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October 31, 2025 at 3:44 PM

Open if you dare for Halloween scares 🦇🎃

Free Press Trick or treat! (Please give us a treat) Friend, From Apple and Google succumbing to Trump’s haunted Justice Department to blood-sucking Brendan Carr twisting FCC rules to empower his corporate allies, the same pattern keeps repeating: Powerful corporations and government offici…

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  Candace at Free Press · [email protected]

October 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM

81 percent media control. Zero accountability.

Free Press Fuel our fight against media consolidation before the end of the month Friend, Trump’s ghastly FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has spent months threatening broadcasters who refuse to air propaganda — and rewarding those who comply. Now he’s paving the way for Nexstar…

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  Jenna Ruddock, Free Press · [email protected]

October 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM

Big Tech caved. We won’t.

Free Press Fuel the fight with a gift by 10/31 Friend, this isn’t normal. In response to public pressure from Trump’s Justice Department, first Apple and then Google removed apps that let people document ICE raids — apps that helped communities protect themselves and journa…

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  Timothy Karr, Free Press · [email protected]

October 27, 2025 at 11:04 PM

Explained: Meet the Ellisons

Free Press We don’t do dynasties here Friend, Meet the Ellisons, new owners of CBS and Paramount, who reportedly want to buy TikTok, CNN and HBO next: Larry Ellison is the founder of Oracle. Last month, he was briefly the richest person on Earth. He’s one of Trump’s biggest…

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  Jessica and Craig, Free Press · [email protected]

October 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM

2025 Fall Update: In a year of attacks on the truth, you showed up

Free Press Media billionaires are caving. We’re not. Friend, This year has tested our democracy like never before. Authoritarianism has taken root in the highest offices of government, journalists have faced intimidation and arrests and billionaire media owners have repeatedly …

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  Nora, Free Press · [email protected]

October 16, 2025 at 7:32 PM

[ACT NOW] Demand that tech companies allow dissent

Free Press Where one tech company goes, others follow Friend, Earlier this month, we learned that Apple and Google caved to the Trump administration’s pressure to broadly limit users’ access to apps that share important information about ICE raids. Like other live reporting, sharing infor…

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  The Free Press Team · [email protected]

October 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM

FWD: [ACT NOW] Tell Apple and Google: Don’t Silence Dissent

Free Press Sign our petition right away Friend, Following pressure from the Trump administration, Apple and Google have limited users’ access to apps that share important information about ICE raids. Add your name to demand that Apple and Google resist government overreach and reinstate I…

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  Jenna Ruddock, Free Press · [email protected]

October 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM

[ACT NOW] Tell Apple and Google: Don’t Silence Dissent

Free Press This censorship is rotten right to the core *We’re making it easier than ever to take action with us: If we already have your information in our records, you just need to click one of the links or buttons below to instantly sign the petition.* Tell Apple and Goo…

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  The Free Press Team · [email protected]

October 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM

FWD: CBS News just fell under billionaire control

Free Press Did you see Candace’s email? Friend, Paramount/Skydance just bought Bari Weiss’ right-leaning outlet The Free Press — and made her editor-in-chief of CBS News. The move gives Trump-aligned billionaire David Ellison — the head of Paramount — enormous power over one of America’s mo…

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  Candace at Free Press · [email protected]

October 6, 2025 at 9:12 PM

We won’t let billionaires rewrite the news

Free Press Trump’s allies are capturing the media. Help Free Press fight back. Help Free Press fight corporate media mergers + attacks on free speech » Friend, It’s official: Paramount/Skydance has acquired Bari Weiss’ right-leaning opinion outlet The Free Press — and …

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  The Free Press Team · [email protected]

October 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM

FWD: [ACT NOW] Tell the FCC: Reject the Nexstar-Tegna Merger

Free Press We need your help to convince the FCC Friend, Trump cronies like Brendan Carr will continue bullying private businesses to appease the president, and selfish media magnates will continue to comply as long as their bottom lines benefit. The bigger the company, the greater the da…

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  Heather Franklin, Free Press · [email protected]

October 2, 2025 at 10:13 PM

[ACT NOW] Tell the FCC: Reject the Nexstar-Tegna Merger

Free Press What Kimmel’s suspension was really about *We’re making it easier than ever to take action with us: If we already have your information in our records, you just need to click one of the links or buttons below to instantly sign the petition.* Tell the FCC: Reject…

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  Heather Franklin, Free Press · [email protected]

October 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM

The Project 2025 playbook in action

Free Press Carr isn’t just following Trump’s orders — he helped write them Friend, we were in the room at Tuesday’s open meeting of the Federal Communications Commission (aka the Federal Censorship Commission). What we witnessed should alarm everyone who cares about free spee…

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  Candace at Free Press · [email protected]

September 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM

FWD: [RSVP] All Eyes on the Federal Censorship Commission

Free Press Are you around tomorrow morning? Please join us for a live breakdown of tomorrow’s FCC open meeting beginning at 9:30 a.m. ET on Tuesday. Friend, Huge news: Late on Friday, we got word that Sinclair and Nexstar backed down and agreed to return Jimmy Kimmel Live! to the air…

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  Heather Franklin, Free Press · [email protected]

September 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM

[RSVP] All Eyes on the Federal Censorship Commission

Free Press Please join us for live coverage of the FCC’s monthly meeting Join us on Tues., Sept. 30, as we expose the FCC’s ongoing threats to free speech. Friend, Each month, the FCC conducts an open meeting that members of the public can either attend in person or w…

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  The Free Press Team · [email protected]

September 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM

FWD: The only journalist in ICE custody for doing his job

Free Press Sign our letter right away Friend, A life is on the line. This is a courageous man in unbelievably dire circumstances, one who likely faces imminent deportation. Add your name to oppose the unlawful treatment of Mario Guevara and let him stay home with his family, where he has e…

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  Nora, Free Press · [email protected]

September 25, 2025 at 7:23 PM

The only journalist in ICE custody for doing his job

Free Press Trump hates press freedom *We’re making it easier than ever to take action with us: If we already have your information in our records, you just need to click one of the links or buttons below to instantly sign the letter.* Stand with Mario Guevara Friend, The …

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  Dutch at Free Press Action · [email protected]

September 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM

FWD: [ACT NOW] Tell Congress to demand answers from Brendan Carr

Free Press Action Sign our petition right away Friend, Who would’ve thought that FCC Chairman Brendan Carr could make himself a household name? Part of what makes these Project 2025 authors so dangerous is how they’ve flown under the radar compared to higher-profile villains ... and I guess …

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  Heather at Free Press Action · [email protected]

September 23, 2025 at 9:52 PM

[ACT NOW] Tell Congress to demand answers from Brendan Carr

Free Press Action He can’t keep getting away with this *We’re making it easier than ever to take action with us: If we already have your information in our records, you just need to click one of the links or buttons below to instantly sign the petition.* Tell Congress to…

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  The Free Press Team · [email protected]

September 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM

FWD: A new low for government repression

Free Press Did you see Candace’s email? Friend, When Disney/ABC caved to Trump’s FCC and pulled Jimmy Kimmel off the air, Free Press fought back. We know what it takes to face off against powerful corporations that want to decide what you’re able to watch, listen to, read and share. So we…

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  Candace at Free Press · [email protected]

September 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM

A new low for government repression

Free Press This is how authoritarian regimes tighten control. Donate $10 or more and we’ll send you our newest sticker. Friend, It’s been a whirlwind few days since ABC caved to pressure from Trump’s FCC and yanked Jimmy Kimmel off the air. After Kimm…

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  Candace at Free Press · [email protected]

September 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM

FWD: Jimmy Kimmel and the Federal Censorship Commission

Free Press Call your local ABC station today Friend, Brendan Carr’s Federal Censorship Commission has found a mutually profitable partnership with the leaders of ABC/Disney, Nexstar and Sinclair: How long before these power-hungry dealmakers unveil Late Night with J.D. Vance as mandatory v…

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  Craig Aaron, Free Press · [email protected]

September 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM

Jimmy Kimmel and the Federal Censorship Commission

Free Press ABC yanked Kimmel and caved to Trump. They need to hear from you. Call your local ABC station and tell them: Stop caving to Trump. Friend, ABC executives yanked Jimmy Kimmel off the air on Wednesday under pressure from the Trump administration. This is blata…

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  Heather Franklin, Free Press · [email protected]

September 17, 2025 at 4:43 PM

[ACT NOW] Tell the FCC: Keep families connected

Free Press Cruz and Carr want to make kids’ lives harder *We’re making it easier than ever to take action with us: If we already have your information in our records, you just need to click one of the links or buttons below to instantly sign the petition.* Tell the FCC: Ke…

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  Danny at Free Press · [email protected]

September 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM

Your priorities, loud and clear

Free Press Thousands of Free Press supporters shared their priorities — here are the results. Friend, Last month, thousands of Free Press supporters shared their thoughts with us in our annual Summer Priorities Survey — and we wanted to share this feedback with you. Here’s w…

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  Free Press · [email protected]

September 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM

Free Press condemns political violence — and those who exploit it

Free Press Violence and disinformation imperil our democracy Friend, Murder and political violence are wrong and must be condemned. Full stop. In Utah. In Colorado. In Minnesota. In Illinois. In Washington, D.C. Everywhere. Nothing anyone says justifies them being killed. At…

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  Heather at Free Press Action · [email protected]

September 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM

Tomorrow’s march to take D.C. back from Donald Trump

Free Press Action Join us to stand up to Trump’s power grab Join us tomorrow to defend democracy in D.C. Friend, Our communities in D.C. are under attack. I see armed National Guardsmen and miscellaneous police every day on my walk to work or when I’m out with friends.…

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  Brenda at Free Press Action · [email protected]

August 31, 2025 at 2:06 PM

FWD: August match deadline: 8/31

Free Press Action This match ends at midnight Friend, Midnight tonight is the deadline to claim your free sticker and have your gift doubled to help us hit our $26,500 August recess goal. Congress returns soon — and we can’t afford to lose momentum heading into September. Every dollar you…

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  The Free Press Action Team · [email protected]

August 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM

August match deadline: 8/31

Free Press Action 2x your impact before Congress returns Friend, while Congress is on recess, Trump’s allies are working to silence dissent, trample press freedom and consolidate control of the news. Our Media Capitulation Index shows the consequences: Major media companies…

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  Candace at Free Press Action · [email protected]

August 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM

America’s largest media companies are bending the knee

Free Press Action 2x your gift now 2x your impact by 8/31 to hold the media accountable ›› Friend, Have you heard? Our Media Capitulation Index pulls back the curtain on a disturbing reality: America’s largest media companies — from Disney and Paramount to The Los Ange…

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  Danny at Free Press · [email protected]

August 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM

The fight for press freedom, from Atlanta to Washington

Free Press Inside: our Media Capitulation Index, the FCC’s power grab, and more Friend, Welcome to the August 2025 Free Press Update, our monthly newsletter recapping as much of our work from the last month as possible into one email. Let’s get started: 🚨Take action: Stop the …

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  Candace at Free Press · [email protected]

August 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM

The FCC must protect independent journalism

Free Press Friday is our deadline to stop this power grab Friend, The Trump administration is not beating the oligarchy accusations anytime soon: Brendan Carr’s FCC wants to let a few small billionaires own even more of the airwaves. Giving companies like Nexstar and Sinclair …

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  Dutch at Free Press Action · [email protected]

August 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM

FWD: Getting ready for the threats ahead

Free Press Action Congress takes breaks. We don’t. Friend, I wanted to make sure you saw Kimberly’s message from last week: We’ve launched an urgent $26,500 August recess goal to prepare for an all-out fight this fall. Congress may be on break, but Trump’s allies are working overtime to sil…

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  The Free Press Team · [email protected]

August 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM

FWD: [ACT NOW] Tell the FCC: No more media consolidation

Free Press Add your comments today Friend, The last 30 years of media consolidation have put the interests of wealthy media owners over journalists’ ability to act as checks against abuses of power: It’s bad for our communities and it’s bad for our democracy. Add your name to oppose the F…

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  Timothy Karr, Free Press · [email protected]

August 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM

[ACT NOW] Tell the FCC: No more media consolidation

Free Press We need independent media *We’re making it easier than ever to take action with us: If we already have your information in our records, you just need to click one of the links or buttons below to instantly sign the petition.* Tell the FCC: No More Media Consolid…

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  Kimberly, Free Press Action · [email protected]

August 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM

We can’t wait until September to act

Free Press Action Your gift DOUBLED Friend, we’ll get right to it: We’re launching our $26,500 August-recess fundraising goal today — because while Congress is away, Trump’s allies are working overtime to silence dissent, trample press freedom and consolidate control of the n…

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  The Free Press Team · [email protected]

August 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM

FWD: Tell us how you really feel 👀

Free Press Making sure you saw this Friend, A lot has changed in the nearly seven months since Trump took office — and we know communities across the country are feeling the impacts. That’s why we launched our summer survey: to hear directly from Free Press supporters like you about what …

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  Candace at Free Press · [email protected]

August 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM

Tell us how you really feel 👀

Free Press This survey takes just two minutes to complete Friend, It’s been more than six months since Donald Trump returned to the White House — and in that time, we’ve witnessed dangerous attacks on the press, free speech and vulnerable communities. At Free Press, we’ve been orga…

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  Craig at Free Press · [email protected]

August 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM

Explained: The CPB is shutting down

Free Press Public media is still worth fighting for Friend, The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) recently announced that Trump’s budget cuts are forcing the institution to shut down.1 Free Press fought these dangerous budget rollbacks every step of the way, with t…

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  The Free Press Team · [email protected]

August 4, 2025 at 8:12 PM

FWD: [ACT NOW] Tell Media Billionaires: Don't Cave to Trump

Free Press We’re fighting for independent journalism Friend, Honest journalism, already rare in today’s media landscape, is being systematically crushed by Trump and the billionaires in his orbit. As a result, corporate media giants have more control over the airwaves than ever before — a…

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  Timothy Karr, Free Press · [email protected]

August 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM

[ACT NOW] Tell Media Billionaires: Don't Cave to Trump

Free Press Checks and balances *We’re making it easier than ever to take action with us: If we already have your information in our records, you just need to click one of the links or buttons below to instantly sign the petition.* Tell Media Billionaires: Don't Cave to Trump Fri…

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  Candace at Free Press · [email protected]

July 31, 2025 at 2:06 PM

An urgent moment for our democracy

Free Press Our democracy and free speech face unprecedented threats. Help us fight back. Friend, the threats to our democracy keep coming. In June, ICE arrested the Emmy-winning reporter Mario Guevara simply because he was reporting on a No Kings Day protest. He remains in …

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  Timothy Karr, Free Press · [email protected]

July 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM

Explained: The Media Capitulation Index

Free Press Read our latest report Friend, After six months of research, writing and … um … rewriting, Free Press has released our inaugural Media Capitulation Index. This sweeping investigation examines how America’s 35 largest media companies have caved to pressure from the…

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  The Free Press Team · [email protected]

July 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM

Condemning ICE detention of journalists

Free Press Any of us could be next … Friend, On June 14, ICE agents detained journalist Mario Guevara while he was reporting on a No Kings Day protest in Atlanta. The Emmy-winning Spanish-language journalist — who has frequently filmed ICE and law-enforcement raids — rema…

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  The Free Press Action Team · [email protected]

July 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM

FWD: Six months of Trump

Free Press Action … and 42 months to go Friend, Yesterday marked six months since Trump was sworn in for his second term. Six months of terror and hardship. Six months of undermining our values and liberties. Six months of dismantling hard-won progress. Clearly, the fight to reclaim and d…

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  Candace at Free Press Action · [email protected]

July 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM

Six months of Trump

Free Press Action This bill must not pass Trump’s not going away any time soon, but neither are we — will you stand with us? Friend, Exactly six months ago, Donald Trump put his hand on a Bible and once again swore a constitutional oath to “faithfully execute the Offic…

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  The Free Press Action Team · [email protected]

July 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM

FWD: How we’re able to win at the state level

Free Press Action This isn’t the end of the road Friend, Earlier this week, the GOP voted to slash funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, threatening the survival of hundreds of NPR and PBS stations across the country. It’s a huge loss, but it’s not the end of the road. Free Pre…

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  Sarah Stone, Free Press Action · [email protected]

July 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM

When public media is under attack, communities rise up

Free Press Action We’re proving that grassroots organizing can protect local news from New Jersey to Oregon. Friend, While Republicans have been focused on ramming through Trump’s horrendous budget proposals, Free Press Action’s Future of Journalism team has been barnstorming…

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  Timothy Karr, Free Press · [email protected]

July 15, 2025 at 8:23 PM

Explained: The nation's largest telecoms are caving to Trump

Free Press Cozying up to political power Friend, In the Trump 2.0 era, media conglomerates aren’t just reporting news but making it as well: Companies including Paramount1 (which owns CBS) and Disney2 (which owns ABC) have earned headlines for capitulating to an authoritaria…

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  The Free Press Action Team · [email protected]

July 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM

Understanding Trump’s devastating funding cuts

Free Press Action Join us tonight! Please join us for a live discussion at 7 p.m. ET TONIGHT. Friend, If you haven’t already, be sure to RSVP for tonight’s town hall, featuring experts from Free Press Action, Public Citizen and Partners in Health — as well as Rep. Jim McGovern (D–Mass…

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