MRC Free Speech America update summary: On May 8, 2025, President Donald Trump and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick agreed to end the “Biden Harris so-called ‘Digital Equity Act,’” calling it “totally UNCONSITUTIONAL,” and declaring, “No…
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MRC Free Speech America update summary: By a vote of 5-4 on Aug. 21, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court determined that the Trump National Institute for Health (NIH) is allowed to cut off $783 million in grants, paving the way for the…
MRC Free Speech America update summary: The Department of Health and Human Services and the National Institute for Health reassigned several prominent figures who oversaw COVID-19-related censorship during the Biden administration. Many of these…
The following article is a supplement to the MRC Report: The Biden Administration Waged War on Free Speech with 57 Censorship Initiatives.
Initiative #21
The Book Ban
Type of Censorship: Direct Action
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The following article is a supplement to the MRC Report: The Biden Administration Waged War on Free Speech with 57 Censorship Initiatives. Initiative #22: The Targeting of Trader Joe’s
Type of Censorship: Direct Action
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MRC Free Speech America update summary: Approximately one third of the employees (about 1,000) at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency have been fired or taken buyout offers since President Donald Trump has entered office and…
MRC Free Speech America update summary: After the historic 2024 election, special prosecutor Jack Smith resigned, abandoning his cases against President Donald Trump, mooting the immediate issue. And now, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has…
The following article is a supplement to the MRC Report: The Biden Administration Waged War on Free Speech with 57 Censorship Initiatives.
Initiative #25
The Enemies List
Type of Censorship: Partnership
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MRC Free Speech America update summary: The Trump administration has demonstrated through actions that Turning Point USA is no longer being discriminated against. On Sept. 17, 2025, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's Defense Department…
The following article is a supplement to the MRC Report: The Biden Administration Waged War on Free Speech with 57 Censorship Initiatives.
Initiative #27
The NSBA School Board Memo
Type of Censorship: Direct Action…
MRC Free Speech America update summary: The Trump administration halted the so-called Quiet Skies program, Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem announced via X on June 5.
The following article is a supplement to the MRC Report: The Biden…
The following article is a supplement to the MRC Report: The Biden Administration Waged War on Free Speech with 57 Censorship Initiatives.
Initiative #29
Hurricane Helene
Type of Censorship: Direct Action
…MRC Free Speech America update summary: Following President Donald Trump's executive order on March 14, 2025, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem cut staff at the DHS's Science and Technology Directorate, and in April 2025…
MRC Free Speech America update summary: On Aug. 20, 2025, “U.S. Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard announced major staff reductions and reforms designed to save taxpayer money and end the political weaponization of the Biden-…
The following article is a supplement to the MRC Report: The Biden Administration Waged War on Free Speech with 57 Censorship Initiatives. Initiative #32: The FBI – Big Tech Partnership
Type of Censorship: Direct Action
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MRC Free Speech America update summary: On July 9, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit overturned Douglass Mackey’s conviction, effectively nullifying the Biden administration’s aggressive prosecution of constitutionally…
The following article is a supplement to the MRC Report: The Biden Administration Waged War on Free Speech with 57 Censorship Initiatives. Initiative #34: Lobbying the Supreme Court
Type of Censorship: Direct Action
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The following article is a supplement to the MRC Report: The Biden Administration Waged War on Free Speech with 57 Censorship Initiatives.
Initiative #35
The Targeted Prosecutions
Type of Censorship: Direct Action
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MRC Free Speech America update summary: Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has declassified several documents that reveal how the Biden administration implemented this censorship practice. She has pledged to both release additional…
The following article is a supplement to the MRC Report: The Biden Administration Waged War on Free Speech with 57 Censorship Initiatives.
Initiative #37
The FEC’s Blessing of Big Tech Censorship & Election Interference
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