It Has to Be Said.

Substack newsletter · by Frank Schaeffer · English

Frank Schaeffer takes a look at the world and says what has to be said. A Production of the George Bailey Morality in Public Life Fellowship.

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14K subscribers
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19 posts indexed in the last 90 days
Last post
Oct 13, 2026
17 days ago
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It Has to Be Said. is a Substack newsletter by Frank Schaeffer covering Book review, Book publishing and Donald Trump. NewsletterFIT indexed 19 posts from it in the last 90 days, most recently on Oct 13, 2026. Shown publicly on Substack: 14K subscribers. It ranks #385 on Substack's Culture leaderboard.

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