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  Dutch, Free Press · [email protected]
December 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM

FWD: 2X MATCH: Fuel the next people-powered win

Free Press Give now to strengthen the fights ahead. Friend, I want to make sure you saw Candace’s message below about how Free Press helped organize tens of thousands of calls to ABC affiliates to push back on Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension — a powerful reminder of what people power can achieve…
  Tim, Free Press Action · [email protected]
December 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM

Brendan Carr’s crash out

Free Press Action Independence matters Friend, Earlier this fall, after we successfully rallied to get Jimmy Kimmel Live! back on the air, we asked for your help to bring FCC Chairman Brendan Carr before Congress for an oversight hearing. I’m pleased to report that our effort…
  Candace at Free Press · [email protected]
December 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM

2X MATCH: Fuel the next people-powered win

Free Press Help us raise $50K while every dollar is matched. 2x YOUR DONATION Friend, When FCC Chairman Brendan Carr pressured Disney/ABC to suspend Jimmy Kimmel Live! because of some jokes that Trump didn’t like, it looked like censorship might win. Then Free Press he…
  Brenda Rivas, Free Press · [email protected]
December 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM

FWD: Year-end match: 2x your gift to fight censorship

Free Press Making sure you saw this Friend, Quick reminder: Your year-end gift to Free Press is tax-deductible — and right now it will be DOUBLED toward our $50,000 goal to defend free speech and local journalism in 2026. Will you make a tax-deductible matched gift today? You can read Je…
  Jessica and Craig, Free Press · [email protected]
December 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM

Year-end match: 2x your gift to fight censorship

Free Press Chip in while all gifts are matched dollar for dollar Friend, Public media defunded. Journalists detained. Late-night voices silenced. Free speech under siege. 2025 has been a year of government censorship, intimidation and corruption at the highest levels — b…
  Nora, Free Press · [email protected]
December 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM

Trump has free speech in a chokehold

Free Press Read our new report Friend, This week, Free Press launched our newest report: Chokehold: Donald Trump’s War on Free Speech & the Need for Systemic Resistance. In this wide-ranging analysis, we examine more than 500 actions from the Trump administration that…
  Jessica and Craig, Free Press · [email protected]
December 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM

[NEW VIDEO] How Free Press is defending free speech

Free Press Our new video explains what’s at stake. Friend, Since our founding, Free Press has worked to protect free speech, especially among the most vulnerable. Two decades later, we’re facing the biggest free-speech emergency of our lifetimes. With Donald Trump back …
  Jessica and Craig, Free Press · [email protected]
December 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM

Update on our #GivingTuesday goal

Free Press Two words: THANK YOU. Friend, We’re thrilled to announce that we reached our #GivingTuesday triple-matched gift goal. This community showed up when it mattered most — standing up for truth, journalists and free speech in a moment when all three are under attac…
  Kimberly Longey, Free Press · [email protected]
December 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM

Match EXTENDED: One more day to triple your impact

Free Press #GivingWednesday is the new #GivingTuesday Friend, We have good news to share: Our generous matching donor was so inspired by the outpouring of Giving Tuesday support that they’ve extended their triple-match gift offer through midnight tonight! That means you…
  Free Press Team · [email protected]
December 3, 2025 at 2:17 AM

BEFORE MIDNIGHT: 3x your impact

Free Press Time’s running out — triple your gift now Friend, This is it — your final chance to triple your Giving Tuesday gift for free speech, press freedom and independent media before midnight. We’re in a defining moment. The Trump administration has turned retaliatio…
  Brenda Rivas, Free Press · [email protected]
December 2, 2025 at 9:57 PM

3x your impact by midnight

Free Press Let’s finish Giving Tuesday strong. Friend, Before the day ends, I wanted to thank everyone who’s already given and remind you that there’s still time to triple your impact. A generous donor will triple-match every dollar donated by midnight — powering Free Pr…
  Nora, Free Press · [email protected]
December 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM

The fight for Mario doesn’t end here

Free Press Every dollar TRIPLES today to defend press freedom. Friend, The Trump administration wanted to make a disturbing example out of journalist Mario Guevara — and they did. An Emmy-winning reporter who came to the United States legally, Guevara was arrested while …
  Candace at Free Press · [email protected]
December 2, 2025 at 1:05 PM

Today only: Triple your impact for free speech 📣

Free Press Sustain our urgent work this #GivingTuesday Friend, When Disney/ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live!, people like you spoke out — and it worked. Free Press supporters flooded local affiliates with calls and got Kimmel back on the air. That’s the power of organizi…
  Jessica and Craig, Free Press · [email protected]
December 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM

Make an early Giving Tuesday gift and triple your impact

Free Press 3x your gift, defend free speech Friend, free speech is under attack right now — on our airwaves, in our newsrooms and in our communities. When Disney/ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live! it wasn’t just a late-night dust-up. It followed explicit threats from FCC C…
  Jessica at Free Press · [email protected]
November 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM

ICYMI: A Critical Crossroads for Free Speech and Local News

Free Press Protecting your right to free speech Friend, Last week, we hosted another great event with FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez. Free Press Co-CEO Jessica J. González moderated the discussion, which also featured speakers Ayinde Merrill of the New Jersey Civic Information…
  Free Press Team · [email protected]
November 19, 2025 at 5:36 PM

FWD: [ACT NOW] Keep Seth Meyers on the air

Free Press Urge Comcast/NBC to show courage Friend, By amplifying Trump’s call to fire Seth Meyers for mocking the president, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr proved yet again that he lacks the integrity to actually serve the public interest and defend the First Amendment. Join us in urging Com…
  Jessica at Free Press · [email protected]
November 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM

[ACT NOW] Keep Seth Meyers on the air

Free Press Carr is doing his mafioso thing again … *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 Comcast/NBC: Keep…
  Jessica at Free Press · [email protected]
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM

We’re going LIVE tomorrow!

Free Press Mark your calendar if you haven’t already Please join us for a virtual community conversation at 6:30 p.m. ET TOMORROW Friend, We’re just one day away from our livestream with FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez. Very few policymakers have been as brave as Gomez in…
  Jessica at Free Press · [email protected]
November 6, 2025 at 6:46 PM

FWD: [RSVP] A Critical Crossroads for Free Speech and Local News

Free Press Join us to hear from FCC Commissioner Gomez Please join us for a virtual community conversation on Thurs., Nov. 13, at 6:30 p.m. ET Friend, Join us next week for a conversation with a fearless FCC commissioner who has put everything on the line to challenge…
  Jessica at Free Press · [email protected]
November 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM

[RSVP] A Critical Crossroads for Free Speech and Local News

Free Press Please join us on Nov. 13 Please join us for a community conversation on Thurs., Nov. 13, at 6:30 p.m. ET Friend, FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez has stood up to the FCC chairman’s efforts to censor free speech and clear the path for right-wing oligarchs to exp…
  Free Press · [email protected]
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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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 …
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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 …
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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 …
  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 …
  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…
  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…