Two weeks ago Trump said he would “encourage” Russia to attack NATO countries not pulling their weight.

On Tuesday, Donald Trump compared his criminal indictments to Alexei Navalny’s imprisonment and death in the Gulag.

Currently House Republicans are taking a recess instead of passing funding for Ukraine’s war with Russia. And they refused to vote on a BIPARTISAN border bill negotiated in the Senate, a strong border bill which they had insisted was necessary to pass appropriations for Ukraine. They are doing neither.

It’s clear that Trump is calling the shots, and that he has the whole Republican Party under his control. If you were worried about what bullshit can happen if he becomes president, you don’t really have to wait.

Trump will dictate all policy and install his own actual deep state in the bowels of the government — one that has a very different agenda than the professionals there now. And his lieutenants and generals will be Jeffrey Clark, Stephen Miller, Steve Bannon, and lesser-known monsters that populate the Republican swamp. No Mattises, no Kellys — just reliable right-wing lieutenants to run the government’s underbelly.

We can’t afford another Trump term. It will be much worse than the first one. He learned a lot in four years and will hit the ground running — or, rather, destroying.

WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO WIN THIS ELECTION.

It’s going to be a close one, and every dollar will matter. Please help Midwest Values PAC target our dollars where they are most needed. In battleground states, and in state and federal elections that can determine the balance of power in America starting in 2025.

Al

P.S. Thank you for your support. (If you have given.) Otherwise, this is a good time to start. It’s a crazy, friggin’ year!

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Somehow, it’s been 20 years since I started Midwest Values PAC to help Democrats win elections — from progressive organizations to state legislatures to Congress to the White House — who share the values I grew up with in St. Louis Park, Minnesota.

Since 2006, Midwest Values PAC has invested more than $4 million in 341 candidates and organizations — and counting. 

Of course, none of this happens without you (or supporters like you) who care enough to pitch in.

As we mark our 20th anniversary, the work is more urgent than ever. This year, we have a big job: flip the House, take the Senate, and win up and down the ballot at the state and local level.

To mark our 20th year, we’ve set an ambitious goal: 26,000 contributions by Election Day 2026.

Thanks for being part of this fight, and for sticking with us for 20 years (or for just joining — welcome!).

Al

P.S. Over the years, okay, decades, we’ve helped Democrats win tough races all across the country by investing early, intelligently, and strategically. That’s how you flip seats. That’s how you protect democracy. And that’s how you stop the worst impulses of a president who never should have been president in the first place.