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Letâs not give in to doom [Mother Jones + The Center for Investigative Reporting]( MoJo Reader, Well, this is it. Our First $500,000 fundraising drive ends tomorrow, and itâs looking like weâre going to come up significantly short, still with a $165,000 gap. Thereâs no way to simply absorb that kind of gap, so [every donation we can muster today and tomorrow]( matters in a real dollars and cents way. Coming up short is going to make it so much tougher to do everything we need to do before the year endsâright when reporting like ours matters and [every dollar in support of it matters](. That stinks, especially because the team has been ON FIRE of lateâshowing exactly why joining up with the Center for Investigative Journalism is a force multiplier for powerful journalism that can reach many more people. Weâve written to you about one-of-a-kind [investigations](, laws (and lives) changed, and even â[the holy shit documentary of the year](.â But a lot of it hasnât resonated or resulted in [the donations we need](. I have a hunch why: Donald Trump. And instead of just screaming about goals and deadlines today, I wanted to try unpacking it with youâand see [what you make of it](. âTrump is going to winâ is something I hear a lot, with a sort of resigned tone. Do you hear it in your circles too? I get it. No one wants to be the person who says it canât happen, like many did in 2016. But at the same time, what on earth is this resignation??? In 2016, we could only guess at what a Trump presidency would look like. In 2024, we know exactly what it means. Right? We havenât forgotten? Or maybe we have. It feels that way sometimes, especially when you read the commercial news organizationsâ coverage of this race, which sometimes sounds like the past seven years never happened. Itâs as if, the second time around, the prospect of an authoritarian presidency is not as energizing. Thatâs what I fear the most, to be honest. Respect for everyone; truth, compassion, empathy. Democracy. Freedom of the press. A lot of people cared about those things in 2016 and 2017. But maybe not anymore? Our reporters still pound the pavement (or sit in the courtroom). They dig into documents, connect the dots, shine light into dark corners. In fact, they do more of that than ever before, because now we have the opportunity to tell stories via the Reveal radio show, and even documentary film. But when we talk about that work, textbook examples of why our reporting matters and how [support from our community]( is the thing that lets us do it, response has been much quieter than we used to see. Maybe itâs that folks are tired of it all: Weâve already been freaked out about fascism in America. Weâre not going to get our blood pressure up about it again. But thereâs also something else happening: I hear from so many people who care just as much as they ever did, and thereâs something else that keeps them from finding our reporting: The companies that run the internet are making it harder and harder for people to engage with our democracy. They donât want you getting activated politically, they want you buying stuff. Case in point: If you follow Mother Jones on Facebook, your odds of seeing one of our articles are 95 percent lower than they used to be. If you follow us on Instagram or Threads (also owned by Facebookâs parent company Meta), those companies have said outright that they are not helping people see content that touches on politics, but instead are pushing celebrity news and funny memes (which we all need these days, but is that really all we need?!) Itâs enough to make you want to throw up your hands. But we wonât. Iâve heard from so many of you over the years how much it matters that Mother Jones is staying the courseâthat we continue to dig into abuses of power and expose the truth. Some of you have told me about your mothers and fathers, who fought in World War II or marched for civil rights. You told me about your families who fled authoritarian regimes or genocide around the world. You talked about how much more urgent fearless journalism feels right now than it ever did, and how much you need the reminder that you are not alone with your commitment to justice and democracy. So hell no, weâre not going to give up or back down in the face of this tough moment right now. Weâre going to keep scraping and pinching pennies to get our work done (because big-time investors or advertisers are certainly not showering our newsroom with money). Weâre going to keep fighting to reach people who need solid information, including on the tech platforms where propaganda would otherwise reign. And whether [you respond to this email and pitch in]( or not (I know youâre busy, tired, and sometimes both), I am pretty sure you want us to keep doing that. And of course, I hope [youâll let me know what you make of all of this](. And if you can, please [pitch in even just a few bucks]( and know that weâre on it for youâand for everyone else who needs to hear the truth. We might not make our big $500,000 goal, but [the donations weâre able to bring in today and tomorrow]( matter in a big way, so I hope something Iâve said resonates and that [youâll help with a last-minute donation]( if you can. We need it. Thanks for reading, and for everything you do to make Mother Jones what it is. Onward, [Monika Bauerlein, CEO] Monika Bauerlein, CEO Mother Jones [Donate]( [Mother Jones]( [Donate](
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