What the rules actually say is that as long as you play by the rules, ALL are welcome. I think you would benefit from thinking about what it means that you find those rules problematic.

There are more than 4 million paid subscriptions on Substack. Fewer than 150k are to the Free Press.

Meanwhile, some people like to only hang out with folks like them, but personally I'm a fan of bars (and more importantly conversations) with lots of different kinds of people and perspectives.

Not sure, but I think Bari only makes money when people pay to subscribe to the Free Press, not when they use other Substack writes.

Meanwhile, one of those other Substack writers is Don Moynihan, whose post you replied to. Other include Micah Cifry and Paul Krugman.

NY Times articles in the last week with the word "coup":
www.google.com/search?q=cou...

This take is so strange to me. With the possible exception of "the emails", there is far, far, far more coverage (and it's far more negative) in the mainstream media of Trump's actions than anything you have named. The only way that isn't true is if you consider Fox New a primary news source.