Important Message from Meidas Co-Founder

By Ben Meiselas

Hey Meidas Mighty, it’s Ben Meiselas. This is a time for fearless journalism. It seems that the best journalists who remain at corporate media are being let go. Each day, we hear about more firings. As Trump gets weaker and his spiral continues, it seems corporate media is getting rid of the remaining good reporters they have since they don’t want effective resistance to Trump.

As I’m sure you know, both publicly and privately, we’ve reached out to many of these journalists. We wanted them to know that the MeidasTouch Network is the place for fearless journalism in 2025 and beyond—and a place they should consider joining. As the MeidasTouch Network expands, I see a major opportunity in our growth attracting your favorite reporters to our network and letting them just be who they are. Can you imagine the lineup we will have!? And it’s all thanks to you, our subscribers of this Substack, so thanks for subscribing.

I also wanted to address the Trump regime’s traitorous move yesterday in opposing the UN resolution condemning Russia for its unlawful invasion of Ukraine. The United States joined the Axis of Evil yesterday—Russia and North Korea—in opposing the resolution. What a dastardly move.

What gives me comfort, however, is seeing how intelligent and powerful our former allies are in handling this. The leaders of world democracies scripted yesterday brilliantly. They did three things brilliantly. First, they introduced the UN resolution to force the Trump regime to take a vote that has now further damaged Trump’s approval at home, thus weakening him. Second, they sent French President Macron to babysit Trump and fact-check him to his face before the world press. Macron knows how to get in Trump’s head and shake the crap out of Trump’s hand so hard with a force that literally makes Trump tired and submit. Third, the other world leaders of democracies traveled to Kyiv to announce new aid packages for Ukraine and send a message that Europe has Ukraine’s back, that Europe will stand up to Putin, and that Europe and Ukraine will not be cut out of any negotiations between the U.S. and Russia.

Some news about the MeidasTouch Network I wanted to share with you: The MeidasTouch Network is now the most downloaded podcast in Canada in addition to the U.S. That’s an incredible honor, and we love our Canadian viewers and listeners. You’ll recall back in December I laid out our plans to expand into Canada, and now, two months later, we are the top podcast in Canada. Again, that’s only possible because of you subscribing to this Substack, so thanks for subscribing and gifting subscriptions.

The MeidasTouch Network continues to beat Joe Rogan in audio downloads (remember to add the MeidasTouch Podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify). We are still beating Fox in digital views. The network is growing rapidly. We are working harder than ever right now to call out the Trump regime and to grow the Meidas Mighty.

I’ve personally received some more death threats lately directed at me and my family. Sometimes I share them with you. These ones are so disgusting and vile that I’d rather not. It’s unfortunate because in the past, I had been speaking with a great FBI agent in our local office, but now I fear the FBI is compromised under Trump. I have taken steps to protect my family.

I have some incredible interviews lined up with guests you’ve always wanted to see me interview. You are going to love some of these guests. We will keep fighting fearlessly, reporting on protests and town halls, and fighting the Trump regime each day.

I mean this from the bottom of my heart: Thanks for your support. Thanks for subscribing. We haven’t hit our monthly subscriber target yet, so if you aren’t a subscriber, please subscribe now—or you can even get a bunch of subscriptions for people you know and gift them today. We appreciate you helping us grow, and the results we’ve achieved are because of you, the Meidas Mighty.

Thanks, Meidas Mighty.