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this is horrible.
and it's specifically horrible for freedom of expression.
and it's specifically horrible for freedom of expression.
It's official: The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is shutting down.
It may take years of organizing to rebuild what the Trump regime has demolished.
That fight starts now: https://www.freepress.net/news/end-corporation-public-broadcasting-must-rebuild-americas-public-media-system
It may take years of organizing to rebuild what the Trump regime has demolished.
That fight starts now: https://www.freepress.net/news/end-corporation-public-broadcasting-must-rebuild-americas-public-media-system
The End of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting Must Be the Start of Rebuilding America's Public-Media System from the Ground Up
The fight for public media’s future is a fight for democracy and against authoritarianism.
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January 5, 2026 at 10:15 PM
this is horrible.
and it's specifically horrible for freedom of expression.
and it's specifically horrible for freedom of expression.
It's official: The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is shutting down.
It may take years of organizing to rebuild what the Trump regime has demolished.
That fight starts now: https://www.freepress.net/news/end-corporation-public-broadcasting-must-rebuild-americas-public-media-system
It may take years of organizing to rebuild what the Trump regime has demolished.
That fight starts now: https://www.freepress.net/news/end-corporation-public-broadcasting-must-rebuild-americas-public-media-system
The End of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting Must Be the Start of Rebuilding America's Public-Media System from the Ground Up
The fight for public media’s future is a fight for democracy and against authoritarianism.
www.freepress.net
January 5, 2026 at 9:55 PM
It's official: The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is shutting down.
It may take years of organizing to rebuild what the Trump regime has demolished.
That fight starts now: https://www.freepress.net/news/end-corporation-public-broadcasting-must-rebuild-americas-public-media-system
It may take years of organizing to rebuild what the Trump regime has demolished.
That fight starts now: https://www.freepress.net/news/end-corporation-public-broadcasting-must-rebuild-americas-public-media-system
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With news that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is officially dissolving, I'm resharing this piece on why the possibility and promise of public media is still worth defending. And why we need to be creating new blueprints and a vision that goes far beyond what we just lost.
Let’s Make the End of CPB the Start of Public Media’s Revival
The fight for public media’s future is a fight for democracy and against authoritarianism.
pressingissues.org
January 5, 2026 at 8:37 PM
With news that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is officially dissolving, I'm resharing this piece on why the possibility and promise of public media is still worth defending. And why we need to be creating new blueprints and a vision that goes far beyond what we just lost.
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In recent months, there have been questions about whether the Corporation of Public Broadcasting would go into "hibernation" -- biding its time in case new funding eventually became available. That won't happen. The board of the CPB has voted to dissolve the organization.
January 5, 2026 at 6:32 PM
In recent months, there have been questions about whether the Corporation of Public Broadcasting would go into "hibernation" -- biding its time in case new funding eventually became available. That won't happen. The board of the CPB has voted to dissolve the organization.
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Breaking & rapid news events always bring mis- & disinformation. Lies are easy to believe, spread, reinforce. Check out @bragaroberta.bsky.social and the DDIA rapid analysis on Maduro's troubling capture by the US: ddia.org/en/maduro-ar...
Maduro Arrested, Power Shifts, and Messaging Apps Explode
This analysis examines how the U.S. arrest of Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro on January 3, 2026, triggered a surge of activity on WhatsApp and Telegram. In the first few hours following the events, DDIA t...
ddia.org
January 3, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Breaking & rapid news events always bring mis- & disinformation. Lies are easy to believe, spread, reinforce. Check out @bragaroberta.bsky.social and the DDIA rapid analysis on Maduro's troubling capture by the US: ddia.org/en/maduro-ar...
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The @freepress.bsky.social report is profoundly clarifying- reviewing nearly 200 censorship attempts on media, civil society, government, academia, law, and companies, classifying the methods used.
And this is only the most prominent cases.
www.freepress.net/download/cho...
And this is only the most prominent cases.
www.freepress.net/download/cho...
December 31, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The @freepress.bsky.social report is profoundly clarifying- reviewing nearly 200 censorship attempts on media, civil society, government, academia, law, and companies, classifying the methods used.
And this is only the most prominent cases.
www.freepress.net/download/cho...
And this is only the most prominent cases.
www.freepress.net/download/cho...
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Great piece about the attacks on the first amendment and free speech this year. Calls for a vigorous defense of free speech and open debate, now and in the coming years.
From @attorneynora.bsky.social at @freepress.bsky.social.
From @attorneynora.bsky.social at @freepress.bsky.social.
The Trump admin’s censorship agenda is chilling & relentless. I counted 200+ attempts in 2025 to muzzle press, protesters, public servants, judges, law firms, universities, corporations. But resistance has blunted this campaign & we must fiercely defend free speech: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/o...
Opinion | I Counted Trump’s Censorship Attempts. Here’s What I Found.
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Great piece about the attacks on the first amendment and free speech this year. Calls for a vigorous defense of free speech and open debate, now and in the coming years.
From @attorneynora.bsky.social at @freepress.bsky.social.
From @attorneynora.bsky.social at @freepress.bsky.social.
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Important and ever so timely NYT piece that brings into focus the terrible extent of Trump‘s attacks on the press and First Amendment freedoms. @freepress.bsky.social
The Trump admin’s censorship agenda is chilling & relentless. I counted 200+ attempts in 2025 to muzzle press, protesters, public servants, judges, law firms, universities, corporations. But resistance has blunted this campaign & we must fiercely defend free speech: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/o...
Opinion | I Counted Trump’s Censorship Attempts. Here’s What I Found.
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Important and ever so timely NYT piece that brings into focus the terrible extent of Trump‘s attacks on the press and First Amendment freedoms. @freepress.bsky.social
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Who needs champagne and parties when you can fight a broadcast merger instead?? 🍾🥂🎊🪩
Just filed at the FCC, on the NYE due date. (Thanks Brendan!) Our formal Petition to Deny the broadcast behemoth merger between Nexstar (of Jimmy Kimmel infamy) and TEGNA.
www.freepress.net/news/labor-u...
Just filed at the FCC, on the NYE due date. (Thanks Brendan!) Our formal Petition to Deny the broadcast behemoth merger between Nexstar (of Jimmy Kimmel infamy) and TEGNA.
www.freepress.net/news/labor-u...
Labor Unions and Media Justice Groups File Petition Urging the FCC to Reject Nexstar’s Proposed Takeover of Tegna
On Wednesday, a coalition of media-justice groups and labor unions petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to deny the merger of Nexstar Media Inc. with TEGNA Inc.
www.freepress.net
January 1, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Who needs champagne and parties when you can fight a broadcast merger instead?? 🍾🥂🎊🪩
Just filed at the FCC, on the NYE due date. (Thanks Brendan!) Our formal Petition to Deny the broadcast behemoth merger between Nexstar (of Jimmy Kimmel infamy) and TEGNA.
www.freepress.net/news/labor-u...
Just filed at the FCC, on the NYE due date. (Thanks Brendan!) Our formal Petition to Deny the broadcast behemoth merger between Nexstar (of Jimmy Kimmel infamy) and TEGNA.
www.freepress.net/news/labor-u...
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On Wednesday, the New York Times published an Op-Ed by Nora Benavidez of @freepress.bsky.social. She addresses President Trump’s year of relentless attacks against 1st Amendment freedoms, building off her report CHOKEHOLD: Donald Trump’s War on Free Speech & the Need for Systemic Resistance.
New York Times Publishes Free Press Op-Ed Exposing Coordinated Trump Administration Campaign to Muzzle Media and Censor Dissent
Read the New York Times Op-Ed by Free Press' Nora Benavidez, addressing President Trump's year of relentless attacks against First Amendment freedoms.
www.freepress.net
January 1, 2026 at 3:11 PM
On Wednesday, the New York Times published an Op-Ed by Nora Benavidez of @freepress.bsky.social. She addresses President Trump’s year of relentless attacks against 1st Amendment freedoms, building off her report CHOKEHOLD: Donald Trump’s War on Free Speech & the Need for Systemic Resistance.
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The Trump admin’s censorship agenda is chilling & relentless. I counted 200+ attempts in 2025 to muzzle press, protesters, public servants, judges, law firms, universities, corporations. But resistance has blunted this campaign & we must fiercely defend free speech: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/o...
Opinion | I Counted Trump’s Censorship Attempts. Here’s What I Found.
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The Trump admin’s censorship agenda is chilling & relentless. I counted 200+ attempts in 2025 to muzzle press, protesters, public servants, judges, law firms, universities, corporations. But resistance has blunted this campaign & we must fiercely defend free speech: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/o...
"Sanitizing King's legacy is a deliberate act. It erases what King fought for — economic equality, and opposition to the Vietnam War — in the years following his speech. It also obscures the U.S. government's campaign to destroy King afterward."
https://www.freepress.net/blog/reclaiming-mlks-legacy
https://www.freepress.net/blog/reclaiming-mlks-legacy
Reclaiming MLK's Legacy
Politicians and the press have sanitized King by tethering his legacy to his “I Have a Dream” speech at 1963’s March on Washington.
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January 1, 2026 at 6:18 PM
"Sanitizing King's legacy is a deliberate act. It erases what King fought for — economic equality, and opposition to the Vietnam War — in the years following his speech. It also obscures the U.S. government's campaign to destroy King afterward."
https://www.freepress.net/blog/reclaiming-mlks-legacy
https://www.freepress.net/blog/reclaiming-mlks-legacy
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From the Gulf of, uh, America to the Tufts University campus, the Trump regime engaged in some 200 attempts at censorship in 2025, @freepress.bsky.social reports. (Gift link.) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/o...
Opinion | I Counted Trump’s Censorship Attempts. Here’s What I Found.
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:32 PM
From the Gulf of, uh, America to the Tufts University campus, the Trump regime engaged in some 200 attempts at censorship in 2025, @freepress.bsky.social reports. (Gift link.) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/o...
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Must-read: @attorneynora.bsky.social of @freepress.bsky.social in the Times on the Trump regime’s “relentless campaign to stifle dissent,” which is “meant to overwhelm us and make us think twice about exercising our rights.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/o...
Opinion | I Counted Trump’s Censorship Attempts. Here’s What I Found.
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Must-read: @attorneynora.bsky.social of @freepress.bsky.social in the Times on the Trump regime’s “relentless campaign to stifle dissent,” which is “meant to overwhelm us and make us think twice about exercising our rights.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/o...
NEW: Free Press' @attorneynora.bsky.social writes on @nytimes.com...
"My Trump's relentless campaign to stifle dissent work in concert in their frequency and their volume."
Read and share: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/o...
"My Trump's relentless campaign to stifle dissent work in concert in their frequency and their volume."
Read and share: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/o...
December 31, 2025 at 12:35 PM
NEW: Free Press' @attorneynora.bsky.social writes on @nytimes.com...
"My Trump's relentless campaign to stifle dissent work in concert in their frequency and their volume."
Read and share: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/o...
"My Trump's relentless campaign to stifle dissent work in concert in their frequency and their volume."
Read and share: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/o...
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“Individual and communal acts of resistance have blunted the potency of Mr. Trump’s censorship campaign & contributed to his declining approval rates—unquestionably, more & more Americans are rejecting his overreach,” writes @attorneynora.bsky.social for the @nytimes.com.
Please read and share.
Please read and share.
Opinion | I Counted Trump’s Censorship Attempts. Here’s What I Found.
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:25 AM
“Individual and communal acts of resistance have blunted the potency of Mr. Trump’s censorship campaign & contributed to his declining approval rates—unquestionably, more & more Americans are rejecting his overreach,” writes @attorneynora.bsky.social for the @nytimes.com.
Please read and share.
Please read and share.
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The Trump admin has tried to chill dissent, weaken the media, & muzzle universities, law firms, corporations. Its attacks on free speech are incessant & chilling. Read my @freepress.bsky.social report documenting Trump & his year of targeting speech that isn't his: www.freepress.net/attack-on-fr...
Chokehold: Donald Trump’s War on Free Speech & the Need for Systemic Resistance
This Free Press report examines the Trump administration’s hostile relationship with dissent and free expression in 2025. It analyzes how Trump and his political enablers have sought to undermine and ...
www.freepress.net
December 28, 2025 at 10:41 PM
The Trump admin has tried to chill dissent, weaken the media, & muzzle universities, law firms, corporations. Its attacks on free speech are incessant & chilling. Read my @freepress.bsky.social report documenting Trump & his year of targeting speech that isn't his: www.freepress.net/attack-on-fr...
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COUNTERPOINT RADIO airs Mondays 8-9:30 pm ET wpkn.org 89.5FM Bgpt #CT: @notaaroncraig.bsky.social of @freepress.bsky.social on CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss' political censorship of #60Minutes story on Trump regime's deportation of men to El Salvador's brutal CECOT Prison.
December 29, 2025 at 9:32 PM
COUNTERPOINT RADIO airs Mondays 8-9:30 pm ET wpkn.org 89.5FM Bgpt #CT: @notaaroncraig.bsky.social of @freepress.bsky.social on CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss' political censorship of #60Minutes story on Trump regime's deportation of men to El Salvador's brutal CECOT Prison.
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December 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
We believe that positive social change and meaningful engagement in public life require equitable access to tech, media & journalism that holds leaders accountable.
Your support ensures we can continue the fight for the media system we deserve.
So from all of us at Free Press, thank you.
Onward.
Your support ensures we can continue the fight for the media system we deserve.
So from all of us at Free Press, thank you.
Onward.
"The sheer volume of chilling attacks has helped ensure that even the most egregious assaults quickly fall out of the news cycle and public consciousness." - Free Press' @attorneynora.bsky.social
What does 2025’s free speech crackdown mean for Americans?
The first year of Trump’s second presidency saw a historic wave of censorship, spelling a grim future for the future of civil discourse and free expression in the US
www.dazeddigital.com
December 28, 2025 at 10:35 PM
"The sheer volume of chilling attacks has helped ensure that even the most egregious assaults quickly fall out of the news cycle and public consciousness." - Free Press' @attorneynora.bsky.social
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Trump’s campaign to bring prominent media to heel is something we at the *original* Free Press have documented in detail in our Media Capitulation Index.
Take a look at the updated capitulation rankings for Paramount Global:
www.freepress.net/who-owns-med...
Take a look at the updated capitulation rankings for Paramount Global:
www.freepress.net/who-owns-med...
September 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Trump’s campaign to bring prominent media to heel is something we at the *original* Free Press have documented in detail in our Media Capitulation Index.
Take a look at the updated capitulation rankings for Paramount Global:
www.freepress.net/who-owns-med...
Take a look at the updated capitulation rankings for Paramount Global:
www.freepress.net/who-owns-med...
"We're seeing an industry that knows how to work the president," said Jessica González, a co-chief executive of Free Press, a consumer and media advocacy group." - Free Press co-CEO @jgo4justice.bsky.social via @nytimes.com
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/technology/tech-trump.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/technology/tech-trump.html
From A.I. to Chips, Big Tech Is Getting What It Wants From Trump
The president has backed policies that allow the industry to grow unfettered. The mutually beneficial alliance is causing concern among some conservatives.
www.nytimes.com
December 28, 2025 at 6:40 PM
"We're seeing an industry that knows how to work the president," said Jessica González, a co-chief executive of Free Press, a consumer and media advocacy group." - Free Press co-CEO @jgo4justice.bsky.social via @nytimes.com
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/technology/tech-trump.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/technology/tech-trump.html
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"This has never been about politics. What it has been about is companies that simply do not want to be held accountable and, because of the influence of big money in Washington, are corrupting the system and trying to bend it to their will."
Our CEO @imranahmed.bsky.social in @theguardian.com 👇
Our CEO @imranahmed.bsky.social in @theguardian.com 👇
UK campaigner targeted by Trump accuses tech giants of ‘sociopathic greed’
Exclusive: Imran Ahmed says US companies are ‘corrupting the system’ of politics by seeking to avoid accountability
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 12:40 PM
"This has never been about politics. What it has been about is companies that simply do not want to be held accountable and, because of the influence of big money in Washington, are corrupting the system and trying to bend it to their will."
Our CEO @imranahmed.bsky.social in @theguardian.com 👇
Our CEO @imranahmed.bsky.social in @theguardian.com 👇
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Free Press’ year end report CHOKEHOLD catalogued nearly 200 of the most potent examples of the federal government’s attacks on the First Amendment.
Here’s a sampling of 2025’s timeline of free speech attacks.
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Find CHOKEHOLD from @attorneynora.bsky.social: www.freepress.net/attack-on-fr...
Here’s a sampling of 2025’s timeline of free speech attacks.
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Find CHOKEHOLD from @attorneynora.bsky.social: www.freepress.net/attack-on-fr...
December 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Free Press’ year end report CHOKEHOLD catalogued nearly 200 of the most potent examples of the federal government’s attacks on the First Amendment.
Here’s a sampling of 2025’s timeline of free speech attacks.
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Find CHOKEHOLD from @attorneynora.bsky.social: www.freepress.net/attack-on-fr...
Here’s a sampling of 2025’s timeline of free speech attacks.
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