Ed Markey for Senate · [email protected]

June 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM

A simple but powerful act

  Team — Will you personally endorse Ed Markey and the movement we are building to oppose Trump’s authoritarianism? It’s a simple but powerful act. By taking just 30 seconds or less to add your name, you’re standing side by side with thousands of others who are committed to our cause. Use …

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June 16, 2025 at 8:17 PM

Trump can go after ActBlue, but he will not stop us

  Friend — A short note. A few weeks back, we learned that the Trump administration is attempting to take legal action against ActBlue, which is by far the largest payment processor for Democratic campaigns like ours. Make no mistake, this is an unprecedented political attack by a President…

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  EdMarkey.com · [email protected]

June 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM

We’re hoping you can prove us wrong

  Friend, we’ll get right to it. Our fundraising has fallen off a cliff since the start of the month. That’s right — despite the continued chaos of Trump's presidency, despite Republicans pushing through disastrous budget cuts, and despite our FEC deadline in just two weeks, we are struggli…

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  Ed Markey · [email protected]

June 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM

The latest authoritarian tactic by Trump’s immigration regime

Trump’s allowing ICE to act like thugs   Team — You may have missed this in all of the breaking news this week. David Huerta, president of the California chapter of the SEIU labor union, has been arrested by ICE. He is being charged with conspiracy to impede an officer — a felony — after p…

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  Ed Markey · [email protected]

June 12, 2025 at 8:53 PM

A fellow Senator was just thrown to the ground and handcuffed.

  Friend — you may have seen the videos going around. My colleague, United State Senator Alex Padilla, was just violently thrown to the ground and handcuffed for simply asking questions at a Department of Homeland Security press conference in Los Angeles. The Trump administration is compl…

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  Team Markey · [email protected]

June 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM

totally honest

  Friend — I’m sure you know by now that we try to be totally honest about our fundraising when we send you these emails. So, here’s the truth: June 30th is an FEC deadline, which means that at the end of the month we’re legally required to report our fundraising numbers to the FEC. The …

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  Ed Markey · [email protected]

June 11, 2025 at 9:16 PM

RFK Jr. is showing his true colors

He’s anti-science, anti-medicine, and dangerous for our nation.   Team — This week RFK Jr. fired all 17 members of a crucial panel that guides CDC policy on vaccines. 17 experts who have dedicated themselves to promoting the safety and success of vaccines and ensuring no one gets sick or …

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  Ed Markey · [email protected]

June 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM

Sending the National Guard into California is straight out of the authoritarian playbook.

  Team — Make no mistake, what the Trump administration is doing in response to protests in California and across the country is to escalate tensions, not keep the peace. Trump is playing dictator once again. And being honest, it’s rich hearing about lawlessness from a President who is con…

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  Ed Markey · [email protected]

June 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM

billionaires, oil companies, and super PACs

I don't like to ask for too much   The truth is, I don't like to ask for too much. I know we are all trying to do everything we can to respond to the chaos and cruelty of Trump’s presidency. The breaking news is constant, as Trump and the GOP chip away at the programs that help the working …

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June 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM

Trump’s attacks on Harvard are out of control.

  Team, Trump is once again acting like a dictator. Harvard University is a critical piece of Massachusetts’s leadership in education and an important contributor to our economy through jobs, lifesaving research, technology, and more. Trump wants to destroy that because of his own personal …

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  Team Markey · [email protected]

June 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM

Stop the GOP from rolling back the clock on climate and clean energy

We have to put pressure on the Senate to block this bill   Team — Trump and the GOP’s disastrous budget bill is making its way through the Senate this month. A part of that package would cut billions in tax credits for solar, onshore and offshore wind, electric vehicle, and battery storag…

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  Ed Markey · [email protected]

June 2, 2025 at 9:45 PM

I will fight against any and all cuts to Social Security

  Friend — Elon Musk called Social Security ‘a Ponzi scheme.’ I think that’s idiotic. Social Security was created almost a century ago, and is one of the most successful government programs in American history. It’s simple: We all pay our hard-earned money into Social Security over the yea…

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  Team Markey HQ · [email protected]

May 31, 2025 at 1:10 PM

We. Are. So. Close.

Despite Trump’s constant chaos and corruption, April was our best fundraising month in over a year.   Team, Ed Markey’s May fundraising deadline is tonight at midnight, and we are SO CLOSE to our goal. It’s incredible really, given that Ed set some ambitious goals at the start of the year.…

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  Ed Markey · [email protected]

May 30, 2025 at 8:16 PM

I made the call

Please, no matter the amount, make a contribution to my campaign today before our deadline tomorrow.   Friends, it’s Ed. A quick update for you before the weekend. Right before Trump took office, I met with my team to set the course of this campaign as we prepared to fight back against his…

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  Ed Markey · [email protected]

May 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM

WOW!

Yesterday, Ed reached out directly to let you know that we were falling behind our goals   Team — WOW! Yesterday, Ed reached out directly to let you know that we were falling behind our goals ahead of Saturday’s fundraising deadline, and the response from this grassroots team was incredible…

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May 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM

A Hail Mary

I like to be transparent with you about our fundraising efforts, so I’m sharing the truth   Friends, it’s Ed. I like to be transparent with you about our fundraising efforts, so I’m sharing the truth today: We are just days away from our May fundraising deadline, and we are pretty short of …

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  Ed Markey · [email protected]

May 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM

[Signature Needed] SAVE PBS!

Will you sign my petition to preserve and protect PBS from the Trump administration's funding cuts?   Team — Ed Markey here with one simple question for you today. Will you sign my petition to preserve and protect PBS and NPR from the Trump administration's funding cuts? SAVE PBS The Trum…

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  Ed Markey · [email protected]

May 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM

Since the day I took the oath of office, I have strived to live up to its words

  Friends — When Senators like me take office, we take an oath. Just like the President does. Here’s what it says: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and…

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  Ed Markey for Senate · [email protected]

May 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM

A $5 movement

  Friends — $5. That amount is so crucial to our campaign’s success. You’re probably wondering what a $5 contribution can possibly do when we’re up against corporate PACs, fossil fuel interests, and MAGA mega-donors who want to stop our movement in its tracks. Let us explain. We have seen t…

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  Team Markey · [email protected]

May 23, 2025 at 1:40 PM

5 reasons. 5 dollars.

There are so many reasons to support our movement for progressive change with your contribution.   Friend, here are five good reasons to donate just $5 to Ed Markey today. For years, Ed has led the charge in the Senate on passing climate and clean energy legislation, advancing civil rights…

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  Ed Markey · [email protected]

May 22, 2025 at 11:40 PM

Trump’s third term jokes deserve a serious response.

  Friend, a couple of weeks ago, I read an editorial in The New York Times about a possible Trump third term. I wanted to share my response with you: So jokes aside, it sure seems like the GOP has no problem flirting with the idea of a third Trump term. That’s completely unacceptable, and …

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  Ed Markey · [email protected]

May 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM

The GOP’s budget rolls back years of progress on climate

This morning House Republicans passed a budget bill that will have devastating consequences for America’s economy and future.   Friend, early this morning House Republicans passed a budget bill that will have devastating consequences for America’s future. Millions of Americans now face the…

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  Ed Markey · [email protected]

May 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM

Sign on: SAVE PBS!

Will you sign my petition to preserve and protect PBS from the Trump administration's funding cuts?   Team — Ed Markey here with one simple question for you today. Will you sign my petition to preserve and protect PBS and NPR from the Trump administration's funding cuts? SAVE PBS The Trum…

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  Ed Markey · [email protected]

May 19, 2025 at 6:29 PM

Complete transparency

  Friend — I want to start off the week by being completely transparent with you. After Trump took office once again and began unleashing chaos, I met with my team to talk about stepping up our efforts on this campaign. I wanted to put more time, energy, and resources into organizing peopl…

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  EdMarkey.com · [email protected]

May 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM

Team: Will you personally endorse Ed Markey?

Thousands of people have already added their name and made their voices clear   Hi Team — We’re reaching out to Ed Markey’s top supporters today with one simple question: Will you personally endorse Ed Markey and our movement for a country that is fair, just, and equitable for all? If that’…

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  Ed Markey · [email protected]

May 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM

Trump’s administration is about greed

I am doing everything I can to fight back against this previously unseen level of greed, corruption, and lawlessness.   Friend — Trump’s administration can be boiled down to one idea: the constant pursuit of greed and personal power. Trump and Republicans in Congress are about to push thro…

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  Team Ed Markey · [email protected]

May 15, 2025 at 6:05 PM

Good news and bad

  Friend — It’s the halfway point of the month, so Ed checked in with the campaign team earlier today about our progress towards our monthly fundraising goals. We had both good news and bad. The bad news: We are well behind where we hoped to be at this point in the month. It may be because …

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  Ed Markey · [email protected]

May 13, 2025 at 6:37 PM

the Make American Sick Again agenda

It’s completely outrageous that RFK Jr. is now deciding health car policy   Friend — The anti-vaccine, anti-medical science movement in America has been gaining steam for years, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been at the center of that movement. That’s why it’s completely outrageous that RF…

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  Ed Markey · [email protected]

May 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM

$5? Yes, just $5

When everyone does their part, your contribution quickly adds up to be enough to take on the billionaires and win.   Friend — $5. Yes, just $5. Let’s be real. $5 doesn’t sound like the kind of money that can fund a winning campaign. Especially when you consider that we are up against corpo…

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  Team Markey · [email protected]

May 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM

Ed wants to know what you think!

It's very important to Ed that we send out surveys like this every so often   Team, Ed Markey believes that if we want to fight for regular folks in Washington, we have to listen and hear directly from the American people. So we want to check-in with our top supporters across the country ab…

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  Ed Markey · [email protected]

May 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM

MAGA Republicans don’t seem to understand patriotism

Massachusetts is where revolutions are born. And no, that is not ‘socialism’. It’s American patriotism.   For people who love to call themselves ‘patriots’, MAGA Republicans don’t seem to understand the history of patriotism in this country. In 1775, the ‘shot heard round the world’ was fi…

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  Team Markey · [email protected]

May 6, 2025 at 12:50 PM

Help Ed stay laser-focused on what’s important right now

  Friends — We need you to chip in $5 today if you can. Here’s why: Ed is fighting for us every day in Washington. Congressional hearings, new legislation, meeting with constituents, voting against Trump’s unqualified judges and appointments, and much more. But with the unbelievable amount…

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  Ed Markey · [email protected]

May 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM

How I’m fighting DOGE, Elon Musk, and Trump

Donald Trump’s enabling of DOGE has been a disaster for our nation.   Team, Donald Trump’s enabling of DOGE and Elon Musk has been a catastrophe for our nation. When DOGE started infiltrating federal agencies, I went to the Environmental Protection Agency offices in Washington with several …

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  EdMarkey.com · [email protected]

May 2, 2025 at 9:49 PM

Republicans have a lot to answer for.

Unlike many of my Republican colleagues, I’m not afraid to host town halls and hear from my constituents in Massachusetts.   Friends, Unlike many of my Republican colleagues, I’m not afraid to host town halls and hear from my constituents in Massachusetts. On top of in-person town halls l…

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  Ed Markey · [email protected]

April 30, 2025 at 2:53 PM

My mission to hold fast to my Malden values

Through each of these big wins and challenging times, I was never alone   Friend — I got my first chance to serve the people of Massachusetts when I was elected to represent my neighbors in the Statehouse. But really, my first job where I served the people was when I was serving up frozen t…

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  EdMarkey.com · [email protected]

April 29, 2025 at 11:03 PM

SIGN ON: Release Rümeysa Öztürk now!

Rümeysa has now been held in ICE detention for five weeks   Friends — An appeals court just blocked an order to return Rümeysa Öztürk from the ICE detention center in Louisiana where she is being held back to Vermont for hearings to determine whether she was illegally detained. Rümeysa Özt…

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  Ed Markey · [email protected]

April 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM

"If everyone reading this..."

  Friends — You’ve probably heard or read me say the phrase, “If everyone reading this chipped in right now, we’d meet our goal today.” It’s kind of a mind-blowing idea, isn’t it? A contribution of $5 or $10 may not seem like much. And it’s certainly true that one person’s contribution alon…

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  Ed Markey · [email protected]

April 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM

Trump’s agenda is one for the billionaires

They’re doing everything they can behind the scenes to enrich themselves and their billionaire buddies.   Friend — Trump’s evil strategy is two-fold. On one hand, his administration is recklessly weaponizing our immigration system and our justice system to go after innocent people. Last we…

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  Ed Markey · [email protected]

April 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM

History

Massachusetts is the birthplace of American democracy and the revolution that earned our nation its independence   Friend — One of the many things I love about Massachusetts is our history. Massachusetts is the birthplace of American democracy and the revolution that earned our nation its …

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  Team Markey · [email protected]

April 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM

Despite all of the chaos of our time, we have to keep pushing forward the movement for gun violence prevention legislation.

  Friend — Another school. Another shooting. Another failure of leadership for our young people. Last week there was a deadly shooting at Florida State University. It seems the political establishment has become so used to these tragedies that it was just another story in the week’s news cy…

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  Ed Markey · [email protected]

April 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM

My new piece in the New York Times is a warning for all of us.

  Friend — I have an op-ed out in the New York Times today alongside my friends Reps. Jim McGovern and Ayanna Pressley. Earlier this week, we went down to an ICE detention facility in Louisiana to meet with Rümeysa Öztürk, a student at Tufts University and legal US resident who was arreste…

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April 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM

Trump can go after ActBlue, but he will not stop our movement.

  Friend — A short note. Today we learned the news that the Trump administration is getting ready to take legal action against ActBlue, which is by far the largest payment processor for Democratic campaigns like ours. Make no mistake, this would be an unprecedented political attack by a Pre…

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April 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM

I just got back from ICE facilities in Louisiana

Yesterday I visited two ICE detention facilities in Louisiana, where I met with my constituent Rümeysa Öztürk and Mahmoud Khalil   Friend — Yesterday I visited two ICE detention facilities in Louisiana, where I met with my constituent Rümeysa Öztürk, as well as Mahmoud Khalil. Rümeysa and …

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  Ed Markey · [email protected]

April 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM

Elon called Social Security ‘a Ponzi scheme.’ I think that’s idiotic

  Friend — Elon Musk called Social Security ‘a Ponzi scheme.’ I think that’s idiotic and despicable. Social Security was created almost a century ago, and is one of the most successful government programs in American history. It’s simple: We all pay our hard-earned money into Social Securi…

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  Ed Markey · [email protected]

April 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM

quick note

  Friend, it’s Ed. Just a quick note since I know it’s a Sunday evening and a holiday for many. The truth is, I really don’t like to ask for your donation. I prefer to talk about the big issues we face and the constitutional crisis that Trump has created. But of all of the money we raise f…

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  Team Markey · [email protected]

April 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM

Trump wants to scare universities into silence.

He’s abusing the power of the federal government to attack higher education and undermine freedoms   Friend, Trump’s attacks on Harvard University is only the latest step in his authoritarian agenda of scaring institutions into silence. There are many issues to tackle in higher education …

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  Ed Markey · [email protected]

April 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM

I’ve never been alone

  Hey there, it’s Ed. I had a few minutes today to reach out about our April fundraising deadline coming up soon. When I think about all the hard-fought battles throughout my time representing Massachusetts, I think about how I was never alone. When we launched the Green New Deal resolutio…

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  EdMarkey.com · [email protected]

April 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM

We’re counting on you to personally endorse Ed Markey

Thousands of people have already added their name and made their voices clear   Hi Team — We’re reaching out to Ed Markey’s top supporters today with one simple question: Will you personally endorse Ed Markey and our movement for a country that is fair, just, and equitable for all? If that’…

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  Ed Markey · [email protected]

April 16, 2025 at 9:34 PM

Things are quickly hurtling towards dictatorship

And no, that’s not alarmist. I’m not exaggerating.   Friend — Things are quickly hurtling towards dictatorship in the US. And no, that’s not alarmist. I’m not exaggerating. Due process is a bedrock principle of our democracy. If you are accused of a crime, you get an opportunity to prove y…

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  Ed Markey · [email protected]

April 16, 2025 at 12:50 PM

How I’m fighting DOGE and Elon Musk

Donald Trump’s enabling of DOGE has been a disaster for our nation.   Team, Donald Trump’s enabling of DOGE and Elon Musk is a catastrophe for our nation. When DOGE started infiltrating federal agencies, I went to the Environmental Protection Agency offices in Washington with several of my …

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