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  Craig Aaron, FreePress.net · [email protected]
December 27, 2019 at 3:28 PM

One more thing, Friend

Free Press Take one critical action to protect democracy today Dear Friend, I wanted to make sure this didn't get lost in your inbox amid the hustle and bustle of the holiday season. There are just a few days left to make a tax-deductible gift to Free Press and double your impact. We need s…
  Kimberly Longey, FreePress.net · [email protected]
December 20, 2019 at 3:07 PM

One more thing, Friend

Free Press Take one critical action to protect democracy today Dear Friend, I wanted to catch you before you left for the weekend. As our 2019 financial year comes to a close and we finalize our plans for 2020, we need all the support we can gather. I won’t mince words with yo…
  Matt Wood, FreePress.net · [email protected]
December 16, 2019 at 9:35 PM

Big Developments in the Fight for the Net

Free Press We’re headed back to court — all donations matched to fund the fight for Net Neutrality. Double your impact in our fight to save the internet. Dear Friend, I know how busy this time of year is, but we’ve had some major developments in our fight for Net Neutrality and …
  TRIPLE MATCH OFFER, FreePress.net · [email protected]
December 4, 2019 at 3:08 AM

2 hours left -- can you respond?

Free Press Your gift to Free Press tripled until midnight. Dear Friend, There are just a couple hours left to triple your gift to Free Press. Can we count on your support today? Thank you! Craig Dear Friend, I just had a look at our #GivingTuesday report, and we aren’t where …
  Kimberly Longey, FreePress.net · [email protected]
December 4, 2019 at 12:36 AM

Just checking -- I don’t see your name

Free Press Only a few hours left to triple your gift to Free Press Dear Friend, I just had a look at our #GivingTuesday report, and we aren’t where we need to be. Could you take a moment right now to make a tax-deductible gift to help us reach our goals? We have a long road a…
  Candace Clement, FreePress.net · [email protected]
December 3, 2019 at 7:43 PM

Friend, can you check this off your list today?

Free Press Your donation tripled for #GivingTuesday Dear Friend, Time is running out on our triple-match opportunity. Before you leave the office today, please consider making a tax-deductible gift to Free Press for #GivingTuesday. Our work has never been more important and we need your sup…
  Craig Aaron, FreePress.net · [email protected]
December 3, 2019 at 11:37 AM

#GivingTuesday -- Triple your gift to fight for our democracy.

Free Press Make a tax-deductible gift today Dear Friend, Today is #GivingTuesday — a global day of giving — and we’re thrilled to share that a generous donor has offered to triple match any gift made to Free Press through midnight tonight. Over the last year you’ve heard a lot …
  Mike Apgar, FreePress.net · [email protected]
December 2, 2019 at 6:09 PM

I'm Tripling Your Giving Tuesday Gift

Free Press Make a tax-deductible gift to Free Press and I'll triple your donation. Donate Today and Triple Your Gift! Dear Friend, This feels like a bit of a Wizard of Oz moment: You’ve heard a lot about a mysterious Free Press donor who’s willing to triple your gift…
  The Free Press Legal Team, FreePress.net · [email protected]
November 27, 2019 at 2:12 PM

We're Thankful to You

Free Press Gratitude Abounds. Mostly For You. Dear Friend, In the Trump era it can be hard to feel grateful for anything. Every day brings a new challenge to our definition of human decency. We can feel lost, powerless or downright beaten down. As attorneys who specia…
  James Thompson, FreePress.net · [email protected]
November 21, 2019 at 8:10 PM

Have you heard what's happening in New Jersey?

Free Press We're fighting for local news: This is the work you make possible. Strong local journalism = a strong democracy. Donate today. Dear Friend, I want to talk to you about New Jersey. New Jersey is sandwiched between two massive media markets: New York to the…
  Lucia, FreePress.net · [email protected]
November 20, 2019 at 3:45 PM

This is not the news we deserve

Free Press We really need news networks and journalists to do better in 2020. Friend, Tonight's the next presidential debate and the stakes couldn't be higher. We need the media to learn from their catastrophic mistakes in 2016 and cover this election with the hard-hitting analysis and relia…
  Lucia, FreePress.net · [email protected]
November 18, 2019 at 11:15 PM

This is not the news we deserve

Free Press We really need news networks and journalists to do better in 2020. We’re worried news networks might not have learned anything from 2016. Help us hold them accountable: Sign the petition calling on networks to clean up their election coverage and provide the #NewsWeDes…
  Craig Aaron, FreePress.net · [email protected]
November 13, 2019 at 8:44 PM

What we’re working on now

Free Press In this time of increased uncertainty, we’re still fighting for your right to a free and open internet. Friend, With new attacks from the Trump administration and large corporate interests looking to consolidate more and more power, a lot of our supporters have asked…
  Candace Clement, FreePress.net · [email protected]
November 2, 2019 at 12:07 PM

Twitter's next ban? Nazis

Free Press Have you heard about Twitter's White Supremacist problem? Friend, Twitter made a splash this week when it announced it will ban all political ads. Here's what the company really needs to focus on banning: white supremacists. Racists like former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke abound …
  Candace Clement, FreePress.net · [email protected]
November 1, 2019 at 3:47 PM

Twitter's next ban? Nazis

Free Press Have you heard about Twitter's White Supremacist problem? Friend, Twitter made headlines this week when it announced that it will be banning all political ads as we head into the 2020 election.1 It was an obvious response to Facebook’s refusal to fact check political …
  Heather Franklin, FreePress.net · [email protected]
October 28, 2019 at 10:08 PM

Facebook employees vs. Zuckerberg

Free Press Facebook has officially given politicians free rein to spread lies on its platform. Friend, BREAKING: Facebook’s own employees are rising up against the company’s dangerous decision to help politicians lie to U.S. voters. In a letter to CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other company exec…
  Collette, Free Press · [email protected]
October 22, 2019 at 6:03 PM

Fox News is racist

Free Press Get a free sticker Friend, As the 2020 election heats up, Fox News is working overtime to villainize people of color, LGBTQ+ people, immigrants and religious minorities. Help people see how dangerous this network is: Get your free “Fox News Is Racist” sticker and join the upcomin…
  Collette, Free Press · [email protected]
October 21, 2019 at 9:27 PM

Fox News is racist

Free Press Get a free sticker Friend, Fox News is racist. Fox News’ goal is to sell your friends, neighbors and older relatives a fantasy where immigrants of color, religious minorities and LGBTQ+ people are the enemy. The company is doing this to fuel hate — and to shift atten…
  Heather Franklin, FreePress.net · [email protected]
October 19, 2019 at 12:09 PM

Ask Zuckerberg

Free Press Hate speech undermines the free expression of women, people of color, immigrants and religious minorities. Don’t let Facebook be a tool of oppression. Friend, Mark Zuckerberg has met with racist right-wing conspiracy theorists like Tucker Carlson and Ben Shapiro. He's appeared on …
  Heather Franklin, FreePress.net · [email protected]
October 18, 2019 at 3:08 PM

Ask Zuckerberg

Free Press Hate speech undermines the free expression of women, people of color, immigrants and religious minorities. Don’t let Facebook be a tool of oppression. Friend, During a speech to a group of Georgetown students and D.C. elites, Mark Zuckerberg once again made…
  Heather Franklin, FreePress.net · [email protected]
October 16, 2019 at 6:22 PM

Facebook is profiting off of deception

Free Press Facebook has officially given politicians free rein to spread lies on its platform. Friend, Facebook is now letting Trump and other politicians lie in political ads — and it's making a fortune off this deception. Trump alone ran more than $1 million of Facebook ads in one week to …
  Heather Franklin, FreePress.net · [email protected]
October 15, 2019 at 10:58 PM

Facebook is profiting off of deception

Free Press Facebook has officially given politicians free rein to spread lies on its platform. Friend, Facebook has officially given politicians free rein to spread lies and hate in political ads on its platform. Under this extraordinarily reckless new policy, politicians like …
  Lucia, FreePress.net · [email protected]
October 11, 2019 at 5:10 PM

Amazon wants in on writing laws

Free Press Send a message to Congress and demand a ban on governmental use of facial-recognition technology Friend, Amazon sells its facial-recognition technology to ICE, police departments and other law-enforcement agencies. This has had horrific results: ICE, for example, has used the soft…
  Lucia, FreePress.net · [email protected]
October 11, 2019 at 12:19 AM

Amazon wants in on writing laws

Free Press Send a message to Congress and demand a ban on governmental use of facial-recognition technology Friend, Yesterday, California scored a major privacy win: The state banned the use of facial-recognition technology on recordings gathered by police officers’ cameras.1 Th…
  Joseph Torres, FreePress.net · [email protected]
October 6, 2019 at 12:28 PM

Re: Make Trump's FCC do the right thing

Free Press An investigation has been requested Friend, Wow: On Thursday a powerful lawmaker in the House cited Free Press' work when urging the Government Accountability Office to investigate the communications crisis that hit Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricanes Irma and Maria. We're…
  Joseph Torres, FreePress.net · [email protected]
October 5, 2019 at 1:48 PM

Make Trump's FCC do the right thing

Free Press An investigation has been requested Friend, BIG NEWS: Yesterday the chairman of the House Energy & Commerce Committee sent an official request asking the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to formally investigate the communications collapse in Puerto Rico foll…
  Craig Aaron, FreePress.net · [email protected]
October 3, 2019 at 7:09 PM

Triple Match Expires TONIGHT

Free Press Give before midnight and your donation will be tripled. Friend, This week's court decision on Net Neutrality struck a blow to those of us who fight tirelessly for a free and open internet. But there’s hope even in the darkest of times. And we’re not wasting time. We…
  Craig Aaron, FreePress.net · [email protected]
October 2, 2019 at 4:16 PM

What Yesterday Means

Free Press This is big. Donate before midnight on 10/4 and your gift to save Net Neutrality will be tripled.
 Friend, Yesterday was a big blow for champions of a fair and open internet. In case you missed it: a federal appeals court largely upheld the Trump FCC's decision to destroy Net Neutr…
  Craig Aaron, FreePress.net · [email protected]
October 1, 2019 at 4:23 PM

BREAKING: Net Neutrality LOSES in court — what's next

Free Press This is big. Donate in the next 72 hours and your gift to save Net Neutrality will be tripled.
 Friend, BREAKING: Net Neutrality LOSES in court. We won’t sugarcoat it: This is a big setback. But we’re here to tell you this fight is not over. Not by a long shot. Her…
  Lucia, FreePress.net · [email protected]
September 28, 2019 at 12:07 PM

Ugh. More racist surveillance

Free Press Mass surveillance is racist in its impact. Friend, Would you trust Trump with your most private information? I know I wouldn't. But Section 215 of the Patriot Act allows the government to collect incredibly sensitive data on everything from our medical records to our financial tr…
  Heather Franklin, FreePress.net · [email protected]
September 27, 2019 at 3:12 PM

Zuckerberg’s putting profits over people’s lives

Free Press Facebook is falling down on the job (again and again and again) Friend, Mark Zuckerberg talks a good talk when it comes to combating hate on Facebook. But a new report shows that the company has made millions by promoting content from hate groups — including white-supremacist orga…
  Heather Franklin, FreePress.net · [email protected]
September 26, 2019 at 10:04 PM

Zuckerberg’s putting profits over people’s lives

Free Press Facebook is falling down on the job (again and again and again) Friend, This just in: According to a new report, Facebook has made millions by promoting content from hate groups — including white-supremacist organizations.1 The report comes on the heels of changes th…
  Lucia, FreePress.net · [email protected]
September 25, 2019 at 7:34 PM

Trump is spying on you

Free Press Mass surveillance is racist in its impact. Friend, Have you heard of Section 215 of the Patriot Act? Warning: It’s really bad news. Since 2001, a critical section of the Patriot Act has allowed the government to collect an astonishing amount of sensitive data about …
  Lucia, FreePress.net · [email protected]
September 24, 2019 at 7:57 PM

Re: We won!

Free Press Today's ruling is a tremendous victory for people like you. Friend, In the Trump era, it can feel like we're always teetering on the edge of defeat. But yesterday, we were victorious: We won a huge lawsuit against the Trump FCC that will protect local media in communities like you…
  Lucia, FreePress.net · [email protected]
September 23, 2019 at 8:42 PM

We won!

Free Press Today’s ruling is a tremendous victory for people like you. Friend, BREAKING NEWS: We won. In 2018, Free Press sued the Trump FCC for gutting longstanding rules designed to limit how much local media a given company can own. And this morning the U.S. Court of Appeals…
  Lucia, FreePress.net · [email protected]
September 21, 2019 at 12:08 PM

Justice for Puerto Rico / Justicia para Puerto Rico

Free Press The FCC won’t do its job, so we’re calling on Congress to step in. / Ya que la FCC se rehúsa a hacer su trabajo, hacemos un llamado al Congreso para que intervenga. Desplácese hacia abajo para la versión en español. Friend, It’s been two years since Hurricane Maria struck Puerto R…
  Lucia, FreePress.net · [email protected]
September 20, 2019 at 6:12 PM

Justice for Puerto Rico / Justicia para Puerto Rico

Free Press The FCC won’t do its job, so we’re calling on Congress to step in. / Ya que la FCC se rehúsa a hacer su trabajo, hacemos un llamado al Congreso para que intervenga. Desplácese hacia abajo para la versión en español. Friend, It’s been two years since Hurricane Maria str…
  Candace Clement, FreePress.net · [email protected]
September 19, 2019 at 6:47 PM

This puts Rep. Omar's life at risk.

Free Press Twitter needs to take action before even more people get harassed, hurt or worse Dear Friend, Twitter execs claim that they want to foster "healthy conversations". But healthy conversations don't result in death threats. Yesterday Trump retweeted a white supremacist who claimed tha…
  Candace Clement, FreePress.net · [email protected]
September 18, 2019 at 9:57 PM

Twitter has done absolutely nothing in response.

Free Press Twitter needs to take action before even more people get harassed, hurt or worse Dear Friend, This morning Trump used Twitter to amplify a lie about Rep. Ilhan Omar — a Black Muslim woman  — which, in her own words, puts her “life at risk.” The original twee…
  Lucia, FreePress.net · [email protected]
September 18, 2019 at 3:29 PM

An FBI cover up

Free Press The FBI’s unlawful surveillance of activists of color must stop. Dear Friend, Right now, the FBI is testifying before the House Judiciary Committee. It's asking Congress to renew its sweeping spying powers under Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act. Since 2001, a critical…
  Heather Franklin, FreePress.net · [email protected]
September 16, 2019 at 3:07 PM

It NEVER should have been aired

Free Press During the Democratic presidential debate, ABC stations ran a racist ad targeting Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Dear Friend, During Thursday's Democratic presidential debate, many ABC stations ran a violent political ad targeting Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The ad showed her …
  Heather Franklin, FreePress.net · [email protected]
September 14, 2019 at 1:40 PM

It NEVER should have been aired

Free Press During the Democratic presidential debate, ABC stations ran a racist ad targeting Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Dear Friend, During the Democratic presidential debate on Thursday, ABC stations — including those owned by notorious right-wing broadcaster Si…
  Lucia, FreePress.net · [email protected]
September 11, 2019 at 4:20 PM

Your right to protest

Free Press The FBI must stop targeting activists. Friend, Violent white supremacy is on the rise, but the FBI is ignoring this very real domestic threat. Instead, the agency is tracking Black activists who are fighting for racial justice and treating groups protesting the Trump …
  Lucia, FreePress.net · [email protected]
September 7, 2019 at 12:08 PM

Tell the FBI to leave activists alone

Free Press Dissent is a vital part of our democracy. Friend, Violent white supremacy is on the rise, but the FBI is ignoring this very real domestic threat. Instead the Bureau is tracking Black activists who are fighting for racial justice and treating groups protesting the Trump administrat…
  Lucia, FreePress.net · [email protected]
September 6, 2019 at 6:08 PM

Tell the FBI to leave activists alone

Free Press Dissent is a vital part of our democracy. What the Next President Needs to Do for Equitable Media & Tech The November 2020 general election is fast approaching — and it’s critical for every candidate to step up with a vision for elevating everyone’s communications rights.…
  Candace Clement, FreePress.net · [email protected]
September 5, 2019 at 4:40 PM

Hold politicians accountable

Free Press We’ve been pushing for years to make media and tech issues part of the national conversation. Friend, Presidential candidates are talking about media and tech issues like never before — and they're citing Free Press Action's work as inspiration for some of their boldest proposals.…
  Candace Clement, FreePress.net · [email protected]
September 4, 2019 at 11:19 PM

The devil is in the details

Free Press We’ve been pushing for years to make media and tech issues part of the national conversation. Presidential candidates are talking about media and tech more than ever before! Donate today to help Free Press Action do the work it takes to move from campaign promises to r…
  Dutch Cosmian, Free Press · [email protected]
August 29, 2019 at 4:02 PM

In other WTF moments ...

Free Press Look what you've been making possible this summer Friend, Thanks to your awesome activism Free Press Action is getting it done this summer. Keep reading for all the details — and please chip in $5, $10, $20 or whatever you can give to keep fighting for the world we all deserve. …
  Dutch Cosmian, Free Press · [email protected]
August 28, 2019 at 8:22 PM

Do you know how important you are to us?

Free Press Look what you've been making possible this summer Do you know how important you are to us? Without your support — from signing petitions to telling your friends about us to making phone calls to spreading the word on social media to donating — everything you do makes t…
  Lucia, FreePress.net · [email protected]
August 23, 2019 at 12:11 AM

The FBI lied

Free Press The FBI lied about the extent of its tracking of Black activists. Friend, The FBI is tracking Black activists — and using undercover agents to target them. Even worse, newly leaked documents show that the Bureau is prioritizing these investigations over ones involving white suprem…