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SPECIAL PRE-DEBATE CALL!
Ahead of Tuesday’s first Presidential debate in Ohio, our members
are speaking out about how Trump betrayed workers in Ohio,
Michigan and other battleground states.

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Join our virtual town hall - Exposing Trump’s Lies to U.S.
Workers - on Monday, September 28th at 8:30 PM ET featuring
laid-off workers and union leaders from Ohio and other
battleground states who’ll talk about how Trump and Pence are
lying about saving 5,000 jobs at Ohio’s GM Lordstown plant and
stopping plant closures in the Midwest.

RSVP HERE ( [link removed] )

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DON’T MISS OUR WEDNESDAY CALL WITH SENATORS MERKELY & WARREN ON
FIXING THE SENATE!

On Wednesday, September 30th, Our Revolution Board Chair Larry
Cohen will co-moderate a discussion with Senator Jeff Merkley,
Senator Elizabeth Warren, and allies in the progressive movement
on why we need to GET READY NOW to unrig the Senate rules. Even
if Democrats sweep the White House, Senate, and the House - just
41 Republican Senators can use arcane rules - like the McConnell
veto - to block any critical piece of legislation we need to pass
to get America back on a path to progress in January 2021. Learn
about our campaign!

RSVP HERE ( [link removed] )

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DON’T MISS OUR THURSDAY CALL ABOUT DEFEATING CORPORATE POWER!

Along with Donald Trump, concentrated corporate power is one of
the gravest threats to our nation. The only way we will win on
our issues is to break up corporate monopolies like Amazon. On
Thursday, October 1st, Our Revolution will hold a national call
featuring Minnesota Attorney General and Our Revolution Board
Member Keith Ellison, law professor and former candidate for NY
governor Zephyr Teachout, and Open Markets Institute’s Executive
Director Barry Lynn — leading thinkers on how we can dismantle
corporate power and reclaim our democracy when we win on Election
Day. Don’t miss it!

RSVP HERE ( [link removed] )

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Read more below to learn more about how we’re advancing the
political revolution we started with Bernie!

Welcome to The Revolution Report — the weekly e-newsletter of
our national grassroots organizing network!

As Americans across the nation start to vote, Our Revolution
members from coast to coast are carrying out our 4-POINT PLAN to
fight for a progressive future. From coast to coast, we’re
organizing to #1) Dump Trump by winning back working class voters
in the Midwest; #2) Elect a progressive Congress by growing The
Squad as well as flipping and fixing the Senate, #3) Build a down
ballot bench of progressive champions and policies; and most
critically, #4) Organize a powerful grassroots movement inside
the halls of power and outside on the streets to win
transformative change after the election!

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#1 - We must go all out to defeat Donald Trump by winning back
working-class voters in the Midwest.

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As the presidential race tightens in Midwestern battleground
states, recent polls
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show Trump beats Biden on “jobs and the economy.” At an Ohio
campaign stop this week, Trump and Mike Pence both hammered their
campaign’s core message - they are bringing “Jobs, Jobs, Jobs”
back to the USA.

That’s why Our Revolution’s Midwest “Pivot Counties” Campaign is
focused on exposing Trump’s “Lies, Lies, Lies” about stopping
factory closings in key battleground states. We’re zeroing in on
organizing laid-off workers in critical “pivot counties” -
counties which went for Obama-Biden twice, then flipped to Trump
- as the cornerstone of our campaign to win pivotal states like
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WHEN TRUMP SAID HE WOULD MAKE CORPORATIONS BRING BACK JOBS, HE
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Ahead of the first presidential debate in Cleveland, Our
Revolution Ohio leader and former GM Lordstown worker Chuckie
Denison wrote a column about Trump’s failure to stop mass
auto-worker layoffs in the pivot counties in northeast Ohio and
Michigan. “In 2016,Trump won big in the Mahoning Valley, the
traditionally blue stronghold in northeast Ohio where I live,
helping Trump carry the state after it twice voted for Obama.
Blue-collar voters believed Trump when he said he would be the
‘greatest jobs creator God ever created.’ Four years later, it’s
obvious we were duped … If we had a government that stood up to
companies like GM and demanded they put their workers first, our
lives wouldn’t be decided by the whims of corporate greed.
Instead, we have a president who has broken promise after
promise. Trump visited the Mahoning Valley in 2017 and told
workers not to sell their homes. ‘We’re going to fill up those
factories,’ he vowed. But he didn’t lift a finger when GM
laid-off 14, 000 workers across Michigan, Maryland, and Ohio,
including me.”

Our Revolution Ohio leader & former GM Lordstown worker Chuckie
Denison inside Trump rally.

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This week, Our Revolution Ohio members travelled to “Workers for
Trump” rallies in Zanesville, Toledo, and Dayton to tell their
stories to local media and counter Trump’s economic lies. The
local paper in Zanesville, quoted our activists who said Trump’s
failure to save the GM Lordstown plant is “hypocrisy from Trump,
who campaigned on a promise to revive manufacturing jobs and stop
companies from outsourcing them to other countries.”

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Our Revolution Ohio members also bird-dogged Trump in Toledo
this week to call him out for putting “wealthy white Americans
first.” “Donald Trump doesn’t put all Americans first. That’s a
facade,” said Our Revolution member Julian Mack, who led chants
through a megaphone. “He puts wealthy white Americans first. He
doesn’t put middle class or working class workers first. He
doesn’t put families first. If anything, he’s deteriorating
social safety nets that we rely on for survival. And we’ve seen
that. We’ve seen evidence.”

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In addition to our Midwest strategy, Our Revolution is also
targeting Trump in key swing states like Florida and Arizona.
This week, Our Revolution Jacksonville, FL leader Larry Snyder
organized a counter-action at a Trump Rally to call the President
out for his inept response to the COVID pandemic. “Two hundred
thousand dead. Lies, lies, lies. That’s it. Trump told lies and
200,000 people died because of it. That’s a huge deal," Snyder
said. During Trump’s speech, several Our Revolution activists
were kicked out after booing the President.

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Our Wisconsin Revolution kicked off a statewide effort to
organize voters in Wisconsin’s 23 pivot counties – Democratic
strongholds that voted for Obama in 2008 and 2012, and then
flipped to Trump in 2016. A key part of the strategy is to
campaign to elect down-ballot progressives - like Kriss Marion -
who are running to win in these swing areas. Kriss is a dairy
farmer in the rural Southwest region of the state who’s fighting
to stop Big Ag from polluting the land and water that family
farmers like her depend on. She’s up against a Republican
incumbent in a pivot county that voted for Obama-Biden twice
before flipping to Trump.

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OVER 80,000 VOTER CONTACTS MADE!

In addition to the grassroots organizing in Midwestern
battleground states, Our Revolution members are holding daily
National “Dump Trump” Phonebanks. Between now and Election Day,
we’re enlisting an army of volunteers to make calls into key
swing states to get out the vote.

JOIN OUR GOTV PHONE BANK!
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Donate to our Midwestern “Pivot County” Campaign and help us
fund travel for Chuckie & other laid-off workers to expose
Trump’s LIES at Trump rallies.
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#2 - We must elect more progressives to the US House and flip &
fix the Senate to advance policies like Medicare for All and a
Green New Deal.

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Standing in front of the U.S. Capitol, US Rep. Jesus “Chuy”
Garcia joined Our Illinois Revolution’s Special Get-Out-the-Vote
Call
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to talk about what’s at stake in this election. “This election
is the most consequential of our democracy. Everything we stand
for is on the line. Everything we’ve fought for is on the line.
Let’s get to work!”

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FEATURED CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE!

Mike Siegel, candidate for Congress in Texas’s 10th District, is
a former Austin city attorney, teacher, and union organizer. Mike
is in a tough race against a well-funded Republican incumbent
who’s “completely bought and paid for by corporate interests.
It’s reflected in every vote he takes.” Mike is a bold
progressive champion who supports Medicare for All and a Green
New Deal. “It’s a matter of common sense now, that we all need
healthcare, it’s the way we get out of the pandemic, it’s the way
we promote social justice and equal opportunity.”

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#3 - We must build a bench of down-ballot progressive elected
officials and policies to fight for change from the bottom up.

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We all watched in horror this week as Kentucky Attorney General
Daniel Cameron announced that three white police officers would
not face criminal charges in the shooting death of Breonna
Taylor. This decision once again proved that our criminal justice
system is so broken that it needs to be rebuilt from the bottom
up. That’s why Our Revolution has been supporting progressive
champions for district attorney and state’s attorney positions —
we’ve helped elect Chesa Boudin in San Francisco, Mike Schmidt in
Portland, Oregon, and Larry Krasner in Philadelphia — because we
need more law enforcement officials who aren’t afraid to buck the
establishment when it comes to criminal justice reform.

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Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx has worked to promote
fairness and transparency in the justice system, which is why
we’ve endorsed her bid for re-election. Kim joined Our Illinois
Revolution’s Special Get-Out-the-Vote Call
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this week to discuss her views on criminal justice reform. “Law
and order doesn’t make us safer. We have to fight back the notion
that we need more policing and more prosecutions to keep us safe,
and double down on the things that work. People who are healthy
and thriving don’t commit more crimes.”

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Our Revolution Maine's Get Out the Vote Call
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featured a discussion with State Senate President Troy Jackson
on how down ballot electeds can help change the status quo. “One
of the things that angers me the most is the amount of money
that’s spent to keep things the way they are. Electing people to
state houses across the country who push back against Big Pharma,
Big Oil and other corporations, and enact laws to help the people
— the more that happens, the more we can make Congress understand
that the American people are crying out for change.”

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Nikki Villavicencio is a disability rights activist who is
campaigning for a seat on the Maplewood, MN City Council. On Our
Revolution Minnesota's Organizing Call
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, she said “I’m passionate about running in a local race. Our
local government is right where we live. It’s our streets. It’s
the trash pick-up. Democracy starts at the bottom.” Nikki chairs
the MN State Council on Disability, serves on the Maplewood Parks
and Rec Commission, and is a transit advisor. “As a person who
uses a wheelchair, I see many issues through a different lens
than most able-bodied folks. My voice on these issues makes
Maplewood a more livable city for everyone.” An SEIU member,
Nikki helped her union win a historic contract for 27,000 home
care workers, “My experience with SEIU taught me the power of
people, from the ground up.”

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Our Illinois Revolution's GOTV Call
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featured a discussion with Rep. Edgar Gonzalez, Jr., who, at
23, is one of the youngest-ever lawmakers to serve in the
Illinois state legislature. Rep. Gonzalez spoke about how the
pandemic has exposed many inequities in our systems. “It’s
highlighted the importance of Medicare for All, of protecting
workers like my Dad who’s an essential hospital worker on the
frontlines. We have to continue to elect progressives to state
legislatures to make sure we keep the interests of working
families at the forefront of everything we do.”

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Cities and suburbs across Texas are shifting leftward. In 2018,
a dozen Texas House districts flipped from red to blue, and Our
Revolution Texas members are working to flip even more districts
in the hope of winning a majority in the House in 2020. Recent
polling suggests Trump is struggling with suburban voters — in
Houston and other parts of the state. This is significant because
Texas is ranked as a Tier 2 presidential priority state for the
Democrats.

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Help us build a bench of progressive candidates and policies up
and down the ballot!
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#4 - We must build a movement in the streets and inside the
halls of power to win progressive change.

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Emma Easley Darden from Our Revolution Oregon co-organized a
vigil in Portland’s Waterfront Park upon hearing of the passing
of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg. The gathering honored RBG’s
service, perseverance, and commitment to fighting gender
discrimination and protecting women's reproductive rights.
Multnomah County Commissioner Susheela Jayapal, sister of Rep.
Pramila Jayapal, spoke at the event.

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This week, Our Revolution Organizer Anna-Marta Visky
participated in Public Citizen’s Virtual Town Hall: Building the
Movement for Health Care Justice.
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featured inspiring speakers including Sen. Bernie Sanders, Rep.
Pramila Jayapal, Rep. Ayanna Pressley, as well as organizers who
are working to pass local Medicare for All resolutions — because
we know that change happens from the bottom up.

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In June, Our Revolution endorsed two California ballot measures
that would fund schools and increase affordable housing by making
existing laws more fair and equitable. Schools and Communities
First would provide $12 billion a year to California schools by
closing a property tax loophole that allows corporations to
benefit from artificially low tax assessments. The Rental
Affordability Act would expand rent control by reforming laws
that incentivize landlords and developers to force out
rent-stabilized tenants from their homes, and limiting rent
increases when units change hands. Let’s make sure these
common-sense measures make it over the finish line in November!

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Our Revolution HQ is doubling down, organizing across the
country to make change at the local, state and national levels.

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WORKSHOP WEDNESDAYS! Join us for a special training on “Taking
Action When Trump Comes to Town.” We’ll provide you with a
template to organize a winning event, which includes how to
request t-shirts and posters, live streaming tips and techniques,
and ways to publicize your event in order to maximize turnout and
exposure.

RSVP HERE ( [link removed] )

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It’s clear our “do-nothing” Senate is broken. While the House
passes bills that would help working families and address the
many challenges our nation is facing, the GOP continues to use
arcane rules to block them. To save our democracy and get the
Senate working again, we must change the rules and end the
filibuster. Join Our Revolution Board Chair Larry Cohen on
Wednesday, September 30th as he moderates a discussion with
Senator Jeff Merkley, Senator Elizabeth Warren, and allies in the
progressive movement on what can be done to fix the Senate.

RSVP HERE ( [link removed] )

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Along with Donald Trump, concentrated corporate power is one of
the gravest threats to our nation. The only way we will win on
our issues is to break up corporate monopolies like Amazon. On
Thursday, October 1st, Our Revolution will hold a national call
featuring Minnesota Attorney General and Our Revolution Board
Member Keith Ellison, law professor and former candidate for NY
governor Zephyr Teachout, and Open Markets Institute’s Executive
Director Barry Lynn — leading thinkers on how we can dismantle
corporate power and reclaim our democracy. Don’t miss it!

RSVP HERE ( [link removed] )

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PHONEBANK TO WIN! Between now and November 3rd, We are calling
every day across the country to defeat Trump, flip the Senate,
and support our nationally-endorsed candidates up and down the
ballot. JOIN US!

RSVP HERE ( [link removed] )

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