Contents 1Endorsements for In this situation, the local party newspapers were the only corporeal or institutional form that the parties had in many communities. Davidson, Philip. There is a serious effort underway to save local news, as shown by the Knight Foundations recent $300 million, five-year commitment, and our research shows yet another reason to prioritize these efforts. He's been a reliable thorn in the side of Boris Johnson; and if there's one thing Johnson's side will desperately require over the next 5 years, it's thorns", "Ex-minister: Don't give Boris a majority or he'll push through no-deal", "Hugh Grant surprises voters by door-knocking with Lib Dem candidate", "General election: Former Tory PM John Major endorses candidates running against Johnson's party", "John Major gives his backing to Tory rebel candidates", "Politicians get endless criticism, little praise; I'm immensely grateful to those with principles, courage, & independent minds. No-Deal ERG Brexiteer Theresa Villiers! Speaker of the House Henry Clay tried to start his own Washington paper but failed, relying instead on a network of papers back home in the Ohio Valley and the partial support of the National Intelligencer, the major organ of the Jefferson and Madison administrations. Refer to each styles convention regarding the best way to format page numbers and retrieval dates. Vote Labour.uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-election-poll-icm/johnsons-conservatives-see-lead-over-labour-narrow-to-7-points-icm-poll-idUKKBN1XZ22D ", "Unions tell Labour it got it wrong and it's time to move on from Remain", "Soldarity Trade Union - 25/11/2019 - Unions line up behind Labour Manifesto", "The difference is, if Labour wins, a few people will get a bit annoyed. Blair became one of nineteenth-century Washington's preeminent political figures, spanning decades and administrations much like the lawyer-lobbyist-fixers of the twentieth century. The new campaign money flowed especially into the newspaper business. A local who started as a Councillor in Sale and worked his way up, becoming the Leader of Trafford. William Duane, Radical Journalist in the Age of Jefferson. The Adams administration tried to crush this network with the Alien and Sedition Acts in 1798, but the attempt backfired. This latter practice allowed a host of small weekly newspapers, each with a circulation from a few hundred to a few thousand, to form together a kind of national network. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1992. t.co/SrwBytlfZm", "LABOUR VOTERS OF ESHER *YOU* have the chance to get rid of Dominic Raab and seriously impede both BJ's prospect of getting a majority AND his chances of getting anything done even if he does get a majority. Fax: (408) 938-7766 t.co/V1wuRDEsiz", "That's why we were proud to spend our weekend campaigning for two brilliant pro-#FinalSay women: @RosieDuffield1 & @EmmaWhysall #FFS t.co/BS8wVjaE2R", "This election is bigger than party politics, so join us on 1 December to campaign for Labour candidate @RosieDuffield1. Similar observations could be made not just about parties, but about political associations of all kinds, including religious groups, moral reform movements, ethnic communities, and even the Cherokee Nation. Anything else will split the vote in #GE2019 t.co/Pbr80JjjKY", "Amber Rudd joins fellow Tory rebel David Gauke on campaign trail", "The (Night)Mayor Before Christmas (with Rory Stewart)", "Victory for the t.co/p8LEuOp6Qs Deselection campaign, as the South West Herts Conservative Association ditch pathetic Remainer David Gauke for true Leaver @GaganMohindra. Vote, and Vote Corbyn! The Independent National Electoral Commission says the growing number of political parties may pose challenges for the commission in the 2019 general elections. ", "WATCH | Bishop Auckland MP @HelenGoodmanMP is trying to trick her 61% Leave-voting seat into thinking she hasn't been trying to stop Brexit. Newspaper endorsements in the 1900 United States presidential election t.co/kO2coFArA3", "We agree with @BestForBritain that anyone in #bishopauckland who wants to avert a disastrous hard Brexit should back @HelenGoodmanMP With tactical voting in key seats across the country we win a #PeoplesVote on the 12th December. In Scotland, the Scottish Editions of ALL the papers mentioned in the other answers support the LibLabCon Unionist coalition against Scotlands i Thomas Ritchie's Enquirer threw in its support, and a new Jackson journal, the United States Telegraph, appeared in Washington. Luciana is the ONLY way to stop Boris Johnson. As newspapers have seen revenues from digital advertising grow in recent years, they have experienced a sharp decline in their total advertising revenues. Vote Welsh Labour for #RealChange across all our communities on Thursday, 12 December. For example, evangelical Christians tend to identify as conservative Republicans, but recent work shows that partisans actually sort themselves into the religious affiliation that matches their politics. #GE2019 @Femi_Sorry t.co/HV8nFTBU1t", "Great to have the support of actor and Battersea resident @PaapaEssiedu today. Critical Studies in Mass Communication 4 (1987): 376422. And well done @LibDems who have pulled out of @LukePollard seat in Plymouth to campaign for her and give him a freer run. Literally. t.co/0nHJMlsVcn", "General election: SNP's Kenny MacAskill just got an invaluable endorsement", "Hello all my fellow East Grinstead folks. Vote for @AndrewGeorge_! Which British newspaper is the least biased? According to actual polls, The Independent. Which I suppose is quite fitting, isnt it? Razem podziela wartoci Labour! Why cannot modern democracies Vote smart! Facebook and Google aggregate and distribute news content which helps publishers reach news consumers, but they also serve as news publishers greatest I'm not voting for Swindon, I'm voting for a LibDem in Harrogate in order to make it one less Tory MP! Smith, Culver H. The Press, Politics, and Patronage: The American Government's Use of Newspapers, 17891875. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1969. This is a seat where I have to put country before party and therefore recommend voting Conservative", "Sinn Fein have declared their support for Lady Hermon. While a constitutional and public commitment to a free press on its own will not ensure the future economic viability of local news, public intervention can help sustain and support strong, independent media for every community in the U.S. Click here to read the full report, Local journalism in crisis: Why America must revive its local newsrooms.. @OFOCBrexit @EW4EU @ElmbridgeBC t.co/CUZHGgfwyO", "He won't get my vote. Most online reference entries and articles do not have page numbers. Subscribe. Phillips, Kim Tousley. . 10 in shock admission of defeat", "I was very pleased to. I and everyone else in Lambeth should vote (Labour! If you live in the constituency and don't want a Tory majority, you need to #VoteTactically! It's time for change #AltrinchamSaleWest #Labour t.co/Qc4Bp7C4wa", "Full list of 60 'Remain alliance' seats revealed as Lib Dems, Greens and Plaid Cymru agree pact to stop Brexit", "THE RENEW PARTY TO STAND DOWN IN KEY UNITE TO REMAIN SEATS", "So how are we all voting? I'm voting for her again. Alexander, John K. The Selling of the Constitutional Convention: A History of News Coverage. The People's Voice: An Annotated Bibliography of American Presidential Campaign Newspapers, 18281984. By and large: The Guardian leans heavily to the left( Liberal and Labour. The Daily Mirror is solid Labour. The Sun, principally Conservative. The New York: Norton, 1973. "1800 as a Revolution in Political Culture: Newspapers, Celebrations, Democratization, and Voting in the Early Republic."
Lists of newspaper endorsements in United States Despite their focus on news reporting, the new mass-circulation papers that emerged in the 1830sthe so-called penny presswere just as partisan as the party journals, and often much more so because their financial independence from party politics relieved their publishers of any real accountability for their editorial policies. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1941. #labourdoorstep @UKLabour t.co/82Qva50djQ", "Let's make this the election where women get heard. It's up to you", "Harry Dunn's parents urge voters to unseat Dominic Raab in general election", "Live: Hugh Grant out canvassing in Walton with Lib Dems", "Good on @monicabeharding, standing against Raab. You can donate to the crowd-funder to help fund campaigns for this election here: t.co/r94g9hXQzX", "Why we're backing Jen Forbes in Truro & Falmouth", "HUMANS OF EARTH, HEED MY PARTY POLITICAL BROADCAST! New York: Greenwood Press, 1987. Leary, Lewis. Journalism History 1 (1974): 2023. "Our, Hearst, William Randolph The only possible answer is given by PM Jim Hacker in the immortal TV series Yes, Prime Minister(1986) in conversation with his Cabinet Secretary Heres what it might look like: 28% Labor (working class center-left) 21% Conservative (traditional-right, pre-Trump) 19% Nationalist (basically Trump) 12% Acela Party (socially liberal, globalist, fiscally centrist) 10% Green (basically AOC) Save to Favorites. However, the date of retrieval is often important. ", "Why we're backing Simon Letts in Southampton Itchen", "Team #FFS are proud to be out campaigning for Daisy Cooper in St Albans today.
Political Advertising on Social Media Platforms - American Bar People at the time were deeply impressed with what the Republican press network was able to accomplish, often flatly attributing to the newspapers not only Jefferson's victory, but also some kind of deeper democratic awakening of the people to the defense and exercise of their rights. For Frank Field (Birkenhead Social Justice Party): On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Continue reading with a Scientific American subscription. Called on voters to write "world socialism" on their ballot outside the two constituencies contested. The Brexit Party has lost wind since the Conservatives have moved closer to Nigel Farages position. WebNewspapers filled the party system's many gaps, providing a fabric that held the parties together between elections and conventions, connected voters and activists to the larger The phenomenon that were catching here is that search engines are working as theyre designed to theyre supposed to surface the most fresh, recent, relevant news articles. #GE2019 @Femi_Sorry t.co/GSf1ZTb6Al", "This is absolutely disgraceful and shows @andreajenkyns cares nothing for our teaching assistants that literally keep schools running.
Had Multiple Political Parties Publisher who created mass-circulation newspapers that strongly affected government policy No. None at all. And thats not just the UK, thats anywhere in the world. The nearest youll get is the Financial Times, whose customers demand in Vote smart. Understanding exactly the role that newspaper editors played in his campaigns, Jackson publicly expressed his gratitude to the newspapers that supported him by appointing at least seventy journalists to federal offices and allowing several key editors to play crucial roles in his administration. The Commercialization of News in the Nineteenth Century. But i don't live there and so I will be voting for Labour. t.co/mpRWwW4xAq", "Stockport's Labour MP for over 25 years throws support behind Lib Dem candidate", "I'm honoured to have the support of Steve Kemp, former General Secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers, in my bid to be re-elected as MP for Stoke-on-Trent North and Kidsgrove. And it is only these 3 sitting MPs that can keep North, South & East Belfast from falling into the hands of nationalists. What about all youse? In the 2016 election, not a single state elected a Senator from one party and cast its electoral college votes for the opposite-party presidential candidate. I'm proud to support her and call her my friend. If you can support her fighting fund, please chip in here", "Lovely to meet @GurjitBains today who is standing to be the next MP for Walsall South. The country needs MPs like these. Digital advertising, in other words, makes up a growing share of a shrinking pie. unsubstantiated and false claims. We found no differences this time, indicating that the loss of the paper itself likely caused the changes we observed in voting behavior. Between 2008 and 2018, the newspaper industry experienced a 68% drop advertising revenue.2, if ( ! - Vote by DiEM25 members", "DSA endorses Labour Party/Jeremy Corbyn in upcoming UK Elections", "Terrorist body JKLF's letter of support to Labour Party further alienates its member", "Opiera si na wartociach przywiecajcych wszystkim progresywnym siom i wszystkim tym, ktrym szczeglnie ley na sercu dobro marginalizowanych grup spoecznych. For me, Daniel's record locally and nationally was the key. Help us: t.co/shZPpwAX5A t.co/7mstkmsdD7", "General Election: Greens standing aside in Chingford and Woodford Green", "Tactical voting now the only way to stop the horror of a Johnson landslide", "Hugh Grant joins Luciana Berger on doorsteps as he campaigns for anti-Brexit result", "@DaveRowntree @LibDems @UKLabour @peoplesvote_uk It depends for example in Esher, people should vote Lib Dem to get Dominic Raab out. More Americans say they trust congressional Democrats over Trump to handle the nations gun laws, 51 percent to 36 percent, with independents siding with Save Your Local Newspaper, Audible reckoning: How top political podcasters spread RT to let others know you're backing me: #ReElectRuth t.co/AoH2mnhFzO", "Yes definitely backing you @RuthSmeeth You're a fantastic MP and the UK needs a Labour Govt", "Been out in the wind & rain for you @HelenV_Thompson #Streatham Even missed #Holby! I'm urging everyone to vote for @AndrewHWestern. At the same time, American voters and political elites are more polarized than ever. While the two companies account for 58% of digital advertising revenue nationally, the two companies account for 77% in local marketssqueezing local news publishers.3, Aggressive cost-cutting pursued by some the nations largest local newspaper holding companies is also to blame for the local news crisis that confronts thousands of communities across the U.S.
Governance Help mobilise young people in key swing seats: t.co/shZPpwAX5A t.co/aJjA94YRSx", "If you want your vote to matter in Wells (Somerset) and you don't fancy Boris Johnson's child-abusing (literal sense) secretary as your MP You need to #VoteTactically for @TessaMunt! ", "General election: Fight for a Corbyn-led Labour government! See alsoAlien and Sedition Acts; Democratic Republicans; Federalist Papers; Federalists; Newspapers; Printers . That seem right to you? It's going to be a good one! Encouraged readers to vote for "pro-referendum, progressive" candidates in order to stop a Conservative majority. As newspapers continue to close, these dynamics are likely to get worse. What is the Necessity of a political party for a democracy? March 16, 2019, 5:00 PM EDT. This isn't about policies. Hundreds would serve in Congress, and thousands more in positions from postmaster and state legislator to the highest posts in the land. Advocated voting for "candidates who can defeat the Tories" where Labour can't win. t.co/bSC3UUN57T", "Vote Labour in Uxbridge and rid us of the toxic, self serving, arrogant, over privileged liar who feels above the law and will destroy our NHS, social care, schools, rights t.co/5mYqvB2RlL", "hey uxbridge gang, want to unseat a prime minister who refuses to address the climate crisis? Vote tactical. #GE2019 t.co/DPiGdXXdw1", "Last visit of the day in Hertfordshire South West. #VoteTactically. Cite this article Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography. Explore our digital archive back to 1845, including articles by more than 150 Nobel Prize winners. James Gordon Bennett (17951872), in many ways the father of modern journalism, shaped the American newsp, The State of the Industry. An additional analysis increased our confidence in our findings. One reason for this is obvious: party politics requires communication with the electorate, and newspapers and other products of the printing press were the most significant means available technologically in this period. Don't just think of the party, think of the individual candidates:https://new.womensequality.org.uk/crossparty", "The Lib Dems should stand down completely in Canterbury | Sandi Toksvig", "Please north Ayrshire, love yourself enough to vote for @Dr_PhilippaW when the time comes in December xxxx", "Dear Labour voters of Chelsea and Fulham, do this for your country. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 2001. . Though always remaining close, the media-politics relationship nevertheless changed a great deal over that period. Encyclopedias almanacs transcripts and maps. I know @UKLabour second last time but the anti-Semitism and general views re Corbyn mean she is the best placed pre @peoplesvote_uk candidate. Vote @EmmaWhysall! We urge everyone to #VoteLabour tomorrow t.co/pDoG7Gpagl", "Editorial: What Elections Mean Socialist Party of Great Britain", "This is the most important election in modern history it's time to take sides", "gal-dem is backing Labour for survival and happiness", "General election 2019: We want you to vote Labour", "In the most important general election for decades, why celebrities & brands can no longer hide their political allegiances - by @nrolah #VoteLabour t.co/4aSIrni3sx t.co/BpPmTXa3tG", "Momentum builds behind Labour campaign - keep up the fight! t.co/XYHa9uhjWY", "@FloEshalomi Welcome Florence, and congratulations on being our new representative. Leonard, Thomas C. The Power of the Press: The Birth of American Political Reporting. That's why we must vote tactically in the Cotswolds and vote #LibDems @cotswolds4eu @abcpoppins t.co/q8Od8YHDQn", "My endorsement of @sarahwollaston in Totnes. Wanna fix it? t.co/qqZ3tj3TGW", "Uxbridge Lib Dems. Over 65 million Americans live in counties with only one local newspaperor none at all.1. Encyclopedia.com gives you the ability to cite reference entries and articles according to common styles from the Modern Language Association (MLA), The Chicago Manual of Style, and the American Psychological Association (APA). Therefore, that information is unavailable for most Encyclopedia.com content. Have youse decided yet? ", "This is unbelievable.. a Labour MP, three weeks before the election, who has absolutely no clue what his own party's position is on Brexit. At the same time, newspapers have seen a longtime source of financial stability and successadvertising dollarsdry up. Banks, real estate speculators, and transportation companies (especially railroads) led the way, seeking land grants, financial aid, lenient laws, and favorable decisions on their interests. He's been a reliable thorn in the side of Boris Johnson; and if there's one thing Johnson's side will desperately require over the next 5 years, it's thorns", "It'd be completely understandable if @LibDems supporters in South West Hertfordshire lent their votes to Independent @DavidGauke It's a tough ask, but there is a chance he can beat the Tory & help deny Johnson a majority, & that has to be the priority now. It was in the National Gazette's pages that the idea of an opposition political party was first floated; when exposed as the National Gazette's sponsor and confronted by President Washington, Jefferson claimed that Freneau's paper had "saved our constitution" from Hamilton. Their bar-chart was hot nonsense, and the electoral maths are that the non-Tory vote should get behind a Labour candidate", Siobhan Thompson, mysterious European heiress [@vornietom], "Hello if you live in my constituency (My MP is famous cunt Jacob Rees-Mogg) this is EXTRA important, even if you wouldn't regularly vote Labour. Stop Boris. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1991. Jefferson, however, could not lead the opposition himself and still remain within the administration or retain his status as a respectable statesman. Party supporters were urged to buy subscriptions (the main way that most newspapers were sold), but this was rarely enough to keep outlets going in every small town. Support Ali. This is an odd election in which party loyalties are in flux, and many people will be voting out of the box as it were. t.co/4wX9y9ziYO", "Keep calm and vote tactically to stop Brexit", "Out campaigning with the fabulous @LouHaigh & her lovely team in Sheffield Heeley. If you #VoteTactially in Eastbourne & Willingdon, you can stop Johnson. Study finds newspaper closures are linked to partisanship. She must be returned to Parliament. Schlesinger, Arthur M. Prelude to Independence: The Newspaper War on Britain, 17641776. #GE2019 #PeoplesVote t.co/cCGrbm9GEW", "VOTE MONICA/LIB DEM TO UNSEAT RAAB IN ESHER AND WALTON! Johanna Dunaway explores the intersection of media and politics as they relate to the institutional, contextual and technological factors that influence news media coverage and consumption, campaigns and political communication, public opinion, political attitudes and behavior, and electoral outcomes. I'm hoping voters back @DavidGauke @DominicGrieve1 @Anna_Soubry @SamGyimah @AnneMilton today", "Former Conservative MP tells Dominic Raab's constituents to vote Lib Dem", "2019 UK general election tactical voting guide", "Independent hospital campaigner Barry Monk backs LibDem's Henry Vann", "Northern Ireland's nationalist parties form anti-Brexit alliance", "Greens opt out of Belfast to aid Pro-Remainers", "Whether you like the DUP, or not, this is about the union. Vote LibDem, Scot Nat, Plaid or Green. He needed a surrogate, so he and James Madison helped create a newspaper, Philip Freneau's National Gazette, to lead the public charge against Hamilton's policies. American Newspapers, Inc. Thank you, Michail, for encouraging everyone to vote. Luciana can beat the Conservative candidate. Socialist Party", "Tories Out - Corbyn - In Fight for an independent socialist Scotland", "General election is chance to smash Brexit deadlock", "Corbyn's Programme Without The Working Class Taking Power Is A Reformist Fairytale", "Stop Brexit Build a Brighter Future: Liberal Democrat Manifesto 2019", "UKIP mocked after saying it will not stand full slate of election candidates", "Compass Recommends: Tactical Campaigning Hotspots | Compass", "All the target seats the People's Vote is highlighting for tactical voting", "Gordon (@cllrthomson) Moray (@MorayLaura) Banff and Buchan (@RobertsonPaulC) West Aberdeenshire (@Fergoodness) Orchil and South Perthshire (@MrJohnNicolson) Angus (@DaveDooganSNP) Aberdeen South (@StephenFlynnSNP)", "Below is why, with the @LibDems lies, I'm voting for a person who knows the area. Proud she's in UNISON. I would definitely vote @Keir_Starmer @BenPBradshaw but not the current axis of power. Thank you for your support Sheila. Newspapers filled the party system's many gaps, providing a fabric that held the parties together between elections and conventions, connected voters and activists to the larger party, and linked the different political levels and geographic regions of the country. We need the Tories out and the Labour party seems like the only serious option to make this happen ", "Musicians backing Jeremy Corbyn's Labour | Letter", "Look to the future and vote for Labour, says Antony Gormley | Letters", "Vote Labour. An example of the best of what politics and politicians should be t.co/ObrBMBeby5", "Fascinating few hours with @schooltruth out canvassing for @lucianaberger in Finchley and Golders Green. To a very large degree, party politics in this period was newspaper based. If youre going to write opinion pieces and leaders, yes - or at least you have to be willing to argue the appropriate viewpoint convincingly. But Do some research. Vote @ClaireWrightInd @Devon4Europe t.co/kPxcMSLJUN", "Dear LD, Green and Labour voters of East Devon, do this for your country. "'Purse and Pen': Party-Press Relationships, 17891816." I'd rather vote Sturgeon | Suzanne Moore", "For years, we have been told that Brexit represents a threat to the Union. this general election, maybe consider someone other than the fucker currently in charge. 1/3 t.co/WiGfaYcqNq", "Luciana Berger aims to win over Remainers, one lounge at a time", "If I lived in North London I'd vote for Luciana Berger. Outrageous political rhetoric became one more way to entertain readers and boost circulation, and the political independence that penny press lords like James Gordon Bennett of the New York Herald preened themselves over often amounted only to the ability to support violently a president or policy one week and then turn around and bash it just as hard the next. Formal party institutions like national conventions and committees were late innovations. For me, I'll be voting for @BrendanOHaraSNP here in Helensburgh, to ensure the Tories stay out. Bennett, James Gordon t.co/HEPO9degDt", "I'm rarely (party) political, but it will be a pleasure to vote in Oxford West & Abingdon for @laylamoran - we need scientists like her in parliament, and she's been a good friend to research in her two years in the house so far. Kensington voters literally have a Labour MP to vote for. Covid-19 | Coronavirus Disease (Covid-19) | Pew Research Center A subscription to a partisan newspaper, or regular readership of one in a tavern or reading room, was the only real form of party membership that existed in this age long before voter registration. Smith, James Morton. Then, copy and paste the text into your bibliography or works cited list. Our Labour candidate is @Rehal_Labour and we need to persuade everyone we know to vote for her ", "Young voters in Eastbourne & Willingdon - if you care about stopping a hard Brexit majority government, @StephenLloydEBN is your clear choice. #LabourParty @UKLabour *weather permitting", "I'm not a natural Lib Dem. #VoteTactically #GeneralElection2019 t.co/8ztA99hEa6", " Urgent Petition: Lib Dems should back off in Uxbridge to bring Johnson down. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1980. Grassroots democracy probably suffered as a result. New York: Free Press, 1980. The issue is that Chinese state media, which isn't really beholden to resource constraints or audience feedback, can churn out a large volume of propaganda on a conspiracy it wants to promote. Financial Times/Economist. Encyclopedia of the New American Nation. As Ken Hijino notes, the local politicians who are described as populists all entered political life as outsiders (2019: 242) and present themselves as such. When important stories are not told, community members lack the information they need to participate in the political process and hold government and powerful private actors accountable. In the chaotic race to succeed President James Monroe in 1824, all five major hopefuls banked on newspaper support. We collected data on newspapers closures in the United States from 2009-2012, a time when 110 papers were shuttered. We beg you. Lots of greens going to vote Labour here! The polarized electorate will continue to turn towards nationalized, partisan media outlets unless local news makes a comeback. If I was still living in my old bit, I'd be voting for @PaulJSweeney. The National Gazette, which folded in 1793, set a precedent that would be followed again and again in the following century as politicians and parties looked to newspapers as their primary public champions in the bruising battles that followed the Jefferson-Hamilton split. Explain the role of political parties in a democracy. t.co/pzEPSarWdF", "Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin backs Hartlepool Brexit Party candidate Richard Tice on General Election campaign visit", "Great to see a proper Brexiteer, Sally-Ann Hart, selected to contest Hastings & Rye as a Conservative. He can lose his seat if the other parties club together. Take a look at Suzette here t.co/J9jGa6sKwA", "Team #FFS will be in some of our target seats tomorrow - join us!