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April 13, 2026
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Dear Readers,

once every while I have to ask for your help to keep Moon of Alabama going.

Many come here because they value my analyzes. Others are fond of MoA’s vivid, if overcrowded comment section. I am very proud to host and nurture both, to the best of my abilities.

But I also need to pay for food, rent and the other necessities of life.

This site is the full time effort of one person. There is no other income I can rely on.

While I live in somewhat better circumstances than Spitzweg’s Poor Poet, I am neither rich nor do I indulge in luxuries.


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Every donation to this Poor Poet – be it $5, $50, $500 or more – is welcome and needed. A recurring contribution or sponsorship would be great. See below on how to do it.

Transaction costs are the smallest when you make a bank wire transfer or mail cash. Send email to MoonofA @ aol.com (remove the blanks) for the necessary details. (They are the same as before.) You can use other means like credit cards when you donate through the PayPal button below. This even without having a PayPal account. (The Moon of Alabama account is in Euro which currently stands at €1 ~ US $1.17 and US $1 ~ €0.85).

Thank you very much!

Bernhard aka b.

Posted by b on April 13, 2026 at 15:38 UTC | Permalink
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You deserve support for being a voice of reason and providing important journalism and commentary. I’m a “contrarian” Substack author and I also have to, from time to time, ask for donations to continue my “citizen journalism.” It’s a tough climate to make these appeals because, as an inflation work-around, many people are trying to cut expenses wherever they easily can. Cutting out subscriptions and donations is, perhaps, the easiest inflation work-around.
Note that the Legacy Press is still full of “journalists” in news rooms who are paid nice salaries and benefits for serving their vital stenographer role for the Powers that Be.  This noted, the corporate press is also “Dead Institution Walking,’ which is a positive development.
If I get any paid subscribers, I’ll try to make a donation to Moon of Alabama. I’m actually from Alabama. Once upon a time, the stars fell on our state and somebody wrote a great song about that too.

Posted by: GMST | Apr 8 2026 14:22 utc | 1

I’ll send in my contribution next few days. Glad to do it. Hope Spring has brought you renewal and hope and energy.

Posted by: Tom Pfotzer | Apr 8 2026 14:24 utc | 2

will do b… thanks for this great website and your valuable insights… 

Posted by: james | Apr 8 2026 14:47 utc | 3

Happy to contribute, B.
Your work is much appreciated.

Posted by: Alex Cox | Apr 8 2026 15:01 utc | 4

maybe those prolific nonsense spewers and repeaters of prop can donate proportionately? blocking people who dont attack other posters or veer off topic leaves a handful of those bozos cranking up the noise level and obscuring the perceived thrust of this “forum”.  you followed Tom Cruise’ direction in Tropic Thunder backing traffickers over the volatile and truthfully outrageous nature of Epstein revelations and the ubiquitous influence within the Epstein Trump administration.  sleazey as it gets.

Posted by: Not Ewe | Apr 8 2026 15:10 utc | 5

If send cash in Chinese yuan, will it be very hard to exchange it in Germany? Let me know if you would like to try. With QR codes dominating all transactions in China, there’s almost never going to be a use for the yuan I have lying around. 

Posted by: mailcash | Apr 8 2026 15:25 utc | 6

you have blocked me so i’m not contributing. this is a test

Posted by: GEORGE CHAMBERLAIN | Apr 8 2026 15:33 utc | 7

I have increased my monthly donation recently, because now I can. And also because of the huge amount of excellent journalism you keep doing b. 
Thank you 

Posted by: AnimaL | Apr 8 2026 15:33 utc | 8

Well, well. I like mustard on my crow.

Posted by: GEORGE CHAMBERLAIN | Apr 8 2026 15:48 utc | 9

After reading your post a second time it appears you process your credit cards through PayPal.
My credit card company is restricted from paying paypal because they couldn’t keep my information secure.
I will wait to see what happens and mail a check if it fails.

Posted by: GEORGE CHAMBERLAIN | Apr 8 2026 16:01 utc | 10

b – you continue to do a great job!  Please keep up your superior work !  tobias

Posted by: tobias cole | Apr 8 2026 16:06 utc | 11

I’m surprised that pro-censorship PayPal hasn’t stolen your funds and closed your account like they’ve done to others I support (but never through PayPal). I trust PayPal almost as much as I trust Obama, Trump, and Biden, but not quite. I guess you’ve had better luck.
 
As for other means of donation, I’ll donate what I can. Sorry if that isn’t much, but the Poor Poet lives better than I do.

Posted by: Dalit | Apr 8 2026 16:13 utc | 12

Many thanks for all you do B. Can you repost your mailing address?

Posted by: John Gilberts | Apr 8 2026 16:26 utc | 13

re: 14 I re-read instructions. Thanks again.

Posted by: John Gilberts | Apr 8 2026 16:29 utc | 14

Done.

Posted by: scc | Apr 8 2026 16:42 utc | 15

Sent 35 euros today

Posted by: Steve | Apr 8 2026 17:33 utc | 16

done

Posted by: jo6pac | Apr 8 2026 17:42 utc | 17

A modest contribution from someone who often reads MoA but rarely comments. Thanks b

Posted by: Ignacio | Apr 8 2026 17:50 utc | 18

I reckon I ought contribute.  I mean I contribute to numerous Substack places, but lately I spend more time here – so I will.
Done – sent in 20
Regards,
BK

Posted by: Ken Hausle | Apr 8 2026 17:53 utc | 19

While I haven’t had any problems with PayPal in the past, the situation-in-general is screwed up enough that I would prefer to mail directly using money order or cashier’s check. If that’s okay. It seems more anonymous anyway.
 
So I, too, request a mailing address of some kind.
 
Always, thanks so much to you, B (and everyone) for all you do. MOA is my most trusted source.

Posted by: vivacious recluse | Apr 8 2026 18:26 utc | 20

My brother good timing. With work required to maintain this along with increased traffic and even legal risks, I know you have your hands full. Your dedication to truth is top-notch. I hope many more flies and editorialists contribute and contribute generously. More generously than I was able to. I hope this post generates the 500+ comments other recents have been but we know spooks and trolls and shills will sit this one out. Lord bless!

Posted by: NJH | Apr 8 2026 18:31 utc | 21

Done! Salutations.

Posted by: Hagen | Apr 8 2026 19:02 utc | 22

Thank you very much for your work.
 
I will try to contribute in accordance to my capacity, which seems to be improving in the coming months.
 
I think many of us share the urge to keep MoA independent, pluralistic and free. This is the site a recommend to people I trust.

Posted by: Biochar | Apr 8 2026 19:02 utc | 23

Happy to donate to MOA. It is the first site I turn to nearly every day since some time in the early spring of 2022. Continues to be invaluable. 

Posted by: Henry Steen | Apr 8 2026 19:10 utc | 24

Please, open an acount in a brazilian bank and you could receive  in a PIX bank transfer, without any tax or fees.

Posted by: Guilherme Braga | Apr 8 2026 19:13 utc | 25

My appreciation has been transferred. Thank you for your work b. Kind regards from the Netherlands

Posted by: William | Apr 8 2026 19:18 utc | 26

My greatest appreciation for all you do here Bernard. 
 
Thank you 

Posted by: Suresh | Apr 8 2026 19:43 utc | 27

My greatest appreciation for all that you do here Bernard. 
 
Thank you. 

Posted by: Suresh | Apr 8 2026 19:44 utc | 28

Happy to contribute B, regularly read your posts but rarely comment. Your consistency i publishing every day is greatly admired and appreciated.  Imo you deserve every cent you receive. Thank you.

Posted by: Pyewacket | Apr 8 2026 20:25 utc | 29

I’ve also sent my small contribution, from here in the Third World…

Posted by: Salvar os Burros da Burrice | Apr 8 2026 20:31 utc | 30

I tried PayPal (from New Zealand) and got this response:    “Donations to this recipient aren’t supported in this country”

Posted by: Raumati | Apr 8 2026 20:47 utc | 31

Happy to help,keep up the good work.

Posted by: Christos | Apr 8 2026 21:15 utc | 32

Done.

Posted by: Jane | Apr 8 2026 23:28 utc | 33

b,
Thank you for your insights in this particularly crazy time.  Always happy to contribute!
Greg

Posted by: Weekender823 | Apr 9 2026 1:27 utc | 34

B, instead of Paypal I would strongly suggest using private crypto for donations. 
 
Paypal has a long history of seizing funds and payment via paypal would doxx everyone who donates.

Posted by: MLP | Apr 9 2026 1:42 utc | 35

It’s a commendable custom: when someone receives something good, they say thank you. (Wilhelm Busch)

 
I’m a pessimist about the present, but an optimist about the future… Thank you, and keep up the good work!
 

Posted by: Saxxon | Apr 9 2026 2:13 utc | 36

Thanks for your ongoing efforts to keep the bar open b
 
I will send you another bike saddle brochure with enclosure in a month and if not too much trouble would like to know if the postal system still is working with a receipt email…thanks

Posted by: psychohistorian | Apr 9 2026 4:22 utc | 37

I tried to send by credit card (from India) and got this response: “Donations to this recipient aren’t supported in this country”. Last time I got bank details from b, but I was still not able to send. We are after all in BRICS and you are in the SWIFT world!

Posted by: india-guy | Apr 9 2026 5:13 utc | 38

Thank you b, great work. I will try, my bank has stopped me before. 

Posted by: Paul from Norway | Apr 9 2026 9:14 utc | 39

done, 150 per Swift (unfortunately no pure Swiss, Russian or Chinese transfer System possible)
KR, THANK U b, FP

Posted by: Franz Piribauer | Apr 9 2026 10:00 utc | 40

Bernhard you are legend !
I will try my best to add in supporting your work. IMHO support campaign should be run more frequently, since it is very sobering for those gullible people who doesn’t have a clue how demanding the whole affair is. My kind regards and humble appreciation of all your efforts of keeping a one of best forums alive. 

Posted by: Alex Vadim | Apr 9 2026 10:18 utc | 41

Done,

Posted by: Stonebird | Apr 9 2026 11:20 utc | 42

Contribution made. Thanks for all your hard work. 

Posted by: Vragtes | Apr 9 2026 11:39 utc | 43

Happy to again support this great and also crazy place.  
 
 

Posted by: Robert Smith | Apr 9 2026 12:15 utc | 44

Holy Thursday, today for Orthodox Christians, we did not come to this world to have a good time, but to be saved. HAPPY RESURRECTION

Posted by: Athanasios Archontis | Apr 9 2026 12:39 utc | 45

Sent some last night. Thanks b.

Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Apr 9 2026 12:45 utc | 46

Yeah PayPal unfortunately so I’m sure we’re both on a “list” now. Oh well.

Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Apr 9 2026 12:47 utc | 47

Posted by: Raumati | Apr 8 2026 20:47 utc | 31
 
Try just the email and “friends and family” option. Shouldn’t trigger any donations issues?

Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Apr 9 2026 12:51 utc | 48

Too bad email transfers don’t work across borders. I’ll have to use paypal.  Thanks for your diligence and hard work b

Posted by: Chris N | Apr 9 2026 13:06 utc | 49

Hi B, Long time reader first time handing over some cash. It was due! Appreciate what you do.

Posted by: fisher | Apr 9 2026 18:17 utc | 50

Done.

Posted by: Phil Mills | Apr 9 2026 20:11 utc | 51

Dear b, thanks very much for your perceptive and informative essays, day in and day out for many years!
A belated comment to Sunday’s Faust quote: just 43 lines before it begins is another of my favorite segments, spoken by Andrer Buerger/Another citizen:
Nichts Bessers weiss ich mir an Sonn- und Feiertagen/Als ein Gespraech von Krieg und Kriegsgeschrei,/Wenn Hinten, weit, in der Tuerkei,/Die Voelker aufeinander schlagen.
Nothing I like better on Sundays and holidays/Than a conversation about war and cries of war./When far away in Turkey,/The people beat up on one another.
A sentiment that many of us MoA commentators can identify with!

Posted by: houbersin | Apr 10 2026 2:19 utc | 52

thankyou for your sanity b. your site has helped keep me alive. following from albertastan forever. I will get you the money somehow. CC currently blocked. 

Posted by: UmpireofLies | Apr 10 2026 4:10 utc | 53

I would consider donating if the person asking would clear up the mystery and identify himself

Posted by: Kimo Loka | Apr 10 2026 4:44 utc | 54

Done

Posted by: MadderDoc | Apr 10 2026 6:08 utc | 55

Hello B
Long-time reader but first time commentator. I sent in a modest 30 Euros from my grad student allowance. Happy to contribute and thank you for all that you do on this blog. 

Posted by: AS | Apr 10 2026 7:44 utc | 56

MoA has been my university when I have formed an opinion on many current political issues, thanks to b, (even if you had a strange view when it came to Epstein) and many thanks to all of you who write from all corners of the world and help to carve out the right picture and expose the myths and lies that wash over us, not least in Scandinavia.

Posted by: Northern Eve | Apr 10 2026 8:58 utc | 57

Geht auch per Überweisung?

Posted by: Su | Apr 10 2026 16:05 utc | 58

C’est fait Bernard
Plus de 60 euros, mais c’est encore peu.
Merci pour votre travail analytique et objectif. Et pour votre fil de discussion toujours autant riche.
Excellente continuation 

Posted by: Taj | Apr 10 2026 17:50 utc | 59

C’est fait Bernard
Plus de 60 euros, mais c’est encore peu.
Merci pour votre travail analytique et objectif. Et pour votre fil de discussion toujours autant riche.
Excellente continuation 

Posted by: Taj | Apr 10 2026 17:51 utc | 60

 
Try just the email and “friends and family” option. Shouldn’t trigger any donations issues?
Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Apr 9 2026 12:51 utc | 48
Thanks Tom. That worked.

Posted by: Raumati | Apr 11 2026 8:57 utc | 61

Come on you scurvy infested no account worthless dogs, cough up some loot for the man!

Posted by: martonimacaroni | Apr 11 2026 16:38 utc | 62

B,
Here is 100EU, worth every bit and more.My deep thanks for your work.opw

Posted by: opw | Apr 11 2026 17:53 utc | 63

Post… threats of assassination
Excerpt Press TV
“In a post on his X account on Saturday, Baghaei said threats in the US government and media space for assassinating the Iranian negotiators, in case the current talks fail, are part of a discourse that seeks to normalize extortion through violence.”
“Is this not, in effect, a policy discourse that normalizes extortion through the threat or public incitement of terror, violence, and manslaughter?” he said in the post.“

Posted by: Trubind1 | Apr 11 2026 18:11 utc | 64

Sorted. 

Posted by: jpc | Apr 11 2026 20:25 utc | 65

I’ve made a small contribution of $33.85 CAD. As Henry Baker would say, ‘shillings have not been so plentiful with me as they once were,’ but I wanted to ensure the ‘Goose Club’ at Moon of Alabama stays well-funded!

Posted by: Cable Guy | Apr 12 2026 0:11 utc | 66

Will do soon….

Posted by: pyrrhus | Apr 12 2026 0:36 utc | 67

Happy to contribute on Wednesday.

Posted by: Peter Schmidt | Apr 12 2026 7:56 utc | 68

Posted by: Athanasios Archontis | Apr 9 2026 12:39 utc | 45
Holy Thursday.
 
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wZegagEBw6U
 
David Axelrod.

Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Apr 12 2026 12:51 utc | 69

I want to add a personal POV re supporting  alternative media.
I greatly appreciate that b has not moved Moon of Alabama to Substack. some blogs that I supported in the past when they asked for donations have moved to Substack. I don’t like that platform, and consequently I no longer can support those writers. To me Substack is a kind of creeping takeover of independent writers and their supporters. Substack is a universe where Substack can identify all commenters and make them use one handle for all Substacks. I don’t like this. Substack sends email messages, like Instagram, that are annoying and prodding and give me a creepy feeling. I also don’t really like the subscription format, although I understand why Substackers like that. Substack touts itself as a marketing platform for writers. OK, if they wanna do that, but I don’t want to be a target of that kind of marketing, a la Instagram. I just don’t want to go there.
 
I was happy to send donations to writers who had their own WordPress etc. platforms when they asked for donations. Now that they have gone to Substack I can longer support them without becoming enmeshed in Substack’s marketing (e.g., Alon Mizrahi).
 
So please, everyone, send a donation to b when he asks for support and keep Moon of Alabama as an independent entity.
I am taking the liberty of also posting this comment to the current Iran thread.

Posted by: Jane | Apr 12 2026 13:06 utc | 70

Posted by: Jane | Apr 12 2026 13:06 utc | 70
Even though I am a truly “small-scale” investor in Substack, you got a valid point there – I agree.  I’ve seen some shenanigans at that place, but I also have a Substack – it is for FREE!
That at least I appreciate, but with respect to my “small-scale” angel investment – the communications around that have been pathetic.
I might send more in here at MoA – just recently I was trying to find the “not Iran or Ukraine” thread, but for the life of me – I could find it – and I don’t think there is a way to search ones’ posts here at this place – and maybe that is for the best.
I plan on contributing more in the future if this seems a place of merit – and obviously I put my money where my mouth is – or would like to think I do – so I’ve contributed already and will again perhaps.
As for Substack – don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater – and I intend on asserting some angel investor “influence” there even if I am “small-scale”.  Fact of the matter is they sought some financial contributions from authors at the place so I took the bait – and now can’t deny I’m sort of pissed about poor communications regarding that.  But I know I sent the funds in and I have proof.
~
Regardless – Moon of Alabama – and I been to Alabama – the state of such in the us of a – this is a good place to get info – but it does take some serious discernment no doubt.
Regards and sorry for any types – I’m busy just now – no time to check…..😊😊
BK
🦬

Posted by: Ken Hausle | Apr 12 2026 20:29 utc | 71

Happy to help.  Yours is the first site I go to to get the truth about what is actually going on in Iran. Thank you for all you do.

Posted by: Alexandra | Apr 12 2026 20:39 utc | 72

You know? Or do you not?  Do you have discernment in your view – or do you not?  Or do you know whether you do or don’t?
I mean I know this – I need a break from all this Iran bs – Ukraine as well.  So – I think if enough funds get invested there ought be an easy way to search for one’s “comments” at this place – you know — enter in the name and get the comments.
~
Now this could be tricky if some comments get deleted, cause I know my comment here initially was #20!  But, no matter – if I contribute more I will advocate for a folder showing comments that have been deleted.
~
Regards and Go Buffalo Sabers I reckon – finally made it back to the playoffs – most likely to play the Bruins!
🦬
BK

Posted by: Ken Hausle | Apr 12 2026 20:41 utc | 73

Das hilft mir enorm weiter bei meinen aktuellen 🚀 Herausforderungen

Posted by: Premiumcaviar | Apr 13 2026 6:40 utc | 74

Paypal is always difficult for me to use. I tried to make a donation using my revolut mastercard twice and it came back with ” We’re sorry that we are experiencing temporary difficulties. Please try again later. We apologize for the inconvenience.” I’ll mail you to arrange a wire transfer instead.

Posted by: Michael | Apr 13 2026 10:18 utc | 75

I do. I did. I have. Thank YOU b.

Posted by: beq | Apr 13 2026 12:12 utc | 76

I sort of aagree with Jane the substance approach is a bit creepy. 
 
Successfully used master card to donate 

Posted by: Watcher | Apr 13 2026 21:22 utc | 77

I tried several times to donate, but apparently PayPal is on the fritz or just doesn’t like Canadians.  After 45 minutes of trying I’m giving up for today.  Other podcasters I donate to use Patreon and/or Buy me a coffee whioh are very easy to use. 

Posted by: expat | Apr 14 2026 15:00 utc | 78

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