Dear John,

You're exactly who they hope stays quiet.

But you're reading this email which means Trump and his MAGA machine have miscalculated. You're not staying quiet. You're not sitting this out. You're the reinforcements urgently need --right now.  

And right now—this minute—is not hyperbole!

WEEKS! That's all we have before Virginia and Pennsylvania elections that will either launch us toward victory in 2026 or hand extremists the blueprint to crush women's rights nationwide.

While you're reading this, billionaire dark money is flooding both states. Pete Hegseth is openly endorsing repealing women's right to vote. They've passed their Republican Budget—the so called "Big Beautiful Bill"—a vicious assault on Medicaid, reproductive health, food assistance, school lunch programs, student aid, and threatening Medicare.

THERE IS NO CAVALRY COMING. WE –EACH OF US--ARE THE CAVALRY. And we're mobilizing.

🔥 VIRGINIA: THE FIRST DOMINO—November 2025

This is the bellwether election that sets the tone for everything. Virginia was the 38th and final state needed to ratify the ERA—the legal threshold required to amend the U.S. Constitution. Now MAGA extremists want to reverse that gain by winning majority control of the House of Delegates in addition to the governor’s race.

We refuse to let that happen. Our Feminist Campus Organizers are deployed across 15 Virginia campuses, ensuring college students know they have a right to register and vote where they’re in school, and working to turn out the young women voters who can decide razor-thin elections.

But we need resources to match the right-wing dark money tsunami heading our way.

⚖️ PENNSYLVANIA: DEMOCRACY'S LIFELINE—November 2025

Three pro-choice, pro-ERA Supreme Court justices face a confirmation vote. Lose even ONE, and Pennsylvania becomes another red state where abortion is banned and women are silenced.

19 campuses. Thousands of young women. One chance to hold the line.

🗳️ THE 2026 EXPLOSION: Everything Rides on This

We must flip the U.S. House and Senate to stop the MAGA war machine in the 2026 Mid-term Congressional elections. Trump and the MAGA Republicans know they’re in trouble because they doubled down in their War Against Women through their budget—closing women's health clinics, slashing student loans, gutting Medicaid and school lunch programs.

But we know the secret weapon to winning: Young women on college campuses in Michigan, Wisconsin, California, Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina. In 2020, 2022, and 2024, young women voters delivered victory in every close race. They're our path to victory in 2026—if we organize them NOW.

THE ERA: OUR CONSTITUTIONAL SHIELD

Beneath every battle is this truth: Without the ERA in the Constitution, no right we've won is truly safe. Not reproductive freedom. Not equal pay. Not protection from violence.

We are 4-5 votes away in the Congress from a Congressional affirmation of the ERA as the 28th Amendment. The final votes could be decided in the very districts and states we're organizing. With 38 states already ratified and constitutional scholars confirming we meet every legal requirement, only extremists in Congress are blocking recognition.

The ERA belongs in the Constitution. Period. That’s why these bellwether 2025 elections are everything.

THE BOTTOM LINE: $247,000 by September 30th

That's what we need to fully fund Virginia, Pennsylvania, and our 2026 launch.

You've been with us before. We need you to be with us again—RIGHT NOW.

The right-wing billionaires are betting we'll fold. That our supporters are tired. That you won't answer the call when it matters most.

PROVE THEM WRONG.

Every minute we wait is ground we lose forever.

You're exactly who they hope stays quiet. Instead, you're exactly who will make them lose.

For Victory and Equality,

Ellie Smeal
President

Kathy Spillar
Executive Director

P.S. We’ve made the winning difference before. This is our moment to do it again—when it matters most.  Thanks for doing your part. 

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