Dear Friend,

Google has a new plan to allow federal campaigns, party committees, and
leadership PACs to send email to you -- whether you signed up for it or
not.(1)

If Google gets its way, your email box will be inundated with every email
Donald Trump wants to send, no matter how many times you click spam,
delete, or unsubscribe.

No one wants email from Donald Trump that they didn't sign up for. No one.

[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition to Google and demand that they dump the political
spam plan now.

[ [link removed] ]Add Your Name!

Republicans claim they’re being treated unfairly by spam filters that are
biased against conservatives, a charge Google denies and for which
Republicans have no proof. But Google is giving into the pressure anyway.

This is a scenario ripe for allowing potential donor scams, conspiracy
lies, and disinformation campaigns to flourish.

Republicans could play by the rules, like everyone else does. But that’s
not how Trump’s Republican party works. After all, the January 6 committee
revealed that after the 2020 election, the Trump campaign scammed
supporters with the “Big Lie rip-off,” raising more than $250 million for
an “Official Election Defense Fund” that never existed.(2)

It wasn’t the first time, either. The Republican National Committee and
the Trump campaign issued more than 530,000 separate refunds worth a total
of $64.3 million to online donors after tricking supporters into monthly
donations all the way back to March 2021.(3)

These are the real reasons Republicans are finding their campaign emails
blocked from inboxes.

But instead of earning the trust of members, they’ve pressured Google into
considering a program that will flood our inboxes with undesired email.
The bottom line is, if Google implements this program, the more email a
candidate or campaign can afford to send, the more they’ll clog up inboxes
at the expense of the people you want to hear from, like family, friends,
and organizations like ours.

[ [link removed] ]Republican pressure made this happen, and we can stop it. Add your name
now to tell Google: No unsolicited political email!

Yours in the fight for digital privacy,

Irene, along with Amber, Angela, Annie, Isidra, Jay, Lindsay, LisaMarie,
Mai, Mai, Raquel, and Scottie (the Courage team) 

[ [link removed] ]Donate

PS: Courage California is fighting for equity and justice across the state
and the country. [ [link removed] ]Will you become a monthly donor and help sustain our
work?

Donations go to support all of Courage California's work for a more
progressive California and country. Follow us now on [ [link removed] ]Facebook or
[ [link removed] ]Twitter!

Footnotes:
1.
[link removed]
2.
[link removed]
3.
[link removed]



*****************************************************************


Courage California (formerly Courage Campaign) makes sure our democracy works for ALL of us by fighting corruption in California politics. We believe the solution lies in exposing and solving systemic problems through strategic organizing, enhancing coordination between progressive organizations, and mobilizing civic engagement from our communities, particularly voters of color, young voters, and self-identified progressives.

[link removed]

?t=1003


You can unsubscribe from this mailing list at any time:
[link removed]