People For the American Way
September 2021
The American Way


Spotlight

Virginia's voters have already started casting early ballots in the gubernatorial and state legislative races, which end with in-person voting on November 2. Not only is the Virginia election a curtain-raiser for the midterm elections of 2022, it’s also the biggest test so far of whether the Trumpified GOP can win major races.

Virginia voters rejected Donald Trump twice and we need to make sure they will reject Trump’s pick for governor. People For will be working hard alongside in-state partners to get out the vote for McAuliffe this fall, and we hope you’ll join us in this fight.

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Stop the Far-Right Takeover of This Crucial Bellwether State!

People For has an ambitious field and media program planned over the next few weeks to keep Virginia blue – in fact it’s the largest program we’ve ever run in Virginia. But the polling in the governor's race and other key down-ballot races are neck-and-neck! So need your financial support to help pull it off.

A generous donor has agreed to triple-match all grassroots donations from supporters like you through tomorrow's critical end-of-month deadline.

So we’re asking – will you renew your membership with a 3X-MATCHED donation today? >>

2021 member - your name here. Renewed for: 2021. Your voice to stop hate and defend democracy.

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This Month

When we first reached out to our members about the California recall last month, polling was nearly dead even and revealed a dangerous enthusiasm gap among progressive voters. Thanks to our members’ efforts, the landscape completely changed in the final days before the election.

Gov. Newsom soundly defeated the recall question, and California continues to be reliably blue. Read on for more about People For and our members’ efforts to defeat the Far Right's attempt to take over the country’s most progressive state!

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Next week, the Supreme Court will begin its 2021-2022 term with the kind of cases Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had long warned would reach the Court: ones in which our fundamental rights are at risk. From reproductive rights⁠—in a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade coming out of Mississippi⁠—to gun violence prevention, the next Supreme Court term has the potential to reshape our daily lives as well as our country for decades to come.

Read on for more on how People For is honoring Justice Ginsburg's memory, and how we are fighting to take back our courts.

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Texas’s now-infamous S.B. 8, a near-total ban on abortion care that also enables “bounty-hunters” from across the country to sue health care providers, is the opening bell in the Far Right’s re-energized campaign against reproductive freedom.

What we need now is for the Senate to follow the House and pass the Women’s Health Protection Act, which is designed specifically to protect attacks against abortion care and access. Check out all the resources you need to help fight on the newest front of the battle for reproductive rights!

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Time is running out to protect the right to vote in 2022. The new Freedom to Vote Act includes key sections of the For the People Act and would protect the right to vote, end unfair partisan gerrymandering, and shine a light on the flood of dark money that allows billionaires to buy our elections in secret.

Make sure your name is on this petition to urge the Senate to swiftly pass the Freedom to Vote Act!

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Read People For President Ben Jealous’s op-ed here >>

Since the early days of the Trump Administration, our Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears series has documented the harmful impact of Trump’s appellate and Supreme Court judges on Americans’ rights and liberties. Now that the Senate is making significant progress confirming President Biden's judicial nominees, People For will continue to track harmful decisions involving Trump justices and appellate judges, and also explain how these decisions underscore the need to confirm Biden's judicial nominees, under the new banner of Our Courts, Our Fight.

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