| Friend, Today marks the anniversary of one of the darkest moments in our history. Thousands of insurrectionists overran the Capitol Building, armed with military-grade weapons and whipped into a frenzy by Donald Trump. A Capitol policeman and four people in the crowd lost their lives.(1) And now, three years later, 44% of the nation wants to put the instigator in power again.(2) This year is an inflection point, Friend, where the nation will decide: Democracy or Fascism. Freedom or Oppression. Hate or Love. The choice is literally that clear. Trump has already laid out his vision of his next term. He has promised to root out the "vermin" who have opposed him, deliberately echoing language from Mein Kampf. He has promised to fire or even imprison prosecutors and judges holding him accountable.(3) He plans on implementing Schedule F, turning tens of thousands of government employees staffing everything from the EPA to the Justice Department into at-will employees that can be immediately fired.(4) And lest we think this is just talk, there is a $100 million Heritage Foundation effort backing him. Termed "Project 2025," the Foundation has written a blueprint for a Christian Nationalist government, and is already recruiting thousands of employees that have agreed to follow Trump at all costs, ready to fill agency positions from Day 1.(5) California's electoral votes won't go to Trump, but that doesn't mean we are a foregone conclusion in this election. We need to flip the 10 California congressional seats and elect more progressive state legislators who be the frontline fighters to stop a Trump presidency from going full authoritarian. We need to turn out as many voters as possible, and convince those voters to talk to their friends and family nationwide. We need to sound the alarm about Trump's fascism every single day until November 5 -- before it's too late. Let's do this, Irene, along with Angela, Annie, Isidra, Jen, Mario, Marvin, Alyssa, and Lindsay (and the rest of the Courage team)
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