AMERICAN WAY October 2021
SPOTLIGHT
No More Excuses. Voting Rights Now.
This month, People For ramped up our civil disobedience campaign to demand that President Biden get the Senate to fix or nix the filibuster in order to protect our voting rights now. People For members, staff, and board members demonstrated at the White House, twice risking and getting arrested. . On October 5, the “Democracy Five” spent the night in jail – including People For President Ben Jealous – and on October 19, twenty-five activists were arrested. And we’re not done yet.
We will keep going back until President Biden ensures that the Senate reforms or ends the filibuster to pass critical voting rights legislation without delay. Watch now to see People For in action, including board members Alyssa Milano, Rabbi David Saperstein, and Reverend Timothy McDonald!
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Read People For President Ben Jealous’s op-ed about why he went to jail on October 5 >>
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THIS MONTH
The Final Push to Keep Virginia Blue
We only have four days left to secure progressive wins in Virginia and make sure that Trumpist Glenn Youngkin doesn’t get into the governor’s mansion. People For has kicked our activity in-state into high gear, with both President Ben Jealous and board member Dolores Huerta hitting the pavement in the election’s final week.
To raise awareness about the high stakes of the election, People For hosted a live election briefing for supporters on the current state of the race, showcasing disturbing research from Right Wing Watch about what’s happening in-state, and how people can get involved nationwide to keep the former seat of the Confederacy blue. Alongside Jealous and Huerta, the event featured Virginia House Majority Leader Charniele Herring and other election experts. Watch now - and then share with your friends and family - to help spread the word about the importance of the 2021 Virginia election!
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Local Governments Can Lead in Public Safety Movement
Negotiations on a federal police reform bill have collapsed because Congressional Republicans are willing to stand in the way of lifesaving changes to policing. It is time for state and local governments to take the lead in reimagining public safety.
And it is time for all of us to support local leaders who are willing to show leadership and take risks to make it happen. Last year, 100 young progressive candidates ran for office as part of a slate committed to ending police killings of unarmed civilians. Read on for more about this growing movement to reimagine public safety from the ground up!
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Biden Exceeded Trump’s Year-End Record on Judges Before Halloween
Repairing the federal courts continues at a rapid pace. President Biden has had more lower federal court judges confirmed by mid-October than Donald Trump had at the end of his entire first year in office. And this week, the Senate confirmed voting rights expert Myrna Pérez to the prestigious Second Circuit, providing much needed professional diversity to the U.S. Appeals Court.
The administration’s accomplishments here cannot be overstated; it has been nearly half a century since we last had judges confirmed this quickly. But there are many more judicial vacancies that need to be filled as soon as possible, and a lot of damage being done by Trump’s judges that still needs to be undone. Read on for the current state of our fight to save our courts!
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Read about the damage being done by Trump’s justice Brett Kavanaugh >>
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Congratulations to Board Member Alyssa Milano on New Book!
We want to extend a warm congratulations to People For board member Alyssa Milano on the publication of her new book this week! Just days after being arrested while standing up for voting rights, Milano published Sorry Not Sorry, a collection of personal essays.
From #MeToo to Melrose Place, Milano’s new book gives a gut-punch-level wake-up call in an era where the noise is a distraction from what really needs to happen, if we want to live in a better world. Make sure to check it out!
Buy the book here >>
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OUR COURTS, OUR FIGHT: The Devastating Harm Done by Trump's Federal Judges
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Trump Judge Casts Deciding Vote to Keep in Place Texas’ Near-Total Ban on Abortion
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Trump Judge Dismisses Case Against Prosecutor Accused of Covering Up Sexual Assault
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Trump Judge Halts Protections for ICE Detainees at High-Risk from COVID-19
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MORE NEWS & ANALYSIS
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Virginia: Don’t Go Back Down the Trump Road with Youngkin
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We Need President Biden to Lead on Voting Rights: Ben Jealous on MSNBC Live
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Trump Judge Immunizes Official from Any Liability for Death of Man Suffering From Lung Cancer Who was Taken into Custody
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Civil Rights Icon Dolores Huerta to Campaign in Virginia
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The Far-Right Political Playbook Is a Threat to Our Health, Our Schools, and Our Democracy
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Trump Judge Dismisses Retaliation Complaint By Non-Profit Employing Disabled People
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People For Applauds Pérez Confirmation
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Trump Judge Casts Deciding Vote to Uphold Retroactive Death Sentence
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In Virginia: People For the American Way’s Latinos Vote! Program and Gubernatorial Candidate Terry McAuliffe Release Latest TV Ad in Six-Figure Media Buy
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RIGHT WING WATCH
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Koch-Funded Americans for Prosperity Spends Big to Help GOP Take Over Virginia House
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Glenn Youngkin Spoke at Anti-LGBTQ, Anti-Choice Family Foundation Event
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Virginia GOP Sends Racist Mailers Attacking Two Black Delegates
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North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson Says Guns Are a Gift From God
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Glenn Youngkin Urges Hard-Right Activists, ‘Lock Arms With Me’ in Virginia Governor’s Race
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NC Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson Says Transgender Rights Movement Is ‘Demonic’ and ‘Full of the Antichrist Spirit’
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Military Panel at FRC Conference Portrays ‘Wokeism’ as Threat to Armed Forces, Homosexuality as ‘Tool of the Devil’
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Glenn Youngkin Appears on Neo-Nazi-Linked Sebastian Gorka’s Show
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Clarence Thomas, Mitch McConnell, Heritage Foundation Set to Celebrate Right-Wing Court Takeover
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Glenn Youngkin Brags About Support From Advocates of Total Abortion Bans, Opponents of LGBTQ Equality
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to Appear at Election, COVID-19, QAnon Conspiracy Theory Conference in December
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The Dishonest and Harmful Right-Wing Attack on American School Boards
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Michael Flynn Warns of ‘Problems’ if Arizona Attorney General Does Not Indict and Arrest Election Officials
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This QAnon Influencer Accuses Democrats of Being Pedophiles. He Hides His Own Conviction With an Alias
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Roger Stone Declares That ‘God Himself Gave Donald Trump the Strength and the Courage and the Wisdom to Pardon Me’
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