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I just got off the phone with ActBlue. Things are running normally there, this is a normal cycle of job turnover after an election. That was all that was. There has been some right-wing press. Treat it like any other unreliable crap they dish out. ActBlue can handle whatever Trump tries to do! ActBlue thanks us for doing a great job of raising $ for Democrats. Over $3.5 million in 10 years' time.

See the detailed post below.

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https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mikenellis_standwithactblue-activity-7305272598685261825-r59o/

Mike Nellis

Democratic strategist. Former Senior Advisor to Kamala Harris. Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Authentic.org. Raised over $1B for Democratic candidates, including Adam Schiff, Gretchen Whitmer, and Pat Ryan.


Elon Musk wants to dismantle key Democratic Party infrastructure like ActBlue. Let’s be crystal clear about why 👇

ActBlue is the backbone of Democratic grassroots fundraising. It allows everyday people—not billionaires—to fuel campaigns from city council to the White House. It’s how we compete with the right-wing megadonor machine. And now, Musk and his allies are trying to destroy it.

They’re spreading outright lies—accusing ActBlue of crimes that aren’t even possible. The whole thing is absurd. But the goal isn’t truth—the goal is to create a pretext for a partisan Congress and a weaponized Justice Department to take down key Democratic infrastructure.

We’ve seen this playbook before. I know because they came after my company last yewar with similar BS conspiracy theories from crackpots like Laura Loomer. We fought back and won by hanging tough and telling the truth about what Authentic does and who we serve.

These kinds of attacks are not normal. There used to be an unspoken rule: You don’t go after campaign staff and infrastructure just to cripple the other side. But Republicans are throwing out the rulebook because they know that if they succeed in dismantling ActBlue, Democrats may not be able to compete in 2025, 2026, or 2028.

And let’s be clear—the disinformation being spread right now isn’t just an attack on ActBlue. It’s an attack on all of us. If they can successfully come after ActBlue, they will use that success to come after everybody on the Democratic side: consultants, staffers, tech, donors, and everybody in between.

We cannot let Republicans threaten our ability to raise grassroots contributions for Democrats and progressives. We cannot let them abuse the power of the federal government to spread conspiracy theories that damage our democracy.

Corrupt billionaires like Elon Musk want to rig the game, to make it easier for them to win elections. But our power lies in our numbers. Let’s show them we’re not backing down by supporting ActBlue publicly, using the platform to elect more and better Democrats in 2025 and 2026, and sharing this post—if you can.

#StandWithActBlue