Amanda Unvarnished

Citizens, police victims and good cops would benefit from Congress’ ending ‘qualified immunity’

Paul Ryan's choice

Letting Trump get to East Palestine before Buttigieg or Biden was a mistake.

It was voluntary, and it wasn't enough, but it's more than we'll have for the foreseeable future.

Texas, Which Banned Most Content Moderation, Now Pushing Law Requiring Abortion-Related Info Be Blocked From The Internet by Mike Masnick (techdirt.com)

Well, this will be fun. As you’ll recall, in 2021, Texas signed into law a bill that effectively banned the right of companies to moderate content on social media. That law has been challenged in court, and while a district court tossed it out as unconstitutional (and obviously so), the 5th Circuit reversed in a […]

Another Day, Another Blatant Attack On The 1st Amendment From The Florida GOP by Mike Masnick (techdirt.com)

I keep hearing people pretend that the GOP in general, and Florida GOPers more specifically, and Governor Ron DeSantis most specifically, are fighting for “free speech,” when they continually seem to push blatantly unconstitutional legislation designed to attack free speech and the 1st Amendment in a way that keeps getting Florida shot down in court […]

Fox News isn’t news at all.

His argument for racial prejudice isn’t just pernicious. It’s stupid.

Her big trans panic story turned out to be nonsense, just like everything else she does.

Rules for bloggers who write about elected officials raise First Amendment concern.

Proposed law targets websites that help women get abortions or abortion pills.