November 2019

With Immense Gratitude

With the holidays upon us, I wanted to briefly reflect on your tremendous support and what it has allowed us to accomplish this year.

Earlier this month, PFAW celebrated truly historic wins in the Virginia elections (flipping the state legislature!), which will allow for some long overdue progressive reforms to be implemented in the next legislative session. We also helped elect more than 100 young progressives across the country with our Next Up Victory Fund program – building a deep bench of young elected officials in local and state office.

With your support, we continue to push back against the Far Right by exposing their hate and bigotry and demonstrating that progressive and inclusive policies can and do win the hearts and minds of voters across the country.

As we continue preparations and planning for 2020, PFAW is strengthened by the support and advocacy of members like you and we deeply appreciate your efforts.

PFAW's accomplishments are indeed your own.

I'm forever grateful – thank you.

– Michael Keegan

Spotlight

New Right Wing Watch Report Details Republicans' Dangerous Voter Suppression Tactics in the Trump Era

A new PFAW Right Wing Watch report on voter suppression reveals the grand sweep of the right-wing national project to suppress the hard-won right to vote of Americans across the country – a project that accelerated as backlash to the outcome of the 2008 presidential election. Voter enthusiasm surged that year as Barack Obama campaigned to become our country’s first African American president. His efforts paid off – and the electorate that year set new records for being the largest and most racially and ethnically diverse in U.S. history.

The report, written by journalist Bob Moser, details the development and evolution of the GOP’s voter suppression efforts in the Trump era, and the ways that progressive voting rights activists are fighting back.

This is a Fight to Protect the American Way Itself

The 2020 elections are right around the corner and every deadline between now and the end of the year will be CRUCIAL to making sure we have the resources needed for the most important election year of PFAW's existence.

With our end-of-month goal just days away, we need to close a budget gap of $36,364 to hit our November goal – can you help with a donation right now?>>

This Month

Trump Republicans' Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Election Day

PFAW is thrilled to celebrate the big progressive wins earlier this month in Virginia with progressives and activists, where PFAW pulled out all the stops to FLIP both chambers of Virginia’s General Assembly. Now Democrats control the state’s legislature for the first time in nearly a quarter century paving the way for a new era of progressive policies and reforms that will benefit the people of Virginia and the country as a whole. Virginia is now the shining example of what can happen in the South with sustained investment and work.

The victories don't start and end with Virginia – Democrats scored victories across the country in hard-fought statewide races that indicates a clear eagerness of the American electorate to repudiate Trump Republicans and the extreme agenda and hate that has fueled their rise to power.

While the House continues the impeachment inquiry into Trump's attempts to pressure Ukraine into investigating his political rivals, PFAW and our partners are preparing a massive mobilization effort – to take place in cities and towns across the country on the eve of the vote if the House brings articles of impeachment to the floor.

The goal? To continue demonstrating that nobody is above the law – not even the President of the United States. If you haven't signed up for a grassroots impeachment rally near you, please find a local event now!

More Trump Judges on the Federal Bench: A Cause for Alarm, Not Celebration

Earlier this month, President Trump celebrated the confirmation of his federal judicial nominees as a “milestone” during a press event at the White House. Since he took office, Trump has appointed 43 ultra-conservative judges to lifetime positions on our federal appellate courts. But this is not a milestone to celebrate, and Americans should be alarmed rather than exuberant. In just over two years, Trump’s appeals court judges have severely harmed the rights and jeopardized the health and safety of millions of us.

Please click on each headline to read the full article...

Trump Judges' Dissents Send Case on House Subpoena of His Tax Records to Supreme Court >>

Trump Judge Tries to Authorize Indefinite Imprisonment of Refugees >>

Trump Judge Bade Would Have Blocked Student's Disabilities Accommodation Claim >>

These are just a small sampling from the "Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears" series – for more great content, please visit PFAW's blog >>

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