Lest Americans somehow forget who their friends are, and who has their best interest at heart...

"Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) blocked a federal shield law that would protect journalists from revealing their sources and material to the government.

In the Senate on Tuesday, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) asked for unanimous consent for the Senate to pass the Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying Act, known as the PRESS Act, and Cotton objected.

Cotton criticized the “liberal media” and said it doesn’t “deserve more protections.” “The press badge doesn’t make you better than the rest of America or put you above the law,” he said on the Senate floor.

The Hill has reached out to Cotton’s office for comment, but in a post on the social platform X, he said the bill would “undermine” national security and “turn liberal reporters into a protected class.”

“No American citizen should be afforded the privilege provided in this bill, least of all the media,” Cotton said in the post.

Last month, President-elect Trump urged Republicans to “KILL THIS BILL,” despite it passing the House with bipartisan support."

The PRESS ACT was endorsed by: First Amendment Coalition The Electronic Frontier Foundation Freedom of the Press Foundation "The PRESS Act is the most important press freedom bill in modern history." Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University Reporters without Borders Reporter's Committee for Freedom of the Press Society of Professional Journalists ACLU Committee to Protect Journalists Reporters Without Borders Defending Rights and Dissent Center for Democracy & Technology