Just wanted to thank the overwhelming number of people who responded to the call for freelance help yesterday. I’ve reached out to some already, others will be hearing from us in the next days, but in general, the breadth and intensity of the response is humbling. It seems a lot of people are feeling the same frustrations, and want to lend a hand. Thanks again, and we’ll try to respond to as many letters as we can in the next week or so, before getting to work, hopefully with your help.
Matt - I suspect that for each person who responded to your request there are at least five more who wish they had either the skills or the time to help you. The recognition of how much we are being propagandized by our government is growing wider by the day, and you're a large driver of that awareness. Please continue with your crucial work, on behalf of all of us who are paying attention.
I am one of the "five". How I wish to be younger than 87 with better eyes and ears! But I am with you in spirit, and wouldn't miss a word of what you write. Yeah, I'm a fan-girl.
Check out Grand Theft World. They have just together education courses with more to come. Not expensive. Sunday night they do a weekly long news roundup wrapped in historical context for free. I’ve been gently sharing with all ages cuz steadily we’ve been sooo propagandized & harmed. Covid brought all my suspicions into focus. On Rokfin & Rumble
Same here where the real news is concerned. As one of the elders still alive on planet earth, I'm grateful to the guides who have kept me alive and healthy enough to continue on a path of learning more each day.
I have been listening weekly to the audio version via my podcast app. It's captivating. And I've signed up for an introductory workshop, too. I'm also over 65 and unlikely to have much impact on those around me, but I'm going down this path, because it feels essential.
Thanks for that. Very interesting and since I'm retired, I have lots of time to view! They are long. Very nice group of people we have here. Our new world will be great!
I too would be one of the five. I am all about honesty, truth and sunlight, and if I can even help by editing something, I am willing. I have not ever written for any entity but am a fairly voracious reader and your exposure Matt, of the Twitter Files, and all that has followed, well, brings this old heart to tears. God Bless and keep you. Viva La Truth!
I'm 32. And had no clue where I was headed, was living a dead end life, working a dead end job and yours among other independents have inspired me to pay attention to the news and the polarity of the world, I never knew existed. I asked my father in 2002, I was 12, after learning about political parties in school, what he was, his answer was, "I'm not sure, I guess a democrat because republicans seem kinda against marijuana, and the wars and free speech and stuff like that, but the president is a republican, and I believe in America, so I guess I'm a republican right now, but none of that really matters to us right now, so I don't know", and that was it. We never spoke of politics again, he's 12 years passed on. I truly wish I'd known his perspective now. Anyways, I believe to my parents generation, party politics was a non-issue. And today's politics it's an Issue-Issue. I remember asking him that, and I remember being afraid of a draft when I was 12, I believe my party is Compassion/Freedom-absolutism, I believe that encompasses everything. And no one inspires that quite like the work of Matt Taibbi. And I thank you for shining your humanity through the work you do. And anything you need help with, literally anything, short of a capital crime, I am absolutely willing to do, for the causes you seem to stand for.
And thanks to all the others, including Elon Musk, for metaphorically breaking out the pitchforks and torches. We all have a part of this job to do, whether it is one person, one podcast, or one Congressional hearing at a time.
Thank you for what you are doing. My father escaped from two communist countries. He used to say that if we lose our freedom in America, then what...?
I've spent my life since my 20s talking about Free Speech as the cornerstone on Freedom. The radicals obviously agree with me...or they wouldn't be working to destroy it.
I enjoy your podcasts with Walter Kirn. Could you talk about what each of us can do ...specifically ... to save America.
To save America AND the rest of the world. Let’s remind our young ones of the Four Freedoms as proclaimed by Roosevelt. It can be a powerful focalizer for our co-operation.
Thomas Paine’s introduction to “Common Sense” rings true to this day. Freedom in America is waning, but this is the last refuge and best hope for all of mankind. It’s worth fighting for.
I have been and always will be anti- communist. I had the privilege of traveling all over Russia, the Middle East of Russia, well everywhere. Communism in all its forms sucks…..
I’m one of the most traveled people on the planet. 146 countries and counting (two more coming up) Literally every country in Europe. Almost every country in Asia (lived in India, Germany, Japan, Thailand, and married one of the last of them….. those places we’ve were worked around but I reached out and wow.,..But still I’ve been everywhere and still I want to travel…..it’s a sicknesss…..I know….
I'm 76. Spent my adult life on a college campus, as a student and teacher....watching it all building.
Radical leftists are now showing their colors because they have to. The election of President Trump cracked open Pandora's box; people like us could see who was hiding in the box.
They went into warp speed to reach their goal before WE stopped them.
Really I mean it. My Dad is 76 and he is dying from a number of things. Thank God you are alive and well. Yeah I’ve always been a conservative type of person, although I’ve veered off course a few times. But I’m conservative now and will always be……
We are all standing behind your stoutheart, Matt. Ever grateful for your courage, integrity, stamina, and humor! We are legion and we’ve got your back!
We are so appreciative of your work, it's a morale boost to know you are digging in! Gratitude and Respect, supporting you as best we can. Thank you, Matt.
I wish I had the qualifications to help but I will help the best way I can by subscribing to your Substack. Thank you for all your continuous hard work.
And both parties are complicit- the Tea party which morphed into maga whether you align with them or not are the only folks truly displaying courage as US citizens. A third party- libertarian is needed to save the country
Jon, I fear you have fallen victim to the Third Party Fallacy, that is, you seem to think that it is the current political parties that are the problem, and that a new third party will fix it.Wrong. The problem is not in the parties, it is that all political parties are comprised of people, and that people are flawed. The best any new party could ever hope for would be a momentary period of idealism that would soon be replaced by the usual ambitions, rivalries, and corruptions of any other political party. Cause that's how people are. Do you disagree? Whatever promise a third party might represent likely wouild be snuffed out even before it ever came to power--indeed, it likely would not come to power before that happened.
The best we can do is to continue to work for some measure of progress and reform within the existing party structures, i.e., shifting the Republicans to a more populist stance. The dream that we can create a sort of Mr Smith Goes to Washington and Cleans Things Up party is an illusion and waste of time.
Flawed we are in thinking everyone will agree on the solution. But do you really believe the two party system is working? It’s failed just as John Adams predicted it would, specifically due to man’s(people’s) inherent selfishness. 32trillion in debt and the world on the brink of war strictly because pacifists want to wait for someone else to step up. Lead, follow, or get out of the way. This country came to being by men/women of action and principles. The hearings going on today bringing the corruption to task is only happening because of a handful of courageous and true civil servants stood their ground. Enjoy standing aside.
Well, the conventional wisdom is that MAGA is personality driven, but as usual, the coventional wisdom is wrong. The core of Trump's appeal was his platform of bring home the troops, bring home the jobs, secure the border. This is a program that something like 60% of the public would support if Trump's at times out of control personality didn't knock it down 10 percentage points or more.
But yes, Obama's weaponization of the IRS against the Tea Party is another one of his crimes for which he should be punished. Maybe someday.
Well said! And every thing they said they feared Trump was gonna do never happened. But under Biden, it is happening and these “ liberals” are cheering it on !
Which shows that neither the left nor the right side of politics can be trusted. We can start by identifying the honest politicians on both sides. They may be rare, but they exist. And then we must protect them from the attacks they are bound to endure.
Isn't quite true: In retrospect, I don't think Trump was much of a departure from Uniparty Orthodoxy. Anti-Labor. Check. Repeal proposed safety regs intended to increase rail safety (among a long list of others). Check. Massive further tax cuts for the oligarchs. Check. Demoguery (rail agaisnt the Deep State and his fellow oligarchs, but change nothing for the better). Check. Rail against the Deep State sewer rats and then appoint a whole boat load to his admin. Check. Funnel more money into the Pentagon wealth transfer apparatus. Check. Yes, did not start any new wars that we know about, but kept the ones on tap going. Conditional check. Violated or walked away from treaties, following long established Uniparty tradition. Check. Was hated by the Deep State, viewed as some sort of interloper, made worse, because he mouthed some stuff outside of Uniparty Orthodoxy. (See demogoguery) True. ETC.
Matt wrote an article to the end that there was a lot of hullaballoo about Trump and Trump admin, but little substance.
Wrong Tony Sustak. Like him or hate him, Trump is the only national politician in at least 60 years to challenge the uniparty. You know this by the extreme lengths the uniparty has gone to (and continues to go to) to destroy him.
I don’t think Trump was perfect and I really think he surrounded himself with people he shouldn’t have trusted HOWEVER, the reason I disagree that he’s part of the Uniparty is because of the nonstop, persistent attempts to remove him from office, roadblock his efforts at change and neutralize his supporters.
He is responsible for Christopher Wray leading the FBI though- which to this day, I don’t understand.
Wow. Maybe you ought to go back to cnn. You sound just like them violated or walked away from illegal treaties, check. Lower taxes for the most effective tax cut in history, check. The world knew what four years of peace might look like, check. Inspired other nations to fight for freedom, check. Rail safety? Who gives a mad fuck? Eliminated needless regulations, snd the next step was their bureaucracies they enjoined,, check. Was lied to by every person near him and still managed to create the strongest economy this country has ever seen, check.
Perhaps they objected to having a serial criminal with known ties to any number of international criminal syndicates...in the Oval Office...you never know...
Exactly!! I say this all the time! “ where have all the Hippies gone? Where are all the war hating Flower Children? You know who you are... made fun of my kilts, Peter Pan collars and headbands...well, I’m here begging you to start paying attention because we’re getting close to the point of no return!! My favorite meme on this is JFK saying “ Democrats, what have you done to my Party?”
My father was a partisan with Tito's army during WW2. During an ambush on a German truck convoy he was shot trying to save an injured comrade. Some other partisans returned to save both him and the other partisan. They never left their fighters behind. Because of his courage he and the others were lauded as heroes and given the appropriate medals.
After the war it was a different story. He got a great job and everything was fine until he saw how corrupt and oppressive the Communist system was; party members and officials had become, as Milovan Djilas had said, "a new class." My father was never a member of the party but he was a democratic socialist and remained so until the end of his life. He wrote a manuscript that he wanted to publish about how wrong things were but someone reported him to the Yugoslav authorities and he had to run for his life.
Even being a decorated, Nazi fighting war hero didn't save my father from totalitarian oppression. For me personally my father's example is part of why I think the work you are doing is so incredibly important. Freedom of expression and speech are a huge part of what makes us human. It is more than worth fighting for, it is worth dying for.
As a 70's teenager and over 65 year old now, I recognize the importance of free speech. I have always been a contrarian. I don't want to or have need to follow the crowd. If something didn't seem right to me I observed both sides and went with the one that supported my moral stance (which, admittedly, has been fluid in the past). One fact is true: without the complete picture, we are all being influenced by an untruth or partial truth. Thank you for putting yourself "on the line" so to speak, so the rest of us can benefit.
Hey Matt, I was just sitting down to write a cover letter. I have 20 years of experience with DoS and DoD contracts and grants. I was fired from DoS for reporting the wrong doing by contractors. The DoS Inspector General found that I had suffered 'retaliation prohibited by law' I did get a 'settlement' but not my job back. I know this stuff-really well. I hope I am not to late to be considered.
Get the message out man. Between the Twitter Files, the Gerth story, the Hersh story, and a million other things, you'd think that there'd be some admittance of guilt, or at least soul-searching among the media-DC-Hollywood-actual-disinformation blob, but it seems to be getting worse and not better.
The bizarre AOC rants during the Twitter hearings, where she continues to claim the Hunter Biden laptop is Russian/right wing disinformation, are something else: a total denial of basic reality. I don't know how sensible, non-partisan people can turn this mess around, but keep fighting the good fight.
OK, throw in my hat ! I've been monitoring free speech since my days as East European bureau chief of The New York Times, as CBS News correspondent dividing my time between Paris and Moscow. Then as president of the Overseas Press Club of America, now as a CNN columnist and founder of SubStack's Andelman Unleashed ... so don't hesitate to call on me!
I love seeing journalists with experience in the MSM recognize the value of Matt's work. We need more old hands like you to come forward and publicly recognize the importance of the work he's doing, both for our country and to save journalism from itself.
The 'disinformation' propaganda is not only re political nonsense - but used to deceive people about the felonious actions of the domestic financial terrorism by Wall Street, hedge funds, pension plan management, private portfolio, etc., etc., protected still by the leaders and law enforcement who have yet to do a damned thing about the financial crisis they imposed on the American People in massive 30,000+ illegal taking of property - continues but not a peep about any of it because the financial elite continue to be aided and abetted; enabled by our 'leaders' - don't forget this part of the 'propaganda machine' which Matt so wonderfully exposed years ago- but has been ignored since. Thanks for your work Matt!!
Matt, if you will continue to tell the truth as you see it, and without partisanship, I will continue to support you. There are a very few others whose voices I trust as I do yours. I'm glad Elon entrusted you with this important work.
Adding a voice to the groundswell of gratitude for being a pro-free thought, speech and action oriented journalist and proponent.
And while you must already know this, as your contributions escalate, your personal information and safety will be at greater risk. Truth tellers historically become "dangerous enemies" and therefore good targets for evil adversaries and malicious behaviors.
Take good care young man! Your message is essential to those who preserve and protect our freedoms. Godspeed.
Wonderful work. I too am grateful like many here. I haven't liked it for years beginning with the NSA stuff. Hopefully this does result in some substantive changes and who knows, Watergate level impact on our country. If only other reporters had been doing their jobs........
Just as others who have responded here already, my mom and grandmother escaped Communists and Nazis both.
I owe it to their bravery and their fighting spirit to preserve the country that saved them from authoritarian Hell and allowed me to be born into freedom.
I know exactly what I am seeing in our country today. I know it from the family stories I was told, and I am so hopeful, now, that we can put a stop to this spreading authoritarianism.
America is a truly grand experiment of Enlightenment philosophies enacted. If the principles of freedom of thought and speech are not sacrosanct here, then they exist nowhere.
God bless you, Matt. If I cannot help, I can still pray.
So grateful for what you are doing. Who knew it would come to this? So weird and alarming! Just like science fiction, only real. Smart to seek help from your audience, because, yes, we are with you and we are legion. Matt, you are an essential weather vane because, besides your reporting itself, what they say about you is wonderfully revealing. I trust the likes of you and Walter Kirn and Bari Weiss. Thank God you guys are there!
"It seems a lot of people are feeling the same frustrations, and want to lend a hand." Actually, we are legion. And glued to your Substack and podcast like our fathers, during the dark years of the Revolution, were glued to the radio for the Voice of America broadcasts. I'm talking about Castro's Revolution. You do the math.
I never would have believed I would come to distrust all MSM and social platforms, the government, and all agencies. Twitter, substacks carefully chosen, and alternative video sources are the only ones I use. We have been utterly BETRAYED by entities that must be exposed and criminally charged.
A huge thank you for all you do, but specifically this new project! When I saw your “help wanted” email I literally jumped out of my chair in joy. After the initial excitement passed, all I could think about was how groundbreaking you and your organization have become. A flexible, project focused and deeply experienced team can be equal to the corporate press in resources which should scare the crap out of those who do not have our best interests at heart! Few people get a chance to change the world. I hope you’re one of them!
Matt--you're a brave man, leading the way in the most urgent political struggle of our time. You're also funny and smart, with a keen sense of the absurd (a true survival skill at the current historical moment.) I'm filled with admiration and gratitude. Keep writing!
We need to bring back democracy in the US, including into US now “state media” -- no mention of Twitter Files, US Nord Stream act of war against Germany, a total collapse of Russia-gate DNC/CIA hoax, etc.
Instead we have DNC/St. Obama war monger Samantha Powers right now “spreading democracy” (regime change) in -- Hungary
That rotten c$&t should be dead by now, easily convicted of treason. Wtf? Seems to me exposing Americans to harm from her lofty perch and using the power granted to her by absolutely nothing, gets her a death sentence.
So grateful for your presence. For all the life affirming work you're so passionately engaged in. The ideas and data that help us make better choices...
Looking back to the early 1950's, and knowing where America is today, perhaps Senator Joseph McCarthy should be revisited, and his inquiries studied in more depth. He, like Donald Trump now, was endlessly vilified by Marxist mouths who feared truth as the destructive #1 enemy to what they now call democracy.
True self-governance under our Constitution is the antithesis of centralized control as evident in the recent actions of our federal government. Thanks for your contribution to the free marketplace of ideas based upon truth. The Truth is like a lion. You don't need to defend it. Let it loose. It will defend itself. - Saint Augustine
Thank you Matt. Like others I’ll help by subscribing. We desperately need voices like yours that communicate the objective truth and follow the truth wherever it leads, no matter the side, the team, the party. Keep going. More will come.
Freedom of speech means just that. Disinformation misinformation are words invented lately to shut people up. Journalists mostly today are part of an agenda that long ago has decoupled itself from the function of the fourth estate. Matt Bari Glenn and their colleagues are what remains of it.
Amidst the lies and the snarkiness (my word) that try to overwhelm us, you and your colleagues are a lifeline to reality and decency. Thank you so much.
From the time I was sixteen, I am a gun-violence survivor. This copyrighted nonfiction material incorporates some of Mr. Taibbi’s Twitter Files…please enjoy.
Without first correcting the 2020 presidential election and 2022 midterm election, how can Pres Trump be sure of a fair 2024 election? My personal belief is that through fraud, waste, and abuse to blatantly manipulate the public and stall, Special Counsel Smith was appointed by Mr. Garland who was appointed by Mr. Biden who uses an ally of Mr. Obama. Obama is living what he calls his, “third term presidency” and according to Dan Bongino, “uses people close to him [influence peddling] to set up Biden” and hackle other amazing citizens of our great nation America. This is happening, “while [Mr. ] Garland conspired to conceal [Mr.] Biden illegal possession of federal classified documents prior to the 2022 midterm Elections.” Our beautiful America’s legal and voting systems in desperate need of repair from the horrible damage done by Obama’s terrorist organization (TO).
I came across this shocking Dr. Richard Flemming’s interview https://prosecutenow.io/ (stroll down to 6th topic) confirming among others, 1) “man-made COVID-19, a bio-weapon [against our beautiful America] and gain of function research” 2) “illegal HIV injections” 3) Dr. Fleming also shares, “HIV virus inserted in COVID-19 virus to make COVID-19 virus more potent, lethal” and 4) “no pandemic could have occurred without the release of this man-made virus” (paraphrased).
I founded a nonprofit organization called The Curious Society to support photojournalists and their work. We publish a 256 page magazine (which you can see here, https://www.curious-society.org). The idea is photojournalism is made by people who actually witness what they're reporting on, and that good photojournalism can start conversations outside of the current media landscape which is crafted to pit one political side against the other. The reason I bring this up is I'm working to create a network of trusted photojournalists who can report on subjects that are being ignored by traditional outlets.
From the time I was sixteen, I am a gun-violence survivor. This copyrighted nonfiction material incorporates some of Mr. Taibbi’s Twitter Files…please enjoy.
Without first correcting the 2020 presidential election and 2022 midterm election, how can Pres Trump be sure of a fair 2024 election? My personal belief is that through fraud, waste, and abuse to blatantly manipulate the public and stall, Special Counsel Smith was appointed by Mr. Garland who was appointed by Mr. Biden who uses an ally of Mr. Obama. Obama is living what he calls his, “third term presidency” and according to Dan Bongino, “uses people close to him [influence peddling] to set up Biden” and hackle other amazing citizens of our great nation America. This is happening, “while [Mr. ] Garland conspired to conceal [Mr.] Biden illegal possession of federal classified documents prior to the 2022 midterm Elections.” Our beautiful America’s legal and voting systems in desperate need of repair from the horrible damage done by Obama’s terrorist organization (TO).
I came across this shocking Dr. Richard Flemming’s interview https://prosecutenow.io/ (stroll down to 6th topic) confirming among others, 1) “man-made COVID-19, a bio-weapon [against our beautiful America] and gain of function research” 2) “illegal HIV injections” 3) Dr. Fleming also shares, “HIV virus inserted in COVID-19 virus to make COVID-19 virus more potent, lethal” and 4) “no pandemic could have occurred without the release of this man-made virus” (paraphrased).
Matt - I suspect that for each person who responded to your request there are at least five more who wish they had either the skills or the time to help you. The recognition of how much we are being propagandized by our government is growing wider by the day, and you're a large driver of that awareness. Please continue with your crucial work, on behalf of all of us who are paying attention.
I am one of the "five". How I wish to be younger than 87 with better eyes and ears! But I am with you in spirit, and wouldn't miss a word of what you write. Yeah, I'm a fan-girl.
At 72 I also lack the skills but what makes me sad is how easily manipulated the younger generations are. We need to help wake them up!
Check out Grand Theft World. They have just together education courses with more to come. Not expensive. Sunday night they do a weekly long news roundup wrapped in historical context for free. I’ve been gently sharing with all ages cuz steadily we’ve been sooo propagandized & harmed. Covid brought all my suspicions into focus. On Rokfin & Rumble
Same here where the real news is concerned. As one of the elders still alive on planet earth, I'm grateful to the guides who have kept me alive and healthy enough to continue on a path of learning more each day.
I have been listening weekly to the audio version via my podcast app. It's captivating. And I've signed up for an introductory workshop, too. I'm also over 65 and unlikely to have much impact on those around me, but I'm going down this path, because it feels essential.
Thanks for that. Very interesting and since I'm retired, I have lots of time to view! They are long. Very nice group of people we have here. Our new world will be great!
You can awaken someone who is sleeping, but can not awaken someone pretending to be asleep.
A bucket of ice water is worth considering.
Do Wharf Rats sleep? ;)
Well I’m only’ 52 but I indendify with the older set.
You just need to be really curious, know how to read, and be somewhat organized. That's it! And you can do it independently too! :)
I am as curious as a cat, truly lol.
Ditto to Ruth’s reply. So many seniors don’t bother or don’t know to go online to get the real news, I try to forward as much I can. God help us!
I’m 71, and I refuse to be a techno dinosaur! I have friends who still only write checks! My “kids” don’t own checkbooks !
You go girl! 87 and still sharp as a tack!
Me too!
From the looks of the thread I suggest
The Mature Women's Brigade
Not a woman but volunteer to play the dawg
Lie on the porch and bark at bad smellers
If I'm still awake.
We can help. Contact through www.TheAmericanReport.org
You are wise belong your years. Just so you know I woke up yesterday with a designer cat laying on top of me and purring loudly
A Bengal
Pix!
I spend a lot of time following links and suggestions in the comments sections, so everyone amplifies truth who posts here.
True… and “we” also have demonstrated the collective desire to address free speech and censorship while staying above the “ frictional fray!”
and fictional fray
I almost included that as well seeing a lot of fiction is the source of the fray!
Frenkle, you're too annoying to be anything other than annoying.
I can't think of any cohort that would be more avoidable than a cohort who "amplified truth."
Obviously he's not censoring you. Cool down. Get a grip. Check the hysteria.
Yup! Right here 🙋♀️cheering you on! And wanting to help this work any way I can!!
I too would be one of the five. I am all about honesty, truth and sunlight, and if I can even help by editing something, I am willing. I have not ever written for any entity but am a fairly voracious reader and your exposure Matt, of the Twitter Files, and all that has followed, well, brings this old heart to tears. God Bless and keep you. Viva La Truth!
💯 One of the five!
So true!
Correct, but probably at least double your estimate.
I'm 32. And had no clue where I was headed, was living a dead end life, working a dead end job and yours among other independents have inspired me to pay attention to the news and the polarity of the world, I never knew existed. I asked my father in 2002, I was 12, after learning about political parties in school, what he was, his answer was, "I'm not sure, I guess a democrat because republicans seem kinda against marijuana, and the wars and free speech and stuff like that, but the president is a republican, and I believe in America, so I guess I'm a republican right now, but none of that really matters to us right now, so I don't know", and that was it. We never spoke of politics again, he's 12 years passed on. I truly wish I'd known his perspective now. Anyways, I believe to my parents generation, party politics was a non-issue. And today's politics it's an Issue-Issue. I remember asking him that, and I remember being afraid of a draft when I was 12, I believe my party is Compassion/Freedom-absolutism, I believe that encompasses everything. And no one inspires that quite like the work of Matt Taibbi. And I thank you for shining your humanity through the work you do. And anything you need help with, literally anything, short of a capital crime, I am absolutely willing to do, for the causes you seem to stand for.
"Just wanted to thank the overwhelming number of people who responded to the call for freelance help yesterday."
You earned this response, brother. Lead on.
Amen, 100%.
And thanks to all the others, including Elon Musk, for metaphorically breaking out the pitchforks and torches. We all have a part of this job to do, whether it is one person, one podcast, or one Congressional hearing at a time.
Thank you for what you are doing. My father escaped from two communist countries. He used to say that if we lose our freedom in America, then what...?
I've spent my life since my 20s talking about Free Speech as the cornerstone on Freedom. The radicals obviously agree with me...or they wouldn't be working to destroy it.
I enjoy your podcasts with Walter Kirn. Could you talk about what each of us can do ...specifically ... to save America.
Thank you.
My father also used to me: Never keep quiet. Learn the facts...and when the subject comes up..speak up.
To save America AND the rest of the world. Let’s remind our young ones of the Four Freedoms as proclaimed by Roosevelt. It can be a powerful focalizer for our co-operation.
Thomas Paine’s introduction to “Common Sense” rings true to this day. Freedom in America is waning, but this is the last refuge and best hope for all of mankind. It’s worth fighting for.
Amen!
Seriously, reach out to me….480-925-1933
I’m trying to reach you, but not working. Call me.
I texted you. Did you get my text?
Eva
Nope! Try again!
480-925-1933
Is your email 480 632 4738. Then yes.
No please text me again.
Yes I did but I can’t figure the thing out…….
Or maybe I did….I get hundreds of emails a day from companies, etc…,,,
I have been and always will be anti- communist. I had the privilege of traveling all over Russia, the Middle East of Russia, well everywhere. Communism in all its forms sucks…..
No need to thank me…..I’ve hated communist governments since I was a child.
I’m one of the most traveled people on the planet. 146 countries and counting (two more coming up) Literally every country in Europe. Almost every country in Asia (lived in India, Germany, Japan, Thailand, and married one of the last of them….. those places we’ve were worked around but I reached out and wow.,..But still I’ve been everywhere and still I want to travel…..it’s a sicknesss…..I know….
Every been everywhere? Been that done that.
Given my work history I can’t reply. But trust me I’m on your side. Reach out to me.
Wow you are wise beyond your years…ll
Kris,
I'm 76. Spent my adult life on a college campus, as a student and teacher....watching it all building.
Radical leftists are now showing their colors because they have to. The election of President Trump cracked open Pandora's box; people like us could see who was hiding in the box.
They went into warp speed to reach their goal before WE stopped them.
I feel like we are kindred spirits. Please write me back.
Thank you for your response.
Really I mean it. My Dad is 76 and he is dying from a number of things. Thank God you are alive and well. Yeah I’ve always been a conservative type of person, although I’ve veered off course a few times. But I’m conservative now and will always be……
Wow you really are wise. I never liked Trump but he did a service to the country….
I’ve been to every Communiist Coubtry. Hate them and afraid our Country will become one of them.
We are all standing behind your stoutheart, Matt. Ever grateful for your courage, integrity, stamina, and humor! We are legion and we’ve got your back!
We are so appreciative of your work, it's a morale boost to know you are digging in! Gratitude and Respect, supporting you as best we can. Thank you, Matt.
I wish I had the qualifications to help but I will help the best way I can by subscribing to your Substack. Thank you for all your continuous hard work.
Get 'em!
"I love my country but fear my government." Folks used to say this during Nixon (Watergate) and Reagan (Iran-Contra) terms.
The Deep State (yes, it exists) is a thousand times more dangerous, and especially more so when a complicit political party holds power.
And both parties are complicit- the Tea party which morphed into maga whether you align with them or not are the only folks truly displaying courage as US citizens. A third party- libertarian is needed to save the country
Jon, I fear you have fallen victim to the Third Party Fallacy, that is, you seem to think that it is the current political parties that are the problem, and that a new third party will fix it.Wrong. The problem is not in the parties, it is that all political parties are comprised of people, and that people are flawed. The best any new party could ever hope for would be a momentary period of idealism that would soon be replaced by the usual ambitions, rivalries, and corruptions of any other political party. Cause that's how people are. Do you disagree? Whatever promise a third party might represent likely wouild be snuffed out even before it ever came to power--indeed, it likely would not come to power before that happened.
The best we can do is to continue to work for some measure of progress and reform within the existing party structures, i.e., shifting the Republicans to a more populist stance. The dream that we can create a sort of Mr Smith Goes to Washington and Cleans Things Up party is an illusion and waste of time.
Flawed we are in thinking everyone will agree on the solution. But do you really believe the two party system is working? It’s failed just as John Adams predicted it would, specifically due to man’s(people’s) inherent selfishness. 32trillion in debt and the world on the brink of war strictly because pacifists want to wait for someone else to step up. Lead, follow, or get out of the way. This country came to being by men/women of action and principles. The hearings going on today bringing the corruption to task is only happening because of a handful of courageous and true civil servants stood their ground. Enjoy standing aside.
You're sexy when you get your Hofstadter on, you know that?
Fedspar, I can only hope I have a fraction of Prof Hofstadter's knowledge and insight. But you are correct, his work was/is an inspiration.
Stop hitting on me!
Thanks, but I'll pass on that prescription.
Well, the conventional wisdom is that MAGA is personality driven, but as usual, the coventional wisdom is wrong. The core of Trump's appeal was his platform of bring home the troops, bring home the jobs, secure the border. This is a program that something like 60% of the public would support if Trump's at times out of control personality didn't knock it down 10 percentage points or more.
But yes, Obama's weaponization of the IRS against the Tea Party is another one of his crimes for which he should be punished. Maybe someday.
Well I did complete 23 years of Gonrernmet Servise. Thank you very much. But also believe it has gotten out of contr
Well said! And every thing they said they feared Trump was gonna do never happened. But under Biden, it is happening and these “ liberals” are cheering it on !
Which shows that neither the left nor the right side of politics can be trusted. We can start by identifying the honest politicians on both sides. They may be rare, but they exist. And then we must protect them from the attacks they are bound to endure.
“Identifying honest politicians”....sadly, that doesn’t take very long.
I shouldn’t reply, given that I worked for ‘the man’ for 23 years….but you are both right. The monster feeds itself……
Isn't quite true: In retrospect, I don't think Trump was much of a departure from Uniparty Orthodoxy. Anti-Labor. Check. Repeal proposed safety regs intended to increase rail safety (among a long list of others). Check. Massive further tax cuts for the oligarchs. Check. Demoguery (rail agaisnt the Deep State and his fellow oligarchs, but change nothing for the better). Check. Rail against the Deep State sewer rats and then appoint a whole boat load to his admin. Check. Funnel more money into the Pentagon wealth transfer apparatus. Check. Yes, did not start any new wars that we know about, but kept the ones on tap going. Conditional check. Violated or walked away from treaties, following long established Uniparty tradition. Check. Was hated by the Deep State, viewed as some sort of interloper, made worse, because he mouthed some stuff outside of Uniparty Orthodoxy. (See demogoguery) True. ETC.
Matt wrote an article to the end that there was a lot of hullaballoo about Trump and Trump admin, but little substance.
Wrong Tony Sustak. Like him or hate him, Trump is the only national politician in at least 60 years to challenge the uniparty. You know this by the extreme lengths the uniparty has gone to (and continues to go to) to destroy him.
I don’t think Trump was perfect and I really think he surrounded himself with people he shouldn’t have trusted HOWEVER, the reason I disagree that he’s part of the Uniparty is because of the nonstop, persistent attempts to remove him from office, roadblock his efforts at change and neutralize his supporters.
He is responsible for Christopher Wray leading the FBI though- which to this day, I don’t understand.
Wow. Maybe you ought to go back to cnn. You sound just like them violated or walked away from illegal treaties, check. Lower taxes for the most effective tax cut in history, check. The world knew what four years of peace might look like, check. Inspired other nations to fight for freedom, check. Rail safety? Who gives a mad fuck? Eliminated needless regulations, snd the next step was their bureaucracies they enjoined,, check. Was lied to by every person near him and still managed to create the strongest economy this country has ever seen, check.
How can it be Uniparty to both sign a treat and walk away from them, e.g. Iran?
Perhaps they objected to having a serial criminal with known ties to any number of international criminal syndicates...in the Oval Office...you never know...
Exactly!! I say this all the time! “ where have all the Hippies gone? Where are all the war hating Flower Children? You know who you are... made fun of my kilts, Peter Pan collars and headbands...well, I’m here begging you to start paying attention because we’re getting close to the point of no return!! My favorite meme on this is JFK saying “ Democrats, what have you done to my Party?”
Good points, NotMe$. Yes, we now know that all those principled liberals back then were just fascists waiting to happen once they held power.
Ya, ok, right, right.
Spot on
Keep the pressure on until they can't ignore you...
My father was a partisan with Tito's army during WW2. During an ambush on a German truck convoy he was shot trying to save an injured comrade. Some other partisans returned to save both him and the other partisan. They never left their fighters behind. Because of his courage he and the others were lauded as heroes and given the appropriate medals.
After the war it was a different story. He got a great job and everything was fine until he saw how corrupt and oppressive the Communist system was; party members and officials had become, as Milovan Djilas had said, "a new class." My father was never a member of the party but he was a democratic socialist and remained so until the end of his life. He wrote a manuscript that he wanted to publish about how wrong things were but someone reported him to the Yugoslav authorities and he had to run for his life.
Even being a decorated, Nazi fighting war hero didn't save my father from totalitarian oppression. For me personally my father's example is part of why I think the work you are doing is so incredibly important. Freedom of expression and speech are a huge part of what makes us human. It is more than worth fighting for, it is worth dying for.
As a 70's teenager and over 65 year old now, I recognize the importance of free speech. I have always been a contrarian. I don't want to or have need to follow the crowd. If something didn't seem right to me I observed both sides and went with the one that supported my moral stance (which, admittedly, has been fluid in the past). One fact is true: without the complete picture, we are all being influenced by an untruth or partial truth. Thank you for putting yourself "on the line" so to speak, so the rest of us can benefit.
Hey Matt, I was just sitting down to write a cover letter. I have 20 years of experience with DoS and DoD contracts and grants. I was fired from DoS for reporting the wrong doing by contractors. The DoS Inspector General found that I had suffered 'retaliation prohibited by law' I did get a 'settlement' but not my job back. I know this stuff-really well. I hope I am not to late to be considered.
Another can of worms can be opened, to be fed to those who could be fed some of their own medicine.
Email him.
Thanks,I did
Get the message out man. Between the Twitter Files, the Gerth story, the Hersh story, and a million other things, you'd think that there'd be some admittance of guilt, or at least soul-searching among the media-DC-Hollywood-actual-disinformation blob, but it seems to be getting worse and not better.
The bizarre AOC rants during the Twitter hearings, where she continues to claim the Hunter Biden laptop is Russian/right wing disinformation, are something else: a total denial of basic reality. I don't know how sensible, non-partisan people can turn this mess around, but keep fighting the good fight.
OK, throw in my hat ! I've been monitoring free speech since my days as East European bureau chief of The New York Times, as CBS News correspondent dividing my time between Paris and Moscow. Then as president of the Overseas Press Club of America, now as a CNN columnist and founder of SubStack's Andelman Unleashed ... so don't hesitate to call on me!
I love seeing journalists with experience in the MSM recognize the value of Matt's work. We need more old hands like you to come forward and publicly recognize the importance of the work he's doing, both for our country and to save journalism from itself.
A CNN columnist? The credibility of the entire CNN network does not bode well for any honest reporter.
I urge you to find other work, and save yourself.
True!
Please email him!
The 'disinformation' propaganda is not only re political nonsense - but used to deceive people about the felonious actions of the domestic financial terrorism by Wall Street, hedge funds, pension plan management, private portfolio, etc., etc., protected still by the leaders and law enforcement who have yet to do a damned thing about the financial crisis they imposed on the American People in massive 30,000+ illegal taking of property - continues but not a peep about any of it because the financial elite continue to be aided and abetted; enabled by our 'leaders' - don't forget this part of the 'propaganda machine' which Matt so wonderfully exposed years ago- but has been ignored since. Thanks for your work Matt!!
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Matt, if you will continue to tell the truth as you see it, and without partisanship, I will continue to support you. There are a very few others whose voices I trust as I do yours. I'm glad Elon entrusted you with this important work.
Adding a voice to the groundswell of gratitude for being a pro-free thought, speech and action oriented journalist and proponent.
And while you must already know this, as your contributions escalate, your personal information and safety will be at greater risk. Truth tellers historically become "dangerous enemies" and therefore good targets for evil adversaries and malicious behaviors.
Take good care young man! Your message is essential to those who preserve and protect our freedoms. Godspeed.
Yes, we, the people must stand around you to protect you from the attacks that are bound to be devised. Together we can fend them off.
Wonderful work. I too am grateful like many here. I haven't liked it for years beginning with the NSA stuff. Hopefully this does result in some substantive changes and who knows, Watergate level impact on our country. If only other reporters had been doing their jobs........
Just as others who have responded here already, my mom and grandmother escaped Communists and Nazis both.
I owe it to their bravery and their fighting spirit to preserve the country that saved them from authoritarian Hell and allowed me to be born into freedom.
I know exactly what I am seeing in our country today. I know it from the family stories I was told, and I am so hopeful, now, that we can put a stop to this spreading authoritarianism.
America is a truly grand experiment of Enlightenment philosophies enacted. If the principles of freedom of thought and speech are not sacrosanct here, then they exist nowhere.
God bless you, Matt. If I cannot help, I can still pray.
I would watch for saboteurs and moles.
Narrative control won’t go quietly
Thanks, I was diligently waiting for that one.
Speaking of saboteurs and moles! I present to you, Fedspar.
He also bats for team pedo. Go look at his comments from the trans activist post last month.
Fedspar, by the way, where's your running mate Deep State Gene? Haven't seen him on site lately. Hope I didn't hurt his feelings!
Witless morons rarely hurt the feelings of others, no matter how hard they try. So don't sweat it Pacificus, don't sweat it.
Comes with the territory these daze !
So grateful for what you are doing. Who knew it would come to this? So weird and alarming! Just like science fiction, only real. Smart to seek help from your audience, because, yes, we are with you and we are legion. Matt, you are an essential weather vane because, besides your reporting itself, what they say about you is wonderfully revealing. I trust the likes of you and Walter Kirn and Bari Weiss. Thank God you guys are there!
There are a lot of us who are horny for some truthful reporting. Thank you.
No wonder you are horny with a nickname like snakebite. Perhaps a dating game setup with 3 guys calling themselves Maddog
Horny for truth. I’ve been post-sexual for decades.
Right on Granny! Thank you for sharing. Especially when many calling themselves leftists believe you can get an STD from the truth.
Well I’m only 52 and haven’t had sex since my 11 year old was conceived.
Matt, thank YOU. This work will be groundbreaking. Can't wait for the book(s)!
I want the whole truth, nothing but the truth!!!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWSx0bBiNIs
"It seems a lot of people are feeling the same frustrations, and want to lend a hand." Actually, we are legion. And glued to your Substack and podcast like our fathers, during the dark years of the Revolution, were glued to the radio for the Voice of America broadcasts. I'm talking about Castro's Revolution. You do the math.
Let’s call it ‘Matt Math’.
Exactly!
Thanks a lot for your work
I never would have believed I would come to distrust all MSM and social platforms, the government, and all agencies. Twitter, substacks carefully chosen, and alternative video sources are the only ones I use. We have been utterly BETRAYED by entities that must be exposed and criminally charged.
Matt,
A huge thank you for all you do, but specifically this new project! When I saw your “help wanted” email I literally jumped out of my chair in joy. After the initial excitement passed, all I could think about was how groundbreaking you and your organization have become. A flexible, project focused and deeply experienced team can be equal to the corporate press in resources which should scare the crap out of those who do not have our best interests at heart! Few people get a chance to change the world. I hope you’re one of them!
Bless you , there Is hope, the narrow MSM narrative represents a tiny fraction of the population
This is the way!
Matt--you're a brave man, leading the way in the most urgent political struggle of our time. You're also funny and smart, with a keen sense of the absurd (a true survival skill at the current historical moment.) I'm filled with admiration and gratitude. Keep writing!
Matt and Elon !
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Keep up the good work!
R. C. Reynolds
screenwriter/filmmaker
I sent this to my writer friends.
Good idea,,, I have two I can forward to!
We need to bring back democracy in the US, including into US now “state media” -- no mention of Twitter Files, US Nord Stream act of war against Germany, a total collapse of Russia-gate DNC/CIA hoax, etc.
Instead we have DNC/St. Obama war monger Samantha Powers right now “spreading democracy” (regime change) in -- Hungary
That rotten c$&t should be dead by now, easily convicted of treason. Wtf? Seems to me exposing Americans to harm from her lofty perch and using the power granted to her by absolutely nothing, gets her a death sentence.
https://rumble.com/v299aod-this-is-horrible-and-putin-says-no-more-redacted-with-natali-and-clayton-mo.html
Scott Ritter – Hydrogen Cyanide gas in Ukraine – US and OPCW silence
Keep it goin Matt!!
Matt,
Contact me to bring your information to The Intelligence Briefing on The Salem Radio Network and to The National Security Hour on iHeart Radio.
Mary Fanning
Email him please
So grateful for your presence. For all the life affirming work you're so passionately engaged in. The ideas and data that help us make better choices...
Looking back to the early 1950's, and knowing where America is today, perhaps Senator Joseph McCarthy should be revisited, and his inquiries studied in more depth. He, like Donald Trump now, was endlessly vilified by Marxist mouths who feared truth as the destructive #1 enemy to what they now call democracy.
You are confusing fascists with “marxists”
Beware plants and saboteurs, Matt.
That comes with the territory. Everywhere.
Don’t hire any fbi!
Fbi
True self-governance under our Constitution is the antithesis of centralized control as evident in the recent actions of our federal government. Thanks for your contribution to the free marketplace of ideas based upon truth. The Truth is like a lion. You don't need to defend it. Let it loose. It will defend itself. - Saint Augustine
The light of truth, always shines through darkness. Unbiased is honest. People are dying from lies. Keep shining the light!
Thank you Matt. Like others I’ll help by subscribing. We desperately need voices like yours that communicate the objective truth and follow the truth wherever it leads, no matter the side, the team, the party. Keep going. More will come.
Freedom of speech means just that. Disinformation misinformation are words invented lately to shut people up. Journalists mostly today are part of an agenda that long ago has decoupled itself from the function of the fourth estate. Matt Bari Glenn and their colleagues are what remains of it.
I wish I could help but I know my limitations!
Amidst the lies and the snarkiness (my word) that try to overwhelm us, you and your colleagues are a lifeline to reality and decency. Thank you so much.
OK, just tell us what you need Matt, to keep doing what you are doing. This is important work.
I am an investigative reporter since 1975, and would love to assist you in any way. I love your work!
Betsy Combier
betsy@advocatz.com
Editor, Advocatz.com
Friday, August 26, 2022
US Office of Special Counsel
1730 M Street
Washington, DC 20036
Dear Honorable Special Counsel Kerner:
https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:5b8e5514-83eb-4739-a408-de5eb6cae301
From the time I was sixteen, I am a gun-violence survivor. This copyrighted nonfiction material incorporates some of Mr. Taibbi’s Twitter Files…please enjoy.
https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:0c75c464-f7f3-3b7f-afa2-b26e6419c6b9
Without first correcting the 2020 presidential election and 2022 midterm election, how can Pres Trump be sure of a fair 2024 election? My personal belief is that through fraud, waste, and abuse to blatantly manipulate the public and stall, Special Counsel Smith was appointed by Mr. Garland who was appointed by Mr. Biden who uses an ally of Mr. Obama. Obama is living what he calls his, “third term presidency” and according to Dan Bongino, “uses people close to him [influence peddling] to set up Biden” and hackle other amazing citizens of our great nation America. This is happening, “while [Mr. ] Garland conspired to conceal [Mr.] Biden illegal possession of federal classified documents prior to the 2022 midterm Elections.” Our beautiful America’s legal and voting systems in desperate need of repair from the horrible damage done by Obama’s terrorist organization (TO).
I came across this shocking Dr. Richard Flemming’s interview https://prosecutenow.io/ (stroll down to 6th topic) confirming among others, 1) “man-made COVID-19, a bio-weapon [against our beautiful America] and gain of function research” 2) “illegal HIV injections” 3) Dr. Fleming also shares, “HIV virus inserted in COVID-19 virus to make COVID-19 virus more potent, lethal” and 4) “no pandemic could have occurred without the release of this man-made virus” (paraphrased).
Please email him
Don’t have the email!
Keep up the great work.
Hi Matt,
I founded a nonprofit organization called The Curious Society to support photojournalists and their work. We publish a 256 page magazine (which you can see here, https://www.curious-society.org). The idea is photojournalism is made by people who actually witness what they're reporting on, and that good photojournalism can start conversations outside of the current media landscape which is crafted to pit one political side against the other. The reason I bring this up is I'm working to create a network of trusted photojournalists who can report on subjects that are being ignored by traditional outlets.
All the best,
Ken
Friday, August 26, 2022
US Office of Special Counsel
1730 M Street
Washington, DC 20036
Dear Honorable Special Counsel Kerner:
https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:5b8e5514-83eb-4739-a408-de5eb6cae301
From the time I was sixteen, I am a gun-violence survivor. This copyrighted nonfiction material incorporates some of Mr. Taibbi’s Twitter Files…please enjoy.
https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:0c75c464-f7f3-3b7f-afa2-b26e6419c6b9
Without first correcting the 2020 presidential election and 2022 midterm election, how can Pres Trump be sure of a fair 2024 election? My personal belief is that through fraud, waste, and abuse to blatantly manipulate the public and stall, Special Counsel Smith was appointed by Mr. Garland who was appointed by Mr. Biden who uses an ally of Mr. Obama. Obama is living what he calls his, “third term presidency” and according to Dan Bongino, “uses people close to him [influence peddling] to set up Biden” and hackle other amazing citizens of our great nation America. This is happening, “while [Mr. ] Garland conspired to conceal [Mr.] Biden illegal possession of federal classified documents prior to the 2022 midterm Elections.” Our beautiful America’s legal and voting systems in desperate need of repair from the horrible damage done by Obama’s terrorist organization (TO).
I came across this shocking Dr. Richard Flemming’s interview https://prosecutenow.io/ (stroll down to 6th topic) confirming among others, 1) “man-made COVID-19, a bio-weapon [against our beautiful America] and gain of function research” 2) “illegal HIV injections” 3) Dr. Fleming also shares, “HIV virus inserted in COVID-19 virus to make COVID-19 virus more potent, lethal” and 4) “no pandemic could have occurred without the release of this man-made virus” (paraphrased).