Dear John:

This year has seen constant attacks on our democracy, disturbing disinformation campaigns designed to stoke fear and violence, and cynical manipulations of racial and social tension to distract voters from the real crises facing our nation and planet.

My dear friends at the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) and I are keenly aware that America is balanced on the brink of autocratic rule and that many threats lie ahead.

Thankfully, for the past 30 years, CMD’s intrepid crew of investigative reporters has been digging deep to expose these and other threats to our democracy.

Just this year:

• CMD ramped up public pressure on ALEC (the American Legislative Exchange Council) for its long-running efforts to promote the wish lists of Big Tobacco, the gun lobby, Koch Industries and other polluters, as well MAGA and religious right groups promoting voter suppression laws and abortion bans. Since CMD launched ALEC Exposed in 2011, more than 100 companies have cut ties with ALEC over its extreme agenda.
   
• CMD revealed the dark money MAGA militant group staffing and calling the shots for the House Freedom Caucus members who have wreaked chaos in Congress and held both our government and national credit rating hostage to their extremist demands.
   
• CMD blew the whistle on the Right’s “anti-ESG” campaign backed by Big Oil to block climate progress and manufacture a crisis around responsible investing under the guise of attacking “woke capitalism.”
   
• CMD exposed the far right’s dangerous drive for a rigged constitutional convention to radically rewrite the U.S. Constitution and give delegates handpicked by GOP politicians supermajority control over proposing amendments aimed at rolling back a century of progress on economic, racial, social, and environmental justice.
   
• CMD published over 70 original investigations revealing the Right’s attempts to crush local democracy, prevent urgent action on climate change, and pump dark money into our elections.  

I have always believed that the first step in saving our democracy is identifying who is trying to take it hostage. That’s why we need CMD’s award-winning investigations now more than ever!

And I’m not the only one who thinks so. Many heroes of American journalism and organizing alike have praised CMD’s groundbreaking investigations:

• Bill Moyers: “The fight to keep our democracy from becoming a plutocracy doesn’t have a scrappier warrior than the Center for Media and Democracy.”
   
• Nancy MacLean (author of Democracy in Chains): “To stop the assault on our democracy we must expose the stealth operations of moneyed interests. Few have done as much as CMD to shine a light into those dark corners.”

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Clearly, CMD’s prize-winning role as a watchdog of powerful special interests is vitally important for all of us. As they celebrate their 30^th anniversary, I’d like to congratulate them on this milestone and all of the tremendous work that they’ve done over the past three decades to shine a light on corruption and protect our freedoms.

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But they can’t do it without you. So I’m reaching out to you personally to ask for your support.

So please join me in congratulating CMD on its 30^th anniversary by making a tax-deductible contribution today.

Thanks to a $50,000 match, your year-end gift will go twice as far!
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Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. Together we can make a difference and move toward a democracy that works for all of us.

With deepest gratitude for your generous and ongoing support, and best wishes for the New Year,

Robert Reich
Former U.S. Secretary of Labor & Co-Founder, Inequality Media

  This year marks CMD’s 30th anniversary!
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