Patriotism on the 4th of July in El Cerrito, California. Freedom is not free. There’s always a tyrant trying to take it from us. These folks are continuing the fight against tyranny. America’s founders would be proud.
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SF hosts month-long Pride events. As Republicans and Trump dismantle hard-fought federal protections, California is stepping in to ensure LGBTQI+ rights survive, at least in the state. Track legislation here: lgbtqcaucus.legislature.ca.gov Know your Rights here: www.aclusocal.org/know-your-ri...
The Golden Gate Bridge in May on its 89th birthday. Construction of the bridge paved the way for worker safety regulations and OSHA that have saved hundreds of thousands of lives over the decades. Trump, enabled by the Republicans, is undoing this legacy by dismantling worker safety regulations.
People pack the streets of San Francisco’s Mission District to celebrate diversity at the city’s 48th annual Carnaval festival. Support diversity, equality, and inclusion in America and fight efforts to dismantle hard-won DEI policies and programs and civil rights laws. #DEI #SanFrancisco
Photos of the iconic Presidio National Park in San Francisco. Trump’s recent actions regarding the Presidio triggered alarm he might be angling to exploit the public park for private development and profit. More information here: www.instagram.com/p/DYqKvRNDzu... #Presidio #SanFrancisco #Trump
You can make your voice heard on one of the most significant whistleblowing rulemakings in 15 years! The National Whistleblower Center have a template for filing a public comment make sure that financial crimes whistleblowers’ voices are heard today! www.whistleblowers.org/acti...
June 1 Deadline To Stop FinCEN Rules From Nullifying Historic Whistleblower Law - National Whistleblower Center
FinCEN's proposed rules could gut the most powerful anti-corruption law ever passed. You can change that! The deadline to submit a legally binding public comment is June 1, 2026, so act now.
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In some much-needed ✨good news✨ this week, FEMA reinstated employee #whistleblowers who’d been illegally placed on leave for exercising their First Amendment and whistleblower rights last August. Read the full press release: whistleblower.org/press/applau...
Applause for Reinstated FEMA Whistleblowers
Yesterday, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) employees who were illegally placed on administrative leave for exercising their First Amendment and whistleblower rights were ordered back to wor...
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No Kings 3 #Baltimore The people of Baltimore join the nation-wide No Kings events to protest the Trump administration and to defend democracy and rule of law. Event organizers and participants included Indivisible Baltimore, ACLU, and Veterans for Peace. #NK3 #NoKings #Baltimore #
Society of Professional Journalists@spj-posts.bsky.social · 6mo agoSPJ strongly condemns today’s arrest of journalists @donlemonofficial.bsky.social and Georgia Fort in connection with their reporting on a Jan. 18 demonstration at a church in St. Paul, Minnesota. 🔗 Read the full statement: bit.ly/4rrqYAQ
Freedom of the Press Foundation@freedom.press · 6mo agoThe government’s arrests of journalists @donlemonofficial.bsky.social and @bygeorgiafort.bsky.social are attacks on freedom of the press. Two federal courts flatly rejected prosecuting Lemon, but instead of accepting that humiliating defeat, the government has now doubled down. Read our statement:
Baltimorioles protesting in force outside the ICE field office. #Baltimore
The SPJ Ethics Committee calls on the Trump administration to remove a fake image it apparently doctored and published online showing a Minneapolis immigration enforcement protestor appearing to cry during an arrest. 🔗Read the full statement: bit.ly/45Yc5gW
Hear first-hand from the photographer what happened. The story behind the photo. #ruleoflaw #freepress #freespeech
Minnesota Star Tribune@startribune.com · 7mo agoFederal agents pinned a man to the ground in south Minneapolis and sprayed him with chemical irritants directly in the face. Minnesota Star Tribune photographer Rich Tsong-Taatarii did not witness the man put his hands on agents.
Baltimore ignored subfreezing temperatures Jan. 20 to rally near Patterson Park as part of a nation-wide stand against ICE brutality and violence in the wake of its killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis. Know Your Rights - Maryland www.aclu-md.org/.../know-you...
Access GAP's new guide Whistleblowing for Service Members here: whistleblower.org/wp-content/u...
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Government Accountability Project@govacctproj.bsky.social · 7mo ago⚖️ Military personnel have the legal right to report abuses of power—they should be able to use it. With increased U.S. military involvement making headlines nationwide, we’re proud to release our new guide informing military members about their whistleblowing rights.
All of the judicial records related to the search warrant remain under seal. @rcfp.org's filing argues that the government “cannot justify wholesale secrecy here, where the public’s ability to understand a search with serious consequences for a free press is at stake.”
RCFP seeks to unseal court records related to FBI search of Washington Post reporter’s home
“The government cannot justify wholesale secrecy here, where the public’s ability to understand a search with serious consequences for a free press is at stake.”
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NEW: Hours after the FBI searched a @washingtonpost.com reporter’s home and seized her electronic devices on Wednesday, @rcfp.org asked a federal district court in Virginia to unseal records related to the search warrant.
RCFP seeks to unseal court records related to FBI search of Washington Post reporter’s home
“The government cannot justify wholesale secrecy here, where the public’s ability to understand a search with serious consequences for a free press is at stake.”
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Know your rights when you encounter ICE.
Democracy Forward@democracyforward.org · 7mo agoICE and CBP are not above the law. Know your rights so you can use them.
Straight-to-the-point Q&A of questions everyone is asking about ICE encounters. #KnowYourRights
"Can ICE agents order you out of your car?" Legal analyst breaks down your rights in ICE encounters.
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Know Your Rights | Protesters’ Rights | ACLU
The First Amendment protects your right to assemble and express your views through protest. However, police and other government officials are allowed to place certain narrow restrictions on the exerc...
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We’re mobilizing across the country this weekend to honor Renee Nicole Good, demand accountability for ICE’s killing of Renee, and make visible the human cost of ICE’s terror: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Anti-ICE protesters rallied at locations around Maryland on Thursday, one day after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot Renee Nicole Good in Minnesota. Read more: www.thebanner.com/community/lo...
NPR built an informative, fact-based overview documenting what really happened on Jan 6. #FreePress
NPR@npr.org · 7mo agoNPR’s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.
🚨 HAPPENING NOW: Around 100 residents of Baltimore & local organizers march through downtown to protest the Trump regime's lawless military invasion of Venezuela & kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro & his wife Cilia Flores this morning. I'm on the ground for @therealnews.com
Watch and/or read Jack Smith's closed-door testimony on the election interference and other criminal investigations of Trump. Smith had sought to testify publicly, but Republicans denied him. His testimony was since released and links to the video and transcript are embedded in the article.
Jack Smith told lawmakers Trump was 'the most culpable' in election interference case, deposition transcript shows
The former special counsel who brought charges against Trump during the Biden administration had wanted to testify in public, but Republicans refused his request.
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Whew, 2025 kept us busy! We worked with whistleblowers from top govt. agencies who bravely exposed corruption, fraud, & abuse. ⚖️ From activism on Capitol Hill to lawsuits against government abuse of authority, we remain dedicated to protecting whistleblowers. 🔗: whistleblower.org/blog/year-in...
Year in Review: Looking Back on 2025
2025 has kept Government Accountability Project busy! Whistleblowers from several government agencies have bravely stepped forward to expose fraud and abuse. From whistleblower clients receiving award...
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