PNN w/Jeanine Molloff - Pass the PRESS Act. Stop Criminalizing Journalism.

This week's programming has changed. I am going to cover the ongoing criminalization of actual journalism, the ongoing quest to extradite Julian Assange, a an older bill which was renewed that would halt government prosecutions of journalists, for using their 1st amendment rights. But first, I will talk about another bill that would extend copyright claims to links.

Journalistic giant Daniel Ellsberg has also entered he fray, daring the Biden DOJ to charge him, since he was in receipt of the WikiLeaks files. Journalists worldwide are banding together to fight ongoing governnment suppression of the truth. In Congress, the present House passed a bill that would protect journalists, and there is a senate version that is being duly ignored by Chuck Schumer and other corporate dems. The bill is the "Protect Reporters from Excessive State Suppression" or the PRESS Act. The PRESS Act passed the House unanimously but has been shuttled to the trash in the Senate. This bill can become law IF the Senate votes to pass it, and Biden signs off, but corporate dems are running out of time. Frankly, I question if corporate dems are 'running out the clock' in true cowardly fashion. 

This bill must become law, given the move towards fascism in this country. We don't need empty symbolism of watching Hakeem Jeffries become the next democratic minority leader in the House, when the lauded diversity is merely cosmetic, not reflecting a true diversity of thought. 

Our second story deals with Kyrsten Sinema. Her sudden departure from the Democratic party has been billed by Sinema as an honest attempt to break with 'division' and 'partisanship,' It is neither. Sinema has been a disruptor her entire Senate career and her departure from the Dems provides her with more opportunity to extort influence from both sides of the political aisle. 

Come join me in this 11th hour.

Jeanine