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Category: From the Desk of Al Franken

Authoritarianism for Dummies

There are a lot of warning signs when a leader starts drifting toward authoritarianism. These signs include but are not limited to:

A gift as big as Texas

Trump just handed Democrats a huge gift by endorsing TX Attorney General Ken Paxton — a literal felon — for the Texas senate seat.

Not trying to scare you

So it turns out, state supreme court elections matter. A lot. Especially when it comes to protecting your right to vote.

Hard to watch

The last two weeks since the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act have been…hard to watch, to say the least.

Very bad breaking news

In a major loss for Democrats, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled that the congressional map voters approved last month to counter Republican gerrymandering cannot go into effect.

A message from Senator X

Many of you may be following the fiasco with the East Wing of the White House. How Trump illegally ordered it demolished. How the debris with toxic metals was just dumped at a nearby public golf course. But did you hear the latest?

Trump gets revenge in Indiana

Last night, Donald Trump proved something we can’t afford to ignore: he will spend whatever it takes to destroy anyone who crosses him.

Bye, Susan!

Graham Platner is set to be our Democratic nominee for Maine’s U.S. Senate seat, taking on Susan Collins. Can you donate to help Midwest Values PAC max out to his campaign?

Some breaking bad news for you

In a 6-3 decision from the Supreme Court, Samuel Alito and five Republican-appointed Supreme Court justices just dealt a major blow to the Voting Rights Act, the landmark civil rights law that restricted racial gerrymandering and racial discrimination in voting for more than fifty years.

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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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