Alex Frandsen, Free Press Action · [email protected]

March 1, 2025 at 3:07 PM

FWD: We’re breaking some news of our own …

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  Candace at Free Press · [email protected]

February 28, 2025 at 8:43 PM

ICYMI: Defeating Authoritarianism: How People and Media Can Stand Up for Freedom Now

Free Press We can save our country if we hold the line “What tech enabled is the insidious manipulation of the cellular level of our democracy, meaning you and me. And if that is possible, then reclaim your rights. And how do you do that? One question. What are you willing t…

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  Timothy Karr, Free Press · [email protected]

February 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM

FWD: White supremacy is at the heart of this

Free Press Please join us at Thursday’s webinar Friend, We’re teaming up with experts who have firsthand experience fighting authoritarianism in nations around the world — you won’t want to miss what they have to say about what’s happening right now in the United States. Join us on Thurs.,…

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  Alex Frandsen, Free Press Action · [email protected]

February 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM

We’re breaking some news of our own …

Free Press Action Read more about our ambitious efforts for local journalism Add your name to support our vision for a strong local-media system! Friend, Relentless newsroom layoffs and corporate consolidation have left our media system in grave danger1 — and the tech ol…

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  Jessica at Free Press · [email protected]

February 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM

[RSVP] Defeating Authoritarianism: How People and Media Can Stand Up for Freedom Now

Free Press Please join us at Thursday’s webinar Join us on Thurs., Feb. 27, for a briefing on the state of U.S. democracy. Friend, President Donald Trump and his “special government employee” Elon Musk are breaking laws and democratic norms to inflate the power of the O…

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  Dutch, Free Press · [email protected]

February 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM

We asked, you answered

Free Press Open this email for a special match opportunity Friend, Last month, we sent a winter priorities survey to supporters like you. We wanted to know how you felt following Trump’s inauguration and a busy first week of our authoritarian nightmare. Spoiler alert: This c…

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  The Free Press Team · [email protected]

February 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM

FWD: We will never stop fighting to protect public media

Free Press Want a free sticker? Friend, Thanks to people like you, we’re building serious momentum around our fight to save public media from the Trump administration’s attacks. However, ensuring we have the resources to sustain this fight for the long haul depends on support from grassroot…

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  Brenda Rivas, Free Press · [email protected]

February 20, 2025 at 8:27 PM

We will never stop fighting to protect public media

Free Press A special offer for you Friend, A few weeks ago, you took action with us to stop Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr’s brazen attack on public media. First and foremost, I want you to know that we deeply appreciate your actions and the outpouring …

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  The Free Press Team · [email protected]

February 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM

FWD: [SIGN UP] Join our SMS list

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  Dutch, Free Press · [email protected]

February 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM

[SIGN UP] Join our SMS list

Free Press Get our updates via text! Friend, There is so much happening at the intersection of Trump, unethical tech billionaires and our broken media system. We’re not even one month into this administration and it can feel hard to keep up with everything — which is exactly wh…

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  The Free Press Action Team · [email protected]

February 15, 2025 at 6:22 PM

FWD: Free speech isn’t reserved for certain viewpoints

Free Press Action Did you see Craig’s email? Friend, On Wednesday, Free Press Action Co-CEO Craig Aaron testified before Congress in defense of the First Amendment. He explained how the Trump administration is using the government’s power to shake down the media and quash dissent. Between E…

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  Craig Aaron, Free Press Action · [email protected]

February 14, 2025 at 10:43 PM

Free speech isn’t reserved for certain viewpoints

Free Press Action I brought the receipts because our democracy is on the line Friend, On Wednesday, I testified before Congress at a hearing Republican lawmakers convened on “The Censorship-Industrial Complex.” The representatives who organized the hearing wanted to rehash their…

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  Jenna Ruddock, Free Press · [email protected]

February 11, 2025 at 9:26 PM

ICYMI: Into the Breach: Exposing Musk’s Illegal Assault

Free Press Protect yourself and your data Friend, Yesterday, we convened a panel of experts and advocates for a conversation about Elon Musk’s coup and the grave threat he poses to everyone’s privacy and our democracy. Our panelists were keen to emphasize the stakes here, as …

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  Timothy Karr, Free Press · [email protected]

February 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM

FWD: Musk and the world’s biggest data breach

Free Press Into the breach Friend, We’re teaming up with experts and advocates from WIRED, Public Citizen and the Electronic Privacy Information Center to discuss how Elon Musk seized control of crucial government agencies — and what happens now that he has access to your most sensitive inf…

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  Jenna Ruddock, Free Press · [email protected]

February 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM

[RSVP] Into the Breach: Exposing Musk’s Illegal Assault

Free Press Please join us at Monday’s webinar Join us on Mon., Feb. 10, for a briefing on Elon Musk’s coup. Friend, Elon Musk is running roughshod over the U.S. government, taking aim at federal agencies and funding earmarked for everything from cancer research to publi…

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  Candace at Free Press · [email protected]

February 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM

We have to be honest …

Free Press Oh wow, it’s already February Friend, Something a little weird happened here. At the end of each month, we ask for your help hitting a monthly goal (in this case, 100 donations) to keep us on track for the year … except we had to interrupt our fundraising campaign in…

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  The Free Press Team · [email protected]

February 2, 2025 at 5:13 PM

Déjà vu?

Free Press This might feel a little familiar … Friend, Groundhog Day always makes us feel like we’re stuck in an endless loop, especially with Trump back in the White House and each day bringing a barrage of terror and chaos. There’s been so much going on that we thought we’d …

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  The Free Press Action Team · [email protected]

January 31, 2025 at 5:05 PM

FWD: Trump’s FCC is attacking NPR and PBS

Free Press Action Protecting public media in 2025 Friend, Sign our petition urging Congress to defend — not defund — public-media outlets like NPR and PBS. *One click on the link or button will instantly add your name to our petition if we have your details on file.* Then read Tim’s message…

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  Tim, Free Press Action · [email protected]

January 30, 2025 at 10:42 PM

Trump’s FCC is attacking NPR and PBS

Free Press Action Urge Congress to defend, not defund *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 button below to instantly sign the petition.* SIGN: Don't Let Tru…

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  The Free Press Team · [email protected]

January 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM

FWD: Breaking the broligarchy

Free Press We can’t give in to despair Friend, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Sundar Pichai and Mark Zuckerberg are spending millions of dollars to curry favor with Trump and pad their media and tech companies' considerable profits. Their highly visible presence at Trump’s inauguration has worryin…

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  Candace at Free Press · [email protected]

January 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM

A marathon, not a sprint

Free Press Repairing the damage ahead will be tough but so necessary Friend, this reporting sums up what we witnessed at Trump’s inauguration: Media and tech billionaires who gave generously to Trump’s campaign and his inaugural committee took center stage, relegating senior …

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  The Free Press Team · [email protected]

January 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM

[Free Press Update] The rise of the broligarchy, disinformation in times of crisis and more

Free Press This month’s newsletter is jam-packed with updates … Friend, Welcome to the first edition of the Free Press Update in 2025, our monthly newsletter for supporters recapping as much of our work from the last month as possible into one email. This one has a little extra…

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  The Free Press Team · [email protected]

January 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM

FWD: New year, new president, new priorities

Free Press It’s not too late to share your thoughts! Friend, We know this has been a difficult week and there are even more difficult times ahead. Right now, Free Press is trying to find strength through our community, which is you! Will you add your thoughts and preferences to our 2025 pri…

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  Candace at Free Press · [email protected]

January 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM

[Survey] Checking in …

Free Press Take our 2025 priorities survey! How are you doing? Let us know by taking our survey. Friend, Every January, we ask supporters like you to share the experiences, priorities and preferences that shape how you engage with us. It’s important to us to know what…

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  Free Press · [email protected]

January 22, 2025 at 9:23 PM

From Silicon Valley to the U.S. Capitol

Free Press Against all enemies, foreign and domestic Friend, A healthy democracy is marked by the peaceful transfer of power and protection of fundamental rights — not the corrupt consolidation of wealth and corporate power we witnessed onstage during Trump’s inauguration. R…

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  Candace at Free Press · [email protected]

January 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM

Explained: TikTok ban upheld

Free Press It’s always been about freedom of speech Friend, Even if you don’t like TikTok, you really won’t like what the Supreme Court just did. On Friday, without a single justice dissenting, the high court ruled that the scheduled nationwide ban — or forced sell-off — of …

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  The Free Press Team · [email protected]

January 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM

FWD: Disinformation in a time of crisis

Free Press We don’t have to accept this new normal Friend, Everyday social-media users are suffering the consequences of Big Tech’s failures as billionaire CEOs like Mark Zuckerberg abandon fact checking to pad their profits and court favor from dangerous leaders like Trump. Ditching these …

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  Nora, Free Press · [email protected]

January 15, 2025 at 10:13 PM

Big Tech’s failures have real-world consequences as lies about L.A. fires rage

Free Press This is our new reality, and we’re in the fight of our lives. Friend, As first responders in the Los Angeles area are fighting to contain the fires that have devastated the region, local officials are scrambling to counter misleading posts that claim looters have be…

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  Timothy Karr, Free Press · [email protected]

January 14, 2025 at 10:53 PM

Musk is lying about the California wildfires

Free Press Our hearts go out to everyone impacted We are deeply saddened by the tragic wildfires affecting the Los Angeles area, which have also impacted members of our own team. Our thoughts are with all those affected — we stand in solidarity with our staff, their families and …

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  Candace at Free Press · [email protected]

January 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM

FWD: Facebook is following in Twitter’s footsteps

Free Press We want to hear from you! Friend, How has online disinformation affected your life? How do you feel about Meta’s decision to ditch fact checking on Facebook and Instagram? Take our survey now. Then read Nora’s message below to learn more about Mark Zuckerberg’s latest terrible d…

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  Nora, Free Press · [email protected]

January 8, 2025 at 11:16 PM

Facebook is following in Twitter’s footsteps

Free Press Fact check: This is obviously bad Friend, On Tuesday, Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook and Instagram will abandon professional content moderation and fact checking in favor of user-generated “Community Notes” like the ones Elon Musk introduced on Twitter. In …

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  Jessica and Craig, Free Press · [email protected]

January 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM

We did it: We hit our year-end goal!

Free Press Thank you for helping us hit the ground running! Friend, THANK YOU. We knew setting out to raise $50,000 by the end of 2024 was ambitious, but we did it! Thanks to activists like you, we exceeded our goal — which our generous matching-gift donor tripled! Surpassi…

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  Dutch Cosmian, Free Press · [email protected]

January 2, 2025 at 12:08 AM

FWD: Not too late to 3x your impact for 2025

Free Press Welcome to the new year! This is it, friend. 2024 is officially, officially wrapped up, and our generous triple-match offer will end tonight — if you want your gift to go further than ever, please rush it to us by midnight. We appreciate all that you do, Dutch and the rest of the …

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  Brenda Rivas, Free Press · [email protected]

January 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM

Not too late to 3x your impact for 2025

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  Jessica and Craig, Free Press · [email protected]

January 1, 2025 at 4:06 AM

The last time you’ll hear from us (in 2024)

Free Press FINAL REMINDER: 3x your tax-deductible gift to Free Press by midnight! FINAL REMINDER: 3x your tax-deductible gift to Free Press by midnight! Friend, first things first: We know it’s late, and we know our team has been reaching out more than usual lately. We t…

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  The Free Press Team · [email protected]

January 1, 2025 at 2:08 AM

FWD — Good news and bad news

Free Press It’s down to the wire Friend, time is running out. We're a little short of our urgent year-end fundraising goal, and there are only THREE hours left until our triple-match offer ends. Every dollar we raise by midnight makes a difference in our fight to protect the First Amendmen…

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  Dutch Cosmian, Free Press · [email protected]

December 31, 2024 at 8:05 PM

Good news and bad news

Free Press Don’t miss this triple-match extension! Friend, I have some good news and some bad news. Before I get into it, we have a big year-end fundraising goal to meet by midnight — $50,000! — and a generous donor is still tripling every gift. Can we count on you to chip in f…

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  Craig Aaron, Free Press · [email protected]

December 31, 2024 at 4:07 PM

FWD: Triple your impact by midnight

Free Press Make 3x the impact on our work in 2025 Friend, Authoritarianism and fascism feed on fear and despair. Concentrated power in the hands of Trump and his allies — and so much acquiescence from media outlets and tech platforms — can be overwhelming and discouraging. But we can’t forg…

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  The Free Press Team · [email protected]

December 31, 2024 at 12:16 PM

This 3x-matching gift offer ends soon

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  Candace at Free Press · [email protected]

December 30, 2024 at 4:08 PM

3 big reasons to triple your gift

Free Press This work is only possible because of people like you Friend, Tomorrow is the last day of the year — and the last day a generous donor is TRIPLING gifts to help us reach our $50,000 year-end goal. The money we raise now will supercharge our work in 2025 to fight aut…

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  Brenda Rivas, Free Press · [email protected]

December 29, 2024 at 2:06 PM

NEW 3x-match offer: Triple your impact on the work ahead

Free Press Three times the impact to help us prepare for whatever 2025 brings Friend, I wanted to send you this quick email to remind you to donate to Free Press before the end of the year — and announce that a generous donor will now TRIPLE every gift through midnight on 12/3…

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  Jessica at Free Press · [email protected]

December 27, 2024 at 3:07 PM

Free Press was made for this

Free Press Double your donation to fight authoritarianism Friend, authoritarians want to control our media system. Free Press was made to confront them. Recent news has made it clear: The Trump administration stands poised to advance authoritarianism by abusing executive power…

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  Kimberly Longey, Free Press · [email protected]

December 23, 2024 at 8:32 PM

Where things stand on our year-end goal

Free Press Don’t miss this chance to double your gift Friend, I wanted to update you on where things stand with our year-end fundraising campaign. I'll start with the bad news first: We have just eight days left to reach our $50,000 year-end goal to fuel our efforts to fight t…

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  Dutch Cosmian, Free Press · [email protected]

December 19, 2024 at 3:07 PM

FWD: Looking back on what you helped us accomplish

Free Press 2024 has been a momentous year for Free Press Friend, this year has been a challenging one. Despite everything, we were able to accomplish so much in 2024 thanks to people like you, who took action with us. We are immensely proud of the work that we’ve done together, and I hope …

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  Nora, Free Press · [email protected]

December 18, 2024 at 8:46 PM

ICYMI: Social Media & the First Amendment: Breaking Down the TikTok Ban

Free Press How you can prepare for attacks on free speech Friend, Yesterday, we convened a panel of experts and hundreds of attendees for a live conversation on the TikTok ban and what it means for everyone’s First Amendment rights as the Trump administration looks to crack dow…

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  Candace at Free Press · [email protected]

December 17, 2024 at 11:06 PM

What you’ve helped us accomplish

Free Press With your support, we'll continue making real progress Friend, there’s no doubt that 2025 looms heavy on our minds as we gear up for Trump’s return to the White House. But before we close the books on this year, we wanted to celebrate just a few accomplishments that…

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  Timothy Karr, Free Press · [email protected]

December 16, 2024 at 6:06 PM

FWD: [RSVP] Social Media & the First Amendment: Breaking Down the TikTok Ban

Free Press Hundreds of millions of U.S. residents could be affected Friend, We’re teaming up with experts from the Knight First Amendment Institute to discuss the fate of TikTok. Beyond that, we’ll get into what the looming ban means for everyone’s constitutional rights in an era of billion…

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  Nora, Free Press · [email protected]

December 13, 2024 at 7:23 PM

[RSVP] TikTok, the First Amendment and the Coming Assault on Dissent

Free Press Attend Tuesday’s webinar Join us on Tues., Dec. 17, for a briefing on the TikTok ban and threats to free speech. Friend, TikTok will face a national ban unless ByteDance, the app’s parent company, sells it by Jan. 19, 2025. For its millions upon millions of U…

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  Brenda Rivas, Free Press · [email protected]

December 12, 2024 at 3:07 PM

FWD: Double your impact on our plans to fight Trump’s fascist takeover of our media system

Free Press Making sure you saw Jessica & Craig’s email Friend, did you see the message below from Free Press Co-CEOs Jessica and Craig? Since they reached out, we learned of another awful Trump nominee: Andrew Ferguson, tapped to lead the Federal Trade Commission. Ferguson would rather …

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  Timothy Karr, Free Press · [email protected]

December 11, 2024 at 4:13 PM

Trump’s 'speech police'

Free Press Get to know the incoming FCC chairman for who he really is Friend, President-Elect Donald Trump’s pick to head the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has an on-again/off-again relationship with the First Amendment: Brendan Carr defends free-speech rights when it…

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