The four-year legal battle between San Francisco Supervisor Dean Preston and conservative journalist Susan Dyer Reynolds has concluded. The dispute centered around Reynolds' lawsuit accusing Preston of violating her free speech rights by blocking her on Twitter, now known as X. The lawsuit was dismissed, marking a victory for Preston, who stated, 'This is a complete victory and Reynolds' frivolous lawsuit against me is now history.' Reynolds had claimed that Preston attempted to remove her newspaper, The Marina Times, from a taxpayer-funded city advertising program after she wrote a critical article about him. Reynolds also alleged that Preston falsely accused her of threatening his family. Despite the dismissal, Reynolds maintains that her First Amendment rights were violated, with Orrick ruling that Reynolds plausibly pleads that Preston violated her clearly established First Amendment rights.
Foundations including @kresgefdn funded a racial-justice nonprofit that was little more than a con job. Great reporting by @Fahrenthold. #philanthropy https://t.co/jBguV0ZZYh via @NYTimes
These people are pathetic. My story coming soon will show how much Preston hates the First Amendment, loves Trump’s SCOTUS, tried to take ad dollars from @TheMarinaTimes because I criticized him, and lied about me “threatening his family.” Yea, I did a FOIA Dean. Sorry not sorry… https://t.co/4OfBWEcBdT
We recently learned that the Inquirer has been receiving funding the past few years from the Henry L Kimelman Family Foundation, which has close ties with Mastery Charter Schools and the Yass-funded right-wing political network. 1/🧵 https://t.co/sLKQ2z4sv9