Dear John:

Where were you on January 6?

That’s something most of us will remember forever, as we watched the mob sent by Trump storm the U.S. Capitol, hunt for Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and try to overturn the 2020 election of Joe Biden to be our President.

Since then, it has become clear that the Jan. 6 insurrection—and all the MAGA machinations around it—were just the beginning of a campaign to delegitimize the 2020 elections and set the stage for trying to orchestrate Trump’s return to power in 2024.

Groups tracked by CMD—like the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), Conservative Partnership Institute, Heritage Action, and the Republican Attorneys General Association—have been working hard all year to suppress the 2022 vote, tear down the firewalls that protected our democracy in 2020, and put pro-Trump election deniers into positions of power where they can subvert the 2024 election.

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.

That’s why CMD launched Insurrection Exposed this month, a new website that exposes hundreds of the politicians, extremists, groups, and bankrollers that continue to pose a serious threat to the very survival of American democracy.

It’s going to take all of us to defend and improve our democracy for the next generation!

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 the year ends!

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.

CMD’s investigative reporters will be working overtime in the New Year to expose the players and deep-pocket funders behind the ongoing insurrectionist agenda, as well as the Right’s latest culture war strategies and the dangerous drive to convene a constitutional convention that would give GOP politicians supermajority control over rewriting the U.S. Constitution.

Thanks to a $50,000 match, your year-end gift will have twice the impact!
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CMD has its work cut out for it in 2023, so please help defend and expand our democracy by making your tax-deductible gift to CMD now!

(If your gift crossed with my email, thank you very much for helping us shine a light on corruption in 2023!)

Together we can make a difference and help build a democracy truly 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