This email is very short!
Some of my emails can be a bit long-winded — but not this one. Here’s why:
Exhausted yet?
You’ve probably noticed something about the Trump administration: They’re really good at flooding the zone with bad news.
The worst person in the world.
What are the odds that the worst person in the world and the richest person in the world would be the two most powerful men in the world?
Trump Calls Putin’s War “Genius.”
It appears that Sec. of Defense Hegseth has already ruled out two outcomes in the now nascent peace talks between Russia and Ukraine.
Why USAID Matters
Donald Trump posted on Truth Social last week that USAID’s spending “IS TOTALLY UNEXPLAINABLE…CLOSE IT DOWN!”
“The Riviera of the Middle East.”
Earlier this week, during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Trump offered a brilliant idea: to deport the Palestinians in Gaza to points in Jordan and Egypt where they can live comfortably and, most important, safely.
Doesn’t get much more Minnesota than this
We have a new DNC chair, Ken Martin!
Not a money-laundering outfit
I just received a memo from my team that shows — thanks to your support (or the support of supporters like you) — that 2024 was in many ways Midwest Values PAC’s most successful election cycle to date.
Comcast can now block your internet access
Last Thursday three federal judges on the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals struck down net neutrality. They ruled that the FCC lacks the authority to reinstate rules that prevented broadband providers from slowing down or outright blocking access to internet content.
You might be wondering who writes these things
I recognize that not everyone is ready to jump right back into fundraising or, frankly, fundraising emails. (Even I don’t like fundraising emails, and I write a lot of them!)