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John,

The SIlicon Valley Bank (SVB) crash was the second largest in U.S. history. Repulsive Senator Ted Cruz is a big reason this happened. 

Will you join us in giving $5, $10, $25 or whatever you can to the candidate fund to remove Ted Cruz from public life?

We cannot let right-wingers who deregulated railroads, leading to the Ohio tragedy, and cut a hole in President Obama's Dodd-Frank bank regulations--created specificially for banks like SVB--get away with it. This piece from 2017 about the banking de-regulation frenzy in Washington makes Cruz's role clear:

Ted Cruz’s support for banking deregulation

Cruz was eager to meet with bankers for gobs of cash. He's knee-deep in this crisis and up for reelection in 2024, after barely holding on by 2% in 2018. It’s an open secret he can be beaten in 2024. And, of course, Cruz won't be hurt by the bank crash he helped cause. His wife's an executive at Goldman Sachs. He's probably on his way to Cancun. 

 

 

Meanwhile, Dallas-area Congressman Collin Alred's preparing to join the race. Raised by a single mother, Allred played in the NFL, worked in the Obama Administration and, in a huge upset, knocked out incumbent Republican Rep. Pete Sessions in a swing seat in 2018. He's the highest profile Black politician in elective office in Texas, has a ton of charisma and is a great public servant.

There's a candidate fund set up to go to Allred when he gets in the race: Will you join us in giving $5, $10, $25 or whatever you can to the candidate fund for Allred as he removes Ted Cruz from public life?

Thank you for helping take this blight on Congress and our democracy out of office.

Cliff

 
 
 
 

Cliff Schecter

President, Blue Amp Action

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About BlueAmp Action:

We cannot sugarcoat the current situation. Right-wing authoritarianism, defeated by a worldwide coalition during WWII, was only in hibernation. Over the past decade it has infected democratic societies--including ours. It is as simple as it is terrifying: What we do now will define the future of our country and world. 

We at Blue Amp Action are dedicated to liberal, open societies, where reason and science are applied to solve our problems; where civil rights--including voting rights!--are protected for all. We fight for these values every day. Speaking up on our platforms, raising the voices and the political prospects of liberal pols and pundits. 

And savvy grassroots activists like you know, just like we do, that we can’t stop watching the people we help elect: after the elections, we have to keep organizing support for the policies we like and pushing back against the ones we don’t.

When the public tunes out between elections and the only people our elected officials hear from are the paid lobbyists of wealthy corporations, our government stops being accountable to the needs of ordinary families.

Democracy never sleeps, and neither can we.

So we ask that you support our work, so we can continue to engage in this fight every moment of every day. So our kids grow up in democracy, not dystopia.

Thank you for your support for all we do! Please follow Cliff Schecter on Twitter @cliffschecter, or subscribe to The Takedown with Cliff Schecter on YouTube, to keep up to date with this battle for the heart and soul of our country.

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