A new message from your friends at People For the American Way.

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PFAW Member,

As we approach the final stretch before the critical 2019 Virginia
election in less than two weeks and continue to press forward on Trump’s
impeachment and the 2020 elections, I wanted to take a moment to reflect
on the absolute whirlwind of a month we’ve had – as progressives and as a
nation – and to THANK YOU for your steadfast support, which makes all of
our important work possible.

I’d be remiss not to first acknowledge the recent passing of
Representative Elijah Cummings, a truly honorable public servant whose
unshakable integrity set a standard to which all elected officials – and
each and every one of us – should aspire.

Now for some important updates:

Impeachment Developments

As the impeachment inquiry into Trump pressuring Ukraine to investigate
his political rivals picks up steam, so does public support for
impeachment. New polling from Quinnipiac shows that 55% of the public now
supports the inquiry, up four percent nationwide just from last week – and
Americans support impeachment and removal from office by 48-46%. And that
polling was conducted before this week’s damning testimony from Ambassador
Bill Taylor.

To help PFAW members better understand the impeachment investigation,
earlier this month Congressman Jamie Raskin – a constitutional scholar and
former PFAW Senior Fellow who now sits on both the House Judiciary and
Oversight Committees – joined PFAW members for a special conference call
discussing the revelations about Trump’s lawlessness. As he characterized
it so well, it was a “shakedown, sellout, and a coverup.” [ [link removed] ]Read more and
listen to the full audio here>>

News reports also indicate the increasing discomfort of Republican
senators in having to defend Trump’s behavior to their constituents and
the country. Good – they should be worrying.

As Republican senators continue to put party and partisan politics over
country, and abdicate their responsibility to check this president’s
lawlessness, PFAW is reaffirming our commitment to hold them to account.
It’s why we launched our Take Back the Senate Fund – to end Mitch
McConnell’s majority control, flip control of the Senate, clear the logjam
of bills, and put a stop to the Far Right nominees that McConnell has
allowed to flow freely through the Senate.

Vote the Courts 2020

As we continue to stress the significance of the federal judiciary in
national elections, PFAW is proud to have recently launched our [ [link removed] ]“Vote
the Courts 2020” campaign – designed to encourage the presidential
candidates to discuss not only the significance the courts have on
progressive values, but also to discuss what qualities they would seek in
a person when considering whether to nominate them to the federal bench.
We’ve created an [ [link removed] ]activist toolkit to help members ask these important
questions of presidential candidates wherever they can, and have launched
a campaign video to highlight the important roles that the federal courts
have on our everyday lives – including the oversight of President Trump.
[ [link removed] ]Watch and share the video to your social media here>>

And early signs indicate the campaign’s success – [ [link removed] ]several of the 2020
candidates have discussed the types of nominees they would consider and
the topic of the Supreme Court was featured during the most recent
Democratic primary debate.

Historic Elections throughout the South

We should all be encouraged by the wins that progressives are making in
elections across the country, but particularly in a recent election where
a PFAW-endorsed candidate, Steven Reed, became the FIRST African American
mayor of Montgomery, Alabama in the city’s 200 year history. A town in the
deep south, a community that has been at the center of the Civil Rights
Movement, has its first African American mayor! We celebrate his win and
acknowledge the historical significance of this important win – we look
forward to following this young, visionary leader in the years to come.

We’re also now less than two weeks away from the election in Virginia – an
election PFAW continues to invest in heavily. To help elevate the
campaigns of PFAW’s stellar Next Up Victory Fund endorsees, last month we
held our [ [link removed] ]campaign kickoff event that featured Andrew Gillum, Dolores
Huerta, and former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe, who each stressed
the significance of the Virginia elections, particularly in the Trump era.
It’s also one of the reasons why PFAW board member Alec Baldwin just
wrapped up a campaign tour of swing districts in Virginia – delivering
pizza and talking with volunteers, knocking on doors, and reaching out to
voters.

PFAW's work to build progressive power from the ground up and have a major
impact in state legislative races will be on full display this fall in
Virginia, where the balance of power in the General Assembly can be tipped
from red to blue by flipping just TWO SEATS in each chamber.

[7]Alec talking with voters with candidate Amanda Pohl (AP/ Steven Helber)

Alec talking with voters with candidate Amanda Pohl (AP/ Steven Helber)

[8]Alec talks with volutneers of Amanda Pohl's campaign (AP/ Steven Helber)

Alec talks with volunteers of Amanda Pohl's campaign

[9]Alec talking with PFAW-endorsed candidates Qasim Rashid and Joshua Cole (The
Free Lance Star/Peter Cihelka)

Alec talking with PFAW-endorsed candidates Qasim Rashid and Joshua Cole (The
Free Lance Star/Peter Cihelka)

Trump's Doral resort out for the G7, but ALL IN for Radical Right
conferences!

Even as we’re pulling out all the stops for the upcoming elections and our
other campaigns, our Right Wing Watch team is busy monitoring the Far
Right and their efforts to re-elect Trump and realize their scary vision
for America. Our tenacious team has crisscrossed the country attending the
conferences, rallies, and more where the Far Right are gathering.

Just one week before Trump’s Doral golf club dominated the headline, our
reporters were at the Miami resort – you know, the one which Trump tried
to select to host the G7 (in flagrant violation of the Constitution’s
Emoluments Clause) – to cover the American Priority Conference, a
who’s-who of far-right Trump cultists that was rife with all the
[ [link removed] ]anti-Muslim bigotry, racism, misogyny, and [ [link removed] ]Trump worship that
you’d expect.

[ [link removed] ]Check out our coverage at PFAW’s Right Wing Watch here>>

The Far Right is truly putting everything they have into their efforts to
protect and re-elect Trump. But, because of your support, we’re helping to
lead a growing movement across the country that is rebuking the Republican
brand for the toxic, divisive, and extremist that it is – instead choosing
to support and elect progressive candidates that offer bold and innovative
solutions to the problems facing voters across the country.

I continue to be immensely proud of the work we continue to do together
and we are all so grateful to have you standing with us in these important
fights.

Thank you,
Michael Keegan, President

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