They Want Us Shut Down!!!
By Ben Meiselas
Trump, his MAGA media, and their cult followers want us in prison and want us shut down. Every day, they swarm our social media with posts attacking us, calling for us to be silenced, and demanding that people stop watching and listening to us.
Let me show you one we got today from someone named “KK for Trump,” who commented about the MeidasTouch Podcast:
“No one listen to this podcast! IT IS GARBAGE!!!”
And yet, every time they post something like that, our numbers surge. The more they attack us, the faster we grow. Thanks to you, our Substack subscribers, we’re not just surviving these attacks, we’re thriving through them. Please consider becoming a paid subscriber if you can. We can use your support more than ever.
We are leading all coverage on the demolition of the White House East Wing. When the corporate media hesitated or looked away, we didn’t blink. We told the truth. When others called it “exaggeration” or “fearmongering” to say Trump was tearing down the East Wing, we stayed firm. They said it was just the “facade.” Well, this morning, reports confirm the truth. They’re demolishing the entire East Wing.
The same thing happened when we warned that Trump was planning to fire munitions over the I-5 in California. The corporate press said we were overreacting. Then it happened. Then munitions prematurely exploded in the air and damaged a police car.
This is why we do what we do. We don’t need a press that minces words or covers for an authoritarian regime. We don’t need timid commentators who give Trump the benefit of the doubt as he destroys everything in his path.
This is not a both-sides moment.
In just the past month alone, I’ve done hundreds of interviews with senators, members of Congress, organizers, and experts. When news broke that Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and Rep.-Elect Adelita Grijalva sued MAGA Mike Johnson, we were the first to get the interview. Not CNN. Not MSNBC. Not Fox. Us.
We are doing the work that the establishment refuses to do. And you, our Meidas Mighty community, both make that possible and are an essential part of it.
While Trump’s popularity crashes by the day, and Americans grow sick of his chaos and extremism, we will keep shining a light on the truth. The authoritarian darkness only wins if we stop fighting. And that’s not happening.
I’m proud of the Meidas Mighty community for holding strong through these attacks. You’ve built something powerful, something unstoppable. Together, we are redefining what independent media means in America.
If you’re reading this and you haven’t yet subscribed to this Substack, please do it today. Every new subscriber strengthens our fight, our reach, and our ability to report the truth in real time.
They want us shut down.
We’re just getting started.
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Authoritarian movements thrive on silencing, but every attempt to shut down independent media becomes a signal boost. The Meidas community isn’t just resisting, it’s ritualizing truth-telling into a counterforce. When legacy outlets flinch, you step in. When MAGA trolls swarm, you surge. That’s not luck, it’s behavioral clarity.
Keep going. The spectacle wants collapse. You’re building coherence.
—Johan
Democracy won’t die in the dark, because Meidas shines the light others refuse to