Probush.com

{{Short description|Website created in the aftermath of 9/11 to support president George W. Bush}}

ProBush.com was created by Michael and Benjamin Marino, brothers from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Amidst heightened tension in the years following September 11th, the two brothers felt compelled to create a webpage which offered unconditional support of the 43rd US President, George W. Bush.

ProBush.com listed many celebrities and public personalities as "traitors" on its infamous "Traitor List". This led to a multimillion-dollar{{cite web |title=Abourezk's Complaint |url=http://www.dmlp.org/sites/citmedialaw.org/files/2003-05-27-Abourezk's%20Complaint.PDF |website=Digital Media Law Project |accessdate=14 May 2020}} lawsuit in 2003 which lasted several years, and included former US Senator James Abourezk, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, and Jane Fonda.{{cite web |title=Abourezk v. ProBush.com |url=http://www.dmlp.org/threats/abourezk-v-probushcom |website=Digital Media Law Project}} Todd Epp of South Dakota was said to be the driving force behind the hotbed issue of free speech that had been created.{{cite web |last1=Sherrie |first1=Gossett |title=First Amendment Threatened |url=http://www.aim.org/media-monitor/first-amendment-threatened |website=Accuracy in Media |accessdate=14 May 2020 |language=en |date=23 November 2004}}{{cite web |url=http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/web-site-wont-oppose-adding-jane-fonda-to-traitor-list-lawsuit |title=Settlement reached in Abourezk 'traitor list' lawsuit |accessdate=2014-11-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://swap.stanford.edu/20140331014352/http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/web-site-wont-oppose-adding-jane-fonda-to-traitor-list-lawsuit |archivedate=2014-03-31 }}

Others included on the list were Susan Sarandon, Nancy Pelosi, Madonna, and Ray Wirth.{{cite web |last1=Rothschild |first1=Matthew |title=Website Lists 142 Traitors |url=https://progressive.org/mag_mctraitorlist |website=The Progressive |accessdate=14 May 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120613181606/https://progressive.org/mag_mctraitorlist |archivedate=June 13, 2012 |date=May 11, 2003}}

The lawsuit lasted several years and ultimately ended in an undisclosed settlement.{{cite web |url=http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/settlement-reached-in-abourezk-traitor-list-lawsuit |title=Web site won't oppose adding Jane Fonda to 'traitor list' lawsuit |accessdate=2014-11-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://swap.stanford.edu/20140329175718/http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/settlement-reached-in-abourezk-traitor-list-lawsuit |archivedate=2014-03-29 }}