Katie Fallow

Katie Fallow

@katiefallow.bsky.social

Dep. Litigation Dir., Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University. Cat enthusiast.

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Kyle Griffin
@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

NEW: Press freedom groups have sued the Trump administration — alleging in federal court that attempting to bar CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House violates the First Amendment rights of ordinary citizens to access information about the U.S. government.

washingtonpost.comWhite House is sued again over media bans as press groups seek wider injunctionThe new lawsuit says that prohibitions like the ones aimed at CNN, MS NOW and Politico — which a judge has paused — violate the rights of ordinary citizens.
Katie Fallow
@katiefallow.bsky.social

Trump's bans on reporters in the WH hurts individual citizens and distorts public discourse - @knightcolumbia.org new lawsuit filed today.

Josh Gerstein@joshgerstein.bsky.social

JUST IN: 6 news consumers, including @kenroth.bsky.social @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org @froomkin.bsky.social, sue Trump over his "ban" on news outlets, including @politico.com. Suit argues Trump is burdening their ability to get quality WH reporting www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

politico.comLawsuit argues Trump’s media ban hurts news consumersThe plaintiffs say they depend on reporting that the White House has restricted.

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Berin Szóka
@berinszoka.bsky.social

Now the Social Security Administration is using taxpayer funds to campaign for Trump and his candidates in the midterms—an obvious violation of federal law but a classic authoritarian move

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Jameel Jaffer
@jameeljaffer.bsky.social

This is the singularity to worry about—CBS, CNN, X, TikTok etc all essentially controlled by the same ethically bankrupt owners.

Mark Jacob@markjacob.bsky.social

News just broke that Elon Musk made a $1 billion investment in the Ellison family's Skydance, which owns CBS and CNN. Anoher step toward right-wing "media capture," as I wrote about recently in my Stop the Presses newsletter.

stopthepresses.newsAmerican oligarchs and foreign fatcats are attempting ‘media capture’Your access to real news is threatened by Elon Musk, the Ellisons, the Saudis, and others

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray”
@ryanjreilly.com

Asked Todd Blanche about possible post-election litigation from DOJ today. He declined to rule out potential action, citing theoretical “doomsday” scenario. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

nbcnews.comBlanche won’t rule out DOJ post-election action in a ‘doomsday’ scenarioThe attorney general’s comments come in the middle of a broader campaign by the Trump administration to zero in on what elections experts say is a relatively rare phenomenon of voting by noncitizens.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

🚨🚨🚨 Q: Is there any scenario in which DOJ would try to block states from certifying the election? AG TODD BLANCHE: Yes, of course. It is not DOJ's intention to improperly interfere with elections or the state certification process, but ...

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McSweeney's
@mcsweeneys.net

"Honestly, if we end up with two hundred and twenty-five seats on the White Council, I would be disappointed. I would rather Sauron keep control of Middle-earth by five seats than have the Fellowship win by five, because then we’d be hostage to the Ents." buff.ly/9WluK1y

buff.lyWhile I Oppose Sauron, I Would Rather Mordor Win Than Be Held Hostage by the Ents“Honestly, if we end up with two hundred and twenty-five seats on the White Council, I would be disappointed. I would rather Sauron keep control of Middle-ea...

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Mr. Dan Zak
@mrdanzak.com

"Ordinarily, moving historical items within the building is a deliberate process overseen by trained curators. Instead, Hegseth’s staff dispatched its own team to relocate an Eisenhower globe. They lost control of the artifact and dropped it..." wapo.st/3WF2YQo

wapo.stHegseth wanted Eisenhower’s globe for his office. His staff broke it.Photos obtained by The Post show a gash in the World War II-era artifact that resulted from a botched relocation attempt inside the Pentagon.

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Leah Gremlinberg ❌👑
@leahgreenberg.bsky.social

that's real weird because there were Maine Indivisible groups in your office every single day during the Kavanaugh confirmation repeatedly telling you he was going to do exactly that

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Susan Collins on Kavanaugh: "I'm very disappointed in his his vote to overturn Roe v. Wade. There was no way for me to anticipate that."

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Kyle Griffin
@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

BREAKING NYT: A billionaire wanted a Trump pardon. His family gave Alina Habba a $50 million deal. Julio Herrera Velutini, a prominent Venezuelan, was seeking clemency. He got it not long after his daughter gave Habba, a lawyer close to Trump, an extraordinarily lucrative job.

nytimes.comA Billionaire Wanted a Trump Pardon. His Family Gave Alina Habba a $50 Million Deal.Julio Herrera Velutini, a prominent Venezuelan, was seeking clemency. He got it not long after his daughter gave Ms. Habba, a lawyer close to President Trump, an extraordinarily lucrative job.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton
@hillaryclinton.bsky.social

Ten years ago today. In just the last few days: Trump made a deal for the U.S. to buy Russian diesel, an economic lifeline for Putin; he and Elon Musk blamed each other for an order that slowed down Starlink satellite connectivity over Ukraine...

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Lawfare
@lawfaremedia.org

The steady erosion of Bivens has left plaintiffs with vanishingly small odds of success in claims against federal agents under the Constitution. Mary Hampton Mason and Laura Katherine Smith explain how the Supreme Court may dismantle what remains of Bivens this term–and why it should.

lawfaremedia.orgWill the Supreme Court Finally Dismantle Bivens’s House of Cards?For the sake of federal accountability, these Justice Department alums certainly hope so.

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphyct.bsky.social

Meta took down the No Kings organizing page today - the biggest day of protest this fall. They provided zero explanation. It stayed down for the entire afternoon until most of the protests were done. Outrageous. Put this on the January investigation list.

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The A.V. Club
@avclub.com

Bleecker Street, the film distributor overseeing the theatrical release of Alex Gibney's documentary Musk, was informed on Friday that the film's TikTok account was subject to "permanent suspension." tinyurl.com/4yd9997x

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Bill Grueskin
@bgrueskin.bsky.social

Replying to @bgrueskin.bsky.social

“Videos of the attack, verified by The Times, show that the photographer, Heidi Levine, 63, who was wearing body armor with large press tags, was trapped behind the settlers. They began to beat her with bats and sticks, kicking her as she was prostrate on the ground” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/w...

nytimes.comIsraeli Settlers Attack Palestinians and Washington Post Journalist in West Bank (Gift Article)In the latest surge of violence, settlers targeted Palestinians during the olive harvest, a cultural touchstone and economic lifeline in the Israeli-occupied area.

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The Washington Post
@washingtonpost.com

Masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian villagers on Friday, setting olive groves on fire and slinging rocks. Caught in the attack was Post photographer Heidi Levine. “They just kept kicking me and kicking me, like probably 50 times,” Levine said. https://wapo.st/4yt6dHY

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Brian Stelter
@brianstelter.bsky.social

MORE POOL TROUBLE: Today it is CNN's turn to be the out-of-town TV pooler on behalf of the other major networks, but the White House has left CNN off the list, which means it is barring the network from traveling on Air Force One and fulfilling its pool duties >>>

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Seth Stern
@seth-stern.bsky.social

Last year the administration insisted that "bias" in public media needs to be eradicated. Trump literally issued an EO titled "Ending taxpayer subsidization of biased media." Interesting pivot from that to installing PR flacks to run supposedly independent taxpayer funded news outlets.

Brian Stelter@brianstelter.bsky.social

"The Pentagon has named one of its own public affairs officials to run the publication Stars & Stripes, and he will keep his Pentagon job while doing it. This places a single official inside both the office that shapes the military's message, and the newsroom charged with covering it independently"

military.comPentagon PR Official Takes Over Stars and Stripes Months After Editor, Publisher Kicked OutChristian Devine, an executive director and principal adviser in the Pentagon's public affairs office, was appointed weeks after terminations.

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James Downie
@jamescdownie.bsky.social

"A list obtained by The Washington Post reveals all the major donors to President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom project.... Tech giants Nvidia and Apple each committed $25 million....Absent from the list is Trump himself, who has said that he is helping to pay for the project."

wapo.stSecret documents reveal donors behind $330 million for Trump’s ballroomThe records offer a panoramic view of a fundraising campaign that is extraordinary for its size and opacity.

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Zoe Tillman
@zoetillman.bsky.social

NEW: A lawsuit accuses Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, of unlawfully exercising government power by acting as one of the administration’s “go-to foreign policy negotiators” without Senate confirmation or compliance with ethics rules buff.ly/nT8HJxw Complaint: buff.ly/mtX7rZX

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Katy Glenn Bass
@katygb.bsky.social

I've been writing some short thoughts about our @knightcolumbia.org Lawyering Without Law podcast and the future of the legal profession. This one's about the law firms that folded, how Congress and FOIA can find out what they agreed to, and making this shameful episode part of their legacies.

Knight First Amendment Institute@knightcolumbia.org

How do we hold law firms accountable for capitulating to Trump? The Institute’s @katygb.bsky.social draws on her podcast discussion with @lessig.bsky.social and Madhav Khosla to answer this question. knightcolumbia.org/blog/account...

knightcolumbia.orgReflections on Lawyering: Accountability for the Law Firms That Capitulated

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Josh Gerstein
@joshgerstein.bsky.social

BREAKING: Judge Tim Kelly (Trump/DC) issues preliminary injunction preserving POLITICO/CNN/MS NOW access to White House as suit unfolds. Kelly finds likely due process & First Amendment breaches for viewpoint discrimination & retaliation. w/ @kyledcheney.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

politico.comJudge extends order restoring White House access for POLITICO, CNN and MS NOWU.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly, a Trump appointee, said the president’s move likely violated due process and the First Amendment.
Katie Fallow
@katiefallow.bsky.social

Noerr-Pennington immunizes efforts to influence government actions from antitrust liability. Also this is as stupid as it is unconstitutional.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

BREAKING NYT: The Trump Justice Department is investigating whether the major television networks — ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and Fox — violated federal antitrust laws when the group briefly suspended their pooled coverage of Trump, according to six people with knowledge of the department's action.

nytimes.comJustice Dept. Is Investigating TV Networks Over Trump Pool CoverageMajor TV networks were notified on Friday that the department was looking into whether they violated antitrust laws when they suspended pool coverage of President Trump.

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Dhruv Mehrotra
@dmehro.bsky.social

NEW: Footage from Thursdays shooting shows an ICE agent in a construction vest brandishing a rifle. His name is Brenden Cuni. Federal judges have found multiple arrests involving Cuni unlawful. He has been accused of repeatedly Tasing a handcuffed man and tackling a pregnant woman in Minneapolis.

wired.comICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal ArrestsBrenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court.

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Jameel Jaffer
@jameeljaffer.bsky.social

Glad that Judge Kelly extended the TRO, but a ruling that allowed Trump to expel news orgs for publishing classified info would allow him to expel any news org whose reporting he didn’t like. Every major news org publishes classified info, and many do it every day. www.cnn.com/2026/10/08/p...

cnn.comLive updates: Judge hears CNN, MS NOW and Politico’s request on Trump’s press ban | CNN PoliticsA federal judge is hearing arguments on the request by CNN, MS NOW and Politico to extend his earlier order restoring the outlets’ access to the White House amid President Donald Trump’s attempt to ba...

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Mike Masnick
@masnick.com

At a free speech conference where an Iranian-born speaker is presenting over video from Sweden saying she doesn't feel safe coming to the US currently and noting the irony of her not being able to come to a free speech conference

Katie Fallow
@katiefallow.bsky.social

Latest DOJ attack on judges who don't go their way. It's like a company suing its customers, so weird.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Blanche: "Today, we're also announcing that just a few minutes ago the DOJ filed a judicial misconduct complaint with the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals against all but one district court judge in the District of Minnesota for violating various judicial canons."

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Sanho Tree
@sanho.bsky.social

Google and Apple immediately update their maps.

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social

The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.”