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Insider News from the Political Revolution!
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HEADLINES: Midterms: Fight to the Finish | 1 MILLION CALLS & Counting | Oz
Pulls Ahead of Fetterman | How to Flip Voters & Senate Seats | 10 New
House Progressives? | Ellison vs Hedge Fund Lawyer | Green vs Developers |
Corporate Watchdogs in AZ | & MORE!
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IT’S CRUNCH TIME! Tuesday is Election Day, and with razor-thin margins in
critical races — it all comes down to what we do right now. If you’re not
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We’re at a crossroads between a MAGA takeover and holding onto majorities
in Congress so we can keep fighting to deliver for working people and save
democracy.
We must defeat the far right, but we also have a chance to flip two Senate
seats, elect as many as 10 new allies to the US House, and build out our
bench of progressive power in down-ballot seats across the country.
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Some of our top races are extremely close, but our work can be the margin
of victory for powerful progressive allies like John Fetterman, Mandela
Barnes, and Keith Ellison.
The stakes couldn’t be higher, and there’s a real danger that many
progressive, independent, and working-class voters will not be motivated
to turn out.
That’s why Our Revolution is working overtime to make millions of voter
contacts through calls, texts, email, social media, and more as part of
our [ [link removed] ]massive targeted GOTV operation.
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On Wednesday, Our Revolution Phonebank Force surpassed our goal of ONE
MILLION CALLS in the midterms!
“You really can flip a voter, I’ve done it!” said phone banker David on
Wednesday. “In just one night, I got 26 people to commit to voting for Our
Revolution candidates.”
THANK YOU to David and all of our callers who are making a difference in
critical races across the country!
[ [link removed] ]With the polls this tight, every call and every voter we flip helps tip
the balance. Sign up for a phone bank shift today!
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ORGANIZER SPOTLIGHT: We want to give a special shout-out to Diane Morgan
who has done amazing work leading the Our Revolution Phonebank Force.
“There’s more than one thing on the ballot — reproductive justice,
criminal justice, economic justice — every call people make pushes the
needle toward justice,” Diane told our call team as we celebrated
surpassing our 1 Million Call Goal Wednesday night.
Not only does she provide great support for our volunteers, but Diane is
also an incredible organizer and activist who helps lead Our Revolution
Ohio and ran our GOTV for Nina Turner! Thank you, Diane!
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“If we have any chance to create an economy that works for all of us, not
just the 1 percent,” Bernie wrote in [ [link removed] ]The Hill, “we must expand the
Democratic majority in Congress and push them to represent the needs of
the working class, not the billionaire class.”
Under this administration, Bernie and our movement worked hard to get the
first steps on climate, student debt, tax fairness, drug price
negotiation, and other priorities — but we’re just getting started and
have much more work to do.
“Democrats can’t just run on fear,” Our Revolution Executive Director
Joseph Geevarghese told [ [link removed] ]ABC News. “You’ve got to make the case for
what we can accomplish if people come out to vote.”
If we pull off key wins on Tuesday, it could put us within striking
distance of the filibuster for a renewed push on top priorities like
voting rights, reproductive rights, and the PRO Act.
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“If Democrats win, it’ll be in no small part because of the overturning of
Roe v Wade,” Joseph told [ [link removed] ]The Independent. “And, if they win on that,
they’ve got to deliver on that.”
Democratic majorities would also mean the chance to fight for agenda items
like housing, childcare, universal pre-K, paid leave, home healthcare, and
more.
Joseph urged Democratic leaders to “speed the priorities that would
deliver on things that will help them win” — like improving the standard
of living for working-class Americans and expanding labor rights.”
“We have to make the case that an expanded Senate majority will mean we
pass a higher minimum wage, lower drug costs, and more aggressive climate
protection,” he said.
[ [link removed] ]Chip in now to help fund the direct voter outreach that can be the
margin of victory in key swing states!
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That’s right — we could add as many as TEN new progressive House members
on Tuesday! “We’ll have a historic number of progressives, true
progressives, in Congress,” Our Revolution-endorsed Greg Casar told [ [link removed] ]In
These Times.
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Imagine what we could accomplish by electing: Delia Ramirez (IL-3),
Maxwell Frost (FL-10), Summer Lee (PA-12), Andrea Salinas (OR-6), Jasmine
Crockett (TX-30), Jonathan Jackson (IL-1), Becca Balint (VT), Greg Casar
(TX-35), Jamie McLeod-Skinner (OR-5), and Michelle Vallejo (TX-15).
Some of these are very competitive races, but winning these seats would
prevent a Republican majority and vastly grow the power of our progressive
voting bloc in the House.
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Exciting news — Our Revolution is joining Bernie Sanders on the campaign
trail in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia this weekend!
After stops in NV, WI, OR, CA, TX, and MI, we’re rounding out Bernie’s
GOTV Tour with major rallies and canvassing events in Pennsylvania.
Starting at 10 am Saturday, Bernie will launch a [ [link removed] ]canvass for Summer
Lee. We’ll knock on doors through the City of Pittsburgh, and make our way
to the [ [link removed] ]rally on the Pitt campus at noon.
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At noon on Sunday, join us in Philadelphia for a fun day of [ [link removed] ]knocking
on doors for Fetterman, then we’ll grab a bite to eat and head over to the
[ [link removed] ]Bernie Philly rally at 5:30 pm.
The rallies will feature live music, free swag, celebrity appearances, and
great speakers — you don’t want to miss this!
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LET'S GO! Join us in our last MASSIVE phone bank push to flip Senate seats
in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Our Revolution phone banker Carol told us she spoke to one PA voter this
week who felt that “Democrats don’t have our back” and care more about
spending money on wars abroad than our economic needs here.
“I told her a vote for John Fetterman will send a progressive to the
Senate to stand with Bernie against the establishment — and she said
she’ll vote!” Carol was thrilled to report.
Another call team member, Diane, spoke to a Wisconsin woman who was just
sick and tired of politics and wasn’t going to vote.
“We connected as mothers and talked about what the rollback of abortion
rights means for our daughters,” Diane said. “I got her to commit to
voting for Mandela Barnes because he’ll fight for her child and mine.”
This is the kind of difference you can make by joining a phone bank shift
with Our Revolution. Help us make another 100,000 calls for [ [link removed] ]John
Fetterman and [ [link removed] ]Mandela Barnes in this final weekend!
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Despite a massive right-wing misinformation campaign, grassroots
organizing and direct voter outreach have kept it within reach for us to
flip two Senate seats in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
But, Dr. Oz has pulled ahead of John Fetterman and Ron Johnson has an edge
over Mandela Barnes, which means [ [link removed] ]we must leave it all on the field
over the next few days to turn out every voter possible in these key swing
states!
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We know that if we connect with each voter 4 times — by phone, text, mail,
social media, ads, and groundwork — we can boost turnout by 11 percent.
This could be the decisive factor in races across the country, but we
can’t do it without you!
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Minnesota AG Keith Ellison is in a fight for re-election against hedge
fund lawyer Jim Schultz, who wants to ban abortion and let corporate
criminals off the hook.
Keith helped lead the team that convicted Derek Chauvin for the murder of
George Floyd — and now the far right is coming after him for it.
While Keith fights price gougers, Schultz’s hedge fund employer made
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protections, Keith has won more than $300M for Minnesotans by holding Big
Pharma accountable for the opioid crisis.
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Phonebanker Amanda told us of a conversation she had this week with a GOP
voter in Minnesota who was on the fence.
“We talked about how Keith is the People’s Lawyer and taking on Big Ag and
Big Pharma,” Amanda said. “The voter agreed we need bust-up corporate
monopolies, and Keith’s track record earned her vote!”
This is a priority race, and we need all hands on deck! Will you join
Amanda to make calls in these last few days of the campaign?
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We are proud to support Megan Green — a former Bernie delegate — in her
grassroots campaign for President of the St. Louis Board of Alderman.
On the board, Megan helped pass a $15 min wage while her opponent Jack
Coatar voted against it. She supports hotel workers in their union
efforts, while Coatar takes money from their anti-union bosses.
“We have to put an end to the corruption that has had a stranglehold on
city government,” Megan told us. “We need a city government that is
responsive to the needs of the community.”
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This race will empower our growing progressive bloc in St. Louis. Help us
get the message to voters that Megan will fight for housing justice, good
union jobs, strong neighborhoods, and more.
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In Arizona, we can put climate champions Sandra Kennedy and Lauren Kuby on
the powerful Corporation Commission to regulate utility monopolies, snuff
out corruption, and lower energy prices.
The electric utility APS spent $10M to defeat Sandra Kennedy in 2014 and
raise utility prices, but she came back to beat them in 2018. Now we must
beset them again and elect Lauren Kuby to join her.
We can’t let corporations handpick their own regulators! This is a chance
to make Arizona a leader in the renewable energy future.
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“The choice is clear,” Kuby wrote in [ [link removed] ]AZ Central. “We will ensure a
clean energy future. Our Republican opponents will not.”
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As Election Day nears, OR Executive Director Joseph Geevarghese told
[ [link removed] ]The Hill: “the closing argument has to be about what matters to the
electorate. The No. 1 thing people are concerned about is whether they can
put food on the table and keep a roof over their heads.”
President Biden gave a speech this week on the 'Struggle for Democracy,’
urging Americans to vote like their republic depends on it — because it
does. But, democracy means more than voters going to the polls.
“I think he’s missing the opportunity to talk about the real threat to
democracy, which is people’s deteriorating standard of living,” Our
Revolution Executive Director Joseph Geevarghese told [ [link removed] ]Semafor.
“There has been an ongoing battle to win the working class since 2016,”
Joseph told the [ [link removed] ]New Yorker.
We must win these races, yes, but we must also win back people’s faith in
democracy. That means ramping up pressure on those we elect to fix our
rigged economy, root out corruption, and deliver for people’s lives.
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Workers are sick and tired of starvation wages — and we need YOU to help
us fight back!
Our Revolution and One Fair Wage are partnering up to pass ballot
initiatives to raise the minimum wage and end sub-minimum wages for
workers in Ohio and Arizona!
Join our first-ever organizing fellowship and you could earn money while
getting trained! Sign up to help collect petition signatures on Monday and
Tuesday at polling locations in cities across [ [link removed] ]Ohio and [ [link removed] ]Arizona.
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THE FIGHT FOR HOUSING JUSTICE
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If we hope to combat the growing inequality between the elites and
everyday Americans, we must start by giving people a chance to build
wealth through homeownership.
And that means putting an end to Wall Street’s real estate grab — and
that’s why US Rep. Ro Khanna is introducing the Stop Wall Street Landlords
Act of 2022.
The bill would cut off federal housing loans for private equity firms to
buy single-family residential homes and use the tax savings to establish
neighborhood homes tax credits to offset the cost of constructing or
rehabilitating owner-occupied homes.
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Progressive Mandela Barnes can take out far-right Senator Ron Johnson in
Wisconsin — with our help! He’s in a tough race, but we have a path to
victory and can flip this key seat.
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Dr. Oz is closing the gap and we can’t let him win! We need YOU to make
calls for John Fetterman — let’s make sure we flip this senate seat and
send a powerful ally to Washington.
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We must marshal our resources NOW to execute our strategy all the way
through Election Day. When we connect with each voter 4 times — by phone,
text, mail, social media, and door-knocking — we can boost turnout by 11
percent and make a decisive difference in tight races.
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Early voting is open and we have a battle on our hands to re-elect Keith
Ellison as Minnesota AG, where he’s up against a hedge fund lawyer who
wants to criminalize abortion and defund all corporate law enforcement.
Keith has taken on corporate price-gouging, wage theft, Big Pharma, and
more — and he led the fight to convict Derek Chauvin for the Murder of
George Floyd. Let’s make sure he continues his good work as Attorney
General.
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Lauren Kuby and Sandra Kennedy are consumer watchdogs and climate
champions, who we must help win seats on the little-known but powerful
Arizona Corporation Commissioner. Let’s make AZ a leader in renewable
energy!
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Megan Green — a 2016 Bernie delegate we helped elect to the St. Louis
Board of Alderman last cycle — is up against union busters and big
developer money in her run for board president. This is a key seat for a
progressives and we can win!
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This primary season, Our Revolution Phonebank Force has made more than 1
MILLION CALLSand we’re making a massive call drive this weekend — join the
fun and help make the difference in these super tight races.
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