Nadine Farid Johnson
@nadinefj.bsky.social
Policy Director, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University | Senior Non-Resident Fellow, Center for International Policy. Opinions mine.
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Virginia has elected Ghazala Hashmi as the state’s next lieutenant governor, making her the first Muslim woman ever elected to statewide office in the United States. 19thnews.org/2025/11/virg...
November 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Virginia has elected Ghazala Hashmi as the state’s next lieutenant governor, making her the first Muslim woman ever elected to statewide office in the United States. 19thnews.org/2025/11/virg...
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The Abrego Garcia Affair will symbolize certain malevolent and mendacious aspects of our current moment.
October 28, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The Abrego Garcia Affair will symbolize certain malevolent and mendacious aspects of our current moment.
Yet the next day, Carr issued his “easy way or the hard way” statement on a podcast. The “easy” option taken by ABC/Disney is disappointing, contributing to the undermining of its well-established First Amendment rights and, ultimately, to the rapid backsliding currently underway. (5/5)
September 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Yet the next day, Carr issued his “easy way or the hard way” statement on a podcast. The “easy” option taken by ABC/Disney is disappointing, contributing to the undermining of its well-established First Amendment rights and, ultimately, to the rapid backsliding currently underway. (5/5)
In fact, he underscored that “our First Amendment, our free speech tradition, protects almost all speech” in a media interview on September 16 (4/):
September 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
In fact, he underscored that “our First Amendment, our free speech tradition, protects almost all speech” in a media interview on September 16 (4/):
Carr of course understands the First Amendment’s protections, specifically in the realm of political satire (3/):
September 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Carr of course understands the First Amendment’s protections, specifically in the realm of political satire (3/):
Then, as now, the threats worked. ABC/Disney—who had already been on the receiving end of a Carr warning once before, as seen in the excerpt—are not the first to cave (2/):
September 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Then, as now, the threats worked. ABC/Disney—who had already been on the receiving end of a Carr warning once before, as seen in the excerpt—are not the first to cave (2/):
Carr of course understands the First Amendment’s protections, specifically in the realm of political satire (3/):
September 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Carr of course understands the First Amendment’s protections, specifically in the realm of political satire (3/):