Aebly Media is a news network with an investigative core and a civic-tech engine. Every story opens with a question, every side arrives as a named voice with its receipts, what you witness can become the news — and your votes on the real thing write a civic portrait that’s yours alone. The goal is simple — walk into the voting booth knowing exactly where you stand and why. Comfort in your Convictions.

The Wire compiles the day’s biggest stories from reporting across the country. Before you read, it asks where you stand — your first take is write-once, and the tally stays sealed until you’ve answered. As you read, every side arrives as a named voice; pull the receipt and the verbatim quote appears, verified against its source and linked to it. When you’re done, it asks again. Latest wins, and holding is a first-class answer.

Because your instinct deserves to go on the record before the arguments do. Nobody sees numbers before answering — social proof is an anchor, and we don’t pre-load the room. After the record you answer again, and the moved share between first and final takes is published with the story. Changing your mind is the point. And the questions on Wire stories never move your compass — only your votes do.

Your compass is built from your actual votes, not a personality quiz. Every position you take — on news articles, congressional bills, executive orders, Supreme Court rulings, and civic stance questions — nudges your coordinates along two axes: left and right (economic) and libertarian and authoritarian (the role of government authority). Reading never moves it, and the questions on Wire stories never move it. The result is a position you earned through real decisions, not one an algorithm assigned to you.

No. We don’t grade outlets or score sources — every side arrives as a named person with a verified quote, and you weigh it yourself. While we finish moving every story to the Wire, some story feeds still group source coverage using publicly available third-party classifications; that grouping is a transitional reading convenience, it never grades anyone for you, and it retires as the Wire takes over.

No. We don’t tell you where to land. The record is named voices for and against with the receipts attached, and when only one side is on the record we say exactly that — balance is never manufactured to look fair. As we put it: we want you to think, not what to think. The only agenda we have is that your convictions are genuinely your own.

We print one side and say so. If no opposing voice has put an argument into the coverage, no opposing card exists — an empty column is information too, and we never invent a counterargument to look balanced. When the other side goes on the record, its card appears.

The tip line, rebuilt. Report what you saw — your name is severed on arrival and locked in a vault not even our journalists can open unless you offer to talk. When independent witnesses corroborate the same thing, it becomes a Signal our editors can pick up; at that point we assign a journalist, investigate, and publish, with every contributing witness credited if they want to be. Nothing names a person or business until our reporting verifies it.

Every district gets its own board — your neighbors, your races, your representatives, one address. Post to the district, thread on a race, compare your vote on a bill against how your representative actually voted, and write to them from the same screen. Verified to the district; visible to it.

Yes — free to sign up and free to use. You can create an account with Apple, Google, or an email address in about thirty seconds and start building your compass right away.

Yes. Your bill votes, compass coordinates, stance reasoning, and reading activity are private by default — only you see how you voted. You stay in control of what, if anything, you choose to share.

We don’t sell your data, and we never use your civic decisions — your votes, your compass, or your reading history — to target advertising. Your activity on Aebly is yours.

Instead of only talking about the issues, Aebly lets you weigh in on the actual text. Each bill is broken into plain-English provisions, with the original language inline and both sides of the argument explained. You can vote on provisions, riders, and grants of authority separately — and the same goes for executive orders and Supreme Court rulings.

Based on your address, Aebly assembles your real ballot — the candidates and races for your congressional district, loaded from public FEC data — along with a timeline tracking filing, primary, and general-election dates. Each candidate has a profile so you can compare them against your own positions. Aebly user sentiment updates hourly, but it’s an opinion poll, not a prediction.

Aebly Media was founded in San Diego by Julius Aebly and John Neri. You can read more about the team on the Who We Are page. For anything else — bug reports, feature requests, or just to say hi — reach us at juliusaebly@aeblymedia.com or through the feedback form in Settings.

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