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    07 October 22 Live on the homepage now! Reader Supported News ONE GOOD MONTH IS APPARENTLY ONE GOOD JOKE — When we said our goal for October was our first good fundraiser of the year, we thought that would be viewed as reasonable and at least somewhat inspirational. Instead people appear to view is as a joke. We are not joking. You know you are coming to an organization relies 100% on public support. Take that seriously. Please. Marc Ash • Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation!   FOCUS: Steven Donziger | The Most Terrifying Case of All Is About to Be Heard by the US Supreme Court Steven Donziger, Guardian UK Donziger writes: "If the court upholds the rogue ‘Independent State Legislature’ theory, it would put the US squarely on the path to authoritarianism." If the court upholds the rogue ‘Independent State Legislature’ theory, it would put the US squarely on the path to authoritarianism I t is well-known that intense competition between democracy, ...

I am so happy to connect again and so deeply grateful for your support. I write to update you on an astounding development in the media world. A new commercial made by Oscar-nominated director Adam McKay that mocks Chevron is racing around the world with over 5 million views online. McKay, who directed  The Big Short  and  Don’t Look Up , probably just made the first truthful commercial about Chevron in history. The tagline at the end has a voiceover from a Chevron spokesperson saying to the American public:  “It’s hard to comprehend how little we give a f*ck about you.” I probably get what that means as much as anybody in the world. This spoof commercial was released on the eve of the one-year anniversary of my sentencing by Judge Preska to six months in jail after Chevron spent decades retaliating against me for helping Indigenous peoples and farmer communities win a $9.5 billion pollution judgment against the company. To this day, Chevron would rather spe...

 

  I am thrilled to write you with some exciting news. First, let me again express my gratitude to each of you for the support as I enter the sixth month of my post-detention life. Last week, a prominent group of US attorneys led by Professor Stephen Vladeck of the University of Texas School of Law filed an extraordinary petition before the US Supreme Court seeking to overturn my unjust contempt “conviction” where I was prosecuted by a Chevron law firm after helping Amazon communities win a historic $9.5 billion pollution case against the company. The contempt case was filed by a Chevron-connected judge after the charges were rejected by the regular federal prosecutor. The contempt case against me was the first corporate prosecution in US history. I am determined to make it the last. My filing to the Supreme Court –  which can be read here  – is a critical step toward both achieving that objective and holding Chevron fully accountable for what is an outrageous assault...