Media and Democracy Project Newsletters:

April 19, 2026: Supporting Journalists = Supporting Democracy
Hungary, #NoKings, Holding press and power to account

April 5, 2026: FCC Chair Spells It Out
Attacks against journalists while bowing to the wannabe king, PLUS our heroes for February

March 26, 2026:
MAD Calls Out FCC Chair Carr for Treating Trump Like a King
Read our latest letter to Carr demanding action on review of our petition to deny FOX a license

March 8, 2026: Fighting for Facts: Journalism needs YOU!

February 22, 2026: Facts Are Under Attack:
Stand up for truth and reality in journalism

February 4, 2026: The Arrest of Journalists Should Still Be Front Page News. Don Lemon, Georgia Fort and the First Amendment Deserve More Than One News Cycle.

January 25, 2026: A Chill Over the First Amendment
January 10, 2026: What We’re Building in 2026
Reflecting & looking ahead…

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Why donating to campaigns is not the best use of your limited resources

This is addressed to people, like myself, who care deeply about the outcome of our coming elections. I hope to convince you that, despite that fact, your donations are much better spent elsewhere. Where? I cover that in this post. I do recognize, of course, that candidates need money, but

ACT TODAY to protect voting systems and your privacy.

ACT TODAY to protect voting systems and your privacy.

In the last few months, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has illegally overhauled its “SAVE” system into a massive unlawful tool for performing citizenship checks that now relies on inaccurate data from the Social Security Administration and threatens millions of Americans’ voting and privacy rights. This is an appeal

Great organizations to donate to

These is a list in formation of organizations that I think are worth contributing to to protect and restore our democracy. For the rationale behind this list, please see "Why donating to campaigns is a poor use of your limited resources" Election related: These groups in key states

This is a Constitutional crisis

I just heard a reasonably sensible analyst suggest we are not in a Constitutional crisis because Trump has not refused to obey any court orders. A judge has found the administration violated a court order but more importantly, even if Trump strictly obeys every court order, there are many other