Dear John:

There is much to be hopeful for in 2021, as our nation rejoins the global effort to curtail climate change, and we all turn to healing the wounds of the Trump era, ending systemic racism, and rebuilding a just economy.

Yet this past year has proven to be a dangerous time for our country, with daily assaults on the very fabric and foundation of our democracy. And through the Trump lies and special-interest spin, the voting manipulation and the misinformation about COVID-19, the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) has continued to demonstrate that facts can and do matter!

Despite the many challenges of the pandemic, CMD’s intrepid crew of investigative reporters and pro bono lawyers have had a tremendously successful year and made an outsized impact!

• Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) prominently relied on and credited CMD's dark money research in his eloquent remarks about the right-wing campaign to remake the courts during nationally televised nomination hearings of Justice Amy Coney Barrett.
• CMD exposed the “reputable” groups fueling the dangerous voter fraud narrative pre-election and the right-wing “Stop the Steal” movement post-election.
• CMD sourced audio to the Associated Press showing how right-wing groups were working with the Trump campaign and White House to form a pro-Trump network of doctors to support their rapid reopening plans.

But there is so much more to be done! Another pandemic—one of disinformation—is making America unhealthy and a more dangerous place to live, as powerful special interests feed the public a constant diet of cynical science denial and division.

That's why CMD’s role as a watchdog over hidden corporate influence and right-wing extremism is so vitally important and needed now more than ever—and that's why I am reaching out to you personally to ask for your support for CMD in these last few days of 2020!

Thankfully, in the coming year:

• CMD will be on the job exposing the Koch machine, Big Oil, ALEC, and religious Right groups as they gear up to gerrymander voting districts for another decade, block national and state reform, and attack elected and grassroots leaders who take a stand for justice.
• Their team will be investigating dangerous new alliances developing between GOP-aligned corporate influence networks and white-nationalist and religious extremists.
• And they’ll put the spotlight on the Right’s dangerous drive to convene a constitutional convention aimed at taking away hard-won victories on choice and equal marriage, muzzling gun control efforts, and evading federal environmental protections.

With these critical challenges facing our country this coming year, CMD needs all the support you can give!

So please give generously! Your tax-deductible gift today will help CMD reach its year-end goal of $150,000 and hit the ground running in 2021, as it continues to shine a light on the corruption and corporate influence that threatens America’s democracy. AND...

Thanks to a $50,000 match, your gift through December 31 will have twice the impact!
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Together, I know that we can win back a democracy that works for all of us!

With deepest appreciation for all that you do and all I know you will do, and sincerest hope for a healthy New Year,

Robert Reich
Former U.S. Secretary of Labor & Co-Founder, Inequality Media

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