Friend,

With the deadline to reach my $30,000 monthly fundraising goal at midnight tonight, I'm about to ask you to chip in any amount you can – but first, I want to take a moment to reflect on what a chaotic month it's been:

1. From reading out the 940-page text on the floor to setting a record for the most amendment votes over the 26-hour vote-a-rama, Senate Democrats and I did everything in our power to stop Trump's Big, Ugly Betrayal of a Bill. But on July 1, it passed with JD Vance's tiebreaking vote.

2. Forcing an estimated 15 million people to lose health insurance to pass trillions in tax cuts for the wealthy just wasn't enough for the president – so then he told Republicans to zero out funding for PBS and NPR and billions more from global aid. And in the dead of night on July 18, they obeyed.

3. But that still wasn't enough – because all month long, Trump's been illegally blocking billions for public schools nationwide. So I blocked his Education Department nominee's glide path to confirmation, and kept up the public pressure until the administration finally announce they'd release the funding.

And now, as we reach the first end-of-month deadline since Trump's pro-billionaire Project 2025 budget became law, I need your help.

If I come up short tonight, the GOP will take our low fundraising numbers as a sign that people actually support their anti-middle-class agenda.

Worse than that, we may not have the resources to stop that agenda by taking back the Senate majority in 2026 – unless, before 11:59 p.m. tonight, each and every person on this grassroots team steps up to do their part.

Anything you can give to support this critical work tonight will help us build the coalition we need to hold Trump accountable and stop the GOP from pushing through more of his out-of-touch policies.

So please, friend, will you chip in $5, $25, or anything you can spare toward my $30,000 end-of-month goal before midnight?

Seriously, friend – thank you for all you do.

Patty Murray