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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 Chairman Brendan Carr — and it revealed how quickly powerful companies will cave when a hostile administration leans on them.
Public outrage from Free Press helped get Kimmel back on the air, but the message was chilling: Speak out, and you can be silenced.
To help us meet this urgent moment, a generous donor is TRIPLING every #GivingTuesday gift to Free Press starting today (one day early!) through midnight tomorrow. Make your first-ever gift to Free Press today: A generous donor will TRIPLE your early #GivingTuesday donation to help us fight for free speech and hold the powerful accountable.
The administration isn’t just silencing celebrities. Spanish-language journalist Mario Guevara was arrested in the Atlanta area in June while covering a protest. And even though all charges against him were dropped, he remained in ICE detention for three months before being deported to El Salvador. His case showed how fragile press freedom is when those in power decide to retaliate.
Your support today will fuel our fight on many crucial fronts. It will help us:
- Organize rapid-response actions when officials try to silence dissent;
- Hold the Trump FCC and corporate media bosses publicly accountable; and
- Win the policy changes that free speech and journalism need to thrive.
But taking on the FCC and powerful media conglomerates is expensive work — and at Free Press we don’t take a single cent from business, government or political parties. Our independence is too important. That’s why we rely on grassroots donors like you to help us fight for your rights.
There’s never been a better time to make your first gift to Free Press: 3x your #GivingTuesday donation today.
With gratitude,
Craig & Jessica
Co-CEOs
Free Press
P.S. Want to spare your inbox tomorrow? Make your TRIPLED #GivingTuesday gift to Free Press early, and we’ll spare you the additional emails. Thank you in advance for your donation, because our work to fight for free speech and the media system we deserve will be stronger with your support.
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