Kevin Gosztola

Chicago

Managing Editor at Shadow Proof

Co-Host at Unauthorized Disclosure Podcast

Curator at The Dissenter

Journalist & press freedom advocate. Dissenter Newsletter at https://t.co/yisArHwtpC.

Articles

Indiana State Officials Sued For Blocking Media Access To Executions

2 weeks ago | popularresistance.org | Kevin Gosztola

Above photo: Screenshot from WGN report on Indiana’s execution of Joseph Corcoran. The state of Indiana has a law that blocks journalists from observing executions at the Indiana State Prison. But on May 5, a coalition of media organizations filed a federal lawsuit that seeks to overturn the law as unconstitutional.
Trump DOJ Adopts Policy Permitting Journalist Arrests

1 month ago | scheerpost.com | Kevin Gosztola

By Kevin Gosztola / The DissenterUnited States Attorney General Pam Bondi ended a Justice Department (DOJ) policy that explicitly discouraged federal prosecutors from forcing journalists to reveal their sources and other sensitive information, including information obtained from potential leaks. With new guidelines, members of the news media who refuse to cooperate with prosecutors could be arrested for contempt. If accused of contempt, they could be fined or jailed.
Trump DOJ Adopts Policy Permitting Journalist Arrests

1 month ago | popularresistance.org | Kevin Gosztola

Above photo: Screen shot from the United States Justice Department and in the public domain. United States Attorney General Pam Bondi ended a Justice Department (DOJ) policy that explicitly discouraged federal prosecutors from forcing journalists to reveal their sources and other sensitive information, including information obtained from potential leaks. With new guidelines, members of the news media who refuse to cooperate with prosecutors could be arrested for contempt.
Le ministère de la justice de Trump adopte une politique autorisant l'arrestation de journalistes (The Dissenter)

1 month ago | legrandsoir.info | Kevin Gosztola

La procureure générale des États-Unis, Pam Bondi, a mis fin à une politique du ministère de la justice qui décourageait explicitement les procureurs fédéraux d’obliger les journalistes à révéler leurs sources et d’autres informations sensibles, y compris celles obtenues à la suite de fuites potentielles. Selon les nouvelles lignes directrices, les membres des médias qui refusent de coopérer avec les procureurs peuvent être arrêtés pour outrage.
Elon Musk's DOGE Reportedly Installed Artificial Intelligence

1 month ago | popularresistance.org | Kevin Gosztola

To Root Out ‘Disloyal’ Government Employees. Two people familiar with the use of technology by Elon Musk’s DOGE team told Reuters that the team has setup artificial intelligence to spy on employees at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The objective, according to the two media sources, is to look for “language in communications considered hostile” to Musk or President Donald Trump.
Trump Administration Is Using The 'State Secrets Privilege' As It Was Intended

2 months ago | popularresistance.org | Kevin Gosztola

Above photo: President Donald Trump (left) and Secretary of State Marco Rubio (right). Photos from the White House and the State Department and in the public domain. President Donald Trump’s administration invoked the “state secrets privilege” to prevent a United States court from reviewing the abduction of immigrants, mostly Venezuelans, who were flown to El Salvador and Honduras. A number of explainers related to the Venezuelan migrants case have been written about the state secrets privilege.
Israeli Forces Massacre Two More Palestinian Journalists

2 months ago | thedissenter.org | Kevin Gosztola

The following article was made possible by paid subscribers of The Dissenter. Become a subscriber and support independent journalism on attacks on journalists and freedom of the press. “If you’re reading this, it means I have been killed—most likely targeted—by the Israeli occupation forces,” wrote Palestinian journalist Hossam Shabat before he was assassinated in Gaza on March 24.
The Chaotic Release Of Long Sought After JFK Files

2 months ago | popularresistance.org | Kevin Gosztola

Above photo: Posthumous official presidential portrait of U.S. President John F. Kennedy. Source. The National Archives published two batches of records from the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection after President Donald Trump spontaneously announced that all remaining files would be released. “This is a breakthrough.
The Chaotic Release of Long Sought After JFK Files

2 months ago | scheerpost.com | Kevin Gosztola

By Kevin Gosztola / The DissenterThe National Archives published two batches of records from the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection after President Donald Trump spontaneously announced that all remaining files would be released. “This is a breakthrough. The absurd and suspicious redaction that have denied us the full story are, for the most part, removed,” declared renowned reporter Jefferson Morley, known for his work publishing the JFK Facts newsletter.
The Chaotic Release Of Long Sought After JFK Files

2 months ago | thedissenter.org | Kevin Gosztola

The following article was made possible by paid subscribers of The Dissenter. Become a subscriber and support independent journalism on government secrecy and freedom of the press. The National Archives published two batches of records from the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection after President Donald Trump spontaneously announced that all remaining files would be released. “This is a breakthrough.