re: Daily Kos had to go to court. Here's why (Important: please read)

Friend, I want to make sure you saw my email from earlier in the week. Anti-vaccine zealot Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been pushing a frivolous lawsuit against Daily Kos for over two years. Kennedy has a family fortune that could keep this suit going on indefinitely, but Daily Kos is a small, independent news outlet and we're not immune to the pressures bearing down on the news media. Things are very difficult for news outlets everywhere—even storied outlets with billionaire backers like the Washington Post have had to make [hundreds of cuts recently](—and so fighting this suit at this moment in time is a huge drain on our resources. [Daily Kos doesn't have billionaire backers or big corporate sponsors. Over half our income comes from small donations from readers and activists like you. Please, if you haven't already, donate $5 now to help offset the cost of fighting this frivolous lawsuit brought by anti-vaxx quack RFK Jr.]( [DONATE]( Thank you again, Michael Langenmayr, Daily Kos --------------------------------------------------------------- Big news, friend: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has finally stopped pretending to be a Democrat after running an [antisemitic](, [anti-Ukraine](, [anti-vaxx]( campaign against President Biden in the presidential primary. Now he's running as an independent and [courting]( right-wing megabillionaire Elon Musk. Oh, did I say "big news?" I meant "totally predictable news that everyone saw coming." What else would you expect from a guy being promoted by Trump mastermind [Steve Bannon](? Here's why I'm writing to you about it now: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been pursuing a frivolous lawsuit against Daily Kos to get us to unmask a pseudonymous community writer on our site. We've had to fight this in courts in both New York and California over the past two years. Fighting this suit is expensive and, while Kennedy has a family fortune upon which he can draw, Daily Kos doesn't. We are an independent, progressive outlet. We don't have billionaire backers or big corporate sponsors. We have hundreds of thousands of readers and activists like you who donate a few bucks at a time to support our work. [Daily Kos needs your help. Please donate $5 now to help offset the cost of fighting this frivolous lawsuit brought by anti-vaxx quack RFK Jr.]( [DONATE]( Thank you, Michael Langenmayr, Daily Kos If you wish to donate by mail instead, please send a check to Daily Kos, PO Box 70036, Oakland, CA, 94612. Contributions to Daily Kos are not tax deductible. Sent via [ActionNetwork.org](. To update your email address, change your name or address, or to stop receiving emails from Daily Kos, please [click here](.