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Heather Franklin

@heatherfranklin.bsky.social
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she/her | Sr. Campaign Director at @freepress.bsky.social | Opinions here are mine | Begrudgingly on the social internet

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
this sucks but la lucha sigue
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Jessica J. González @jgo4justice.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
According to Bloomberg, the deal is sealed and it's incredibly weak. Here's @freepress.bsky.social's take on this disappointing cave. From the bottom of my heart, I thank the hundreds of thousands of you who showed up to #BlockTheMerger. We will not stop fighting with you for a better media system.
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Attorney General Bonta Caves to Pressure from Billionaires and Gavin Newsom, Paves Way for Disastrous Paramount-Warner Bros. Mega-Merger
"The capitulation marks a new low," says Jessica J. González. "It’s a sad day for all of us because it will cut jobs & raise prices, as it consolidates the media even more to enable authoritarians."
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Alvaro M. Bedoya @bedoyausa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Gavin Newsom caved to that pressure. So did Xavier Becerra. And eventually, so did Attorney General Rob Bonta, agreeing to a weak settlement that will be exceedingly difficult to enforce. People want champions who are not afraid of rich bullies. Newsom, Becerra, and Bonta did not meet that mark.
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Alvaro M. Bedoya @bedoyausa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Today, billionaires yet again bribed, censored, and bullied their way to the top. As a result, a billionaire media company closely allied with the president will soon own one of its closest rivals, including some of the nation’s critical news outlets. Saudi Arabia will co-own those outlets, too.
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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 20/09/2026
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Mark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
To my friends in the Bay Area: I'm hearing Rob Bonta is about to cave and hand Warner Bros over to the Ellisons. We can't let him do that. Can you show up outside his AG office in Oakland tomorrow at 5pm to reject this backroom deal? Reject the deal. www.mobilize.us/notabovethel...
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Block the Merger: Don't Settle with Paramount! · Not Above the Law
Join us to rally outside of the California Attorney General's Oakland office! We need Attorney General Rob Bonta to stand strong against a Paramount-Warner Brothers Merger. A core principle behind a...
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Concessions don’t work. That’s why the State AGs need to take their case to trial. They've got the Ellisons on the ropes. Protect consumers and workers. Block the Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. Discovery merger. Sign the Petition! noparamountconcessions.com
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#BlockTheMerger
Twelve state attorneys general sued to block Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. Concessions don’t protect workers, consumers or creators. Tell the AGs to hold strong and take it to trial. SIGN THE P...
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Mark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Don’t you dare @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov, do not cave. 5670 film makers put their necks on the line for you to fight this merger. Another 75,000+ and counting have signed to tell you not to concede in just 3 weeks. Please sign to send a message to the AG’s and Paramount. noparamountconcessions.com
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Heather Franklin @heatherfranklin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez @agomezfcc.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
It’s high time that we have a corporate parent like Disney show courage, stand up and push back against this administration’s overreach and constitutional violations. This should be a welcome sign for every broadcaster who has felt the weight of government pressure in silence.
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I wonder why backers of the Paramount merger are resorting to shady astroturf operations like "Neighbors for Strong Communities," a fake organization with an address in Washington, DC that's a nondescript black door next to an Italian restaurant texting ppl in California about "Hollywood jobs"? Oh.
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California AG Rob Bonta Says David Ellison Is “Desperate” and “Grasping at Straws”
In an expansive interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Bonta laid out his strategy and took aim at the Paramount chief and emerging legal rival. “He cannot flee accountability.”
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Here's a fun little dive into corporate astroturfing in the USA: There's an "organization" called Neighbors for Strong Communities that lists no board members, staff or funders. The address on their website is a nondescript black door in Washington, DC next to an Italian restaurant. Seems legit!
https://neighborsforstrongcommunities.org/ homepageaddress of the astroturf firm
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andré, but scarier @andre-carlisle.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
excuse me a what where
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 16/07/2026
April 2024, a Pomona College student after her school had her arrested for protesting for Gaza and BDS: “We stand unwavering in our demands, and we know that the things that have historically toppled apartheid states is pressure from institutions.” www.teenvogue.com/story/studen...
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Heather Franklin @heatherfranklin.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I know this is very "old man yells at cloud" of me, but I got a new, more ergonomic, computer mouse and just found out I may have to *download an app* to change the pointer speed on this thing. What happened to buttons that allow you to toggle through more than two speed options??
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Mark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/b... It’s amazing what a group of committed passionate people can do. For all you who signed onto the letters, film makers and journalists, and kept pushing, speaking to the AGs and sharing your stories…Thank you. They said it was inevitable, it’s not. #blockthemerger
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States Prepare Lawsuit to Block Paramount’s Merger With Warner Bros.
State attorneys general are said to be getting ready to file a lawsuit as soon as this week to halt the $111 billion deal, a potential major obstacle.
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 12/07/2026
Your works are your legacy
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
counterpoint: the dead should make it harder for me to speak ill of them
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
I've got an idea: Duel.
Elon Musk and Sam Altman fighting about things both of them are lying about.
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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
This fuckin guy
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10/07/2026
really think that if democrats hold any chamber of congress next year that a condition of passing a budget is the removal of russ vought, who has a genuinely tyrannical vision of presidential power and is a focal point of the lawlessness of the trump administration
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Craig Aaron @notaaroncraig.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
These absurd, offensive, fictitious claims that Paramount merger opponents are antisemitic are insulting smears. That's the story here. Many of us fighting this deal are Jewish. Shame on Makan Delrahim for starting this lie and ex-FTC Chair Jon Leibowitz (now on Paramount's payroll) for joining in.
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Paramount alleges that antisemitism is part of WBD merger opposition
DOJ signed off on the deal last week, but states still may sue.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
take down the goddamn letters and let us have ONE THING today
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
calling women who take allegations of domestic violence seriously “HR ladies” is a way to diminish the power we have worked so hard to gain and make women feel annoying for caring. i hope women in this category know it is never annoying to care.
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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Whose anyone ?!? WHO IS ANYONE? *chasing goose meme*
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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 28/05/2026
Real good bit about the slippery slope of genAI use. A battle we're already fighting, especially against the C-suite.
Text clip from the Harvard Gazette article: 

He continued, “Whatever your chosen profession is, please don’t let AI rob you of the fun part of it. Your generation’s upcoming battle won’t be humans against AI; that’s at least two months away. … It’s going to be people with substance versus people with shallow knowledge. It’s going to be mastery versus faking it. It’s going to be people with good taste versus tacky. I trust you will put in the work necessary to be on the right side of those battles.”
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Heather Franklin @heatherfranklin.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
your honor, I love them
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Heather Franklin @heatherfranklin.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
So excited for what Akilah, Dan, and team have in store for us in season 2. If you aren't already subscribed, I beg you to get your life together. Season 1 of Rebel Spirit is the best podcast that's ever been in my ears, and season 2 is off to an amazing start. Congrats y'all!
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 13/05/2026
And the tech companies wonder why people hate them so much.
Nearly 50,000 Lake Tahoe residents have to find a new power source after their energy source looks to redirect lines to data centers
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
“…the forces that stand today against …political representation for Black people won’t stop there…They seek a one party political system ruled by authoritarians. The political oppression of Black people is not the end. It is the conduit.”
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 11/05/2026
They’re like emergency responders who put on their siren and rush to the scene whenever Black people are trying to get representation
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Heather Franklin @heatherfranklin.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
If companies don't stop pushing their useless and annoying AI integrations, I'm going back to pen, paper, and regular phone calls. Either that or I'm headed back to the woods to live off the land with my hard copy media. Can you tell I was off last week?
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FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez @agomezfcc.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
One year ago, this administration walked away from a bipartisan commitment to help connect every American, regardless of income, zip code, or language. You can't lead in AI with a workforce locked out of the digital economy. It is time to restore Digital Equity Act funding now.
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Hey Spirits! @heyspirits.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
WHEN THE GAME JUST KICKS OFF AND YOU'RE SO FULL OF SAUCE THAT'S CANTOOOOREEEEEEE
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The Voting Rights Act is essentially dead and it’s quite possible that we will, like when a similar SCOTUS gutted civil rights at the fall of Reconstruction, see a disappearance of much of the Black congressional representation, especially in the most heavily Black states, which are in the South.
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Heather Franklin @heatherfranklin.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
To my knowledge an FCC commissioner has never been impeached by Congress. I know the list of administration officials in need of impeaching is long, but Brendan Carr should be added to it. It's important to remember that Carr used to be FCC General Counsel. He knows what he's doing.
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
The Paramount-Warner Bros merger is an awful, terrible, no good deal for consumers, for workers & for democracy. Our media ecosystem is crumbling all around us. The last thing we need is more corporate consolidation that puts censorship power in the hands of authoritarian overlords. (1/2)
Standing together holding up a #BlockTheMerger sign.Standing together holding up a #BlockTheMerger sign.Speaking before a group of attendees holding up #BlockTheMerger signs.
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Heather Franklin @heatherfranklin.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Incredible stuff. Call your members and tell them to vote NO: 202-225-5341
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 07/04/2026
Yeah so he is just going to keep doing the thing where we are in a constant state of uncertainty, confusion, stress, and tension because that is what abusive people do and the people who are in a position to address this are asleep at the switch.
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King Algamemnon @adamrothman.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
If you think this is exhausting, imagine being Iranian.
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jenna ruddock @ruddock.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
if you can call, call. if you can't, email. get 3 or 4 friends to call, too. volume matters. @5calls.org already has an updated script: 5calls.org/issue/stop-i...
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No War With Iran (UPDATED 4/7) ⭑ 5 Calls
Updates April 7, 2026: Trump has openly threatened to obliterate “a whole civilization” if Iran does not agree to a deal. Given these repeated, …
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jenna ruddock @ruddock.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
i know calling your reps feels deeply unsatisfying in the face of atrocities, and you'd think their phones are already ringing off the hook, but they aren't! cannot emphasize enough how much impact a few dozen, let alone a few hundred, calls could have.
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 07/04/2026
Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work.
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AblativMeatshld @ablativmeatshld.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Remember: You're too old to be praying on the downfall of people you don't like. You're old enough now to be directly involved yourself.
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Heather Franklin @heatherfranklin.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
This is like a Vegas bookie telling you “maybe I’ll break your knee caps and leave you stranded in the desert, maybe I won’t. who’s to say! 🤷🏻‍♀️” The threat is real and the point.
Carr previously warned broadcasters they could lose station licenses over airing late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel, and Disney briefly pulled him from the air after the comments, which Carr has since defended and denied were ever a threat. At the event on Thursday, Carr said he had no plans to pull broadcast licenses. “You never know, but I don’t have plans,” he said. “Maybe we will, maybe we don’t, as the big guy would say.”
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Alisa Valentin, PhD @alisavalentin.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Still thinking about this moment today during @mattfieldwood.bsky.social’s testimony before House E&C. In response to Carr’s manufactured attacks against diversity, equity, and inclusion, Matt notes that it seems like white men are doing just fine. And as I said 10 years ago, #TechPolicySoWhite.
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Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
The story of how disparate and diverse communities are stepping up to deny the federal government a detention infrastructure is a big one, and it’s inspiring. 👇🏾
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Heather Franklin @heatherfranklin.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
me: I'm really not that dramatic also me: what if I laid down and pretended I'm dead like an overwhelmed opossum?
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