To our supporters—and to everyone who believes the political right must be held accountable:
We want to update you on FtR’s work—our impact during the 2024 election cycle and our ongoing fight to counter the dangerous right-wing agenda now gripping Washington with Donald Trump back in the White House.
2024 was a difficult election year. Democrats lost the White House and the Senate while failing to retake the House of Representatives. But FtR and our supporters helped stop the right’s advance and successfully backed key Democrats in both the Senate and the House. Thank you to all those who have supported our work — it’s making a difference.
Perhaps most crucially, your contributions powered our support for two Democratic U.S. Senators in races that came down to the wire: (1) Tammy Baldwin in Wisconsin, who won reelection by less than 1 percentage point, and (2) Jacky Rosen in Nevada, who won her race by less than 2 points. FtR threw its support behind both candidates, and with your contributions, we helped defend both seats.
Thanks to our supporters, we were also able to back three new Democratic Senators. In Arizona, we helped Ruben Gallego defeat dangerous MAGA Republican Kari Lake. In Maryland, we backed Angela Alsobrooks and helped her defeat the state’s former Republican governor Larry Hogan. And in California, we supported Adam Schiff to ensure his victory against Trump supporter Steve Garvey.
In the U.S. House, FtR’s support successfully bolstered Democratic campaigns in California, New York, Ohio, and Virginia. Democratic unity in the House will make it harder for Speaker Johnson to carry out Donald Trump’s MAGA agenda.
There were losses. Despite our efforts, Democratic Senators Bob Casey and Sherrod Brown both lost to Republican challengers in Pennsylvania and Ohio, respectively. And of course, America is reeling from Kamala Harris’ loss to Donald Trump.
The Fight Against Trump’s Agenda Starts Now
Since taking office in January, Trump has launched an all-out assault on democracy, the economy, and the rule of law. He has wasted no time advancing a reckless, authoritarian agenda—one crafted in part by the ultra-right-wing Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 blueprint for dismantling our democracy. Trump is using his power to:
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- Impose tariffs on close trading partners, leaving American workers and consumers to foot the bill for his bad economic policy
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- Lash out at our closest allies, threatening Canada with annexation and bullying Denmark over Trump’s desire to annex Greenland
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- Withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement, abdicating our nation’s leadership position in combating climate change
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- Attempt to unconstitutionally revoke birthright citizenship from millions of people who were born here as Americans
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- Freeze already appropriated federal grant and loan assistance, plunging the nation into uncertainty about small business loans, Medicaid, disaster relief, and education funding
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- Create and weaponize the Department of Government (In)efficiency to dismantle the federal government from within
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- Baselessly accuse diversity, equity & inclusion initiatives of removing merit from the hiring process for governmental jobs, while filling his own administration with unqualified lackeys
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- Implement the wholesale shutdown of entire agencies, beginning with USAID
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- Grant pardons to all January 6th insurrectionists, even those convicted of the most heinous violent crimes against law enforcement
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- Turn Guantanamo Bay into an immigrant detention facility
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- Announce a U.S. takeover of Gaza, which would displace 2 million Palestinians in a criminal act of ethnic cleansing
And that’s only a partial list. While this is a chaotic time, it’s important to remember that this chaos was planned by right-wing think tanks like the Heritage Foundation as they prepared for a potential second Trump term by creating ultra-conservative manifestos like Project 2025.
FtR Is Fighting Back—And We Need You
At Fight the Right, we’re gearing up to hold Trump and his administration accountable every step of the way. We will expose the corruption, the hypocrisy, and the outright cruelty of his policies. But we can’t do this without your help.
The political right is conducting a hostile takeover of the federal government. Now we must Fight the Right to take back our country.
In solidarity,
Team FtR