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Two lawfare warriors failed to bury reporting on government-released documents through frivolous SLAPP lawsuits.
Yet only one target got recourse, because of the court where the case was filed.
That's why Congress must pass a federal anti-SLAPP law.
@TrevorTimm explains:
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…
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:
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“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.
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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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🔔 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…
The @FloridaGOP should know news outlets cannot be punished for publishing information from whistleblowers.
The Supreme Court case that says it’s not the job of journalists to maintain the government’s confidences literally has Florida in the name.
More:
freedom.press/issues/florida…
Broadcasters have a First Amendment right to report polling data, even if it proves to be inaccurate, just like they have a First Amendment right to report on Brendan Carr and Trump’s own countless lies, even when they turn out to be inaccurate.
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Camera networks run by Flock, Axon, and others make it cheap and easy for investigators to link reporters to their sources or for authorities to harass journalists.
That’s why FPF is proud to endorse the Get the Flock Out of Our Communities Act.
freedom.press/issues/put-flo…
“The EPA’s insistence on decommissioning its web archive will only continue to erode public trust—at the exact time the public and lawmakers need agency information the most,” FPF's @LaurenLeHarper told @RSanta_notClaus.
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- Help put Flock on the chopping block
- Ethically challenged FCC chair lectures press on ethics
- Congressional threats to @BTnewsroom are unconstitutional harassment
- Plus, what we're reading...
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“Literally every time [FCC Chair Brendan Carr] attacks the press, it’s because of reporting that was unfavorable to his boss, Donald Trump, whose gilded face he’s been known to wear as a lapel pin,” FPF's Seth Stern said.
More from @brianstelter:
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Camera networks run by Flock, Axon, and others make it cheap and easy for investigators to link reporters to their sources or for authorities to harass journalists.
That’s why FPF is proud to endorse the Get the Flock Out of Our Communities Act.
freedom.press/issues/put-flo…
Freedom of the Press Foundation retweeted
Spyware vendors are using ads to breach mobile devices, even if you never click. New research shows journalists have become targets.
Read our newsletter to learn more — and subscribe:
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