Dear John,

Moments ago, Kamala Harris announced her pick for vice president: Tim Walz.

Tim Walz is the popular governor of Minnesota, a former high school teacher, and Army National Guard veteran. He knows how to reach undecided voters in the all-important Midwest blue wall states. And he has a proven track record of winning tough elections against MAGA extremists.

In other words, he’s Donald Trump’s worst nightmare. And I can’t wait to see him take on JD Vance in the vice presidential debate.

But let’s be clear: Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are the underdogs in the race. The polls show a statistical tie in the national vote, and a tie nationwide likely means we lose in the Electoral College.

So I’m asking you today: Will you donate $5 a month to help power Inequality Media Civic Action and ramp up our campaign to get the truth — and the vote — out and help Kamala Harris and Tim Walz defeat Donald Trump?

Yes, Robert! I’ll start a monthly donation.

No, I’m sorry, I can’t chip in monthly.

Here at Inequality Media Civic Action, we are in the midst of our biggest election-year campaign ever to stop Donald Trump, and our strategy is already having a big impact.

Here’s how Inequality Media Civic Action will use your donation to help defeat Trump:

1. Warn America about Project 2025: Project 2025 is the terrifying step-by-step playbook for Donald Trump’s second term that would turn America into an authoritarian MAGA police state and shred our most cherished freedoms. Most Americans have never heard of it, and we’ve launched a major public education effort to sound the alarm, and it’s breaking through across platforms.

2. Close the TikTok gap: TikTok is the #1 most popular social media app for millions of young people, and Donald Trump has 7.3 million followers — versus 3 million for Kamala Harris. Inequality Media Civic Action has spent years building our following on TikTok and learning how to make videos go viral, and we’re now one of the few progressive organizations with enough engagement on TikTok to help counter Trump’s dominance.

3. Combat Trump amnesia: Half of all Americans now say that the country was better off when Donald Trump left office than when he came in — a huge jump from what people thought back in 2021. We’re using proven-effective, data-driven messaging to remind people of what it was really like, including a highly persuasive video series on the “10 things you might have forgotten about the Trump years.”

I believe that Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are the perfect ticket to take on Trump and Vance and win. But they can’t do it alone. We must all do what we can to support them. And as a grassroots-funded organization, we rely on your help to ensure that we have the resources to do our part to stop Trump.

Will you donate $5 a month to help power Inequality Media Civic Action?

Yes, Robert! I’ll start a monthly donation.

No, I’m sorry, I can’t chip in monthly.

Thank you for joining with us,

Robert Reich
Inequality Media Civic Action