Say NO to the Recall · [email protected]

August 17, 2021 at 3:14 PM

Don’t let this conspiracy theorist become governor of California

Larry Elder is going to lead us into the worst COVID outbreak ever. Friend, Right-wing talk radio host Larry Elder is one of the most dangerous COVID-19 conspiracy theorists in California. And he’s on the verge of becoming the next governor of the largest state in the union.(1) Elder h…

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  Say NO to the Recall · [email protected]

August 15, 2021 at 4:52 PM

We’ve got just one month to stop the recall

We’re running ads to motivate voters and stop the right-wing recall. Friend, The Recall polls are showing it's a toss up regarding whether Gavin Newsom will be replaced next month.(1) It’s going to come down to voter turnout, and our problem is that Republicans are WAY more motivated to…

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  Say NO to the Recall · [email protected]

August 7, 2021 at 3:06 PM

This conspiracy theorist is close to replacing Gov. Newsom

Larry Elder is going to lead us into the worst COVID outbreak ever. Friend, In the middle of a surge of the ultra-contagious, deadly Delta variant of the coronavirus, Larry Elder sent this tweet: This would be ludicrous, except for one thing: Talk-show host Elder is the leading candida…

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  Say NO to the Recall · [email protected]

August 4, 2021 at 4:30 PM

This conspiracy theorist is close to replacing Gavin Newsom

Larry Elder is going to lead us into the worst COVID outbreak ever. Friend, In the middle of a surge of the ultra-contagious, deadly Delta variant of the coronavirus, Larry Elder sent this tweet: This would be ludicrous, except for one thing: Talk-show host Elder is the leading candida…

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  End the Filibuster · [email protected]

August 3, 2021 at 6:44 PM

Dianne Feinstein, do you get it now?

This is a five-alarm fire for our democracy Friend, Last week, Capitol Police officers shared harrowing testimony of how white supremacists were “sent by Trump” to attack the U.S. Capitol and prevent the peaceful transfer of power on January 6. But most Republicans refused to listen to t…

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  Molly Watson, Courage California · [email protected]

July 28, 2021 at 12:34 AM

Last Call: A special evening with courageous friends

Join our exclusive event on July 29! Dear Friend, Last call!! Our annual virtual fundraiser is on Thursday at 5:30 pm PST. If you haven't gotten your tickets, please register HERE now. The cost of your ticket goes towards supporting our work to mobilize voters to defeat the September 14…

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  End the Filibuster · [email protected]

July 23, 2021 at 12:57 AM

You cannot be serious, Dianne Feinstein

Sen. Feinstein issues a faint sign she might vote to end the filibuster. Friend, Last month, Dianne Feinstein said that she would only support ending the filibuster "if democracy were in jeopardy … and I don't see it being in jeopardy right now."(1) Unbelievable. But now, after months of…

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  LisaMarie Betancourt, Courage California · [email protected]

July 20, 2021 at 11:44 PM

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Calling all courageous storytellers

There's still time to submit! Friend, Have you submitted your story of courage?  Send your 1 minute video by July 24th for a chance to be featured in our event The Power of Courage. See the email below for more details! -- LisaMarie Friend, Is there a time where you had to act courageo…

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  Stop Nestlé · [email protected]

July 17, 2021 at 8:48 PM

California is in severe drought. Nestlé is STILL taking our water.

California is in a brutal drought but Nestlé is STILL taking millions of gallons of water. Friend, California is suffering through a severe drought. Wildfires have already destroyed three times more land than was burned by this point in last year's record-setting season. Governor Gavin N…

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  LisaMarie Betancourt, Courage California · [email protected]

July 17, 2021 at 1:12 AM

Submit your “Story of Courage”

What advice would you give to others about being courageous? Friend, Is there a time where you had to act courageously? What advice would you give to others about being courageous? What we do now in California matters -- in the aftermath of the racial justice uprisings and the January …

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  Molly Watson, Courage California · [email protected]

July 8, 2021 at 7:45 PM

INVITATION: A special evening with progressive warriors

Join our exclusive event with Dolores Huerta on July 29! Dear Friend, Register now to join us for “The Power of Courage,” a conversation with activists Dolores Huerta, Nadya Okamoto, and Aria Sa'id on July 29, at 5:30 pm, a fundraising event to benefit Courage California! We will be spea…

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  Say NO to the Recall · [email protected]

July 6, 2021 at 4:05 PM

The extremist GOP plan to win the Recall

The Recall movement has a plan to scare away voters. Friend, The date of the Recall has been announced! Voters will go to the polls on September 14, which is right around the corner. Republicans are getting desperate, and so they’re resorting to what they do best: voter suppression. They…

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  Stop Nestlé · [email protected]

July 3, 2021 at 7:53 PM

California is going to run dry

We need to protect the San Bernardino Forest. Friend, The new owner of Nestlé’s water operation, BlueTriton Brands, is snapping up water rights across the country. In states like Arkansas, Colorado, and Florida, BlueTriton is securing permits previously held by Nestlé so it can continue …

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  Say NO to the Recall · [email protected]

July 1, 2021 at 10:27 PM

The extreme right-wing plan to win the Recall

The Recall movement has a plan to scare away voters. Friend, The date of the Recall has been announced! Voters will go to the polls on September 14, which is right around the corner. Republicans are getting desperate, and so they’re resorting to what they do best: voter suppression. They…

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  Stop Nestlé · [email protected]

June 26, 2021 at 5:53 PM

California is running dry

We need to protect the San Bernardino Forest. Friend, The new owner of Nestlé’s water operation, BlueTriton Brands, is snapping up water rights across the country. In states like Arkansas, Colorado, and Florida, BlueTriton is securing permits previously held by Nestlé so it can continue …

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  Protect our Democracy · [email protected]

June 24, 2021 at 3:52 PM

Republicans’ massive power grab

Our senior senator sat back and watched the Senate kill voting rights. Friend, Senate Republicans have filibustered S. 1, the For the People Act, the landmark voting rights legislation already passed by the House that would overrule almost 400 voter suppression bills that are sweeping th…

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  Hold Feinstein Accountable · [email protected]

June 17, 2021 at 8:45 PM

Did you read the Chronicle this morning?

Dianne Feinstein needs to step up or step down. Friend, Senator Dianne Feinstein just told Forbes, “If democracy were in jeopardy, I would want to protect it. I don’t see it being in jeopardy right now.”(1) Seriously?! Mitch McConnell is holding the Senate hostage with the filibuster, s…

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  Stop Amazon · [email protected]

June 16, 2021 at 2:43 PM

Call out Amazon for its terrible behavior

The world needs to know how bad Amazon is. Dear Friend, Amazon’s profits increased 200 percent during the pandemic, and the company is using that money in part to expand its reach into every aspect of our lives.(1) There are 250,000 more employees working for Amazon than there were in Fe…

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  Say NO to the Recall · [email protected]

June 12, 2021 at 3:06 PM

Could the Central Valley and Inland Empire take Newsom down?

New polls reveal that Newsom is showing serious weaknesses. Friend, We could be headed for disaster. National Republican groups are pouring millions of dollars into the effort to smear and recall Gov. Gavin Newsom, and the Sacramento Bee is warning that the GOP has “a real shot at kicki…

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  Stop Nestlé · [email protected]

June 10, 2021 at 10:33 PM

Wildfires are coming, but Nestlé is still taking our water

BlueTriton Brands is still taking water out of San Bernardino Valley. Friend, More than a month after the California State Water Resources Control Board ordered BlueTriton Brands -- formerly Nestlé -- to stop taking water out of the San Bernardino forests, the company is still draining t…

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  Irene Kao, Courage California · [email protected]

June 9, 2021 at 7:19 PM

URGENT: No new water permit for Nestlé!

We're running out of time to stop Nestlé from stealing our water. Dear Friend -- The U.S. Forest Service is on the verge of making a decision of whether to re-approve Nestlé's San Bernardino water permit for its spin-off company, BlueTriton Brands. We have just over 40,000 petition signe…

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  Stop Amazon · [email protected]

June 5, 2021 at 3:07 PM

Amazon admits it hurts its workers

Amazon has gotten further out of control. Friend, People inside and outside Amazon have been demanding more protections for workers. And after Amazon was cited for using unlawful worker practices -- including implementing production standards that cause injuries and delivery requirements…

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  Stop Nestlé · [email protected]

May 29, 2021 at 3:05 PM

We’re ramping up our campaign to save California’s water

A shady megacorporation is trying to siphon away California’s water. Here’s how we’re fighting back. Friend, California is experiencing an extreme water crisis -- and megacorporations like Nestlé have made the drought crisis even worse by siphoning away the little water the state has. …

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  Say NO to the Recall · [email protected]

May 25, 2021 at 8:16 PM

Newsom is in trouble

The media circus has begun. Friend, Gov. Gavin Newsom is in trouble. A new poll shows that just under 49% oppose his recall, and 15% remain undecided.(1) And now a new frontrunner has emerged with Trump support -- former San Diego mayor Kevin Faulconer. If a majority of voters don’t reje…

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  Irene Kao, Courage California · [email protected]

May 24, 2021 at 9:13 PM

SIGN: No new water permit for Nestlé!

We have a chance to stop Nestlé from stealing our water. Dear Friend, We just had a huge development in our fight to stop Nestlé from stealing California’s water. Staff of the state’s water resources board said the company's spin-off that now bottles Arrowhead brand, BlueTriton Brands, …

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  Say NO to the Recall · [email protected]

May 21, 2021 at 2:00 PM

Newsom’s in trouble

The media circus has begun. Friend, Gov. Gavin Newsom is in trouble. A new poll shows that just under 49% oppose his recall, and 15% remain undecided.(1) And now a new frontrunner has emerged with Trump support -- former San Diego mayor Kevin Faulconer. If a majority of voters don’t reje…

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  Irene Kao, Courage California · [email protected]

May 19, 2021 at 10:43 PM

SIGN: No new water permit for Nestlé's spin-off!

We have a chance to stop Nestlé from stealing our water. Dear Friend, We just had a huge development in our fight to stop Nestlé from stealing California’s water. Staff of the state’s water resources board said the company's spin-off that now bottles Arrowhead brand, BlueTriton Brands, …

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  Dump Tucker Carlson · [email protected]

May 17, 2021 at 10:16 PM

OMG, Tucker Carlson

Tucker Carlson is incredibly dangerous. Friend, Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson is now the #1 most-watched host in cable news -- and he’s going to get someone killed.(1) As he’s gained in popularity, Carlson’s racist and anti-science rhetoric has gotten more out of control. Just last…

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  Say NO to the Recall · [email protected]

May 6, 2021 at 3:06 PM

It is official, the extremists won

The media circus has begun. Friend, Just hours after the news broke that the Republican Recall campaign officially submitted the signatures required to trigger a recall election, the Sacramento Bee published an op-ed blaming not the right-wing radicals behind the recall, but California G…

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  Tax Corporations Now · [email protected]

May 5, 2021 at 5:17 PM

SIGN: Pass Biden's Made in America Tax Plan

This plan should pass NOW. Friend, While most of us struggled during the pandemic, 45 of the 50 biggest corporations -- like Amazon, Cisco, and AT&T -- turned big profits.(1) Where did the cash go? Not their employees. The majority of these big companies laid off workers during the p…

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  Irene Kao, Courage California · [email protected]

May 1, 2021 at 9:23 PM

Elon Musk is fooling everyone

Elon Musk has thus far escaped the public spotlight for putting his workers at risk during COVID-19. Dear, In November 2015, Donald Trump hosted Saturday Night Live (SNL) giving him a platform to promote his presidential campaign, joke about his plan to build a wall between the United S…

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  Say NO to the Recall · [email protected]

April 28, 2021 at 11:00 PM

It’s official, the extremists won

The media circus has begun. Friend, Just hours after the news broke that the Republican Recall campaign officially submitted the signatures required to trigger a recall election, the Sacramento Bee published an op-ed blaming not the right-wing radicals behind the recall, but California G…

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  Irene Kao, Courage California · [email protected]

April 21, 2021 at 4:14 AM

What is true justice?

Friend, A jury found Derek Chauvin guilty on all three counts for the murder of George Floyd. The verdict feels like a partial relief because, too often until now, there have been no consequences for the murders of Black, Indigenous, and brown people at the hands of law enforcement. The…

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  Say NO to the Recall · [email protected]

April 15, 2021 at 11:08 PM

This is incredibly dangerous

The Recall effort is a movement by the same fringe elements that supported Donald Trump. Friend, What do Mike Huckabee, QAnon conspiracy theorists, and anti-vaxxers have in common? They’re all among the key backers of the campaign to recall California Governor Gavin Newsom.(1) The Republ…

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  End Corporate Donations · [email protected]

April 8, 2021 at 10:55 PM

California can have corporate-free elections

California’s elections are being sold to the highest corporate bidder. Dear, In 2020, Californians went to the polls to decide, among other issues, whether to pass Prop 22 and classify rideshare and delivery gig workers as employees. From the very start, it wasn’t a fair fight. Uber, Lyf…

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  Irene Kao, Courage California · [email protected]

April 7, 2021 at 6:36 PM

SIGN: Hold Elon Musk accountable for worker abuses

Elon Musk has thus far escaped the public spotlight for putting his workers at risk during COVID-19. Dear, Elon Musk, founder and CEO of Tesla and Space X, is now neck and neck with Jeff Bezos for wealthiest person in the world, with $160 billion in net worth. (1) He also seems to be in…

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  NO to the recall! · [email protected]

April 5, 2021 at 5:08 PM

A Republican governor cannot be the answer

A new poll shows Latinx voters favor the recall. Friend -- The Recall race is heating up, and our free and fair vote is at stake. We need to make sure everyone knows how dangerous this effort is to California's democracy. Will you help spread the word? Friend, The Republican recall of t…

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  NO to the recall! · [email protected]

March 29, 2021 at 5:16 PM

URGENT: The Recall is winning over these voters

A new poll shows Latinx voters favor the recall. Friend, The Republican recall of the governor of California is heating up, and new polling shows that there's a risk the governor losing. A statewide poll has shown that 44% of Latinx voters are planning to vote in favor of recalling the g…

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  End the Filibuster · [email protected]

March 23, 2021 at 7:45 PM

Dianne Feinstein folding on the filibuster?!

Politico and the San Francisco Chronicle just called out Dianne Feinstein. Friend, In the span of two days, the San Francisco Chronicle and Politico have called out Dianne Feinstein for being a blue-state senator who refuses to end the filibuster.(1,2) And Feinstein is feeling the heat w…

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  NO to the recalls! · [email protected]

March 18, 2021 at 9:07 PM

These recalls have to stop

These recall efforts are a threat to all we’ve worked for. Friend, Derek Chauvin -- the police officer who killed George Floyd -- is finally standing trial in Minnesota, but in California, two of the strongest fighters on the front line against police brutality are under attack. Pro-poli…

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  Irene Kao, Courage California · [email protected]

March 18, 2021 at 12:57 AM

Movements are born of critical connections

Friend, I moved to the San Francisco Bay Area from Michigan over a decade ago because, as a Chinese American woman, I wanted to live somewhere where I would feel safer among greater numbers of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs). But white supremacy, misogyny, and the violenc…

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  NO to the recall! · [email protected]

March 13, 2021 at 4:36 PM

A Republican governor for CA?!

The recall process isn’t just a referendum on the governor -- it pits candidates against him. Friend, The two committees leading the campaign to recall Governor Gavin Newsom have announced that they have more than enough signatures needed to trigger an election.(1) Several Republicans ha…

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  NO to the recall! · [email protected]

March 11, 2021 at 5:06 PM

A Republican governor for California?!

The recall process isn’t just a referendum on the governor -- it pits candidates against him. Friend, The two committees leading the campaign to recall Governor Gavin Newsom have announced that they have more than enough signatures needed to trigger an election.(1) Several Republicans ha…

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  Stop Amazon · [email protected]

February 24, 2021 at 7:49 PM

Sea change coming for Amazon

Amazon isn’t going down quietly. Friend, This headline is amazing: “Amazon faces biggest union push in its history.”(1) The mega corporation is on the verge of facing a vote to unionize in its Bessemer, Alabama, warehouse, and if the workers are successful, it could set off a domino effe…

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  End the Filibuster · [email protected]

February 19, 2021 at 12:06 AM

The secret to Trump’s acquittal? Blackmail

The filibuster must go. Friend, It was no surprise that 43 Republican senators voted to acquit Donald Trump this past weekend. What was a surprise is that the House managers agreed to not call a witness who had proof that Trump refused to call off the insurrectionists in the January 6 at…

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  Stop Amazon · [email protected]

February 16, 2021 at 8:24 PM

A sea change coming for Amazon

Amazon isn’t going down quietly. Friend, This headline is amazing: “Amazon faces biggest union push in its history.”(1) The mega corporation is on the verge of facing a vote to unionize in its Bessemer, Alabama, warehouse, and if the workers are successful, it could set off a domino effe…

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  Stop the Seditious Seven · [email protected]

February 12, 2021 at 8:05 PM

Bone-chilling video of the capitol attack

As the prosecution rests on Trump’s impeachment, Kevin McCarthy has tightened his ties to Trump. Content warning: extreme violence in the video discussed below. Dear, The trial for the impeachment of Donald Trump centered on bone-chilling video footage of the president firing up a viole…

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  Stop Amazon · [email protected]

February 10, 2021 at 7:51 PM

Amazon forcing workers into “megacycle” shifts

Amazon is still taking advantage of the pandemic to abuse its workers. Friend, No corporation in the world has profited more from the COVID-19 pandemic than Amazon, as so many of us have relied on online shopping and deliveries to maintain social distancing. But the Federal Trade Commiss…

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  LisaMarie Betancourt, Courage California · [email protected]

January 31, 2021 at 6:58 PM

SIGN: Tell your Senators to pass HR1

The For the People Act is a democracy reform package that would ensure all Americans are heard Dear Friend, We’ve won the election and officially have a Democratic president seated in the White House! Now is the time to strengthen our democracy, so we can avoid having another despotic pr…

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  Stop the Seditious Seven · [email protected]

January 30, 2021 at 11:28 PM

You have to see this picture

Kevin McCarthy is publicly siding with Trump. Dear, Can you believe this photo?! Just three weeks ago, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said that Donald Trump was responsible for the Capitol Building insurrection, and this week he's in a gold-trimmed room at Mar-a-Lago, asking for …

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