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2025-04-29 19:21:04

Democrats Had a Shot at Protecting Journalists From Trump. They Blew It.
https://theintercept.com/2025/04/29/press-act-trump-doj-journalists-leaks-subpoenas/

2025-04-04 21:02:13

PSA from John Cusack: Democracy is under attack — and paywalls shouldn’t stand in the way of accessing vital public records.
News outlets, it’s time to drop the paywalls for FOIA-based reporting.
@Wired did it. @404mediaco did it.
Now, it’s your turn.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WZf1L5hH8JA

2025-03-26 18:06:24

🔔 Live now: Hear from journalists at the frontlines of attacks on press freedom in the U.S., featuring the Marion County Record (raided in 2023) and Clarksdale Press Register (censored last month).
Join us:
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2025-03-25 14:52:22

Join us to hear from journalists at the frontlines of attacks on press freedom, featuring the Marion County Record (raided in 2023), Atmore News (arrested later that year), and Clarksdale Press Register (censored last month).
🗓️ March 26, 2 pm ET/1 pm CT:
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RkM-u7ChROeXjqhEtlYN3Q#/registration
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2025-02-28 21:37:11

"A press that is handpicked by the government is just not a free press."
Watch Seth Stern, director of advocacy for Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) on DW News explain why the White House overhaul of the press pool will diminish press freedom by using access as a weapon.
https://cdn.masto.host/socialfreedompress/media_attachments/files/114/083/662/986/711/940/original/142467f89ebff00c.mp4

2025-02-28 21:11:18

📩 Read in our weekly newsletter (and subscribe):
- Hostile takeover of White House press pool
- Senate must not confirm Ed Martin
- The National Archives and the Trump administration
- Media uproar over defamation lawsuit
- Plus, what we're reading...
https://freedom.press/issues/press-pool-takeover-drowns-first-amendment/

2025-02-28 16:03:49

Agency watchdogs shouldn’t be bullied into keeping secrets.
USAID’s acting inspector general should release the reports while it has the power to do so — or the public might never see them.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/27/usaid-trump-gaza-aid-probe/

2025-02-27 23:00:26

The White House has taken control of the press pool, removing wire agencies Reuters and APnews, along with the Huffington Post.
Kirstin McCudden of the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker warns: “The loss of AP & Reuters will fundamentally change the news we’re getting.”
https://freedom.press/issues/how-trumps-press-pool-takeover-harms-public-including-red-states/

2025-02-27 22:10:46

UPDATE: A Mississippi court on Feb. 26 lifted its order requiring The Clarksdale Press Register to remove an editorial that criticized Clarksdale’s mayor for not properly notifying the public of a meeting on a proposed tax resolution.
https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/mississippi-newspaper-ordered-to-remove-op-ed-critical-of-city-officials/

2025-02-27 21:02:09

Trump "wants news outlets to be dependent on his whims and favors so he can dictate coverage," Seth Stern tells DW News.
"It allows the White House to dangle access over journalists' heads and punish those who don't toe the line."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMYeLnofO5I

2025-02-27 20:08:46

If confirmed as U.S. Attorney for D.C., Ed Martin will prioritize “anti-speech prosecutions and petty retribution rather than the pursuit of justice," Seth Stern said.
We co-led a letter to senators with Demand Progress urging them to reject his nomination.
https://freedom.press/issues/senate-must-reject-ed-martins-bid-to-be-top-dc-prosecutor/

2025-02-27 18:31:35

Of course the press can publish pictures of prison guards, and any law that says otherwise is unconstitutional.
We don't have secret police in the United States — including behind bars.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-nevada/nevada-supreme-court-sides-with-rj-in-jail-surveillance-video-case-3311891/

2025-02-27 17:53:34

If you're on an editorial board and haven't spoken out about these authoritarian antics yet: take a look at your last five editorials.
Are they all about something more important than the First Amendment’s survival? If not, what are you waiting for?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2025/02/26/white-house-ban-associated-press-freedom-pool-donald-trump-gulf-of-mexico-america-first-amendment

2025-02-27 17:21:43

📩 Apple disabled its end-to-end encrypted iCloud feature in the U.K. after the government demanded global access to it.
To protect your data, learn how to enable Advanced Data Protection in our digital security newsletter (and subscribe):
https://freedom.press/digisec/blog/apple-pulls-encrypted-icloud-from-the-uk/

2025-02-27 17:01:29

Turns out Biden's DOJ misled Congress about a secret UK order requiring Apple to break encryption.
How many times will government agencies hide or lie about surveillance powers before Congress holds them accountable?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/02/26/intelligence-chief-tulsi-gabbard-will-fight-egregious-apple-back-door-order/

2025-02-27 16:46:55

Investigative journalists around the world relied on funding from the U.S.
Now, those watchdogs are scrambling to survive a sudden cash crunch.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/business/media/usaid-funding-cuts-journalism.html

2025-02-27 16:34:58

Texans of all political stripes should oppose efforts to make it easier for the wealthy and powerful to harass their critics with frivolous lawsuits.
https://www.statesman.com/story/opinion/columns/guest/2025/02/26/texas-legislature-anti-slapp-could-approve-bill-limiting-free-speech-legal-fees/80027802007/

2025-02-27 16:16:25

Red and blue states alike recognize the need for journalist-source confidentiality.
Let's hope Idaho's shield bill gets across the finish line.
https://medialaw.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1b4e15fd36cd88c67c45c2dc5&id=44bf4f80d9&e=0f6b063868

2025-02-27 15:42:52

"Let this be a lesson: if you try to silence one voice in America, a hundred more will take up the call."
Great work by the FIRE responding to this assault on the First Amendment and helping to get it dropped.
And thanks to every news outlet that covered it.
https://www.thefire.org/news/victory-mississippi-town-votes-drop-lawsuit-had-forced-newspaper-take-down-editorial

2025-02-27 15:26:38

"Journalists are always hesitant to write about press freedom, for fear of making themselves the story, but the time for that is long gone. You’re not making yourself the story, Trump is," Seth Stern tells FAIR.
https://fair.org/home/fccs-knives-are-out-for-first-amendment/

2025-02-27 15:09:29

A proposed bill in Maryland would make it easier for the state to ignore FOIA requests and sue requesters. It shouldn't become law.
Lauren Harper explains why to FOX Baltimore:
https://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/anthony-browns-bill-may-have-chilling-effect-on-government-transparency-critics-say

2025-02-26 16:48:28

Our digital security training team digs into the safety of unlocking your device with biometrics.
Spoiler alert, stereotypical security response ahead: "It depends."
Find out why:
https://freedom.press/digisec/blog/advice-column-is-it-safe-to-unlock-my-phone-with-my-face/

2025-02-26 14:43:52

Freedom of the Press Foundation's Lauren Harper will join NPR's 1A podcast this morning at 10:20 ET to discuss staff shake-ups at the National Archives and how it could impact the public.
Don't miss it!
https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510316/1a

2025-02-25 21:46:53

From the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker:
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced today that the Trump administration — not the White House Correspondents' Association — will determine which outlets are included in the rotating press pool, deviating from a century of tradition designed for equal access:
https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/white-house-wrests-control-of-presidential-press-pool-from-correspondents/

2025-02-25 20:25:29

"In a free country, leaders must not be able to choose their own press corps," the White House Correspondents' Association said in a statement.
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5163291-white-house-press-pool-ap/

2025-02-25 17:51:54

A media uproar forced an anti-speech politician to drop his frivolous attack on the free press. Same as in Marion, KS, Atmore, AL, and elsewhere.
The press needs to keep fighting back against this kind of bullying. It’s effective, plus it's newsworthy.
https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/mississippi-city-drops-lawsuit-over-newspaper-editorial-that-judge-ordered-removed/article_be2112e0-f31b-11ef-93c8-67067f81dcf1.html

2025-02-25 16:34:03

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2025-02-25 16:33:45

Despite escalating attacks on press freedom, Freedom of the Press Foundation made significant progress in strengthening journalist protections, expanding digital security resources, and holding those in power accountable in 2024.
Read more in our Impact Report:
https://freedom.press/about/announcements/2024-impact-report/

2025-02-25 15:36:14

After DOGE took over USAID, agency emails started automatically including a “sensitive but unclassified” warning.
This indiscriminate application will create an untold number of needless pseudo-secrets and make it harder to get information released through FOIA.
https://freedom.press/the-classifieds/doge-tries-to-expand-use-of-pseudo-secrets/

2025-02-21 22:22:37

From the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker:
Update: The Associated Press sued White House officials today over ban on its access to White House events, Oval Office and Air Force One because wire service continues referring to “Gulf of Mexico.”
It asked court for emergency order rescinding ban:
https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/ap-reporters-barred-from-white-house-events-over-editorial-style-policy/

2025-02-21 19:27:18

Good. It's hard to imagine government documents of greater concern to the public than police disciplinary records.
https://www.courthousenews.com/ny-top-court-rejects-carveouts-to-shield-old-nypd-disciplinary-records/

2025-02-21 18:42:31

📩 Read in our weekly newsletter (and subscribe):
- Inexcusable censorship in Mississippi
- Trump hides migrant detention away at Gitmo
- Journalists: Post public records without paywalls
- Hostile takeover at the National Archives
- Plus, what we're reading...
https://freedom.press/issues/judge-issues-inexcuseable-censorship-order/

2025-02-21 18:28:04

Mississippi and every other state needs a strong anti-SLAPP law. So does the federal government.
These kinds of frivolous lawsuits can put newspapers out of business.
https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2025/02/21/clarksdale-mississippi-press-register-freedom-slapp-first-amendment/stories/202502210005

2025-02-21 18:15:58

"It’s particularly ironic when the editorial in question is about government secrecy undermining the public trust," Seth Stern told @nprofile…e7lk.
"Judge Martin shouldn’t be adjudicating parking tickets, let alone First Amendment cases."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2025/02/20/clarksdale-press-register-editorial/

2025-02-21 17:15:29

If you were upset DOGE posted NRO's headcount because it's ostensibly classified, would you also OK not knowing the exact # of CIA employees targeted by DOGE's purge?
Reflexive support of claims that budget information is classified is bad for oversight.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/us/politics/cia-firings.html

2025-02-21 17:03:21

Warning: Secrecy mission creep at USAID to intimidate public officials from releasing information.
Could this extend to other agencies DOGE is embedded with? Absolutely.
The public should know this isn't a valid reason to withhold information.
https://fedscoop.com/usaid-emails-sensitive-but-unclassified-foia/

2025-02-21 15:32:45

From protecting whistleblowers and inspectors general to strengthening the FOIA, here are ten bills Congress must pass to fight excessive secrecy:
https://firstbranchforecast.substack.com/p/what-congress-should-do

2025-02-20 20:11:52

Here are five questions the public should be asking about the hostile takeover of the National Archives and why the answers matter:
https://freedom.press/the-classifieds/hostile-takeover-at-national-archives-erodes-our-right-to-know/

2025-02-20 18:07:11

📩 Social platform X temporarily blocked @nprofile…2wc8 links, which federal workers use to talk to journalists about the Trump administration.
Learn how to make a Signal username, which is harder to block, in our digital security newsletter (and subscribe):
https://freedom.press/digisec/blog/x-temporarily-blocks-signal-links/

2025-02-19 19:16:16

A Mississippi court ordered The Clarksdale Press Register on Tuesday to remove an editorial that criticized Clarksdale’s mayor for not properly notifying the public of a meeting on a proposed tax resolution.
The judge granted the prior restraint without a hearing.
https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/mississippi-newspaper-ordered-to-remove-op-ed-critical-of-city-officials/

2025-02-18 20:59:50

Kash Patel wants to "come after" the press.
The Senate shouldn’t give him the keys to the FBI to do it.
https://freedom.press/issues/senate-should-not-confirm-patel-for-fbi-director/

2025-02-18 18:11:42

If fear of liability stops CBS's owner from bribing Trump with settlement payments, great.
But something's very wrong when liability risk is the only thing giving news executives pause about bribing public officials their journalists cover.
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/paramount-executives-ask-could-they-be-sued-for-settling-trumps-20-billion-cbs-lawsuit-228604a2?mod=media_news_article_pos3

2025-02-18 15:44:43

"Sending deportees to Gitmo doesn’t just signal that the Trump administration is cracking down on immigration," Caitlin Vogus writes in The Daily Beast, "it’s cracking down on the public’s right to know, too."
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-cant-be-allowed-to-hide-the-dangers-of-his-deportation-agenda-at-guantanamo-bay/

2025-02-18 14:56:55

If DOGE’s cavalier approach to data has you worried about yours, take steps to secure it by backing it up.
The New York Times tells you how (gift link):
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/business/personal-data-backup-musk.html?unlocked_article_code=1.w04.Zryd.XQW3ZRMFbGe-&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

2025-02-14 21:55:38

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2025-02-14 21:26:51

The public needs to know who actually owns agency records if they are transferred to DOGE.
If DOGE takes ownership, it may inappropriately try to hide records with the Presidential Records Act, making the public fight harder for access under FOIA.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/doge-software-approval-alarms-labor-department-employees-data-security-rcna191583

2025-02-14 20:59:33

This White House doesn’t care about free speech or informing the American people.
It cares about controlling the narrative by shutting out the press and punishing anyone who challenges it in even the smallest of ways.
All Americans should object to this unconstitutional ban on The Associated Press.
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2025-02-14 20:45:38

“Retaliating against AP – one of the world’s leading providers of fact-based news – for its content undermines the U.S. president’s stated commitment to free speech and prevents its audience in the U.S. and abroad from getting the news,” said Committee to Protect Journalists CEO Jodie Ginsberg
https://cpj.org/2025/02/cpj-denounces-trump-administrations-actions-against-ap-other-retaliation-against-media/

2025-02-14 20:31:46

There's a lot of reasons why people should be concerned about the damage DOGE is wreaking behind closed doors, but sorry, the head count and budget of U.S. intel agencies should be public information — there's no reason for it to be classified.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-musk-doge-posts-classified-data_n_67ae646de4b0513a8d767112

2025-02-14 20:02:35

"Every American should be concerned when those in power attempt to reshape media access to serve their own interests. Press access should not depend on whether those in power approve of the questions being asked or the words chosen to convey the information."
https://www.spj.org/spj-decries-aps-ongoing-exclusion-from-white-house-events/

2025-02-14 19:55:45

"If vital media institutions are to survive this administration, it will be because essential media, on all sides, stand up clearly and unequivocally for the right to report the news," Committee to Protect Journalists CEO Jodie Ginsberg writes in The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/14/trump-press-journalists-enemy

2025-02-14 18:46:50

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2025-02-14 18:16:52

The U.K. is in cloud cuckoo land if it really believes this spy order will make its citizens safer.
Its demand that Apple break iCloud encryption by adding a back door is a gift to hackers and dictators around the world.
https://freedom.press/issues/secret-uk-spy-order-imperils-press-freedom/

2025-02-14 17:48:42

The public needs to know now more than ever that the National Archives has qualified leadership.
If it doesn't, it will only make it easier for other government agencies to keep too many secrets.
https://freedom.press/the-classifieds/national-archives-and-government-transparency-under-threat/

2025-02-14 16:56:56

"Plenty of experts have already stated the obvious — punishing journalists for not using words the government likes is an egregious violation of the First Amendment," Seth Stern said to The Washington Post.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2025/02/13/associated-press-gulf-of-america-media-access/
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2025-02-14 16:26:13

The year 2024 presented significant challenges to press freedom, but we are here to meet the moment.
Read our full 2024 impact report here:
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2025-02-13 22:24:29

"Plenty of experts have already stated the obvious — punishing journalists for not using words the government likes is an egregious violation of the First Amendment," Seth Stern tells The Washington Post.
"Trump’s team knows that."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2025/02/13/associated-press-gulf-of-america-media-access/

2025-02-13 22:04:14

📩 U.K. officials issued a secret order to Apple to create a backdoor for “blanket” access to encrypted data on its iCloud service for users worldwide.
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2025-02-13 20:50:21

The U.K. hates end-to-end encryption more than it cares about privacy or press freedom.
That's bad for the U.S. and the rest of the world too.
https://freedom.press/issues/secret-uk-spy-order-imperils-press-freedom/

2025-02-13 19:43:33

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2025-02-13 18:27:21

“The giant corporations should make it their business to defend the First Amendment, or stay the heck out of the news business altogether,” legendary First Amendment lawyer James Goodale warns.
Read more in this Q+A with Trevor Timm:
https://freedom.press/issues/legendary-first-amendment-lawyer-begs-press-to-fight-trumps-attacks/

2025-02-13 17:10:19

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2025-02-13 15:29:09

Legendary First Amendment lawyer James Goodale pleads with the press to fight back against Trump:
https://freedom.press/issues/legendary-first-amendment-lawyer-begs-press-to-fight-trumps-attacks/

2025-02-12 21:32:12

“The term ‘doxxing’ has become unmoored from its origins,” FIRE's Will Creeley tells @nprofile…8sv6.
“If living in the U.S. in 2025 means you can expect a criminal investigation for criticizing the government, we’re all in a whole lot of trouble.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/business/media/elon-musk-doxxing-marko-elez.html

2025-02-12 20:41:22

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2025-02-12 19:46:08

If the National Archives doesn’t have qualified leadership, the rest of the government will have an easier time keeping secrets.
FPF helped lead a coalition that urged the White House to reaffirm the agency’s professional stewardship.
Government transparency is at stake.
https://freedom.press/the-classifieds/national-archives-and-government-transparency-under-threat/

2025-02-12 19:17:57

We hope that news outlets Trump punishes by restricting their access to briefings, signings and the like will take the opportunity to double down on hard-hitting investigations that don’t require access to ceremonies and spin sessions.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2025/02/11/associated-press-white-house-reporter/
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2025-02-12 18:26:00

"More journalists were killed in 2024 than in any other year since the Committee to Protect Journalists began collecting data more than three decades ago. At least 124 journalists and media workers were killed last year, nearly two-thirds of them Palestinians killed by Israel."
https://cpj.org/special-reports/2024-is-deadliest-year-for-journalists-in-cpj-history-almost-70-percent-killed-by-israel/

2025-02-12 15:51:19

Reporting on what ICE officers are doing in full public view isn’t “leaking.”
The government loves to argue that there’s no privacy in public when it wants to surveil you. But apparently it doesn’t believe the same rules apply to ICE.
https://www.cjr.org/local_news/when-ice-raids-go-awry-reporting-gets-blamed.php

2025-02-11 22:20:31

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2025-02-11 16:22:03

From the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker:
Not even a month has elapsed since President Trump’s second term began, yet his appointees and allies are already trying to punish and intimidate news outlets.
We’re documenting their efforts in this regularly updated report.
https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/trump-administration-allies-move-to-punish-outlets-during-first-weeks-in-office/

2025-02-10 20:55:31

CBS claiming it was legally compelled to turn over footage and transcripts of its Kamala Harris interview "is a head-scratcher," Seth Stern told Al Jazeera.
"There is a legal system where you can resist unconstitutional demands from the government."
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025/2/10/trump-accused-of-leading-a-multipronged-attack-on-us-media

2025-02-10 19:51:49

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2025-02-10 19:37:00

Every state, as well as the federal government, needs a strong anti-SLAPP law.
Even the reddest states' legislatures understand there's nothing partisan about protecting journalists, activists and everyone else from anti-speech lawfare.
https://cowboystatedaily.com/2025/02/07/bill-would-give-wyoming-strongest-laws-in-country-to-fight-frivolous-defamation-lawsuits/

2025-02-07 22:55:13

CNN’s Jake Tapper explains why every American should care about CBS settling ‘dangerous’ Trump lawsuit — even MAGA
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/cnns-jake-tapper-explains-why-every-american-should-care-about-cbs-settling-dangerous-trump-lawsuit-even-maga/

2025-02-07 18:33:54

Congress must demand proof that USAID’s records are not being destroyed or removed from federal control.
https://freedom.press/the-classifieds/usaids-future-is-in-doubt-the-status-of-its-records-shouldnt-be/

2025-02-07 18:19:28

Utah lawmakers should be celebrating the independent and freelance journalists informing the public about their work, not slamming the statehouse doors in their faces.
https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2025/02/06/voices-freelance-journalists-are/

2025-02-07 17:22:23

From the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker:
Update: Photographer Park Zebley settled his civil suit against wide receiver Davante Adams on Feb. 5, 2025.
Adams, then playing for the Las Vegas Raiders, had pushed Zebley to the ground after an October 2022 loss in Kansas City.
https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/photographer-shoved-to-ground-by-nfl-player-after-game-in-kc/

2025-02-07 17:14:40

Is there any country in the world that's more hostile to improving the internet privacy and security of its citizens than the UK?
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/07/uk-confronts-apple-with-demand-for-cloud-backdoor-to-users-encrypted-data

2025-02-06 22:28:45

Media giants who settle Trump's frivolous lawsuits aren't the only ones capitulating.
So are the judges who bless these extortionate settlement agreements.
Read more:
https://freedom.press/issues/trump-is-using-settlements-to-extract-bribes-judges-can-step-in-to-stop-it/

2025-02-06 22:10:04

Texas needs a strong anti-SLAPP law. If you live in Texas, call or email your state representatives or the Senators on Committee for State Affairs today and urge them to vote NO on SB 336.
It would weaken protections against anti-speech lawsuits by billionaires and politicians.
Via EFF:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/protecting-free-speech-texas-we-need-stop-sb-336

2025-02-06 19:45:03

"If a compromised Supreme Court can come up with a way to place presidents above the law, scrupulous trial judges can find a way not to facilitate bribery and extortion."
https://freedom.press/issues/trump-is-using-settlements-to-extract-bribes-judges-can-step-in-to-stop-it/

2025-02-06 18:29:35

Voices: Freelance journalists are journalists, even when they criticize government
https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2025/02/06/voices-freelance-journalists-are/

2025-01-24 21:27:49

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2025-01-24 15:41:10

President Trump ordered the declassification of all remaining secret JFK, MLK, and RFK assassination records.
A welcome move. But he shouldn’t stop there - he should order the declassification of ALL records older than 50 years.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/declassification-of-records-concerning-the-assassinations-of-president-john-f-kenned/

2025-01-23 22:48:50

President Donald Trump issued two quick blows to public health transparency this week, and the secrecy could put lives at risk.
https://freedom.press/the-classifieds/gag-order-at-health-agencies-a-looming-public-health-crisis/

2025-01-22 20:25:41

Don't want (more) surveillance abuse?
Then keep this important privacy oversight board fully staffed — and make sure it maintains access to all the executive branch agency records it needs.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/us/trump-privacy-civil-liberties-oversight-board.html