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Defending Rights and Dissent Inc Don Lemon Arrested Over MN Protest Reporting Learn More More than 1,000 orgs: No funds for ICE & CBP Learn More Federal agents kill U.S citizen in Minneapolis Learn More "The FBI’s raid of a journalist’s home was the product of decades of backsliding" Learn More Press Freedom Groups Demand Congress Rescind Subpoena of Investigative Journalist Learn More Stay ConnectedJoin a grassroots movement to fulfill the promise of the Bill of Rights for everyone. Together, we can make police and intelligence agencies accountable to we the people whom they serve. It’s time to convert your concern and outrage into political action. Let’s do this. Join us!Dissent Newswire January 30, 2026Published by Defending Rights & Dissent at January 30, 2026Don Lemon Arrested Over MN Protest ReportingJournalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort have been arrested by federal agents this morning, in connection with their reporting on a protest that took place inside a St. Paul church earlier this month. Contrary to the disinformation circulating on socialDo you like it?0 Read moreJanuary 27, 2026Published by Defending Rights & Dissent at January 27, 2026More than 1,000 orgs: No funds for ICE & CBPIn response to federal agents killing U.S. citizen Alex Pretti in Minneapolis this weekend, just weeks after agents killed Renee Nicole Good only a few blocks away, amid a massive crackdown on both immigration and protesters of ICE raids, DefendingDo you like it?0 Read moreJanuary 26, 2026Published by Defending Rights & Dissent at January 26, 2026Gaza First Amendment Alert (1/26/26)The Gaza First Amendment Alert is going monthly. After over a year as a biweekly newsletter, we’ve decided that it makes sense to convert to a monthly publishing schedule. If that changes, we’ll let you know. We are continuing toDo you like it?0 Read moreJanuary 24, 2026Published by Defending Rights & Dissent at January 24, 2026Federal agents kill U.S citizen in MinneapolisDefending Rights & Dissent issued the following statement in response to news of federal agents killing a man in Minneapolis on January 24, 2026. We have seen the horrific video of federal agents beating and needlessly shooting a U.S. citizenDo you like it?0 Read moreJanuary 16, 2026Published by Nathan Fuller at January 16, 2026Newsletter: January 2026Trump’s Illegal Venezuela Invasion Our worst fears came to fruition when President Trump invaded Venezuela early this month, killing more than 80 civilians and service members and ousting President Nicolas Maduro in a regime-change operation that violated our Constitution andDo you like it?0 Read moreJanuary 15, 2026Published by Nathan Fuller at January 15, 2026“The FBI’s raid of a journalist’s home was the product of decades of backsliding”Yesterday, FBI agents raided the home of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson and seized her computers and phone, ransacking her possessions in violation of the Privacy Act and threatening press freedom. The raid is another reminder of the lengths theDo you like it?0 Read moreJanuary 13, 2026Published by Defending Rights & Dissent at January 13, 2026Press Freedom Groups Demand Congress Rescind Subpoena of Investigative JournalistDefending Rights & Dissent led more than 20 other leading press freedom and First Amendment groups, including the ACLU, PEN America, the National Writers Union, Reporters without Borders, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the Freedom of the Press Foundation, inDo you like it?0 Read moreJanuary 7, 2026Published by Defending Rights & Dissent at January 7, 2026Journalist Seth Harp Subpoenaed Over “Doxxing” AllegationsA motion introduced by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., today to subpoena journalist Seth Harp passed unanimously in the House Oversight Committee. Luna accused Harp of “leaking classified intel about Operation Absolute Resolve, including doxxing a Delta Force commander.” TheDo you like it?0 Read more Read All