🚀 Some good news. I want to show you the progress we've made together this month!

We're now ranked #15 in paid members, up from #18 just 2 weeks ago, and we are steadily climbing with your support! We passed up two Zionists in the process.

🚀 We’re Now Ranked #15 on Substack. And We Got Here the Hard Way.

As I write this, The North Star with Shaun King is now ranked #15 among all paid news publications on Substack. That’s up from #18 a few weeks ago and we passed up a few Zionists in the process.

We’ve crossed 2,077 paid members.
We’ve now had over 17.5 million visits this month alone.

But here’s what matters most:

👉🏽 We didn’t get here with celebrity interviews.
👉🏽 We didn’t get here with corporate sponsorships or billionaire backers.
👉🏽 We didn’t get here by playing it safe.

We got here by telling the uncomfortable, inconvenient, and often completely censored truth — especially about what’s happening right now in Gaza.

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📈 We’re Outperforming the Propaganda Machines

When I tell you that we’re outperforming platforms with 10x the staff, 100x the resources, and 1,000x the institutional protection — I’m not exaggerating.

We’re now neck-and-neck with major mainstream news figures.

But the difference is: we’re doing it while reporting on genocide, starvation, war crimes, apartheid, and the deliberate erasure of truth.

That’s not just rare — it’s dangerous. And we’re still climbing.

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🔥 This Isn’t Just About Rankings — It’s About Resistance

Being #15 means something deeper:

It means people are starving for the truth — the kind that isn’t filtered through AIPAC talking points or rewritten by government spin doctors.

It means the lies are breaking down.
It means more people are waking up.
It means independent media is winning — because of you.

And we’re not stopping.

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🧭 Our Next Goal: The Top 10

We’re probably about 1,000 members away from cracking the Top 10.

That would send a message — loud and clear — to every platform, every newsroom, every power player that tried to silence me, ban me, or blacklist this work:

You cannot cancel what the people fund.

And this work? It is funded by the people — not ads, not investors, not billionaires.

If you believe in what we’re building here, join us now:

👉🏽 https://www.thenorthstar.com/subscribe 👈🏽

Become a monthly, annual, or founding member and know that every single dollar goes toward sustaining this truth-telling machine.

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✍🏽 Here’s Some of What Got Us Here:

We’ve covered the forced starvation in Gaza, exposed the lies about Hamas and aid theft, revealed war crimes by U.S. and Israeli contractors, and told the stories that mainstream media has blacked out.

That’s why we’re growing. That’s why this matters.

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📣 Help Us Keep Going

• Share this post

• Comment to tell me how long you’ve been following

• Forward this to your group chats and communities

• And if you’re already a member — upgrade to founding if you can.

Together, we’re building one of the most impactful independent media platforms in the world.

Let’s hit Top 10. Let’s keep pushing.
Let’s keep telling the truth — no matter the cost.

✊🏽 With love, rage, and resolve,
Shaun