She exposed how the nation's poorest state spent federal welfare money. Now she might go to jail.

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Not a good time to be a whistle blower it seems
- When is it ever?
Wasn't the US recently downgraded to a democracy in danger or something?
- Given that there is currently a fascist takeover from the far right, it sure should be. They were let off the first time they tried to overthrow the country, you can be sure they'll keep trying until they're stopped.
- Anochracy
Given the recent SCOTUS ruling, I’m wondering how many state supreme courts will find a way to extend similar protections to governors. Could see whistle blowers like this imprisoned or worse for “security reasons” or some such nonsense.
Supposedly this is about defamation, and not the actual article. Which seems like a big fuckin' stretch.
Assange has entered the chat *
- Two completely different court systems. Also she's actually a whistleblower. Equating her with a spy harms our attempts to protect whistleblowers.
  
  Assange pleaded guilty to journalism. You should change your Espionage Act so that talking to a source like journalists do all the time doesn't land people in prison. Tyvm, the world.
From the article it sounds like in an interview they accused the governor of embezzlement, which is an actual crime. I'm not a lawyer or anything close to it, but my understanding is that the (now former) governor could have good grounds to sue for defamation, since he was not convicted of defamation at that time. It's like why newsrooms can't call someone a murderer or rapist until they're convicted.

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