Liberal Currents
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A community of mere liberals. Discussing, defending, and applying the many varieties of liberalism. liberalcurrents.com
This will be a thread of the most widely read essays we've published since the 2024 election, by author. Hopefully this will give you a good view into the kind of publication we're asking you to support. gofund.me/9779a6cb8
November 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
This will be a thread of the most widely read essays we've published since the 2024 election, by author. Hopefully this will give you a good view into the kind of publication we're asking you to support. gofund.me/9779a6cb8
At present, nearly 100% of our funding goes straight to our writers.
But in 2025, that isn’t enough.
We need full-time staff dedicated to pursuing our core mission as effectively as possible. And we need to make some major one-time investments to get us there: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
But in 2025, that isn’t enough.
We need full-time staff dedicated to pursuing our core mission as effectively as possible. And we need to make some major one-time investments to get us there: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
November 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
At present, nearly 100% of our funding goes straight to our writers.
But in 2025, that isn’t enough.
We need full-time staff dedicated to pursuing our core mission as effectively as possible. And we need to make some major one-time investments to get us there: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
But in 2025, that isn’t enough.
We need full-time staff dedicated to pursuing our core mission as effectively as possible. And we need to make some major one-time investments to get us there: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
It was right for @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com to say it then, and there has only been more evidence for it since. We are not a publication that minced words when the reality is plain. Please support us. gofund.me/6e8eed94d
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
It was right for @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com to say it then, and there has only been more evidence for it since. We are not a publication that minced words when the reality is plain. Please support us. gofund.me/6e8eed94d
At a time when entire states are threatened by the administration for allowing a single transgender woman to participate in women’s sports, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤 is publishing anti-trans writers who rant about “liberal misinformation bubbles.”
Support something better: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
Support something better: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
November 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
At a time when entire states are threatened by the administration for allowing a single transgender woman to participate in women’s sports, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤 is publishing anti-trans writers who rant about “liberal misinformation bubbles.”
Support something better: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
Support something better: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
We’ve received some donations outside of GoFundMe this week so the below is the true progress towards our goal. If you donate or sign up as a patron (including at our $500/year tier!) we will count that! www.liberalcurrents.com#/portal/signup
November 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
We’ve received some donations outside of GoFundMe this week so the below is the true progress towards our goal. If you donate or sign up as a patron (including at our $500/year tier!) we will count that! www.liberalcurrents.com#/portal/signup
Liberal Currents will never hand it to a man likely to kill untold number of children with his anti-vaccine anti-science crank activism from HHS. We will never throw trans people under the bus to score political points. Help elevate our voice to compete with The Atlantic’s gofund.me/bc470b67b
November 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Liberal Currents will never hand it to a man likely to kill untold number of children with his anti-vaccine anti-science crank activism from HHS. We will never throw trans people under the bus to score political points. Help elevate our voice to compete with The Atlantic’s gofund.me/bc470b67b
Since the election of Trump in 2024, the influence of Liberal Currents has surged. Traffic to LiberalCurrents.com has grown by 600 percent. Social media follows have gone from four thousand to over thirty thousand.
Now let's build something that can't be ignored: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
Now let's build something that can't be ignored: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
November 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Since the election of Trump in 2024, the influence of Liberal Currents has surged. Traffic to LiberalCurrents.com has grown by 600 percent. Social media follows have gone from four thousand to over thirty thousand.
Now let's build something that can't be ignored: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
Now let's build something that can't be ignored: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
Thank you @whstancil.bsky.social for your kind words of support.
We are over $120,000 counting all contributions to Liberal Currents since the start of our drive on Monday. Let's have a good holiday weekend.
Link to the page where you can donate: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
We are over $120,000 counting all contributions to Liberal Currents since the start of our drive on Monday. Let's have a good holiday weekend.
Link to the page where you can donate: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
November 27, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Thank you @whstancil.bsky.social for your kind words of support.
We are over $120,000 counting all contributions to Liberal Currents since the start of our drive on Monday. Let's have a good holiday weekend.
Link to the page where you can donate: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
We are over $120,000 counting all contributions to Liberal Currents since the start of our drive on Monday. Let's have a good holiday weekend.
Link to the page where you can donate: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
Even where Donald Trump has not consolidated his control, supposedly liberal media have been utterly inept at opposing him. We must do better and do more: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
November 27, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Even where Donald Trump has not consolidated his control, supposedly liberal media have been utterly inept at opposing him. We must do better and do more: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
Spotify mechanically produces a transcript for each podcast episode. We don't examine or edit these transcripts, but they are there.
Neon Liberalism on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/2icpx34...
Half the Answer on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/show/4b9fyMH...
Neon Liberalism on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/2icpx34...
Half the Answer on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/show/4b9fyMH...
November 26, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Spotify mechanically produces a transcript for each podcast episode. We don't examine or edit these transcripts, but they are there.
Neon Liberalism on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/2icpx34...
Half the Answer on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/show/4b9fyMH...
Neon Liberalism on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/2icpx34...
Half the Answer on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/show/4b9fyMH...
Yesterday a donor pledged to match our second $35,000, meaning that once we hit $70,000, he would pay us an additional $35,000. In just two days, we have hit that threshold. Thank you to everyone who made this possible. With the match, we'll be at 21% of the way to our goal, in just two days.
November 26, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Yesterday a donor pledged to match our second $35,000, meaning that once we hit $70,000, he would pay us an additional $35,000. In just two days, we have hit that threshold. Thank you to everyone who made this possible. With the match, we'll be at 21% of the way to our goal, in just two days.
As masked thugs kidnap people in broad daylight, as the military is sent into U.S. cities, as the press is under assault, the owner of the 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘠𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 proudly proclaimed: “We’re not the resistance. We are nobody’s opposition.”
Look elsewhere for opposition, then: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
Look elsewhere for opposition, then: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
November 26, 2025 at 3:40 AM
As masked thugs kidnap people in broad daylight, as the military is sent into U.S. cities, as the press is under assault, the owner of the 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘠𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 proudly proclaimed: “We’re not the resistance. We are nobody’s opposition.”
Look elsewhere for opposition, then: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
Look elsewhere for opposition, then: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
There is a reason that consolidating control over the media system is one of the very first things that authoritarians do, every single time. And Trump has sought to do exactly that.
We need to build and maintain a strong opposition press with a big reach: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
We need to build and maintain a strong opposition press with a big reach: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
November 26, 2025 at 12:22 AM
There is a reason that consolidating control over the media system is one of the very first things that authoritarians do, every single time. And Trump has sought to do exactly that.
We need to build and maintain a strong opposition press with a big reach: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
We need to build and maintain a strong opposition press with a big reach: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
We will not abandon our commitment to the liberal ideals of truth, freedom, and democracy.
If we meet our fundraising goal, we will be able to take a big leap ahead in terms of organizational capacity: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
If we meet our fundraising goal, we will be able to take a big leap ahead in terms of organizational capacity: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
November 25, 2025 at 8:25 PM
We will not abandon our commitment to the liberal ideals of truth, freedom, and democracy.
If we meet our fundraising goal, we will be able to take a big leap ahead in terms of organizational capacity: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
If we meet our fundraising goal, we will be able to take a big leap ahead in terms of organizational capacity: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
Aaron's podcast is superb. Listen and subscribe here: pod.link/1614436300
November 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Aaron's podcast is superb. Listen and subscribe here: pod.link/1614436300
An important excerpt from @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com's 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 essay "Democrats Must Embrace War Mindset," in two images. Full essay here: www.liberalcurrents.com/democrats-mu...
November 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
An important excerpt from @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com's 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 essay "Democrats Must Embrace War Mindset," in two images. Full essay here: www.liberalcurrents.com/democrats-mu...
Several new 'liberal' publications have launched in recent years, sometimes raising millions before writing a word, sometimes getting glossy profiles, then often devolving into weakness.
None of that's true about us. Maybe we should go raise at least a half million: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
None of that's true about us. Maybe we should go raise at least a half million: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
November 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Several new 'liberal' publications have launched in recent years, sometimes raising millions before writing a word, sometimes getting glossy profiles, then often devolving into weakness.
None of that's true about us. Maybe we should go raise at least a half million: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
None of that's true about us. Maybe we should go raise at least a half million: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
"War mindset means accepting the possibility of failure and continuing despite that." Samantha Hancox-Li wrote in a recent essay.
Fundraising is not (?) war. But we have a very ambitious goal. We could fail.
Today, we have a $35,000 match to meet. So we continue: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
Fundraising is not (?) war. But we have a very ambitious goal. We could fail.
Today, we have a $35,000 match to meet. So we continue: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
November 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
"War mindset means accepting the possibility of failure and continuing despite that." Samantha Hancox-Li wrote in a recent essay.
Fundraising is not (?) war. But we have a very ambitious goal. We could fail.
Today, we have a $35,000 match to meet. So we continue: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
Fundraising is not (?) war. But we have a very ambitious goal. We could fail.
Today, we have a $35,000 match to meet. So we continue: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
Yesterday we raised over $35,000. Today, we are excited to announce a donor who has generously offered to match the second $35,000. If you help us reach $35,000 today he will match you dollar for dollar. Please help us get there! gofund.me/638697766
November 25, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Yesterday we raised over $35,000. Today, we are excited to announce a donor who has generously offered to match the second $35,000. If you help us reach $35,000 today he will match you dollar for dollar. Please help us get there! gofund.me/638697766
Larger media outlets have wavered since the first Trump term, but we've remained steadfast in our categorical rejection of MAGA in all its aspects and our affirmation of liberal democracy and the principles that it rests on.
In the second Trump term, we are growing: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
In the second Trump term, we are growing: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
November 25, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Larger media outlets have wavered since the first Trump term, but we've remained steadfast in our categorical rejection of MAGA in all its aspects and our affirmation of liberal democracy and the principles that it rests on.
In the second Trump term, we are growing: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
In the second Trump term, we are growing: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
The country deserves a better, more principled publication that has the place in our media industry that 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤 does. 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 could one day occupy that role, if our growth continues as it has. Help us take our first real steps down that long road: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
November 24, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The country deserves a better, more principled publication that has the place in our media industry that 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤 does. 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 could one day occupy that role, if our growth continues as it has. Help us take our first real steps down that long road: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
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...
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...
November 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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...
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...
Catch up with the first three episodes of @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com's new "Liberalism 101" podcast series: www.liberalcurrents.com/neonliberali...
October 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Catch up with the first three episodes of @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com's new "Liberalism 101" podcast series: www.liberalcurrents.com/neonliberali...
Thank you, Blueskyists. 🫡 liberalcurrents.com #LC30k
September 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Thank you, Blueskyists. 🫡 liberalcurrents.com #LC30k