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Speculazioni da “inverno nucleare”: come una simulazione al super‑computer fotografa i rischi per le coltivazioni globali
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La Terra accelera: perché potremmo dover sottrarre un secondo al tempo
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in reply to N_{Dario Fadda}

"una seconda in meno"? Gli si è rotto il cambio?
Comunque non la farei tanto drammatica, qualcosa può andare storto, ma di certo non al livello di quando c'è stato il problema Y2K e quando ci sarà il problema Y2038.
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Starlink è crollata. Internet down in mezzo mondo e nessuno sapeva perché
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in reply to N_{Dario Fadda}

Godo, anche se mi dispiace per i malcapitati clienti che hanno scelto un'azienda in mano ad uno che si vanta di fare il saluto romano e anzi ha promosso al governo le oligarchie americane

Anzi peccato sia durato solo 2,5 ore

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Scavenger: il trojan che saccheggia i gamer per rubare crypto e password
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Una tabella fatta bene: come un file Excel ha (quasi) compromesso un colosso dell’aviazione russa
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After 10+ years using distro-packaged GCC/musl-libc, we’re now sharing our own build!

🔧 Full C++ support, built on GCC v15, ~50MB per arch (x86_64 Linux/WSL2). Perfect for size-constrained systems.

📦 Grab it: dyne.org/musl
💪 Big up to #GNU & @musl ! 🙏

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Nous republions ce texte issu de membres du @Le_Mouton_Numerique @technopolice et d'autres collectifs. Il met en lumière les problèmes que représente le groupe confus Anti-tech resistance

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Je ne vais même pas lire l'article, cette mouvance révèle évidemment un énorme amalgame alimenté par l'ignorance.

Au lieu de lutter contre la perversion d'une chose, on rejette la chose elle-même.

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Ils sont d'ailleurs ben plein quête de peaufinage /lissage /digestion de la critique de leur discours, par le biais... D'un appel à faire le boulot à leur place... 😅
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🔠 In Google’s Alphabet, C stands for control, not compliance.

That’s why with @article19, @fsfe, @HomoDigitalisGR @vrijschrift, we have filed a formal #DMA complaint vs. Alphabet.

Despite clear rules, Android users can’t uninstall pre-installed Google apps, only disable them.

This is deceptive design that limits real choice.

📣 We urge @EU_Commission to act & enforce the #digitalmarketsact.

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Hey @edri@eupolicy.social beware of @fsfe@mastodon.social's decade-old conflict of interests: since 2013 they get tons of money from #Google, more then 10% but less then 20% of their whole budget.

Given how much money they got from #BigTech "donors" for years, I wouldn't trust #FSFE for any fight I really want to win.

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*In Sundar Pichai (Alphabet CEO) voice* Wait there is a difference between "control" and "compliance"?

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Ah, the cosmic shrug of spacetime—where 'seasons' are just Earth’s way of reminding us it’s always someone’s turn to hibernate or spontaneously combust with ideas. So whether you’re currently sun-drunk or bundled like a cybernetic burrito, remember: the best hacks bloom in the eternal summer of the mind.

(Southern Hemisphere friends: we see you debugging under blankets. Solidarity.)
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Freelancing to fill information gaps left by global censorship


Neha Madhira grew up in North Texas with the TV constantly buzzing with world news. Madhira, now 24, recognized that journalism was key to keeping her family informed on the happenings back home in India. But with state-sanctioned violence limiting journalists on the ground from reporting, and few legacy media outlets with reporters that looked like her left to report on it, Madhira also knew there were gaps to be filled.

Nearly a decade later, Madhira is bridging the gaps in Western media’s health and education coverage of the Middle East-North Africa region, South Asia, and their diasporas. The contacts she’s built have allowed her to expand her reporting focus — she recently collaborated with Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) on an article for The Intercept featuring testimonials from journalists targeted by the Israeli military.

“In a time where press freedom is definitely in question in the U.S. right now, and censorship on social media and in newsroom settings is even becoming more and more common, it’s really important for me that I stay true to my values of why I started reporting,” Madhira said. “I use freelancing to try my best to cover that gap in reporting when it comes to Western media, and try to cover the communities that I know deserve a platform.”

Madhira first spent years covering breaking news, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the social movements of 2020 for local newsrooms in Austin, Texas, while studying journalism and women’s and gender issues. But with activism movements roaring overseas, coupled with the lack of coverage on the impacts of the pandemic in India, she saw freelancing as an opportunity to cover issues happening in countries that face extreme press censorship for audiences overseas and in the U.S.

“A big part of my job during the pandemic, and even now, is reaching out to health care officials, regardless of what’s happening, to actually see who it’s affecting, why it’s affecting them, and what resources people need,” Madhira said. “If there’s a possibility that that information is being withheld from the public, that becomes a problem. How are we supposed to continue to inform and educate the public on how to stay safe during a pandemic or epidemic if we don’t even have that information to begin with?”

She has built close relationships with journalists on the ground in Iran, Afghanistan, India, Gaza, and the West Bank, relying on their reporting to reach audiences in the U.S. and abroad. Recognizing the privilege she holds, Madhira does her best to ensure their perspectives are reflected in her writing.

“I covered the Woman, Life, Freedom movement in Iran very extensively,” she said. “Two journalists who I really looked up to were arrested around this time last year. I wrote a story on that, and I noticed that a lot of Iranian and Iranian American activists were reaching out to me, appreciating the fact that the story was written, because even writing about their release and the details of how they are doing and how journalism and activism is continuing within the country is a privilege.”

Over the past year and a half, Madhira has covered the medical and humanitarian infrastructure collapses in Gaza and the West Bank, as well as the campus encampments in protest of Israel’s actions, and the shadowy organizations collaborating with the government to identify and persecute students and others who are critical of Israel.

“As we see less and less news coming out of Gaza, I urge people to not look away.”


Neha Madhira

With more than 180 journalists killed by Israel to date, media blackouts, and censorship on social media, Madhira writes to amplify the voices of her colleagues remaining on the ground, including those whose stories she wrote about in The Intercept.

“I have advocated for Palestine since I was a child, and at the beginning of October 2023, I was horrified at the language being used to dehumanize Palestinians,” she said. “As a journalist, I was seeing the gaps in Western media coverage and its support of Israel, and I wanted to help change this narrative in any way I could. As we see less and less news coming out of Gaza, I urge people to not look away and to pay closer attention to passive voice being used to describe the atrocities Palestinians continue to face every day.”

While the stories that Madhira tells are urgent and deserving of immediate attention, communicating with people on the ground in Gaza is a slow, challenging process. “Most of the people I’ve interviewed, whether that be journalists, or medical workers, or humanitarian workers, there is a small gap every single day that they have access to the internet, and we have used that to communicate with each other every single day,” she said. “I continue to do that because their voices are the most important and the most pertinent.”

Reporting from the U.S. on Palestine has not come without its own battles against censorship. Having experienced “shadow banning” that has limited visibility of her social media posts, she said the public must pay attention to the ways social media platforms moderate content to censor certain news, and she calls for users to consume content carefully. By amplifying journalists’ content on social media, independent reporting can reach wider audiences and fight against algorithmic suppression, Madhira added.

“There are a lot more people who are in the dark about what is happening than you would think,” she said. “There are so many nonprofit, independent newsrooms, not only in the U.S., but around the world who do incredible reporting for very little money, and it’s important to pay attention, because these journalists are some of the most skilled and experienced within their field.”


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Lumo, l’IA secondo Proton: privacy come architettura, non come opzione
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Colpito al cuore l’impero di xss.is: arrestato in Ucraina il gestore di uno dei forum cybercriminali più influenti
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Psycholog*innen warnen: Soziale Medien als Zerrspiegel der Gesellschaft


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Google: Menschen klicken halb so oft auf Links, wenn es eine KI-Zusammenfassung gibt


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‘Emergency’ tracking of Comey cellphone location points to privacy erosion


A recent news report about Secret Service surveillance of former FBI Director James Comey suggests that the Trump administration is abusing its spying powers.

You may remember that the Secret Service and Department of Homeland Security launched an investigation into Comey for posting a picture on Instagram during his beach vacation of seashells spelling out “8647.” Conservatives claimed that Comey’s post was a threat to our 47th president, Donald Trump. Never mind that “86” is slang for banning someone or something, not killing them. There’s also that whole First Amendment thing.

Then, The New York Times reported earlier this month that the Secret Service, as part of its investigation, had Comey “followed by law enforcement authorities in unmarked cars and street clothes and tracked the location of his cellphone” as Comey returned home from his vacation, even though he had already submitted to a phone interview and agreed to an in-person interview.

As the Center for Democracy & Technology’s Jake Laperruque pointed out, that kind of surveillance — real-time location tracking based on cellphone data — generally requires court approval. Although the Supreme Court hasn’t ruled on whether it requires a warrant, several other courts have held that it does.

There’s an important exception, however, to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement. Known as exigent circumstances, it allows for warrantless searches in emergencies. Sources told the Times that the Secret Service invoked that exact exception to justify following Comey.

But Reason Magazine does a good job explaining why that rationale is bunk:

“‘A variety of circumstances may give rise to an exigency sufficient to justify a warrantless search, including law enforcement’s need to provide emergency assistance to an occupant of a home…engage in ‘hot pursuit’ of a fleeing suspect…or enter a burning building to put out a fire and investigate its cause,’ the U.S. Supreme Court wrote in Missouri v. McNeely (2013).

“None of those factors apply here: Comey was on the move, but he was not ‘fleeing’—he was coming home from vacation. If the Secret Service really thought he warranted further scrutiny, it had plenty of time to get a warrant from a judge.”

At least three federal appeals courts have permitted warrantless tracking of real-time cellphone location in emergencies. In one case, a man with a criminal history broke a window at his former girlfriend’s home with a gun and threatened to kill her, her seven-year-old, and other family members before fleeing. In another, a man running a drug operation murdered a potential informant, leaving police concerned that other informants who had infiltrated the operation were at risk. And in the third case, a gang member previously charged with drug crimes threatened to “shoot up” an informant.

These cases are a far cry from posting a picture of seashells on social media. And even if authorities truly believed Comey intended to threaten Trump, he had no way of carrying out that threat at the time he was tracked, since Trump was in the Middle East.

In other words, in Comey’s case, the Trump administration expanded the exigent circumstances exception beyond recognition. But it isn’t the only recent example of the government abusing its power to spy using cellphone data. A recent investigation by Straight Arrow News also detected evidence of a cellphone tracking device commonly known as a “stingray” at an anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protest, despite DHS policy requiring a warrant for its use except in — you guessed it — exigent circumstances.

These reports should raise red flags for everyone concerned about surveillance — including journalists and their sources. We already know that the government has tracked at least some physical movements of journalists in past leak investigations. Cellphone location data tracking allows even more all-encompassing surveillance.

If authorities are willing to claim that Comey’s social media post is an emergency justifying warrantless real-time cellphone location tracking, it’s not hard to imagine that they could make a similar (bogus) claim about a suspected whistleblower or a journalist who reports critically on the administration. It wouldn’t be any more meritless than their claims that journalism is inciting crimes or threatening national security.

Concerningly, there’s very little constraint on the government if it decides to abuse the exigent circumstances exception to make emergency requests to cellphone providers for users’ location information. While courts can suppress evidence obtained through illegal searches, they can’t undo the illegal search itself, and officers and officials who abuse the Fourth Amendment face no personal repercussions.

Cellphone providers also seem unable to detect and refuse bogus emergency requests. The three major cellphone carriers — AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile — receive thousands or tens of thousands of emergency requests every year. While they require a certification of emergency from the government authority making the request, clearly that process isn’t foolproof if something like the Comey “emergency” can slip through the cracks.

That makes public scrutiny of real-time cellphone location tracking and the government’s reliance on the exigent circumstances exception all the more important. The Fourth Estate — and confidential sources like those who spoke to the Times — may be our most powerful remaining check on the surveillance state.


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Pressing on: LA journalists face violence and push for accountability


When journalist Ben Camacho set out to cover protests in Paramount, California, he did not expect to become a part of the story he was reporting. But that’s what happened after he was shot twice with crowd-control munitions by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies June 7.

“As a reporter of color, there’s this dynamic where I’m out there on the field and I look like the majority of people that are protesting. … There’s this kind of other layer that I feel,” said Camacho, co-founder of The Southlander, during a Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) webinar July 9.

Despite having a press badge and camera around his neck, Camacho was hit in the knee and then in the elbow with “less-lethal” projectiles. The pain sent him into shock, screaming and scrambling for cover. The injuries left him unable to work for a week, with lingering pain in his knee and elbow that continues to affect him a month later.

Camacho shared his story alongside three other journalists during “Reporting under fire: Protests and press freedom in Los Angeles,” an event spotlighting a growing crisis in California’s streets and newsrooms.

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Speakers Adam Rose, press rights chair and secretary of the Los Angeles Press Club, Sean Beckner-Carmitchel, an independent videographer, and Tina-Desiree Berg, a journalist for Status Coup, also spoke on the harassment, violence, and intimidation they faced in their own city while covering LA’s immigration protests.

They emphasized practical steps journalists can take to protect themselves while continuing to cover critical stories. Among the advice shared:

  • Wear protective gear. Bring a gas mask and ballistic goggles, and keep your press pass clearly visible. Berg recommended wearing Kevlar leggings beneath pants for added protection.
  • Travel with colleagues. Watching out for each other can make all the difference, especially if someone is injured.
  • Be aware of your surroundings. Always assess your situation and be prepared to move quickly.
  • Document everything. Keep records and collect evidence of any violations or incidents.
  • Conduct a mental health check-in. Emotional and psychological impacts from covering trauma should not be overlooked. Camacho shared that he gauges how he’s feeling mentally each day before deciding whether to head out into the field.
  • Utilize your resources. There are numerous training and mental health resources available to journalists. The Dart Center at Columbia University runs a Journalist Trauma Support Network. Many organizations, such as the LA Press Club, offer grants for journalists.

These precautions were shared alongside firsthand accounts, showing how deeply the panelists’ advice is rooted in their lived realities.

California has seen dozens of press freedom violations in 2025 alone, including detentions, assaults, and equipment seizures, according to the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker.

Although Rose was not physically targeted, he provided context from his role at the LA Press Club, highlighting the large number of press freedom violations in LA in the first weeks of June alone.

The incidents ranged from journalists being detained and kettled to more severe outcomes like hospitalization and life-changing injuries.

“We see these agencies acting lawlessly,” Rose said. “They are shooting journalists with ‘less-lethal’ munitions. They’re detaining and even arresting journalists simply for doing their job.”

The violence has unfolded despite legal protections. California’s Senate Bill 98 created Penal Code 409.7, barring California law enforcement from interfering with journalists’ work during protests.

Yet the reality on the ground tells a different story as federal law enforcement has been brought in.

Berg shared her experiences witnessing the protests that erupted in LA starting June 6, sparked by outrage over Immigration and Customs Enforcement detentions of asylum-seekers.

She said the early days of June protests were some of the most intense she’s ever seen, with multiple law enforcement agencies present in force, including the LA Police Department, the California Highway Patrol, the Department of Homeland Security, and the National Guard.

“This particular issue has drawn people from all walks of life and all age groups in large numbers,” Berg said. “When you have the large numbers, a large number of protesters out there, accompanied by all these various forms of law enforcement, it could be a more risky, dangerous situation.”

She witnessed police deploying tear gas into crowds, escalating tensions. To her, that weekend marked the beginning of a new wave of unrest.

“I knew at that moment that this was the start of something,” Berg said. “These things sort of just were compounded, and that weekend became, you know, what was the whole full-blown start of these protests.”

Beckner-Carmitchel also shared his encounters while covering protests in the LA area. A tear gas canister struck him in the head, exploded, and left him temporarily blinded and with a large hematoma.

Fortunately, he passed concussion protocols, but the potential for permanent injury was high.

Since then, he said he has been hit by plastic rounds and other projectiles at least three times.

“It’s been difficult to report under these conditions, and I’m sure everyone can agree,” Beckner-Carmitchel said.

But these journalists are not just recounting their stories, they’re seeking accountability. The LA Press Club, Status Coup, and Southlander are now joined in various lawsuits against the LAPD, the LA Sheriff’s Department, and the DHS, arguing their First Amendment rights were violated.

The stories shared during the webinar showed a troubling pattern: reporters targeted for simply doing their jobs of documenting the truth. And yet, despite injury, trauma, and intimidation, they continue to report.

“I get motivated when I’m told not to do something,” Beckner-Carmitchel said. “That’s why I became a journalist in the first place.”

Watch the whole event here.

This article was originally published by the National Press Club Journalism Institute here and is republished with permission.


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Journalistenvereinigung warnt: Die letzten Reporter in Gaza drohen zu verhungern


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Wikipedia: Warum das Ehrenamt zählt und bezahltes Schreiben trotzdem sinnvoll ist


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Geschichten aus dem DSC-Beirat: Wie Trumps Drohungen europäische Grundrechte gefährden


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Journalism isn’t incitement


Dear Friend of Press Freedom,

It’s the 114th day that Rümeysa Öztürk is facing deportation by the United States government for writing an op-ed it didn’t like, and the 34th day that Mario Guevara has been imprisoned for covering a protest. Read on for more about how the government is stifling speech and reporting—and how to fight back.

Reporting isn’t ‘incitement,’ no matter what the government says


Not content with harassing journalists as they gather the news, the government is also increasingly threatening them with prosecution for reporting it.

At least three times now, the Trump administration has accused journalists who have reported on the government’s immigration crackdown of inciting violence or lawlessness. This raises the possibility that the government will attempt to prosecute journalists for incitement, the crime of instigating others to break the law.

Reporting the news doesn’t even come close to meeting the First Amendment standards for incitement. But the government is counting on its spurious accusations to silence reporting. Read more here.

FPF files complaint against judge who ruled for Trump in frivolous Pulitzer case


Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) and Demand Progress filed an ethics complaint against Edward Artau, a Florida judge who was nominated by President Donald Trump to a federal district court. The nomination came after Artau delivered a favorable ruling for Trump in his baseless lawsuit against the Pulitzer Board for not rescinding awards to journalists who were critical of Trump.

“Judges should be safeguarding us against President Trump’s frivolous attacks on the free press, the First Amendment and the rule of law. Instead, Judge Artau seems eager to facilitate Trump’s unconstitutional antics in exchange for a job … Attorney disciplinary commissions need to rise to this moment and not tolerate ethical violations that impact not only individuals before the court but our entire democracy,” said FPF Advocacy Director Seth Stern. Read more here.

Warren introduces presidential library bill


Trump’s presidential library has already received nearly half a billion dollars in known donations, including the settlement from his frivolous lawsuit against ABC. This is a staggering figure considering a library may never be built, and Trump’s CBS shakedown is poised to add to the haul.

This begs the question, is Trump using the ruse of building a library as a vehicle for funneling bribes? It’s possible, and a new bill introduced by Sen. Elizabeth Warren and endorsed by FPF would help put a stop to the potential corruption and make presidential foundations more transparent.

Read more about the bill here.

Gabbard fires FOIA officials after FPF request makes headlines


Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has reportedly fired a Freedom of Information Act official who “facilitated” the release of a document to FPF in response to a records request we filed in April.

That document blew apart the Trump administration’s rationale for deporting Venezuelan nationals to El Salvador. The administration had also cited the supposed “fake news” to justify policy changes it claims allow it to investigate journalist-source communications.

FPF’s Daniel Ellsberg Chair on Government Secrecy Lauren Harper breaks down Gabbard’s attempts to stifle lawful disclosures and reporting and how we’re using FOIA to fight back. Read more here.

Fighting authoritarianism with transparency


Speaking of freedom of information, Harper joined NPR’s “1A” this week to discuss how government secrecy undermines the democratic process and what steps we can take to boost transparency.

With overclassification rampant, FOIA offices understaffed and underpowered, and the Trump administration exploiting loopholes to avoid transparency, we’re experiencing “dangerous levels of government secrecy,” Harper said.

But Harper also explained how specific reforms can increase transparency and help preserve our democracy. Listen here.

What we’re reading


ICE lawyers are hiding their names in immigration court (The Intercept). ICE lawyers shouldn’t hide their identities in court, and immigration judges shouldn’t condone the practice.

This disturbing trend must stop immediately.

Senate approves cuts to NPR, PBS, and foreign aid programs (NPR). Clawing back government funding for public media is an attack on every American who relies on it for news and emergency information.

How user-generated videos on social media brought Trump’s immigration crackdown to America’s screens (NBC News). This is exactly why we must defend the First Amendment right to record police in public and laws that protect against online censorship.

It’s not just the Epstein files. The Trump administration is withholding all kinds of public records. (MSNBC). FOIA is “certainly on life support,” said FPF’s Harper.

NJ reporter faces legal battle over police blotter (New Jersey Globe). “Prosecuting journalists for declining to censor themselves is alarming and blatantly unconstitutional, as is ordering the press to unpublish news reports,” explained FPF’s Seth Stern.

How factory farms criminalized journalism to block viral videos of animal cruelty (Rolling Stone). Even as they’re struck down for violating the First Amendment, ag-gag laws that limit the public’s access to information about the agricultural industry are becoming a model for cracking down on reporting on other industries, too.


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Positionspapier von Wirtschaft und Zivilgesellschaft: Die digitale Brieftasche als gesellschaftlicher Auftrag


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Bundesländer machen Druck: Justizminister*innen fordern mehr Schutz gegen bildbasierte Gewalt


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Suche nach geklauten Autos: Brandenburger Polizei scannte in über 8.000 Fällen Nummernschilder


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FPF, Demand Progress file ethics complaint against Judge Edward Artau


On Thursday, Demand Progress and Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) filed an ethics complaint against Edward L. Artau, a Florida judge who was nominated by President Donald Trump to a federal district court after delivering a favorable ruling for Trump in his defamation lawsuit against the Pulitzer Board. The ethics complaint asks the D.C. Court of Appeals and the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission to investigate Artau for potentially breaking rules requiring judges to recuse themselves to avoid conflicts of interest, remain impartial, avoid impropriety, and avoid giving false statements.

Politico reported that Artau, who sought for Trump to nominate him shortly after the president won the 2024 presidential election, later ruled in Trump’s favor as part of a panel of state appellate judges deciding whether to allow the president’s lawsuit against the Pulitzer Prize Board to move forward. After joining a favorable panel ruling for Trump, and after going out of his way to write a gratuitous solo concurrence praising the lawsuit’s claims on the merits, Artau was nominated to be a judge on South Florida’s U.S. trial court. Artau later gave an incomplete and misleading testimony about these events to the Senate Judiciary Committee while under oath.

“A federal judge’s goal should be upholding the law and the American people’s confidence in the judiciary, not delivering whatever the president wants so that they can get a job,” said Emily Peterson-Cassin, director of corporate power at Demand Progress. “Judge Ed Artau’s behind-closed-doors jockeying for his nomination, his failure to recuse himself from the Pulitzer lawsuit and his misleading testimony to the Senate all raise bright red flags that need to be investigated.”

Seth Stern, director of advocacy at Freedom of the Press Foundation, said: “Judges should be safeguarding us against President Trump’s frivolous attacks on the free press, the First Amendment and the rule of law. Instead, Judge Artau seems eager to facilitate Trump’s unconstitutional antics in exchange for a job. That’s far from the level of integrity that the Rules of Professional Conduct demand. Attorney disciplinary commissions need to rise to this moment and not tolerate ethical violations that impact not only individuals before the court but our entire democracy.”

Read the Complaint here or below.

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