Dear Lincoln Loyal,
We are 12 days away from the most critical midterm election of our lives. Right now, pro-democracy, independent media is being systematically drowned out and suppressed at the exact moment Americans need facts most.
While Lincoln Square fights tirelessly for the truth, we are up against millions in dark money and MAGA-enabling tech oligarchs controlling access to information.
Look at what is happening right now:
Meta Silenced NoKings: Meta temporarily suspended the official NoKings Instagram account during nationwide protests, blocking millions from seeing why Americans took to the streets, and enabling the regime to ignore the millions of people who are standing up against Trump’s authoritarian policies and unprecedented self-dealing and corruption.
Lincoln Square Censored: Our team was blocked from uploading real-time protest footage and shadowbanned across TikTok, Instagram, and X. Our previous protest coverage hit 16 million impressions—our October 17th content received under 100,000.
Corporate News Consolidation: The Skydance merger under David Ellison—with Bari Weiss leading CBS News—consolidates influence across CBS, CNN, Paramount+, HBO Max, and Warner Bros. Discovery. Legacy networks are becoming propaganda arms, laundering half-truths and burying administration corruption.
Elon Musk Throttled Starshield: Musk restricted Starshield speeds used by Ukrainian forces, disabling interceptor drones in a direct attempt to weaken our allies and aid Putin’s imperialist goals.
Fox News Ignores Corruption: Fox News has refused to report on White House corruption, choosing partisan power over public truth.
When oligarchs can control what information we can access, we lose our sovereignty, our elections, and our fundamental freedoms.
Mainstream media bends to corporate power, but Lincoln Square will never bend the knee. We answer 100% to you—our readers and community. Independent media has never been more vital, but we cannot survive or fight back without your support.
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The Choice Ahead
The billionaire class and tech algorithms are actively trying to control the hearts and minds of the American electorate, eroding the credibility of once-trusted media institutions and replacing real journalism with noise.
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In solidarity and truth,
The Lincoln Square Team
So pleased you highlighted Ellison because daddy Ellison has been a major problem within tech industry with his narcissistic behavior in the office, toward shareholders to expand his wealth & power first. Now he and his son own sky dance aka CBS AND CNN. This consumption of media insures that the uber wealthy and conservative elites narrative is parlayed further into US and global homes to insure subservient response from their viewers who they consider to be their serfs.
Sometimes I wonder if Larry Ellison isn’t Elon musk role model for his personal, corporate and political life.