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Title: Trump Administration Decides Free Speech Isn't Free: Publishes Plans to Tax Protests and Close White House Sidewalk to Protests
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Global Research
URL Source: https://www.globalresearch.ca/trump ... e-sidewalk-to-protests/5653961
Published: Sep 13, 2018
Author: Global Research
Post Date: 2018-09-14 19:42:00 by Deckard
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Views: 10287
Comments: 95
(Global Research) In a major reversal of long-standing federal policy, the Trump Administration has issued a new plan to charge demonstrators for the right to use our public parks, sidewalk, and streets that are on federal land in the nation’s capital for First Amendment activity. Among other areas, this includes the National Mall, Lafayette Park, the Lincoln Memorial and the sidewalk in front of the Trump Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue. The federal Pay-to-Protest in DC plan includes charging demonstrators for the cost of barricades and fencing erected at the discretion of police; salaries of personnel deployed to monitor the protest; trash removal and sanitation charges; permit application fees and costs that the government will assess on “harm to the turf.” In addition, the Department of Interior under Ryan Zinke has quietly moved to close the iconic White House sidewalk to protest. The National Park Service’s recent regulatory filing shows plans to close the sidewalk to demonstrations leaving only a narrow pedestrian passageway. The Nixon administration notoriously ordered buses to surround the White House during Vietnam War protests, blocking access to the sidewalk. Now the Trump administration wants to issue a regulatory change to essentially block all protests from the sidewalk permanently. These plans were contained in a 94-page regulatory proposal that was published in the federal register by the National Park Service, under the Department of the Interior. The public has until October 15, 2018, to register their opposition. “Never before in history have protestors been required to pay to demonstrate on federal land in the nation’s capital. This is a protest tax on the exercise of First Amendment rights intended to burden and suppress dissent,” stated Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, constitutional rights lawyer and executive director of the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund. “Free speech is not free if you have to pay for it. The exercise of free speech is a fundamental right and this measure is anti-democratic at its core,” stated Carl Messineo, constitutional rights lawyer and legal director of the PCJF. The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund has launched a legal challenge and grassroots organizing campaign to stop this plan, including a petition in opposition to the plan here. Click here to read an OpEd by the PCJF’s Mara Verheyden-Hilliard and Carl Messineo in the Washington Post. The original source of this article is Global Research
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#30. To: Liberator (#28)
Hey -- it's a start! And what happens when another Democrat is elected President - maybe even outlawing protests altogether?? Will you finally realize that the First Amendment is not a partisan issue?
If a wall is massive enough and well guarded enough to keep them out, it is also massive enough and well guarded enough to keep you in.
Yup. In your face slap in vets face. He spitefully shut down their parks and anything that spoke to honoring vets. 0bama screwed America so often, so much, that it's hard to remember all the spiteful ways and occasions he stuck it to us all (and by "us", I mean REAL Americans, the Patriots he and Big-Foot made it clear they regard with contempt.
CW3
LMAO. AND...you're serious?? Just...wow. It's like you vacationed on some other planet from 2009 - 2016. Newsflash: All the Tea Party leaders were...AUDITED. The group was forced to disband. You call that "non-partisan"??
I guess you forgot when the veterans came to town and Obummer closed down everything in an act of hatred to our veterans! Yeah I get it - Obama suppressing speech = BAD! Trump suppressing speech - GOOD! Its politics. Get use to it. If one side is always playing by the rules and the other isn't then what good are the rules? Basically one side wins unfairly and the other side loses by playing it fair. How does that help Amerika? All those groups are just Soro's lackeys so why worry to much.
Yep! Obama is probably the most vile president in American history.
It has to be very depressing, when they realize they've been fed schitt for so long and they believed it...
Vegetarians eat vegetables. Beware of humanitarians!
Gotta love the rampant hypocrisy displayed on this thread. When did suppressing political speech of your opponents become a Conservative ideal?
If a wall is massive enough and well guarded enough to keep them out, it is also massive enough and well guarded enough to keep you in.
BINGO. The MSM said ZIP.
Cut the propaganda/MSNBC-type of rhetoric. History does NOT support your delusion. Sorry.
And the dumbest, that's how he got the nickname TOTUS. (Teleprompter Of The United States).
Vegetarians eat vegetables. Beware of humanitarians!
More like our side always murders itself to claim we are virtuous but in the end we just let the Regressives get away with murder! We have had it! No more mister nice guy! This is our last stand and if we fail western society and the world will plunge into hell! So excuse me if I don't buy we have to play fair anymore.
That needs to be stated again. Spot on. Liberator~ “I see it alright; As protection FOR CONSERVTIVES whose liberty's and free speech rights are ubiquitous QUASHED by PAID, ORGANIZED Disruptors, like Antifa-Dems mercs, BLM mercs, and other PAID disruptors of conservative venues.” We are also being silenced by fake news... as the fake news propagates antifa, queers, Black LIES... and the myth called equality.
I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
Do you remember when that book came out written by some Secret Service guy about how bad Hilliary and Bubba were in the WH? Well it got me to thinking I wonder what all else is out there on other Presidents. So I started doing searches on some of them and that info popped up in a couple of different articles. I had heard rumors before that LBJ was a bit of a perv but I had no idea, talk about hilarious.
Vegetarians eat vegetables. Beware of humanitarians!
All of them?
In the entire history of the world,the only nations that had to build walls to keep their own citizens from leaving were those with leftist governments.
He just isn't that smart. In a free world where people advanced according to their abilities instead of their skin color,Obomber would be lucky to have a job carrying Bubba Bill's luggage when it comes to vile. And Bubba Bill was only one of the most recent. King Franklin did worse,but the press covered for him in a era where they could get away with it better than they could with Bubba Bill. Back then the press OWNED all the information allowed to circulate other than private letters between individuals. No internet,no independent media. In more recent times,there was LBJ. Nowhere near as smooth as Slick Willie,Bubba looks like a school boy compared to LBJ.
In the entire history of the world,the only nations that had to build walls to keep their own citizens from leaving were those with leftist governments.
And the dumbest, Only because Goober lost in a squeaker. That boy is D..U..M dumb. Even his mother said he was too stupid to train.
In the entire history of the world,the only nations that had to build walls to keep their own citizens from leaving were those with leftist governments.
This is why you must listen to your elders! Perspective of life. I think it was all hilary and Bill was just the vehicle to get them where she wanted. They probably had some agreement that he could sleep around as long as she ran the show. I also do not believe Chelsea is his kid.
The speech is free. The cleanup is not.
Not a chance. She is semi-smart,but has the personality of a rattlesnake in heat. If you want to see how smart she really is,look at how she ran her campaigns. It is an exaggeration to claim she won the one in NY because it was just given to her. Every other one she has lost. Bubba is both brilliant and charming. He married her because he needed a bag lady to collect the payments and make him seem innocent. He also needed a wife and child for political purposes.. I despise him,but Bubba is one of the smartest presidents we have ever had.
In the entire history of the world,the only nations that had to build walls to keep their own citizens from leaving were those with leftist governments.
All of them? Need it be all? Who made the Big Decision NOT to execute the war to win? Who made the Big Decision to tell the VC American positions? When they might attack? Who made the Big Decision to escalate the VN war??
Missed no, ignored definitely. In-excusable. And then to seriously challenge Trump's quashing of 1A liberty (as he ignores the last 2 years that Trump's own constitutional rights are still being shredded by the Feebs, Mueller Witch Hunt, and Fake Dossier. So RICH.) I love it when Trump trolls the tards. lol... Yeah, me too. Imagine the number of nervous breakdowns and Safe-Space overflow when Trump's wins again in 2020? HA!!
Why mention Dubya Bush? It won't help your case: Dubya was NOT a friend of freedom or the USCON in any sense. He was an Open Borders tool, Dem Party punching bag, Globalist Puppet who got us into the longest war in US history, was an enabler of "The Religion of Peace", AND...was actual Closet-Dem who purposely failed to vet Comrade 0bama. (Have you forgotten how Dubya snuggles with Big-Foot Mikey at every public opportunity? What is DAT about??)
You mean...AS various Commie-Fascist groups are openly calling for burning down the WH and promising to do-in the Prez? You're not gonna stop being a cartoon character, are you? I recall the LBJ war protests at the WH in '67-'68. Trump has proven that he's a bigger ahole than LBJ! Thanks for reinforcing your detachment with reality. (Q: When did you become a Maxine Waters groupie??)
But...but...Sgt. Hondo Schultz SEES NOTHING!!
Well, Freddy? You have to consider that the MSM and now, the usual search engines like G00gle, Yahoo, MSM, etc are actively attempting to bury or restrict whatever skeletons they can on their Prog-Dem heroes. Bubba was bad. But LBJ's skeletons make your skin crawl. AND THEN THERE'S BAMMY.
I don't care about LBJ. I learned today that the "Okay" hand gesture is also now a sign for white power. Whodathunkit?
Yes, they have. (or perhaps you've always been more Prog then you let on). I'm sorry if it disturbs you that I am not going all in for Trump and drinking the kool-aid like you are. You can re-process and re-frame the narrative all you want; What you can NOT do is convince any thinking person here that the entire Dem Party, it's propaganda organ, the MSM, and all Progs and Commies aren't fascist, don't hate Trump for no good reason, lie routinely, enforce a double-standard on "freedom", AND aren't indeed conducting a "Scorched Earth" operation on America. If anyone has "sold out" it's you. At one time you could see behind the curtain and even mocked those who put "party over principle". Tell me -- to what "principle", ethic or morality does ANY Democrat or its party embrace? Never has this "curtain" be exposed and to this extent. Geez, even Freepers now see the light. As one who was once way ahead of the curve, you've regressed badly. Maybe its peer pressure? Your sphere of acquaintances and friend who've gotten into your head? Serious Question: Do you believe the Democrat Party and its various tentacles (MSM, Social Media giants, Prog-Corporate America, Academia, and the political establishment) have declared war on Donald Trump? And "MAGA"??
But...the point was this: The MSM ignored and hid the truth about LBJ's nastiness, bullying, and horrendous behavior. But makes up lies about President Trump. You should care. Do you want the MSM filtering/controlling/manipulating public opinion based on BS?? I learned today that the "Okay" hand gesture is also now a sign for white power. Whodathunkit? Right (I also had NO idea). But there ya go! That there helps make my point.
Well I didn't see LBJ rubbing his junk on anyone, but that doesn't mean that it didn't happen. Was that during the time that the USS Liberty was attacked by Israel, and LBJ said that it was cool with him?
I'd care if I could do something about it. I've long since canceled my cable TV so I don't have to watch it. I read about it though.
("I think they [Snowflake Dems] actually fear the Truth.") It has to be very depressing, when they realize they've been fed schitt for so long and they believed it... Yeah -- I agree that extreme depression and likely anger their initial reaction to gulping the crap, no questions asked for so long... But then...ecstasy and re-energized as they realize, they see the light. This #WALK AWAY has gained a lotta traction. So much so that its organizer was booted off Social Media outlets! These people are already re-focusing their anger on converting the previously oblivious Dem-Bots to The Truth!
And if you DID, please keep it to yourself....SOME things between consenting adult should remain private, Hondo.
You can, indirectly. Just don't nod your head out there when obvious lies are getting traction. We're all just raindrops, but collectively we can be a flood of truth.
Thanks, Homes. We are also being silenced by fake news... as the fake news propagates antifa, queers, Black LIES... and the myth called equality. EXACTAMUNDO. These hypocrites and their non-stop BeeEss. That "Equality" mantra was/is the biggest load.
When attempts to commit actual crimes occur, arrest them. Until then they get to protest and yell things that you don't like. That's what the land of the free and the home of the brave looks like in the real world. God bless America where we're free to protest the gov, at least in theory.
You mean thanks, Holmes.
Quit yer sniveling Homely.
Gary Aldrich? 'Unlimited Access : An FBI Agent Inside the Clinton White House'? Shocking book. Now there's Gary Byrne: it got me to thinking I wonder what all else is out there on other Presidents. So I started doing searches on some of them and that info popped up in a couple of different articles. I had heard rumors before that LBJ was a bit of a perv but I had no idea, talk about hilarious. Yup. LBJ, Bubba, Bammy ...wait till the authors of THOSE books stop getting threatened and arrested (*cough Dinesh D'Sousa*) and start getting published. Larry Sinclair had something to say about that. See a trend (D) here? And for the record, many of us know all about Dubya's relationship with "reporter" Jeff Gannon.
Hey, I looked it up. Holmes is proper and Homes is acceptable.
So you're saying, "Wait for JFK's head to explode and motorcade to be Swiss Cheese before arresting anyone." Nice plan, Magoo.
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“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much
#31. To: Justified (#22)
I guess you forgot when the veterans came to town and Obummer closed down everything in an act of hatred to our veterans!
#32. To: Deckard (#30)
And what happens when another Democrat is elected President - maybe even outlawing protests altogether??
#33. To: Deckard (#30)
(Edited)
Will you finally realize that the First Amendment is not a partisan issue?
#34. To: Deckard (#26)
To: Justified
#35. To: CZ82 (#29)
Didn't that little sack of schitt cordon off all of the memorials/parks so nobody could visit/see them?? And then some of the vets said phuck that and moved them out of the way and went about their business.
#36. To: Liberator (#27)
I think they actually fear the Truth.
#37. To: Justified, Liberator, CZ82 (#34)
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much
#38. To: CZ82, Justified, Deckard (#29)
Didn't that little sack of schitt cordon off all of the memorials/parks so nobody could visit/see them??
#39. To: Deckard (#37)
#40. To: Justified (#35)
Obama is probably the most vile president in American history.
#41. To: Deckard, Liberator, CZ82 (#37)
#42. To: Liberator (#19)
(Edited)
I see it alright; As protection FOR CONSERVTIVES whose liberty's and free speech rights are ubiquitous QUASHED by PAID, ORGANIZED Disruptors, like Antifa-Dems mercs, BLM mercs, and other PAID disruptors of conservative venues.
#43. To: hondo68 (#20)
You must have been more buzzed, than I was.
#44. To: Liberator (#16)
LBJ and his reptilian ego contributed to HOW MANY deaths in Nam?? (not to mention murders of political opponents??)
#45. To: Justified (#35)
Obama is probably the most vile president in American history.
#46. To: CZ82 (#40)
Obama is probably the most vile president in American history.
#47. To: sneakypete (#45)
#48. To: Deckard (#0)
“Free speech is not free if you have to pay for it."
#49. To: Justified (#47)
I think it was all hilary and Bill was just the vehicle to get them where she wanted.
#50. To: sneakypete (#44)
LBJ and his reptilian ego contributed to HOW MANY deaths in Nam?? (not to mention murders of political opponents??)
#51. To: CZ82, Deckard (#4)
(You missed all that , huh?) [The 1A was severely restricted during 0bama's 8 years.]
#52. To: Deckard (#5)
You seem to forget the "Free Speech Zones" instituted by Bush.
#53. To: hondo68 (#6)
Closing the streets in front of the WH & other gov facilities is a clear violation of the 1st amendment right to petition the government for redress of grievances.
#54. To: CZ82, hondo68 (#7)
Then you should remember that LBJ used to expose himself to people and rubbed his junk on them, right??
#55. To: CZ82, Fred Mertz (#18)
The right search engine may expand your horizons (knowledge) Google won't.
#56. To: Liberator (#55)
Well, Freddy?
#57. To: Deckard (#25)
My political views have not changed...
#58. To: Fred Mertz (#56)
I don't care about LBJ.
#59. To: Liberator, CZ82 (#54)
(Edited)
But...but...Sgt. Hondo Schultz SEES NOTHING!!
#60. To: Liberator (#58)
But makes up lies about President Trump. You should care.
#61. To: CZ82 (#36)
#62. To: hondo68 (#59)
Well I didn't see LBJ rubbing his junk on anyone...
#63. To: Fred Mertz (#60)
I'd care if I could do something about it.
#64. To: GrandIsland (#42)
#65. To: Liberator (#53)
AS various Commie-Fascist groups are openly calling for burning down the WH and promising to do-in the Prez?
#66. To: Liberator (#64)
Thanks, Homes.
#67. To: Fred Mertz (#66)
You mean thanks, Holmes.
#68. To: CZ82 (#43)
Do you remember when that book came out written by some Secret Service guy about how bad Hilliary and Bubba were in the WH?
#69. To: hondo68 (#67)
#70. To: hondo68 (#65)
When attempts to commit actual crimes occur, arrest them.
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