It's going to be a nail-biter, and we really need to see donations from this specific ask coming in strong if we're going to get there. You're here for reporting like that, not fundraising, but one cannot exist without the other, and it's vitally important that we hit our intimidating $390,000 number in online donations by June 30.Īnd we hope you might consider pitching in before moving on to whatever it is you're about to do next. We also touch on our history and how our nonprofit model makes Mother Jones different than most of the news out there: Letting us go deep, focus on underreported beats, and bring unique perspectives to the day's news. It's The New Normal," we explain, as matter-of-factly as we can, what exactly our finances look like, why this moment is particularly urgent, and how we can best communicate that without screaming OMG PLEASE HELP over and over. That's the Next New Thing.Īnd it's what MoJo and our community of readers have been doing for 47 years now. Bottom line: Journalism that serves the people needs the support of the people. In " News Never Pays," our fearless CEO, Monika Bauerlein, connects the dots on several concerning media trends that, taken together, expose the fallacy behind the tragic state of journalism right now: That the marketplace will take care of providing the free and independent press citizens in a democracy need, and the Next New Thing to invest millions in will fix the problem. We'll also be quite transparent and level-headed with you about this. There is no wiggle room, we've already cut everything we can, and we urgently need more readers to pitch in-especially from this specific blurb you're reading right now. We have a considerable $390,000 gap in our online fundraising budget that we have to close by June 30. Shortly after the Sanders’ campaign call ended, the Clinton camp announced its own call with reporters to discuss Clinton’s “commanding delegate lead and her path ahead to earn the Democratic nomination.”īy signing up, you agree to our privacy policy and terms of use, and to receive messages from Mother Jones and our partners. Meanwhile, the Clinton campaign is also expressing optimism that its candidate will secure the nomination. The campaign was optimistic that it would overtake Clinton’s pledged delegate lead-she is currently ahead 1,243 to 975, with 2,383 delegates needed to clinch the Democratic nomination-and that there are dozens of superdelegates who support Sanders, but have yet to go public. Going forward, the Sanders campaign said it would compete in all upcoming contests, including Wisconsin on April 5, New York on April 19, California on June 7, and even in Washington, DC, the final Democratic contest on June 14. They competed in all five states on 3/15. This line from Devine has been pretty well picked apart already /zCBjMwpGClĬlinton campaign staffers quickly tweeted out their own rebuttals. This line of reasoning was quickly challenged by reporters on Twitter. Clinton, Devine argued, “has emerged as a weak front-runner.” “Where we compete with Clinton, where this competition is real, we have a very good chance of beating her in every place that we compete with her.”ĭevine named eight states where he said the Sanders campaign did not compete with a big presence on the ground or much on-air advertising: Texas, Alabama, Virginia, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia, and Arkansas. “Her grasp now on the nomination is almost entirely on the basis of victories where Bernie Sanders did not compete,” said senior strategist Tad Devine. The campaign was willing to write off big losses in many southern states as part of its strategy of focusing on winning a majority in as many states as possible, rather than capturing as many delegates as possible in states it wouldn’t win. The crux of the campaign’s argument for why it can overtake Clinton in the remaining contests is that the Sanders campaign does very well in states where it chooses to compete. “We are certainly in this to win it,” said Weaver, “and there is a path to do so.” That can happen, they said, both by winning more pledged delegates and by gaining the support of more superdelegates, the 712 party leaders who are free to support the candidate of their choosing at the party’s nominating convention. Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver made that statement on a conference call with reporters on Monday, during which top aides argued that Sanders can still overcome Clinton’s delegate lead in the Democratic primary contest. Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Īfter sweeping victories in three contests over the weekend, Bernie Sanders’ campaign has a message for Hillary Clinton: “Reports of our death are greatly exaggerated.”
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