Jack, Daily Kos is currently on pace to miss our July fundraising goal by the smallest of margins. Can you donate $5 right now to help us close the gap?

I know that we send a lot of fundraising emails, but these goals are important. Online ad revenue can't support our operations. Ads haven't been able to for some time, in part because companies spend less money on ads and because Big Tech companies like Facebook and Google have taken over most of what remains of the online ad market at the expense of outlets like Daily Kos. We've been able to survive where so many other outlets have failed because of YOU.

Donations from readers and activists like you make up more than 60 percent of Daily Kos's income. We literally couldn't do what we do without you. I mean it—we simply wouldn't exist without you, Jack. And, truth be told, if we closed up shop, nothing would come along to take our place. That's why it's so scary that we're running behind our July fundraising goal.

Please take one minute right now to donate $5 if you haven't already.