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Netroots Nation 2026 is Here | FSTV Special: Behind the Film 'Steal This Story, Please!' with Amy Goodman | "Good Trouble Lives On” Mobilization | Protect Public Media AND Double Your Impact | Lying Warmongers Don’t Belong on TV News!

June 4, 2026

In today’s newsletter:

Netroots Nation 2026 is Here!

Join Free Speech TV for live coverage of keynote speeches from one of the nation's largest gatherings of progressive activists, organizers, journalists, and changemakers. Tune in June 4th through June 6th for powerful conversations, breaking political insights, and speeches from leaders shaping the future of social justice and democracy. Watch live keynote coverage exclusively on FSTV.

FSTV Special: Behind the Film 'Steal This Story, Please!' with Amy Goodman

Award-winning journalist Amy Goodman joins host Meikko Love for a Free Speech TV special on the documentary Steal This Story, Please!. The conversation explores Goodman’s decades in independent journalism, the evolution of Democracy Now!, surviving violence while reporting and the growing challenges facing press freedom in an era of corporate media ownership.

“Good Trouble Lives On” Mobilization

This July, six years after the passing of civil rights icon Congressman John Lewis, we will continue the fight for voting rights with the “Good Trouble Lives On Weekend of Action (GTLO).” This year’s GTLO is a three-day national mobilization to honor the legacy of Congressman John Lewis by doing what he loved most - organizing and registering voters. This year's theme is “TEACH! REACH! PREACH!”, a call to demand “hands off our vote!” in the face of disenfranchisement threats, on July 17th-19th, Washington DC & nationwide.

Protect Public Media AND Double Your Impact

Nearly one year ago, Congress voted to eliminate federal funding for public media, putting thousands of public media stations at risk and threatening the free, accessible programming that communities across the country rely on every day.

Today, public media stations, partners, and advocates are coming together for Protect My Public Media Day — a national day of action to defend the future of independent, noncommercial media. Should we add the date for Protect My Public Media Day? Is this another opportunity where we reach out to donors?

At a time when corporate consolidation is shrinking the media landscape and independent voices are under attack, protecting public media, like FSTV, has never been more important. A healthy democracy depends on access to trusted, community-centered journalism and programming that serves people, not profits.

That’s why today, a group of dedicated Frontline Funders is stepping up to match every donation made to Free Speech TV.

  • A $5 gift becomes $10

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Your support helps keep independent media strong, accessible, and accountable to the public.

Stand up for public media and independent journalism today.

Lying Warmongers Don't Belong on TV News

CNN just handed a microphone to one of America’s most discredited warmongers — and treated him like a credible foreign policy expert.

John Bolton helped sell the lies that dragged the United States into the catastrophic Iraq War. He has spent decades agitating for regime change, military escalation, and war with Iran.

Now, as Donald Trump’s illegal war with Iran threatens even more bloodshed, CNN is giving Bolton airtime to argue against peace.

CNN has a responsibility to inform the public, not launder the reputations of people who have been catastrophically wrong about war over and over again.

Add your name now and demand CNN stop insulting its viewers by booking John Bolton as a credible expert on Iran, war, or foreign policy.

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