Today is Fred Hampton’s birthday. He would have been 78. Instead, the American state killed him at 21 because he brought Black, Latino, and poor white people together to fight capitalism, not each other.
America loves stories of resistance. Until the resistance threatens the system.
I have no doubt this screed released by Laura Loomer is retaliation for my lawsuit against the DHS for its illegal seizure of my phones following my return from a reporting trip to Iran. Our lawsuit succinctly details Loomer’s role in lobbying for the unconstitutional seizure, and her claims of credit for it. Now she’s seeking cover in the Zeppelin-sized shadow of Randy Fine.
A federal judge has clearly stated that my Fourth Amendment rights were violated through the seizure of my phones. She framed the DHS action as an attack on my First Amendment rights as well, situating it within the Trump administration’s wider assault on press freedom.
Loomer and a trio of Israel First backbenchers have responded by escalating their attack on my First Amendment rights. It’s a desperate bid to silence me and The Grayzone - not for breaking any laws, but for journalism which exposes wanton corruption and war crimes.
They are particularly incensed by my reporting on the crimes of a certain foreign apartheid state whose lobbying proxies guide their careers. Indeed, their letter is packed with hysterical complaints about my journalism, demanding that I be “investigated” for producing a documentary on Iran’s Jewish community and for clinically exposing official Israeli deceptions about October 7 designed to generate public support for genocide in Gaza.
The letter also contains blatantly false, libelous statements. For instance, its authors claim I was “cultivated by an agent of influence by an FTO and current military adversary.” This is textbook defamation, and I don’t think it’s protected by congressional immunity.
Finally, it’s impossible to ignore the irony of Randy Fine falsely accusing an American journalist of unspecified crimes just days after Fine was filmed rummaging through a private citizen’s mailbox while he was campaigning for reelection.
Breaking into a mailbox is a federal crime. Journalism is not.
Tim Dillon: “Our national debt just topped $40 trillion.”
“We’re losing a war with Iran.”
“We’re 5-10 years away from many, many jobs not existing.”
“The economy’s fake.”
“What we need is a staged alien invasion.”
“Yes, it would be good to give people healthcare or a better standard of living … blah, blah, blah.”
“We need, without argument, a completely staged invasion of our planet by aliens.”
“It is the only thing that can put us on the right course economically.”
@TimJDillon