Dear John:

As each day passes, it becomes increasingly clear that the Jan. 6 insurrection was a dress rehearsal for a Trump coup attempt in 2024. Groups like the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), Heritage Action, and the Republican Attorneys General Association are working hard to suppress the vote, tear down the firewalls that protected our democracy in 2020, and put Trump acolytes in positions of power where they can subvert future elections.

It’s going to take all of us to turn things around, and it starts with exposing who is trying to change the rules and why.

In these perilous times, CMD’s fearless investigations are more important than ever!

To paraphrase Robert Reich, the first step in protecting our democracy is knowing who is trying to take it hostage.

That’s why I am reaching out to you now to ask you to please support CMD’s independent and in-depth investigations into the dark money forces of deception and division before year-end!

As the President of CMD’s board and its past director, I know how hard the CMD team works to dig behind the scenes so that you have the information you need to fight back against the powerful interests distorting our democracy.

This year, CMD exposed the complicity of ALEC and the secretive Council for National Policy in promoting Trump’s Big Lie and the Jan. 6 Capitol invasion. CMD busted ALEC for lying about its role in pushing voter suppression legislation and outed its incoming board president for leading the bogus election "audit" in Arizona. And I testified for CMD before the Senate Judiciary Committee about the damage dark money is doing to the Supreme Court and people’s fundamental freedoms.

There is so much more to be done in 2022, and CMD needs your help!

Thanks to a $50,000 match, your year-end gift will go twice as far!
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CMD’s investigative reporters will be working overtime in the New Year to expose the politicians, groups, and deep-pocket funders behind the ongoing insurrection; disturbing new alliances between right-wing extremists and corporate-funded groups; and the Right’s dangerous drive to rewrite the U.S. Constitution in order to cripple the federal government’s ability to protect working families, your hard-won rights, and our precious and irreplaceable planet.

So please help shine a light on threats to our democracy in 2022 by making your tax-deductible gift to CMD now!

(If your gift crossed with my email, thank you very much for supporting CMD this year.)

Together we can make a difference and help save a democracy of the people, by the people, and for the people.

With gratitude for all that you are doing to help make our world a better place,

Lisa Graves, 
Board President

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