⏱️ 34 Days to Go: I Need Your Help Getting to 4,000 Members So We Can Hire Our Editor & Producer for My New Show!
We’re at 3,047 members — 953 to go.
Family — quick, honest appeal at the very top. I keep this work free for the world and I move fast to bring you receipts, documents, and moral clarity when others go quiet. If that matters to you, please click here to become a monthly, annual, or founding member of The North Star. We need 953 more members to hire our editor and producerand launch the video Shaun King Show on Substack and YouTube by December 1 — 34 days from today.
Day 34 — why I’m asking again today
We’re building this one day at a time. Every day between now and December 1, I’m posting a clear pledge alongside our reporting. We’ve doubled membership since July; we’ve published nearly 300 pieces this year; we’ve kept all Gaza coverage free. But the next step isn’t more hustle from me — it’s people on a small, serious team so we can bring you a daily video brief with on-screen receipts and longer investigations that can’t be buried.
We’re 953 members short of the finish line. Spread across the countdown, that’s 27–28 new members per day. Today’s target: 28.
If you’ve thought, “I’ll join later,” I’m asking you to make later = today.
👉🏽 Please click here to join as a monthly, annual, or founding member.
What your membership unlocks the minute you join
No vague promises. Your membership funds two hires and the gear/time that lets us move at the speed of the news: editor on deck; producer booking shoots; first video schedule posted the week we cross 4,000; a daily cadence that carries our work onto the screens where most people now get their news. Joining isn’t just “support.” It’s a tactic to win the information fight.
The stall — and how we break through it
For two weeks we hovered while gains and losses canceled each other out. The way forward is daily, disciplined, visible. I’m keeping the pledge at the top of every post, showing the real-time climb, and making the payoff tangible: when we hit 4,000, I’ll introduce our editor and producer and publish the episode slate with dates and topics.
Three fast ways to help today (pick one)
Become a member right now — monthly if that’s easiest, annual if you can, founding if you want to underwrite the core team.
Upgrade your plan (monthly → annual / annual → founding) — every upgrade shortens the distance.
Invite 3 friends who trust your judgment. Send them this link and one sentence on why you joined: click here.
Objection & Answer (because you ask fair questions)
“Money is tight — does monthly really help?”
Yes. Monthly is oxygen. It lets us plan salaries and releases with certainty. If annual or founding isn’t possible, monthly moves the needle today.
“I already read for free — why pay?”
You’re not paying for access; you’re funding existence. You are the reason this work is researched, edited, filmed — and kept free for everyone else.
“Will you actually launch on Dec 1?”
That’s the point of this countdown. Cross 4,000, flip the switch: hires completed, shoots booked, release dates posted. No mystery.
Let’s hit today’s 28
We’re at 3,047. If 28 of you join right now, we end the day at 3,075 and keep pace to launch on time. If you’ve ever said, “Someone should build a platform that tells the truth,” this is me asking you to help me do exactly that — today.
👉🏽 Please click here to become monthly, annual, or founding.
We’re 953 away. 34 days left. Let’s close the gap together.
Love and appreciate each of you.
Your friend and brother,
Shaun
Thank you!!