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Team,

I won’t sugarcoat things. It’s been a bad week.

This week, an unelected billionaire and the president he bankrolled presided over a brazen and unconstitutional power grab.

They have moved to shutter a federal agency, closed down departments that keep the public safe, and held back funds in clear violation of Congress’s authority. They have fired nonpartisan civil servants, disrupting their ability to keep us safe, in a move that could affect everything from the quality of our food to the functioning of air travel to our military readiness. They have put Americans’ personal data and privacy at severe risk.

I have heard from so many of you who have asked me what Democrats are doing and what they can be doing on a personal level to stop these actions that threaten our constitution, our safety, and our well-being.

So let’s talk about it.

As I see it, there are three main tools to address what we’re seeing: Congress, the courts, and the bully pulpit.

Let’s talk first about Congress and the courts. At the federal level, Democrats have introduced legislation to permanently address Musk and others’ access to the federal payments system and unions and public interest groups have already filed litigation to block these illegal actions.

We have already seen the courts intervene on issues like the federal funding freeze, and as a consequence, the administration has backed down.

But let’s be honest about what’s happening here: the administration is shamelessly ignoring the laws, and it’s hard to fix that by passing more laws — especially when Republicans control both the House and the Senate. And the courts take time.

So that leaves us with a third path: raising hell. One of the most important tools we have right now is making sure every American knows what’s happening and communicates their opposition to this violation of our constitutional order and theft of our lawfully appropriated tax dollars.

And that’s where you come in. Talk to your friends and family, post on social media, show up to peaceful protests.

At the same time, we need to be working to win back power. We got to the situation we’re in because we lost elections. The only way out is by winning elections. And that’s what I intend to do.

Thank you for reading, and thank you for sharing your concerns with me. Engaged citizens like you matter more than ever at a time like this.

Don’t give up the ship,

Mikie

Mikie will defend New Jerseyans from anything that threatens New Jerseyans — including Donald Trump and Elon Musk. If you’d like to support the campaign, please consider chipping in $10 or whatever you can.
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