Friends,
President Trump and Elon Musk are taking a wrecking ball to our country. They want nothing more than for us to retreat into the dark corners of our despair. We can’t and won’t let them win. That’s why this week, I turned my attention to action. What can we do to build our defense?
I list my thoughts out for you in my Substack, which you can subscribe to here. See below for a bit of a preview.
All my best,
Jeremy Ben-Ami, J Street President
Fighting Fascism: One Person Can Make a Difference
Here's one piece of advice for anyone who wants to make a difference: Pick our battles and messages carefully. Focus on what Team MAGA is doing that hurts Middle America directly: Raising prices, slashing services and cutting benefits. What is Team MAGA doing that frightens Middle America – threatening the privacy of our data, our rights to make our own healthcare choices?
Let’s focus like a laser on what it will take to at least win back the House in 2026 and set up to take back the White House in 2028.
What Can You Do?
- Remember: It’s one vote at a time. Make it your personal mission to move one vote in a swing state or district in 2026.
- Identify friends and family with meaningful relationships to voters who either didn’t turn out or voted MAGA and can be brought back to Team Democracy. Spend the time you spent writing postcards to strangers or knocking random doors developing real relationships with a small number of voters you might be able to move through engagement over the next two years.
- Set yourself a political budget for the 2026 cycle and make sure candidates in key races in the House and Senate have the resources they need to win ... [Read more]
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