Help us Prepare for Trump’s Day One
Trump is busy preparing for Day One of his presidency – however so is Truthout.
Trump has made it no secret that he’s planning a demolition-style assault on each particular communities and democracy as an entire, starting on his first day in workplace. With over 25 govt orders and directives queued up for January 20, he’s promised to “launch the biggest deportation program in American historical past,” roll again anti-discrimination protections for transgender college students, and implement a “drill, drill, drill” strategy to ramp up oil and fuel extraction.
Organizations like Truthout are additionally being threatened by laws like HR 9495, the “nonprofit killer invoice” that will enable the Treasury Secretary to declare any nonprofit a “terrorist-supporting group” and strip its tax-exempt standing with out due course of. Progressive media like Truthout that has courageously targeted on reporting on Israel’s genocide in Gaza are within the invoice’s crosshairs.
As journalists, we’ve a duty to have a look at arduous realities and talk them to you. We hope that you simply, like us, can use this data to organize for what’s to come back.
And if you happen to really feel unsure about what to do within the face of a second Trump administration, we invite you to be an indispensable a part of Truthout’s preparations.
In addition to protecting the widespread onslaught of draconian coverage, we’re shoring up our sources for what would possibly come subsequent for progressive media: bad-faith lawsuits from far-right ghouls, laws that seeks to strip us of our skill to obtain tax-deductible donations, and additional throttling of our attain on social media platforms owned by Trump’s sycophants.
We’re getting ready proper now for Trump’s Day One: constructing a courageous coalition of motion media; reaching out to the activists, lecturers, and thinkers we belief to shine a light-weight on the internal workings of authoritarianism; and planning to make use of journalism as a software to equip actions to guard the folks, lands, and ideas most susceptible to Trump’s destruction.
We urgently want your assist to organize. As you recognize, our December fundraiser is our most necessary of the 12 months and can decide the dimensions of labor we’ll be capable of do in 2025. We’ve set two objectives: to lift $136,000 in one-time donations and so as to add 1440 new month-to-month donors by midnight on December 31.
Today, we’re asking all of our readers to begin a month-to-month donation or make a one-time donation – as a dedication to face with us on day certainly one of Trump’s presidency, and daily after that, as we produce journalism that combats authoritarianism, censorship, injustice, and misinformation. You’re a necessary a part of our future – please be part of the motion by making a tax-deductible donation right this moment.
If you could have the means to make a considerable present, please dig deep throughout this crucial time!
With gratitude and resolve,
Maya, Negin, Saima, and Ziggy
