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The Trial

Have you been following Trump’s trial? I have. It’s easy to get sucked into the drama, the legal analysis, and, sometimes, the comedy of it all.

It’s also much more palatable to follow a trial that has no real bearing on our lives versus thinking about this fall’s election which could impact us profoundly.

Scary or not, we can’t get caught with our heads in the sand.

Our real job is to do everything we can to see that Trump doesn’t win in November. Yes, according to polling, a guilty verdict will cost him votes. But following the trial closely won’t help convict him. Unless you’re a juror. (If you are a juror, thanks for any support you’ve given to Midwest Values PAC. Also, Trump is guilty.)

If you’re not a juror, you can use some of the time you might have spent paying attention to the Trump trial helping a campaign or your state or local Democratic party instead. By phone banking. Or door-knocking. That’s something that Midwest Values PAC supports by raising money and contributing to UNITE HERE, the hospitality union. Their members door-knock in battleground states. (Last cycle, they covered ground in Arizona, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Georgia.) And they’ll be on the doors this fall persuading folks to vote for Biden and getting them to the polls.

I hope you can get off your butt and do something in this mind-blowingly critical election.

Thanks!

Al

P.S. I apologize for the “get off your butt.” But… well, do something! Like…

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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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