We previously discussed the disgraceful attack on former swimmer Riley Gaines who was reportedly assaulted when she tried to speak about her views on transgender issues at San Francisco State University (SFSU). Gaines had to be removed to a locked room for hours by...
Jonathan Turley
Yielding to Temptation: Why The Trump Case is a Test Not Just for the President but the Legal System
by Jonathan Turley | Apr 5, 2023 | Featured Articles
Below is my column in Fox.com on the indictment of former President Donald Trump and how this case is a test not just for Trump but the New York legal system. Here is the column: Oscar Wilde once said “The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist...
The Trump Indictment: Making History in the Worst Possible Way
by Jonathan Turley | Mar 31, 2023 | Featured Articles
Below is my column in Fox.com on the Trump indictment. There is a report of 34 counts against former President Donald Trump, which may be count stacking based on individual payments or documents. We will have to wait to see. In the meantime, the prosecution came about...
New Documents Expose Government Censorship Efforts at Facebook and WhatsApp
by Jonathan Turley | Mar 27, 2023 | Featured Articles
New emails uncovered in the ongoing Missouri v. Biden litigation reportedly show that the Biden Administration’s censorship efforts extended to Facebook to censor private communications on its WhatsApp messaging service. In recent months, the Twitter Files revealed an...
Combating 'Skepticism': Federal Grant Funds New Effort to Combat 'Misinformation'
by Jonathan Turley | Mar 23, 2023 | Featured Articles
We have been discussing a comprehensive effort by the Biden Administration to blacklist or censor citizens accused of “disinformation” or “misinformation.” This effort includes dozens of FBI agents and other agency employees who worked with social media companies to...
It’s Moving, It’s Alive! Alvin Bragg Prepares the Ultimate Frankenstein Indictment
by Jonathan Turley | Mar 21, 2023 | Featured Articles
Below is my column in the New York Post on the expected indictment against former President Donald Trump. It is an effort to reanimate a long dead legal claim against Trump, but could reanimate his presidential campaign. Here is the column: “It’s moving. It’s alive....
'True Stories … Could Fuel Hesitancy': Stanford Project Worked to Censor Even True Stories on Social Media
by Jonathan Turley | Mar 20, 2023 | Featured Articles
While lost in the explosive news about Donald Trump’s expected arrest, journalist Matt Taibbi released new details on previously undisclosed censorship efforts on social media. The latest Twitter Files revealed a breathtaking effort from Stanford’s Virality Project to...
Time’s Up: Treasury Finally Agrees to Turn Over Hunter Biden Transaction Reports
by Jonathan Turley | Mar 14, 2023 | Featured Articles
For years, members of Congress have asked for access to suspicious activity reports (SARs) related to the Biden family’s foreign business deals. Those efforts were cut off by the Biden Administration and the Democratically controlled houses of Congress. Even after the...
More Trout Than Milk: Twitter Releases More Evidence of Government Censorship Operations
by Jonathan Turley | Mar 6, 2023 | Featured Articles
Below is my column in The Hill on the latest release of the Twitter Files and what it suggests about ever-widening scope of possible government censorship efforts. Here is the column: An old saying, attributed to Henry David Thoreau, maintains that you do not have to...
Survey: Over Half of Faculty Fear Retaliation for Speaking Freely on Issues
by Jonathan Turley | Mar 3, 2023 | Featured Articles
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) has released a new survey of nearly 1,500 faculty members at four-year colleges in the US. Ideologically The survey of college faculty is consistent with other polls and surveys in showing that over half of...
The Covid Lab Leak is a Scandal of Media and Government Censorship
by Jonathan Turley | Feb 28, 2023 | Featured Articles
Energy has concluded that Covid-19 likely originated from a Chinese lab. According to the report, American intelligence has found evidence to support the long-dismissed “lab theory.” This has led to another media “my bad” moment where news outlets are shrugging that...
Microsoft Company Pushes Discredited GDI Blacklist Targeting Conservative and Libertarian Sites
by Jonathan Turley | Feb 22, 2023 | Featured Articles
I have been writing about the controversial funding of the Global Disinformation Index by the congressionally-creating and federal funded National Endowment for Democracy. I recently disclosed that, after my Hill column ran, NED contacted me to say that it was...
Gallup: Fifty Percent of Americans Believe Media Lies to Promote Agenda
by Jonathan Turley | Feb 18, 2023 | Featured Articles
I will be speaking today in Colorado on the “Rise and Fall of the American Fourth Estate.” The speech explores the legal and political history of the free press in our democracy — and its rapid decline in the age of advocacy journalism. This week, a poll was released...
Risky Business: Government-Funded Group Targets Conservative Sites as 'Riskiest Online News Outlets'
by Jonathan Turley | Feb 17, 2023 | Featured Articles
Goodbye Disinformation Board, Hello Disinformation Index. Less than a year after many celebrated the disbanding of the Biden’s Administration Disinformation Board, it appears that the Administration has been funding a British group to rank sites to warn people about...
'Free Speech for Whom?': Former Twitter Executive Makes Chilling Admission on the 'Nuanced' Standard Used For Censorship
by Jonathan Turley | Feb 9, 2023 | Featured Articles
Yesterday’s hearing of the House Oversight Committee featured three former Twitter executives who are at the center of the growing censorship scandal involving the company: Twitter’s former chief legal officer Vijaya Gadde, former deputy general counsel James Baker...
Sulzberger: Disinformation in the 'Most Existential Problem' Facing the Planet Today
by Jonathan Turley | Jan 18, 2023 | Featured Articles
There has been and the New York Times at Davos, denouncing it as a “corrupt circle-jerk” between media and business. She said that “the coverage was a sweetener to flatter the CEOs by seeing their names in the NYT.” The panel was titled, “Clear & Present Danger...
'Congressional Trolls': Democratic Leaders Pushed Refuted Russian Troll Claims
by Jonathan Turley | Jan 13, 2023 | Featured Articles
The latest release of Twitter Files from Matt Taibbi shows that Democratic leaders like Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) were aware that they were pushing a likely false story of “Russian bots” to discredit a report on FBI abuses. Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Richard...
Biden’s 'Surprise' Grows With Reported Discovery of Second Batch of Classified Documents
by Jonathan Turley | Jan 12, 2023 | Featured Articles
Below is a slightly modified version of my NY Post column on the discovery of the second batch of classified documents in areas previously used by President Joe Biden. A number of questions remain unanswered by the perplexing response of President Biden that he will...
'We Don’t Do This': Adam Schiff and the Underbelly of American Censorship
by Jonathan Turley | Jan 7, 2023 | Featured Articles
Below is my column in the Hill on the recent disclosure of efforts by Rep. Adam Schiff (D., Cal.) to pressure Twitter to censor critics, including a columnist. This effort occurred shortly after Schiff’s office objected to one of my columns accusing him of pressuring...
MIT Adopts Free Speech Resolution: 'We Cannot Prohibit Speech as Offensive or Injurious.'
by Jonathan Turley | Dec 30, 2022 | Featured Articles
We recently discussed schools joining the University of Chicago free speech alliance. Now, the faculty of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have adopted a resolution defending freedom of speech and expression, including speech deemed “offensive or...
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