Three people familiar with the federal probe into Charlie Kirk’s assassination told NBC News that investigators have yet to find a link between the alleged shooter and left-wing groups.

Media mergers 🤝 censorship

Or maybe it just means the person is 97% bad?

There's a lot at play here. ✅ Broadcaster capitulation ✅ FCC threats ✅ First Amendment violations Free Press co-CEO @jgo4justice.bsky.social explains the sequence of events and their impacts. WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpRowSIoqvE

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For the new Pressing Issues (subscribe!) I wrote about Kimmel, censorship, corruption, capitulation, cowardice and how -- despite it all -- I'm newly hopeful that the public is waking up to the problems of the media. pressingissues.org/we-can-stop-...

Trump's FCC Chair has gone so far over the line in pushing for Kimmel's firing that he's even lost Ted Cruz. www.politico.com/live-updates...

Leadership. This is what it looks like. Thank you, @crockett.house.gov for standing up to protect free speech and democracy.

This is what happens with media companies fight back against Trump's attacks on free speech. Now is the time for moral clarity and courage. Take note, Bob Iger. apnews.com/live/donald-...

Obviously, Brendan Carr must resign. But it is even more essential that Republicans reject these unconstitutional attacks on free speech.

We speak with @notaaroncraig.bsky.social and look into the ambush of Jimmy Kimmel by Trump's MAGA apparatchik at the FCC Brendan Carr who seized upon a mild remark by the late night comedian about Charlie Kirk. soundcloud.com/user-8304426...

@freepress.bsky.social joined @wgawest.bsky.social today to protest ABC/Disney’s capitulation to the Trump administration’s calls to censor Jimmy Kimmel.

Tell your local station: Stop caving to Trump! The entire Free Press team rallied and built a tool that makes it easy to find your local ABC affiliate station and its phone number. Give them a call! A script is in this thread if you need it. CALL: act.freepress.net/call/kimmel-...

This FCC does not have the authority, the ability, or the constitutional right to police content or punish broadcasters for speech the government dislikes. Free speech is the foundation of our democracy, and we must push back against any attempt to erode it.

@timkarr.bsky.social of @freepress.bsky.social reminds us of all the times that FCC Chair Brendan Carr has claimed to support free speech. The hypocrisy is blatant. Check it out, @jimmykimmel.com

Mickey Mouse bends the knee to fascists has a bad ring to it. Nobody wants to play at that amusement park. Imagine the visuals.

Commissioner Gomez is the only voice of reason left at the FCC. Every journalist covering Kimmel’s suspension should be calling her today. She is an expert and she has stood firmly for upholding the Constitution.

Are you curious about who FCC Chair Brendan Carr is, after his most recent abuse of power resulting in ABC's suspension of Jimmy Kimmel? Last fall I wrote for @thehill.com about the threat Carr posed to free speech. Unfortunately he's met all of my expectations. thehill.com/opinion/camp...

Trump and Brendan Carr are abusing their power to shake down media companies. In pulling Jimmy Kimmel's show, ABC has capitulated to the latest demand. Our statement: https://www.freepress.net/news/federal-censorship-commission-reaches-new-low-push-force-jimmy-kimmel-air

This is extortion and censorship. Brendan Carr is turning into a mob boss: “the easy way or the hard way,” really? What about the American way? The constitutional way? Shame on ABC for capitulating and on Nexstar for greedily aiding and abetting this farce.

Sent a letter this morning to the leadership of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in strong support of efforts by Alex Curley of semipublic.co and @adoptastation.org and the @medillschool.bsky.social Local News Initiative (go 'Cats!) to publicly release more data about public media stations

prosecutors have been obsessed with the idea of weaponizing RICO against protestors, so i wrote about it: newrepublic.com/article/1756...

This isn’t just about the risk DOGE and Musk exposed us to, it’s about theft of private data of 300 million Americans. He owes us repair.

The Trump administration aims to erase history and facts that are inconvenient or antithetical to Trump's agenda. It is our job to preserve the public record and to not get so lost in this chaos that we forget which way is up and which is down. www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...

[email protected] calls on Congress to reform universal service policies, ensure equitable and affordable access to the internet. www.freepress.net/download/fre...

🔴 LIVE NOW: Join us as we discuss steps newsrooms need to take when ICE arrests a journalist, with: @attorneynora.bsky.social @scarletprim.bsky.social @caitlinvogus.bsky.social @writeralejandra.bsky.social Samantha C. Hamilton Marium Uddin 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bZP...

This cannot stand. theintercept.com/2025/09/13/m...

BREAKING: Federal judge in Los Angeles issues preliminary injunction against Department of Homeland Security to restrict use of force against press, legal observers and protesters. Judge in LA Press Club v. Noem calls out "surprising savagery" of DHS officers: "The First Amendment demands better."

tl;dr is that Trump's FCC Chair Brendan Carr is brazenly trampling on First Amendment free speech rights to quash reporting critical of the president. www.wsj.com/business/med...

These words by Justice Sotomayor will forever be etched in the history of this country.

“.. The administration ‘has all but declared that all Latinos, U.S. citizens or not, who work low-wage jobs are fair game to be seized at any time .. and held until they provide proof of their legal status to the agents' satisfaction.’” - Sotomayor @reuters.com www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

If there was ever a time for bold new public infrastructure to support local news and informed communities, this is it. This is too important to miss. Join us w/ @reprabb.bsky.social @victorpickard.bsky.social @abigailhiggins.bsky.social @mikerispoli.bsky.social next week. RSVP: bit.ly/fpabbsoc9

Another day, another example of how craven Mark Zuckerberg will put his fortune before the health and safety of society, even children. The tech “leaders” are not our future, or at least not a good one. They’re not leaders at all.

This is what government controlling the media and suppressing free speech looks like.

These guys will say anything so they can keep stealing Americans' data while causing immense harm and disregarding the public good. Pathetic. Debased. Cringe-worthy. Greedy. The whole lot of them. www.youtube.com/shorts/RnK9I...

This claim is meritless: it’s without basis in law and the 1A prevents the FCC from intruding into political content in this manner. If FCC Chair Carr doesn’t dismiss this outright he will make a mockery of himself in front of the entire Communications Bar. www.thewrap.com/center-for-a...

All the tech and AI bros hanging with Trump in the Rose Garden that he paved over is a real look for the times. thehill.com/homenews/adm...

Millions of students and seniors depend on hotspots and school bus Wi-Fi for homework and tele-health services. Now the FCC is moving to strip that connectivity away while doing nothing to make broadband more affordable. 🧵 www.fcc.gov/document/gom...

Dan Rather joins in the critique of big media's capitulation to the administration. variety.com/2025/film/ne...

The pain I feel for the students and parents whose lives are forever changed in school shootings. I think of them every morning as I drop my own babies at school and sit, robotically, in the school traffic egress. That we can’t do better than this in the United States is an unforgivable sin.

A Congressional "bias" probe into @wikipedia.org reeks of government overreach, censorship and control. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Today, we’re proud to share the Coalition’s new report: The State of Independent Technology Research: Power in Numbers It's an offering to our community and all researchers doing public interest work–a reflection of collective strength, solidarity and persistence in the face of adversity. (1/2)

Important new piece from @freepress.bsky.social's @julito77.bsky.social about the perils of demonizing migrants.

I'm one of the 37 targeted below by DNI Tulsi Gabbard. I haven't had a clearance nor worked in government since 2013. This is political theater & a dangerous example of government abusing its powers to punish private citizens for openly exercising their 1st Amendment rights. My full statement:

Another day, another attack on press freedom. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

"The nation's broadcasters are licking their chops over this merger-friendly FCC, with many willing to concede their editorial independence to gain the Trump administration's approval of a range of multibillion-dollar deals," said Free Press Co-CEO @jgo4justice.bsky.social

This will mean less local news, less viewpoint diversity and more media moving into the hands of billionaires who bend the knee to Trump. www.cnn.com/2025/08/19/m...

In other news, Zuckerberg announced Meta would be hiring an arsonist to help with fire prevention. www.theverge.com/news/757537/...

If you think cuts to funding science is somehow caught up in the “culture wars that have nothing to do with science,” you are missing the point. The entire project of education as a public good is under threat, and a threat to one university is a threat to all. We have to stand together #UCLAResist

Here @freepress.bsky.social we won't stop fighting for consumers for Net Neutrality. But we won't be taking this case to the Supreme Court for now. Here's why: