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Category: From the Desk of Al Franken

Will they? Won’t they?

The Trump administration’s relationship with a peace deal in Iran is starting to feel like Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.

Svelties only

You may have heard (or seen) that Donald Trump is celebrating his 80th birthday this weekend by hosting an Ultimate Fighting Championship match at the White House.

Delaney Hall

I want to talk about what’s happening at Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey. And yes, this is an email about ICE. But it’s also an email about corruption. If you already know about the disturbing situation at Delaney Hall, please donate here to help. Over the past few months, we’ve seen increasingly troubling reports from Delaney […]

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.

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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.

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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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