As the President of CMD’s board and its past executive director, I know how hard the CMD team works to dig behind the scenes to expose the right-wing forces and special interests distorting our democracy. Here at CMD, Trump’s threats have struck very close to home. He has called the press “the enemy of the people,” ordered that his political enemies be investigated, and declared that people who criticize the Supreme Court “should be put in jail.” But, unlike mainstream outlets and platforms owned by huge corporations and billionaires, like the Washington Post and X, CMD will never bow down and stop speaking truth to power. For more than 30 years, CMD’s independent and award-winning investigations have shined a bright light on the plutocrats, corporate pay-to-play operations, and far-right extremists hijacking public policy and trying to take away our hard-won freedoms and advances. There is so much to be done in the coming year to expose attacks on democracy, climate progress, unions, public education, and our civil rights — and CMD’s intrepid researchers and reporters will be working hard to give you vital information we all need to fight back. That’s why I’m reaching out to you now to ask that you please support CMD, today. Please join me this Giving Tuesday in making a generous tax-deductible gift to keep up the fight! Together we can make a difference and help build a thriving democracy, with liberty and justice for all. With deepest gratitude for all that you are doing to help make our world a better place, | 
