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While local news is in crisis across the country, the New Jersey Civic Information Consortium has served as a model solution for local journalism. But New Jersey now has a big (funding) problem. Free Press' @mikerispoli.bsky.social explains:

“Anti-technology extremists” 🤔 The Trump regime is now using the federal intelligence apparatus against the growing opposition to AI and data centers, publicly referring to “anti-technology extremism” as a counterterrorism priority according to @wired.com. @ruddock.bsky.social explains:

It's #MayDay and Free Press continues to fight the billionaires, along with big media and their data centers, that are working to take our power away. Democracy is run by we, the people. Let's keep it that way. Find a May Day activation and learn more: maydaystrong.org

📢 Section 702 is a domestic spying tool – and Congress could vote to reauthorize it early THIS WEEK. 📢 Here’s everything you need to know and what you can do about it.

Carr’s abuse of his FCC role draws criticism from across the political spectrum. @mattfieldwood.bsky.social testified before @housecommerce.bsky.social today, cutting through the noise with dogged focus on affordability, free speech, and an agency that needs to focus on the public interest. ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️

The FCC’s unprecedented moves to grease the skids for the terrible merger of Nexstar and Tegna are something we simply can’t let stand. Free Press' @notaaroncraig.bsky.social explains why this deal is illegal, and what we plan to do about it (linked in 🧵):

Free Press's @notaaroncraig.bsky.social breaks it down on @democracynow.org

Hollywood is having a reckoning. Without diverse and equitable inclusion in the media, we do not have free speech. And with mega-mergers on the horizon, Hollywood's diverse viewpoints and representation are at risk. More from Free Press' @rlivier.bsky.social: www.freepress.net/blog/hollywo...

We need to talk about Trump angling to capture Hollywood and control its movie-making machine. That's why we're is driving a billboard around LA this weekend showing Trump pulling the strings behind the massive media merger. @jgo4justice.bsky.social, @rlivier.bsky.social report from Dolby Theater: