The following article is a supplement to the MRC Report: The Biden Administration Waged War on Free Speech with 57 Censorship Initiatives.
Type of Censorship: Grants
Agencies Involved:
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March 13, 2025
The following article is a supplement to the MRC Report: The Biden Administration Waged War on Free Speech with 57 Censorship Initiatives. Initiative #12 The NDAA Signing Statement
Type of Censorship: Direct Action
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March 13, 2025
MRC Free Speech America update summary: On March 14, 2025, Trump signed an executive order taking an ax to the United States Agency for Global Media, eliminating it "to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law" and reducing "the…
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March 13, 2025
MRC Free Speech America update summary: Since President Donald Trump's day one executive order curbing censorship policies at the federal level, the Pentagon, the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation have begun…
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March 13, 2025
The following article is a supplement to the MRC Report: The Biden Administration Waged War on Free Speech with 57 Censorship Initiatives.
Initiative #15
Courageous RI
Type of Censorship: Grant
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March 13, 2025
MRC Free Speech America update summary: On March 14, President Donald Trump signed an executive order which slashed funding to federal agencies, including to the the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in the Smithsonian…
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March 13, 2025
MRC Free Speech America update summary: On March 14, 2025, Trump signed an executive order taking an ax to the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), eliminating it "to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law" and…
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March 13, 2025
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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March 13, 2025
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…
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March 13, 2025
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…
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March 13, 2025
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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March 13, 2025
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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March 13, 2025
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…
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March 13, 2025
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…
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March 13, 2025
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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March 13, 2025
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…
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March 13, 2025
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…
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March 13, 2025
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…
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March 13, 2025
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
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March 13, 2025
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…
