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The American Sunlight Project @americansunlight.org · 18/09/2026
This week's edition of Last Week in Censorship focuses on the FCC's war with Disney over free speech and takes a look at the state of self-censorship a year following the death of media figure Charlie Kirk. Read the full article on our Substack: americansunlight.substack.com/p/fcc-enters...
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The American Sunlight Project @americansunlight.org · 10/09/2026
"We’re in a moment in which a truthful account of history is forbidden and everything is subject to an ideological test, including truth." Read more from Jonathan D. Katz, art historian and expert in museum censorship in conversation with ASP: americansunlight.substack.com/p/smithsonia...
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Smithsonian Failed Trump Administration’s Purity Tests
President Trump insists on limiting the nation’s history to a narrative of unadulterated triumph. Museum leaders have stood in the way.
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Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com · 10/09/2026
Today from @americansunlight.org: an interview with Jonathan D. Katz, expert on museum censorship, on the resignation of Lonnie Bunch II as secretary of the Smithsonian: americansunlight.substack.com/p/smithsonia...
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Smithsonian Failed Trump Administration’s Purity Tests
President Trump insists on limiting the nation’s history to a narrative of unadulterated triumph. Museum leaders have stood in the way.
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Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com · 10/12/2025
Today @americansunlight.org published a report we've been working on all fall, detailing the worrisome connections and quack science in the MAHA movement, the Bolsonaro health ministry's failed COVID policies and President Trump's "gold standard" HHS: americansunlight.substack.com/p/how-maga-u...
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How MAGA Used Problematic Research From Brazil To Push False Covid Cures
When research didn’t support Trump’s pandemic “game changer” claims in 2020, his administration went to Brazil. Today, Trump’s “gold standard” anti-science HHS mirrors Bolsonaro's.
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Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com · 12/12/2025
🫵🏻 Are you a data visualization specialist who wants to make a difference in the current US political environment? @americansunlight.org needs you!
🫵🏻 Are you a data visualization specialist who wants to make a difference in the current US political environment? The American Sunlight Project needs you! 

📈 We're looking for someone to help us on a volunteer or low-bono basis (I wish we could pay you the big bucks, but funding is limited) to create an interactive, web-based visualization of a small, democracy-related dataset we've been collecting. Time frame: early 2026.

👀 This project would be ideal for someone who wants to contribute to ASP's mission of increasting the cost of lies that undermine democracy while growing their public portfolio. 

☀️ To learn more or put your name forward, send your CV and a link to your portfolio to contact@americansunlight.org.
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Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com · 02/12/2025
It hasn't been easy, and we continue to be attacked for defending our shared reality. It was our small donors that kept us alive this year. Please chip in today and help us keep up the fight in 2026 ☀️ givebutter.com/ASP-GT-2025
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Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com · 02/12/2025
🦃 November 🇬🇧 gave evidence before UK parliament parliamentlive.tv/event/index/... 🟰spoke at a Gender Equity Summit on tech organized by California First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom
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Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com · 02/12/2025
🎃 October 🇷🇺 explained Russia's weaponization of the European Court of Human Rights to launder disinformation americansunlight.substack.com/p/russias-la... 8/
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Russia’s Lawfare Playbook: How the Kremlin Weaponized Human Rights Courts to Launder Disinformation
When the Kremlin wants to legitimize a lie, it doesn’t just hold a press conference – it files a lawsuit.
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Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com · 02/12/2025
🎒 September 🚫 Partnered with @indicator.media to expose how DSA non-compliant ads for nudifiers were running unchecked in the EU indicator.media/p/meta-ran-4... static1.squarespace.com/static/6612c... 7/
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Meta ran 4,000 more ads for AI nudifiers. That may not be the worst part.
The company is making it easy for the advertisers to conceal their identity
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Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com · 02/12/2025
🏖️ August 🇳🇴 Partnered with Norwegian environmental advocacy group Bellona to further investigate Russia's weaponization of green energy debates and presented our work at Norway's largest political festival. 6/
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Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com · 02/12/2025
💐 April & May 🚨 Sounded the alarm about American autocracy in European Parliament bsky.app/profile/atru... ‼️ worked to raise awareness about the censorship lie infecting the State Department americansunlight.substack.com/p/little-mar... americansunlight.substack.com/p/exporting-... 5/
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‘Little’ Marco’s Tall Tale
Rubio's "Censorship" Lies Are Leaving America Open to Foreign Manipulation
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Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com · 02/12/2025
💐 April 🏛️ Wiped the floor with Matt Taibbi and other "censorship industrial complex" liars in Congress americansunlight.substack.com/p/calling-bs... 4/
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Calling BS on Republicans' Free Speech Hypocrisy
Everything's a conspiracy when you don't know how anything works.
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Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com · 02/12/2025
🍀 March 📈 Started tracking Trump's censorship crusade in our weekly Substack newsletter. americansunlight.substack.com/s/last-week-... 🌍 Published a report about Russia's weaponization of environmental and tech issues. static1.squarespace.com/static/6612c... 3/
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Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com · 02/12/2025
❤️ February 🤖 Coined the concept of "LLM grooming" and released a pioneering report on Russia's use of the tactic. static1.squarespace.com/static/6612c... 🙅🏻‍♀️ Ran a free online safety training for hundreds of feds worried about getting doxxed by DOGE. 2/
A pro-Russian content aggregation network, Pravda, appears to be set up to flood large-language models with pro-Kremlin content, The American Sunlight Project has found. 

Over the past several months, ASP researchers have investigated 108 new domains and subdomains belonging to the Pravda network, a previously-established ecosystem of largely identical, automated web pages that previously targeted many countries in Europe as well as Africa and Asia with pro-Russia narratives about the war in Ukraine. ASP’s research, in combination with that of other organizations including France’s VIGINUM, brings the total number of associated domains and subdomains to 182. The network’s older targets largely consisted of states belonging to or aligned with the West. 

Notably, this latest expansion includes many countries in Africa, the Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and North America. It also includes entities other than countries as targets, specifically non-sovereign nations, international organizations, languages, and prominent heads of state. The top objective of the network appears to be duplicating as much pro-Russia content as widely as possible. With one click, a single article could be autotranslated and autoshared with dozens of other sites that appear to target hundreds of millions of people worldwide. 

ASP researchers also believe the network may have been custom-built to flood large language models with pro-Russia content. The network is unfriendly to human users; sites within the network boast no search function, poor formatting, and unreliable scrolling, among other usability issues. This final finding poses foundational implications for the intersection of disinformation and artificial intelligence (AI), which threaten to turbocharge highly automated, global information operations in the future.
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Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com · 02/12/2025
Do you want to support an organization that doesn't pull punches, doesn't take shit, and confronts the liars on their turf this #GivingTuesday? Consider @americansunlight.org ☀️ givebutter.com/ASP-GT-2025 🧵 Despite a really difficult funding environment, in 2025, we:
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The American Sunlight Project @americansunlight.org · 27/11/2025
It’s been a difficult year for organizations that are fighting disinformation. But because of you, we continue to shine a light on the lies that undermine our democracy. We're thankful for you. 🦃 ☀️ americansunlight.substack.com/p/were-thank...
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We're thankful for you 🦃
Help us keep shining a light on truth in 2026 ☀️
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Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com · 26/11/2025
Get a jump start on your year-end giving! Donations to @americansunlight.org help us -embarrass liars in Congressional hearings -do cutting edge research that exposes foreign propaganda -hold tech platforms accountable for their failures to protect women & girls givebutter.com/ASP-GT-2025
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☀️ Shine a Light on Truth with The American Sunlight Project ☀️
Donate to combat disinformation with The American Sunlight Project today!
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Center for Countering Digital Hate @counterhate.com · 13/11/2025
Climate disinformation is delaying responses to extreme weather events & climate solutions We’re demanding that governments commit to upholding information integrity as a non-negotiable for climate action. #COP30 @caadcoalition.bsky.social👇 caad.info/analysis/reports/cop30-op…
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The American Sunlight Project @americansunlight.org · 13/11/2025
Today at noon ET we're hosting a workshop on Substack Live covering the basics of Foreign Influence & Election Interference Campaigns! Join us as a paid supporter and get access to this and other workshops led by @ninajankowicz.com & @benmshultz.com ☀️ americansunlight.substack.com/p/tomorrow-a...
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Tomorrow: ASP's Foreign Influence Primer
Join Nina & Ben on Substack Live Thursday at Noon ET
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Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com · 31/10/2025
What struck me about Illia’s analysis is how familiar this tactic has become to the United States in such a short time; this sort of lawfare is being used by the MAGA movement to great success, particularly against disinformation researchers.
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Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com · 31/10/2025
Proud to publish this piece from my former student, who writes that Russia's lawfare in the European Court of Human Rights is "transforming [it] into an unwitting accomplice in one of the most sophisticated disinformation operations of the modern era.” americansunlight.substack.com/p/russias-la...
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Russia’s Lawfare Playbook: How the Kremlin Weaponized Human Rights Courts to Launder Disinformation
When the Kremlin wants to legitimize a lie, it doesn’t just hold a press conference – it files a lawsuit.
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Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com · 30/10/2025
Every week, @americansunlight.org catalogues the Trump Administration’s most recent attacks on the First Amendment in its “Last Week in Censorship” series. The list of infringements on Americans’ rights to free expression is now worryingly long. 1/ americansunlight.substack.com/p/last-week-...
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Last Week in Censorship: October 21-27, 2025
From university strongarming to border patrol brutality, the Trump administration doubles down on suppression while journalists flee self-censoring newsrooms
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andy jabbour @andyjabbour.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
😶 Via @americansunlight.org: 'Alan Greenblatt, a 20-year veteran journalist and editor of Governing magazine, resigned October 10 after his parent company ordered staff to avoid articles that could “draw the attention of the Trump White House.”' americansunlight.substack.com/p/last-week-...
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Last Week in Censorship: October 21-27, 2025
From university strongarming to border patrol brutality, the Trump administration doubles down on suppression while journalists flee self-censoring newsrooms
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The American Sunlight Project @americansunlight.org · 29/10/2025
Check out our CEO @ninajankowicz.com on @wired.com's new YouTube series, DisinfoNation shining a light on conspiracies ☀️
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The American Sunlight Project @americansunlight.org · 13/08/2025
“Trump doesn’t even need to see posts from Loomer for them to have an impact,” @ninajankowicz.com told @washingtonpost.com. “Her relationship with the president is well known, and the underlings in the administration need to act quickly to prove their fealty.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Inside Laura Loomer’s rise: ‘Obsessive’ research, Oval Office visits
Laura Loomer has leveraged a personality that friends label “obsessive” and an extreme loyalty to Trump to emerge as a powerful figure in the president’s orbit.
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The American Sunlight Project @americansunlight.org · 05/08/2025
It’s not always the loudest voices, it’s the reaction they provoke. In @washingtonpost.com , @ninajankowicz.com explains how far-right actors test messages online, and how MAGA loyalists in government race to fall in line. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Inside Laura Loomer’s rise: ‘Obsessive’ research, Oval Office visits
Laura Loomer has leveraged a personality that friends label “obsessive” and an extreme loyalty to Trump to emerge as a powerful figure in the president’s orbit.
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The American Sunlight Project @americansunlight.org · 30/07/2025
Don’t forget to stay up to date with ASP on our Substack! We are tracking the Trump Administration’s censorship so you don’t have to in our Last Week in Censorship series. americansunlight.substack.com/p/last-week-...
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Last Week in Censorship: June 22-28, 2025
Maryland federal judiciary hit with unprecedented lawsuit, tourist denied entry over political meme, and university president resigns under federal pressure.
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The American Sunlight Project @americansunlight.org · 28/07/2025
Are you Team Truth? Wear your values, spark a conversation, and maybe even make your neighbor jealous. For the summer's hottest fashion, check out our merch page! americansunlight.myshopify.com/collections/...
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andy jabbour @andyjabbour.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
👋🏽 thx for the cool merch, @ninajankowicz.com & @americansunlight.org, I am, indeed, hot for democracy. Let’s hold on to it. ☀️ 🇺🇸
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The American Sunlight Project @americansunlight.org · 22/07/2025
"The most engaging content online is often the most enraging content." Check out tips from Nina Jankowicz on how to spot and combat disinformation: www.youtube.com/shorts/dYSCJ...
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The American Sunlight Project @americansunlight.org · 15/07/2025
Disinformation is a threat to democracy, and we are committed to tackling it head-on. But we can't do it alone. Join us in the fight against the lies that undermine democracy and donate to the American Sunlight Project today: www.americansunlight.org/donate
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The American Sunlight Project @americansunlight.org · 14/07/2025
On Kash Patel’s “enemies list.” Facing threats, smears, and now retribution. ASP’s @ninajankowicz.com isn’t staying quiet. In her new @msnbc.com op-ed, she calls out the Trump admin’s crusade against truth and what it means for all of us. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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I'm on Kash Patel's 'enemies list.' Just as I expected, the retribution has begun.
New investigations of John Brennan and James Comey are just the latest examples of a troubling trend under the second Trump administration.
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The American Sunlight Project @americansunlight.org · 10/07/2025
Lies are loud. We help cut through the noise. From in-depth investigations to exclusive teach-ins, our Substack gives you the tools to track disinformation and push back. If you were with us on Patreon, resubscribe on Substack to stay connected. americansunlight.substack.com/subscribe?ut...
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The American Sunlight Project @americansunlight.org · 08/07/2025
Pro-Russia operatives are flooding the internet with AI-generated disinformation, 3 million+ fake articles per year. New reporting in @wired.com reveals how these networks use AI to launder lies and infiltrate search results, social feeds and even chatbots. www.wired.com/story/pro-ru...
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The American Sunlight Project @americansunlight.org · 07/07/2025
AI has supercharged the disinformation playbook. At @worldsummitai.bsky.social, @ninajankowicz.com unpacked how AI shapes geopolitics. Last year's elections proved just how easy it’s become to spread lies at scale and how hard it is to tell what’s real. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX5k...
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The American Sunlight Project @americansunlight.org · 04/07/2025
"Trump administration writ large have used the “censorship” lie as a cudgel. [...] Substack is just woefully late in recognizing it. They still seem to be in denial, making an appeal to democratic values and reason within an administration that has demonstrated neither."
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The American Sunlight Project @americansunlight.org · 29/06/2025
Disinformation doesn’t take a day off. Neither do we. Bad actors are flooding your feed with lies, some coordinated, some homegrown. We investigate where it starts, how it spreads, and who benefits. Get the latest direct to your inbox: americansunlight.substack.com/subscribe?ut...
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The American Sunlight Project @americansunlight.org · 26/06/2025
Headaches from headlines? ASP's here to get you the clarity you need on current events. Join us on Substack: americansunlight.substack.com
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The American Sunlight Project @americansunlight.org · 25/06/2025
The Trump admin is using social media to detain immigrants, question citizens, and block students from the country, just for what they’ve posted online. Private posts, political opinions, even no social media can now be seen as a red flag. gizmodo.com/as-trump-com...
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As Trump Comes for Your Social Media, It’s Time You Consider What’s Worth Sharing
Certain apps may help you avoid the U.S. government using your past posts against you.
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Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com · 24/06/2025
Y’all!! I’ve been cooking this up with my team for a while and I’m proud to announce… 🥁 The @americansunlight.org merch line has officially launched, just in time for the 7th circle of hell we all now inhabit! 1/ americansunlight.myshopify.com
“I’m hot for democracy” in vintage blue lettering on a golden sun, printed on a white crop top “I’m hot for democracy” in vintage blue lettering on a golden sun, printed on a white unisex v neck“Team truth” in white script embroidered on a blue baseball capTeam truth in white script and dark blue background on a light blue unisex crew neck
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The American Sunlight Project @americansunlight.org · 24/06/2025
Colorado Republicans lacked votes to block HB 1312, so they used viral misinformation to weaken it. Rep. Caldwell’s outrage-driven clips fueled a campaign that stripped key trans protections. Disinfo wins by algorithms, not debate. We must call it out. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/05/how-...
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How GOP Legislators Manufactured Outrage Against a Transgender Rights Bill in Colorado
Despite widespread support and an unassailable Democratic majority in both Colorado’s state House and Senate, House Bill 1312, which codifies landmark protections for transgender people, was widely be...
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The American Sunlight Project @americansunlight.org · 18/06/2025
MAGA playbook gone global! Our research exposed how U.S. far-right figures, including Bannon, Trump Jr., and Musk, flooded Romania’s digital space with disinformation. Nearly 1 billion views on X amplified Kremlin narratives and far-right candidates. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/m...
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Why the MAGA Right Became Obsessed With the Romanian Election
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The American Sunlight Project @americansunlight.org · 16/06/2025
This week! We’re gathering in San Francisco on Wednesday for a fundraiser to protect the truth and build a stronger coalition for democracy! Join us and fellow defenders of truth! Email contact@americansunlight.org for info! Not in the Bay? Share with a friend who is!
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The American Sunlight Project @americansunlight.org · 12/06/2025
@nytimes.com featured our research on a major disinformation campaign in Romania. MAGA influencers spread conspiracies on X, reaching nearly 1 billion views, boosting far-right candidates and destabilizing a U.S. ally. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/m...
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Why the MAGA Right Became Obsessed With the Romanian Election
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The American Sunlight Project @americansunlight.org · 11/06/2025
In the latest episode of Propaganda Loves You, the hosts trace propaganda’s evolution from the printing press to today’s algorithm-fueled disinformation. Our work at ASP is featured in a deep dive on how partisan actors shape narratives to undermine democracy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=saMb...
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Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com · 10/06/2025
Attention Bay Area peeps! Next week @americansunlight.org is holding a fundraiser in person in downtown SF ☀️ If you're interested in supporting our mission to increase the cost of lies that undermine democracy, email contact@americansunlight.org for more details 💁🏻‍♀️ Hope to see you there!
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The American Sunlight Project @americansunlight.org · 09/06/2025
NEW: MAGA influencers racked up nearly 1 BILLION views pushing conspiracies on Romania’s 24–25 election. Steve Bannon, Tucker Carlson and others flooded to boost Romania’s Trump-aligned candidate, a blitz to spread disinfo and weaken Europe’s defenses. americansunlight.substack.com/p/the-romani...
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The American Sunlight Project @americansunlight.org · 05/06/2025
Beyonce, Harvard, and the FTC. "Last Week in Censorship", where we cover all the latest pettiness in attacks on free speech: americansunlight.substack.com/p/last-week-...
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Last Week in Censorship: May 18-24, 2025
The Trump administration seeks to financially gut Harvard by blocking international students' enrollment, and the FTC is targeting Media Matters.
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The American Sunlight Project @americansunlight.org · 02/06/2025
Ideas die in silence, and that silence just claimed @wilsoncenter.org In @thehill.com Jana Nelson reveals how its quiet dismantling reflects an assault on truth, expertise, and democratic debate, including the disinfo-fighting work of @ninajankowicz.com and others. thehill.com/opinion/inte...
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