One Last Ask Before 2026 Begins

Hitting 1,500 paid subscribers means we can walk into 2026 stable. Hitting 2,000 means we can expand — more travel, more on-the-ground coverage, more livestreams from places where these fights are.

Before the year wraps, I want to be straight with you.

This community has carried us further than I ever expected. We crossed 1,300 paid subscribers this year because people like you decided this work mattered enough to support it. That alone tells me we’re building something real.

But I don’t want to pretend momentum sustains itself.

The truth is, what we do next depends on how strong this foundation is when the calendar turns. Hitting 1,500 paid subscribers means we can walk into 2026 stable. Hitting 2,000 means we can expand — more travel, more on-the-ground coverage, more livestreams from places where these fights are actually happening.

I’ve spent enough of my life reacting to crises. What we’re trying to do here is different. This is about building something durable — independent journalism that isn’t owned, softened, or controlled by anyone else.

If you’ve been reading, watching, or sharing but haven’t upgraded yet, this is me asking you to consider it now.

Not because everything falls apart if you don’t. But because this work only grows if enough people decide to carry it together.

A paid subscription keeps this show independent. It guarantees we can keep showing up — in DC, in classrooms, in towns that don’t usually get covered — and keep telling the truth without filtering it for clicks or donors.

If now isn’t the right time, I’m still grateful you’re here. Truly.

But if you can support the work, this is the moment it matters most.

Thank you for being part of this community — this year and whatever comes next.

— Mike

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