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Friend,
There can no longer be any doubt: Donald Trump is trying to engineer a coup by preventing millions of Americans from voting, undermining public confidence in our democracy, and stealing the 2020 election.
He openly admitted on Fox News that he is blocking funding for the U.S. Postal Service to prevent people from voting by mail. He has crippled the institutions capable of holding him accountable, attacking journalism as "fake news" and packing the judiciary with political hacks.
And he has said over and over again that he has no intention of accepting the results of any election that doesn't declare him the winner.
These are the words and actions of an authoritarian attacking the foundations of democracy to keep himself in power.
But there is a way to stop him: When Trump's attacks on democracy are accurately reported and called out as dangerous threats, he's been forced to walk them back.
After the U.S. Postal Service was caught removing truckloads of street-corner mailboxes in states all over the country last week, Trump's political hack of a postmaster general, Louis DeJoy, was forced to back down due to the outcry. That's the strategy that can stop Trump's anti-democratic tactics: document them, report them, and ignite a firestorm of protest. But it won't be cheap or easy.
That's why Common Dreams is launching an emergency pre-election Summer Fundraising Drive to make sure we have the funding we need to defend the integrity of our elections and call out every last attack on our ability to conduct free and fair elections. The corporate media is unwilling or incapable of holding Trump accountable and safeguarding our democracy. But we will.
This is our most crucial fundraising drive in years. Maybe ever. Whatever you can afford helps, whether that's $5, $25, or $100. As a nonprofit, independent news outlet, we refuse all corporate advertising and rely instead on many small donations from readers that add up and power our cutting edge news-gathering organization.
Please donate today to help Common Dreams meet our pre-election Summer Fundraising Campaign goal of $80,000 by September 1.
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