Dear Friend,

Rep. Katie Porter may be in the minority party this term, but that doesn’t
means she’s giving up on us. She’s still committed to fighting for working
families, no matter who is in charge.

But the attacks on Katie Porter just ramped up. Extremist right-wingers on
Twitter created a viral video that made it seem as if Rep. Porter condones
pedophilia, with Republican members of Congress sharing the video.(1) And
Fox “News" is sharing unsubstantiated stories accusing Rep. Porter of
using racial slurs.(2)

Meanwhile, the GOP leadership is planning to start the new session with
anti-abortion, anti-immigrant, anti-environment bills -- everything that
Rep. Porter stands against.

Katie Porter needs us to have her back. First, Courage California is
ramping up our campaign to deplatform Fox “News” and convince its
advertisers to pull their dollars. And we are sounding the alarm about the
disastrous legislation that the GOP is trying to push through Congress.

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Rep. Porter has had a busy few weeks. She just passed a bill to close
insurance loopholes used to deny coverage to public servants, including
teachers and firefighters.(3) She publicly took on Southwest Airlines
after its poor management left thousands of passengers stranded over the
holidays, introducing a bill to stand up for customers.(4)

But the new GOP leadership has quite a different agenda.

The new majority leader, Steve Scalise, has released a roll of bills that
have nothing to do with improving the lives of working Americans. Instead,
there is legislation to block insurance companies from covering abortion,
turn refugee migrants away at the border, rescind critical IRS funding,
and increase oil drilling on federal lands.(5)

We can have Rep. Porter’s back against these terrible bills by alerting
and mobilizing our 1.4 million-strong membership to flood Congress with
calls. The House Republicans have a razor-thin majority, and if we
convince just a few to vote against this legislation, it will be dead in
the water. And we’re going to call out Fox “News” loud and clear for
spreading lies about Rep. Porter and reporting false stories.

[ [link removed] ]We have our work cut out for us. Will you donate to make sure we can
support Katie Porter and the rest of the progressives in Congress in the
fight against House Republicans?

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Thanks for your critical support.

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

PS: Courage California is fighting for equity and justice across the state
and 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
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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.

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