Congratulations on a successful 2024. Have you thought about buying MSNBC (it’s for sale) firing all of the so called “reporters” and establishing a new non-MSM presence? I’m sure there’s some private equity out there waiting to invest. Go big or go home!
Nothing like citing the favor of the loathsome media propaganda outlets to instill confidence that The Free Press isn't being roped into the leviathan.
...and to show where your ties are.
It's like having a girlfriend whose parents are crackheads that is SO PROUD to win their approval! Such accomplishments deserve a trophy.
Bari. You built a great org except for that anti semite Michael Moore. He’s a moronic racist Jew hater. He’s a voice that you do need to cancel. Send him back to whatever hole he and David Duke and Louis Farakan crawled out of. Bari - speak out!
So dissapointed this is only for people who are not yet paying subscribers. I've been a monthly subscriber from the begining and changed my subscription to yearly and did not get the discount. It may be time to stop paying.
I was desperate to find good journalism with common sense, then I literally found Common Sense. Witnessing the growth and success of The Free Press has been a real pleasure. Happy Thanksgiving!
I have 5 sibs. One is out of touch, by her choice. Of the other four, the lone brother became a FP subscriber after I sent him an invite. The three sisters got invites from me too but they probably won't go for it.
Brother, like me, is politically heterodox. He and I lean libertarian-ish and support politicians on issues rather than party alliance. The three sisters are all Dem partisans but also all three suffer these days from TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome), in that they tend to avoid seriously considering any issue on the merits (besides abortion access) in favor of fear-and-loathing of Trump.
Quite apart from meaningful right-vs-left-vs centrism political debates, there is this toxic TDS cloud in the air around us all, obscuring all the things we need to see. Through my lefty sisters, and some of my lefty academic colleagues, I saw that they were paying scant attention to big issues such as immigration and inflation, because their rhetoric was all about Trump as a manifestly bad human and the Heritage Foundation's 2025 Project, from which scary cherries could be picked. Basically: Trump scary and horrible, never mind the issues, must beat Trump!
Fun fact: I dabble in vexillology, the study of flags as symbols. The flag that people identify as the "Confederate flag" is actually not the original flag of the Confederacy. The original was the so-called "stars and bars", probably adapted from the flag of Austria, which had horizontal stripes (two red, one white) and a blue rectangle (a "canton") in the upper left corner with white stars representing the Confederate states. In other words, from a distance it looked a lot like the USA flag.
The Confederates adopted the very familiar battle flag in 1863, two years into the war. This flag features a "saltire", the X. This flag was probably inspired by the Scottish flag (a white X on a blue field, the cross of St. Andrew, which eventually became part of the present-day Union Jack).
Anyway, point of all this: the reason the Confederates changed their flag was because on smoky battlefields, it was sometimes hard for soldiers to tell the flags apart. A saltire looks immediately very different from a flag with horizontal stripes.
I think this is a fitting metaphor for this election. TDS is battlefield smoke; the smoke obscured things that people on the left needed to see--that Biden was debilitated long before June 27 (and so he needed to be "primaried"), that many voters were very unhappy with the Biden economy, that Trump espoused ideas that were broadly popular among those unhappy voters (border policy, energy policy, etc.), that Harris was failing to differentiate herself from Biden, and that Harris herself was not a strong candidate to begin with.
The smoke obscured everything, for everyone. For lefties, Trump was a caricature; for non-lefties like myself, Harris was an unknown. I really couldn't tell what Harris had on offer. It was very hard for me to evaluate her in terms of her leadership potential or her specific policy proposals.
I'm a non-partisan (which is why I love the FP), and I wish this election had been smoke-free. Maybe next time!
Anyway, keep up the good work. I'm spreading the word.
I just went from monthly to yearly and did not get the discount. It is only for those not yet subscribed. It makes me mad that those of us who paid from the begining will not get a deal.
I have not voted for a Democrat since 1972. I find the current Republican party to be too liberal. Nevertheless, I fully support and subscribe to the Free Press and read it daily. It often makes me uncomfortable (boo hoo for me). I fully applaud the work going on here. I enjoy reading a news source written for all Americans. The honesty of formerly polarized reporters from both left and right is one of the healthiest signs of a better world.
I have been an early subscriber and cherish every post and podcast and interview. Some thoughts right now. Trump wants to reorganize the press room and it would be great to see THE FREE PRESS in the front row. An interview with Trump? If not him, there is plenty to choose from people on his cabinet and team.
Congratulations on a successful 2024. Have you thought about buying MSNBC (it’s for sale) firing all of the so called “reporters” and establishing a new non-MSM presence? I’m sure there’s some private equity out there waiting to invest. Go big or go home!
My interest in Dhimmiprat controlled opposition and crypto-MSM is zero. Do one, Bari. And the horse you rode in on.
A little more humility, please.
Oh,wow, Bari!
Nothing like citing the favor of the loathsome media propaganda outlets to instill confidence that The Free Press isn't being roped into the leviathan.
...and to show where your ties are.
It's like having a girlfriend whose parents are crackheads that is SO PROUD to win their approval! Such accomplishments deserve a trophy.
Bari. You built a great org except for that anti semite Michael Moore. He’s a moronic racist Jew hater. He’s a voice that you do need to cancel. Send him back to whatever hole he and David Duke and Louis Farakan crawled out of. Bari - speak out!
So dissapointed this is only for people who are not yet paying subscribers. I've been a monthly subscriber from the begining and changed my subscription to yearly and did not get the discount. It may be time to stop paying.
Please hire eve barlow to do culture/music reviews!
Please add audio to your essays and articles in 2025 for those who have trouble reading.
I was desperate to find good journalism with common sense, then I literally found Common Sense. Witnessing the growth and success of The Free Press has been a real pleasure. Happy Thanksgiving!
I have 5 sibs. One is out of touch, by her choice. Of the other four, the lone brother became a FP subscriber after I sent him an invite. The three sisters got invites from me too but they probably won't go for it.
Brother, like me, is politically heterodox. He and I lean libertarian-ish and support politicians on issues rather than party alliance. The three sisters are all Dem partisans but also all three suffer these days from TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome), in that they tend to avoid seriously considering any issue on the merits (besides abortion access) in favor of fear-and-loathing of Trump.
Quite apart from meaningful right-vs-left-vs centrism political debates, there is this toxic TDS cloud in the air around us all, obscuring all the things we need to see. Through my lefty sisters, and some of my lefty academic colleagues, I saw that they were paying scant attention to big issues such as immigration and inflation, because their rhetoric was all about Trump as a manifestly bad human and the Heritage Foundation's 2025 Project, from which scary cherries could be picked. Basically: Trump scary and horrible, never mind the issues, must beat Trump!
Fun fact: I dabble in vexillology, the study of flags as symbols. The flag that people identify as the "Confederate flag" is actually not the original flag of the Confederacy. The original was the so-called "stars and bars", probably adapted from the flag of Austria, which had horizontal stripes (two red, one white) and a blue rectangle (a "canton") in the upper left corner with white stars representing the Confederate states. In other words, from a distance it looked a lot like the USA flag.
The Confederates adopted the very familiar battle flag in 1863, two years into the war. This flag features a "saltire", the X. This flag was probably inspired by the Scottish flag (a white X on a blue field, the cross of St. Andrew, which eventually became part of the present-day Union Jack).
Anyway, point of all this: the reason the Confederates changed their flag was because on smoky battlefields, it was sometimes hard for soldiers to tell the flags apart. A saltire looks immediately very different from a flag with horizontal stripes.
I think this is a fitting metaphor for this election. TDS is battlefield smoke; the smoke obscured things that people on the left needed to see--that Biden was debilitated long before June 27 (and so he needed to be "primaried"), that many voters were very unhappy with the Biden economy, that Trump espoused ideas that were broadly popular among those unhappy voters (border policy, energy policy, etc.), that Harris was failing to differentiate herself from Biden, and that Harris herself was not a strong candidate to begin with.
The smoke obscured everything, for everyone. For lefties, Trump was a caricature; for non-lefties like myself, Harris was an unknown. I really couldn't tell what Harris had on offer. It was very hard for me to evaluate her in terms of her leadership potential or her specific policy proposals.
I'm a non-partisan (which is why I love the FP), and I wish this election had been smoke-free. Maybe next time!
Anyway, keep up the good work. I'm spreading the word.
FANTASTIC
I’ll renew and use the special deal!!
Thank you Bari and Nellie.
Have a wonderful healthy THANKSGIVING!! To you, your babies and all the ones you love!
I just went from monthly to yearly and did not get the discount. It is only for those not yet subscribed. It makes me mad that those of us who paid from the begining will not get a deal.
I have not voted for a Democrat since 1972. I find the current Republican party to be too liberal. Nevertheless, I fully support and subscribe to the Free Press and read it daily. It often makes me uncomfortable (boo hoo for me). I fully applaud the work going on here. I enjoy reading a news source written for all Americans. The honesty of formerly polarized reporters from both left and right is one of the healthiest signs of a better world.
I have been an early subscriber and cherish every post and podcast and interview. Some thoughts right now. Trump wants to reorganize the press room and it would be great to see THE FREE PRESS in the front row. An interview with Trump? If not him, there is plenty to choose from people on his cabinet and team.
Bari,
I have done what I can sending Free Press links to my LinkedIn and Facebook contacts.
I enjoy your journalism and just ask for more Canada ( as I am a Torontonian). Keep up the work Seymour Hersh, seymour@dynasmic-dialogues.ca
How do I sign up for the extra month? I didn't see anything.
How nice that there’s a great discount for new subscribers! But we loyalists would like to save a little money, too. How 'bout it?