A poorly written law designed to keep children from getting porn via schools and libraries (??) just led to Mississippi children losing access to e-books. Two anti-porn laws went into effect in Mississippi on July 1. One requires age verification to access obscene content online. As such laws go, it's pretty darn specific and could survive a legal challenge. I talked about it here (start at 08:15) mississippiedition.mpbonline.org/episodes/06272…

"I am thankful we have a president who celebrates the First Amendment," Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said.

Let's look at some of the ways President Trump "celebrates" basic First Amendment rights [Thread...] President Trump celebrates the First Amendment by campaigning on "opening up libel laws," making it easier to successfully sue people and media outlets that cover public figures. npr.org/2018/01/10/577… (2/)

Two of the most prominent Southern Baptist voices. One is constantly fighting off attempts to oust him from the convention. The other is Jerry Falwell Jr. I know to many this is just the latest hypocrisy. But please understand there are many, many young Christians who can't wait until charlatans like Falwell no longer represent us, and to free our church from the political gamesmanship that takes a baseball bat to the gospel.

Here I am on a Friday afternoon about to lose all my progressive followers again... but it's time we stop pretending the Obama administration was some beacon of press freedom 1/

https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1038110571206520837

Obama used the Espionage Act more than all other presidents combined. And he used it twice to directly target journalists. One of those was a Fox News reporter who was labeled a "co-conspirator" 2/ washingtonpost.com/local/justice-…