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Journalist @KatiePhang won yet another court order directing the government to release the unredacted Epstein files.
The DOJ asked to pause the releases. The judge said no.
Will the Trump admin comply, or skirt accountability again?
Watch @trevortimm break it down.
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Texas prisons showed what happens when independent journalism is replaced by propaganda.
Now the same thing is happening to Stars and Stripes.
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A toothless consent decree may enable the Ellisons' President Trump-facilitated takeover of Warner Bros.
"If it goes through, it will give them unprecedented control over what the next generation watches and reads," @SethAStern writes in @theintercept.
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Threats to denaturalize journalists and filmmakers are illegal and outrageous and belie any claim that financing Israel’s wars advances democracy. deadline.com/2026/09/naza-di…
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Anyone heard from David Ellison about all of this?
Isn't he trying to buy CNN? You'd think he'd want to stand up for the journalists he seeks to employ.
Unless he prioritizes his relationship with Trump over both CNN's interests and press freedom.
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As the five major TV networks said in a joint statement earlier this week, "The public has a vital interest in receiving accurate, independent information about its government." *Independent.* It's really as simple as that.
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The Trump admin used secret subpoenas to snoop on journalists’ phone records.
But a new bill could make sure this never happens again. It requires a judge’s approval for phone records and bars gov’t subpoenas to tech companies to spy on Americans.
Watch @trevortimm explain:
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For years, Signal has required a phone number to register for an account. That’s all changing. You can now pay a small fee for an account with no phone number.
Read about it in our digital security newsletter, and subscribe.
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Trump’s continued attempts to handpick which journalists can cover him are all about controlling what the public is allowed to know.
He’s terrified of the public seeing what he and his administration are up to.
Scoop: The White House blocked CNN from traveling aboard Air Force One to Tennessee on Saturday. It was set to serve as the designated TV pooler.
The decision calls into question the state of the TV pool which was reinstated Friday.
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It took a week for CNN to get White House access back. Other outlets boycotted in solidarity.
But not David Ellison – he dined at the WH with Trump and Xi and ignored calls from reporters and advocates to stand up for the journalists he seeks to employ.
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MS NOW was also denied access to the state dinner welcoming Xi Jinping. avclub.com/david-ellison-whi…
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The solution to the federal government meddling in CBS and CNN's journalism isn't for state attorneys general to do so too.
We told a judge to reject the ridiculous "editorial independence board" that the AGs' proposed settlement would create. blockthemerger.com/press/ami…
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Special thanks to lawyers @BBenedict33 and Jessica J. González for their amazing work.
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Dozens of former federal prosecutors filed a brief in support of our lawsuit to stop Trump's corrupt scheme to charge for expedited access to headlines he generates when he announces everything from military strikes to media bans on Truth Social. fortune.com/2026/09/24/over-…
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📩 Read our weekly newsletter:
- Judge rules media ban clearly unconstitutional
- Crickets from Ellison on the media ban
- Paramount settlement’s "editorial board" is worthless
- Overclassification is a bipartisan problem
- Plus, what we're reading...
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The solution for the Ellisons letting Trump and Carr police journalism is to keep the gov't out of newsrooms.
No one believes the Ellisons will do that, with or without a sham editorial board, "which is why this merger cannot proceed," @SethAStern said.
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Denying three media outlets access to the White House, despite a judge’s order, and then praising Chinese state media for being “friendly”? Xi couldn’t have asked for a better gift.
China is one of the world’s worst jailers of journalists, with 100+ behind bars, per @RSF_inter.
Unfortunately there's another new development: The White House has barred two CNN journalists from covering Xi Jinping’s arrival back at the WH for a state dinner, "after trying to tell the network which type of journalists could cover the event." Details: cnn.com/2026/09/24/politics/…
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Freedom of the Press Foundation retweeted
The Ellisons could make a killing in big surveillance With the Paramount merger: With the Paramount–Warner Bros. merger set to proceed, the Ellisons can stoke Americans’ fears — and sell the gove't its solution.
Read @SethAStern's op-ed in @theintercept: theintercept.com/2026/09/23/…
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Freedom of the Press Foundation retweeted
A Paramount-appointed “editorial independence board” for CNN and CBS is worthless.
The editorial board creates the same First Amendment problems it’s supposed to solve — the government meddling in the news.
@TrevorTimm explains:
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Freedom of the Press Foundation retweeted
Good news: The court recognized that this ban is blatantly unconstitutional and rejected the administration’s sham “national security” excuse.
Trump attacks the free press because he fears the public seeing what happens in the people's house.
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Freedom of the Press Foundation retweeted
Court orders are just paper unless they’re enforced. Enough is enough.
Government officials who continue to deny journalists’ access to the White House in defiance of Judge Kelly’s order should be held in contempt.
Our statement:
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Freedom of the Press Foundation retweeted
Trump beats up on the free press because he’s terrified for the public to see what he and his administration are up to behind closed doors.
Everyone involved in denying journalists’ access to the White House must be held accountable.
Read our statement: freedom.press/issues/white-h…
ALT Statement from FPF Advocacy Chief Seth Stern.
BREAKING: A federal judge ruled today that @CNN, @MSNOWNews and @Politico can temporarily recover press access to the White House, days after President Trump banned them.
But the administration defied the order, denying journalists entry this morning.
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