Substacks recommended by john king

Recommended by john king

Daily newsletter exposing where power lies — and how it's used and abused

Eleanor's Squad is a community-driven publication and movement inspired by Eleanor Roosevelt's challenge to step outside your comfort zone, embrace courage, and live boldly.

This is an incredible chronicle of the Trump Regime's numerous violations against democracy and basic human rights. The fight has just begun. The resistance must intensify and become a solid shield against tyranny.

- john king

The Daily

By Sarah Jones & Jason Easley

We fight for justice For the People. We will never surrender. The Daily is pro-democracy, grounded-in-facts analysis, opinion and news. Zero bootlicking. True independence. Tons of integrity. No fear-mongering.

Dispatches From A Collapsing State | Jared Yates Sexton

Diagnosing a world in crisis while finding means and strategies for a better, realer, more human future.

Dean Blundell

Media guy, content provider, dog whisperer, Canadian raconteur, muckraker.

Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance

By Joyce Vance

Worried about the state of the republic? Get the legal knowledge & analysis you need to be an advocate for democracy, along with a dose of savvy optimism.

The Warning with Steve Schmidt

Explains what is happening, and why in our turbulent era. Delivers 1 WRITTEN and 1-2 videos PER DAY, 365 DAYS/YEAR.

EuropeanPowell’s Substack

My personal Substack

Liberaldads Newsletter

Daily thoughts on politics and possibly a few other things while dealing with this twisted timeline we live in.

Narativ with Zev Shalev

By Zev Shalev

Daily dispatches from the frontlines of the war on democracy from ex-CBS News EP. “Rarely wrong, often ahead, and effective in ways history may yet fully credit.”

Lance’s Substack

By Lance F Rosen

An Anti-fascist Community For The Defeat Of Trump And MAGA, Politics, History, Satire With An Edge

Zeteo

By Mehdi Hasan

Zeteo is a new media organization that seeks to answer the questions that really matter, while always striving for the truth. Founded by Mehdi Hasan, Zeteo is a movement for media accountability, unfiltered news and bold opinions.

Hopium Chronicles By Simon Rosenberg

Expert commentary from a 30-year veteran of US politics. Here at Hopium we work on strategies to defeat MAGA, tell our story more effectively, and ensure freedom and democracy prevail. Expect sharp analysis, live events, and all sorts of Hopium!

This Will Hold

The truth they're not telling you—politics, technology, and sarcasm, not necessarily in that order.

Matthew’s Substack

By Matthew Sanscrainte

My personal Substack

Reframing America

By Antonia

Changing the way the American Left engages in the public debate.

Jacob Kaarsbo

Intelligence and international security

Phillips’s Newsletter

By Phillips P. OBrien

Whatever intrigues me--these days the Russo-Ukraine War with regular departures

Lucid

By Ruth Ben-Ghiat

A newsletter for big-picture thinking about autocracy and threats to democracy around the world

The Beautiful Mess by John Pavlovitz

Authentic words for everyone trying to figure out the best way to be human.

The Firebrand Project

By Shane Yirak

Live geopolitical briefings, receipts-first investigations, and OSINT methods and resources for citizen and independent reporters.

Truth About Threats

By Paul Cobaugh

National Security threats in plain talk and without political bias.

The Panicked Writer

By Ellie Leonard

Rejected op-eds, personal musings, and my adventures as a middle-class mole dropped on my head in New York City, maneuvering the wild and incestuous world of film, publishing and journalism.

God's Spies by Thomas Neuburger

We'll live, and pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and take upon's the mystery of things, as if we were God's spies.

Thomas Neuburger does deep dives into subjects you wish weren't true, but need to know.

- john king

The Bulwark

The Bulwark is home to Sarah Longwell, Tim Miller, Bill Kristol, JVL, Sam Stein, Catherine Rampell and more. We are the largest pro-democracy bundle on Substack for news and analysis on politics and culture—supported by a community built on good faith.

The Dworkin Report

By Scott Dworkin

Insight into national politics and elections from a seasoned and fearless independent journalist, delivered to your inbox daily so you can stay inspired and informed—while you push back on Trump and corporate media.

Unmasking Russia

By Olga Lautman

Newsletter covering Russia, Ukraine, Eastern, and Central Europe with a focus on Russia's intelligence operations to destabilize global democracies

Meidas+

By MeidasTouch Network

The premium hub for MeidasTouch, the fastest growing pro-democracy news network. Bonus articles, exclusive content, and interactive chats. Led by Ben, Brett, and Jordy Meiselas, with exclusive articles by Ron Filipkowski.

Wayne Horton

A simple northern fellow with complex thoughts on the world we live in. Play nice. Share. Keep your nose on your side of the fence. Take the hit to make the play and keep your darn stick on the ice. We’ll get along fine.

The New Republic

Ideas. Influence. Impact. TNR is a leader in the continuing fight for American democracy and a must-read if you want to know the ideas impacting politics and culture today.

Trump Tyranny Tracker

By Olga Lautman

Documenting corruption, human rights abuses, and dismantling of American democracy

MindWar: The Psychological War on Democracy

By Jim Stewartson

Writing, research and podcast for understanding and resisting the propaganda, psyops and malicious actors assaulting global liberal democracy. #IAmAntiFascist

BenefitHumanity

Ms. Moore Esq,. I support California Task Force Reparations. period! Have legal verify my USA approved intellectual property trademark.

Salty Politics with Julie Roginsky

Authentic, commonsense straight talk about our politics and culture.

Democracy Americana

By Thomas Zimmer

Reflections on American democracy and its discontents

Steady

By Dan Rather

Dan Rather's steady take on a complex and chaotic world.

Proof

By Seth Abramson

Know Better.

There are a lot of sites touching on issues involving the corruption of Trump and his accomplices in the Republican regime, but not many nail down the incriminating facts so completely.

- john king

The Long Memo (TLM)

By Bryan C. Del Monte

I wrote memos for senior government officials to make better policy decisions. Now I write them to help people like you understand our world.

Charlie Angus / The Resistance

Stories and strategies of resistance in this new dark age.

Malcolm Nance: Special Intelligence

By Black Man Spy

Geopolitical Intelligence Analysis & Warnings on Democracy, War, Espionage, and Terrorism. XFind me on Tiktok: @OfficialMalcolmNance Youtube: @MalcolmNanceMedia, BlueSky: @malcolmnance.bsky.com, X - @MalcolmNance FYI I DO NOT DM PEOPLE FOR MONEY.

Rick Wilson’s Against All Enemies

Tireless resistance to autocracy. Never out of the fight.

Are you f'ng kidding me?

By JoJoFromJerz

It’s me… JoJoFromJerz from Twitter!!

Popular Information

By Judd Legum

Independent accountability journalism.

L.C. Francis Open Society for History & Civics

I’m an author, historian, and retired Naval Officer who spent three decades circling the globe. I use the Founders, the Constitution, and common sense to tackle today's challenges. If you refuse to sleepwalk through democracy, welcome & pull up a chair.

American Kompromat

By Craig Unger

Former national security reporter for Vanity Fair, Craig continues the work he has done in six books on the GOP's assault on democracy(including NYT bestsellers American Kompromat and House of Trump, House of Putin).

Great source for Russia/Trump connections

- john king

Adam Kinzinger

After 12 years as a Republican in Congress, I voted to impeach Donald Trump and lost my party. They tried to take everything else. Now I'm fighting for our democracy and telling hard truths about what's happening to America.

Glenn Kirschner

Dissent in Bloom

This is investigative journalism. Reporting like the future depends on it, because it does. I'm not in the business of making friends with powerful people. I'm in the business of making sure somebody holds them accountable.

This incredible woman is like a bloodhound following every hint of a scent, until she uncovers the rarest commodity on earth; The truth.

- john king

More Than Just Parks

Investigative journalism on the people, money, and politics deciding the fate of America’s 640 million acres of public lands. Home of the Congressional Public Lands Scorecard, the only tool grading all 535 members of Congress on their votes.

PREVAIL by Greg Olear

PREVAIL is a regular column about politics, history, national security, foreign affairs, organized crime, dirty money, global corruption, the fight for democracy—and, on Sundays, poetry and literature.