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Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Sundar Pichai and Mark Zuckerberg are spending millions of dollars to curry favor with Trump and pad their media and tech companies' considerable profits.
Their highly visible presence at Trump’s inauguration has worrying implications for the future of media and tech platforms — and our ability to speak freely. But we can’t give in to despair when so much is on the line. Join Free Press in the fight for a better future by making an urgent gift toward our end-of-month goal of 100 donations.
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All of us at Free Press
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| Friend, this reporting sums up what we witnessed at Trump’s inauguration:  Media and tech billionaires who gave generously to Trump’s campaign and his inaugural committee took center stage, relegating senior government officials who would traditionally be seated near the front of the inauguration dais to overflow seating.
It’s simple: Catering to Trump’s agenda is a calculated choice for Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Sundar Pichai and Mark Zuckerberg. And they’ve willing to put a price on your individual liberties to boost their companies’ dominance and line their own pockets.
As we pore over our strategic plans for the road ahead, this much is clear: It will be a marathon, not a sprint. To break the broligarchs, we’ll lean on our 20-plus years of experience taking on media and tech titans through bold advocacy, organizing, policy and research. And that’s where you come in:
There’s never been a better time to make your first gift to Free Press. Will you make a gift today toward our January goal of 100 donations? These media and tech billionaires have made it clear that they never cared about protecting their users or our democracy. Their role under Trump is simple: Get in on the grift by going along with the MAGA agenda and laughing all the way to the bank.
The moment we’re living through may feel bleak. You may already feel overwhelmed — that’s exactly how authoritarians want us to feel. But here’s what’s filling us with a renewed sense of purpose: Our work to ensure that we never again have a handful of powerful people controlling so many levers of information in our democracy.
Repairing the damage ahead will be tough but so necessary. And in 2025 and beyond, we commit to telling the truth about what’s happening in this country, confronting billionaire interests at every turn and uniting communities to reclaim free speech in the face of injustice. Are you with us? Make your very first gift to Free Press by the end of the month to sustain our work in the weeks and months ahead.
Thank you so much,
Candace and the rest of us at Free Press  |
