CounterStory Media
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We exist to audit the narrative through the power of personal narrative and factual independent journalism.
Two detainees were brought on board a US Navy vessel... Shipboard personnel followed standing protocol and code to capture video and photo documentation of the onboarding of these individuals, and then were given the dubious order to delete that footage.
EXCLUSIVE: US Navy DELETED ALL EVIDENCE of October Boat Attack Survivors
Leaked document reveals effort to coverup aftermath of Oct 17 strike
www.blueamp.co
December 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Two detainees were brought on board a US Navy vessel... Shipboard personnel followed standing protocol and code to capture video and photo documentation of the onboarding of these individuals, and then were given the dubious order to delete that footage.
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Now THAT’S a Project I can support!! 👊
November 6, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Now THAT’S a Project I can support!! 👊
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Democrats win when they connect their values to lived experience. When they show up for working people, mock cruelty without mocking voters, and expose Trump’s incompetence as a clown act—but not “he’s stupid,” though it’s hard not to say that sometimes.
Hardball Heat: Trump’s Meltdown, Aftyn’s Momentum & Habba’s Humiliation
A recap of my Hardball appearance — where we talked Trump’s vengeance, Aftyn Behn’s authentic rise, and the court ruling that exposed Alina Habba as a total phony.
www.blueamp.co
December 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Democrats win when they connect their values to lived experience. When they show up for working people, mock cruelty without mocking voters, and expose Trump’s incompetence as a clown act—but not “he’s stupid,” though it’s hard not to say that sometimes.
Required reading for today:
Gary Berntsen: Traitor or Tireless Hero?
Martin Rodil and Gary Berntsen: The Dynamic Duo Driving the US to War
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Required reading for today:
Those of us with privilege bear a grave responsibility, and morality demands that we meet it in this moment.
If you are white, middle-class, straight… let it be known who you are and what your beliefs are. People need to see white people making their stance abundantly clear, right out front.
~m
If you are white, middle-class, straight… let it be known who you are and what your beliefs are. People need to see white people making their stance abundantly clear, right out front.
~m
April 16, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Those of us with privilege bear a grave responsibility, and morality demands that we meet it in this moment.
If you are white, middle-class, straight… let it be known who you are and what your beliefs are. People need to see white people making their stance abundantly clear, right out front.
~m
If you are white, middle-class, straight… let it be known who you are and what your beliefs are. People need to see white people making their stance abundantly clear, right out front.
~m
I WAS NOT PAID TO PARTICIPATE IN THE APRIL 5, 2025 “HANDS OFF” DEMONSTRATION IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
April 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I WAS NOT PAID TO PARTICIPATE IN THE APRIL 5, 2025 “HANDS OFF” DEMONSTRATION IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
I'm a writer. I text my friends like this sometimes. What's life without a little whimsy?
“I’ll be 10 min late sorry!!!”
-ashamed
-fragile
-unreliable
“A thousand apologies. The relentless slog of time has overtaken my faculties.”
-powerful
-commanding
-honest
-ashamed
-fragile
-unreliable
“A thousand apologies. The relentless slog of time has overtaken my faculties.”
-powerful
-commanding
-honest
April 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I'm a writer. I text my friends like this sometimes. What's life without a little whimsy?
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This is incredibly alarming.
Canadian 'American Pie' Star Speaks Out After She Was Detained By ICE For 12 Days
This is very alarming.
www.comicsands.com
March 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This is incredibly alarming.
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We will have no kings in America.
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March 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
We will have no kings in America.
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Protest today… let’s go!
March 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Protest today… let’s go!
I have included, on my site, a readable copy of the current issue of The New Papers, as well as the downloadable PDF so you can print and drop them in coffeeshops, libraries, bookstores, anywhere people gather. (There is a pw to access the paper within this piece.)
open.substack.com/pub/counters...
open.substack.com/pub/counters...
March 21, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I have included, on my site, a readable copy of the current issue of The New Papers, as well as the downloadable PDF so you can print and drop them in coffeeshops, libraries, bookstores, anywhere people gather. (There is a pw to access the paper within this piece.)
open.substack.com/pub/counters...
open.substack.com/pub/counters...
Today’s prescription: weeding out the garden beds, meeting a new tiny friend, and being delighted in finding a pot full o’clover this St Pats weekend.
March 15, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Today’s prescription: weeding out the garden beds, meeting a new tiny friend, and being delighted in finding a pot full o’clover this St Pats weekend.
I had a few of you ask for the recording of my live storytelling when it came out… here’s the video version.
Zoom to 16:25 for my set, or turn on the whole thing and just listen. There are some great storytellers in here!
youtu.be/ixhgqFTb2QU?...
Zoom to 16:25 for my set, or turn on the whole thing and just listen. There are some great storytellers in here!
youtu.be/ixhgqFTb2QU?...
Story Exchange at Push
YouTube video by WHRO Public Media
youtu.be
March 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I had a few of you ask for the recording of my live storytelling when it came out… here’s the video version.
Zoom to 16:25 for my set, or turn on the whole thing and just listen. There are some great storytellers in here!
youtu.be/ixhgqFTb2QU?...
Zoom to 16:25 for my set, or turn on the whole thing and just listen. There are some great storytellers in here!
youtu.be/ixhgqFTb2QU?...
Pick any (or all!) of these postcard designs to write your elected representative!
Order here: flood-their-mailboxes.printify.me
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March 12, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Pick any (or all!) of these postcard designs to write your elected representative!
Order here: flood-their-mailboxes.printify.me
Order here: flood-their-mailboxes.printify.me
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Funny, how "I will fix things on day one" quickly became "Please, please give me NINE MONTHS to show any signs of progress!!!"
March 9, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Funny, how "I will fix things on day one" quickly became "Please, please give me NINE MONTHS to show any signs of progress!!!"
“To have contracted the flu (and potentially Covid) during this time has made for the most out-of-body experience, and the constant stream of news was [by design] insane and unrelenting.
It felt like our nation was every bit as sick as I was.”
It felt like our nation was every bit as sick as I was.”
Fever Dream
The first six weeks of dystopian nightmare
open.substack.com
March 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
“To have contracted the flu (and potentially Covid) during this time has made for the most out-of-body experience, and the constant stream of news was [by design] insane and unrelenting.
It felt like our nation was every bit as sick as I was.”
It felt like our nation was every bit as sick as I was.”
“The people want a faith and temporarily respond to the dynastic implications of the President’s name. "Our Father, which art in the White House…””
counterstorymedia.substack.com/p/our-father...
counterstorymedia.substack.com/p/our-father...
March 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
“The people want a faith and temporarily respond to the dynastic implications of the President’s name. "Our Father, which art in the White House…””
counterstorymedia.substack.com/p/our-father...
counterstorymedia.substack.com/p/our-father...
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Happy post-blackout Saturday
March 1, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Happy post-blackout Saturday
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Governor Walz has it right. I miss hearing his plain, common sense talk.
March 1, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Governor Walz has it right. I miss hearing his plain, common sense talk.
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We will never be a monarchy. Know that. To quote the LOTR trilogy: Gondor has no king. Gondor needs no king.
March 1, 2025 at 3:20 AM
We will never be a monarchy. Know that. To quote the LOTR trilogy: Gondor has no king. Gondor needs no king.
Absolutely humiliating day for America.
For the record, Trump does not speak for us. The majority of Americans are as horrified and disgusted as the rest of the world.
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
For the record, Trump does not speak for us. The majority of Americans are as horrified and disgusted as the rest of the world.
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
March 1, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Absolutely humiliating day for America.
For the record, Trump does not speak for us. The majority of Americans are as horrified and disgusted as the rest of the world.
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
For the record, Trump does not speak for us. The majority of Americans are as horrified and disgusted as the rest of the world.
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
New special podcast episode. Catch it on all major platforms under “The Light at the Other Side”, or on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/counters...
February 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
New special podcast episode. Catch it on all major platforms under “The Light at the Other Side”, or on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/counters...