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HEADLINES: Insurrectionist Cawthorn Seeks “Amnesty” | Nina Turner! | Keeping Union-Busters off the Supreme Court | M4A Movement Scores BIG WIN | & MORE!
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Don’t miss our National Organize to Win Broadcast this Monday (Feb. 7) at 8.30pm ET! Special guest Nina Turner will join us to talk about her strategy to win her race for Congress. We’ll hear from Jumaane Williams on his run for Governor of New York and Susanna Ledesma-Woody on her run for Travis County Commissioner.
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OUR PLAN TO WIN
Our Revolution - America’s largest grassroots political organization - is taking on 2022 with a 4-Point Plan to make America work for working people!
Read the latest on how Our Revolution is carrying out our mission below!
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CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGE CORNERS CAWTHORN
This week, after Our Revolution and Free Speech For People filed a legal complaint with the North Carolina Board of Elections to block US Rep. Madison Cawthorn from the ballot for inciting the Jan. 6th insurrection, Cawthorn resorted to begging a federal court for “amnesty” under a law used by ex-Confederates.
As Slate reported this week, “The legal team contesting his reelection has boxed in the congressman so dexterously that he has resorted to an argument of eye-popping gall and inanity: Cawthorn asserts that the Amnesty Act of 1872 - a shameful law that perpetuated white supremacy in the South - absolves him of disqualification from office even if he engaged in an insurrection.”
As FSFP lead counsel John Bonifaz asked, “What’s he so afraid of?” Turns out, quite a bit.
Cawthorn’s actions during and after the Capitol riot provide more than enough “reasonable suspicion or belief” that he “does not meet the constitutional qualifications” under the 14th Amendment, which prohibits any who “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” from holding public office.
Our Revolution NC members - including Dr. Jay Walsh and Claude Boisson - were the first to come forward to challenge Cawthorn's candidacy.
“When I joined the Navy, I swore an oath to defend the U.S. from all enemies foreign and domestic,” Dr. Walsh told us on our National Organizing Call in January. “When I saw Rep. Cawthorn egging on the insurrection, I knew I had no choice. Standing up like this — of course, I have fear, but I have greater fear for the loss of our democracy.”
With the Trump-controlled GOP officially declaring Friday that the violent attack on the Capitol constitutes “legitimate political discourse,” Our Revolution is committed to organizing our members to defend our democracy from the authoritarian right.
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Cawthorn is just the first. We need your help to organize our members to file challenges against the unconstitutional candidacies of Marjorie Taylor-Greene, Lauren Boebert, Paul Gosar and others. Become a recurring member today to support our work to take out insurrectionists and the enemies of democracy.
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BUILDING PROGRESSIVE POWER IN CONGRESS
Progressive candidates for Congress are coming out strong for the 2022 midterms — and Our Revolution members are ready to flip red seats, win open seats, and replace corporate incumbents.
Nina Turner is hitting the ground running in her recently-announced rematch against Rep. Shontel Brown in Greater Cleveland, and Jessica Cisneros has generated a ton of energy around her rematch against Rep. Henry Cuellar in San Antonio/Laredo TX. Jamie McLeod-Skinner is making a second congressional run in Oregon, this time taking on Rep. Kurt Shrader in the 5th District.
“The fight around Build Back Better really clarified who within the Democratic caucus is a progressive and who is not,” Our Revolution Executive Director Joseph Geevarghese told The Hill. “In the case of Kurt Schrader and Henry Cuellar, the contrast is clear and there’s more grassroots energy being generated as a result.”
In 2022, Our Revolution members are drawing a line - any Democrat who undermines the Democratic agenda must be sidelined. Despite what the establishment wing of the Party says against progressive primary challenges, it’s absolutely necessary to change the composition of Congress to deliver for our people, our democracy, and our planet.
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TEXAS ROUNDUP!
Our powerhouse slate of progressives in Texas is getting bigger – and the March 1st primary is around the corner!
On Monday, we’ll introduce you to Susanna Ledesma Woody, candidate for Travis County Commissioner (Austin, TX) on our National Organize to Win Call!
On our last broadcast, we got to know Texas Congressional candidates Greg Casar (TX-35) and Jasmine Crockett (TX-30), and Bob Libal for Travis County Commissioner, Precinct 2.
Additionally, Jessica Cisneros is running for Congress in Texas’ 28th District – in a rematch against Henry Cuellar, one of the worst corporate Democrats in the House.
Chito Vela already claimed victory as the next Austin City Councilmember! With the help of Our Revolution Texas volunteers who made thousands of calls to get out the progressive vote, he won 59% of the vote against six opponents in last month’s special election.
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JOIN THE 2022 PHONEBANK FORCE!
Our Revolution is going all-out to elect progressive champions at all levels of government in 2022.
That’s why we’re asking all our members to join our National Phonebank Force to get over 8 million progressive voters to the polls.
SIGN UP to phonebank to elect our Texas champions on March 1st, and be ready to hit the phones with us throughout the primaries this spring!
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Only a large, organized movement can overpower the influence of big money to elect progressive champions at every level of government. Become a recurring monthly donor today to help scale-up our canvassing, phonebanking, and text operations to WIN BIG in 2022!
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KEEPING UNION-BUSTERS OFF THE SUPREME COURT!
Our Revolution is urging President Biden to nominate a pro-labor jurist - not an anti-labor jurist - to fill the vacancy of retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.
“Biden vowed to be the ‘most pro-union,’ ever, and it’s imperative that he keeps this campaign promise by nominating a pro-union Justice,” Our Revolution Executive Director Joseph Geevarghese told the Courthouse News. “It is highly concerning that some Democrats, including Rep. Jim Clyburn, are pushing for the appointment of South Carolina District Court Judge J. Michelle Childs, a former labor and employment lawyer who repeatedly worked on behalf of employers against unionization drives.”
In many cases, Childs represented corporate bosses accused of violating disability law and engaging in sexual harassment.
Larry Cohen, Our Revolution board chair and former president of the Communications Workers of America said there “is widespread concern” in the labor movement about Childs’ record, citing conversations he has had with union leaders this week, the Washington Post reports.
“Her labor record — her years as a management-side lawyer — definitely paint her as somebody who could just as easily be a Republican and certainly has no record supporting workers’ rights,” Larry said. “This is of great concern to many of us. ... She spent years on the wrong side.”
Being on the wrong side has earned Childs the support of the South Carolina business community and Trump-aligned Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, a member of the Judiciary Committee.
“The fact that Lindsey Graham is vouching for her should give the White House pause. It’s a coordinated campaign. When conservatives take power, they pick the most conservative justices ever. It's not clear, on our side, that we’re picking the most progressive,” Our Revolution Executive Director Joseph Geevarghese told the Washington Post’s Dave Wiegel in an interview.
Our Revolution Communications Director Paco Fabián told CNN: “If she’s getting praise from somebody like Sen. Graham — who was a big supporter of President Trump — that’s not great, in our view. But really it’s about her record.”
Biden’s nomination could lock in a corporate-friendly SCOTUS for a generation at a time when the Court is voting in lockstep 83 percent of the time with the country’s largest lobbying group, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, representing 3 million corporations.
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Meanwhile - on the right side - SCOTUS candidate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson released her first opinion from the appeals bench this week, ruling in favor of public-sector labor unions challenge to Trump’s order to eviscerate collective bargaining rights. Jackson has previously blocked executive orders from Trump limiting federal workers rights.
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M4A MOVEMENT MOMENTUM!
VICTORY! Our Revolution New Jersey and our allies put in the work and got Rep. Donald Norcross (NJ-1) to finally become a co-sponsor of Medicare For All!
Our activists kept up the pressure with powerful rallies, petitions, weekly calls to offices, and a coalition letter. Having a primary challenger in Mario DeSantis running on Medicare For All also helped.
Norcross’ support brings us to 120 cosponsors of Medicare for All in the U.S. House of Representatives — the most cosponsors ever!
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2022 must be a HUGE year for the progressive movement. We’re making ground, but everything we love is on the line.
WE CAN WIN a progressive policy agenda, but we need your help to defeat the enemies of progress. Become a sustaining member of Our Revolution today to join the fight against corporate interests and right-wing authoritarianism.
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Join the Our Revolution Phonebank Force and help elect our endorsed candidates in Texas! We need all hands on deck to replace corporate Dems with Progressives who are ready to fight for our policy priorities!
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Our Revolution and Free Speech for People are organizing to call on California Secretary of State Shirley Weber to block insurrectionist Donald Trump from the Ballot in 2024!
RSVP HERE FOR THE ACTION AT THE LA OFFICE OF THE CA SECRETARY OF STATE
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Our Revolution and the San Francisco Berniecrats are organizing voters to vote NO on the SF School Board recall on February 15th. Join us to get out the vote to defend public education from right-wing attacks!
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Don’t miss our National Organize to Win Broadcast this Monday (Feb. 7) at 8.30pm ET! Special guest Nina Turner will join us to talk about her strategy to win her race for Congress. We’ll hear from Jumaane Williams on his run for Governor of New York and Susanna Ledesma-Woody on her run for Travis County Commissioner.
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On February 18th, Our Revolution Texas is joining with the Worker Power Coalition for a PRO Act Rally in San Antonio TX! With unions under attack, we need every Democrat to support the right of workers to organize!
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