"For those keeping score at home, this is now the third time federal courts have had to block frivolous, retaliatory government investigations targeting Media Matters for the heinous crime of… accurately reporting that ads appeared next to Nazi content on X. Because apparently, in Trump’s America, doing your job as a journalist is grounds for federal investigation."
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/08/18/federal-judge-delivers-judicial-smackdown-to-ftcs-politically-motivated-attack-on-media-matters/
Anirvan Chatterjee
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