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John — I’m stressed. My campaign team just called me to share that we're still $51,947 short of our August fundraising goal.

I’ll explain more in a moment, but first I have to ask: Will you make a split donation of any amount right now between my campaign and Blue Amp to help us close the gap before our end-of-month deadline?

Mitch McConnell is flooding in millions of dollars to smear my record and boost his handpicked candidate. Unfortunately, these attacks are working, John. The latest polls have this race wide open.

Look, I’ve never been your typical politician. I’m a farmer. I grew up in a twenty-four-by-thirty-six foot house. I still farm the land my parents homesteaded 100 years ago. (Sharla and I are harvesting as we speak.)

I try every day to do right by the people of Montana. That means standing up to anybody — including Mitch McConnell and his special interests — to improve health care for veterans, lower prescription drug costs, and protect Medicare and Social Security.

But if I don’t get more grassroots support before the end of August, there’s a very real chance our team could miss our goal. Mitch McConnell and outside groups are spending nearly $90 million to buy this Senate seat — and the only thing that can stop them is you.

As much as I hate asking, I have to: Can I count on you to make a split donation of $10 to my campaign and Blue Amp before our end-of-month goal? When we win in November, it’ll be because folks like you.

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We cannot sugarcoat the current situation. Right-wing authoritarianism, defeated by a worldwide coalition during WWII, was only in hibernation. Over the past decade it has infected democratic societies--including ours. It is as simple as it is terrifying: What we do now will define the future of our country and world. 

We at Blue Amp Action are dedicated to liberal, open societies, where reason and science are applied to solve our problems; where civil rights--including voting rights!--are protected for all. We fight for these values every day. Speaking up on our platforms, raising the voices and the political prospects of liberal pols and pundits. 

And savvy grassroots activists like you know, just like we do, that we can’t stop watching the people we help elect: after the elections, we have to keep organizing support for the policies we like and pushing back against the ones we don’t.

When the public tunes out between elections and the only people our elected officials hear from are the paid lobbyists of wealthy corporations, our government stops being accountable to the needs of ordinary families.

Democracy never sleeps, and neither can we.

So we ask that you support our work, so we can continue to engage in this fight every moment of every day. So our kids grow up in democracy, not dystopia.

Thank you for your support for all we do! Please follow Cliff Schecter on Twitter @cliffschecter, or subscribe to The Takedown with Cliff Schecter on YouTube, to keep up to date with this battle for the heart and soul of our country.

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