A special note from Clara Jeffery and David Corn

The MoJo Daily newsletter, Monday through Friday. [View in browser]( [Mother Jones Daily Newsletter](     December 14, 2022 Hi! Clara Jeffery and David Corn here, and you know there’s something big to share if the editor-in-chief and DC bureau chief are co-writing today’s newsletter intro note. There is, and it actually has to do with [Cabbage]( and [Moxie](, our dogs. Let us explain: Late on Monday, our team sent out a fundraising email about our incredibly important [year-end push for donations](. They shared why [this year is make-or-break]( and how it’s so nerve-wracking, because December usually sees a flood of donations come in during the final week, and day, of the year—so it’s hard to know your fate until it’s too late to do anything about it. It was a very brass-tacks email, and they thought including a cute kitten picture would be a good way to lighten the mood—and it all snowballed from there, ultimately including Cabbage, Moxie, and nine other staff pets. It was [quite adorable](, and it was also the most effective fundraising email we’ve sent this month, which we very much need. With everything as serious and urgent as it is, we can also use as many pick-me-ups as we can get, so we wanted to share the adorable pets of MoJo with you in [this cuteness overload Twitter thread and also ask you to share YOURS](. And those donations? If you can [support Mother Jones with a year-end gift right now](, all online contributions will be doubled until we hit our $350,000 goal, and we’d be grateful. But you can also help by spreading the joy—and our donation link—around if you’d like to [get in on the fun]( over on Twitter. —Clara Jeffery and David Corn Advertisement [House Subscriptions Ad]( [Top Story] [Top Story]( [Before Roe, a Baptist Preacher Performed Abortions in Secret. Now He’s Helping Texans.]( Dr. Curtis Boyd's career encapsulates our long-fought abortion wars. BY CECILIA NOWELL SPONSORED POST     [Sponsored Content]( [“Heirs' Property” Exploitation Has Cost Many Farmers Their Land. So What Do We Do About It?]( “The reality is, many families haven’t been able to access their land wealth fully because of heirs’ property, and they face serious problems” THIS CONTENT WAS PAID FOR AND SPONSORED BY [AMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST](. [Trending] [The FTX collapse is also a huge campaign finance scandal]( BY RUSS CHOMA   [Nuclear fusion promises "near-limitless energy"—someday]( BY NICOLA DAVIS   [A Black cop sided with racial justice protesters. It cost him his job.]( BY GABBRIEL SCHIVONE   [How democracy nearly died in Wisconsin]( BY ARI BERMAN Advertisement [House Donations Ad]( [Special Feature] [Special Feature]( [Home Front]( Months after they fled, Ukrainians return home, seeking normalcy—or at least closure. Instead they find rubble and dust. BY SASHA MASLOV [Here are the facts] December is [make-or-break]( for Mother Jones’ fundraising. We have an ambitious $350,000 goal and all online gifts will be matched and go twice as far until we get there. We can’t afford to come up short: Donations big and small make up 74 percent of our budget. If you can right now, this is an important time to support Mother Jones with a year-end gift—it will be doubled thanks to an incredibly generous donor. [Donate]( Did you enjoy this newsletter? Help us out by [forwarding]( it to a friend or sharing it on [Facebook]( and [Twitter](. [Mother Jones]( [Donate]( [Donate Monthly]( [Subscribe]( This message was sent to {EMAIL}. To change the messages you receive from us, you can [edit your email preferences]( or [unsubscribe from all mailings.]( For advertising opportunities see our online [media kit.]( Were you forwarded this email? [Sign up for Mother Jones' newsletters today.]( [www.MotherJones.com]( PO Box 8539, Big Sandy, TX 75755