A new message from your friends at People For the American Way.
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AMERICAN WAY OCTOBER 2022
SPOTLIGHT
Georgia Is Ground Zero for Democracy
Control of the Senate could hinge on whether Rev. Raphael Warnock can keep his Senate seat or is defeated by Herschel Walker, a former athlete who has become a far-right extremist. Depending on who gains a Senate majority, the rest of the Biden-Harris administration agenda is either on track or dead on arrival in Congress. And a rematch between Georgia Governor Brian Kemp and Stacey Abrams could not provide a clearer example of the stark differences between MAGA Republicans and a pro-democracy, pro-choice, pro-healthcare leader who would be emblematic of the American Way.
It's one of the reasons why People For has chosen to invest in getting out the vote in Georgia including radio ads, digital ads, peer-to-peer texting, and tapping our network of activist-artists to create content that calls attention to what is at stake in Georgia’s election and nationwide.
Read more about the state of play in Georgia >>
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THIS MONTH
Why the Far Right Tries So Hard to Disenfranchise Black Voters
Of all the awful acts perpetrated by the Far Right, attempting to prevent certain groups from voting might be the most insidious. Voting is power, and voter suppression is a blatant effort to remove that power from people who would use it for good. Voting affects the issues we care deeply about, from health care to education to public safety to climate change, and the Far Right knows it. So, they go out of their way to control voting rights.
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Modeling the Spirit of Democracy
Some things are unthinkable—until they happen. For Jamie Raskin, a congressman and father, the first unthinkable thing was the loss of his beloved son Tommy to suicide on New Year’s Eve 2020. The second unthinkable thing happened less than a week later. Enraged supporters of the defeated President Donald Trump attacked the U.S. Capitol and hunted for members of Congress to prevent them from affirming the results of the presidential election.
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The Jan. 6 Committee Exposes How Trump Fomented the Capitol Insurrection Every Step of the Way
As the ninth Jan. 6 hearing concluded, the nine members of the select committee investigating that Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol were presented with a resolution from Vice Chair Liz Cheney: Would they vote to issue a subpoena for Donald J. Trump in relation to the attack on the Capitol? They would. With a roll call vote, it was bipartisan and unanimous.
“This is a question about accountability to the American people,” Chairman Bennie Thompson said. “He must be held accountable.” Trump would be the first president in nearly 50 years to be subpoenaed by Congress. But the stakes—the future of democracy—require it, argued Cheney.
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Join Us for People For’s Next Book Club Event featuring Elie Mystal
People For’s new Book Club premiered with Rep. Jamie Raskin where we discussed his book Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy. Our next author in the Book Club series is Elie Mystal: senior fellow at People For, justice correspondent for The Nation and MSNBC legal contributor who will join us on Tuesday, November 1 at 4:00 PM ET (1:00 PM PT).
Elie’s book Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution offers readers insight into the rights enshrined in our Constitution and explains the way the Far Right is seeking to undermine those rights – and how progressives can begin fighting back.
Sign up now to join us for the Book Club event with Elie Mystal on
Tuesday, November 1 at 4:00 PM ET (1:00 PM PT) >>
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This Month In the Courts
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Important Gun Safety Law Reinstated by Biden Judge
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Corporation’s Attempt to Cut Back Whistleblower Protections Blocked by Biden Judge
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MORE NEWS & ANALYSIS
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4 Lessons the Far Right Has Failed to Learn from Decades of Popular Culture
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Alabama’s Orwellian Attack on the Voting Rights Act at the Supreme Court
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Black Women Holding Trump Accountable
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RIGHT WING WATCH
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‘We’ve Got to Make Them Hurt’: Ali Alexander Says Republicans Must Be Willing to ‘Jail Democrats’
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Far Right Seeks to Control Classroom Content by Taking Over School Boards
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Rep. Paul Gosar Promotes White Nationalist Nick Fuentes. Again.
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GOP Nominee Doug Mastriano to Speak to Radical Conspiracy Theorists Ahead of Election
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‘Stop the Steal’ Founder Ali Alexander Has Epic Meltdown in Which He Promises Christian Fascism
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Who Is Tom Fitton? The Voter Fraud Propagandist Who Urged Trump to Ignore the Will of the People
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