Irene Kao, Courage California · [email protected]

May 15, 2023 at 6:30 PM

TONIGHT: California Abortion Town Hall

What does the future of reproductive care look like? We have the answer. Friend -- Did you see this invitation? We hope to see you there. Click here to register for the California Abortion Town Hall on May 15 at 6pm PST! Friend, California has been making major strides in protecting abo…

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  Support Workers · [email protected]

May 12, 2023 at 4:11 PM

SIGN: Stand with your favorite television show writers

Support striking writers because it's more than just your favorite television shows at stake. Friend, Streaming networks announced their quarterly profits recently, and they are obnoxious. In just three months, HBO Max made $50 million. Apple TV+ contributed to Apple’s $20.9 billion qua…

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  Irene Kao, Courage California · [email protected]

May 11, 2023 at 9:15 PM

You’re invited! California Abortion Town Hall

What does the future of reproductive care look like? We have the answer. Friend, California has been making major strides in protecting abortion access! Not only is the state trying to ensure that abortion remains safe and legal, it’s working to provide a safe haven for those living in a…

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  Irene Kao, Courage California · [email protected]

May 9, 2023 at 8:06 PM

Why Clarence Thomas will never answer for his crimes

Without Senator Feinstein, real hearings on the Supreme Court corruption are off the table. Friend, Last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee began holding hearings about the egregious ethics violations of Supreme Court justices, including Clarence Thomas and John Roberts.(1) But neither…

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  Irene Kao, Courage California · [email protected]

May 4, 2023 at 8:44 PM

Your questions about Dianne Feinstein, answered.

Trust us. We don't take this lightly. Friend, It isn't easy speaking truth to power, especially when that power is within your own team. But Courage California has never let that stop us -- just check out our Courage Score, which publicly calls out corporate Democrats in our Hall of Sha…

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  Feinstein Must Resign · [email protected]

April 26, 2023 at 3:14 PM

BREAKING: Sen. Feinstein survey results

Here's what we need to do. Friend, Last week, we asked you whether Courage California should officially call for Senator Dianne Feinstein’s resignation. Nearly 10,000 of you answered, and the result is clear: Sen. Feinstein must go. We are kicking off our campaign to ask Sen. Dianne Fei…

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  Courage Survey · [email protected]

April 21, 2023 at 3:24 PM

We need your answer re: Dianne Feinstein

Should we call on Senator Feinstein to resign? Friend -- We have had more than 5,000 Courage California members weigh in on whether we should call for Senator Dianne Feinstein's resignation. Make sure your voice is heard! Friend, We need to talk about Dianne Feinstein. We’re seeing more…

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  Courage Survey · [email protected]

April 20, 2023 at 9:35 PM

One-question survey re: Dianne Feinstein

Should we call on Senator Feinstein to resign? Friend, We need to talk about Dianne Feinstein. We’re seeing more and more exactly how important federal judges are. Just this month, a Trump-appointed federal judge rescinded FDA approval for the abortion pill, a medication that has been us…

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  Fire Clarence Thomas · [email protected]

April 18, 2023 at 3:16 PM

SIGN: Clarence Thomas is corrupt. Full stop.

The news about Clarence Thomas keeps getting worse. Friend, In just one week, we've learned that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has: Accepted luxury trips and gifts from a billionaire conservative. Attended meetings of a secret club of billionaires and international power brokers…

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  Billboards for Reproductive Rights · [email protected]

April 13, 2023 at 7:28 PM

BREAKING: Appeals court rules on abortion pill

We can’t rely on the courts. Biden must act. Dear Friend, A federal appeals court just sowed more confusion about the state of the abortion pill in our country. While the court put a temporary hold on the ruling banning the medication mifepristone, the court prohibited all mail order and…

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  Billboards to Save the Abortion Pill · [email protected]

April 10, 2023 at 4:52 PM

URGENT: Five days to save the abortion pill

A Trump-appointed federal judge just suspended the use of the abortion pill in all 50 states. Friend, A Trump-appointed federal judge just suspended the use of the abortion pill in all 50 states. The pill is used for 53% of all abortions and is the only access that people in many states …

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  Save the Abortion Pill · [email protected]

April 6, 2023 at 5:12 PM

The terrible fate of the abortion pill

The abortion pill could be on the verge of being banned in every state. The FDA must step in. Dear Friend, A federal judge is about to make a ruling that could stop the distribution of the abortion pill mifepristone nationwide.(1) Walgreens is already preventing mifepristone from being d…

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  Disinformation ALERT · [email protected]

April 4, 2023 at 4:34 PM

SIGN: The public needs to see Trump’s trial

Trump’s trial cannot go on beyond closed doors. Friend, It’s finally happened: Trump has been indicted for campaign finance fraud. The twice-impeached ex-president faces more than 30 counts of criminal activity, and he is being arraigned today.(1) The first-ever felony indictment of a fo…

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  Stand with the Hunger Strikers · [email protected]

April 1, 2023 at 4:53 PM

Rotten food and forced labor

Five hunger strikers have filed a class action lawsuit against ICE and the GEO Group. You can help. Dear Friend, Cruz Martinez has been on a hunger strike for weeks, but he refuses to stop "until I drop."(1) Martinez is one of the dozens of prisoners who is striking in protest of his tr…

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  Protect Workers' Rights · [email protected]

March 30, 2023 at 8:05 PM

SIGN: Stop Starbucks from punishing unionized workers

Congress is grilling Starbucks’ CEO, but it must go further. Friend, Last year, Starbucks employees got a big win when stores were given the ability to collect credit card tips. The new system added an average of $3.50 per hour to workers’ paychecks -- a huge bump for baristas struggling…

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  Stand with the Hunger Strikers · [email protected]

March 29, 2023 at 7:47 PM

These hunger strikers need your help

Five hunger strikers have filed a class action lawsuit against ICE and the GEO Group. You can help. Dear Friend, For years, the GEO Group -- a for-profit prison company -- has abused immigrant detainees at the Mesa Verde and Golden State Annex ICE detention centers. The GEO Group uses t…

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  Angela Chavez, Courage California · [email protected]

March 27, 2023 at 7:41 PM

URGENT ACTION: Help detained immigrants fighting abuse

Dozens of detained individuals are on a weeks-long hunger strike to protest inhumane conditions. Friend, We need to talk about the infuriating situation at two for-profit ICE detention centers in the Central Valley, where dozens of detainees are on a weeks-long hunger strike to protest …

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  Pass the Biden Budget · [email protected]

March 24, 2023 at 5:05 PM

SIGN: Pass the Biden budget!

We need Congress to know that the government should work for us. Friend, When the White House released President Biden’s budget proposal, the New York Times’ headline read: “Biden’s $6.8 Trillion Budget Proposes New Social Programs and Higher Taxes.”(1) It’s the definition of fearmongeri…

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  Billboards Against Walgreens · [email protected]

March 22, 2023 at 7:23 PM

Check out our billboard!

The billboard is here! Dear Friend, Walgreens can’t hide from us anymore. We are thrilled to bring you a first look at the art for the billboard that Courage California members like you made possible. As the pharmacy corporation’s executives drive to work next week, they and tens of thou…

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  Save the Abortion Pill · [email protected]

March 21, 2023 at 6:35 PM

SIGN: Stop pharmacies from banning mifepristone

We need President Biden to take Gavin Newsom’s lead. Friend, Walgreens is still refusing to reverse its position on dispensing the abortion pill in more than 20 states -- but the pressure is building. California has been making a huge impact on convincing the Fortune 500 company to chang…

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  Irene Kao, Courage California · [email protected]

March 20, 2023 at 4:30 PM

This is the tip of the iceberg

We are cutting through the noise. Dear Friend, Just a few months into 2023, several prominent California legislators have jumped into the race for Congress. You know what that means -- before you know it, our televisions will be flooded by commercials, both attacking candidates and show…

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  Billboards Against Walgreens · [email protected]

March 18, 2023 at 3:20 PM

Walgreens thinks it’s the victim???

We want the national media to see who is really being harmed by Walgreen’s reckless policy. Dear Friend, Walgreens is complaining about the treatment it’s received since its decision to block women from legally obtaining the abortion pill in its stores more than 20 states. The billion-d…

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  Billboards Against Walgreens · [email protected]

March 16, 2023 at 8:16 PM

Walgreens thinks it’s the victim?!

We want the national media to see who is really being harmed by Walgreen’s reckless policy. Dear Friend, Walgreens is complaining about the treatment it’s received since its decision to block women from legally obtaining the abortion pill in its stores more than 20 states. The billion-d…

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  Stop Louis DeJoy · [email protected]

March 15, 2023 at 7:05 PM

Email the USPS Board of Governors today!

DeJoy’s 10-year plan to destroy the USPS in order to privatize it is working. Friend, Live in a rural area of the country and rely on the mail for important services? Louis DeJoy says you’re out of luck. Trump's postmaster general recently met with several U.S. senators to discuss the la…

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  Defend Abortion Rights · [email protected]

March 11, 2023 at 4:02 PM

We've made sharing the boycott easy for you

Walgreens is bowing to red state pressure to not sell abortion medication, even where it’s legal. Friend, Walgreens is saying that its "hands are tied" in its decision to not distribute the abortion pill in the more than 20 states that threatened them with legal action.(1) It's just not …

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  Defend Abortion Rights · [email protected]

March 8, 2023 at 7:28 PM

UPDATE: No, Walgreens.

Walgreens is bowing to red state pressure to not sell abortion medication, even where it’s legal. Friend -- Nearly 7,000 Courage members have pledged to boycott Walgreens until the corporation reverses its abortion medication decision. Will you sign on as well? Friend, Walgreens has ann…

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  Defend Abortion Rights · [email protected]

March 7, 2023 at 9:44 PM

SIGN: No, Walgreens.

Walgreens is bowing to red state pressure to not sell abortion medication, even where it’s legal. Friend, Walgreens has announced it will no longer dispense abortion medication in 24 states, even where it’s legal.(1) The nation’s second-largest pharmacy chain is bowing to pressure from r…

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  $15 Minimum Wage Alert · [email protected]

March 1, 2023 at 8:05 PM

SIGN: $15 minimum wage is long past due

The $15 minimum wage would benefit us all. Friend, Working a minimum wage job and trying to find a place to live? You can’t. A new CNBC study showed that not a single state has a minimum wage that can provide for a minimum standard of living in that state.(1) Twenty states still use the …

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  Stop Fox 'News' · [email protected]

February 25, 2023 at 4:05 PM

BREAKING: Tucker Carlson’s huge gift from Kevin McCarthy

Outrage isn’t a strong enough word for this. Dear Friend, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has handed the full cache of January 6 videos over to . . . Tucker Carlson.(1) Just days ago, court filings proved that Fox "News" pundits -- including Carlson, Sean Hannity, and Laura Ingraham -- knew…

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  Save DACA · [email protected]

February 23, 2023 at 11:15 PM

SIGN: Stop DACA deportations!

More than 250,000 young adults are counting on us. Friend, Thanks to progressive legislation in California, more than a quarter of a million undocumented youth who were brought to the U.S. as children have access to health care and financial aid for college, helping them build lives in o…

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  Say Their Names via Courage California · [email protected]

February 20, 2023 at 4:14 PM

The LAPD’s movie production studio

LAPD body cam videos are the definition of following the letter of the law but not the spirit. Dear Friend, The 67-minute video of the murder of Tyre Nichols by Memphis police was horrifying, but it also provided a transparent, honest view of what happened to Nichols, resulting in the f…

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  Courage California · [email protected]

February 19, 2023 at 4:10 PM

A mass shooting every eight days

It seems like we barely process one mass shooting before another occurs. Dear Friend, The year is not even eight weeks old and there have already been 73 mass shootings in America, killing 106 people and injuring nearly 300 more. Nine of them have been in California, including the traged…

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  Say Their Names via Courage California · [email protected]

February 11, 2023 at 4:12 PM

Seventeen lives lost to police

Legislators are refusing to pass real reform, and we can change that. Dear Friend, Seventeen people lost their lives to California police in January, many unarmed.(1) Los Angeles police officers killed three people in the first week of 2023 alone.(2) And it’s likely that those responsi…

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  Save Social Security · [email protected]

February 8, 2023 at 7:55 PM

SIGN: Social Security cuts must be off the table

Sacrificing Social Security is not how to balance the budget. Friend, The Sacramento Bee just published an article that basically advocated for the GOP’s plan to cut Social Security by as much as 30%.(1) The military budget just surpassed $800 billion a year.(2) Donald Trump oversaw $2.3…

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  Citizens United ALERT · [email protected]

February 5, 2023 at 4:06 PM

LAST CHANCE: This PAC action should be against the law

Scam PACs are defrauding people for millions of dollars. Friend -- Did you see this email? We need as many people as possible to sign if we want to pass Katie Porter's bill! Friend, During the 2016 presidential election, voters were inundated with radio and television ads from dozens of…

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  Irene Kao, Courage California · [email protected]

February 4, 2023 at 6:16 PM

Justice for Tyre Nichols

Dear Friend, My first email to you as Executive Director came in May 2020 -- I called for justice for Black and brown victims of police violence after the murder of George Floyd. Almost three years later, Congress still hasn’t passed the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, and now I’m…

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  Supreme Court Corruption Alert · [email protected]

February 3, 2023 at 3:09 PM

Bombshell reveal about the Supreme Court

The current Supreme Court is out of control. Dear Friend, The Supreme Court just wrapped up its investigation into the leak of the Dobbs decision last year. And the inquiry found . . . nothing.(1) The Court didn’t find the leak, likely because it came from one of the justices' own office…

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  Courage Voices to Action · [email protected]

February 1, 2023 at 3:26 PM

What we learned from you

What comes next Dear Friend, Two weeks ago, we asked you what issues and actions are most important to you as we plan for 2023-2024. Thousands of you spoke up, and I’m excited to report back on what matters to Courage members and what we will do with the power of our 1.4 million strong m…

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  Irene Kao, Courage California · [email protected]

January 23, 2023 at 9:45 PM

A note about Monterey Park

Our community is facing another tragedy. Dear Friend, Courage California is mourning the tragic loss of ten people in Monterey Park. This weekend should have been a time of celebration of the Lunar New Year, but instead, our Asian American and Pacific Islander community is once again dea…

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  Tax the 1% · [email protected]

January 19, 2023 at 3:07 PM

SIGN: Save the IRS’s funding!

House Republicans are trying to take $80 billion away from the IRS. Friend, In all the media coverage of the release of Donald Trump’s tax returns, one important point got buried: The IRS did not do its job in auditing Trump’s taxes, allowing him to get away with shirking his responsibil…

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  Citizens United ALERT · [email protected]

January 17, 2023 at 9:03 PM

SIGN: This PAC action should be against the law

Scam PACs are defrauding people for millions of dollars. Friend, During the 2016 presidential election, voters were inundated with radio and television ads from dozens of PACs, including the Liberty Action Group PAC and Progressive Priorities PAC. Those two PACs in particular solicited m…

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  Irene Kao, Courage California · [email protected]

January 12, 2023 at 7:04 PM

Last chance: We need your input!

What matters to you in 2023? Friend -- Did you see our email? If you have responded, thank you! We couldn't do our work without you. If you haven't, you have just one more day to fill out our survey and determine Courage California's priorities for 2023. Please respond today! Friend, Ha…

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  Stop MAGA Republicans · [email protected]

January 11, 2023 at 8:48 PM

McCarthy sacrificed Social Security

The seditious members of the House are gunning for social security and Medicare. Dear Friend, Last week, a handful of members of the so-called Freedom Caucus held the nation hostage, and now Social Security and Medicare could be the first casualties. These MAGA Republicans are the same …

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  Irene Kao, Courage California · [email protected]

January 10, 2023 at 7:17 PM

[[SURVEY]] California's top issues for 2023

What matters to you in 2023? Friend, Happy new year! In 2023, we will have opportunities to fight for progress on the issues Courage members care most about. We want to hear from you as we figure out our priorities for the year and leading into the 2024 election year. Your voice and valu…

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  Defend Katie Porter · [email protected]

January 4, 2023 at 9:34 PM

This lie about Katie Porter is horrifying

While Katie Porter is fighting for us, she’s being lied about by Fox News. Dear Friend, Rep. Katie Porter may be in the minority party this term, but that doesn’t means she’s giving up on us. She’s still committed to fighting for working families, no matter who is in charge. But the atta…

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  Team Courage · [email protected]

December 31, 2022 at 6:23 PM

These numbers will shock you

We are fighting back. Dear Friend, Eighty percent of Americans support abortion rights.(1) Sixty-one percent think Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas should be investigated for ethics violations.(2) Seventy-five percent support unions for Amazon workers.(3) More than two-thirds want L…

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  Team Courage · [email protected]

December 29, 2022 at 4:11 PM

Your donation to Courage California

We have so much to do next year. Dear Friend, There’s no question that 2022 has been a difficult year. While we celebrated significant wins, inflation is still hovering around 8% as corporations continue to rake in record profits.(1) Some of the nation's largest companies, many based rig…

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  Save the USPS · [email protected]

December 24, 2022 at 6:25 PM

Louis DeJoy is a Grinch

A not so happy holiday. Dear Friend, Did your holiday packages arrive on time? If so, you’re lucky. According to a union representing USPS postal workers, delays this season have been “extreme” due to staffing shortages and logistical issues driven by -- you guessed it -- Trump's postmas…

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  Irene Kao, Courage California · [email protected]

December 19, 2022 at 6:30 PM

Our election wins by the numbers

A year in review. Dear Friend, We want to celebrate our big wins from this general election with you -- your support made all of this possible. Here are our top election highlights, by the numbers: Thank you, and congratulations! With courage, we can turn out voters to elect the leaders…

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  Save the USPS · [email protected]

December 13, 2022 at 6:17 PM

DeJoy ignores Congress?!

Louis DeJoy must go. Dear Friend, Trump’s postmaster general, Louis DeJoy, has ramped up his plan to gouge customers and break the post office. DeJoy just announced the USPS's third price hike in one year, increasing prices nearly 20% over what they were in 2021.(1) Meanwhile, DeJoy is s…

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