IMPORTANT Message from MeidasTouch Founder

Hey everyone, it’s Ben Meiselas, co-founder of the MeidasTouch Network. Great to be with you this morning.

I want to take a minute to reflect on Democrat Scott Colom’s huge Senate win in Mississippi.

Senator-elect Colom will be the first Democrat elected to the U.S. Senate from Mississippi since 1982, and the first Black senator from Mississippi since Reconstruction, more than 150 years ago. It’s a massive victory.

Back in September 2025, Scott Colom’s very first interview of this race was on the MeidasTouch Network.

We were the only channel covering the Mississippi race back then.

I remember titling that video something like “Trump Is About to Get a Rude Awakening in Mississippi.” A lot of naysayers, doubters and, yes, some haters said my titles were hyperbolic.

They said I was getting people’s hopes up about something that wasn’t possible, and that Trump would never get a rude awakening in Mississippi.

Fast forward to about 10 days ago, when I interviewed Scott Colom again on the eve of the election. He credited the MeidasTouch Network with giving his campaign momentum and believing in him when no other network would have him on.

And then came his great victory.

I want to be very clear: Senator-elect Scott Colom is a generational talent, and he put in the work. He was everywhere in Mississippi, talking with Republicans, Democrats, independents, and people who don’t follow politics at all. He even went to a Trump rally in Mississippi and talked with the people there about the issues that matter most to them. He’s a lawyer, a top prosecutor and a former judge. He would have been a federal judge, but Cindy Hyde-Smith blocked his nomination in 2023. Now she’s gotten the ultimate karma.

This victory belongs to Senator-elect Colom and the people of Mississippi.

I’m just glad the MeidasTouch Network, our podcast and our show could do exactly what we set out to do: use independent media to give a platform to people who aren’t otherwise being covered.

I’ve heard a similar story about the MeidasTouch Network from candidates all across this country, from Ohio to Texas and everywhere in between.

Back in 2025 we were interviewing candidates nobody else believed in, for governor, state attorney general, secretary of state and Congress.

That’s real proof of concept for how effective this network can be.

We keep hearing from people who say, “I would never have heard of this candidate if it weren’t for MeidasTouch.”

What we’re doing here at home, we’re also doing internationally. We’re building Meidas networks around the world in places where the media environment is unhealthy or distorted by corporate news.

You’ve seen what Charlie Angus is building with Meidas Canada. Next we want to expand into Europe, the UK and Australia, and then the rest of the world. We already have a huge international audience.

Our podcast is one of the top shows in many countries because we cover what’s happening there in specific, meticulous detail. Sometimes it’s more specific than their own local media, because our research and reporting are thorough and authentically local. We take a lot of pride in that.

And we’re connecting all of this to the international pro-democracy community to fight back against global authoritarian forces.

This network is nothing without you. You built it. As you’ve heard me say, these days are some of the most important for our growth, because this is when we can bring in new audiences.

People aren’t being flooded with political text messages and ads right now, so we can have real conversations about values, principles, leadership, love, empathy and democracy.

It’s the best time for these deeper conversations, away from the gamification of politics.

That’s why we’re working harder than ever. You’ve seen everything we’ve been doing since the election. We’re proud of the work we did, and we’re proud of the results.

But we’re not resting on our laurels, and we’re not taking our foot off the gas. We’re doing more work now than before the election, and that’s on purpose.

So if you’re not a subscriber, please subscribe now. And tell people about the network. Tell 10 people today. Text them a link to this Substack or our YouTube channel. Tell them about our book, WTF America. Tell them about our merch, too.

Have you seen the Blue Wave merch and the Lawyer Up merch? Jordy designed it, and it’s cool stuff. Check it out at store.meidastouch.com.

If you can, become a paid subscriber.

We have to grow now more than ever, and you’ve seen what that growth makes possible.

Thanks, everybody. We appreciate you, and we’re grateful for you.

There’s a lot of work to do today, so let’s roll up our sleeves.

— Ben