“Chilling and unconstitutional” — @attorneynora.bsky.social @freepress.bsky.social

Don’t look too hard at the title or it will scramble your brain. Make no mistake: this is an attack on our First Amendment rights to hold the administration accountable, dressed up as some laudable free speech campaign. Utter nonsense. Deeply dangerous. www.state.gov/releases/off...

A free press cannot function if the government is able to exercise veto power over critical reporting simply by refusing to engage. The public has the right to question how CBS will ensure the independence and integrity of its journalism going forward.

I am outraged but not surprised that “60 Minutes” pulled a segment critical of the Trump administration. This is the chilling effect of an administration that has made it clear that it expects censorship in exchange for regulatory favors.

Seems like a good day to mention @freepress.bsky.social is not *The* Free Press Unlike the new Paramount/CBS overlords, we love investigative journalism, public media + speaking truth to power. We hate censorship, corruption + bullies No better time to support Free Press and not The other guys

Free Press’ year end report CHOKEHOLD catalogued nearly 200 of the most potent examples of the federal government’s attacks on the First Amendment. Here’s a sampling of 2025’s timeline of free speech attacks. 🧵 1/x Find CHOKEHOLD from @attorneynora.bsky.social: www.freepress.net/attack-on-fr...

Trump’s FCC chair attacked KCBS for reporting on ICE. The impacts are beyond chilling: - veteran anchor demoted - news director directing reporters to avoid stories that might anger Trump - dialing back of political reporting - tone policing apnews.com/article/trum...

The FCC's proposal to allow highly concentrated local media markets is unpopular and bad public policy. Media consolidation reduces local news options and is bad for democracy. @freepress.bsky.social filed extensive comments to oppose the policy change. www.freepress.net/news/free-pr...

tired: a federal moratorium blocking states from regulating AI wired: local moratoriums blocking tech companies' AI-fueled resource grabs me for @techpolicypress.bsky.social with a big thanks to the folks I talked to and everyone in these fights across the US www.techpolicy.press/the-real-rac...

During a combative Senate appearance, FCC Chairman Carr proudly trashed his own agency's historical independence. Free Press' statement: https://www.freepress.net/news/trumps-censorship-czar-brendan-carr-faces-senate-grilling-fcc-efforts-censor-and-control-media

Trump/Carr FCC is moving to allow more local TV mergers -- starting with the ludicrous Nexstar-Tegna deal. Senators conducting oversight might be interested in this polling by @nhmc.bsky.social showing just how unpopular media consolidation is. www.nhmc.org/new-national...

The FCC chair is accused by his own party of "unconstitutional coercion" while running corrupt shakedowns of media companies, harassing and censoring broadcasters, etc. And the Democrats lead with ... Salt Typhoon and spectrum?

FCC Chair Brendan Carr has gone so far over the line in violating the First Amendment and suppressing free speech that many members of his own party have condemned him. @freepress.bsky.social has the receipts. #FCCOversight

Here’s my thread for today’s #FCCOversight hearing in the #SenateCommerce Committee, where Trump’s Censorship Czar Brendan Carr finally answers for trashing the #1stAmendment. Before it starts: my @freepress.bsky.social piece explains how Carr will dodge and spin. pressingissues.org/another-carr...

This is a blatantly unconstitutional and bigoted attack on our fellow Americans. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

People are out here fighting oppression and climate change and authoritarianism, but sure, give it to the robber barons who are grifting off our personal data to consolidate wealth and power with no regulation and no moral compass. Please. time.com/7339685/pers...

With Netflix and Paramount both vying to absorb Warner Bros. Discovery, media watchdog Craig Aaron says such massive mergers have proven "disastrous" in the past, including for workers, consumers and even the businesses themselves. https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/9/warner_bros_discovery_sale

Critically important report from my @freepress.bsky.social colleague @attorneynora.bsky.social chronicling the Trump administration's attacks on free speech since taking office in January. Nora helps us understand this horrifying pattern of abuse.

You should listen to this guy ...

The history of media mega-mergers is all lies, broken promises and strategic blunders. Merger madness only leads to disaster. Netflix may have won the bidding war. But the losers in these deals are always creators, writers, workers and the rest of us sitting in the audience. New Pressing Issues!

@freepress.bsky.social and @publicknowledge.bsky.social were outside the FCC Chairman’s dinner this week to demand that Brendan Carr stop using his regulatory power to censor the media. At the annual fête the chair gives a funny speech, but Carr’s actions are no laughing matter.

Univision and Telemundo are profiting off DHS ads that harm their viewers. This is wrong and I appreciate @conmijente.bsky.social’s work to hold them accountable. @juliorvarela.com @freepress.bsky.social have the story here: pressingissues.org/campaign-cal...

@riipl.bsky.social & @freepress.bsky.social hosted a panel w. FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez at Rutgers-Camden. She joined New Jersey community leaders to discuss government censorship and media control. Read the story, explore photos and watch the replay here: law.rutgers.edu/news/free-sp... #lawsky

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

Free Press' @jgo4justice.bsky.social is with Jane Fonda and the Committee for the First Amendment to break down how media capitulation has a chilling effect on media independence and creativity. Watch the full conversation between Jane and Jessica: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXWJ...

Any of these deals would be bad for free expression, creativity and industry jobs.

This administration is exploiting its merger review power to silence people who report facts the president doesn't want known. Here's the latest example.

Today is worse than usual in Washington.

Former California Lifeline recipient here, calling on Brendan Carr to butt out. This is nothing more than a politically motivated scheme to make it harder for poor Californians to access phone and internet service, dressed up as preventing fraud. It's disgusting. docs.fcc.gov/public/attac...

As Democratic FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez said last week: "Capitulation breeds capitulation." Disney/ABC's $16 million dollar payout to Trump in December didn't earn the company any special favors today.

More from the "standing up to bullies works" department: the 11th Circuit has tossed a defamation case that Trump brought against CNN. Media companies: stop giving away your power and capitulating to this lawless administration! s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Free Press Action's Mike Rispoli testified before New Jersey's Senate Legislative Oversight Committee on the future of public media in the state. Our statement: https://www.freepress.net/news/free-press-actions-mike-rispoli-testifies-new-jersey-state-senate-behalf-public-media-funding

starting to think that repeatedly sinking trillions into Silicon Valley's new favorite toy while tech companies spend millions to kill any meaningful regulation is actually not going to end well

Trump's censorship czar Brendan Carr often says his decisions to go the "hard way" against broadcasters that don't appease Trump are motivated by their "unique obligation to operate in the public interest." But a vast majority of the actual public disagrees. 🧵 www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

Yet another unlawful, unconstitutional and unethical attack on free speech from an unserious FCC chair. Brendan Carr is making a mockery of himself just to keep the Mar a Lago invites rolling in. It'd be pathetic if it weren't so dangerous. www.freepress.net/news/fccs-ca...

Don't miss John Oliver's brilliant season finale on the plight of public media. Come for the Bob Ross jokes, stay for the powerful stories of how essential public media is to local communities. Lucky to play a small role in helping to shape this one.

The FCC chair once again amplifies the president’s attack on free speech. This is unlawful, unconstitutional and dangerous. These bullies won’t stop unless we stand up to them. In courts of law and the court of public opinion. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/b...

Time after time we see that capitulation to the administration doesn’t work, but when we stand up to the bullies, we can win. This is a huge win for academic freedom and free expression. www.latimes.com/california/s...

What a great night. Commissioner @agomezfcc.bsky.social: "Free Expression is non-negotiable. It marks the line between freedom and repression. Therefore, we must defend it without compromise." Catch her remarks and the full event here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JJ0...

More corrupt self-dealing at the expense of immigrants. Disgusting.

This week @janefonda.com graciously invited me and @agomezfcc.bsky.social to address the @1acommittee.bsky.social to discuss how media consolidation limits free speech. I left feeling inspired that many in Hollywood are ready to advocate for free expression. www.freepress.net/blog/jane-fo...

Tomorrow @freepress.bsky.social hosts @agomezfcc.bsky.social in New Jersey for a community conversation about threats to free speech and local news. We’re happy to be part of the Commissioner’s First Amendment Tour to Challenge Government Censorship and Control.

Here’s @freepress.bsky.social’s new fact sheet about how media mergers are undermining free speech, creativity and media independence. Learn what’s happening and what you can do to help. www.freepress.net/download/fre...

📽️ WATCH: The U.S. government doesn’t track how often immigration agents detain citizens. So ProPublica did. We found more than 170 incidents since the start of Trump’s second term. Americans have been kicked, dragged and held for days without access to lawyers. ➡️ Full story: propub.li/3LjuAVS

FCC Chair Brendan Carr's "message to media executives is clear: You can have all the mergers you want, as long as you kiss Trump’s ring first. But if you don’t bow down, look out." New analysis from @notaaroncraig.bsky.social @freepress.bsky.social: pressingissues.org/fcc-chairman...

DHS was caught lying about almost this exact same series of events — an agent shooting someone after that person allegedly rammed the agent’s car — less than 3 weeks ago, in Chicago www.kktv.com/2025/10/21/u...

As millions of Americans prepare to take the streets to peaceably assemble at #NoKings protests tomorrow, I take on the GOP’s mounting threats to this core constitutional right.

Ah, the whole “kids will be kids” and it sucks when “scumbags” expose their bigotry line. A couple thoughts: 1. Girls and kids of color - together a majority of kids in the US - aren’t spewing this shit. It harms them. 2. The Young Republicans are 18-40. Adults. thehill.com/homenews/adm...

OpenAI wants to brand itself as a do-gooder but these tactics to silence critics are straight out of the tech broligarch playbook. www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...

Unapologetically repugnant.