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Jessica J. González

@jgo4justice.bsky.social
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Co-CEO of @FreePress.bsky.social. Board member @AmericasVoice.bsky.social & Latino Media Collaborative. Los Angeles-based chingona lawyer.

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Jessica J. González @jgo4justice.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
@freepress.bsky.social and #BlocktheMerger allies have worked tirelessly to challenge the Ellison family takeover of Warner Bros. This week we lost, and I've been reflecting on the unfair advantage that billionaire oligarchs have in our media and our politics. pressingissues.org/tech-barons-...
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Loss Leaders: Tech Barons Buy Up Media Outlets to Hide Grifts
Billionaires are amassing control of our information environment to manipulate and control politics
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Jessica J. González @jgo4justice.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The deal hasn’t even closed yet and already the job losses have commenced. Mind you, these folks are well off and will be fine. But thousands of middle class and blue collar workers are about to lose their livelihoods. variety.com/2026/film/ne...
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Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy to Depart at Warner Bros. Following Paramount Close
Michael De Luca & Pamela Abdy won't be part of David Ellison's management team after the Paramount Skydance & Warner Bros. Discovery merger closes.
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Committee for the First Amendment @1acommittee.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
📅 One year ago today, we relaunched the Committee for the First Amendment – because the antidote to authoritarianism is organized resistance. vimeo.com/1232108748 Follow us to learn more, and become a member at 🔗 1ACommittee.org.
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One Year of 1A
One year ago today, we relaunched the Committee for the First Amendment – because the antidote to authoritarianism is organized resistance. We believe the entertainment industry can be a pillar of de...
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Jessica J. González @jgo4justice.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Corrupt FCC chair Brendan Carr the Censorship Czar is unqualified to speak on what is "normal."
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FCC head says government-funded Trump ads are ‘normal’ and ‘don’t raise any red flags’
Brendan Carr said the ads are “normal-course public service announcements” and nothing that would “merit any sort of” review by the Federal Communications Commission.
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Jessica J. González @jgo4justice.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Yes, we’re disappointed in this outcome. And @freepress.bsky.social won’t stop working to pass enduring media policy that funds and diversifies our media and safeguards its independence.
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Jessica J. González @jgo4justice.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#BlocktheMerger groups @freepress.bsky.social @1acommittee.bsky.social @freedom.press @filmcoalition.bsky.social @documentary.org filed an amicus brief last night urging the court to reject Paramount’s consent decree with state AGs. More here: www.freepress.net/news/free-pr...
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Free Press and Block the Merger Partners File Amicus Brief Blasting Pitiful Paramount Settlement
“The court should reject this deal outright," says Jessica J. González. "It doesn’t address the anti-competitive concerns that state attorneys general themselves identified in their initial lawsuit."
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Jessica J. González @jgo4justice.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Early this morning, core members of the #BlocktheMerger coalition filed a motion with the court presiding over the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger suit. We're asking Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín to give us a chance to formally oppose the deal. Motion here: www.freepress.net/download/blo...
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Jessica J. González @jgo4justice.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is what happens when you refuses to capitulate to lawless authoritarians! 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼 Media companies and literally everyone: take note!
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Jessica J. González @jgo4justice.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is an atrocity. Abolish ICE. www.npr.org/2026/09/23/n...
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ICE is looking into 'mobile detention facilities'
Buried in the paperwork for Immigration and Customs Enforcement's expansion in Pennsylvania is a document requesting "mobile detention facilities."
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Craig Aaron @notaaroncraig.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
New Pressing Issues: @jgo4justice.bsky.social breaks down the Paramount settlement: "a toothless set of unenforceable commitments, weak oversight and empty promises on movie production that amount to far less than what both companies were already doing on their own."
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Attorneys General Cave to Paramount’s Extortion Threats
But the growing movement fighting the authoritarian takeover of the media won’t stop
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Craig Aaron @notaaroncraig.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Variety reports that a bunch of corporate lawyers are making "guilt donations" for working to seal the Paramount deal on Yom Kippur. I didn't work today. But I have a better idea: Gratitude donations to the groups that have been fighting so hard to #BlockTheMerger See the 🧵 below for links
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Jessica J. González @jgo4justice.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Here's the deal. We're still going to be there in front of Paramount tomorrow to rally for free speech and real, structural media reform so that we don't end up here again with big media billionaires bullying and buying off our elected officials.
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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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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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Jessica J. González @jgo4justice.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Last minute protest outside AG Bonta’s Oakland office tonight when folks caught wind that he’s wavering on his promise to protect consumers and workers. #BlocktheMerger #NoConcessions
Protesters outside AG Bonta’s Oakland office holding signs calling on the AG to block the merger.Protesters outside AG Bonta’s Oakland office holding signs calling on the AG to block the merger.Protesters outside AG Bonta’s Oakland office holding signs calling on the AG to block the merger.
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Jessica J. González @jgo4justice.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Mounting pressure on state AGs to not make a deal. #BlocktheMerger #NoConcessions www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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Opposition grows to Paramount-Warner Bros. merger settlement as deal enters critical week
Critics of the $111-billion Paramount acquisition of Warner Bros. urged California Atty. Gen. Bonta and other state attorneys general to disregard pressure to reach a settlement.
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W. Kamau Bell @wkamaubell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Oakland! If you believe that it is wrong for a handful of billionaires to own the media then come out to this rally tomorrow (Sunday 9/20). We need Attorney General Rob Bonta to stand strong against a Paramount-WB merger. 5pm at 1515 Clay St, Oakland, CA 94612. 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
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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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"A fake bipartisan oversight committee won’t save CNN. We have all the evidence we need from the Ellisons’ destruction of CBS about what they do to warp journalism at Donald Trump’s request." Press freedom group Free Press opposes a settlement deal between the state AGs and Paramount.
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"Among the terms on table are “independent content monitoring of CNN” As anyone who has actually worked in a newsroom knows, this is a bullsh*t idea. CNN will get the CBS News treatment no matter what some content board says or does. variety.com/2026/film/ne...
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Paramount and California AG Bonta Reportedly in ‘Advanced Talks’ to Settle Antitrust Suit
Paramount Skydance is in "advanced talks" with California Attorney General Rob Bonta to settle the 12-state antitrust suit that's holding up its takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, the WSJ reported.
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Stephanie Brancaforte @expluma.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Warren is right - the deal sucks. When surveillance billionaires say “trust us”, the people and the law need to shut them down. variety.com/2026/film/ne...
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Elizabeth Warren Says it Would be a ‘Massive Mistake’ for Rob Bonta to Settle Lawsuit With Paramount as Trump Bans CNN from White House: ‘This Is a Dangerous Merger’
Elizabeth Warren says it would be a 'massive mistake' for Rob Bonta to settle his lawsuit with Paramount.
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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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Gabriel Lezra @gabelezra.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Makan Delrahim, one of Paramount's main lawyers pushing a settlement with behavioral remedies...had a lot to say about them as DOJ antitrust chief. Back then, they were "the wolf of regulation dressed in the sheep's clothing of a behavioral decree." Thread: www.justice.gov/archives/opa...
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 19/09/2026
As Trump tries to ban CNN from the White House, it would be a massive mistake to cave on the Paramount merger. The last thing we need is another Trump-controlled media conglomerate abusing its power to stomp out competition. This is a dangerous merger. variety.com/2026/film/ne...
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Paramount and California AG Bonta Reportedly in ‘Advanced Talks’ to Settle Antitrust Suit
Paramount Skydance is in "advanced talks" with California Attorney General Rob Bonta to settle the 12-state antitrust suit that's holding up its takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, the WSJ reported.
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Jessica J. González @jgo4justice.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Further press reports indicate that this deal Bonta’s working on is extremely weak tea. Here’s @freepress.bsky.social statement: www.freepress.net/news/free-pr... We are calling for AGS to hold strong. #BlocktheMerger #NoConcessions
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Free Press Calls on Attorney Generals Not to Cave to Ellison’s Extortion
The reported deal would abandon the thousands of creatives and workers who risked speaking out and the tens of millions of consumers the attorneys general should be fighting for.
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Free Press @freepress.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
🚨Press reports state AGs are negotiating to settle their suit against the Paramount-WBD merger.🚨 "Here’s what every politician negotiating in backrooms should understand: People won’t forget who stood up for them and who capitulated" @jgo4justice.bsky.social www.freepress.net/news/free-pr...
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Free Press Calls on Attorney Generals Not to Cave to Ellison’s Extortion
The reported deal would abandon the thousands of creatives and workers who risked speaking out and the tens of millions of consumers the attorneys general should be fighting for.
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Jessica J. González @jgo4justice.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
News broke this afternoon that Bonta and Paramount are in settlement talks. All of the sources are anonymous. Which is really … something. The Wall Street Journal and Deadline have slightly conflicting reports on timing. If I were advising the state AGs, this is what I’d say:
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Nora Benavidez @attorneynora.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A coalition of more than a dozen leading global press freedom groups have released a joint statement urging Luis Galeano's freedom. www.freepress.net/news/press-f...
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Press-Freedom Coalition Calls for the Immediate Release of ICE-Detained Journalist Luis Galeano
Luis Galeano is the latest in a long line of journalists who came to the United States to report on issues of the day and instead face deportation.
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Jessica J. González @jgo4justice.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is desperate dictator behavior. Media outlets will self-censor to stay in the room. Critical stories will go untold. I sure hope these media outlets sue to defend their rights, because the people are the biggest losers when Trump censors them. www.cnbc.com/2026/09/18/t...
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Trump says he's banning MS NOW, CNN and Politico from White House
President Donald Trump said he is banning MS NOW, CNN and Politico from the White House over their coverage of him.
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FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez @agomezfcc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The FCC just let some of the most repressive governments in the world indirectly control nearly all of a combined Paramount-Warner Bros. An investment this large in one of America's biggest media companies doesn't just buy equity, it secures influence over what gets said and what gets made.
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CALÓ News @calonews.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
How Flock surveillance goes beyond license plate readers to target immigrants. www.calonews.com/featured-topics/im…
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How Flock surveillance goes beyond license plate readers to target immigrants
While ICE operations increase, its federal strategy has been powered by sophisticated surveillance technology that aggregates public and private data, tracks social media and digital activity and captures license plate
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Free Press @freepress.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
ICE has arrested and detained yet another journalist. Free Press and our allies are urging the agency to immediately release Luis Galeano. Our statement:
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Press-Freedom Coalition Calls for the Immediate Release of ICE-Detained Journalist Luis Galeano
Luis Galeano is the latest in a long line of journalists who came to the United States to report on issues of the day and instead face deportation.
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Global Project Against Hate and Extremism @globalextremism.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The White House turned deportation into a video game. “Rio Run” lets players capture migrants along the Rio Grande, while “Build the Wall” was removed after Tetris objected to its unauthorized use. The games bring anti-immigrant messaging into official government entertainment. Read more:
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The White House Releases Racist Video Games
The White House has turned anti-immigrant rhetoric into a video game. A new arcade.gov website features games that depict migrants as targets to be stopped, rounded up, or imprisoned, bringing the rac...
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 18/09/2026
Brendan Carr is the guy who spent 5 years hyperventilating on cable news about the FAINTEST POSSIBILITY that China had undue influence over TikTok China, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar having a near 50% investment stake in a major U.S. media conglomerate: no problem
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FCC Approves Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Foreign Investment
The agency approved a request for foreign investors to indirectly hold a non-voting stake in excess of 25% in the aggregate
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Jessica J. González @jgo4justice.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The FCC waived massive foreign investment in the Paramount-WB deal. They didn’t have to. But Brendan Carr has made himself the laughingstock of the Communications Bar. So now he’s circling billionaire tables for scraps b/c nobody of principle will hire him to do honest work again. #BlocktheMerger
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Craig Aaron @notaaroncraig.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The idea that allowing the Saudi regime — which has murdered journalists, don’t forget — and other foreign investors to up to 100% of CBS and CNN is somehow in the “public interest” twists the term beyond recognition. But FCC’s Brendan Carr only serves Trump and Larry Ellison, not the public.
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Jessica J. González @jgo4justice.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
These are the direct consequences of FCC Chair Brendan Carr's abuse of power and zeal for censoring dissent. Media companies are actually pulling punches because they're scared to anger Trump and his cronies. www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politic...
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Universal Is Getting Cold Feet on Releasing the Elon Musk Documentary (Exclusive)
The Comcast-owned studio is not yet committing to rolling out Alex Gibney's movie that it paid millions to acquire for non-North American release before the political winds shifted.
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Jessica J. González @jgo4justice.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
And they’ll do it again to CNN. Because for the Ellisons, it’s not about being a good media company. Or ratings. Or making money. If it were, Bari’d be gone already, or never hired in the first place. It’s about domination and control. #BlocktheMerger
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Nora Benavidez @attorneynora.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I just learned that reporter Luis Galeano has been detained in Miami by ICE. This is part of wider trend by the US govt to target immigrant reporters, violating core US press freedom principles. Galeano is from Nicaragua & is believed to have a pending asylum case in the US. I will report more ASAP.
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Craig Aaron @notaaroncraig.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Only line that matters in this whole story: "commissioned by Paramount itself" This official-sounding "study" was bought and paid for by the extortionists themselves.
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Leaked Report Details Fallout if Paramount Follows Through on California Exit Threat
Nearly 58,000 jobs and $21 billion in annual losses are on the line as the Oct. 1 merger deadline approaches.
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Jessica J. González @jgo4justice.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Ellison to California: Give me what I want, or I’ll shutter a historic studio and take away your jobs. Anyone else tired of billionaire oligarchs breaking all the rules and holding our communities hostage to their selfish whims? F this. #BlocktheMerger #NoConcessions deadline.com/2026/09/para...
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Huge Job Losses And Economic Pain If Paramount Exits L.A., Report Says
Nearly 60,000 L.A. jobs could be lost if David Ellison carries through on a threat to move Paramount out of California amid his antitrust battle.
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Jessica J. González @jgo4justice.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This. This is what responsible, disciplined FCC leadership looks like. Thank you @agomezfcc.bsky.social, the only one speaking common sense at the agency right now.
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Jessica J. González @jgo4justice.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Nothing to see here, just more FCC censorship of views Trump doesn’t like. www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
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Jimmy Kimmel Says James Talarico Interview Won't Air on TV After Trump's FCC Threatened His Show
Jimmy Kimmel says that his interview with James Talarico will not air on TV after the FCC threatened his show, ABC, and local stations.
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Jessica J. González @jgo4justice.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Americans are struggling make ends meet. Prices are skyrocketing. We’re at war. Instead of solving problems the White House is busy making video games to try to indoctrinate our children to their harmful and xenophobic policies. Beyond offensive. abcnews.com/Politics/whi...
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White House launches Arcade.gov with computer game that lets players 'deport' migrants
The White House announced the launch of what it called "Arcade.gov," a website of five versions of classic computer games promoting the president's agenda.
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Jessica J. González @jgo4justice.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Breaking. Astroturf group that won’t disclose its funding sources builds AI tool that manufactures phony support for the Paramount/Warner Bros. merger. This group is shady AF.
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Free Press @freepress.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
“We’re here today to thank Rob Bonta and the 11 other state AGs who chose to stand up for people and workers, and to enforce antitrust law. We’re asking them to stand strong against Paramount’s pressure campaign." - @jgo4justice.bsky.social via @thewrap.com
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Plane Flies 'Ellison Is Trump's B---h!' Over Paramount Lot as Dueling Merger Pressers Are Held Outside
Block the Merger, which says it was not behind the plane, rallied against the Warner acquisition while the group Neighbors for Strong Communities supported it
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Jessica J. González @jgo4justice.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Please sign our petition to call on State AGs to #BlocktheMerger #NoConcessions. 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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Jessica J. González @jgo4justice.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Just coming here to reiterate that the FCC cannot punish broadcasters for speech the president doesn’t like. The First Amendment remains good law. But the threat is the point here, and it has a chilling effect on free speech. thehill.com/homenews/med...
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Trump promises NBC’s Welker will be reported to FCC ‘for rebuke or punishment’
President Trump said Sunday that NBC News’s “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker will be reported to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) after she reportedly said that Tru…
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Free Press @freepress.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Block the merger. No concessions. Free Press' @jgo4justice.bsky.social explains how any unenforceable concessions the Ellisons propose are a losing proposition last week with @democracynow.org. Tell state AGs: No concessions on the Paramount/WBD merger! SIGN: www.freepress.net/get-involved...
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