Important Friday Message from MeidasTouch Founder…

By Ben Meiselas

Hello Meidas Mighty. It’s Ben Meiselas, co-founder of the MeidasTouch Network.

We’ve been through a lot together this week, so I wanted to pause and check in on you and talk about what’s ahead. I am proud that this community has stuck together through it all and that the resistance is growing stronger. Trump’s approval continues to plummet. It doesn’t make him any less dangerous, but it does show that people across the country are waking up and recognizing the existential threat we face together. Despite Trump’s attempts to crush the resistance, people are not giving up their power.

Before discussing some more developments, I wanted to thank our subscribers to this Substack for helping the MeidasTouch Network continue to stay on top of all the charts. This was a big week in our battle against Fox, where we saw major gains against them on digital platforms—which has thoroughly pissed off Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch. Please make sure to subscribe now to this Substack if you haven’t yet. Your subscriptions have been invaluable in making MeidasTouch the top news network (video and audio) in the United States by views and engagement.

Back to the post…

There seems to be no end in sight to the Trump government shutdown. Republicans in the House and Senate are on vacation. They are refusing to talk to Democrats, let alone negotiate with them. Republicans don’t want the ACA subsidies extended. They believe the health care subsidies are too expensive, and their priorities are using government resources to subsidize the lives of billionaires. Also, Trump likes the shutdown since he hates a functioning government and prefers people to suffer. Shortages and scarcity force people to beg him for help and favors and allow him to behave more like a dictator in his mind. The shutdown also provides a way to avoid the release of the Epstein files by using it as an excuse to refuse to swear in Congresswoman-Elect Grijalva, who would be the 218th signature on the discharge petition to release the Epstein files.

So what’s the end game for Republicans as their shutdown makes them even more unpopular? The answer is—they don’t have an end game and they don’t have a plan. There is a reason why Donald Trump had so many bankruptcies before he was involved in politics. Trump compounds problems and makes them worse by ignoring them or blaming others instead of ever admitting to any mistakes and trying to solve the problems. The way Trump threw others under the bus during his business bankruptcies, he’s now positioning people to blame for the coming calamity instead of taking responsible action.

In addition to the shutdown, yet another federal judge ruled that Trump’s deployment of the National Guard into a city was unlawful. Last weekend, Oregon federal judge Immergut blocked Trump’s invasion of Portland, and yesterday Illinois federal judge Perry ruled Trump’s invasion of Chicago was unlawful. The recent images and videos of ICE terrorizing cities and trying to provoke pretexts for escalating invasions are something we never thought we’d see in the United States.

And then, of course, there was Trump having his former personal lawyer, Lindsey Halligan—who now runs the Eastern District of Virginia—bring an indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James. Halligan had zero experience as a federal prosecutor before getting an indictment of James Comey and now Letitia James, after Trump made a social media post demanding the prosecutions. We also now learned that Trump thought he was sending a direct message to Attorney General Pam Bondi when he made the public order to indict James, Comey, and Senator Schiff. We can assume that Senator Schiff will likely be indicted soon as well.

In both indictments so far, Lindsey Halligan was the only federal prosecutor in the country willing to sign off on the charging documents. I suspect we will learn that she provided false information to the Grand Jury and refused to provide exculpatory evidence as required by law. I suspect we’ll learn that in the next two to three weeks. Stay tuned for our future reporting on that.

Both Comey and James issued powerful responses to Trump’s frivolous and sloppy indictments. They made it clear they will fight—and they will win.

We’ve seen over and over again that when people stand up to Donald Trump, they win. When people fold when Trump makes threats, they end up worse off. This is an important lesson the American people are understanding more and more now—and it’s causing Trump to lose it.

One of the things I hope the public can learn from MeidasTouch is how to fight back powerfully and fearlessly against this regime. I want everyone to recognize their power to stand up for themselves and each other in this moment. When we stand up together, we will win.

I expect the days ahead to be tough. I expect Trump to go after us, attack us, and try to shut us down. I know it won’t be easy, but I am confident in a future where we restore democracy. I am confident this network and this community will continue to grow and expand our lead over Fox and all cable news.

We are so grateful for all of you. As this fight intensifies, please make sure to subscribe now to this Substack to access all the exclusive content and help the MeidasTouch Network grow. The subscriptions to this Substack have been the biggest game changer in our growth—so if you can, please subscribe now.

Let’s keep fighting together. Let’s reclaim our democracy.