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By Ben Meiselas

Hello Meidas Mighty. I have something very serious to report. Thanks to all our subscribers here, and please subscribe now if you aren’t yet a subscriber.

As I predicted, the Trump supporters and right-wing propagandists are escalating their behavior and their threats.

I am sure you are familiar with MeidasTouch host Aaron Parnas, who also runs his own independent media company and has 3.5 million TikTok followers.

Parnas is probably the most widely viewed political TikTok account in America. Between the MeidasTouch YouTube account (approx. 5 million subs) and the Parnas TikTok account (3.6 million subs), we collectively cover massive ground that is bigger than the right-wing digital media machines.

No wonder they hate us.

Here’s what went down.

Aaron Parnas reported on a story that originated from other independent journalists about ICE raids that are planned in Washington, D.C.

This wasn’t even a story that Parnas originated on his own.

Parnas simply cited the reporters who did the original story and reported on the potential raids that were discussed in the original story because it is a newsworthy event.

That’s it.

He reported the news.

After his report on the ICE raids, many of the top right-wing accounts like Libs of TikTok and others started to attack Parnas in an apparently coordinated fashion.

The large right-wing MAGA account Libs of TikTok, which has very close ties to the White House, posted about Parnas.

Shortly thereafter, right-wing influencers like Paul Szypula demanded Attorney General Pam Bondi arrest and prosecute the Meidas host.

Szypula wrote to Attorney General Pam Bondi, “Please prosecute Aaron Parnas. He’s been broadcasting ICE raids. He’s amplifying the federal crimes of the leakers. He’s endangering the lives of ICE agents and all Americans.”

Obviously, this is not what Parnas was doing.

Szypula, Libs of TikTok, and the other right-wing influencers attacking Parnas have major influence with Trump.

These are the types of people who are frequently in the White House and who are influential in the decisions made by Trump and Bondi.

These aren’t simply “social media influencers.”

As I mentioned earlier this week, I predicted that the Trump regime was going to try and find a pretext to arrest Meidas hosts or try to issue executive orders attacking Meidas or our hosts.

We knew they would try to shut us down.

Whether this is the pretext they were looking for, it’s clear they are going to try this consistently now, as evidenced by the fact that they targeted Parnas—and it wasn’t even his story.

Folks, we need your help.

It’s all-hands-on-deck time. The MAGA supporters are getting desperate as we keep growing stronger and bigger.

Please subscribe now to the MeidasTouch Substack and help us continue to build the infrastructure needed to fight back against Trump and MAGA.

We have built the top independent media news network in the world thanks to your subscriptions.

Additionally, we take great pride in helping to promote and grow other independent reporters.

I met Aaron Parnas many years ago when he was still in law school, and I consider him to be like family to me.

It’s been such an honor to see him grow a powerful independent media network and to support his efforts however I can.

That’s what MeidasTouch is all about.

We are about supporting other independent news networks that fight for democracy. You should check out Parnas’ Substack as well and consider subscribing.

We need you more than ever right now to help the MeidasTouch Network grow and stay number one on the podcast charts and in digital views.

We are working hard to hit our May 2025 subscriber targets. We’ve just hired an additional night editor as we expand—thanks to you.

Let’s keep fighting, Meidas Mighty!

Please subscribe now or gift a subscription to someone you know if you can.

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Super proud to have the support of the MeidasMighty!

We will NEVER back down!

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These MAGA nimrods are scared of the truth and I love them being scared of the truth because the truth is a nuke that destroys everyone

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