Friend,

Today, another election denialist “rally” is coming to our nation’s capitol, and once again Americans are expecting and preparing for violence. Let us pray that today is not a repeat of the horrific and violent January 6th attack on democracy which the marchers have assembled to glorify.

Ostensibly, they’re demanding “justice” for the January 6th insurrectionists. But their notion of justice bears zero resemblance to the actual thing. They want impunity. They want absolution. They want us to justify their crimes against liberty and democracy.

But that isn’t justice, and it definitely isn’t patriotic.

The January 6th defendants are getting their due process, as is their right. But Donald Trump, Marjorie Taylor Green, Matt Gaetz and the other pro-authoritarian extremists behind this effort have a much different goal — the subversion of democracy by conspiracy.

That is where we must stand up, Friend. We must protect liberty and democracy from the pro-authoritarian radicals seeking power.

Part of our mission is to not only defend our elections, but to push back against the lies which radicals use to discredit them. It begins with telling the truth about January 6th, the effort to overthrow our elections, and the responsibility of many current elected Republicans in fomenting and participating in those efforts.

The 2022 elections are on the horizon, and many of the worst offenders in the GOP will be on the ballot. Their plan is to push out the responsible Republicans who stood against the insurrection and voted to impeach. Our plan is to evict the conspiracists and insurrectionists instead. Help us clean (the) House.

Mike Ongstad