Reposted by Julie Hollar
WE NEED CALLS NOW! HR 9495, now known as Section 112209, if passed, would give the Trump administration unprecedented power in suppressing nonprofits, by allowing the administration the power to strip organizations of their tax exempt status!
Call 319-313-7674
Call 319-313-7674
May 12, 2025 at 11:53 PM
WE NEED CALLS NOW! HR 9495, now known as Section 112209, if passed, would give the Trump administration unprecedented power in suppressing nonprofits, by allowing the administration the power to strip organizations of their tax exempt status!
Call 319-313-7674
Call 319-313-7674
Reposted by Julie Hollar
NPR suggests Trump might be "a protector of the 1st Amendment," because people who agree with the Trump "feel more free today to express views without fear of a backlash."
Feeling like it's safe to agree with the government has never been a test of free speech, @npr.org .
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Feeling like it's safe to agree with the government has never been a test of free speech, @npr.org .
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Hey NPR, Free Speech Isn’t Just a Vibe
NPR offers only two possibilities: Trump is increasing free speech, or censorship is just a swinging pendulum whose victims change as administrations change.
fair.org
May 3, 2025 at 12:54 PM
NPR suggests Trump might be "a protector of the 1st Amendment," because people who agree with the Trump "feel more free today to express views without fear of a backlash."
Feeling like it's safe to agree with the government has never been a test of free speech, @npr.org .
fair.org/home/hey-npr...
Feeling like it's safe to agree with the government has never been a test of free speech, @npr.org .
fair.org/home/hey-npr...
Spotted in my neighborhood. Made me so happy.
May 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Spotted in my neighborhood. Made me so happy.
Reposted by Julie Hollar
"...it’s no surprise the Times engages in selective amnesia over Cuomo"
"The paper’s kid-glove treatment of Cuomo isn’t restricted to the news pages."
This is a BRUTAL critique of the @nytimes.com fluffy coverage of Andrew Cuomo's mayoral campaign by media watchdog @fairmediawatch.bsky.social⤵️
"The paper’s kid-glove treatment of Cuomo isn’t restricted to the news pages."
This is a BRUTAL critique of the @nytimes.com fluffy coverage of Andrew Cuomo's mayoral campaign by media watchdog @fairmediawatch.bsky.social⤵️
Disgraced former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has entered the NYC mayoral race and catapulted directly into the polling lead, with the help of his widespread name recognition—and some journalists willing to lend a hand to his image rehabilitation campaign.
fair.org/home/nyt-cov...
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NYT Covers Up for Cuomo
While some local papers have been scathing in their coverage of the ex-governor, the New York Times seems to be largely buying what Cuomo's selling.
fair.org
April 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
"...it’s no surprise the Times engages in selective amnesia over Cuomo"
"The paper’s kid-glove treatment of Cuomo isn’t restricted to the news pages."
This is a BRUTAL critique of the @nytimes.com fluffy coverage of Andrew Cuomo's mayoral campaign by media watchdog @fairmediawatch.bsky.social⤵️
"The paper’s kid-glove treatment of Cuomo isn’t restricted to the news pages."
This is a BRUTAL critique of the @nytimes.com fluffy coverage of Andrew Cuomo's mayoral campaign by media watchdog @fairmediawatch.bsky.social⤵️
Reposted by Julie Hollar
Glad to see someone's calling out how the media has covered Cuomo with kid gloves since he announced his campaign.
April 9, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Glad to see someone's calling out how the media has covered Cuomo with kid gloves since he announced his campaign.
Reposted by Julie Hollar
The most astonishing thing to me from this story I wrote with @jhollar.bsky.social is @cnn.com quietly rewriting its story about Hands Off! to change “millions of people took part in protests" to “scores of people took part in protests.”
National newspapers or major TV networks could easily produce credible estimates of crowd numbers at significant events. They don’t bother due to the scant importance they place on the role of protests in the democratic process.
fair.org/home/corpora...
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Corporate Media Minimize Massive Hands Off! Protests
Corporate media journalists are apt to regard protesters as akin to spectators rushing onto the field during a game.
fair.org
April 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The most astonishing thing to me from this story I wrote with @jhollar.bsky.social is @cnn.com quietly rewriting its story about Hands Off! to change “millions of people took part in protests" to “scores of people took part in protests.”
Reposted by Julie Hollar
A morning reminder that if the senator you're trying to reach isn't answering the phone, you can FAX many of them FOR FREE from whatever device you're reading this on. Do you know annoying and attention-getting it is to get faxes? faxzero.com/fax_senate.php
Fax Senators
FaxZero lets you send free faxes to your senators with no subscription or sign-up.
faxzero.com
March 14, 2025 at 12:51 PM
A morning reminder that if the senator you're trying to reach isn't answering the phone, you can FAX many of them FOR FREE from whatever device you're reading this on. Do you know annoying and attention-getting it is to get faxes? faxzero.com/fax_senate.php
Reposted by Julie Hollar
I don’t really like to comment on political strategy but WTF are Schumer and Newsom, two of the most powerful leaders in the Democratic Party, doing right now?
March 14, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I don’t really like to comment on political strategy but WTF are Schumer and Newsom, two of the most powerful leaders in the Democratic Party, doing right now?
Reposted by Julie Hollar
A YES on cloture is a YES for the bill.
Do not let anyone play games with you.
Do not let anyone play games with you.
March 14, 2025 at 2:52 AM
A YES on cloture is a YES for the bill.
Do not let anyone play games with you.
Do not let anyone play games with you.
Reposted by Julie Hollar
.@glaad.bsky.social surveyed Day 1 stories on Trump’s anti-trans EOs across 6 major media outlets. Only 13 of 35 quoted a trans person. GLAAD noted one highlight: “Stories from @apnews.com were uniformly inclusive of the LGBTQ community.”
glaad.org/media-analys...
glaad.org/media-analys...
Mixed Results in Media Survey of Trump’s Anti-Transgender Executive Orders | GLAAD
Among President Trump’s first executive orders were those targeting transgender people’s identity, military service, access to health care, access to education, and access to sports. GLAAD analyzed 35...
glaad.org
March 4, 2025 at 9:11 PM
.@glaad.bsky.social surveyed Day 1 stories on Trump’s anti-trans EOs across 6 major media outlets. Only 13 of 35 quoted a trans person. GLAAD noted one highlight: “Stories from @apnews.com were uniformly inclusive of the LGBTQ community.”
glaad.org/media-analys...
glaad.org/media-analys...
Reposted by Julie Hollar
However much you hate the New York Times, it isn't enough
March 1, 2025 at 5:35 PM
However much you hate the New York Times, it isn't enough
Reposted by Julie Hollar
The WaPo opinion section will now advance Jeff Bezos’ “two pillars: personal liberties and free markets.” Anyone not on board can take a hike, Bezos told Post employees in a note he shared on X.
That was Wednesday morning. By evening, Bezos was dining with President Trump.
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That was Wednesday morning. By evening, Bezos was dining with President Trump.
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To Cozy Up to Trump, Bezos Banishes Dissent From WaPo
As shocking as Bezos' groveling is, it’s just the latest in a string of extraordinary favors he’s done for Trump and Elon Musk.
fair.org
February 28, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The WaPo opinion section will now advance Jeff Bezos’ “two pillars: personal liberties and free markets.” Anyone not on board can take a hike, Bezos told Post employees in a note he shared on X.
That was Wednesday morning. By evening, Bezos was dining with President Trump.
fair.org/home/to-cozy...
That was Wednesday morning. By evening, Bezos was dining with President Trump.
fair.org/home/to-cozy...
Reposted by Julie Hollar
"Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says, 'I'm trying to figure out what leverage we actually have.'
"It’s not hard. Julie Hollar of FAIR.org does an excellent job of laying out that leverage (& indicting the media for not challenging the Dem’s refusal to act)."
www.zerohourreport.com/p/first-they...
"It’s not hard. Julie Hollar of FAIR.org does an excellent job of laying out that leverage (& indicting the media for not challenging the Dem’s refusal to act)."
www.zerohourreport.com/p/first-they...
“First They Came”: For Dems Who Dare to Do Nothing
The party "plays possum" as the steamroller approaches.
www.zerohourreport.com
March 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
"Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says, 'I'm trying to figure out what leverage we actually have.'
"It’s not hard. Julie Hollar of FAIR.org does an excellent job of laying out that leverage (& indicting the media for not challenging the Dem’s refusal to act)."
www.zerohourreport.com/p/first-they...
"It’s not hard. Julie Hollar of FAIR.org does an excellent job of laying out that leverage (& indicting the media for not challenging the Dem’s refusal to act)."
www.zerohourreport.com/p/first-they...
My latest for FAIR. Democrats (and Republicans) feigning total helplessness and scolding those who are shouting from the rooftops are, of course, being aided and abetted by corporate media. Support independent journalism like your democracy depends on it, because it does.
As Trump and Musk continue their pursuit of power unfettered by the Constitution, many citizens wonder why their elected representatives in Washington are doing so little to stop the administrative coup. They also might wonder why the media so rarely ask the same question.
fair.org/home/corpora...
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Corporate Media Offer Excuses for ‘Powerless’ Democrats
In the face of an authoritarian administrative coup, corporate media give cover to elected representatives whose duty is to uphold the Constitution.
fair.org
February 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
My latest for FAIR. Democrats (and Republicans) feigning total helplessness and scolding those who are shouting from the rooftops are, of course, being aided and abetted by corporate media. Support independent journalism like your democracy depends on it, because it does.
Reposted by Julie Hollar
"I don't want to be the speech police" says FCC chair Brendan Carr, as he puts networks on trial for not editing interviews the way Trump would have.
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FCC’s Knives Are Out for First Amendment
FCC chair Brendan Carr's is waging war on news media as part of the Trump administration's quest to destroy freedom of the press.
fair.org
February 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"I don't want to be the speech police" says FCC chair Brendan Carr, as he puts networks on trial for not editing interviews the way Trump would have.
fair.org/home/fccs-kn...
fair.org/home/fccs-kn...
"Meta enshrining a statement that LGBTQ people are 'abnormal' and 'mentally ill,' and intentionally employing overtly bigoted anti-LGBTQ dog whistle language...in a hate speech policy—is unprecedented." From @jenniolsonsf.bsky.social
The purpose of maintaining hate speech policies is to keep all users safe, not to put a target on the backs of historically marginalized groups, writes GLAAD's Jenni Olson.
This is not normal.
This is not normal.
This is Not Normal: Meta’s Anti-LGBTQ Makeover | TechPolicy.Press
GLAAD's Jenni Olson writes that Meta has adopted anti-LGBTQ rhetoric in its public-facing policies.
www.techpolicy.press
February 13, 2025 at 7:57 PM
"Meta enshrining a statement that LGBTQ people are 'abnormal' and 'mentally ill,' and intentionally employing overtly bigoted anti-LGBTQ dog whistle language...in a hate speech policy—is unprecedented." From @jenniolsonsf.bsky.social
Okay so now Musk is literally drawing millions out of NYC's bank account.
Comptroller Lander "said the funding was pulled on Tuesday afternoon, and that his office isn’t sure how the feds accessed money from the city’s bank account—though he likened it to a credit card company reversing a payment."
Comptroller Lander "said the funding was pulled on Tuesday afternoon, and that his office isn’t sure how the feds accessed money from the city’s bank account—though he likened it to a credit card company reversing a payment."
Trump Administration Claws Back $80 Million Sent to NYC to House Migrants
Officials in the city comptroller’s office spotted the unprecedented grab at congressionally approved funds that were already in the city’s bank accounts.
www.thecity.nyc
February 13, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Okay so now Musk is literally drawing millions out of NYC's bank account.
Comptroller Lander "said the funding was pulled on Tuesday afternoon, and that his office isn’t sure how the feds accessed money from the city’s bank account—though he likened it to a credit card company reversing a payment."
Comptroller Lander "said the funding was pulled on Tuesday afternoon, and that his office isn’t sure how the feds accessed money from the city’s bank account—though he likened it to a credit card company reversing a payment."
"But no amount of equivocation or pearl-clutching can erase the fact that The Times's reporting has been repeatedly cited in court cases as justification for enshrining discrimination against transgender people into legal precedent."
NYT Hypocrisy: Outlet Criticizes Trump's Attacks On Trans People That They Helped Usher In
The New York Times Editorial Board today released an opinion piece calling Trump's attacks on transgender Americans "shameful." The paper has been influential in fueling those attacks.
www.erininthemorning.com
February 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
"But no amount of equivocation or pearl-clutching can erase the fact that The Times's reporting has been repeatedly cited in court cases as justification for enshrining discrimination against transgender people into legal precedent."
"If we don’t learn how to extract ourselves from this loop, none of the information we gain will manifest as tangible action—and the people in charge prefer it that way."
A vital reminder to not just stay informed—ACT UP. Make calls. Join a protest. Go to a local meeting. Pick and thing and do it.
A vital reminder to not just stay informed—ACT UP. Make calls. Join a protest. Go to a local meeting. Pick and thing and do it.
You Can’t Post Your Way Out of Fascism
Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them, Janus Rose writes.
www.404media.co
February 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
"If we don’t learn how to extract ourselves from this loop, none of the information we gain will manifest as tangible action—and the people in charge prefer it that way."
A vital reminder to not just stay informed—ACT UP. Make calls. Join a protest. Go to a local meeting. Pick and thing and do it.
A vital reminder to not just stay informed—ACT UP. Make calls. Join a protest. Go to a local meeting. Pick and thing and do it.
Reposted by Julie Hollar
Incredible that almost every DC press outlet ran with Brendan Carr's self-branding as a "free speech warrior" and his first major actions as Chair of the FCC have been to weaponize the agency to bully media outlets over press coverage that Trump doesn't like
The FCC has opened an investigation into a radio station's news coverage of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
www.kqed.org/news/1202597...
www.kqed.org/news/1202597...
February 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Incredible that almost every DC press outlet ran with Brendan Carr's self-branding as a "free speech warrior" and his first major actions as Chair of the FCC have been to weaponize the agency to bully media outlets over press coverage that Trump doesn't like
Reposted by Julie Hollar
Western outlets haven’t just failed to consistently convey the full extent of the carnage in Gaza to their readers, they’ve actively downplayed it.
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Counting the Victims of Israel’s War on Gaza Is Low on Media’s Priority List
Over the course of Israel’s genocide, Western media have actively avoided investigating the true human costs of the war.
fair.org
February 5, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Western outlets haven’t just failed to consistently convey the full extent of the carnage in Gaza to their readers, they’ve actively downplayed it.
fair.org/home/countin...
fair.org/home/countin...
Reposted by Julie Hollar
Google removes language promising not to pursue “technologies that cause or are likely to cause overall harm,” “weapons or other technologies whose principal purpose or implementation is to cause or directly facilitate injury to people,” and more.
Google published principals in 2018 barring its AI technology from being used for sensitive purposes. Weeks into President Donald Trump’s second term, those guidelines are being overhauled.
Google Lifts a Ban on Using Its AI for Weapons and Surveillance
Google published principals in 2018 barring its AI technology from being used for sensitive purposes. Weeks into President Donald Trump’s second term, those guidelines are being overhauled.
www.wired.com
February 5, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Google removes language promising not to pursue “technologies that cause or are likely to cause overall harm,” “weapons or other technologies whose principal purpose or implementation is to cause or directly facilitate injury to people,” and more.