it. Because it does. That's it for now. Fear the Turtle.