John: When you have real momentum to fix a problem in politics, you can feel it. 

Right now, the momentum behind banning members of Congress from benefitting massively from corrupt insider trading is huge and undeniable. 

This is the surest sign yet that our work is making an impact: Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has given his full endorsement to our push to ban insider stock trading by Members of Congress. 

Jeffries' backing is a stark departure from former Leader Nancy Pelosi, who fiercely opposed a ban and was notorious for having a portfolio that conveniently out-performed market averages year after year. (Side note: There are entire businesses built around tracking Pelosi's trades so that investors can copy her moves. This should concern and enrage every single American regardless of party.)

John: This is our moment. We have to strike now while the iron is hot, or we risk losing all of the momentum we have to reform a key source of distrust between the American people and our representatives in Congress.

We are seeing the consequences of this deep distrust playing out right now as Donald Trump consolidates power solely with himself, openly flouting courts and stripping Congress of its constitutional authority.

If we do nothing to reform Congress and fight for a hugely popular bipartisan issue like this, we will keep losing more and more of our democratic power - and our rights along with it.

John, this moment is far bigger than it seems. If we build consensus to ban insider trading in Congress, we can start to rebuild faith in our democratic system. But we need your help to keep up the pressure right now. Will you chip in $10, $25 or whatever you can spare to add your name to this fight?

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The only way change will finally happen is if we keep up immense public pressure to hold congressional leaders accountable — and make sure that any candidate who opposes a ban on stock trading gets either a primary challenge or a well-funded challenger in November. 

In Solidarity,

Connor, with Ban the Trade