Public Policy & Legal
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Don Lemon Thought He Was Being Mugged During Arrest, His Attorney Says | Video
“They waited until 11:30 at night … and not one, not two, not three, but a bevy of agents surround[ed] and [took] him away,” Abbe Lowell tells Jen Psaki
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Don Lemon Released From Custody After Arrest Over Church Protest
The journalist is charged with conspiracy to deprive rights and violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act
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‘Morning Joe’ Says Don Lemon, Georgia Fort Arrests Are Trump’s ‘Dangerous Message to Working Journalists’ | Video
“They want you to believe certain facts, but don’t disbelieve your eyes,” MS NOW legal reporter Lisa Rubin urges
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Gavin Newsom Accuses Dr. Oz of Racist Discrimination in Civil Rights Complaint
The governor’s filing seeks an investigation into the CMS administrator’s “baseless and racist allegations against Armenian Americans in California”
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DOJ Releases 3 Million More Pages of Epstein Files, With Redactions Explained
“There’s not some tranche of super secret documents about Jeffrey Epstein that we’re withholding,” Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche insists
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CNN Calls Don Lemon’s Arrest ‘Unacceptable’ and ‘Profoundly Concerning’ for First Amendment
“The Department of Justice already failed twice to get an arrest warrant for Don and several other journalists in Minnesota,” the news network notes
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‘The Rip’ Director Joe Carnahan Accused of Sexual Battery by Ex-Girlfriend
Michelle Crosby also accused the director of assault and stalking
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FCC Chairman Responds to Kimmel After Equal Time Rule Change: ‘If You’re Fake News, You’re Not Going to Qualify’
Brendan Carr says talk shows who don’t want to comply with the agency’s new guidance can move to streaming or cable
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Indie Film Coalition Urges State AGs to Block Warner Bros. Sale
The letter signed by orgs like Art House Convergence and IDA comes ahead of a Senate Judiciary hearing on Netflix’s planned acquisition
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Universal Music Group, Concord and More Sue Anthropic Over Alleged Piracy, With Potential $3 Billion in Damages
“We believe this will be one of the largest (if not the single-largest) non-class action copyright cases filed in the US,” the music companies say
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Diddy’s Ex-Sex Worker Sues Netflix, 50 Cent for $20 Million, Claiming ‘The Reckoning’ Doc Distorted Testimony
Clayton Howard says the docuseries undermines his own sex trafficking lawsuit against Diddy and Cassie Ventura, who he claims was an accomplice and “primary trafficker”
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt Travels to Utah to Support State’s AI Transparency Bill
“I’m worried about [my kids] growing up in a future that’s dominated by these amoral AI businesses,” the actor and vocal tech activist says
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Meta Blocks Instagram and Facebook Users From Posting ‘ICE List’ That IDs Homeland Security Employees
A company spokesman says its policies prohibit sharing personally identifiable information
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TikTok Settles Social Media Addiction Lawsuit Days Before Trial, but Instagram and YouTube Remain in the Hot Seat
Plaintiffs had alleged that the apps were designed to addict young people, increasing depression and suicidal thoughts
