A new era, and a quick ask

A short note before we get too far into this.

Last night, I wrote about the plan for my coverage in the new Trump administration and with this Supreme Court.

Now, Donald Trump has taken office, policies are already changing, executive orders are coming, and lawsuits are already filed:

I am here and will be here, doing what I can to tell you what's happening — in the way I've been doing for decades and, specifically, in the way I did throughout the first Trump administration.

I need your help, though, to make this work. If you have a paid subscription, please share my work.

If you have a free subscription, please consider upgrading to a paid subscription today. This is a complex moment, and I am going to need editing, research, administrative, and — yes — legal support to do this right. You can help make that possible.

This type of independent journalism is difficult, but it's also extremely powerful. I am not relying on Jeff Bezos's whims or on the whims of any individual owner. I have you — thousands of individual people who are backing this work with $6 a month or $60 a year, plus a few founding members who can provide a little more. No one gives me more than $250 a year, and that means that I am free to pursue the stories that I think need to be told.

It also means that I am free to tell the stories of this era in my way: With knowledge and skepticism, with no bullshit but also without click-bait alarmism.

I'll be here; you all have made that possible.

Help me to do this in the way that it needs to be done.

As always, if you can’t afford to pay, or can’t prioritize it right now, I get it. I’m glad you’re here and my breaking-news and in-depth reporting will continue to be free and open to all.

Thank you, and thanks for being here. Let’s do this.

-Chris