Don’t let JD Vance silence our impartial journalism
On September 15, Vice President JD Vance attacked The Nation whereas internet hosting The Charlie Kirk Present.
In a clip seen hundreds of thousands of instances, Vance singled out The Nation in a canine whistle to his far-right followers. Predictably, a torrent of abuse adopted.
All through our 160 years of publishing fierce, impartial journalism, we’ve operated with the assumption that dissent is the best type of patriotism. We’ve been criticized by each Democratic and Republican officeholders—and we’re happy that the White Home is studying The Nation. So long as Vance is free to criticize us and we’re free to criticize him, the American experiment will proceed because it ought to.
To appropriate the document on Vance’s false claims concerning the supply of our funding: The Nation is proudly reader-supported by progressives such as you who help impartial journalism and received’t be intimidated by these in energy.
Vance and Trump administration officers additionally laid out their plans for widespread repression towards progressive teams. As a substitute of calling for nationwide therapeutic, the administration is utilizing Kirk’s dying as pretext for a concerted assault on Trump’s enemies on the left.
Now we all know The Nation is entrance and heart on their minds.
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With gratitude,
Bhaskar Sunkara
President, The Nation
