Dear John,

Have you been following the January 6 hearings? The committee’s evidence made it crystal clear: This is a now-or-never moment for our country’s great democratic experiment. The hearings exposed how the Big Lie of a “stolen” election has brought our democracy to the brink of crisis.

A retired federal judge revered by conservatives, J. Michael Luttig, put it this way during his committee testimony: Donald Trump is “a clear and present danger to American democracy. ... The former president and his allies are executing that blueprint [to overturn the 2024 election] in open and plain view of the American public.”

While Trump’s attempts to overturn the votes of the people in 2020 did not keep him in the White House, they were alarmingly effective in a myriad of other ways. The Big Lie has led to the enactment of dozens of racially targeted laws that make it harder to vote. Trump’s lies have also been used to justify laws that make it easier to sabot­age future elec­tions. And his public attacks on election officials emboldened partisan extremists to bully, harass, and threaten nonpartisan election workers who were simply doing their job.

Your gift today will give us the power to face the challenges in the midterms and beyond: to counter lies with facts, to litigate in court, to support election officials, and to advocate for our democratic ideals. From combating attempts at extreme partisan gerrymandering in states like Texas and Ohio to testifying before Congress on the impact of the Big Lie, we will use every tool to protect voting rights, to fight election sabotage, and to ensure our democracy endures.

This work would not be possible without your support. With each partisan voter suppression bill passed in state legislatures, bad actors are emboldened to further weaken our system. With your help, we can keep fighting back against these attacks. Your donation will go a long way in the struggle to protect democracy.

Thank you for being on the front lines in the fight for our democracy.