Irene Kao, Courage California · [email protected]

September 22, 2025 at 6:53 PM

The state of free speech right now

Friend, Free speech is a fundamental tenet of our democratic ideals in the United States of America. The Trump Administration’s ongoing attacks on our freedom of expression and the people who exercise their right to report, dissent, and protest are unpatriotic and dangerous. …

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  Save Obamacare with Courage · [email protected]

September 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM

SIGN: Congress can stop this absurd health insurance rate hike

Friend, Thousands of Californians are receiving unwelcome news in the mail: Thanks to Republicans’ refusal to extend the Affordable Care Act premium tax credits, Covered California participants are set to see their healthcare costs skyrocket in 2026. Covered CA will see an av…

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  Defend Elections with Courage · [email protected]

September 3, 2025 at 7:29 PM

CORRECTION: Vote yes on public election funding in CA

Friend, we inadvertently sent this out with the wrong action link, and this is such an important campaign we wanted to make sure you get to the right one! [ [link removed]- ]Can you take a moment to tell your Assemblymember to vote “YES” on SB 42 and allow a vogte on public financing of …

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  Defend Elections with Courage · [email protected]

September 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM

Petition: Vote yes on public election funding in CA

Friend, Elections should be about lifting up the candidates with the best ideas and leadership capacity to move our communities forward, not the ones with the biggest pocketbook. And yet, last year, billionaires spent $2.6 billion to influence elections nationwide -- drowning out t…

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  Defend Abortion Access with Courage · [email protected]

August 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM

Sign the petition: Costco must preserve abortion medication access

Friend, Warehouse giant Costco is caving to pressure from right-wing, anti-science groups by refusing to dispense the safe and effective abortion drug mifepristone nationwide, including at its more than 130 California pharmacies.(1,2) [ [link removed] ]Can you take a minute right n…

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  Defend Federal Workers with Courage · [email protected]

August 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM

Add your name: Save the federal workers union

Friend, Earlier this year, Donald Trump signed an executive order attempting to strip nearly one million federal workers of their right to collectively bargain. That means that more than 152,000 civilian federal employees in California lost their union representation with the strok…

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  Stop Trump with Courage · [email protected]

August 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM

California’s redistricting plan and the state of our democracy

Friend, The results are in, and 73% of Courage California members want California to redraw our Congressional maps in order to stop Texas and other states from stealing the next election. All eyes are on our legislature now to see whether they will put an amendment on a Novem…

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  Save FEMA with Courage · [email protected]

July 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM

SIGN: Stop the dismantling of FEMA

Friend, First, Donald Trump said he was going to “phase out” the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) by the end of the year.(1) Now, the administration has sent states $608 million in FEMA funds -- to build migrant detention centers?!(2) California knows better than …

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  Fund Schools with Courage · [email protected]

July 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM

SIGN: Stop Trump’s continued attack on public education

Friend, From dismantling the Department of Education to cutting programs aimed at battling racial disparities in educational outcomes, this administration has made its stance on education clear. But, stripping funds from schools practically on the eve of the new school year is a ne…

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  Stop Elon Musk with Courage · [email protected]

July 22, 2025 at 6:38 PM

“MechaHitler” in charge of Defense?!

Friend, The Defense Department just handed xAI a $200 million contract to “address critical national security challenges.”(1) xAI is the brainchild of Google and Elon Musk. It’s the same AI that powers Grok, an AI bot that went on a racist, antisemitic tirade, at one point re…

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  Stop ICE with Courage · [email protected]

July 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM

Tell Congress: Unmask ICE

Friend, Masked men abducting people off the street feels like something out of the darkest pages of history, but it’s happening right here in California and across the country. ICE officers, wearing masks, have been showing up at workplaces and homes nationwide, forcefully detainin…

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  Congressional Watch Alert (via Courage California) · [email protected]

July 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM

[[URGENT]] The Senate is about to decimate public broadcasting

Friend, The Senate just voted to advance a bill taking back $9 billion in funding that had already been appropriated.(1) The bill cancels more than $1.1 billion in funding for public broadcasting -- basically the entire federal budget for hundreds of local NPR and PBS station…

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  Stop For-Profit Prisons with Courage · [email protected]

July 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM

Tell Congress to investigate this boon for private prisons

Friend, The Trump administration’s racist and inhumane immigration raids are tearing families apart, destroying communities, and have already directly contributed to at least one death this year.(1) The irreversible human toll of these attacks on immigrant communities is devastatin…

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  Amazon Worker Solidarity (via Courage) · [email protected]

July 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM

SIGN: Amazon workers deserve safety

Friend, Showing up to work shouldn’t feel like gambling on whether you’ll end your day at the hospital or not. But, for thousands of Amazon workers all over California, that’s the daily reality. A US Senate investigation found that Amazon warehouses recorded a staggering 30 percent…

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  Irene Kao, Courage California · [email protected]

June 29, 2025 at 7:04 PM

Why we can't stay silent

Friend, When Courage California made our name 17 years ago fighting fighting Proposition 8, we learned a powerful truth: civil rights battles are never fought in isolation. The forces that tried to deny marriage equality to LGBTQ+ Californians are the same ones attacking immi…

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  Stop the Muslim Ban with Courage · [email protected]

June 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM

Sign the petition: Stop the travel bans

Friend, Donald Trump has revived his immigration ban, outright banning travel from 12 countries, restricting travel from 7 more, and issuing warnings to 36 other countries that they could be next.(1) We are a nation of Indigenous and immigrants, and California is home to the …

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  Stop Trump's War with Courage · [email protected]

June 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM

Emergency Call Tonight: Healthcare, not warfare!

Friend, The Senate is poised to debate both a War Powers Resolution and the Republican budget proposal to slash healthcare for 16 million people.(1) Donald Trump is on the brink of dragging the U.S. into another unnecessary endless Middle East conflict, but he needs Congress to a…

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  Stand against ICE with Courage · [email protected]

June 13, 2025 at 1:33 AM

What we can do for immigrant communities right now

Friend, "Democracy is under assault right before our eyes," Governor Gavin Newsom said.(1) It couldn't be more true today. Not only has Donald Trump deployed nearly 5,000 troops against his own people in Los Angeles, but today, Missouri Senator Josh Hawley threatened Co…

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  Block Trump with Courage · [email protected]

June 11, 2025 at 9:31 PM

See you in the streets on June 14

Friend, On June 14, Trump is throwing himself a military parade for his birthday, with a whopping $45 million price tag.(1) On the same day, all around the country, millions of people are committed to sending Trump a clear message with the No Kings protests nationwide. [ [lin…

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  Block Trump with Courage · [email protected]

June 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM

Urgent Petition: Stop ICE violence

Friend, We have just crossed a bright red line. Over the weekend, Donald Trump deployed military troops against his own people. Hundreds of National Guardsmen used tear gas, rubber bullets, and flash bangs while attacking protesters in front of an Immigration and Customs …

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  Block Trump with Courage · [email protected]

June 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM

Pass this bill to defund Trump’s dictator parade!

Friend, On June 14, dozens of tanks and thousands of soldiers will proceed down Washington, D.C.’s Constitution Avenue to commemorate Donald Trump’s 79th birthday.(1) There is no precedent for this in the United States. However, there is in Russia, when Stalin did the same fo…

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  Save the $30 Wage with Courage · [email protected]

June 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM

URGENT: Delta is playing dirty tricks in Los Angeles

Friend, Los Angeles’ hospitality workers won a huge victory when the City Council passed the Olympic Wage Ordinance, which will raise the minimum wage for tourism-related workers to $30 an hour by the time we host the Olympics. Now billion-dollar corporations are trying to trick …

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  Protect Public Safety with Courage · [email protected]

May 31, 2025 at 8:40 PM

Town Hall: What really keeps us safe?

Friend, At every level of government, we're facing stark budget choices -- especially whether we invest in the proven programs and services that keep us healthy and safe, or in militarizing police and criminalizing our most vulnerable communities. Violent crime is down in Cal…

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  Irene Kao, Courage California · [email protected]

May 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM

Big news!

Friend, We are proud to announce that Courage California has been named this year’s recipient of the Women’s Foundation California Cindy Marano Leadership Award! The Women’s Foundation California is a statewide organization dedicated to racial, economic, and gender justice, b…

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  Save Medicaid · [email protected]

May 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM

Sign on for the people!

Friend, Right now, U.S. House Republicans are trying to pass massive tax cuts for the rich and make the most vulnerable Americans pay for it -- and they could vote as soon as tomorrow. Their heinous budget bill would rip health insurance away from 13 million people. It would …

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  Stop Mass Deportation with Courage · [email protected]

May 14, 2025 at 6:11 PM

SIGN: No extra funding for ICE!

Friend, Congress is on the verge of voting for Trump Tax Cuts 2.0, and the cuts are horrific. Massive cuts to Medicaid. Cuts to food assistance, to education, student loan repayment assistance -- even the deduction for state and local taxes is being taken from us.(1,2,3) …

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  Save the USPS · [email protected]

May 7, 2025 at 6:34 PM

SIGN: Hands off the Post Office!

Friend, First Donald Trump, Elon Musk and all their billionaire cronies devised a plan to break apart the U.S. Postal Service and sell it to the highest corporate bidder, like Amazon.(1) Democrats and Republicans in Congress introduced bills that drew a red line, saying the p…

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  Fight Trump with Courage · [email protected]

May 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM

Did you see our town hall last week?

Friend, "Stay engaged, stay enraged." That was the message California Attorney General Rob Bonta sent us last week! During our virtual town hall held on April 30, 2025, Courage California was joined by AG Bonta, Assemblymember Alex Lee, and other leading advocacy organi…

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  May Day with Courage · [email protected]

May 1, 2025 at 8:21 PM

Petition: Federal workers need collective bargaining

Friend, Today is May Day, an international holiday celebrating the power of labor and collective action. May Day this year is more important than ever, because Donald Trump’s administration is doing everything to weaken that power. Hundreds of San Franciscan federal health …

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  Protect Voting Rights with Courage · [email protected]

April 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM

Petition: 69 million women’s voter registration in danger

Friend, The Senate is about to vote on one of the worst voter suppression bills in history.(1) The Republican majority of the U.S. House of Representatives passed the SAVE Act, a bill that would require citizens to show a birth certificate or passport in order to register (or…

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  Protect Voting Rights with Courage · [email protected]

April 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM

SIGN: Say NO to the SAVE Act!

Friend, The Senate is about to vote on one of the worst voter suppression bills in history.(1) The Republican majority of the U.S. House of Representatives passed the SAVE Act, a bill that would require citizens to show a birth certificate or passport in order to register (or…

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  Fight Trump with Courage · [email protected]

April 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM

Next Week: Join AG Bonta and Courage California!

Friend, Donald Trump will soon mark his 100th day in office. In those 100 days, we have endured some of the worst assaults on our democracy in 150 years. DOGE, unconstitutional executive orders, flouting federal courts -- we are not seeing a presidency, we are seeing a regi…

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  Stop Deportations with Courage · [email protected]

April 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM

This is political punishment

Friend, Mahmoud Khalil. Rumeysa Ozturk. Yunseo Chung. These are the names of just 3 of the students who have been illegally abducted from their homes and off the street and jailed for deportation by ICE for expressing pro-Palestinian views.(1) This is not immigration enforcem…

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  Stand with Health Care Workers (via Courage) · [email protected]

April 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM

You vs. Kaiser

Friend, Aida Valdivia is a California mental health professional with more than a decade’s experience who works for Kaiser in L.A. -- where she regularly has to see 14-16 patients per day, well above the industry standard of 4-5. (1) That’s why for the past 6 months, she hasn…

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  Courageous Legislator Alert · [email protected]

April 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM

Sign our card to thank Senator Cory Booker!

[ [link removed] ]Photo Friend, Last night at 7pm ET, Senator Cory Booker claimed the floor of the U.S. Senate to speak out against the Trump administration’s crimes against the public.(1) At this moment, he hasn’t yielded the floor.(2) Sen. Booker is speaking up for …

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  Stop Musk with Courage · [email protected]

March 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM

SIGN NOW: Dissent is patriotic. Full stop.

Friend, Early this year, Donald Trump pardoned 1500 insurrectionists who attacked the Capitol Building on January 6, 2021, including the ones that committed violence, calling many of them "peaceful protesters.”(1) Just two months later, he is calling the people protesting Tesla …

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  Resist Trump with Courage · [email protected]

March 24, 2025 at 11:10 PM

SIGN: Elon Musk, don’t mess with Social Security

Friend, Elon Musk told podcaster Joe Rogan he believes Social Security is the “biggest Ponzi scheme of all time.”(1) Of course, the richest man on the planet does not need the country’s most important social safety net, so it's no surprise that he has no idea how it works. …

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  Save Medicaid with Courage · [email protected]

March 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM

[[ACT NOW]] This budget resolution is awful

Friend, Congressional Republicans are about to officially give President Trump and Elon Musk more power to gut government staffing, funding, and services. The House just passed a dangerous Continuing Resolution bill by a razor-thin margin of 217-213, with almost every Republican vo…

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  Resist Trump with Courage · [email protected]

March 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM

SIGN: Release Mahmoud Khalil!

Friend, Mahmoud Khalil was just returning from breaking his Ramadan fast with his wife when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents abducted him from his apartment.(1) Mahmoud is a green card holder and permanent U.S. resident, but the MAGA regime is attempting to de…

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  Stop Musk with Courage · [email protected]

March 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM

Petition: Audit Elon Musk!

Friend, Eliminating cancer research. Laying off thousands of government workers. Dismantling vital government entities, like tracking weather.(1) President Donald Trump has given Elon Musk carte blanche to do all of this in the name of eliminating waste. But Musk is absolutely no…

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  Save the USPS with Courage · [email protected]

March 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM

SIGN: Trump is not the king of the post office

Friend, Donald Trump is waging a scorched earth campaign to anoint himself king and break our government and our democracy. The latest news reports show the U.S. Postal Service lies ahead on his path of annihilation.(1) We were thrilled when Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, …

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  Lead with Courage · [email protected]

March 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM

10 years strong holding legislators accountable

Friend, Nationwide, Democrats want their members of Congress to oppose Trump as much as possible -- but our confidence in them is waning.(1) State legislatures are our best defense against Donald Trump’s attacks on our social programs, our schools, and our civil rights. So how is…

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  Irene Kao, Courage California · [email protected]

March 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM

CA working families champion to respond to Trump’s speech

Friend, Tomorrow night, Donald Trump will give the State of the Union in front of Congress and the nation. Without even watching, we know that Trump will not say anything that is actually in touch with the needs of working families. He and his billionaire bro, Elon Musk, have…

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  Stop Trump Tax Cuts (via Courage) · [email protected]

February 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM

URGENT: Trump Tax Cuts 2.0 vote TODAY

Friend -- I wanted to make sure you saw this email from yesterday. This vote is happening TODAY, and we need to call every member of the House of Representatives -- especially Republicans -- and ask them to vote against this MAGA budget bill. [ [link removed] ]Will you call right n…

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  Stop Trump Tax Cuts (via Courage) · [email protected]

February 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM

URGENT: Trump Tax Cuts 2.0 vote TOMORROW

Friend, The House of Representatives is set to vote TOMORROW on a budget resolution that would harm millions of American families.(1) The bill would renew Donald Trump’s trillions in tax cuts for the wealthy -- and pay for it by drastically slashing funding for programs including…

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  Stop the Deportations (via Courage) · [email protected]

February 20, 2025 at 8:25 PM

Know your rights if ICE comes to your door

Friend, Since Trump’s inauguration, his Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency -- or ICE -- has wasted no time, arresting some 8,200 people across the country.(1) In California, as across the country, Trump’s border goons have detained mostly law-abiding residents, like G…

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  Stop the Deportations (via Courage) · [email protected]

February 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM

Add your name: Protect our undocumented neighbors

Friend, The Trump administration has issued new arrest quotas for ICE, demanding that they detain 1,200 to 1,500 people per day, all to carry out Trump’s mad vision of deporting “millions and millions.”(1) The impacts of these deranged policies are clear: thousands of undocum…

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  Save Our Healthcare with Courage · [email protected]

February 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM

How you can help the Kaiser mental health workers

Friend, Competent mental health providers are more important than ever, but Kaiser Permanente, Southern California’s largest health care provider, has mistreated its therapists and psychologists for years. The company doesn't hire enough workers, with one therapist for every …

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  Protect Sanctuary Cities with Courage! · [email protected]

February 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM

SIGN: California is not down with mass deportations

Friend, Immediately after Trump was inaugurated, his lawless thugs began raiding schools in Los Angeles, looking for children to intimidate and treat like criminals.(1) More are sure to follow. A critical piece of his cruel mass deportation plan, these warrantless searches ar…

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  Protect FEMA with Courage · [email protected]

February 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM

SIGN: Disaster relief should not depend on politics

Friend, The extraordinary toll of the wildfires in Los Angeles is coming into focus: at least 29 people dead, 16,000 homes and other buildings destroyed, tens of thousands of lost jobs -- all adding up too some $250 billion in losses.(1) Yet Donald Trump wants to withhold bad…

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