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Folks,
 
Let me tell you a secret...
 
Reporting on real stories of struggle, injustice, and corruption that are overwhelmingly ignored sometimes feels like it's all for nothing. The corruption isn't changing quick enough, the status quo stays in place unbent.
 
Then there's periods like the last 24 hours: it started when I received a text message that Florida congressional candidate Tim Canova, who is once again challenging Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz—this time as an independent—won a lawsuit against Broward County Florida's Supervisor of Elections for her illegal destruction of the 2016 Democratic Primary ballots. The Supervisor, Brenda Snipes was...SHOCKINGLY...an ally of, say it with me now....DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ.
 
We don't know what will come of Canova's court victory, but it's refreshing to see the legal system actually work for non-corrupt, bought-off people. 
 
WATCH my interview with Tim after the decision:

Debbie Wasserman Schultz Opponent Tim Canova WINS Ballot Destruction Lawsuit

AND JUST HOURS LATER, I learned that one of the pipelines I covered in-the-field last week—the Atlantic Coast Pipeline—had construction HALTED by a Federal Appeals Court! 
 
Disgustingly, Dominion Energy, which has paid off the Federal Energy Regulatory Commissioner as well as most of Virginia's politicians, was approved to put the pipeline and its MASSIVE compressor station—which would emit methane, benzene, carbon, and other contaminants—right in the backyard of Union Hill Baptist Church, which is an historic black church where former freed slaves are buried. Because, why not dump a pipeline and compressor station in a poor, 85 percent black community, right?
 
Hearing the news was surreal for me because I was literally just on the road interviewing affected residents and the church's Pastor. I thought there was a shot at stopping the pipeline, but I didn't think it would be stopped in a matter of days. 
 
WATCH my powerful interview with John Laury, who comes from a family lineage of slaves. The compressor station was set to be dumped in his backyard.

THIS is What Environmental Racism Looks Like

AND my interview with Union Hill Baptist Church Pastor Paul Wilson. The church has former slaves buried on its grounds. The pipeline and compressor station was going to be built right next to it.
 

Big Oil Lying to Ram Pipeline Compressor Station Through Historic Black Church

AND my interview with residents and Pastor Paul to get their reaction to construction being HALTED.

BREAKING: Atlantic Coast Pipeline Halted By Federal Appeals Court

I want to thank many of you, who made my reporting trip to Virginia and West Virginia possible last week. 385 of you have become paid Patrons, helping me to cover the stories CORPORATE MEDIA WON'T TOUCH. And many more contributed via Paypal while I was on the road, helping me to have a bed to sleep, food in my belly, and gas in the car (I'd prefer electric!). 
 
I FIRMLY BELIEVE there's a huge need and demand for real reporting on the Disappearing Middle Class, environmental genocide and racism, and rampant corruption and legalized bribery throughout America. I believe a media network can and will be built that will send MANY REPORTERS out in the field to cover the stories like Union Hill while there's still a chance to make a difference.
 
The question is, are you willing to help me build it? 
 
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As always, remember: MOST PEOPLE AREN'T LACKING COMPASSION...MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON!
 
Jordan
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