Free Press is committed to documenting the people taken by ICE

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has arrested, detained, deported, and/or imprisoned many people that it has unilaterally determined to be undesirables.  At first, they claimed they would deport only criminals, but it has already gone beyond that.  We at the Free Press consider every person who has been sent to the Tecoluca (El Salvador prison), Guantanamo naval base, or detained in other prisons throughout the country to be innocent until proven guilty. We will include students who have been expelled for protesting genocide.  It appears the government will revoke Visa's to get rid of undesirable students.  This article will be updated as long as is necessary.

Familiar tale gracefully blends feminism and fantasy

Feminism has a crucial role to play in modern life, but I sometimes wish it would leave our fairy tales alone. The results of its revisionist meddling are too often unconvincing and unsatisfying.

Remember last year’s Maleficent? It turned an age-old story on its head by revealing that the fairy (Angelina Jolie) who turned a princess into a “Sleeping Beauty” was not evil at all. No, she was merely wronged and misunderstood. Worst of all, we learned that the somnambulant princess could not be awakened by a kiss from the handsome prince, but only by a motherly peck from that same fairy.

How heartwarming. And how utterly unromantic.

Thank goodness Disney’s new live-action version of Cinderella doesn’t wear its feminism on its sleeve. It has nods to modern sensibilities, to be sure, but they’re handled with a lighter touch.

Comedians Canceled Before Jimmy Kimmel

The Times Strikes Back

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I had just finished this cartoon and was waiting on one of my proofers to give it the all-clear from typos when the news about Jimmy Kimmel came down.

The fuckers canceled Kimmel. The news is new, and I’m going to draw on this tomorrow, but I’m going to write a little about it now. I’m pissed. Is our democracy over?

Nexstar, one of the biggest owners of local TV stations in the country, including 28 ABC affiliates, said it will pre-empt Jimmy Kimmel Live! for the immediate future because of comments Jimmy Kimmel made during one of his monologues.

Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr threatened to “take action” against ABC affiliates because of the comments. Now, ABC has “suspended” Kimmel’s show indefinitely.

Carr issued a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, saying, “I want to thank Nexstar for doing the right thing. Local broadcasters have an obligation to serve the public interest. While this may be an unprecedented decision, it is important for broadcasters to push back on Disney programming that they determine falls short of community values. I hope that other broadcasters follow Nexstar’s lead.”

The “Intellectual Diversity” of Ohio State’s Center for Civics

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Is a lack of intellectual diversity causing university faculty to self-censor? That’s a central claim made by advocates of Ohio State University’s Salmon P. Chase Center for Civics, which is one example of a slate of new “viewpoint diversity” centers established recently on college campuses. In an era of dwindling state support for higher education, Ohio State’s version was created by the state legislature (over the objection of the Faculty Senate) at an initial cost of $24 million.

Say Something, Rally the Community,

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Thursday, Sept 18, Thu, Sep 18, 4:30pm–5:30pm
Join our rally on the South Side. Gather at the corner of Grant and Livingston!

Theme today: 18: Militarization of ICE 

If you think the U.S. is rapidly moving in the wrong direction with healthcare cuts, rising prices, student loan changes, corruption, loss of rights, eroding democracy, personal data collection, tariffs and massive funding for a militarized police force... Say Something!

A single voice can ignite a movement! Bring your signs, bring your voice, bring a friend!

While you're welcome to join no matter what your motivation, each rally this fall will have a theme with special signs to help passersby understand what specifically we're concerned about. 

Greep Zoom 238 - Sep 15, 2025 Well Regulated??, Moving To Red States, Green UKR, Health and Nukes

We start with our Laureate MIMI GERMAN’s usual brilliant poetry.

We hear from the dis-incarnated Jeffrey Epstein about his money laundering with Donald Trump & V. Putin.

We further discuss the nitty gritty of the Second Amendment and the perils of gun ownership with the great DOROTHY REIK.

We here from former Mormon BRENT MILLER.

Our co-convenor MIKE HERSH introduces the great JENNIE GAGE and her post-Mormon Denim Revolution.

From Jennie we hear a fascinating account of how she broke away from her fundamentalist past.

We later hear from JONATHAN BEARD about the idea of progressives moving to Red States to organize & shift the Electoral College.

From Green Party Presidential candidate HOWIE HAWKINS who discusses the Trump-Putin alliance.

Howie then introduces SVITLANA ROMANKO who explains from Ukraine the hellish conditions in which green activists are trying to shift the nation from fossil/nulear fuel addiction to clean, green wind and solar.

From MICKEY LEADER we get questions about geothermal energy & its possible role in rebuilding Ukraine.

The Times Strikes Back

The First Amendment and Cancel Culture

Rachel Coyle

This article first appeared on Substack

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