As D.C. Bureau Chief, I can tell you firsthand how much of the Democratic Party establishment wishes that The Intercept would just go away.
We’ve made some powerful enemies and our post-election reporting has already angered the transition team.
And that anger will go double for anyone who works with whistleblowers to expose government secrets — remember how the Obama administration treated Edward Snowden and Julian Assange?
We don’t have any intention of backing down, but we do have a problem: So far we’re still $650,000 short of our year-end fundraising goal.
Next year, I don’t want any of our reporters to hesitate for a moment about whether we have financial, legal, or security resources to take on anyone in the Biden administration (or their corporate benefactors).
That’s why it’s so important that we reach this goal. Can you chip in before December 31?
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At The Intercept, we don’t believe that adversarial journalism should cease when a Democrat wins the White House. And we have long enough memories to remember how little Obama did to end the forever wars or restore our civil liberties.
Ask yourself: In 2021, who else will report aggressively on the influence of corporate lobbyists in the Biden administration? On the bipartisan war machine that persists across administrations? On how law enforcement targets grassroots activists?
We’re able to take big risks in our reporting because we don’t have to worry about big advertisers or corporate investors. Thanks to the support of readers like you, our newsroom can tackle difficult stories that expose the corrupt inner workings of political and corporate power.
If you haven’t yet chipped in to support The Intercept’s journalism this year, now is the moment. You don’t have to give a lot — if everyone reading this email gave just $12, we’d blow past our goal.
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