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The @UofAlabama at Birmingham is forcing its radio station to call the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America” to comply with a screwball state law with no enforcement mechanism.
They took a toothless law, gave it teeth, and took a bite out of press freedom.
@TrevorTimm explains:
Records obtained through FOIA requests have helped journalists and the public uncover major insights.
When FOIA offices lose staff and resources, requests pile up and secrecy gets worse.
Tell Congress to protect FOIA today:
freedom.press/action/protect…
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“The ultimate injury here … is to the democratic public.”
A good reminder of who is ultimately harmed by retaliatory censorship. It isn't just about Trump feuding with the press.
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FOIA offices are being decimated across federal agencies, leaving the government unable to fulfill public records requests.
Don’t let this blatant attack on transparency fly under the radar.
Tell your representatives to safeguard FOIA.
freedom.press/action/protect…
Waiting 10 years to charge Comey with espionage says everything. The Espionage Act is so poorly written that it’s just a blank check to go after political rivals and whistleblowers.
The abuse won’t end until the law is reformed.
nytimes.com/2026/10/26/us/po…
đź”” How should the press respond when anonymous law enforcement officers evade scrutiny?
Join our webinar to discuss how journalists can hold them accountable, with @mirnemeth, @samstecklow, and Raven Geary.
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The Freedom of Information Act is one of the most powerful tools journalists — and all Americans — have to find out what our public officials are doing. But offices across the administration are being gutted.
Tell your lawmakers to protect FOIA:
freedom.press/action/protect…
Sexual assaults on campus no longer scrutinized as closely under Trump’s Education Department
ProPublica sued the government for records that show which schools are facing civil rights investigations — data that was public before Trump’s second term.
propublica.org/article/civil…
The EPA is quietly killing its web archive
Tens of thousands of documents on contamination, clean power, and Trump’s climate deletions are now scheduled to disappear.
motherjones.com/environment/…
The Espionage Act is a horrible law that's been abused for years to go after sources and whistleblowers, including by Comey's FBI.
It's also been used to investigate Clinton, Biden, and Trump. Everyone should hate it by now!
Just get rid of it! nytimes.com/2026/10/26/us/po…
“Can the president then offer on eBay to sell them, all of our national security secrets to the highest bidder?”
This question was posed during our Presidential Records Act appeal hearing. DOJ's answer? Yes.
More in the Classifieds.
freedom.press/the-classified…
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"Brendan Carr is not the journalism police. And he is just about the least qualified person in the country to lecture the press about journalistic ethics," FPF's @SethAStern said.
Read more in @AJEnglish.
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đź”” How should the press respond when anonymous law enforcement officers evade scrutiny?
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Spyware vendors are using ads to breach mobile devices, even if you never click. New research shows journalists have become targets.
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Rep. Jason Smith’s targeting of BreakThrough News for views he dislikes shows a blatant disregard of the First Amendment.
People who themselves hold controversial political views should know the risk of normalizing fishing expeditions targeting dissent.
freedom.press/issues/congres…
