Friend, right now, Daily Kos needs to raise $54,781 before the end of the month to make ends meet. That might be tough because, historically, we see fundraising drop big time over Memorial Day weekend, which is just days away. That's why I'm asking

I hope you didn't miss Michael's email, friend. This has been a difficult year for Daily Kos, and for the whole news media. More than a quarter of all news jobs in America have been lost since the Great Recession, while conspiracy theories and fake news have become a mainstay in American life—or at least in the Republican Party. [There has never been a greater need for progressive, independent news outlets like Daily Kos. We don't have billionaire backers or big corporate sponsors. We have you, our readers. Small donations from readers like you make up more than half of our revenue and, right now, we need your help. We still need to raise $54,781 before the end of the month to make ends meet. Can you donate $5 now to help close the books on May?]( [DONATE]( In solidarity, Chris Bowers, Daily Kos --------------------------------------------------------------- Friend, let me get straight to the point: [Right now, Daily Kos relies more on the support of readers and activists to cover our expenses than we do anything else. We need to raise $77,060 before the end of the month to hit our fundraising goal. Can you support the work of Daily Kos by making a donation of $5 today?]( [DONATE]( There are no surprises in the story of how we got here. Big Tech giants like Amazon, Facebook and Google have vacuumed up the ad money that used to support news outlets. Smaller sources have been going out of business at an alarming rate for a decade and a half now, a trend that the pandemic only made worse. Daily Kos is not immune to the pressures bearing down on news outlets and 2023 has been one of our most difficult years ever. We were forced to make cuts, as two of our three revenue streams began badly missing their goals. The one area where we've continued to have success? Small donations from readers like you. The incredible demonstrations of support from our readers and activists have allowed to us to continue on, and so I'm asking you one more time: [Can you support progressive, independent news you can do something about by making a donation of $5 today?]( [DONATE]( Thank you, Michael Langenmayr, Daily Kos Daily Kos, PO Box 70036, Oakland, CA, 94612. Sent via [ActionNetwork.org](. To update your email address, change your name or address, or to stop receiving emails from Daily Kos, please [click here](.