Once again, I exercised my constitutional right to petition our government and wrote to Hakeem Jeffries to express my desires for more fight ahead of the mid-terms and to deliver my wish list for what comes next should the Democrats take control. As always, I share this letter hoping my readers will be inspired to write letters of their own.
September 6, 2026
Dear House Minority Leader Jeffries,
I am in receipt of many requests from the Democrat Party for donations. I refuse to give a dime to the Party not only because I am still furious over the Party’s refusal to respond (until it was too late) to demands that Joe Biden not run for a second term, but because I am unconvinced that the Party is effectively responding to our current outrages and that it will truly represent the best interest of the people. I hate that my daughter believes that both Parties are utterly corrupt and unworthy of leadership. Given the level of corruption, cruelty, and incompetency under Trump, I argue that this is a false equivalency, but like many Americans she is not paying close attention because she is simply trying to live her life. The Party’s outrage is far too quiet and is NOT meeting the moment.  Â
It is not that I am sitting on the sidelines with my wallet or my mouth closed. I talk and write about our situation every day. As a senior citizen with limited funds, I donate to individual Democrat candidates across the country, to multiple activist groups like Indivisible, to several legal organizations that defend our democracy and rights in courts, and to humanitarian organizations. My total investment in our country is several hundred dollars every month, not millions like the wealthy donors that politicians tend to court for special favors.
I am an average progressive Democrat. I listen to a lot of the people around me and I decided to send you a list of post mid-term requests that I feel compelled to share with you. I’m doing what I can to help us win back both the House and the Senate. I’m fearful of all the lies and schemes the Republicans are engaging in to muddy the waters and to prevent people from voting. It bothers me not to see much push back from the Democrat Party though. I’m grateful for the court battles but frustrated by your relative silence. Americans like me need to see you fight much harder in the court of public opinion.
My wish list begins with accountability. Should we win, there must be accountability for broken laws and unconstitutional acts perpetrated by this Administration. We are suffering under the brutality of lawless ICE agents, an unlawful war, unlawful tariffs, an assault on our civil rights, vengeful prosecutions, a rollback in research and education, and a president who is taking bribes, enriching himself through market manipulation, and placing his name and image everywhere. We need to shore up our laws and our justice system to stop the grifting and exploitation of cowards in Congress and to reform this corrupt and activist Supreme Court.
Second, we need to protect abortion rights. Women are in grave danger because state lawmakers either don’t understand or don’t care that pregnancy is a medical condition that can go very wrong and can endanger the physical and emotional life of a woman. Babies who were deemed unviable are being born simply to die. The idea of fetal personhood denies women their right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. We are being reduced to “hosts”, not people. It is a religious belief of some, not a medical reality, that life begins at conception. However, in nature less than half of human fertilized eggs result in a person being born. And frankly, it’s cruel to force the birth of a baby whom doctors knew was not viable outside the womb. The decision to have an abortion must be a legal option for women nationwide. Stop allowing Republicans to lie about women choosing abortions in the ninth month or after birth! Some folks believe them and your silence confirms this for them.
Third, we absolutely need a single payer healthcare system, a useful immigration system, and regulations for AI and guns. We need campaign finance reform that removes private money from politics. We need to restore regulations that protect our environment and the restoration of research, education, and public health. We need a simplified and fair tax code wherein everyone pays their fair share. And please remove that unfair cap on social security deductions from pay checks. Â
Of course, there are many other things that need fixing, but these are my top priorities and the priorities I hear from the people around me. My greatest desire is to hear much more fight from the Democrat Party prior to the mid-terms. And just maybe then, I will send you folks a check.
Sincerely,
Dr. Juanita Hall