Jessica J. González, Free Press · [email protected]

December 11, 2020 at 3:48 PM

2020 in review (mainly good stuff!)

Free Press We’ve achieved a lot together. Dear Friend — My Co-CEO Craig Aaron and I emailed you on Thanksgiving to encourage you all to take a moment and consider how much you’ve helped our movement achieve this year. But you know what? This is 2020. I think we all deserve ano…

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  Craig Aaron, Free Press · [email protected]

December 9, 2020 at 7:56 PM

We remain attentive, vigilant and ready to act

Free Press DOUBLE your impact for our movement. All gifts up to $50,000 DOUBLED through Dec. 31. Give today. Throughout the past year, disinformation and hate have come together to create a truly toxic brew. Trump’s steadfast denial of science has put us all at increased risk f…

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  Lucia, Free Press · [email protected]

December 6, 2020 at 7:27 PM

Have you heard about Coded Bias?

Free Press Sign up for a free at-home screening of Coded Bias. Friend, While there's a tendency to think of artificial intelligence as neutral, the reality is that racism, sexism, antisemitism and other forms of hate can all be adopted by the machines we create — because humans replicate the…

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  Lucia, Free Press · [email protected]

December 5, 2020 at 3:17 PM

Have you heard about Coded Bias?

Free Press Sign up for a free at-home screening of Coded Bias. Friend, Science fiction has long taught us to fear a robot takeover of our world. From Terminator to The Matrix, sci-fi has shown us the possibility of artificial intelligence turning against its creators.…

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  Jessica and Craig, Free Press · [email protected]

December 3, 2020 at 7:43 PM

#GivingTuesday success — thank you!

Free Press We reached our goal. Dear Friend, With help from generous donors like you, Free Press reached our #GivingTuesday triple-match goal — thank you so much! We have a lot of hard work ahead of us to build on the progress we’ve made in 2020 against disinformation and hate. Your…

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  Craig Aaron, Free Press · [email protected]

December 2, 2020 at 8:05 PM

FWD: Match Extended: 1 more day to TRIPLE your impact

Free Press 9 hours left to reach $25,000. Dear Friend — Did you see Jessica’s email announcing that our #GivingTuesday triple-match has been extended for one more day? With so much at stake in our fight against disinformation and white supremacy, we are determined to reach our $25,000 goal …

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  Jessica J. González, Free Press · [email protected]

December 2, 2020 at 3:08 PM

Match Extended: 1 more day to TRIPLE your impact

Free Press There’s too much at stake for us to miss this goal. Dear Friend — We didn’t quite hit our 3x-match goal last night. But with our democracy, health and safety at stake, our matching-gift donor has agreed to extend the match for one more day. Please donate now to help us rea…

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  3x MATCH at FREE PRESS · [email protected]

December 2, 2020 at 3:08 AM

2 Hours Left — there’s so much at stake

Free Press TRIPLE your #GivingTuesday impact. We’re really getting down to the wire here. There are just 2 HOURS left to reach our #GivingTuesday goal — and for a generous donor to TRIPLE your gift. There is simply too much at stake for us to miss this goal. Your gift could put us over t…

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  Craig Aaron, Free Press · [email protected]

December 1, 2020 at 8:17 PM

9 hours left — this is crucial

Free Press TRIPLE your #GivingTuesday impact. 9 hours left in #GivingTuesday: Donate to TRIPLE your impact while there’s still time! There are just 9 hours left to reach our #GivingTuesday goal, and I wanted to make sure you’d seen just how much of a difference achieving this goal co…

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  Jessica J. González, Free Press · [email protected]

December 1, 2020 at 4:11 PM

I’m Tripling Your #GivingTuesday Gift

Free Press Make a tax-deductible gift and I’ll make it go 3x as far. I wanted to make sure you saw the message below from Craig. A generous donor is TRIPLING all donations to Free Press until we raise $25,000, and it is critical that we reach this goal by midnight tonight! Could you make yo…

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  Craig Aaron, Free Press · [email protected]

December 1, 2020 at 12:20 PM

We’re Tripling Your #GivingTuesday Gift

Free Press Make a tax-deductible gift and I’ll make it go 3x as far. Jessica emailed you yesterday to let you know that a donor is tripling all #GivingTuesday donations until Free Press raises $25,000. And I’m writing today because what we do now will determine whether we can elevate…

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  Jessica J. González, Free Press · [email protected]

November 30, 2020 at 3:09 PM

#GivingTuesday starts now — we need you!

Free Press TRIPLE your impact on our movement today. Tomorrow is #GivingTuesday and if this election and its aftermath have shown us anything, it’s that the fight to protect our democracy from disinformation and white supremacy won’t end when Donald Trump leaves office. That is why a …

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  Lucia, Free Press · [email protected]

November 28, 2020 at 2:07 PM

Amazon doesn’t deserve your cash

Free Press Support local, Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color-owned businesses. Friend, Amazon’s low prices are delivered at a cost to our communities. The company has notoriously undercut the small businesses that sell on its platform. And it’s been under fire for retaliating agai…

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  Lucia, Free Press · [email protected]

November 27, 2020 at 3:17 PM

Amazon doesn’t deserve your cash

Free Press Support local, Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color-owned businesses. Friend, Today is Black Friday, which is usually all about shopping and finding the best sales. But this Black Friday we’re asking you to think about the world you want to live in and put yo…

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  Free Press, feeling thankful (really) · [email protected]

November 26, 2020 at 3:25 PM

Together, we’ve made real progress this year

Free Press Our movement has risen to this moment. Dear Friend, Thanksgiving may look very different this year. Many of us aren’t able to be with the friends and relatives we ordinarily would have gathered with on this day. And some of us have lost loved ones this year. Without …

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  Lucia, Free Press · [email protected]

November 24, 2020 at 4:08 PM

The Trump FCC’s final gift to Fox

Free Press The FCC chairman is set on doing as much damage as possible before he loses his job. Friend, FCC Chairman Pai is rushing to deliver one last favor to Fox Corp. before the Biden administration takes office. Fox asked the Trump FCC to permanently waive a restriction that limits the…

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  Lucia, Free Press · [email protected]

November 24, 2020 at 12:18 AM

The Trump FCC’s final gift to Fox

Free Press The FCC chairman is set on doing as much damage as possible before he loses his job. Chairman Pai has just announced a plan to waive media-ownership rules for Fox and allow the Murdoch family to control even more TV stations and newspapers in the New York City market. …

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  Free Press Team, Free Press · [email protected]

November 21, 2020 at 2:07 PM

Take our 2-question survey

Free Press You’re part of our movement — and what you think matters! Friend, As we look ahead to 2021, we know that many of the challenges we saw this past year will remain pressing problems. And the enormous damage inflicted over the last 4 years means we'll have our work cut out for us. A…

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  Jessica J. González, Free Press · [email protected]

November 21, 2020 at 12:09 AM

This Supreme Court battle won’t be easy

Free Press With the court’s conservative supermajority, we need your help. In 2019, we won an appeals-court case against the Trump FCC after the agency gutted its local ownership rules to pave the way for even more media consolidation. Now we’re going to the Supreme Court to fight this battl…

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  Heather Franklin, Free Press · [email protected]

November 17, 2020 at 7:18 PM

Trump’s reach on social media is massive

Free Press Tell Facebook and Twitter: Stop the spread of election lies on your platforms. Trump's election lies are already destabilizing our democracy. Urge Facebook and Twitter to stop the spread of election disinformation. Friend, This morning Jack Dorsey and Mark Zuckerber…

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  Craig Aaron, Free Press · [email protected]

November 13, 2020 at 4:07 PM

FWD: A Biden administration?

Free Press What Free Press Is Doing Next. Friend — As Jessica and I said in our message below, Free Press is ready to jump right into new initiatives and to adjust our efforts in response to the incoming Biden administration. But Donald Trump and his lackeys are using Facebook and Twitter to …

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  Jessica and Craig, Free Press · [email protected]

November 9, 2020 at 9:41 PM

Biden wins. Trumpism endures.

Free Press What Free Press Is Doing Next. Friend, Joe Biden will be the next president. Trumpism endures and must be confronted. That’s the hopeful yet harrowing moment we find ourselves in now that the election is over, and the transition has begun. Free Press is ready. While w…

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  Candace Clement, Free Press · [email protected]

November 6, 2020 at 8:02 PM

Join members of your community tomorrow

Free Press Find an event near you! Friend, With each passing minute it becomes more clear: The voters have decided, and we will soon know for sure who’s won the presidential election. In the midst of a heartbreaking year in which the coronavirus pandemic upended our lives and m…

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  Candace Clement, Free Press · [email protected]

November 5, 2020 at 7:08 PM

Remove election lies

Free Press This isn't business as usual — Facebook and Twitter must remove election lies. Friend, Trump is bombarding Facebook and Twitter with deceitful posts designed to undermine the integrity of the election and declare himself the winner before all votes are counted. And the platforms n…

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  Candace Clement, Free Press · [email protected]

November 4, 2020 at 9:17 PM

Remove election lies

Free Press This isn't business as usual — Facebook and Twitter must remove election lies. Labeling posts is not enough. Social-media platforms must immediately remove false claims about the 2020 vote. Friend, Like all of you, we’ve been paying close attention to the aftermath o…

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  Candace Clement, Free Press · [email protected]

October 30, 2020 at 4:18 PM

FWD: The FCC is trying to open a floodgate of disinfo

Free Press Democracy is under attack. I wanted to make sure you saw Heather’s email below. Well, now there are just 4 days left until Election Day, and the forces behind election disinformation are trying everything they can to flood our airwaves, broadcast news and social-media feeds with pr…

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  Heather Franklin, FreePress.net · [email protected]

October 29, 2020 at 5:15 PM

Stop the Trump administration’s dirty tricks

Free Press TRIPLE your impact through Nov. 3. 5 days left till Election Day — donate now to TRIPLE your impact in our fight against disinformation and hate. The Trump administration and some congressional Republicans are using all the tools and dirty tricks in their a…

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  Candace Clement, FreePress.net · [email protected]

October 28, 2020 at 7:08 PM

Facebook: Don’t Zuck this up

Free Press Join the call for Facebook to do its job and help cut off disinformation. Friend, Facebook's algorithms amplify the most incendiary, racist and violent posts. But it doesn’t have to be like this. Facebook has the resources and the technology it needs to take immediate action tha…

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  Craig Aaron, FreePress.net · [email protected]

October 27, 2020 at 5:45 PM

Every single day matters.

Free Press Fight back against the forces of disinformation. We can’t let a single dollar of this match go. TRIPLE your impact in the fight against disinformation and hate now. We have just $3,196 left to raise in our triple-match — and just 7 more days for you to have…

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  Candace Clement, FreePress.net · [email protected]

October 26, 2020 at 5:05 PM

We need Zuckerberg to do his job

Free Press Join the call for Facebook to do its job and help cut off disinformation. Disinformation is running rampant on Facebook and our democracy is at stake. Tell Mark Zuckerberg: #DoYourJob. Friend, There are just 10 days to go before the election and Facebook is still fa…

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  Craig Aaron, FreePress.net · [email protected]

October 23, 2020 at 3:07 PM

11 days left — TRIPLE your impact on #Election2020

Free Press TRIPLE your impact through Nov. 3. With just 11 days left till Election Day, and $3,548 left to raise to hit our triple-match goal, I wanted to make sure you saw Jessica’s email below. Your gift today will provide the resources we need to fight disinformation and hate over the nex…

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  Jessica J. González, FreePress.net · [email protected]

October 20, 2020 at 6:31 PM

2 weeks to go — we need your help now

Free Press TRIPLE your impact through Nov. 3. We are now 2 weeks away from Election Day. Every day from here on out is critical to our fight against disinformation, white supremacy and the suppression of people’s voices and votes. We still have $4,359 left to raise to…

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  Lucia, FreePress.net · [email protected]

October 18, 2020 at 5:09 PM

We deserve better than Amazon

Free Press Join us in sending Amazon a message that we won’t ignore its abuses. Friend, Amazon arms police with neighborhood-surveillance cameras, powers the software behind ICE deportations, and squashes any attempts for basic humane reforms in its crowded warehouses — even during a global …

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  Lucia, FreePress.net · [email protected]

October 17, 2020 at 1:18 PM

It’s prime time to break up with Amazon

Free Press Join us in sending Amazon a message that we won’t ignore its abuses. Friend, As people across the country take to the streets to demand an end to police violence against Black communities, Amazon is continuing to arm police with neighborhood-surveillance ca…

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  Dutch Cosmian, Free Press · [email protected]

October 16, 2020 at 1:56 PM

19 Days Left — TRIPLE your impact on #Election2020

Free Press Fight voter suppression now. The p.s. in Craig’s email below really hit me, and I wanted to make sure you got the message: Less than 3 weeks are left until Election Day. But who knows how many weeks are left until a winner will be declared? The integrity of our election is at sta…

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  Craig Aaron, FreePress.net · [email protected]

October 15, 2020 at 1:10 PM

Less than 3 weeks Left — TRIPLE your impact

Free Press Support our urgent fight against disinformation and hate. With less than 3 weeks to go until the 2020 Election, concerns about the role media and tech platforms play in politics are at an all-time high. In the last week alone we saw a militia group organize…

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  Heather Franklin, FreePress.net · [email protected]

October 14, 2020 at 7:07 PM

Judge Coney Barrett must not be confirmed

Free Press Demand the Senate not confirm any Supreme Court nominee until after Friend, On Monday, Senators Graham and McConnell began the rushed Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett. They launched this despicable procedure despite the fact that people have already…

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  Heather Franklin, FreePress.net · [email protected]

October 13, 2020 at 7:04 PM

We can’t afford another ultra-right-wing justice

Free Press Demand the Senate not confirm any Supreme Court nominee until after Friend, We’re outraged. Yesterday, Senators Graham and McConnell began the rushed Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Coney Barrett. They launched this despicable procedure when people hav…

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  Alicia Bell, FreePress.net · [email protected]

October 9, 2020 at 10:17 PM

We're Live: Join the Media 2070 launch party

Media 2070 | Media Reparations: An Invitation to Dream Let’s talk about media reparations. Our Media 2070 launch party is happening now. Join us in celebration. Friend, Right now, we’re unveiling the fruits of more than a year of labor with the release of Media 2070: A Call to Dream Up Medi…

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  Alicia Bell, FreePress.net · [email protected]

October 7, 2020 at 7:13 PM

You’re invited to the Media 2070 launch party

Media 2070 | Media Reparations: An Invitation to Dream You’re invited to the official launch party for Media 2070. A Project of Free Press Friend, For the past year, we’ve worked to document the stories, testimonies and histories of resistance that are the foundati…

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  Alicia Bell, FreePress.net · [email protected]

October 6, 2020 at 5:17 PM

The case for media reparations

Free Press Help welcome our call for media reparations into the world. “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” —James Baldwin Friend, Throughout the history of the United States, Black folks have been enslaved, abuse…

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  Alicia Bell, FreePress.net · [email protected]

October 5, 2020 at 7:53 PM

We’re dreaming a future with media reparations

Free Press Tomorrow, we’ll release Media 2070: A Call to Dream Up Media Reparations Friend, Tomorrow will be a momentous day in the life of Free Press as we unveil the fruits of more than a year of labor with the release of Media 2070: A Call to Dream Up Media Reparati…

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  Jessica J. González, FreePress.net · [email protected]

October 3, 2020 at 4:08 PM

We’re going to the Supreme Court

Free Press This is a case that we have been winning for over a decade. Friend, Free Press is going to the Supreme Court. In 2019 we won an appeals-court case against the Trump FCC after the agency gutted its ownership rules to pave the way for even more media consolidation. But the FCC want…

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  Jessica J. González, FreePress.net · [email protected]

October 2, 2020 at 9:06 PM

We’ve got news (no not that news)

Free Press This is a case that we have been winning for over a decade. For the first time in Free Press history we’re going to the Supreme Court. Help us win: Your donation today will be TRIPLED. Friend, This morning we woke up to the news (no, not that news) that we…

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  Mike Rispoli, FreePress.net · [email protected]

October 1, 2020 at 5:58 PM

All hands on deck. Reject electoral violence.

Free Press Concrete steps to protecting the election Friend, During Tuesday's debate, Trump refused to condemn white supremacy and spread disinformation about mail-in ballots. Between that and the disinformation and hate speech that's rampant on social media, the integrity of the 2020 electi…

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  Mike Rispoli, FreePress.net · [email protected]

September 30, 2020 at 11:14 PM

All hands on deck. Reject electoral violence.

Free Press Concrete steps to protecting the election Tell media executives: Get your election coverage right. Friend, Did you watch the debate last night? If so, our condolences. If not, congratulations on taking care of your mental health because it — like much of 2020 — was a d…

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  Heather Franklin, FreePress.net · [email protected]

September 26, 2020 at 11:54 PM

Judge Coney Barrett must not be confirmed

Free Press Tell the Senate to wait until after Inauguration Day to confirm a new Supreme Court justice. Friend, President Trump just announced the nomination of Judge Coney Barrett to fill late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat on the Supreme Court. While we join the nation in…

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  Heather Franklin, FreePress.net · [email protected]

September 23, 2020 at 5:03 PM

This lack of action has real consequences

Free Press TRIPLE your impact to fight disinformation. I hope you saw Craig’s email below. Given what we know about Facebook’s role in influencing the 2016 election, its inaction in 2020 is especially egregious. Make a weekly donation today and your gift will be TRIPLED every week until Nov.…

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  Craig Aaron, FreePress.net · [email protected]

September 22, 2020 at 5:03 PM

These next 6 weeks are critical

Free Press TRIPLE your impact to fight disinformation. Tensions in America feel more and more overwhelming every day with the ongoing failure to contain COVID-19, violent attacks on people protesting police violence and now the political fight over the successor to th…

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  Candace Clement, FreePress.net · [email protected]

September 18, 2020 at 2:34 PM

The election is 7 weeks away

Free Press Fight back against disinformation and the suppression of truth. With very little time left until Election Day, continued disinformation and the suppression of truth could have a serious impact on voter turnout, the safety of protesters and everyone’s health. But with your support, …

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