Alan Elrod

The work that they are doing is important.

The liberal currents startup fund $27,854 raised of $500,000 goal 177 donations

We’ve been sharing the fundraiser today, and the rationale and what we’ll do if funded are explained there and on the site, but I thought I’d do a thread here—on the supposedly failed social media platform to which we owe so much gofund.me/197477c3a

Exactly 👇, I started reading @liberalcurrents.com because every article is so thoroughly, rigorously about ideas *and* politics.

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I just sent @liberalcurrents.com $50--it's a publication I've never supported before, but I read it often, and find it rewarding. What I read there reflects a lot of my views, but also challenges and stretches them.

Let's help them reach a new level!

Donate to The Liberal Currents Startup Fund, organized by Adam Gurri To fight fascism we need opposition media with a backbone. Liberal Currents is that. Help… Adam Gurri needs your support for The Liberal Currents Startup Fund

I just donated to @liberalcurrents.com's newly launched startup fund. Liberal Currents is one of the few truly indispensable publications in our illiberal political moment, and helping them grow feels like a civic duty. gofund.me/f29325485

Donate to The Liberal Currents Startup Fund, organized by Adam Gurri To fight fascism we need opposition media with a backbone. Liberal Currents is that. Help… Adam Gurri needs your support for The Liberal Currents Startup Fund

Contributing editors to 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 can be found in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Hawaii, Montana, and Pennsylvania—and British Columbia, Ontario, Argentina, and the United Kingdom, too. Our authors have come from all around the globe, and that will continue. 🌎🌍🌏 www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...

“Liberal Currents is reclaiming the radical, vigorous legacy of liberalism, all but forgotten over the decades in an increasingly helpless and confused Democratic Party. We badly need that energy as part of the popular front against Donald Trump’s fascism.” —Ryan Cooper, Senior Editor at The American Prospect and cohost of Left Anchor

We are close to $30,000 raised in the first 12 hours. It's a good start.

We like to think the same can be said of our growth as a publication—that it's a good start.

But as we head toward 2026, 2027, and 2028, we need to do much more. Give now to push us onward: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...

Just hit our 200th contribution of the day! Yours next?: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...

As we roll through the 2 o'clock hour on the West Coast it's great to see this check-in from contributing editor Adam Rust. Among his good works, Adam clocked Big Law's attempts to appease Trump back in April:

Liberalism with real liberal principles, a rarer thing to see than you might think!

Even as the cases against James Comey and Letitia James are dismissed in a stunning display of prosecutorial ineptitude

The Pentagon opens a case against Senator Mark Kelly-for reminding our troops of their duty to follow the Constitution

The dystopian fascism of Trump’s DOJ on full display

good ol kielbasa roll (contribute to liberal currents)

look, I do not think intervention in Venezuela will be anything other than a disaster, but the correct response if this is confirmed to Russia's claims here is 'sure you will, buddy.'

Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:

-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout

While we are promoting @liberalcurrents.com, consider checking out my latest column on purity culture, rape culture, and Megyn Kelly’s “barely legal” comments.

Great work happening at Liberal Currents. Please consider donating and definitely give them a read.

One of the best subscription choices I've made.

Liberal Currents is the best publication out there

If you're looking to support independent media that's actually meeting the moment in American politics, you'd be hard-pressed to do better than Liberal Currents.

Liberal Currents is a very important publication that's desperately needed in this political moment.

They need your support to continue operating.

Donate below. 👇

In a year where my patience with pundits has worn extremely thin Liberal Currents have been a light in the dark a necessary voice pushing a vision of a renewed liberal democracy. Support great writers during a time where rules are being rewritten.

I'm a huge fan of Sean Carroll! One of the best science communicators out there imo, and a genuine lover of ideas beyond science. www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/

Shameless, embarrassing stuff from my senator

SEN TOM COTTON: America's farmers are going bankrupt and we need to help them before it's too late Arkansas cattle farmer who became a senator reveals how rising costs and low commodity prices threaten generational farming families across America.

DOWN ON HIS KNEES: Tom Cotton publishes an op-ed on the challenges facing Arkansas farmers that doesn't mention Trump's tariffs, blames Democrats - and says that "without a doubt, Trump keeps [farmers] at the top of his mind and close to his heart."
#Arkansas #arpx #arnews

I'd been meaning to subscribe to @liberalcurrents.com for a while, but this fundraiser was just the nudge I needed.

“Indie media that’s a real outlet, with multiple contributors and a strong collective voice. Liberal Currents is a welcome influence on political discourse, unabashedly standing up for liberalism, and making it seem like something worth standing for.” —Nicholas Grossman

(I meant every word)

The Barely Legal Type: Purity Culture, Rape Culture, and America’s Lose-Lose Proposition for Girls The very parts of American culture that claim to promote teen abstinence and sexual purity operate on a parallel logic to the rape culture that enables the darkest misogynistic violence against women.

On a peer-to-peer level this is troubling.

But young girls are also often told that their dress and behavior—really, just their sexual nature—can be a “stumbling block” for the older men around them.

In other words, it’s their fault for looking so mature.

www.liberalcurrents.com/the-barely-l...

The Barely Legal Type: Purity Culture, Rape Culture, and America’s Lose-Lose Proposition for Girls The very parts of American culture that claim to promote teen abstinence and sexual purity operate on a parallel logic to the rape culture that enables the darkest misogynistic violence against women.

I grew up in the evangelical world of purity culture that Linda Kay Klein describes. I knew girls in high school and in college whose goal was to have their first kiss on their wedding day.

It’s a bizarre cocktail of sexual fantasy and sexual repression.

www.liberalcurrents.com/the-barely-l...

The Barely Legal Type: Purity Culture, Rape Culture, and America’s Lose-Lose Proposition for Girls The very parts of American culture that claim to promote teen abstinence and sexual purity operate on a parallel logic to the rape culture that enables the darkest misogynistic violence against women.

Megyn Kelly claimed Epstein was into “the barely legal type,” referring to 15 year-olds.

So I wrote about how her comments highlight the ways both purity culture and rape culture sexualize young girls and make male desire their responsibility.

www.liberalcurrents.com/the-barely-l...

“Liberal Currents is an important space for expansive progressive thought in a media environment saturated by center-right opinions. Most notably, they offer variety without ever sacrificing the humanity of any of their readers.” —Marisa Kabas, independent journalist at The Handbasket

if you’re looking for more ways to support independent media and fight fascism, help my friends at @liberalcurrents.com reach their $500k fundraising goal!

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