Fighting against corruption and protecting democracy is a very important duty today. I am a left behind Afghan ally still waiting in Afghanistan after serving with US forces. We follow your reporting every day with hope. Strong communities and honest news give strength to people who are fighting for their rights and safety. Thank you for your hard work
I am so sorry, for your help ,your commitment, it's horrible the United States doesn't have your back. You should be in a safe place, living your life as promised. I pray we make it right by you., in the very near future.
You have all my empathy! I apologize for how you and others have been treated. One must always remember NOT TO EVER TRUST the man currently at the helm. He is evil and dangerous and will throw you away like a used tissue after he has no more need of you.
Thank you for your help and guidance, given to our soldiers and marines who would have been lost in a land they did not understand. Hang on, survive, eventually there will be political change here and the US (I hope) will honor its commitments to its allies around the world.
Your story frustrates the free world......where is the 100 million protester marches that would crusht the Orange shitstorm. Thoughts and prayers are all we ever hear
You and Heather Cox Richardson are my “go to” news sources plus PBS. I live in South Carolina—need I say more??? I am certainly disappointed that all the media is focused on Rs running for Senate; they rarely mention Dr. Annie Andrews. She is a formidable and hard working candidate. Go Annie! I hope you will write more about her and interview her.
Meidastouch Dream Team is Awesome 👏🏻! It’s a dream come true that we have some of the most patriotic and passionate people who are fighting to save our democracy.
Coming to the realization that Trump is not a president, but, rather, a Regime Dictator, suddenly, it all makes sense.
It is beyond difficult to accept the fact that our country is turning authoritarian. It just sounds so, extreme. Which is why so many people turn a blind eye towards it. But history has shown us, repeatedly, this is exactly what is occurring.
Even as a 🇨🇦 saying I enjoyed Watching Trump squirm while Wolf Blitzer announced the journalists names and their accomplishments to win an award for exposing Trumps shameful actions was an understatement 👏🫶🏻🥳
I didn’t watch the WHCD but I did see a few excerpts after the fact, including Blitzer’s presentation.
And as recipients were shaking hands with Trump, it looked like he was leaning in, preparing to give and receive a hug from the first recipient who was a woman. But she turned and walked away. And at first trump looked stunned then he shrugged. Maybe he was shocked about being shunned.
Another poster above remarked that trump received way too much acquiescence from the relatively small crowd. I agree.
He actually insulted them directly to their faces. The whole event was a farce. Trump actually stole the event and now he owns it. And the deferential performative tone of the event definitely diminished the credibility of the WHCA.
I did not watch either but saw the clip of Wolf Blitzer. I wished the NYT reporters walked off the stage after accepting the award instead of shaking trump's hand.
(And quite honestly, between you and me, I’m so thoroughly repulsed by DJT that I would have an extremely difficult time even being in the same room with him or even looking him in the eye, let alone shake hands with him! Hug him??? No friggin’ way! He’s a scumbag, subhuman, evil incarnate. And I’ve heard he stinks...)
Totally agree. The freedom of the press is literally ESSENTIAL to a democracy. So much so that it was considered by our founding fathers to be “A Pillar of Freedom: George Mason wrote in the 1776 Virginia Declaration of Rights that freedom of the press is "one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments".
James Madison used the exact same phrase when drafting early versions of what became the First Amendment.”
And …
“Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government: When this support is taken away, the constitution of a free society is dissolved,” wrote Founding Father Benjamin Franklin in The Pennsylvania Gazette.”
“But beyond the three traditional branches of government, there is another that has often been described as a fourth branch: the free press. Edmund Burke reportedly said that “there were three Estates … but in the Reporters Gallery yonder, there sat a fourth Estate more important far than they all.”
(Unfortunately the concept of the 3 branches as government as CO-EQUAL also seems to be rapidly slipping away. Particularly under the current trump regime.)
We know Trump doesn’t understand the importance or essential nature of that concept. In fact he believes that the press is there for him to narrate and control.
“…Roy Cohn played a major role in teaching Donald Trump how to handle the press, shape public narratives, and use aggressive media strategies. When they met in 1973, Cohn was a famous and ruthless New York lawyer who understood how to use tabloid attention and media manipulation to control the narrative.”
But DAMN, most of the mainstream press seems to have forgotten their primary responsibility is to WE THE PEOPLE! Have they no shame?
Can you investigate the companies doing all the construction for the DC vanity projects. Who are they? How are they getting their subcontractors and labor? How are they getting inspections? How are they being paid? He could not be destroying our Capitol without complicity
Thank you for your honest, accurate detailed reporting. The Midas team is the best! There are many on your team but…one person can make a difference. You have proved that, Ben.
Please make wise choices and don't fall for the AIPAC - ANTI-DEMOCRACY candidates that they're promoting! Watch out for the ANONYOUS DARK MONEY propaganda that seems real!
Make sure to do your research.
New Hampshire is a prime example! SUNUNU is a LOBBYIST, wrote ANTI- RENEWABLES article, but DARK MONEY is flooding the markets.
SUNUNU campaign donors are EPSTEIN supporters. Meidas reported:
John Sununu Campaign Took Money from Donors With Epstein Ties
Sununu’s donor list is a who’s who of the Epstein class
AIPAC Shikur Jeffries never showed up fo Mayor Mamdani's swearing in. MTN does divert attention away from the corporate control of the "non" opposition party leadership.
If MTN wants to be around a long time they should be truly for the people.
It's been a long weekend filled with NONSENSE...what's your point?
If your point is that JEFFRIES is accepting AIPAC = ANTI-DEMOCRACY, go to OPEN SECRETS and post FACTS. (I always encourage others to support OPEN SECRETS for the great job they do)
MAMDANI has shown the way to GOVERN - YOU OWN THE GOVERNMENT!
Yes. That is the point. How can a supposed oppostion party take the same payoffs as the party in power!!
When the roots and foundations are rotten to the core......what have you got.
Jeffries never showed up to Mamdanis winning celebration!!!
Actons speak louder than words.....but then Jeffries never says a word in oppostion anyhow........when was the last time you ever saw him on the steps talking to the press.....NEVER!!
Fighting against corruption and protecting democracy is a very important duty today. I am a left behind Afghan ally still waiting in Afghanistan after serving with US forces. We follow your reporting every day with hope. Strong communities and honest news give strength to people who are fighting for their rights and safety. Thank you for your hard work
Thank you for your work 🙏 We appreciate you and all that you ❤️ 😊
Thank you so much for your kind words.
I am so sorry, for your help ,your commitment, it's horrible the United States doesn't have your back. You should be in a safe place, living your life as promised. I pray we make it right by you., in the very near future.
Thank you so much for your prayers for us.
Thank you! We subscribe and appreciate your insight!
Thank you for all you have done and continue to do!
You have all my empathy! I apologize for how you and others have been treated. One must always remember NOT TO EVER TRUST the man currently at the helm. He is evil and dangerous and will throw you away like a used tissue after he has no more need of you.
Your brothers in service need to arrange to get you and your family out. This administration, rump is a horrible ugly, inhumane thing.
I pray for a secret mission for you all.
G d Bless you and keep you safe 🙏
Thank you so much 🙏
Thank you for your help and guidance, given to our soldiers and marines who would have been lost in a land they did not understand. Hang on, survive, eventually there will be political change here and the US (I hope) will honor its commitments to its allies around the world.
Your story frustrates the free world......where is the 100 million protester marches that would crusht the Orange shitstorm. Thoughts and prayers are all we ever hear
Thank you for your relentless efforts in fighting for democracy.
We need you, and people like you, more now than ever !!!
I can’t thank you enough.
You and Heather Cox Richardson are my “go to” news sources plus PBS. I live in South Carolina—need I say more??? I am certainly disappointed that all the media is focused on Rs running for Senate; they rarely mention Dr. Annie Andrews. She is a formidable and hard working candidate. Go Annie! I hope you will write more about her and interview her.
Hope you’ve added Aaron Parnas to your list of stellar reporting. I
Highly recommend!
Yes, I read him also. Thanks.
Yes!
Nope, you needn't say more...I live there too 😏
Yes, Annie needs more exposure!
Meidastouch Dream Team is Awesome 👏🏻! It’s a dream come true that we have some of the most patriotic and passionate people who are fighting to save our democracy.
Coming to the realization that Trump is not a president, but, rather, a Regime Dictator, suddenly, it all makes sense.
It is beyond difficult to accept the fact that our country is turning authoritarian. It just sounds so, extreme. Which is why so many people turn a blind eye towards it. But history has shown us, repeatedly, this is exactly what is occurring.
He is a CLOWN ...
Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart. I agree that you have put together a dream team. I look forward to reading your Substacks every day.
There were quite a few snarky things being said right in front of the malignant narcissist president that i found quite pleasing.
Even as a 🇨🇦 saying I enjoyed Watching Trump squirm while Wolf Blitzer announced the journalists names and their accomplishments to win an award for exposing Trumps shameful actions was an understatement 👏🫶🏻🥳
I didn’t watch the WHCD but I did see a few excerpts after the fact, including Blitzer’s presentation.
And as recipients were shaking hands with Trump, it looked like he was leaning in, preparing to give and receive a hug from the first recipient who was a woman. But she turned and walked away. And at first trump looked stunned then he shrugged. Maybe he was shocked about being shunned.
Another poster above remarked that trump received way too much acquiescence from the relatively small crowd. I agree.
He actually insulted them directly to their faces. The whole event was a farce. Trump actually stole the event and now he owns it. And the deferential performative tone of the event definitely diminished the credibility of the WHCA.
I did not watch either but saw the clip of Wolf Blitzer. I wished the NYT reporters walked off the stage after accepting the award instead of shaking trump's hand.
(And quite honestly, between you and me, I’m so thoroughly repulsed by DJT that I would have an extremely difficult time even being in the same room with him or even looking him in the eye, let alone shake hands with him! Hug him??? No friggin’ way! He’s a scumbag, subhuman, evil incarnate. And I’ve heard he stinks...)
Totally agree. The freedom of the press is literally ESSENTIAL to a democracy. So much so that it was considered by our founding fathers to be “A Pillar of Freedom: George Mason wrote in the 1776 Virginia Declaration of Rights that freedom of the press is "one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments".
James Madison used the exact same phrase when drafting early versions of what became the First Amendment.”
And …
“Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government: When this support is taken away, the constitution of a free society is dissolved,” wrote Founding Father Benjamin Franklin in The Pennsylvania Gazette.”
“But beyond the three traditional branches of government, there is another that has often been described as a fourth branch: the free press. Edmund Burke reportedly said that “there were three Estates … but in the Reporters Gallery yonder, there sat a fourth Estate more important far than they all.”
(Unfortunately the concept of the 3 branches as government as CO-EQUAL also seems to be rapidly slipping away. Particularly under the current trump regime.)
We know Trump doesn’t understand the importance or essential nature of that concept. In fact he believes that the press is there for him to narrate and control.
“…Roy Cohn played a major role in teaching Donald Trump how to handle the press, shape public narratives, and use aggressive media strategies. When they met in 1973, Cohn was a famous and ruthless New York lawyer who understood how to use tabloid attention and media manipulation to control the narrative.”
But DAMN, most of the mainstream press seems to have forgotten their primary responsibility is to WE THE PEOPLE! Have they no shame?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/20/roy-cohn-donald-trump-joseph-mccarthy-rosenberg-trial
Where would we be without all of you. From me and my incredible family. Many heart felt thank you’s to everyone. Love you all
Can you investigate the companies doing all the construction for the DC vanity projects. Who are they? How are they getting their subcontractors and labor? How are they getting inspections? How are they being paid? He could not be destroying our Capitol without complicity
Thank you for your honest, accurate detailed reporting. The Midas team is the best! There are many on your team but…one person can make a difference. You have proved that, Ben.
100 days until the midterms.VOTE💙
Please make wise choices and don't fall for the AIPAC - ANTI-DEMOCRACY candidates that they're promoting! Watch out for the ANONYOUS DARK MONEY propaganda that seems real!
Make sure to do your research.
New Hampshire is a prime example! SUNUNU is a LOBBYIST, wrote ANTI- RENEWABLES article, but DARK MONEY is flooding the markets.
SUNUNU campaign donors are EPSTEIN supporters. Meidas reported:
John Sununu Campaign Took Money from Donors With Epstein Ties
Sununu’s donor list is a who’s who of the Epstein class
May 2, 2026
https://meidasnews.com/news/john-sununu-campaign-took-major-donations-from-close-epstein-associates?cdmc=3D7XSJl0rHdxO3tijprs7sn8qou&refcode2=3D7XSJl0rHdxO3tijprs7sn8qou&refcodecdmc=3D7XSJl0rHdxO3tijprs7sn8qou
CHRIS PAPPAS is running a grassroots campaign.
AIPAC Shikur Jeffries never showed up fo Mayor Mamdani's swearing in. MTN does divert attention away from the corporate control of the "non" opposition party leadership.
If MTN wants to be around a long time they should be truly for the people.
It's been a long weekend filled with NONSENSE...what's your point?
If your point is that JEFFRIES is accepting AIPAC = ANTI-DEMOCRACY, go to OPEN SECRETS and post FACTS. (I always encourage others to support OPEN SECRETS for the great job they do)
MAMDANI has shown the way to GOVERN - YOU OWN THE GOVERNMENT!
OPEN SECRETS: HAKEEM JEFFRIES
American Israel Public Affairs Cmte $46,397
https://www.opensecrets.org/profiles/hakeem-jeffries/us_congress/summary?mpid=1050304
Yes. That is the point. How can a supposed oppostion party take the same payoffs as the party in power!!
When the roots and foundations are rotten to the core......what have you got.
Jeffries never showed up to Mamdanis winning celebration!!!
Actons speak louder than words.....but then Jeffries never says a word in oppostion anyhow........when was the last time you ever saw him on the steps talking to the press.....NEVER!!
I’m particularly grateful for your Iran coverage. Nowhere else can I find out the truth!
Thank you for your time, effort and dedication to covering this moment.
Thank you, yet again! To see Kristen Welker laughing with Stephen Miller was sickening. Sadly, not the person I thought she was.
Springtime for Hitler.
A tremendous disappointment.
Miller should be ostracized.
Miller should be castorated
Meidustouch Network is Number One In The World ! 👍
Thanks