Dear MoveOn member,
It's a hard reality that, in America in 2024, MoveOn is under attack for speaking truth to power and organizing to stop Donald Trump from plunging our country into authoritarianism.
No Labels and now Trump's former Attorney General Bill Barr are calling on the Justice Department to investigate MoveOn for criminal harassment, extortion, and "unlawful conspiracy" under RICO—the law often used to prosecute organized crime—for criticizing No Labels and exposing their plans that would install Trump in the White House.1,2
Core to our democracy are the First Amendment rights of free speech and assembly. Attempting to weaponize the government to criminally investigate MoveOn and other pro-democracy organizations in order to gag us is the latest evidence of the terrifying state of our democracy.
Perhaps we should not be surprised, given that right-wing billionaires like Harlan Crow—the benefactor of Clarence Thomas's luxury lifestyle—and Rupert Murdoch are among many funding No Labels.3,4
But one thing is clear: We cannot—and will not—back down. We are fighting for the soul of our country, and we won't stop speaking the truth and organizing to save our democracy.
But, John, we need your help, because, quite frankly, we were blindsided by these outrageous allegations, and the potential legal costs could add up very fast and in an election year where we're all-in to defeat Trump and his authoritarian plans before it's too late.
Will you start a $5 monthly donation to help us be prepared to defend MoveOn without diverting resources from our work to engage and mobilize millions of Americans to defeat Trump and his authoritarian plans for America this November?
No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.
No Labels is a wolf in sheep's clothing. They disguise themselves as a group of "moderates," but their dark-money funders include some of the most destructive right-wing billionaires in America.5 And their plans, when you look at the details, would have the clear impact of siphoning votes away from President Biden and tipping the election to Trump.6
And, now, No Labels is becoming even more shadowy—beyond refusing to disclose all of their donors and having complaints filed against them on campaign finance and IRS law for political parties.7 They've appeared to drop plans for holding a convention or any kind of democratic process to pick their presidential ticket, and instead their ticket will be hand-picked by CEO Nancy Jacobson and her team.8
Let's be clear: The threat No Labels poses to our democracy is very real. The group is already on the ballot in 14 states and is aiming to get on the ballot in 13 additional states—many of them battleground states that President Biden won narrowly in 2020.9 And they've committed an eye-popping $70 million to see their plans through.10
MoveOn will not be gagged. Far from it. MoveOn has and will continue to do everything we can to stop No Labels, as well as to fight their baseless and politically motivated allegations against us and help stop our country from teetering into fascism.
Will you start a $5 monthly donation to help MoveOn fight back? Your ongoing contribution will help ensure that MoveOn doesn't pull a penny from our 2024 election plan to defeat Trump and MAGA.
No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.
Thanks for all you do.
–Mohammad, Amanda, Alexis, Mona, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. "No Labels asks Justice Department to investigate its opponents' efforts," The Washington Post, January 18, 2024
https://act.moveon.org/go/186093?t=6&akid=374784%2E40999114%2ElcBvb6
2. "A Conspiracy Against No Labels," The Wall Street Journal, January 24, 2024
https://act.moveon.org/go/186160?t=8&akid=374784%2E40999114%2ElcBvb6
3. "Who Else Has Harlan Crow Given Money To?" Slate, April 23, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/173224?t=10&akid=374784%2E40999114%2ElcBvb6
4. Ibid.
5. Ibid.
6. "The No Labels Third-Party Bid: A Plan that Will Re-elect Trump," Third Way, March 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/179236?t=12&akid=374784%2E40999114%2ElcBvb6
7. "Who are No Labels' donors? Democratic groups file complaints in an attempt to find out," AP News, January 24, 2024
https://act.moveon.org/go/186131?t=14&akid=374784%2E40999114%2ElcBvb6
8. "By Acting Like a Third Party, No Labels Lost Its Soul," New York, January 30, 2024
https://act.moveon.org/go/186185?t=16&akid=374784%2E40999114%2ElcBvb6
9. "No Labels asks Justice Department to investigate alleged 'conspiracy' to block ballot efforts," The Hill, January 18, 2024
https://act.moveon.org/go/186089?t=18&akid=374784%2E40999114%2ElcBvb6
10. "By Acting Like a Third Party, No Labels Lost Its Soul," New York, January 30, 2024
https://act.moveon.org/go/186185?t=20&akid=374784%2E40999114%2ElcBvb6
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