And as I keep reminding people, for every one person protesting in person or honking in support, probably five to ten people were behind them in spirit. Personally, I can name ten people who supported the protest, who definitely do not want a monarchy in America, but they could not come out for very good reasons: recovering from chemo, expecting company the next day, being at work, having to keep appointments, not realizing until too late what was going on, etc., etc., etc.
I know we cannot "count" such people as part of attendance numbers, but I was very aware of them as I attended a protest in Clintonville, a part of Columbus, OH. They may not "count" for attendance, but boy, do they count!!!
I worked on Extra Credit today & adapted the letter addressed to Fox News’s largest advertisers.
I will include it here, in the event anyone would like to use/adapt it.
Good morning,
As your company is one of Fox News’s biggest advertisers, I would ask that support for Fox News be completely stopped. Rupert Murdoch and Fox News are continuing to spread political misinformation. At this time in our country, not only is this an outrage, it is also incredibly dangerous.
Fox News is the gateway channel to right-wing extremism. Fox News is also watched primarily by republican supporters. The lies & staggering misinformation are unhealthy for the American people and for our democracy.
Examples follow:
Misinformation aired during the COVID-19 pandemic endangered hundreds of thousands of American lives. Fox News repeated propaganda and helped politicize a deadly disease. They helped to politicize science. Americans died.
Fox denied there was a violent right-wing attack on the U.S. Capitol and on our lawmakers—the insurrection that happened on January 6th. There was a noose prepared and ready to “hang Mike Pence” as the rioters chanted. This was because Vice President Pence would not certify the presidential election and claim republicans the winners. In the two weeks following the 2020 election, Fox News cast doubt on or pushed conspiracy theories about the election results nearly 800 times. Internal texting between show hosts revealed they knew the truth of Biden’s victory.
Fox fueled conspiracies, told their viewers the 2020 election was invalid, sowed confusion and created disbelief (in the truth) and anger in our public.
Fox News’s dangerous misinformation increasingly poses a direct threat to our democracy. Their programs, opinions & misinformation has not prepared the American public for the current political state. They repeat the current administration’s dishonest propaganda. Donald Trump is progressively moving our country away from our allies and aligning us with our enemies. Fox News supports this administration by lying to the public and doling out misinformation. Thus Fox News is complicit in the horrific movement of the United Stated towards autocratic rule. The public needs to know the truth in order to help defend our democracy. The time is right now.
Whether speaking on COVID-19, the Movement for Black Lives, the election, or our climate crisis, Fox News values lies over truth.
Any company continuing to purchase advertising with Fox News is profiting from and complicit with reporting misinformation, valuation of dishonesty and continuing fear-mongering. Our fellow Americans deserve so much better.
I am writing, with great concern, to demand that you support democracy today and cease all advertising with Fox News. You can either keep funding Fox’s lies or truly and honestly support We the American People and thus support democracy. You cannot do both. I hope your company chooses on the right side of history.
Here is a list of companies that support FOX News: GlaxoSmithKline, Liberty Mutual, General Motors, Procter & Gamble, Intuit, NortonLifeLock, Nestle, Kraft Heinz, Progressive, Charles Schwab, Toyota, and Subaru.
When you click on the link she provides in her Substack, you are routed to the letter format. I didn’t use the exact letter—i changed it. I hope this helps?
Thank you for this. I looked up who are the biggest advertisers on FOX News, but don't know how to contact them. Perhaps I've missed something you shared?
Hi Rachel, I see the list. Thanks! Not sure how to go about contacting people at those companies...I did look up some of them yesterday and couldn't find any contact info. I'll keep trying.
I posted a link (somewhere in this thread) and it’s also reposted in my Substack. Jess includes a link in her 6-13-2025 posting. The link takes you to a page to write/edit a letter and send to all of the heads of these companies.
I just found the link. It really wasn't that confusing..I just spaced out and didn't recognize it as the link. So I've sent a letter to all those heads of the companies. I may actually have already done this last week and forgot, there's so much happening. Thanks again.
Jessica, I used your wording as a springboard for a ResistBot letter. Thank you for everything🙏🏼💗 📜 Success! Tell your friends to text SIGN PUFDVT to 50409 or share: https://resist.bot/petitions/PUFDVT
Yeah. I didn't put it in today because Punchbowl is saying it's on a "glide path" to passage. Sigh. It's so very frustrating. Perhaps I'll do a script tomorrow anyway.
It is time for us to also take up the banner of helping Mikie Sherrill become the next governor of New Jersey. She just won her hard fought primary and is going to need help financing her campaign. She is a fabulous candidate and running against a Trump endorsed & heavily financed Republican. New Jersey is not a sure bet. We've elected Republicans before. Please begin to include her in your posts.
The two progressive candidates rcvd more votes than her combined. She has A LOT of work to do & we all need to get behind her. I will vote for her because, blue, but I’m not going to like it.
Top 3: - I have great concern about keeping that house seat blue. - Her support for LGBTQIA+ has been inconsistent, most recently having voted for the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in December 2024, which includes a provision that would restrict access to healthcare for transgender minors in military families. - Her congressional campaign accepted a $24,000 donation from the Musk/SpaceX corporate PAC between 2019 and September 2024. (She donated it to NJ food bank in March of this year only after NJ voters were talking about it & it could affect her gubernatorial campaign.)
And we living in other countries did our part as well. Good turnouts across Canada, for "No Tyrants" day because, well, we actually have a king. We always get lots of honks and thumbs up from those driving by.
I almost feel tempted to add my name to the torrent of people outraged by Republican Senatorial Mike Lee who is deriding the horrific murders in Minnesota. But I know, Jessica, that you want us to stay positive. STILL, dammit!
Jessica- Thanks for the great post regarding Saturday. Just want to express pride for my hometown--PHILADELPHIA!! It was drizzling and overcast but the massive march starting suitably at Love Park was a total lovefest. People ignored the unfounded fears about violence and showed up in droves. Over the last few weeks I gave out 500 flyers announcing NoKIngs to my fellow Philadelphians on the street and the response was overwhelmingly positive. (only one "Fuck Off") A shoutout to Philadelphia Indivisible and to all of the other amazing organizers who made this possible. And thanks to everyone in the U.S. and around the world for showing up.
Thank you, Jess! Your scripts have been wonderful (and really easy to use and share). This feels like the right time to remind electeds that we’ve been doing our part and now it’s time for them to show some courage.
We should have a running list of everything Trump has done to merit impeachment and the bill of impeachment should be re-introduced every week as it gets longer and longer. Sheer persistence is going to prevail.
Trump’s Grande Parade! What a bore. Trump saluting. Mr. Bone Spurs, really? A draft dodger saluting. It always makes my heart go to thumping as I puke. Empty bleachers. How embarrassing. Melania falling asleep. Donald morose. Now, can we have something for which to vote? https://hotbuttons.substack.com/p/a-just-movement?r=3m1bs
As far as maintaining the momentum, many of us remember the YEARS of protesting it took to stop the Vietnam War. We will not stop until the job is done!!
Just listened to your Substack Live with Qasim Rashid Esq. and it was great! Very informative! Thank you! I live in the Los Angeles area and want to provide support to the immigrant community that is being targeted by ICE. Just googled Non Profit Immigrant Rights Organizations in LA and there are several. I will call and see what help these organizations need, but wondered if you may be able to provide some information about these organizations, or maybe a substack live with representatives from one or more groups and then they can speak to their needs. Not to ask more of you, you are already doing so much! Thank you for all you do!
And as I keep reminding people, for every one person protesting in person or honking in support, probably five to ten people were behind them in spirit. Personally, I can name ten people who supported the protest, who definitely do not want a monarchy in America, but they could not come out for very good reasons: recovering from chemo, expecting company the next day, being at work, having to keep appointments, not realizing until too late what was going on, etc., etc., etc.
I know we cannot "count" such people as part of attendance numbers, but I was very aware of them as I attended a protest in Clintonville, a part of Columbus, OH. They may not "count" for attendance, but boy, do they count!!!
I agree!
My favorite No Kings stat is a town of 800 that had a rally with 400 people!
I saw a video on IG of one man. In a small town in SC outside the municipal bldg. Him, with a sign. That was it! I was sobbing.
I saw that, too. And the sign on the paper plate!
Kathy posted this link on Robert Hubbel's substack this morning. it made me teary:
https://bsky.app/profile/krassenstein.bsky.social/post/3lrmgby4pkk24
Hi Jess,
I worked on Extra Credit today & adapted the letter addressed to Fox News’s largest advertisers.
I will include it here, in the event anyone would like to use/adapt it.
Good morning,
As your company is one of Fox News’s biggest advertisers, I would ask that support for Fox News be completely stopped. Rupert Murdoch and Fox News are continuing to spread political misinformation. At this time in our country, not only is this an outrage, it is also incredibly dangerous.
Fox News is the gateway channel to right-wing extremism. Fox News is also watched primarily by republican supporters. The lies & staggering misinformation are unhealthy for the American people and for our democracy.
Examples follow:
Misinformation aired during the COVID-19 pandemic endangered hundreds of thousands of American lives. Fox News repeated propaganda and helped politicize a deadly disease. They helped to politicize science. Americans died.
Fox denied there was a violent right-wing attack on the U.S. Capitol and on our lawmakers—the insurrection that happened on January 6th. There was a noose prepared and ready to “hang Mike Pence” as the rioters chanted. This was because Vice President Pence would not certify the presidential election and claim republicans the winners. In the two weeks following the 2020 election, Fox News cast doubt on or pushed conspiracy theories about the election results nearly 800 times. Internal texting between show hosts revealed they knew the truth of Biden’s victory.
Fox fueled conspiracies, told their viewers the 2020 election was invalid, sowed confusion and created disbelief (in the truth) and anger in our public.
Fox News’s dangerous misinformation increasingly poses a direct threat to our democracy. Their programs, opinions & misinformation has not prepared the American public for the current political state. They repeat the current administration’s dishonest propaganda. Donald Trump is progressively moving our country away from our allies and aligning us with our enemies. Fox News supports this administration by lying to the public and doling out misinformation. Thus Fox News is complicit in the horrific movement of the United Stated towards autocratic rule. The public needs to know the truth in order to help defend our democracy. The time is right now.
Whether speaking on COVID-19, the Movement for Black Lives, the election, or our climate crisis, Fox News values lies over truth.
Any company continuing to purchase advertising with Fox News is profiting from and complicit with reporting misinformation, valuation of dishonesty and continuing fear-mongering. Our fellow Americans deserve so much better.
I am writing, with great concern, to demand that you support democracy today and cease all advertising with Fox News. You can either keep funding Fox’s lies or truly and honestly support We the American People and thus support democracy. You cannot do both. I hope your company chooses on the right side of history.
Sincerely,
Here is a list of companies that support FOX News: GlaxoSmithKline, Liberty Mutual, General Motors, Procter & Gamble, Intuit, NortonLifeLock, Nestle, Kraft Heinz, Progressive, Charles Schwab, Toyota, and Subaru.
A few years ago the CEO of Nestle said humans do not deserve clean water. Nestle is a very extraterrestrial MAGA business, like Fox News itself.
Charming man
Hi there!
I’m posting Jess’s Substack that includes all the good information & a link to send letters.
Revise the letter if you will.
Does anyone know the best way to get a message through to someone like Jess or Katie Couric? Thanks
Rachel
I DMed you Jess's email. I have no idea how to reach Katie Couric.
katiecouric on InstaGram
KatieCouricMedia.com
scroll to bottom and pick Contact Us
Find her email account in the University of Virginia alumni association directory
Joanna, Thank you!!
I thought there might be a hidden button that would give one access to the peoples.
Jess lists them in that Substack.
Rachel, great letter! Please remind us which companies you've sent this to so we can modify your letter and send it also. Thank you!
Hi, I sent it to this list above. I hope you got it. Rachel
This is great! Thanks!
Thank you!!
My pleasure!
When you click on the link she provides in her Substack, you are routed to the letter format. I didn’t use the exact letter—i changed it. I hope this helps?
https://substack.com/@rachelvillarreal/note/c-126524561?r=4jsfdr&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
You’re very welcome!
Thank you for this. I looked up who are the biggest advertisers on FOX News, but don't know how to contact them. Perhaps I've missed something you shared?
Hi Eileen, did the list come across on your feed? If you need them again, let me know.
Hi Rachel, I see the list. Thanks! Not sure how to go about contacting people at those companies...I did look up some of them yesterday and couldn't find any contact info. I'll keep trying.
I posted a link (somewhere in this thread) and it’s also reposted in my Substack. Jess includes a link in her 6-13-2025 posting. The link takes you to a page to write/edit a letter and send to all of the heads of these companies.
I’m sorry this turned out so confusing.
I just found the link. It really wasn't that confusing..I just spaced out and didn't recognize it as the link. So I've sent a letter to all those heads of the companies. I may actually have already done this last week and forgot, there's so much happening. Thanks again.
Jessica, I used your wording as a springboard for a ResistBot letter. Thank you for everything🙏🏼💗 📜 Success! Tell your friends to text SIGN PUFDVT to 50409 or share: https://resist.bot/petitions/PUFDVT
Reminder that the awful GENIUS Act vote is scheduled for a final vote in the Senate tomorrow.
Yeah. I didn't put it in today because Punchbowl is saying it's on a "glide path" to passage. Sigh. It's so very frustrating. Perhaps I'll do a script tomorrow anyway.
Thanks for the reminder, just called. (Again)
It is time for us to also take up the banner of helping Mikie Sherrill become the next governor of New Jersey. She just won her hard fought primary and is going to need help financing her campaign. She is a fabulous candidate and running against a Trump endorsed & heavily financed Republican. New Jersey is not a sure bet. We've elected Republicans before. Please begin to include her in your posts.
The two progressive candidates rcvd more votes than her combined. She has A LOT of work to do & we all need to get behind her. I will vote for her because, blue, but I’m not going to like it.
What are your complaints about her? Genuinely curious.
Top 3: - I have great concern about keeping that house seat blue. - Her support for LGBTQIA+ has been inconsistent, most recently having voted for the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in December 2024, which includes a provision that would restrict access to healthcare for transgender minors in military families. - Her congressional campaign accepted a $24,000 donation from the Musk/SpaceX corporate PAC between 2019 and September 2024. (She donated it to NJ food bank in March of this year only after NJ voters were talking about it & it could affect her gubernatorial campaign.)
Alt National Park estimates No King protesters at over 13 million!!!!!!!!
And we living in other countries did our part as well. Good turnouts across Canada, for "No Tyrants" day because, well, we actually have a king. We always get lots of honks and thumbs up from those driving by.
We are so grateful!
A friend of mine protested in Dublin 🇮🇪
I almost feel tempted to add my name to the torrent of people outraged by Republican Senatorial Mike Lee who is deriding the horrific murders in Minnesota. But I know, Jessica, that you want us to stay positive. STILL, dammit!
Jessica- Thanks for the great post regarding Saturday. Just want to express pride for my hometown--PHILADELPHIA!! It was drizzling and overcast but the massive march starting suitably at Love Park was a total lovefest. People ignored the unfounded fears about violence and showed up in droves. Over the last few weeks I gave out 500 flyers announcing NoKIngs to my fellow Philadelphians on the street and the response was overwhelmingly positive. (only one "Fuck Off") A shoutout to Philadelphia Indivisible and to all of the other amazing organizers who made this possible. And thanks to everyone in the U.S. and around the world for showing up.
You guys had about 100K, right? Amazing!
Jess, is it not time to urge our Congressmen to consider impeachment? Surely this dangerous president has breached that line.
I'll have another script on that soon. Promise.
Thank you, Jess! Your scripts have been wonderful (and really easy to use and share). This feels like the right time to remind electeds that we’ve been doing our part and now it’s time for them to show some courage.
We should have a running list of everything Trump has done to merit impeachment and the bill of impeachment should be re-introduced every week as it gets longer and longer. Sheer persistence is going to prevail.
Trump’s Grande Parade! What a bore. Trump saluting. Mr. Bone Spurs, really? A draft dodger saluting. It always makes my heart go to thumping as I puke. Empty bleachers. How embarrassing. Melania falling asleep. Donald morose. Now, can we have something for which to vote? https://hotbuttons.substack.com/p/a-just-movement?r=3m1bs
Carl, have you seen this?
https://substack.com/@catcolor31/note/c-126188882?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=1aiy5t
I do not know what happened in Salt Lake, I will research, but the politically charged murders are horrendous. My heart goes out to their children.
I linked to an article about it.
There's a GoFundMe for the family, if anyone is interested: https://gofund.me/b9418737
As far as maintaining the momentum, many of us remember the YEARS of protesting it took to stop the Vietnam War. We will not stop until the job is done!!
Exactly. Thank you!
We need to put together Project 2026
Just listened to your Substack Live with Qasim Rashid Esq. and it was great! Very informative! Thank you! I live in the Los Angeles area and want to provide support to the immigrant community that is being targeted by ICE. Just googled Non Profit Immigrant Rights Organizations in LA and there are several. I will call and see what help these organizations need, but wondered if you may be able to provide some information about these organizations, or maybe a substack live with representatives from one or more groups and then they can speak to their needs. Not to ask more of you, you are already doing so much! Thank you for all you do!
That's a great idea! I love CHIRLA and can guarantee they are a great place to give. And I'll have another place in the next day or two.
Thank you!