1. United States
2. Calif.
3. Letter

The White House has launched a website that lists 23 news outlets as "Media Offenders of the Week," categorizing their reporting as "lies," "left-wing lunacy," and "malpractice." You and all of your colleagues in Congress must insist on the website's removal. This is not about media criticism. Every administration has disputed coverage. This is about a government website that tracks and catalogs individual journalists and their work, treating constitutionally protected reporting as an offense requiring public shaming. When political leaders single out reporters by name, threats follow. International press freedom observers are already documenting rising intimidation of journalists in the US alongside these sustained political attacks. Press freedom is enshrined in the First Amendment because the founders understood that democracy requires journalists who can hold power accountable without fear of retaliation. No president gets to decide which facts are acceptable. No administration gets to treat criticism as a security threat. When Congress remains silent while the executive branch targets the press, that silence becomes permission. I am asking you to publicly condemn this White House website and the pattern of attacks against reporters and news outlets. Speak clearly to defend the First Amendment and the constitutional role of a free press. Your voice matters in defending the democratic principle that journalists can question anyone in power without being labeled enemies of the state.