I need your help
I'm working with other creators to make a much bigger pro-democracy media network. Your support -- by upgrading to a paid subscription -- will help us build this future NOW.
Tomorrow the battles to defend the American Republic from billionaire kleptocracy and fascism will enter a new and perilous phase. So tomorrow we will be starting the launch of Heroes for Democracy, a new network of pro-democracy content bringing together dozens of creators and millions of Americans who deeply love this country and will not let it be stolen and destroyed without a fight.
But before we talk more about that tomorrow — in order to make this all happen, I need your help.
While the far right’s top bankrollers have spent $500 million to $1 billion in the last decade to astroturf all of their podcasts, influencers, and networks. The result? Turning Point, CPAC, the Daily Wire, Newsmax, OAN, RAV, RSBN, and hundreds of right-wing influencers, all funded by the likes of Peter Thiel, the Kochs, the Mercers, and the DeVoses.
In response to this, the pro-democracy movement has done . . . almost nothing. There has been no major effort to fund or to invest in our digital content creators. And meanwhile the mainstream media has surrendered, bending the knee.
Their creators have millions in funding and fancy studios. Our creators record from their kitchens and living rooms.
We don’t need all their wasteful fanciness — but we do need to pay for amazing producers to develop and promote new shows, for talented editors to work on Substacks and podcasts and videos. All so we can build bigger newsletters and podcasts and shows with more advertising revenue, making this effort self-sustaining and allowing the creators and producers and editors to devote themselves full-time to this crucial work.
But I can’t do this alone. I’ve been able to fund my own content production, but to scale this up with dozens and eventually hundreds of other creators, we’ll need a lot more resources.
This is where you come in.
Just upgrading to a paid subscription — $5/month, or $50/year — will make a massive difference for us.
The other side has billionaires, but we have the power of our movement — millions of us all ready and willing to lend a hand and to take action.
Together, we can build something bigger that will raise all of our voices and carry our messages to reach more people — turning the tide in the information battles that we need to win in order to save democracy, not just in America but globally.
Plus, paid contributors will soon be getting access to special new livestreams here on Substack, which I will be launching soon!
So please consider upgrading now — and thank you so much for your support!
I just asked on Dan Rather’s “Steady” site, why a group of awake and aware journalists and writers couldn’t get together to offer us one subscription to political, legal political, and other news, so we can get truthful news somewhere. Especially for those of us in DC now that WAPO is complete garbage. It gets expensive subscribing to multiple sites to get information that isn’t through the Trump filter. I hope you are able to put together a good group. We need a reliable news outlet that reports reality, not conjecture or even lies. Hope this will be it! Thanks for this effort.
How about all the groups with the same idea team up and unify. Can you arrange that Tristan?