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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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February 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM

We have to be honest …

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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  Jessica and Craig, Free Press · [email protected]

December 10, 2024 at 4:06 PM

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

Free Press The fight for a just and equitable media system is more necessary than ever. Friend, As we get ready to stand up to Trump 2.0, we’re clear-eyed about his playbook: attacking the media so his administration can evade accountability for destroying civil-rights protecti…

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  Amy Kroin, Free Press · [email protected]

December 7, 2024 at 3:15 PM

The TikTok ban is a terrible idea

Free Press Action A violation of free speech Friend, Yesterday, a federal appeals court upheld the federal TikTok ban.1 This is unconstitutional — and a clear violation of Americans’ free-speech rights. The app will face a national ban unless ByteDance, TikTok’s owner, sells it …

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  Jessica and Craig, Free Press · [email protected]

December 6, 2024 at 4:16 PM

Update on our #GivingTuesday goal

Free Press Two words: THANK YOU. Friend, We’re so thrilled to announce that we reached our #GivingTuesday triple-matched gift goal! There’s no denying that 2025 will be hard. But the groundswell of #GivingTuesday support will help us keep fighting as hard as we have to agains…

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December 5, 2024 at 1:06 AM

FWD: One more day to triple your impact!

Free Press #GivingTuesday is now #GivingWednesday This is really it, friend. #GivingTuesday is officially, officially wrapping up, and so is our generous triple-match offer — if you want your gift to go further than ever, please rush it to us by midnight tonight. We appreciate all that you …

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  Brenda Rivas, Free Press · [email protected]

December 4, 2024 at 3:07 PM

[3X MATCH EXTENDED] One more day to triple your impact!

Free Press Don’t miss this triple-match extension Friend, It's clear this community is committed to joining us in the fight against hate and attacks on free speech and freedom of the press in the months ahead. Our generous matching donor is inspired by all of your support so…

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  The Free Press Team · [email protected]

December 4, 2024 at 2:16 AM

FWD: 3x your impact to fight disinformation & division

Free Press This #GivingTuesday triple match expires at midnight Friend, It’s down to the wire: We have less than three hours left to reach our $10,000 #GivingTuesday triple-matched goal. Through midnight tonight, a generous donor will TRIPLE all donations to Free Press. That means your $5…

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  Brenda Rivas, Free Press · [email protected]

December 3, 2024 at 9:57 PM

Triple your impact to fight disinformation & division

Free Press Meeting our #GivingTuesday goal is crucial Friend, Since Free Press was founded in 2003, media and technology have changed dramatically. But some things are as true now as they were then: The internet and the media can be vital tools that support the health of our…

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  Dutch Cosmian, Free Press · [email protected]

December 3, 2024 at 5:48 PM

FWD: TODAY ONLY: Triple your #GivingTuesday gift!

Free Press Don’t miss this donor’s generous offer Friend, did you see? A generous donor is TRIPLING every gift to Free Press on this #GivingTuesday to help us pull out all the stops to fight authoritarianism, disinformation and so much more in the months ahead. We believe people’s rights to…

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December 3, 2024 at 1:07 PM

TODAY ONLY: 3x your #GivingTuesday gift!

Free Press Don’t miss this special matching-gift offer Friend, If our democracy and the future of our media feel more uncertain to you than ever, you’re not alone. What still gives me hope is that Free Press knows what it takes to fight for your rights to connect and communi…

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  Jessica and Craig, Free Press · [email protected]

December 2, 2024 at 3:07 PM

[3x MATCH] You don’t have to wait until #GivingTuesday to fight Trump’s attacks on free speech

Free Press Triple your impact with our matching-gift offer! Friend, We won't back down when Donald Trump returns to the White House in January. His plan to promote FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr to agency chairman — and the attacks both men have made on the First Amendment — on…

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November 30, 2024 at 3:07 PM

[Free Press Update] Lots to recap this month

Free Press Trump’s FCC nomination, our #eXit and more Friend, Welcome to the November 2024 edition of the Free Press Update, our monthly newsletter recapping as much of our work from the last month as possible into one email — and a LOT happened this month. Let’s get started: …

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  Candace at Free Press Action · [email protected]

November 26, 2024 at 5:06 PM

FWD: How the Senate can protect press freedom

Free Press Action Pressing matters Friend, If the Senate doesn’t pass the PRESS Act by the end of this year, we won’t get another chance to protect journalists from Trump’s vindictiveness — sign our petition right away. *One click on the link or button will instantly add your name to our pet…

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November 25, 2024 at 9:42 PM

How the Senate can protect press freedom

Free Press Action Trump wants to kill the PRESS Act *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.* Friend, Free Press A…

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  Heather at Free Press Action · [email protected]

November 23, 2024 at 3:05 PM

FWD: A dangerous bill has moved forward

Free Press Action We can’t afford to let up now Friend, As we stare down a second Trump administration and full Republican control of Congress, nonprofits are on the frontlines of upholding our shared values, providing access to essential services and defending our Constitution. We cannot al…

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