Important Saturday Message by Meidas Founder MeidasTouch Network and Ben Meiselas May 31 By Ben Meiselas Hey Meidas Mighty! It’s Saturday. It was quite the week. Let’s chat. Thanks to all our subscribers here. Please subscribe now to this Substack. We had a great convo with Jim Acosta on Substack yesterday. We discussed the future of independent media. It was very inspiring, and I’m glad we got the opportunity to discuss it together. MeidasTouch and Jim Acosta Chat LIVE on Breaking News Brett Meiselas, Jim Acosta, and 2 others · May 30 Read full story I want to give a special shout-out to Katie Phang, who recently joined the MeidasTouch Network. Katie has one of the fastest-growing YouTube channels out there, and it’s been incredible to watch the growth of her channel. This past week, I was able to interview numerous members of Congress and a Governor. We broke major stories, including being the exclusive publisher of audio of the MAGA candidate for Governor in Virginia who viciously attacked women’s reproductive rights. We also got attacked by Trump supporters who mass-reported our accounts for calling Trump a TACO. Sadly—and annoyingly—our video showing TACO memes of Trump was taken down by TikTok, and we were given a strike. On a personal note, I always want to be real with you. I just learned that I have a herniated disc in my back after getting an MRI this week. I don’t know the cause of it, but it seems I may need surgery soon. If you’ve been noticing my recent videos, I haven’t been able to sit on a chair, so I record sitting on my knees. Since I got back from NY, the pain in my leg has been getting worse, and I went to the doctor earlier this week. I’m going to have to figure out, next week or the week after, a plan to have others cover for me as I recover. Perhaps I’m oversharing, but if you’ve been wondering why my position in my videos has been odd—that’s why. On that note, it’s probably best I get a little more rest. I am grateful and thankful for your support. There has been such positive and massive growth at the network lately. It’s good to see how an independent media network like ours beats Fox News and all other cable news—with zero investors (Remember to add the MeidasTouch Podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify). That said, we really need your support and help. Today is the last day of May. We need 200 more subscribers on this Substack to hit our goal. So please subscribe now if you can and help the independent reporting by the MeidasTouch Network stay number one across all platforms. Meidas+ is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.