The Last Email

A heartfelt thank you for bearing with me these last few weeks in the lead up and release of my new book, The Day After.

I’ve asked a lot of you these past few weeks — to pre-order it, to help promote it online, and of course, to contend with the barrage of self-promotion. I’m not going to keep doing that indefinitely, because at some point it starts feeling like noise, and that’s not what you signed up for. So today will be my final ask, and then I’ll go back to focusing exclusively on what’s actually happening in this country, which is the reason you signed up for this in the first place.

So why today? Today, Saturday, marks the “official” end of the first week of sales— and the end of the first week that the New York Times uses for its best seller list compilation. A book’s best shot at hitting the list is on week one. The list really shouldn't matter— but as an English major and an author, of course it’s important to me.

But that’s not why I wrote this book, and it’s not why I’ll continue to advocate for its message long after any list is published. I have dedicated my life to doing whatever I can to ensure that we can see a progressive agenda enacted. When the left’s biggest shortfall was its unwillingness to support independent progressive media, I used my platform to advocate for it relentlessly. Now, the moment calls for Democrats who are willing to fight to achieve our goals. I’m now using my platform - and this book - to advocate for that.

So here’s my very, very humble ask.

If you haven’t picked it up yet: now’s the moment, while it’s still fresh and still being talked about.

If you already have: thank you, genuinely — and if you’re willing, a copy for someone else in your life, or a quick review, or just telling one person who hasn’t heard of it, all helps more than you’d think.

None of this works without you, and I don’t say that as a rhetorical flourish. Independent media, the ability to say the things I say on this newsletter and on video without a network telling me to soften them — all of that exists because people like you decided to show up for it.

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Thank you for reading, for showing up, and for putting up with these emails these past few weeks. Back to the regularly scheduled programming.

— Brian