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A large number of high-profile leaders in the tech community020 Archivessigned a letter against presidential candidate Donald Trump.

The petition includes the names of 145 people who are against Trump's policies including big names such as Slack CEO and co-founder Stewart Butterfield, IAC Chairman Barry Diller, Tumblr founder David Karp, Twitter co-founder Ev Williams and the co-founder of Apple, Steve Wozniak.

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The impassioned plea to keep Trump out of power was written by Katie Stanton, the CMO of Color Genomics and the former VP of global media for Twitter. It is a powerful message to America from some of the most powerful people in the world.

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The letter takes aim at Trump's right-wing policies, writing that he stands against open innovation, movement of people and engagement with the world outside America. 

"We believe in an inclusive country that fosters opportunity, creativity and a level playing field. Donald Trump does not," the letter reads.

"He campaigns on anger, bigotry, fear of new ideas and new people, and a fundamental belief that America is weak and in decline. We have listened to Donald Trump over the past year and we have concluded: Trump would be a disaster for innovation."

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Just a day out from when Trump's vice president is expected to be announced, the letter slams his controversial views on everything from immigration to Internet regulation. 

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"Donald Trump, meanwhile, traffics in ethnic and racial stereotypes, repeatedly insults women, and is openly hostile to immigration. He has promised a wall, mass deportations, and profiling," the letter continued. 

"Donald Trump proposes 'shutting down' parts of the Internet as a security strategy — demonstrating both poor judgment and ignorance about how technology works."

It ends with a disclaimer stating that all the individuals listed are not representing the companies they work for. 

It is worth noting a lot of prominent people are not on the list. There are no signatories from Google or Apple, and some of the biggest names in tech -- Elon Musk, Tim Cook, Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey -- did not sign on. 

Of course, there is no Peter Thiel 

Read the full letter here. 

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