AMERICAN WAY June 2021
SPOTLIGHT
History and Hope as #FreedomRide2021 Crosses the Deep South
On Juneteenth, People For’s Markus Batchelor joined Black Voters Matter’s Freedom Ride for Voting Rights 2021 for a weeklong bus tour through the South, following the legacy of the original Freedom Riders sixty years ago.
Activists raised awareness about the importance of passing the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, and decrying the state voter suppression bills that have been passing nationwide at an alarming rate this year. Read on for a full account of Markus’s trip and what People For is doing alongside partners in the South to keep the fight for voting rights alive!
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THIS MONTH
The For the People Act Gets a Boost from Lawmakers, Activists
In the lead-up to the Senate Republicans’ filibuster of the democracy strengthening For the People Act (S. 1), People For was proud to play an instrumental role in turning out hundreds of activists to rally and deliver more than 330,000 coalition signatures in support of the bill.
People For President Ben Jealous spoke along with a dozen lawmakers, including Senators Elizabeth Warren, Raphael Warnock, and Amy Klobuchar, as well as other leaders of national civil rights and pro-democracy organizations. Watch their speeches here!
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Exposing the Far Right’s Attacks on Transgender People
As June and Pride Month come to a close this week, the Far Right continues its relentless attacks on the rights and equality of the LGBTQ+ community in an attempt to reduce current complex scientific research on transgender athletes to misleading talking points and fearmongering.
Right Wing Watch released an in-depth report that puts these attacks in historical context and outlines how the Far Right is using disinformation to target transgender people. Please tune in to co-author Kristen Doerer’s video introduction and then make sure to read the report itself!
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Read the full report here >>
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Young Elected Officials This Month
June was a busy month for our Young Elected Officials, who did everything from fight to defend voting rights to advocate for greater LGBTQ+ representation at all levels of government.
Three of our network’s members were featured in a series of videos advocating for the importance of the small donor financing provisions of the For the People Act, and they spoke at rallies to defend the Black vote throughout the South during the Freedom Ride for Voting Rights 2021. Check out all their important work below!
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The Young Elected Officials Network is a nonpartisan program of our affiliate People For the American Way Foundation.
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Celebrating the Confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson
Ketanji Brown Jackson, nominated by President Biden to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, was confirmed this month in a bipartisan 53-44 vote, beginning the repair work to the federal appellate courts so damaged by Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell.
Given Judge Jackson’s brilliance, her commitment to justice, and her years of experience both on and off the bench, she is the exactly the right person to be confirmed to the powerful D.C. appellate court. We can’t wait to see what other qualified nominees President Biden brings to the table during his administration.
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CONFIRMED JUDGES, CONFIRMED FEARS: The Devastating Harm Done by Confirmed Trump Federal Judges
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Trump Judge Casts Deciding Vote to Put Restrictive Tennessee Voting Law Back Into Effect
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Trump Judges Rule that State Must Pay Tuition at Religious High School
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Trump Judge Casts Deciding Vote to Permit Police Search of Apartment Without Valid Consent
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MORE NEWS & ANALYSIS
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People For Applauds Confirmation of Candace Jackson-Akiwumi
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Power and Pride to the People!
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With a Democratic President, Sen. Kennedy Changes His Standards for Circuit Nominees
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The Right’s War on History and Truth
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People For Responds to Derek Chauvin Sentencing for the Murder of George Floyd
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Supreme Court’s Narrow Ruling in Fulton Leaves LGBTQ+ Anti-Discrimination Laws Intact
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Trump Judge Tries to Vacate Injunction Against Restrictive Abortion Law
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Black Churches Have Moral Authority to Defend the Black Vote
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Three Urgent Steps to Defend Democracy from Cynics and Skeptics
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Kicking off #FreedomRide2021 in Jackson, Mississippi!
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Trump Judges Refuse to Rehear Challenge to Alabama Voter ID Law as Racially Discriminatory
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Don’t Let Senate Republicans Keep Us From Learning the Truth About the Attack on the Capitol
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RIGHT WING WATCH
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Pride Month and Prejudice
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Fascist Fashion Biz Fuels Radicalization With a Growing Revenue Stream
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Far-Right Activists Claim to Have Been De-Banked for Extremist Views. Wells Fargo Points to Other Reasons
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MyPillow Founder Mike Lindell Is 100 Percent Sure the Supreme Court Will Vote 9-0 to ‘Pull Down’ the 2020 Election
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‘Stop The Steal’ Leader Ali Alexander Tells Followers ‘It’s Time to Fight Back’
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Tony Perkins Offers Tips on ‘Surviving the Rainbow Onslaught’ During Pride Month
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Anti-Vaxxer Rick Wiles Blames Chinese Agents for His COVID-19 Infection
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Milo Yiannopoulos Shares His ‘Hotel Room Altar’ Featuring Neo-Nazi Book
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Laura Loomer Heckles Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey During Bitcoin Conference: ‘Censorship Is a Human Rights Violation’
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UFC Pioneer Turned QAnon Adherent Tito Ortiz Resigns as Huntington Beach Mayor Pro Tem Citing Media ‘Attacks’
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Conspiracy Theorist Tony Shaffer Claims Bill Barr Told Him to Stop Investigating Election Fraud
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