Charles Chamberlain, Democracy for America · [email protected]

August 22, 2020 at 11:36 PM

Me + 3 = Victory

 John, This election will be won or lost based on turnout. We're fooling ourselves if we think Trump supporters aren't excited to get out and vote. They are.I live in Orange County California. We flipped this county in 2018, thanks to great progressives like Katie Porter running on critical issues l…

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  Charles Chamberlain, Democracy for America · [email protected]

August 21, 2020 at 10:57 PM

The Postmaster General testified before the Senate today. It did not go well.

 John, After bowing to overwhelming pressure from Democrats in Congress and progressives across the country, Donald Trump’s Postmaster General, Louis DeJoy testified before the Senate today. In his testimony, DeJoy refused to reinstall the over 600 mail-sorting machines that were removed from USPS f…

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  Charles Chamberlain, Democracy for America · [email protected]

August 20, 2020 at 10:58 PM

thrilled to announce

 John, Senator Ed Markey has dedicated his entire career to fighting for our progressive values. He wrote the only major climate legislation to ever pass a house of Congress, and worked hand-in-hand with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to craft the Green New Deal.In less than two weeks, Ed is facing a…

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  Charles Chamberlain, Democracy for America · [email protected]

August 19, 2020 at 7:31 PM

This mask wins elections!

 Have you gotten your VOTE mask yet, John?Right now, we’re sending members a FREE mask (or multiple!) as a gift if you donate to support DFA's work. Your contribution will directly support everything we're doing to defeat Donald Trump, flip the Senate, and elect progressives up and down the ticket i…

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  Charles Chamberlain, Democracy for America · [email protected]

August 18, 2020 at 6:55 PM

Big news out of South Carolina

 John, this is big news out of South Carolina:After multiple polls showed Jaime Harrison and Sen. Lindsey Graham within the margin-of-error in South Carolina’s Senate race, the Cook Political Report has upgraded our chances of flipping this seat blue. It’s clear election forecasters are starting to …

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  Charles Chamberlain, Democracy for America · [email protected]

August 17, 2020 at 8:28 PM

Sign now: Tell Democrats in Congress to act now to save the USPS and the election.

 John, The scale of Donald Trump’s war on the US Postal Service has come into clear focus: First, Trump spent months refusing to provide necessary emergency funding for the USPS. Then, he installed a conservative mega-donor as Postmaster General who slashed delivery hours and cut overtime for mail c…

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  Charles Chamberlain, Democracy for America · [email protected]

August 16, 2020 at 8:08 PM

Up to $250k at stake, we can win it with your help

 John, Our friends at CREDO Mobile, the progressive phone company, have given DFA an incredible opportunity to earn a grant of up to $250,000 to fund our Protect America's Vote campaign to defeat Trump, flip the Senate, and win critical elections up and down the ballot nationwide in November! You do…

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  Charles Chamberlain, Democracy for America · [email protected]

August 15, 2020 at 10:36 PM

Get your VOTE mask now

 John, Let's cut straight to the chase.We want to give you a FREE mask (or several free masks) as a gift if you donate to our campaign to defeat Trump, flip the U.S. Senate, and win critical local elections up and down the ballot in all 50 states right now.We're in the middle of a pandemic and a fiv…

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  Yvette Simpson, Democracy for America · [email protected]

August 14, 2020 at 6:17 PM

Theresa Greenfield can end McConnell’s Senate Majority

 John, we have a real chance to end Mitch McConnell’s Senate Majority.Theresa Greenfield’s race in Iowa is heating up and quickly becoming one of the most competitive races for the Senate this year -- and one of our best chances to flip a key seat blue.Forecasters are calling it a “toss-up," and rec…

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  Charles Chamberlain, Democracy for America · [email protected]

August 13, 2020 at 8:17 PM

What Trump just said on Fox News

 John, This morning, President Donald Trump was on Fox News and when asked about his refusal to fully fund the United States Postal Service’s operations, he said this:They need that money in order to make the post office work so it can take all of these millions and millions of ballots ... But if th…

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  Charles Chamberlain, Democracy for America · [email protected]

August 12, 2020 at 6:33 PM

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar

 John, Once again a huge victory last night for the American people and the progressive movement.Ilhan Omar won her primary against an establishment challenger who out-raised her by over 2 million dollars.Right wing media came after her with everything they had. Venture capitalists, real estate deve…

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  Charles Chamberlain, Democracy for America · [email protected]

August 10, 2020 at 8:16 PM

Add your name: Stop Trump’s war on the USPS

 Two major stories about Donald Trump’s war on the United States Postal Service broke over the weekend, John:Late Friday night, the Washington Post reported that Trump’s new Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is directing a sweeping new reorganization of the United States Postal Service that “centralize…

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  Tre Graves, Democracy for America · [email protected]

August 8, 2020 at 7:06 PM

A Monthly $2,000 Check To Every Individual

 John,You don't need me to tell you that millions of Americans are suffering from the consequences of a public health crisis that continues to spiral out of control due to the failures of Donald Trump and his Republican allies in the Senate.Their failures to listen to public health experts have led …

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  Charles Chamberlain, Democracy for America · [email protected]

August 7, 2020 at 6:28 PM

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-inc): 44% - Jaime Harrison (D): 44%

 John, First, Jaime Harrison smashed fundraising records with the support of grassroots progressives across the country. And now, he’s gaining momentum. Just take a look at this brand-new poll of the South Carolina Senate race just released this week: South Carolina Senate Race Sen. Lindsey Graham (…

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  Charles Chamberlain, Democracy for America · [email protected]

August 6, 2020 at 6:37 PM

55 years ago today

 John, 55 years ago today, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into federal law. This monumental legislation did not become law without a fight. In March of 1965, John Lewis led a march from Selma to Montgomery across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Alabama stormtroopers bruta…

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  Yvette Simpson, Democracy for America · [email protected]

August 5, 2020 at 11:52 PM

HUGE wins last night for progressives

 I have some very exciting news to share with you today, John:Last night, DFA-endorsed progressives pulled off huge victories in Arizona, Michigan, and Missouri. In fact, we are waiting on the results in one very tight race, and if that candidate pulls through, we will have swept all of our primarie…

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  Charles Chamberlain, Democracy for America · [email protected]

August 4, 2020 at 9:38 PM

You should watch this documentary

 John, Republicans across the country are working hard to suppress the vote in 2020. We have already seen this play out in state elections in Wisconsin, Georgia, and Kentucky. They’re instituting discriminatory voter ID laws, closing polling locations to force long lines and extreme wait times, purg…

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  Charles Chamberlain, Democracy for America · [email protected]

August 3, 2020 at 8:53 PM

Republicans let expanded unemployment benefits expire for millions of Americans

 John, Two and half months ago Democrats passed the HEROES Act, which included full funding to extend the $600 extra unemployment benefits originally provided by the CARES Act.Last week, Senate Republicans proposed cutting that critically needed economic stimulus that would’ve had a real impact on f…

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  Charles Chamberlain, Democracy for America · [email protected]

August 2, 2020 at 11:16 PM

Venture Capitalists, Real Estate Developers, CEOs, and supporters of Israel's criminally indicted right-wing extremist Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu are spending millions to defeat Ilhan Omar

 John, Ilhan Omar, under attack and out raised by over $2 million, is fending off a tough primary challenger funded, according to FEC reports, by venture capitalists, real estate developers, CEOs, and supporters of Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's criminally indicted right-wing extremist Prime Minister.…

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  Charles Chamberlain, Democracy for America · [email protected]

August 1, 2020 at 7:51 PM

A click, a vote, and up to $250,000 in support for DFA

 John, We have an incredible opportunity to earn a grant of up to $250,000 from our friends at CREDO, and all we need from you is your vote! You don't have to contribute any money, DFA just needs your vote! Please click the link below and go vote right away.CREDO launched their 2020 Votes campaign t…

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  Yvette Simpson, Democracy for America · [email protected]

July 31, 2020 at 8:08 PM

Ebenezer Baptist Church

 John, Yesterday, we celebrated the life of Congressman John Lewis at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta and virtually from around the world. As the senior pastor at Ebenezer, Rev. Raphael Warnock presided over the service and delivered a stirring tribute to Congressman Lewis’s life. It was fitting …

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  Democracy for America · [email protected]

July 30, 2020 at 8:16 PM

Donald Trump’s tweet

 John, This morning, President Donald Trump expanded his war on vote-by-mail by spreading lies about its safety and threatening to delay November’s election. Something he cannot do:Let’s be clear: Federal elections take place on the first Tuesday in November and have since 1845. Election Day will be…

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  Charles Chamberlain, Democracy for America · [email protected]

July 29, 2020 at 7:07 PM

Trump’s USPS takeover is starting

 John, Donald Trump is working to dismantle the United States Postal Service as we know it. He installed one of his top campaign fundraisers as Postmaster General just to sabotage and privatize the Postal Service. Now, the new Postmaster General is already planning to reduce delivery hours and overt…

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  Yvette Simpson, Democracy for America · [email protected]

July 28, 2020 at 11:55 PM

Two progressive champions who can expand our majority in the House by flipping red seats blue

 John, Today, I want to tell you about two progressive champions running for Congress in Texas and Iowa to flip red seats blue. These are key states we need to compete in, and win, this November. Candace Valenzuela in TX-24 would be the first Black Latina ever elected to the U.S. Congress. She has t…

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  Charles Chamberlain, Democracy for America · [email protected]

July 27, 2020 at 10:47 PM

The Iowa Senate Race was just moved to “toss-up”

 We can flip an Iowa Senate seat, John. First, polls in recent weeks showed Theresa Greenfield taking the lead over Republican Senator Joni Ernst. And now, the Cook Political Report has officially moved the Iowa Senate Race to “toss-up” status. We’re seeing remarkable energy on the ground in Iowa an…

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  Tre Graves, Democracy for America · [email protected]

July 26, 2020 at 7:58 PM

Florida

 John,In 2018, voters across Florida overwhelmingly passed a ballot initiative supported by DFA members nationwide that restored voting rights to most former felons. Unsurprisingly, the Republican-controlled state legislature then made a law designed to overturn it by requiring those with felony con…

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  Yvette Simpson, Democracy for America · [email protected]

July 24, 2020 at 8:23 PM

Rashida Tlaib is facing an establishment-backed primary opponent. Let’s wish her a happy birthday by helping her beat back this challenge and win re-election:

 John, Today is Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib’s birthday. She’s a true fighter for the people of Michigan’s 13th Congressional District, and I’m honored to call her my friend. DFA was proud to endorse Rashida when she won this seat in 2018. And we’re proud to fight for her again in 2020. That’s becaus…

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July 23, 2020 at 5:16 PM

Millions of Americans are counting on the expanded unemployment benefits set to expire next week

 John, We are in the middle of the worst economic crisis in generations. Tens of millions of Americans across the country are out of work and relying on expanded unemployment benefits to survive each week. Nearly 52 million people have filed for unemployment in the past 15 weeks. But instead of prov…

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  Yvette Simpson, Democracy for America · [email protected]

July 22, 2020 at 5:50 PM

Texas and Michigan

 John, I want to talk to you today about two progressives who can flip Republican-held House seats blue in Texas and Michigan -- key states we need to compete in this November. Gina Ortiz Jones is running to flip a Republican-held seat in TX-23. She’s a first-generation American, and an LGBTQ former…

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  Sen. Jeff Merkley via DFA · [email protected]

July 21, 2020 at 11:08 PM

Secret police are patrolling my city of Portland

 John, Sen. Jeff Merkley here from Oregon. We face a grave threat to our democracy. Donald Trump has deployed secret police in my home city of Portland, and is threatening to do it in other cities across America.His Department of Homeland Security is using unidentified paramilitary forces to patrol …

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  Charles Chamberlain, Democracy for America · [email protected]

July 20, 2020 at 8:36 PM

Flip the Senate

 We can flip the Senate, John. Democrats need to flip just four seats to take back the Senate this November, and Democracy for America has endorsed bold progressive challengers running to defeat Republican incumbents in key battleground states across the country. Will you chip in $4 (or more!) today…

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  Charles Chamberlain, Democracy for America · [email protected]

July 19, 2020 at 10:46 PM

Honor John Lewis with action

 John,Rep. John Lewis is an American hero. While no hero is perfect, because even heroes are human, John Lewis was a fighter for all people against injustice and oppression. With his passing on Friday from pancreatic cancer, America loses a civil rights icon.Throughout his life, Lewis didn’t stand d…

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  Charles Chamberlain, Democracy for America · [email protected]

July 17, 2020 at 7:36 PM

Paulette Jordan

 John, I have big news to share. DFA is excited to endorse Paulette Jordan for U.S. Senate in Idaho. She’s running for Senate to put people first, not corporate lobbyists or DC insiders, and is a true progressive champion. Paulette would make history as the first Native American woman ever elected t…

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  Charles Chamberlain, Democracy for America · [email protected]

July 16, 2020 at 11:13 PM

Two progressive champions who can help turn Texas blue

 John, Earlier this week, two DFA-endorsed progressive champions shocked the corporate Democratic establishment. Candace Valenzuela and Mike Siegel won their primaries to become Democratic nominees for Congress in TX-24 and TX-10. They are progressive fighters who are going to flip these two Republi…

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  Charles Chamberlain, Democracy for America · [email protected]

July 15, 2020 at 5:46 PM

Add your name: Congress needs to step in to save our schools from Betsy DeVos

 This is outrageous, John: Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is calling on schools across the country to re-open and resume in-person classes this fall, in clear disregard of social distancing recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control. DeVos is even threatening to withhold federal fundin…

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  Charles Chamberlain · [email protected]

July 14, 2020 at 10:52 PM

John, YOU stopped ICE

 John,BOOM! We did it.The Washington Post is reporting and federal court records show that the Trump administration is dropping their racist plan that would have required international college students to leave the United States unless they were enrolled in the fall term for at least one face-to-fac…

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  Charles Chamberlain, Democracy for America · [email protected]

July 14, 2020 at 3:44 PM

Add your name if you agree we need universal vote-by-mail

 John,Every American should have the ability to Vote at Home with nationwide vote-by-mail.In primary elections across the country, we have already seen the lengths Republicans will go to attack absentee voting and use the public health risks of in-person voting during a pandemic to suppress the vote…

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  Senate Flip Alert (via DFA) · [email protected]

July 13, 2020 at 6:12 PM

Rev. Warnock for U.S. Senate

 John.Rev. Raphael Warnock can flip Georgia blue. Rev. Warnock is no standard issue candidate. He was raised in public housing with 11 siblings and grew up to serve as the senior pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, the former pulpit of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Now, he’s running for the…

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  Democracy for America · [email protected]

July 12, 2020 at 9:17 PM

re: ICE

 You don't want to miss this!Robert Reich and DFA are teaming up in calling on university leaders to reject ICE and protect their international students from being deported if they can't return to in-person learning. More schools have joined Harvard and MIT in standing up and taking action, because …

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  Charles Chamberlain, Democracy for America · [email protected]

July 10, 2020 at 7:58 PM

Have you gotten your copy of Stacey Abrams new book yet? Today is your last chance!

 John, With state and local governments across the country actively working to suppress the vote, DFA has launched our Protect America’s Vote campaign to work with DFA-endorsed candidates and allied organizations to fight voter suppression.We’re working to register new voters, verify and update curr…

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  Robert Reich · [email protected]

July 9, 2020 at 5:47 PM

re: ICE

 John,With new COVID-19 cases surging across the country, countless colleges and universities are making the safe and smart decision to move classes either partially or completely online next semester. Now, Trump’s deportation force is using this situation to target immigrants studying in the United…

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  Charles Chamberlain, Democracy for America · [email protected]

July 8, 2020 at 5:24 PM

Banning the use of tear gas in the United States

 John,I want to update you on our work to ban the use of tear gas in the United States. In the weeks since Robert Reich first reached out to ask DFA members to join his call for the banning of tear gas, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced a bill to do just that. And tens of thousands of DFA mem…

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  Charles Chamberlain, Democracy for America · [email protected]

July 7, 2020 at 11:18 PM

Harrison 42% - Graham 42%

 Jaime Harrison is no ordinary Senate candidate, John.He was born the son of a single teenage mom and raised by his grandparents. Jaime grew up in poverty, but in a tight-knit community that helped each other. He promised his family he would go to law school to one day give back and help those who h…

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  Charles Chamberlain, Democracy for America · [email protected]

July 6, 2020 at 9:44 PM

We need to save the USPS

 John, The United States Postal Service is still in trouble. Without immediate action, the USPS could run out of money in advance of an election we need to conduct largely via vote-by-mail. And President Donald Trump is doing everything he can to get in the way. He’s holding hostage the $10 billion …

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  Charles Chamberlain, Democracy for America · [email protected]

July 5, 2020 at 10:38 PM

Replace This Trump-supporting Former Democrat

 John,When Jeff Van Drew had the support of the Democratic Party establishment in 2018, progressive activists in New Jersey tried to make clear that he was a Democrat in name only.Van Drew had voted against a living wage and marriage equality. He was even proud of his A rating from the NRA. Yet in t…

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  Charles Chamberlain, Democracy for America · [email protected]

July 3, 2020 at 4:23 PM

A proud Iowa farm kid

 John, From trying to strip health care away from millions of Americans to handing out a massive tax break to Wall Street and America’s biggest corporations, Republican Senator Joni Ernst has served as a reliable rubber-stamp for nearly everything on Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell’s agenda. Theres…

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  Charles Chamberlain, Democracy for America · [email protected]

July 2, 2020 at 8:01 PM

Congress needs more power to conduct oversight

 John, President Donald Trump is trampling on the balance of powers at the heart of our democracy. The Constitution gives Congress the power to conduct oversight of the executive branch. But in the nearly four years of his presidency, Donald Trump and his cronies have refused to comply with Congress…

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  Charles Chamberlain, Democracy for America · [email protected]

July 1, 2020 at 6:16 PM

Thank you

 John, Thank you for being a member of Democracy for America. Members like you are directly responsible for powering this organization’s work electing progressives up and down the ticket, expanding the electorate by registering new voters, and fighting voter suppression across the country. Without y…

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  Yvette Simpson, Democracy for America · [email protected]

June 30, 2020 at 5:45 PM

Tonight’s deadline

 John, Tonight is our end-of-quarter fundraising deadline. As you know, Democracy for America’s work is powered by members like you. Your contributions help elect progressives up and down the ballot nationwide, like Jamaal Bowman and Mondaire Jones -- the new presumptive Democratic Congressmen from …

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  Charles Chamberlain, Democracy for America · [email protected]

June 29, 2020 at 7:17 PM

John's copy of Stacey Abrams’ new book

 John, In recent months we’ve seen how elected officials at the state, local, and federal level work to systematically suppress the vote across the country. We’ve seen outrageously long lines, malfunctioning machines, and closed polling locations in states from Georgia to Wisconsin. It’s clear we ne…

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