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Author: Al Franken

My son, Joe Franken

Clearly, it’s been a dark time since Trump took office. But there was a momentary respite in the news cycle when we got to celebrate SNL’s 50th last month.

A Five Million Dollar Bargain

Trump announced last week that he’s going to be selling a new path to citizenship: The “Gold Card.” For just $5,000,000 (that’s $5 million), a (wealthy) foreigner will gain the right to live and work in the U.S. and earn their way to becoming an American. What a steal!

Exhausted yet?

You’ve probably noticed something about the Trump administration: They’re really good at flooding the zone with bad news.

The worst person in the world.

What are the odds that the worst person in the world and the richest person in the world would be the two most powerful men in the world?

Why USAID Matters

Donald Trump posted on Truth Social last week that USAID’s spending “IS TOTALLY UNEXPLAINABLE…CLOSE IT DOWN!”

“The Riviera of the Middle East.”

Earlier this week, during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Trump offered a brilliant idea: to deport the Palestinians in Gaza to points in Jordan and Egypt where they can live comfortably and, most important, safely. 

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Somehow, it’s been 20 years since I started Midwest Values PAC to help Democrats win elections — from progressive organizations to state legislatures to Congress to the White House — who share the values I grew up with in St. Louis Park, Minnesota.

Since 2006, Midwest Values PAC has invested more than $4 million in 341 candidates and organizations — and counting. 

Of course, none of this happens without you (or supporters like you) who care enough to pitch in.

As we mark our 20th anniversary, the work is more urgent than ever. This year, we have a big job: flip the House, take the Senate, and win up and down the ballot at the state and local level.

To mark our 20th year, we’ve set an ambitious goal: 26,000 contributions by Election Day 2026.

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Thanks for being part of this fight, and for sticking with us for 20 years (or for just joining — welcome!).

Al

P.S. Over the years, okay, decades, we’ve helped Democrats win tough races all across the country by investing early, intelligently, and strategically. That’s how you flip seats. That’s how you protect democracy. And that’s how you stop the worst impulses of a president who never should have been president in the first place.

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