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July 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM

FWD: Reclaiming our freedom

Free Press Are you with us? Friend, Free Press believes Independence Day is a chance for all of us to defend and reclaim free speech against the constant assault from this authoritarian White House and the billionaires who control media and tech. Will you add your name and your voice to o…

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  Nora, Free Press · [email protected]

July 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM

Reclaiming our freedom

Free Press Sign our pledge today The fight for free speech is going to take all of us — will you sign our pledge today? Friend, Today is meant to mark our Independence Day, when the United States rejected tyranny and sought to establish a democratic experiment of, by and for t…

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  Brenda at Free Press Action · [email protected]

June 30, 2025 at 2:08 PM

Urgent deadline tonight

Free Press Action Your support right now goes a long way Hey, we’ll keep this short! Our team has an urgent fundraising deadline at midnight tonight, and we're counting on you to help us hit our June goal of 100 donations. Your support right now will go a long way — helping …

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June 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM

FWD: Disturbing attacks on public media and free speech

Free Press Action We can’t afford to fall short Friend, the countdown to our June fundraising goal of 100 donations stops at midnight tomorrow. With public media on the chopping block — and escalating attacks on journalists and free speech — Free Press Action can’t afford to lose momentum. …

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  Heather at Free Press Action · [email protected]

June 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM

Disturbing attacks on public media and free speech

Free Press Action We urgently need 100 supporters to chip in by midnight on June 30 June Goal: 100 Donations. Give Today » Friend, ICYMI: Earlier this month, the House voted to defund NPR and PBS. Lawmakers caved — largely along party lines — to Trump’s request to claw …

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  Alex Frandsen, Free Press Action · [email protected]

June 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM

ICYMI: A Bold Proposal for the Decline of Local News

Free Press Action Stand up for the journalism you deserve We’re troubled to see ICE and law enforcement trample the rights of protesters demonstrating against the harassment and detention of immigrants. Some of our colleagues and allies are working closely with those who are impacted, and we …

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June 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM

FWD: [RSVP] to a “No Kings Day” event near you

Free Press Action We need your help this weekend Friend, Trump and his loyalists continue to use our own government against us, silencing dissent and rewarding their billionaire backers — including those that profit off of our often-complicit media system. Trump might think he can crown h…

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  Heather at Free Press Action · [email protected]

June 13, 2025 at 3:42 PM

[RSVP] to a “No Kings Day” event near you

Free Press Action Please join us on Sat., June 14 We’re troubled to see ICE and law enforcement trample the rights of protesters demonstrating against the harassment and detention of immigrants. Some of our colleagues and allies are working closely with those who are impact…

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June 12, 2025 at 8:26 PM

Urgent: The House just voted to defund public media

Free Press Action We’re in an all-hands-on-deck moment. We’re troubled to see ICE and law enforcement trample the rights of protesters demonstrating against the harassment and detention of immigrants. Some of our colleagues and allies are working closely with those who are impacte…

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  Nora, Free Press · [email protected]

June 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM

Attacks on free speech are a threat to democracy for us all

Free Press We’re in an all-hands-on-deck moment. We’re troubled to see ICE and law enforcement trample the rights of protesters demonstrating against the harassment and detention of immigrants. Some of our colleagues and allies are working closely with those who are impacted, and…

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  Ruth, Free Press · [email protected]

June 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM

The crackdown in Los Angeles

Free Press Trump wants to scare us into silence We’re troubled to see ICE and law enforcement trample the rights of protesters demonstrating against the harassment and detention of immigrants. Some of our colleagues and allies are working closely with those who are impacted, and …

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  The Free Press Team · [email protected]

June 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM

FWD: Will you defend free speech?

Free Press Are you with us? Friend, Free Press is committed to defending free speech against the constant assault from this authoritarian White House and its allies in media and tech. The stakes are too high for us to stand alone — will you add your name and your voice to our cause today?…

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  Dutch, Free Press · [email protected]

June 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM

Will you defend free speech?

Free Press Sign our pledge today The fight for free speech is going to take all of us — will you sign our pledge today? Friend, Over the past few weeks, Free Press held a series of events and actions surrounding the future of freedom in the United States. We’ve heard from the …

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  Nora, Free Press · [email protected]

June 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM

ICYMI: Free Speech in The Age of Retaliation

Free Press Protect your right to free speech Friend, Yesterday, we hosted a great conversation about governmental retaliation against free speech and free-speech advocates. Author and journalist Wajahat Ali explained how we can look at the erosion of rights in countries l…

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  Ruth, Free Press · [email protected]

June 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM

We’re going LIVE today!

Free Press Are you free this afternoon? Please join us for a community conversation at 12 p.m. ET TODAY Friend, We’re just hours away from our webinar with Baher Azmy of the Center for Constitutional Rights, Damon Hewitt of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and write…

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  Nora, Free Press · [email protected]

June 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM

One more day to RSVP!

Free Press Are you free tomorrow? Please join us for a community conversation on Thurs., June 5, at 12 p.m. ET Friend, The second Trump administration has fully weaponized our own government against us, seeking to intimidate and discourage people from standing up to…

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  Ruth, Free Press · [email protected]

June 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM

FWD: Trump’s attacks on protesters, the press and privacy rights

Free Press Join us on Thursday! Please join us for a community conversation on Thurs., June 5, at 12 p.m. ET Friend, Each and every day, we learn of another egregious violation of First Amendment freedoms from this lawless administration and its enablers: The ongoing removal of rep…

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  Nora, Free Press · [email protected]

June 2, 2025 at 9:36 PM

[RSVP] Free Speech in the Age of Retaliation

Free Press Please join us on Thurs., June 5 Please join us for a community conversation on Thurs., June 5, at 12 p.m. ET Friend, Last week, Free Press proudly hosted an event in Los Angeles as part of FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez’s nationwide tour opposing government c…

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  The Free Press Team · [email protected]

May 31, 2025 at 2:07 PM

FWD: 5/31

Free Press Bumping this to the top of your inbox Friend, we wanted to bump Dutch’s email back up to the top of your inbox. The clock on our end-of-month fundraising goal of $10,000 stops at midnight. With so much at stake — cuts to public media, attacks on free speech and the press, and th…

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  Dutch, Free Press · [email protected]

May 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM

5/31

Free Press It’s on *us* to continue fighting back Make an urgent gift to Free Press by the end of the month » Friend, we don’t blame you if you’ve been having a hard time keeping track of everything that happened this month. Here’s just a teaser: To kick May off, Pres…

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  Jessica at Free Press · [email protected]

May 29, 2025 at 8:15 PM

ICYMI: A Conversation with FCC Commissioner Gomez

Free Press Protect your right to free speech Friend, Yesterday, we hosted a great conversation with FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez, journalists and lawmakers about growing threats to free speech — and our panelists did not mince words: “I launched this First Amendment tour t…

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  Jessica at Free Press · [email protected]

May 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM

We’re going LIVE today!

Free Press Are you free this afternoon? Please join us for a community conversation at 12:30 p.m. PT / 3:30 p.m. ET TODAY Friend, We’re just hours away from our livestream with FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez. Very few policymakers have been as brave as Gomez in speaking o…

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  Jessica at Free Press · [email protected]

May 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM

FWD: [RSVP] A Conversation with FCC Commissioner Gomez

Free Press Join us to hear from FCC Commissioner Gomez Friend, Join us tomorrow for a conversation with a fearless FCC commissioner who has put everything on the line to fight Trump and Carr’s authoritarian overreach. Here are the details: WHAT: The Public Interest in Free Speech: A Conv…

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  Brenda at Free Press Action · [email protected]

May 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM

[VOTE] Free Press Action has been nominated!

Free Press Action Just one click from you goes a long way … Vote for us today! Friend, Each month, CREDO Mobile selects three progressive nonprofits to receive a generous grant — and we’re honored to be nominated for the month of May! But we need your help: CREDO hosts a…

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  Free Press Action · [email protected]

May 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM

FWD: Who's attacking Daniel Tiger? 🐯

Free Press Action Take action to save popular children’s programming Friend, If you have a child or care for a loved one’s child, you know how essential PBS KIDS programs like Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood and Sesame Street are to their educational development and imagination. Or maybe you …

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  Heather at Free Press Action · [email protected]

May 22, 2025 at 9:46 PM

Who's attacking Daniel Tiger? 🐯

Free Press Action Take action to save popular children’s programming *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.* Tel…

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  Jessica at Free Press · [email protected]

May 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM

[RSVP] A Conversation with FCC Commissioner Gomez

Free Press Please join us on May 28 Please join us for a community conversation on Wed., May 28, at 12:30 p.m. PT / 3:30 p.m. ET Friend, Free Press is honored to host a panel and listening session with FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez to discuss the Trump administration’s …

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  The Free Press Team · [email protected]

May 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM

Free Press Update: May 2025

Free Press Check out our monthly recap to see what we’ve been up to Friend, Welcome to the May 2025 Free Press Update, our monthly newsletter recapping as much of our work from the last month as possible into one email. This one has a little extra info since we missed our April…

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  Heather at Free Press Action · [email protected]

May 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM

FWD: Republicans are determined to crush nonprofits

Free Press Action Stop this tyrannical overreach Friend, On Wednesday morning, the House Ways and Means Committee advanced budget reconciliation legislation that included this nonprofit killer provision — and now the full House could vote on it with very little warning. Enacting this legisl…

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  Jenna, Free Press Action · [email protected]

May 13, 2025 at 10:35 PM

Republicans are determined to crush nonprofits

Free Press Action A frightening bill is back from the dead Call Congress right away to oppose a dangerous power grab: 202-688-0628. Friend, In November, right after Trump’s reelection, many of you helped us defeat H.R. 9495, dubbed the nonprofit-killer bill. Supporters…

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  Timothy Karr, Free Press · [email protected]

May 9, 2025 at 8:33 PM

Explained: The right-wing takeover of Voice of America

Free Press Trump’s megaphone for right-wing propaganda Friend, Earlier this week, we learned that senior Trump adviser Kari Lake wants to turn over control of the Voice of America (VOA) newsroom to the notorious pro-Trump propagandists at One America News.1 One America News is …

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  Brenda at Free Press Action · [email protected]

May 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM

We’re on the CREDO ballot!

Free Press Action Fund the fight for your digital rights without spending a cent Cast your vote for Free Press Action and help us win a grant from CREDO Mobile. Exciting news! You can help us raise money without donating a cent. This month, Free Press Action is one of th…

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May 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM

Democracy’s early warning system

Free Press More urgent than ever Friend, Today marks World Press Freedom Day, a global acknowledgment of the importance of independent journalism as a safeguard against democratic backsliding. Here in the United States, ongoing attacks from the Trump administration weaken the …

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  Brenda Rivas, Free Press · [email protected]

May 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM

Last chance to double your impact

Free Press Help sustain the work ahead Friend, This week, we launched a goal of securing 100 gifts by midnight TONIGHT to fuel our work fighting the Trump administration’s catastrophic cuts to public media, attacks on free speech and a free press, and so much more. The truth is…

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May 1, 2025 at 3:36 PM

FWD: 100 days down, 995 more to go

Free Press It’s not too late to have an impact on the days to come … Friend, we just wanted to make sure you saw Candace’s message from yesterday. Friend, We’re officially 100 days into the second Trump administration, and it’s been nothing short of a disaster for free speech, a…

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  Candace at Free Press · [email protected]

April 30, 2025 at 9:16 PM

100 days down, 995 more to go

Free Press Every dollar you give today will have 2x the impact on our work Friend, We’re officially 100 days into the second Trump administration, and it’s been nothing short of a disaster for free speech, a free press and privacy. To make matters worse, the spread of disinforma…

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  Kimberly Longey, Free Press · [email protected]

April 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM

2x your impact on the next 100 days

Free Press We have our work cut out for us — you can help Friend, today marks Trump’s first 100 days in office. And if you think it feels more like 100 years have passed, we can’t say we disagree. As we witness the Trump administration’s relentless attacks on our fundamental ri…

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  Heather at Free Press Action · [email protected]

April 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM

ICYMI: Free Press Action members visited congressional offices this week

Free Press Action The American public rejects this grift Friend, Throughout this week, Free Press Action supporters joined our staff in dropping by their local congressional offices to demand that lawmakers do everything in their power to oppose the rampant corruption of the Tru…

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  The Free Press Team · [email protected]

April 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM

FWD: Trump’s latest attack on 60 Minutes

Free Press Trump and Carr won’t let journalists do their jobs Friend, The government should not control what kind of journalism you have access to — and going after 60 Minutes for its interview with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy is a clear First Amendment violation. Sign our petition demand…

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  The Free Press Action Team · [email protected]

April 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM

FWD: Project 2025 laid out the blueprint

Free Press Action The stakes have never been higher — we need your help Friend, In just one week, Trump moved to yank $1.1 billion from public media and demanded the FCC pull CBS’ broadcast licenses — proof he’ll use every lever to crush coverage he can’t control. Your donation to Free Pres…

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  Heather at Free Press Action · [email protected]

April 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM

Ready to drop by your local congressional office?

Free Press Action We need your help this week Friend, This week, Congress is on recess — meaning lawmakers should be back home and ready to hear from you: their constituents. If you haven’t already, please sign up to drop by your local congressional office and stand up against the corrupt b…

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April 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM

FWD: Democracy is NOT for sale

Free Press Action If you have any free time next week … Friend, The corrupt Trump/Musk regime has already made its federal budget priorities clear: Your taxpayer dollars are no longer earmarked for beneficial government services like Social Security and public media. Instead, the authoritari…

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  Dutch at Free Press Action · [email protected]

April 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM

Project 2025 laid out the blueprint

Free Press Action The stakes have never been higher — we need your help Friend, This week, the Trump White House fired a dangerous one-two punch at the media: First, Trump called on FCC Chairman Brendan Carr to strip CBS of its broadcast license following a 60 Minutes intervie…

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  Heather at Free Press Action · [email protected]

April 17, 2025 at 6:33 PM

Democracy is NOT for sale

Free Press Action Congress needs to hear from us before the month is over. Sign up to drop by your local congressional office to defend democracy from the billionaires. Friend, Many of you took part in a National Day of Action on April 5 to demand that the lawless Trump …

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  Free Press Action · [email protected]

April 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM

FWD: [ACT NOW] Block this bad budget

Free Press Action Urgent: Public media is on the chopping block Friend, The White House wants to zero out funding for public media — which would fulfill long-standing pledges from far-right figures like Marjorie Taylor Greene, Elon Musk and Project 2025 extremists to defund NPR and PBS. I…

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  Candace at Free Press Action · [email protected]

April 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM

[ACT NOW] Block this bad budget

Free Press Action Urgent: Public media is on the chopping block *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.* Don’t Let…

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  Timothy Karr, Free Press · [email protected]

April 14, 2025 at 11:13 PM

Trump’s latest attack on 60 Minutes

Free Press They don’t want you to see through their lies *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.* Tell FCC Chairm…

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  Heather Franklin, Free Press · [email protected]

April 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM

Delivered: Your FCC comments

Free Press We’ll make sure Chairman Carr hears your voices Friend, We’ve delivered more than 13,000 signatures directly to the Federal Communications Commission in opposition to Chairman Carr’s attack on CBS and press freedom. Public comments are a crucial part of the agency…

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  Heather at Free Press Action · [email protected]

April 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM

ICYMI: Hands Off! National Day of Action

Free Press Action Standing up for democracy Friend, On April 5, millions of passionate advocates rallied as part of the “Hands Off!” National Day of Action. Free Press Action is proud to have joined with partners from organizations fighting for important issues like voting righ…

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  Free Press Action · [email protected]

April 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM

FWD: [RSVP] Hands Off! National Day of Action

Free Press Action We need your help this weekend Friend, Trump and Musk have made it clear that they are for the billionaires alone — with the rest of us paying a grave price for their corrupt gains. Left unchecked, this authoritarian regime will continue shredding essential government servi…

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