Dear friends,
Too much of the mainstream-media coverage of Donald Trump’s return to Washington has been damn near celebratory.
By contrast, the people prepared to fight his malign and dangerous agenda are being largely ignored.
That’s why I’m launching a new newsletter on Wednesday to supplement Press Watch.
Heads Up News will be a reported newsletter about the people and groups who are fighting for our rights and our democracy, pushing back against Trump’s corrupt, authoritarian, and racist acts and proposals.
I hope you subscribe. (It will be subscriber-funded, but never behind a paywall, just like Press Watch.) And please tell your friends!
Dan
Introducing Heads Up News (Headsupnews.org)
Who’s fighting back and how?
In these dark times, you want to know who’s fighting to maintain our democracy and protect our civil rights — and how they’re doing it. You want some reason for hope.
Doomscrolling isn’t helpful or productive. You want to know who’s making a difference — to cheer them on and maybe even help them out.
So I’ll be here to tell you.
Heads Up News, a weekly newsletter launching on Jan. 22, will give you a heads-up on significant acts of resistance, along with profiles of people making a difference, and other news from the greater “fighting-back” community.
Heads Up News is also for you if you don’t want to drown in all the stories about the horrible things that this new administration will do or say but you don’t want to be underinformed, either. It will provide a heads-up on the administration’s most consequential acts and proposals – in the context of what’s being done to push back.
Heads Up News will take a good hard look at the pro-democracy and good-government community and will tell you which leaders and organizations are taking effective action – both proactive and defensive – and which are not.
And Heads Up News will, I hope, give its readers a reason to hold their heads up during a tough time.
Heads Up News will be independent and funded by subscribers and donors – but it will never be behind a paywall. Please subscribe now and tell a friend!
Yours,
Dan