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There are moments—rare, piercing—when the veil lifts. When I see what’s happening with VDARE isn’t just lawfare. It’s spiritual warfare.

I’m Lydia Brimelow, President of the VDARE Foundation. For three years, we’ve fought New York’s witch hunt against VDARE. For three years, we’ve shielded writers and donors from Letitia James’ inquisition.

And now? We are in the valley of the shadow.

Letitia James does not pursue us because of some legal technicality. She hates what we represent: the unbroken thread of American identity, the sacred right of a people to defend their home.

For three years, we have been walking through this shadow—not as victims, but as witnesses—Witnesses to how far this notorious persecutor of Donald J. Trump will go to silence the truth. How eagerly she sacrifices justice on the altar of ideology.

For three years, we have fought—not just for ourselves, but for the anonymous writers who trusted us with their identities, and for the anonymous donors who believed in this cause when it was dangerous to do so.

Letitia James does not want VDARE’s money. She wants VDARE’s submission. She wants our silence.

And worst of all—she wants names.

• She wants our writers’ names, not because she cares about "transparency," but because she knows: A truth spoken anonymously still shakes the world. A truth attached to a name can be punished.

• She want our donors’ names. Not for "accountability," but because she understands: Courage is contagious—unless you make frightening examples of those who inspire it.

We at VDARE have paid dearly for refusing to submit.

• Over a million dollars in legal fees—money that could have built, educated, inspired.

• Years of our lives lost to compliance, not creation.

• And she has burdened us with the weight of knowing that no matter how perfectly we jump through these legal hoops, she’ll just build new ones.

• She won’t even let us leave. VDARE Foundation was registered in New York State in 1999—in a different era, before anyone had heard of lawfare, or indeed of Letitia James. And, legally, we can’t get out of New York State without permission. New York is like Hotel California: checking in is easy. Checking out is impossible.

And Peter and I have been forced to pay personal lawyers—not because we’ve done anything wrong, but because in New York, even our attempts to house our young family is treated as conspiracy.

Let me be clear: Your donations fund VDARE’s writers and mission. What Peter and I face personally is our cross to bear— it just shows how far they’ll go: all the way to our kitchen table.

If VDARE can’t continue to pay lawyers to defend the writers and donors, Letitia James could move to put the VDARE Foundation into Receivership. That means a court-appointed receiver, perhaps James herself, would ultimately control the website and domain name, and all VDARE’s records including attorney client privileged materials. It would expose the names of our writers and donors completely.

Unless you can help, we may no longer be able to protect them.

And yet—I do not despair.

In January, Peter Brimelow -- who was the Editor of VDARE’s main project the late VDARE.com webzine and is my husband – took me to President Trump’s Inauguration. We went to cheer ourselves up after watching VDARE.com get destroyed like so much other collateral damage in 2024.

Peter and I watched the swearing-in from the auditorium at the Heritage Foundation. That was a nostalgic return for us, since it’s where I was an intern when I first met Peter 20 years ago.

We particularly loved Trump’s pardoning of the J6ers. He and I didn’t attend J6, but VDARE.com ran one of the earliest debunkings of the Moral Panic against those who did.

The pardons for the J6 patriots were more than political acts—they were a reckoning with truth. For a moment, I glimpsed the scales of justice trembled toward balance.

And then—the knife.

A couple days later, James hauled a former VDARE board member—a man who had resigned in 2020—into a windowless room for five and a half hours of interrogation under oath. He was illegally ordered not to discuss it with us. No transcript, no recourse. Just the slow, grinding pressure of the state.

Let me emphasize here: VDARE has not been charged with anything, let alone convicted.

This is how they break you. Not with a single blow, but with a thousand cuts.

But here is what she does not understand: We are not just fighting against her. We are fighting for the Historic American Nation.

In our fight, we have witnessed miracles.

• When 21 million people heard my story on Tucker Carlson, it wasn’t just exposure—it was samizdat for the digital age.

• When lawyers and paralegals appeared exactly when we needed them, saving us an estimated half a million dollars in fees, they weren’t just volunteers, they were angels in disguise.

These are visible examples of the material difference that can be made when supporters like you bravely decide to stand with us.

VDARE stands at the threshold. If we falter, Letitia James will erase us from history—not just VDARE, but the very idea that patriots can resist and win.

And if we stand firm, she will have to face her limits. The regime’s weakness isn’t its cruelty. It is its dependence on our fear.

Every donation, every forwarded email, is another brick pulled from the foundation of lies.

The rumors we hear—of coming justice, of a reckoning for the lawfare machine—could soon become reality. They haven’t come together enough for me to confidently mention them now, but it is interesting that before Trump’s election, there were no friendly rumors at all.

We have three immediate legal needs:

1. Overturn New York State’s $1,000/day fine— this was imposed as a naked act of tyranny in a dispute over our compliance with certain parts of the “investigation.” It is not over anything to do with our management of the VDARE Foundation. It’s what lawyers call a “process crime” and it would not exist except for the “investigation” that Letitia James has launched against us. We are appealing, and we need $15-20 K to fund it.

2. We have appealed our First Amendment case in Federal Court. If this appeal is unsuccessful, we can take it to the US Supreme Court, where truth still has a chance. 

3. File ethics charges against James—exposing her lies to the courts.

James’ habitual violation of ethical norms is an open scandal—thus a year ago, Rep. Elise Stefanik filed a 64-page complaint against James’s persecution of Donald J. Trump.

We can match that. James is not supposed to lie to a judge—but in our case, she did. Repeatedly.

Ethics complaints are very serious matters—notoriously, Trump allies John Eastman and Rudy Giuliani are both facing suspension and disbarment for their actions in representing Donald Trump, because of alleged ethics violations.

What Letitia James has done to us is far more serious.

Before we can see any of these victories, we must simply survive.

Survival isn’t passive! It’s what our writers do when they publish under pseudonyms. What our donors do when they give despite the risk. What I do every morning facing down subpoenas instead of building the America institution I love.

The heat we feel is a fire they hope will consume us.

Stand with us. Not in the ashes—at the forge. And see what strength we can temper!

1. Please Give Generously– Every dollar shields our writers from ruin. Donate online at www.givesendgo.com/vdare . Send offline donations to PO Box 211 Litchfield CT 06759. All donations are fully tax deductible. Every dollar counts.

2. Please Share This Message – Every forward is a torch passed. VDARE can’t afford email marketing services anymore. We rely on you and you alone to spread our message to other patriots. Please share this on social media, email it to your friends, call in to radio shows and podcasts, blog about VDARE’s situation and do anything you can to alert people to the fact that while immigration patriotism is winning the battle, VDARE has been left bleeding on the field.

3. Pray Without Ceasing – This is a spiritual war as much as a legal one. Ask God to intervene here, where losses are concrete, and victories remain precarious.

The Castle still stands. VDARE still lives. But the hour is now.

With gratitude, and with fire,

—Lydia

P.S. This isn’t about legacy—it’s about leverage. Every donation forces Letitia James to work harder for her scalp. Give $100 and turn the heat against her.

Dear Supporters,

I am profoundly sorry to have to inform you that since my last update our main project, the immigration reform website  VDARE.com, has been forced to suspend operations, due to relentless lawfare attack by New York State Attorney General Letitia James combined with mounting problems with Cancel Culture, including the final termination of all our online payment systems. Our Editor of 25 years, Peter Brimelow, has resigned from the website and from the VDARE Foundation. His statement can be found at vdare.com/#peter . 

My statement on the extreme levels of cancel culture VDARE.com has experienced is available at vdare.com/#lydia. 

Despite these setbacks, the VDARE Foundation remains active as we fight to protect the names of our writers and donors against Letitia James' overreach, and we continue to pay substantial legal bills. We are committed to fighting these unjust challenges and will keep you updated on any developments.

On a positive note, our headquarters at the Berkeley Springs Castle in Berkeley Springs WV remains open and we intend to continue having conferences.

We very much appreciate your continued support during this difficult time.

Sincerely,
Lydia Brimelow
VDARE Foundation President