🔥 I’m Going All-In on This Work — I Need You With Me

I’m dedicating myself full-time to journalism and media, and I’m asking you to help fund the team to do it right

For a long time, I’ve been doing this work with my whole heart—but not always with my whole calendar. That’s changing.

I’m making a decision right now to dedicate myself full-time to journalism and media. Not as a hobby. Not as “when I can.” Full-time. Because the truth is too urgent, the lies are too loud, and the people suffering—especially in Gaza—can’t afford for the rest of us to be half-in.

Before I explain what I’m building and why, I need to ask you from the heart to become a member today. I keep this work free for the world—for readers in Gaza, for students in public schools, for families living in deep poverty, for elders on fixed incomes—because a smaller circle of people who can afford it chooses to carry the cost. If that’s you, please click here to become a member and click here to join as a monthly, annual, or founding member. Your support keeps this work free for them, and even for you when you can’t afford to pay.

Now let me tell you what I’m committing to—and what I need from you.

I’m committing to more investigations, more reporting, and more consistency. More receipts. More follow-through. More pressure on powerful people who have gotten comfortable lying to you and hurting the vulnerable while the world shrugs.

But I’m also going to tell you the truth: doing this full-time the right way means I need full-time support staff.

Not “someday.” Not “when things are easier.” Now.

Because this work isn’t just writing. It’s reading hundreds of pages of documents. It’s chasing sources. It’s tracking timelines. It’s editing. It’s publishing. It’s posting. It’s building the infrastructure that keeps truth from getting buried by propaganda and distraction.

And I refuse to build this like a one-man hustle that burns down from exhaustion. I want to build it like a real newsroom—lean, nimble, fearless, and accountable to the people, not to corporations.

That’s what your membership does. It funds the team. It funds the time. It funds the independence.

And if you’ve ever wondered why I keep asking for membership the way I do, here’s why: because this is the one form of support that doesn’t corrupt the work. It doesn’t come with a sponsor’s silence. It doesn’t come with a billionaire’s agenda. It doesn’t come with a party’s talking points.

It comes with one simple thing: the people.

Family, I don’t take you for granted. I’m deeply grateful for this community. You’ve supported me, encouraged me, and carried me through days that were heavy. Some of you have written me messages that honestly felt like water in the desert. And I want you to know: I don’t receive that lightly. I feel it.

That gratitude is part of why I’m going all-in. Because this isn’t just my work. It’s ours. And the only way I can honor it is by doing it at the highest level I can.

So I’m asking you plainly:

If you’ve been reading for a while…
If you’ve been forwarding posts…
If you’ve been thinking, “I’ll join later”…

This is your moment.

Please click here to become a member.
And please click here to join as a monthly, annual, or founding member.

I’m going to keep sending asks like this over the next month because that’s how we build momentum. And I’m doing it with love, not pressure. If you can’t join, I still want you here. Read for free. Share. Learn. Stay. You are not “less than” because money is tight. You are exactly why this work must stay free.

But if you can join, understand what you’re doing: you’re not buying access. You’re building a platform where truth keeps breathing.

I’m going full-time. I’m doing my part.

I’m asking you to do yours.

Love and appreciate each of you.
Your friend and brother,
Shaun

Don’t Stop Here

If you want to help even beyond membership, here are three simple, free actions that matter more than people realize: read one post you missed this week and share it with someone you trust; forward today’s email to three people who care about truth; and when you see a lie spreading, don’t just rage—correct it with receipts. That’s how a community becomes hard to manipulate.