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  COURIER Newsroom · [email protected]
January 7, 2026 at 9:33 PM

Right-wing billionaires control the media. The list is staggering.

A handful of billionaires are shaping the news. We’re building something different.   John, The media landscape has changed dramatically in the first year of Trump’s return to the White House. Here’s the hard reality most Americans don’t fully see: A small group of Trump-backing, billionaire…
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January 6, 2026 at 6:01 PM

1500 local news stations are about to close. Help us fight back.

CPB is closing. The consequences are real — and immediate.   John, Yesterday, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting officially announced it was closing permanently.  The announcement means that an astonishing 1,500 local radio and TV stations across the country will shut down. It’s a devas…
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January 5, 2026 at 6:22 PM

Oil and distraction – Trump’s war explained

While the media fixates on the "stunning display of might" in Caracas, the real story is what is being buried by coverage of Trump’s war.   John, This weekend, the world watched as the U.S. launched airstrikes on Caracas and captured Nicolás Maduro. That was followed by an embarrassing Mar-a…
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January 2, 2026 at 4:01 PM

What you make possible is incredible, John

Because of you, COURIER raised more than $1 million from grassroots supporters.   John, Happy New Year! As COURIER’s founder and publisher, I wanted to take a moment to say thank you — and to share some genuinely good news. Because of your support, COURIER raised more than $1 million online …
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  COURIER Newsroom · [email protected]
December 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM

Asking respectfully for a moment of your time

We’re running out of time to fund our 2026 coverage.   John, We’re in the final 48 hours of the year, and we want to ask respectfully for a moment of your time. Here’s why: As of today, we’re still nearly $12,000 short of our year-end goal. What happens in the next two days will determine ho…
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  COURIER Newsroom · [email protected]
December 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM

Good news & bad news before year’s end

With 3 days left, we’re still short of our year-end goal.   John, We’ll get straight to it — because this is one of those moments where clarity matters. First, the good news. Over the past month, thousands of grassroots supporters have chipped in to support COURIER.  December engagement with …
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  COURIER Newsroom · [email protected]
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM

We need to be direct, John

Because of you, COURIER raised more than $1 million from grassroots supporters.   John, We know this is a quiet week. Inboxes are full, routines are off, and people are trying to exhale a little after the holidays. So we’ll be respectful of your time — and honest with you. Before we go on, if…
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December 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM

60 Minutes pulls story causing outrage

When legacy media folds under pressure, truth depends on outlets like COURIER.   John, Breaking news: CBS News abruptly pulled a fully reported 60 Minutes segment just hours before it was scheduled to air. Just hours before it was scheduled to air, CBS abruptly pulled a fully reported 60 Min…
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December 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM

We’re running out of time to fix this

What we raise now determines what COURIER can do next year.   John, This is one of those moments — and we’re running out of time to fix it before midnight. Our end-of-year fundraising is falling short, and we need to jump-start it now to fully fund our work for the year ahead. If you can ch…
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  COURIER Newsroom · [email protected]
December 20, 2025 at 10:52 PM

We didn’t expect to be writing this

We want to be upfront with you — we’re asking for your support right now because independent journalism is being dismantled faster than most people realize.   John, We want to be upfront with you — we’re asking for your support right now because real journalism is being dismantled, and it’s…
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December 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM

Elon Musk destroyed the government with DOGE. Now he’s gearing up to do more

According to Axios, Musk is backing Republican candidates ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, putting himself back at the center of MAGA politics.   John, After leading the destruction of everything from USAID to Social Security with DOGE — and then leaving Washington once the damage was do…
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  Mark Jacob, COURIER Newsroom · [email protected]
December 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM

Will a reporter ever tell Trump to f– off?

When legacy outlets like The New York Times or The Wall Street Journal put their reporting behind paywalls, most people don’t subscribe. They don’t read the story. They move on.   Hi — Mark Jacob here, contributor at COURIER. If you’ve watched Donald Trump berate reporters lately and wondere…
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  COURIER Newsroom · [email protected]
December 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM

Paywalls suck. Help us fight back.

When legacy outlets like The New York Times or The Wall Street Journal put their reporting behind paywalls, most people don’t subscribe. They don’t read the story. They move on.   John, We want to be upfront with you: When legacy outlets like The New York Times or The Wall Street Journal put…
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December 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM

While Musk destroyed the government, WaPo blocked an ad calling on Trump to fire him — see it here

The $115,000 front page ad called on Trump to fire Elon Musk. It's another sad day for a once great newspaper.   John, COURIER'S 2025 in review   Our supporters shaped 2025 — now we need your help to power 2026   As 2025 comes to a close, we’re sharing the emails that resonat…
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  COURIER · [email protected]
December 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM

John, your tax dollars are funding Trump’s media enemies list

The Trump White House quietly launched a government-funded media blacklist on WhiteHouse.gov — a new feature called the Media Bias Tracker.   John, The Trump White House quietly launched a government-funded media blacklist on WhiteHouse.gov — a new feature called the Media Bias Tracker. It’s …
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December 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM

The eerie parallels between Venezuela and Iraq

U.S. warships are already deployed in the Caribbean. The administration keeps authorizing lethal strikes on small wooden boats — actions human-rights experts warn violate international law. And Trump refuses to rule out sending troops, even saying he may need to handle Venezuela “the hard way.” …
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December 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM

Public media is collapsing — don't let MAGA fill the void

MAGA’s full-court push to silence independent media is an alarm bell for democracy. Now is the moment to double down on support for newsrooms like COURIER.   Hi John, Donald Trump’s war on the free press is unlike anything we’ve seen: He forced CBS into a settlement and publicly celebrated t…
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  COURIER Newsroom · [email protected]
December 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM

The hard truth

We’re about to tell you the hard truth.   John, As a member of our grassroots team, we know how much you care about the future of our country and the impotence of supporting courageous media like COURIER.  Before you read on, we need to ask: Can you chip in $25 to help COURIER take down MAGA…
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  Mark Jacob, COURIER Newsroom · [email protected]
December 4, 2025 at 10:09 PM

Trump and MAGA’s “Precarious Manhood”

Over the past few weeks, Donald Trump has launched a series of sneering attacks on women reporters — calling them “piggy,” “ugly,” and “stupid.” It’s crude, it’s misogynistic, and it’s a warning about something far deeper: a political movement built on insecurity, grievance, and the belief that m…
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  Tara McGowan || Courier Newsroom · [email protected]
December 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM

It’s Giving Tuesday and I’m humbly asking you to read this message.

Your support today keeps independent, pro-democracy journalism alive.   Hi John, it’s Tara McGowan, the founder and publisher of COURIER. Thank you for taking a moment to read my note. I know your inbox is full today with asks from incredible organizations, and I’m genuinely grateful you open…
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  COURIER Newsroom · [email protected]
December 1, 2025 at 12:40 AM

We’re sorry to email again but it’s important

We’re sorry to email you today — especially on a quiet Sunday night after Thanksgiving. We know your time is precious, and we don’t take even a minute of it for granted.   John, We’re sorry to email you today — especially on a quiet Sunday night after Thanksgiving. We know your time is preci…
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  COURIER Newsroom · [email protected]
November 29, 2025 at 8:20 PM

We’re confused, John

We have just 48 hours to reach our end of November goal.   John, We’re confused — honestly.  We expected to see a much bigger response to our November fundraising drive, especially after the milestone we just hit. COURIER just passed 5 million social followers, making us one of the fastest-g…
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November 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM

Humbly asking you to support our mission before midnight

Tomorrow, millions of us will be around tables with family — catching up, eating too much, and inevitably hearing someone bring up politics, the media, “fake news,” or whatever your uncle saw on Facebook this week.   John, Tomorrow, millions of us will be around tables with family — catching…
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November 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM

It’s good news & bad news, John

We’ve got momentum, but we’re still falling behind where we need to be.   John, Let’s start with the (very) good news: Sunday was one of our strongest fundraising days in weeks. More than 100 people chipped in — a meaningful boost and a real dent in our 1,200-donor goal for November. That mo…
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November 23, 2025 at 6:44 PM

We’re confused

Help us jump-start a slow November with 150 donations by midnight.   John, We’re confused — honestly.  We expected to see a much bigger response to yesterday’s email, especially after the milestone we just hit. COURIER just passed 5 million social followers, making us one of the fastest-grow…
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  COURIER Newsroom · [email protected]
November 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM

John, we’re counting on you today

To stay fully funded and prepare our newsrooms for the high-stakes 2026 midterm elections, we need to find 1,200 donors before November 30th. With our average donation at just $27, your support genuinely makes or breaks whether we hit this goal.   John, We need to be direct: COURIER is way be…
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November 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM

These headlines show you exactly how the news media “sane-washes” Trump

We don’t normally chase Donald Trump’s latest social-media distractions. But today, as he scrambles to deflect attention from the imminent release of the Epstein files, we need to highlight a particularly unhinged Truth Social post — because it shows how the legacy press sane-washes Trump, saniti…
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November 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM

Trump threatened ABC’s news license over the Epstein files

We’ve already done what legacy outlets wouldn’t: we built a searchable public database of more than 20,000 Epstein emails so people can see the truth for themselves — without the MAGA media spin.   John, Donald Trump is scared of whatever is in the Epstein files — and yesterday, he showed it.…
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November 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM

Our ICE coverage is going viral. Help us keep telling the story

We tell the stories of the communities ICE targets — not the sanitized version federal officials hand the press.   John, While the shutdown and Epstein stories dominate legacy media, one of the most urgent stories in America is barely being covered: the escalating assaults by ICE agents in lo…
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November 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM

MAGA wants the Trump–Epstein emails buried. Here’s how we’re fighting back.

We can’t let them bury the truth.   John, More than 20,000 pages of Jeffery Epstein’s emails have been released by the House Oversight Committee. And what they reveal is damning for Trump and MAGA: Epstein emailed that a teenage victim “spent hours” at Donald Trump’s home. In the email, Eps…
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November 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM

8 Senate Dems caved. COURIER is calling them out.

After the best week in years, Democrats folded on the shutdown without any victories.   John 8 Senate Democrats just caved on the government shutdown — and nobody seems to know why. We’ll get into the details in a moment. But first: if you believe voters deserve a progressive media network t…
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  Mark Jacob, COURIER Newsroom · [email protected]
November 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM

Our grades for every major media outlet in the age of Trump

The Guardian gets an A, the NY Times gets a C, CBS gets an F   Hi — Mark Jacob here, contributor at COURIER. Lately I’ve been hearing something that worries me: people saying they “can’t trust any media anymore.” After decades working in newsrooms, I can tell you — that’s not an accident. MAG…
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  COURIER Newsroom · [email protected]
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM

Trump threatens to sue the BBC for an astonishing $1 Billion

Trump continues to use legal threats and intimidation to silence the media.   John, The BBC has confirmed that Donald Trump is threatening a $1 billion lawsuit over an edit in a January 6 documentary. The threat comes even after the network admitted the error, disciplined staff, and apologiz…
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November 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM

What CBS cut from Trump’s 60 Minutes interview says everything

Once a paragon for American journalism, last night’s interview makes it clear that CBS News has been utterly captured by Trump:   John, Last year, Donald Trump sued CBS News for supposedly “deceptively editing” a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris. It was a frivolous claim—but Paramount…
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November 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM

Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes, and MAGA’s normalization of hate

Carlson didn’t have to endorse every word Fuentes said. By treating him like a guest instead of a hateful extremist, he made bigotry sound like just another opinion.   John, Tucker Carlson just did something even some conservatives called dangerous. He handed his massive platform to Nick Fuen…
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November 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM

MAGA and the media team up to smear Mamdani

If you’ve been following the coverage of Zohran Mamdani’s run for New York City mayor, you might think he’s running for president or to chair the DNC.   John, New York votes today — and the coverage of Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral race has been a master class in how the far right plants a lie and…
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November 3, 2025 at 6:12 PM

What CBS cut from Trump’s 60 Minutes interview says everything

Once a paragon for American journalism, last night’s interview makes it clear that CBS News has been utterly captured by Trump:   John, Last year, Donald Trump sued CBS News for supposedly “deceptively editing” a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris. It was a frivolous claim—but Paramount…
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October 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM

Final call: Protect democracy and support our fearless reporting on ICE

Ordinary people — even U.S. citizens — are being detained in America. And most of the country doesn’t even know when and where it’s happening.   John, Ordinary people — even U.S. citizens — are being detained in America. And most of the country doesn’t even know when and where it’s happening.…
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October 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM

Local News is exposing ICE

While the legacy media pushes Trump’s latest spectacle to our phones, people are quietly vanishing into detention centers. Families are spending weeks searching for loved ones.   John, Ordinary people are being detained — and in some cases, disappeared — in America. And it’s not just immigra…
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October 29, 2025 at 5:33 PM

Media must cover — not cover up — Trump’s unfitness

The president benefits from the failure to focus on his broken brain   Hi — Mark Jacob here, contributor at COURIER. The national press is still missing the story of Donald Trump’s unraveling. Too many journalists keep trying to make sense of behavior that’s senseless — treating delusion lik…
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  COURIER || Democracy’s Newsroom · [email protected]
October 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM

Don’t let MAGA win Virginia – fuel our coverage before tonight’s deadline.

One week from today, Virginians will vote in the year’s most important election — and what happens there will shape the balance of power in Congress for years to come.   John, One week from today, Virginians will vote in the year’s most important election — and what happens there could shape…
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  COURIER || Democracy’s Newsroom · [email protected]
October 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM

We have 48 hours to fund our Virginia election coverage.

If Republicans win here, they’ll gerrymander Virginia like they did Texas and North Carolina.   John, Virginia’s elections are next week, and while Virginia’s elections are always an important test of political momentum before the national midterms, this year what happens in Virginia truly a…
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  COURIER || Democracy’s Newsroom · [email protected]
October 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM

Trump’s third term talk is more than just BS and bluster

Trump’s allies are already talking about his third term — and the press is treating it like a punchline.   John, Steve Bannon just said the quiet part out loud: “He’s gonna get a third term. Trump is gonna be president in ’28 and people ought to just get accommodated with that.” He even clai…
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  COURIER || Democracy’s Newsroom · [email protected]
October 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM

The good news (and the bad) in the fight for democracy

No Kings was a breathtaking rebuke of authoritarianism, but the fight isn’t over.   John, It’s a day of good news — and bad — in the fight to stand up to MAGA. First, the good: More than 7 million Americans filled the streets last week for the No Kings protests — the largest peaceful demonst…
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October 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM

Donald Trump’s ballroom is a joke – the demolition of the White House isn’t

Thanks to Apple, Amazon, and corporate America, Trump is demolitioning the White House for a personal vanity project.   John, When Donald Trump first talked about building a “beautiful ballroom” at the White House, most of the media rolled their eyes. They covered it as a joke — another gaud…
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October 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM

Stand with “No Kings” protestors today by helping us tell their stories.

From New York to Tacoma to Kalamazoo, millions will march under one message: in America, we don’t do kings, dictators, or autocrats.   John, Thank you for taking a moment to read our message. Today is an important day.  From New York to Tacoma to Kalamazoo, millions will march under one mess…
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  COURIER || Democracy’s Newsroom · [email protected]
October 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM

MAGA really wants you to believe “No Kings” is unAmerican

Exercising the First Amendment — the right “to assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances” — is as American as it gets.   John, In a moment, we’ll tell you about how MAGA is trying to smear this weekend’s pro-democracy protests as unAmerican, but first we want to ask fo…
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  Tara McGowan || Courier Newsroom · [email protected]
October 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM

How far has COURIER’s reporting reached in 2025? (Hint: it’s massive)

With your continued support, we’re only getting started.   4.5 billion views—and counting. Help COURIER fight MAGA and stand up for democracy: DONATE John, This number is incredible: This year alone, COURIER’s newsroom network has reached more than 4.5 billion social media views. That’s b…
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  Courier || Democracy’s Newsroom · [email protected]
October 14, 2025 at 4:36 PM

See the “Time” photo Trump doesn’t want you to see. Then help us spread it far and wide.

History reminds us over and over again that one of the best ways to take down a wannabe strongman is to show he’s not a symbol of strength at all.   John, Donald Trump is furious over his new TIME magazine cover — calling it “the worst of all time” because, as he ranted on Truth Social at 1:…
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October 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM

“No Kings” protesters are patriots. Help us tell their story.

In more than two thousand cities, organizers say it could be the largest protest in U.S. history — a nationwide call heard from small towns to city squares, echoing a simple message: No Kings.   John, Next weekend, Americans from every corner of the country will take to the streets. In more …
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