Dear MoveOn member,
In a smear attack against MoveOn, a dark-money group funded in part by
Harlan Crow—the right-wing collector of Nazi memorabilia—announced last
week that it filed a complaint with the Justice Department.^1,2
The billionaire-backed group, No Labels, is falsely accusing MoveOn of
criminal harassment and extortion.^3
The allegations would be laughable if they weren't so serious.
For more than a year, MoveOn members have worked to expose the dark-money
group's dangerous third-party presidential campaign that threatens to
reinstall Donald Trump in the White House.
Now, they are running scared and attempting to intimidate and bully MoveOn
into silence.
MoveOn has no intention of backing down—and we plan to zealously defend
ourselves from these attacks.
But, John, MoveOn could rack up substantial legal costs to
defend itself—which could siphon money away from our critical work to
defeat Donald Trump and his fascist plans for America.
[ [link removed] ]Will you donate $9 right now to help cover MoveOn's
potential legal expenses, so we can continue to fund our plan to defeat
fascist MAGA candidates up and down the ballot this November?
Across the country, billionaires and corporations abuse the legal system
to haul their critics into prolonged, hyper-expensive legal battles until
their critics are forced to cease their opposition.
The goal is not obtaining the truth. The goal is not seeking justice.
Instead, the goal is to exhaust, intimidate, and harass opponents into
silence—and to force critics who are speaking truth to power to drain
their financial resources to defend themselves against baseless suits.
John, that's where the big problem lies.
MoveOn's 2024 budget did not account for surprise legal costs. These costs
could be astronomical, and the legal proceedings could take years, but we
cannot allow that to distract us in an election year where MoveOn must go
all-in to defeat Trump and stop his fascist plans in their tracks.
It's clear MoveOn's work to sound the alarm on No Labels' dangerous plan
is working. Why else would a billionaire-backed group stoop to Trumpian
tactics designed to try to drain our coffers with potential legal fees?
[ [link removed] ]MoveOn is under attack by some of the most extreme elements in the
country. Donate $9 today to ensure MoveOn has the financial
resources to fight back against these right-wing legal attacks and to
defeat the MAGA fascists this November.
Thanks for all you do.
–Mohammad, Mona, Chris, Ankur, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. "No Labels asks Justice Department to investigate its opponents'
efforts," The Washington Post, January 18, 2024
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2. "Clarence Thomas' Billionaire Buddy Has a Vast Collection of Hitler
Paintings, Nazi Memorabilia," Rolling Stone, April 8, 2023
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3. "No Labels asks Justice Department to investigate its opponents'
efforts," The Washington Post, January 18, 2024
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Want to support MoveOn's work? The MAGA movement's book bans have forced
teachers and librarians across the country to remove books from their
shelves and censor what young people can learn. MoveOn is fighting back,
including by filling a "Banned Bookmobile" with books that the far right
has banned and driving it to key cities and towns to raise the visibility
of book bans, hand out banned books for free, and bring people together to
stop censorship. To keep up the fight against book bans and the MAGA
politicians who support them, we need your help.
Will you make a gift to power MoveOn's critical work?
[ [link removed] ]Yes, I'll chip in.
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