“If these fuckers think” has set a new bar for how politicians should begin their statements about these fuckers. Meet it or get left behind.

We have a groundbreaking technology that could prevent untold death and suffering. But its development is being hindered because HHS is led by a eugenicist roadkill enthusiast and an assortment of cranks and quacks who think their own self-serving contrarianism trumps established health science.

This video is a must watch for all those at today's #SenateCommerce hearing who argue that increasing the scale of a broadcast conglomerates' station holdings will result in beefed up of local newsrooms and increased viewpoint diversity. How'd that work for Sinclair? ... youtu.be/_fHfgU8oMSo?...

I keep hearing about the poor broadcasters who just can't make it anymore with these burdensome privileges to monopolize the public airwaves. Someone please think about the suffering shareholders! Oh, wait ...

I'm not on the play-by-play for the Senate's media ownership hearing today but @mattfieldwood.bsky.social has you covered.

Senate hearing this morning on media ownership rules -- and whether a company like Nexstar should be allowed to own stations reaching 80% of the country. (Spoiler: Absolutely not!) www.commerce.senate.gov/2026/2/we-in...

Trump and his FCC chair are all too eager to pay back Nexstar for yanking Jimmy Kimmel and promising to stamp out “activist” journalism. Viewers would get one owner for three or even four stations in the same market. Oh, it’s also illegal under existing law.

The FCC’s censorship czar is “investigating” The View for interviewing newsworthy people. www.foxnews.com/media/fcc-la...

J.D. Vance was booed so badly at the Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony that even the announcers commented on it. “There is the Vice President J.D. Vance and his wife Usha—OOP, those are not… uh… those are a lot of boos for him. Whistling, jeering, some applause.”

The DHS has filed an expedited request to terminate the asylum claims of Liam Conejo Ramos, a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy, and his family. If successful, the family — none of whom have broken any rules during their asylum — could be deported, though it’s unclear where they may be deported to.

The problem isn't that journalism being profitable. The problem is billionaires. The answer is not that hard: Make them pay their taxes. Fund public media. (And housing and food and health care and the arts and reparations, too).

Fox News has so far completely ignored a racist Truth Social post by President Trump that depicted former President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama as apes.

What else can this unnamed "staffer" post from the President's account in the middle of the night? Can they declare war? Can they order a nuclear strike? Can they speak for the President in his diplomatic communications with foreign leaders?

wow too much for tim scott is saying something

One of the many reasons for our nation's current crisis & constitutional collapse are due to the role powerful media and tech companies have played in capitulating to Trump and his racism. We have to reckon & redress the role these companies have played in ushering in this racist & fascist regime.

I'm pleased to see the NYT not mince words and call this what it is: "blatantly racist." Even CBS and The Washington Post put "racist" in their headlines. Apparently White House just took the video down and blamed a "staffer." Yeah, right. Which staffer. Did they get fired?

I am not going to repost the vile and racist image that Trump posted last night of President & First Lady Obama because it is beyond disgusting. Trump is a vile racist as is every Republican that continues to support him. I don’t want to hear mumbling from Mike Johnson or stoic silence from Thune.

This. Also to every media company that's currently erasing their DEI policies to appease Trump. This is the blatantly racist agenda you are endorsing.

Good news for local news: A pair of bills in Pennsylvania advanced today. Proud to have @lionpubs.bsky.social work on this with @freepress.bsky.social www.freepress.net/news/pennsyl...

"In this new Gilded Age, the Musks, Zuckerbergs, Ellisons & Bezoses haven’t just wrecked the news industry while enabling tyrants." writes @notaaroncraig.bsky.social. "They’ve crushed our collective imagination that we can have & deserve something better." But there is a path out of this mess...

@freepress.bsky.social supports @markey.senate.gov @merkley.senate.gov @wyden.senate.gov @jayapal.house.gov's bill to ban ICE and CBP from using highly controversial and unreliable facial recognition software. www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-r...

🎉 Great news: Two bills that meet pressing information needs of people across Pennsylvania passed out of committee. The legislative package, introduced by @reprabb.bsky.social, treat local news and civic information as the public goods that they are. More here: www.freepress.net/news/pennsyl...

There are 15 centibillionaires — those worth north of $100 billion — in the U.S. Together, just this tiny group is worth more than $3.13 trillion. A one-time 1 percent tax on just the wealth of the very richest — almost all of whom made their fortunes in media and tech — would generate $30 billion.

As long as billionaires control the news, we’ll get only news that serves billionaires. New Pressing Issues with some thoughts on the destruction of the Washington Post and how we must break up with billionaire-controlled media and build something better. pressingissues.org/breaking-up-...

A large CAVA bag stuffed with what it says is $50,000 for White House Border Czar Tom Homan. It’s been reported Homan took bribery money when he was recorded by the FBI accepting a bag full of $50,000 in cash. “ICE GTFO OF MN” Minneapolis February 4, 2026

Went with "other" because they didn't have a "you fired all the journalists" option. I subscribed for more than 20 years.

the $75 million Jeff Bezos set on fire for that Melania propaganda piece could have funded most independent newsrooms for literally decades

always bears repeating that this is NOT a financial decision. jeff bezos is worth over 250 billion dollars. he can afford to lose many millions and never even notice it. this is, at its core, a political and personal decision by bezos to destroy the post

Thanks to @ruwithsonali.bsky.social for this great conversation about our work @freepress.bsky.social We need to invest in independent and community voices more than ever. Subscribing to support Sonali's excellent work is a great place to start! risingupwithsonali.com/rising-up-fo...

The fight to save local journalism is being won at the state level, where new legislative models are being adopted to create fellowships and grant-giving consortiums. Pennsylvania is the latest local success story: ht @reprabb.bsky.social www.freepress.net/news/pennsyl...

Great news for the future of local news in Pennsylvania this morning! House committee advances bills that would start a state fellowship program to put journalists in community newsrooms and create a Pennsylvania Civic Information Consortium to invest public funds in local reporting projects.

Great interview with @rlivier.bsky.social on her new report on how the biggest media companies abandoned diversity, equity and inclusion to appease Trump (and do a bunch of terrible things they probably wanted to do anyway). www.freepress.net/blog/trump-a...

LOL. Who needs whistles for their community groups, their PTAs, those Magic: The Gathering nights at the game store, their church organizations, outreach programs, whatever. The roving band of whistle goblins will get you whistles, for free, 100-1000. Drop a line: linktr.ee/3Dwhistles

Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.

New from me: I wrote about the Clicktatorship at @theatlantic.com. "Poster brain and authoritarianism reinforce each other: They thrive on conspiracy theories, lack all restraint, and jump to extreme solutions." www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

Marimar Martinez, shot 5 times by Border Patrol in Chicago, speaks out after Renee Good, Alex Pretti deaths 'I am their voice' NEW w/ @adrianacardmag.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing on the proposed Netflix-Warner Bros merger. Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos is testifying. David Ellison of Paramount isn't. Tune in! www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-ac...

“In addition to the consequences of media market concentration, we are concerned about harms to our democracy, too. The current administration has exploited merger review processes for personal gain and abused its power to extract special favors from merging parties.”

Today, as Gaza continues to be stuck in a bloody limbo, we are turning our website over to Gaza and its people in an initiative we are calling “A Day for Gaza.” There will be no pieces published on our website today that do not come directly from Gaza.

This isn’t the job FCC Commissioner @agomezfcc.bsky.social signed up for. But with Brendan Carr's weaponization of the FCC, she's become a fierce free-speech defender and truth-teller. I interviewed her for Pressing Issues about what's happening at the FCC, what should be, and how to fight back.🧵

Today's Pressing Issues from @freepress.bsky.social. Free Press Co-CEO (and fellow Pressing Issues co-editor) @notaaroncraig.bsky.social interviews FCC Commissioner @agomezfcc.bsky.social ‘The First Amendment doesn’t disappear just because the government is unhappy with how it is being covered.’

“…these films, this festival, this multiracial community of storytellers reminded me that we are the majority. And we cannot be stopped when we work together. While there is tragedy all around us, there is also camaraderie, art and hope. And that’s where I choose to live, work and organize.“

"This moment is bigger than two journalists. It is about whether the First Amendment has meaning when reporting is inconvenient to those in power."

“While journalists and civilians continue to heroically document conditions on the ground in the face of escalating violence from federal agents, the Trump administration is using every weapon at its disposal to shut down efforts to document, report and dissent.” -- @ruddock.bsky.social

We signed on @freepress.bsky.social in solidarity and support of this strong statement by the National Association of Black Journalists in response to the outrageous arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort. nabjonline.org/blog/nabjout...

Arresting Black journalists for covering a protest is a violation of the most basic principles of the 1st amendment. This administration is determined to deny not only the constitutional rights of its citizens and residents, but the human rights of all who oppose its racist agenda.

My amazing new @freepress.bsky.social colleague Cristina Escobar makes her Pressing Issues debut with this report on the politics and promise of Sundance. Trust me, this is a great read. Subscribe already! pressingissues.org/5-things-i-l...

Don't miss the brilliant @ruddock.bsky.social @freepress.bsky.social on this week's CounterSpin!

Two journalists and five protestors have now been arrested in connection with a demonstration against an ICE field office director. Our statement @freepress.bsky.social: the First Amendment protects journalists and protestors equally. The charges must be dropped. www.freepress.net/news/unconst...

“The First Amendment protects acts of protest and acts of journalism equally. The criminalization of both journalists and protesters serves the same authoritarian project: shutting down dissenting voices or any content that deviates from the official narrative." -- @ruddock.bsky.social