Dear John:

This is it! Today is the day the House Jan. 6 committee releases its final report on the violent invasion of the U.S. Capitol and the coordinated campaign to overturn the 2020 presidential election results.

While much of the focus will be on Trump, scores of politicians, lawyers, dark money groups, and right-wing activists conspired to undermine public faith in our elections, spread Trump’s Big Lie, and cook up strategies for ditching democracy to hold onto power.  And they're still at it.

It has become painfully clear this year that the Jan. 6 insurrection—and all the MAGA machinations around it—were just the beginning of a right-wing campaign to delegitimize the 2020 elections, tear down the firewalls that saved the day, and set the stage for subverting future elections.

That’s why CMD launched its new website, Insurrection Exposed, earlier this month that exposes hundreds of actors in Trump’s power play and those who continue to pose a serious threat to the survival of free and fair elections in America.

Insurrection Exposed provides a valuable guide for journalists and readers like you to the key people, groups, and events both before and after Jan. 6—from purveyors of the election fraud myth like ALEC and Heritage, to state Stop-the-Steal rallies, the Republican Attorney Generals Association’s robocalls urging people to march on the Capitol, bogus post-election “audits” in states like Arizona and Wisconsin, election deniers running for office, and Cleta Mitchell’s insidious campaign to install deniers in key election administration positions.

Thankfully, America’s institutions held strong this November and voters rejected many of the most extreme election deniers. But the forces that are willing to ditch democracy to seize power have not given up, and it’s going to take all of us to defend and improve our democracy for the next generation.

CMD researchers spent thousands of hours compiling information on insurrectionists and who funds them so that you don’t have to. That’s why CMD’s investigations are more important now than ever!

And that’s why I am reaching out to you now to ask you to please support CMD’s award-winning investigations as we head into yet another election cycle.

With the help of your generous tax-deductible donation, CMD’s team of investigative reporters will be working overtime in the New Year to expose the players and deep-pocket funders behind the ongoing insurrectionist agenda, along with all the other work we do every day to shine a light on the Koch influence network, ALEC’s increasingly radical agenda, and right-wing assaults on climate progress, labor unions, public education, and affordable health care.

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So, while you watch today’s news on the Jan. 6 report, keep CMD’s Insurrection Exposed close by as your handy guide.

Thank you for all that you do to protect and improve America’s democracy!

Wishing you and yours all the best for the holidays and the New Year,

Arn Pearson 
Executive Director