Overview

• Fonda unveiled the rebooted group with roughly 550 to nearly 600 entertainment signatories, including Aaron Sorkin, Barbra Streisand, Billie Eilish and John Legend.
• A founding statement says the federal government is coordinating efforts to silence critics across institutions, and it invites broad, nonpartisan participation.
• Organizers cite Jimmy Kimmel’s brief suspension following pressure tied to FCC Chair Brendan Carr as a catalyst; more than 400 artists signed an ACLU letter, and Kimmel has since returned to air.
• Fonda told CNN the moment is the most frightening of her life and said the effort will pursue "creative nonviolent noncooperation."
• Streisand publicly endorsed the relaunch in a social media letter expressing concern about threats to free expression under Trump’s administration.