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Max Blumenthal
is the editor-in-chief of The Grayzone and an award-winning journalist and the author of several books, including best-selling Republican Gomorrah, Goliath, The Fifty One Day War, and The Management of Savagery. He has produced print articles for an array of publications, many video reports, and several documentaries, including Killing Gaza.

Sam Husseini
is an independent journalist writing at Substack who has been exposing lies for war for decades and covering the possibility of lab origins of Covid since early 2020. He regularly asks pointed questions at the State Department briefings. He is also founder of VotePact, which advocates people from the left and right pair up, opening the door to victory for an anti-establishment candidate.

Jeremy Kauffman
is the founder of the blockchain-based file-sharing and payment network LBRY, and the former CEO of the adjacent video-sharing platform Odysee. He is also a political activist with the Free State Project as well as a former candidate for U.S. Senate representing the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire.

Jack Mason
is a cultural critic and podcaster. He is the host of The Perfume Nationalist podcast and has been a featured guest on Red Scare, The Bret Easton Ellis podcast, and many other shows that operate at the intersection of culture and politics.

Aaron Maté
is a journalist and producer. He hosts Pushback with Aaron Maté on The Grayzone. In 2019, Maté was awarded the Izzy Award (named after I.F. Stone) for outstanding achievement in independent media for his coverage of Russiagate in The Nation magazine. Previously, he was a host/producer for The Real News and Democracy Now!

Geoff Shullenberger
is the managing editor of Compact Magazine and the host of the Outsider Theory podcast. He has written for several publications including American Affairs and the Washington Examiner.

Meg Smaker
is an American documentary filmmaker, editor, and producer known for the documentary shorts Boxeadora and Methel Island and especially for her feature documentary Jihad Rehab, (later retitled The UnRedacted), and the controversy surrounding it. Her films have won several awards.

Michael Tracey
is an independent journalist writing for Substack. He has worked with Reason, Vice, and The Young Turks as well as made appearances on Tucker Carlson Tonight. His work has led him to cover major events from the 2012 and 2016 presidential campaigns to the 2011 Occupy Wall Street protests and the 2020 George Floyd riots.

Clint Russell
is the host of Liberty Lockdown. He was an entrepreneur and real estate investor that retired in his mid-30’s to dedicate himself to speaking out against the lockdowns and the rapidly increasing loss of liberty in America.

Thaddeus Russell
is a historian and the author of A Renegade History of the United States. He is also the host of the interview podcast Unregistered as well as the founder of the alternative education platform Unregistered Academy.