Why Your Support Matters — A Year-End Note

On independent reporting, reader support, and the year ahead for Just the Facts

As the year comes to a close, I want to take a moment to thank everyone who reads Just the Facts and supports the work in different ways.

Over the past year, Just the Facts has continued to grow, not just in readership but in scope. Many of you arrived through coverage of specific stories — security failures surrounding the attempted assassinations of Donald Trump, government censorship, the fentanyl crisis, Big Pharma misconduct, the JFK files, or developments in the ongoing scandal of pediatric transgender medicine. Others found your way here through longer-running investigations or opinion pieces that did not sit comfortably within the confines of legacy media narratives.

What has not changed is the nature of this newsletter. Just the Facts does not limit itself to a single beat. It focuses on stories that fall between the cracks of mainstream coverage — not because they are unimportant, but often because they are inconvenient, complex, or resistant to easy framing. My work will continue to emphasize depth over speed and evidence over narrative. The goal is not to chase attention, but to pursue reporting that holds up over time — even when it is inconvenient to institutions, uncomfortable for those in power, or out of step with conventional wisdom.

What has changed is the structure of the newsletter itself. Just the Facts is no longer entirely free. There are now paid subscribers and founding members, and I am grateful to those of you who have made that commitment — especially in an environment crowded with excellent Substacks competing for both attention and support. Your decision is not abstract to me. It directly underwrites reporting time, large-scale primary source analysis, and sustained follow-up research.

Although I am collaborating with my wife, Trisha Posner, on an ambitious book experiment involving AI, I am not working on a traditionally published book in the coming year. In practical terms, that means paid subscriptions now serve the same role that book advances once did: allowing me to pursue complex investigations where outcomes are uncertain, reporting is time-consuming, and the subjects often involve government corruption or corporate greed. I am currently chasing several leads that I believe merit sustained independent scrutiny alongside — and at times in contrast to — existing media coverage.

Long-time subscribers know that Just the Facts does not operate on a fixed publication schedule. That is by design. Some leads take weeks or months to develop. Others collapse entirely after appearing promising at the outset. Independent reporting often requires committing time and resources without any guarantee of a publishable result. The consequence is stretches of a week or two without a new post, followed by periods — like earlier this month — when several pieces appear in rapid succession.

My one fixed commitment is a monthly Ask Me Anything live chat for paid subscribers; the first took place last week. Paid subscribers also receive unlimited access to my archive of several hundred articles, including op-eds published in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Forbes, Newsweek, and the New York Post. New reporting remains free but is paywalled after 21 days.

Tips from readers continue to be an important source of reporting leads. Whistleblowers can contact me via encrypted email at Berggasse19@protonmail.com or on Signal at 917-300-9834. Response times vary with deadlines, but I do read and respond. For general feedback or story suggestions, you can reach me through Substack.

Outside of Just the Facts, I continue to post daily updates on X. Trisha — author of the international bestseller The Pharmacist of Auschwitz and founder of the nonprofit Antisemitism Watch — also shares her daily commentary on X, and occasionally publishes on her Substack, No More Nice Jewish Girl .

Looking ahead for 2026, I remain committed to journalism that values patience, skepticism, and sustained attention. I am grateful to readers who understand that this kind of work is neither fast nor easy — and who choose to support it because they believe careful, independent reporting still matters.

Thank you for reading and making this work possible.

Wishing you a healthy and safe New Year,
Gerald Posner