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INSIDER NEWS FROM THE FRONTLINES OF THE POLITICAL REVOLUTION

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HEADLINES: Pressure Builds for Peace in Gaza | Stand with Student
Protestors | Dark Money Targets Susheela Jayapal for Congress | New
Endorsements in TX & NY | MD Uncommitted Vote Tuesday | & MORE!

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The world is watching in horror as air strikes and tanks roll into the
southern Gazan city of Rafah, where 1.3 million people have taken refuge
from Netanyahu’s war.

Our Revolution stands in solidarity with students and helped mobilize over
600,000 “Uncommitted” Peace voters in battleground states and beyond to
demand an end to the violence. We’ve helped create outside grassroots
pressure while our allies in the Congressional Progressive Caucus push on
the inside to get President Biden to halt weapons to Israel in light of
the Rafah invasion.

As Bernie said, “We can no longer be complicit in Netanyahu’s horrific war
against the Palestinian people.” Due to the overwhelming advocacy by our
pro-Peace movement across the country, President Biden has started to
shift his Gaza policy.

Our collective action is working - Biden just halted a bomb shipment to
Israel and said he will continue withholding weapons shipments until
Netanyahu ends his ground offensive in Rafah.

[ [link removed] ]We must keep up the pressure. Demand a permanent end to U.S. complicity
in the massacre in Gaza

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The backlash we’re seeing against students exercising their First
Amendment rights to protest for Peace is unacceptable. Period.

“Students and young people are stepping forward as brave, moral leaders in
this moment, and Our Revolution will continue to have their backs," OR
Executive Director Joseph Geevarghese told [ [link removed] ]Atlanta Daily World. “We’re
heartened by the solidarity for peace even as the horrors in Gaza and the
retaliation against students weighs heavy on us all.”

For six months, President Biden has allowed American weapons to be used in
the atrocities against Palestine. His latest policy shift may not be
enough to avert massive protests descending on the Democratic National
Convention in Chicago this August, according to the [ [link removed] ]Associated Press.

“The DNC is likely to become a flashpoint because these movements are
going to continue to escalate,” Joseph Geevarghese, executive director of
Our Revolution, told the AP. “I can see a replay of 1968, unless the
administration does a course correction.”

“There is widespread discontent among progressive voters, young people,
people of color — the progressive voting bloc writ large that he needs in
order to win,” Joseph said. "I’m not sure if the administration fully
recognizes the danger leading into the convention and the optics that
could be created.”

Bottom-line: Our movement is directly telling the president to change
course or risk the political consequences.

[ [link removed] ]ADD YOUR NAME: CALL FOR PEACE IN GAZA

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The next front in the fight is the Maryland primary! Our Revolution is
mobilizing our 137,000 members in Maryland to vote “uncommitted” in the
Democratic primary on Tuesday.

Our Revolution has been at the vanguard of the “Vote Uncommitted” movement
- we’re using the ballot box to pressure the Biden Administration to end
its unconditional support for Netyanahu’s brutal war in Gaza.

"Enough is enough. We have all borne witness to the unspeakable suffering
in Gaza — tragedy after tragedy that is being met with performative
rhetoric,” Our Rev Exec Director Joseph Geevarghese wrote in [ [link removed] ]The
Baltimore Sun.

“If President Biden’s reported outrage behind closed doors does not
translate to real policy shifts that hold Netanyahu accountable, he will
continue to disenfranchise the Democratic base and risk a return of Trump
to the White House.”

Our Revolution leaders rallied with the Listen to Maryland coalition on
Monday and joined a live online event to get out the vote for Uncommitted.

OR Executive Director Joseph Geevarghese spoke alongside Palestinian
voices, local leaders and student protestors.

“Two powerful protest movements are converging at the ballot box,”
[ [link removed] ]Joseph told the crowd. “College demonstrators and pro-peace
progressives are joining forces to call on our fellow citizens to vote
Uncommitted and send the President a message about Gaza he cannot ignore -
Peace Now!”

[ [link removed] ]DONATE NOW to keep up the momentum and Get Out the Uncommitted Vote!
Every dollar helps us to reach more Maryland voters to cast their ballot
for Peace.

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Sen. Bernie Sanders and US Rep. Ro Khanna just teamed up to introduce a
new bill to cancel all existing medical debt and wipe it from all credit
reports!

“People in our country should not be going bankrupt because they got
cancer and could not afford to pay their medical bills,” Bernie said.
[ [link removed] ]Read more in The Guardian.

40% of Americans have medical debt, and it has become the leading cause of
bankruptcy — even for those with health insurance. And, 25% of Americans
say they’ve skipped healthcare due to costs.

In the lead-up to the legislative introduction, Our Revolution hosted a
[ [link removed] ]town hall with uninsured patients struggling to make ends meet and
Rep. Khanna, and did lobbying visits on Capitol Hill to shape the bill.

This is unjust and unsustainable. It’s time for Congress to wipe the slate
clean and pass the Medical Debt Cancelation Act to end the burden of
sky-high medical bills once and for all.

[ [link removed] ]ADD YOUR NAME: Stand with Bernie and Ro to demand an end to Medical
Debt in America.

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Sen. Bernie Sanders has joined us in endorsing Susheela Jayapal for
Congress because she is a powerful voice for abortion rights, Medicare for
All, peace, democracy, wages, housing, climate, and more.

Now, Sen. Jeff Merkley has spoken out against the dark money pouring into
Oregon’s 3rd District: “I strongly condemn the dark money campaign
underway to smear Susheela Jayapal and any other dark money campaigns that
are underway or planned,” he said.

More than $3 million is being spent on attack ads against Susheela and to
prop up her opponent, [ [link removed] ]Portland Mercury reported, but she has people
power at her back. Susheela and her sister, Pramila Jayapal, were joined
by the grassroots to knock more than 2,000 doors last weekend alone.

“Democratic voters here have made it very clear they don’t want AIPAC and
MAGA money interfering in their primaries,” Andrea Cervone, Jayapal’s
campaign manager, said.

[ [link removed] ]Read the full story by The Intercept on how AIPAC money is targeting
Susheela Jayapal in this critical congressional race here.

Susheela is an AIPAC target, just like Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Jamaal
Bowman, and Pramila, because she has spoken out for the human rights of
Palestinians — and stands against corporate power.

Like Bernie said this week: “The billionaires who fund these SuperPACs are
not only concerned about protecting Israel’s right to do whatever it
wants, but also about protecting corporate interests.”

“And you have a lot of wonderful members of the House of Representatives,
who have stood up for the working class, have taken on corporate
interests, and have also expressed their deep concern with what Israel is
doing in Gaza,” Bernie continued. “What you’re seeing, and this is the
corruption of the American political system.”

He rightly points out that these are some of the best people in Congress,
adding: “I’m going to do my best to protect them and defend them.” We here
at Our Revolution completely agree, and will be working overtime to
protect elected progressives under attack.

[ [link removed] ]DONATE TO HELP US DEFEND AND EXPAND PROGRESSIVE POWER IN CONGRESS IN
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NEW ENDORSEMENTS!

We need progressives at every level of government. That’s why we’re
excited to endorse Annette Ramirez for Tax Assessor Collector in Harris
County, Texas.

She plans to prioritize collections against corporations and big
businesses over homeowners and work for language justice and same day
voter registration.

Annette beat out 5 other candidates and now heads to the May 28th runoff
election! This important public office is charged with maintaining and
improving election integrity in the nation’s third-most populous county.

Winning this seat will allow a progressive to remain in charge of voter
registration rolls. We cannot risk a Republican getting this seat and the
ability to 'clean' the voter rolls and make it harder to vote.

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Claire Cousin has our endorsement for NY Assembly District 206 because she
embodies the spirit of grassroots activism and is deeply committed to
putting working families first.

Claire is the co-founder of the Hudson/Catskill Housing Coalition and the
first Black woman elected to the Columbia County Board of Supervisors.

Her top priorities of affordability, climate action, housing rights, and
education investment reflect the urgent needs of the district.

[ [link removed] ]Donate any amount to our 2024 Progressive Power Fund to make sure we
can mobilize our grassroots activists to get out the vote in each of these
key races!

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Our Revolution Massachusetts invites you to The UnConvention — a LIVE
online event June 2nd for progressives to organize around key issues and
get active in the political process this critical election year.

Keynote speakers include: Robert Kuttner, co-founder/co-editor of The
American Prospect and a Professor at Brandeis University’s Heller School,
who has written extensively on the failures of the Massachusetts
Democratic Party; and Danielle Allen, a James Bryant Conant University
Professor at Harvard University, who will speak on “Voice and Choice: Key
Reforms to Make Democracy Real.”

The UnConvention is being organized by The Massachusetts Progressive
Action Organizing Committee (MPAOC) — a coalition of MA state-wide
political and community organizations and was formed to increase
progressive political power.

[ [link removed] ]REGISTER FOR THE EVENT HERE

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Our movement worked hard to elect the largest Congressional Progressive
Caucus in history. Now, we must defend these seats against $100 million in
AIPAC funding being spent to try to unseat some of our strongest voices
for Peace in Congress.

Allies like Rashida Tlaib, Pramila Jayapal, Jamaal Bowman, Ilhan Omar,
Delia Ramirez, and Cori Bush are running for re-election, and Our
Revolution will have their back!

[ [link removed] ]Chip in to our 2024 Progressive Power Fund to help us out-organize big
money and re-elect our top progressive allies in Congress.

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group, Our Revolution relies on our members to power our work.

In 2024, we’re on a mission to stop a return of Trump while growing
progressive power in Congress and beyond to fight back against the far
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