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It appears that Sec. of Defense Hegseth has already ruled out two outcomes in the now nascent peace talks between Russia and Ukraine.

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Donald Trump posted on Truth Social last week that USAID’s spending “IS TOTALLY UNEXPLAINABLE…CLOSE IT DOWN!”

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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. 

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We have a new DNC chair, Ken Martin!

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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.

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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.

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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!)

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The holidays are a time to be grateful for all the good things in life. All of us at Midwest Values PAC are indebted to those of you who gave so that MVP could support so many Democrats and progressive independents.

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Once again, former and future President Donald Trump is Time magazine’s Person of the Year. That makes sense. I’m hoping against hope that next year’s Person of the Year will not be “The Deported Immigrant.”

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Since November 5, the news has been pretty hard to watch. So far, we’ve had to process the scores of terrible Trump nominees for various positions in his administration, each one worse than the next.

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