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  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
July 5, 2020 at 8:03 PM

GOP moves to block mail-in ballots

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --    Republicans are now suing to keep mail-in ballots out of the hands of registered voters.   Specifically, they’ve called California Governor Gavin Newsom’s order to provide every registered California voter with a mail-in ballot a “bra…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
July 5, 2020 at 3:38 PM

Trump pretends like Dr. Fauci doesn't exist

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --    Donald Trump has always had an anti-science bent, but the president’s fears of the facts seem to have escalated recently -- with Trump having now completely shunned the nation’s leading infectious disease expert in the middle of a pand…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
July 3, 2020 at 8:04 PM

Prominent Black voices support these women for VP

Progressive Majority PAC         Prominent black voices are calling on Joe Biden to rise to the occasion of the current crisis -- and pick an African-American woman for vice president. NAACP President Derrick Johnson indicated the move would be necessary to protect Americans of color, …
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
July 3, 2020 at 3:38 PM

Michelle Obama calls on US mayors to act

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --    Michelle Obama is working with America’s mayors to protect voting rights and increase voter turnout before the November election.   The former first lady’s initiative, “When We All Vote,” aims to make voting more accessible across the…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
July 2, 2020 at 3:39 PM

"The match up [Trump] hoped to avoid"

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --    You likely already know David Axelrod as the legendary politico who served as chief strategist for Barack Obama’s presidential campaigns.   Now, the famed Democratic operative is weighing in on the 2020 race. His take? Donald Trump i…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
June 30, 2020 at 3:39 PM

Drastic times call for drastic measures

Progressive Majority PAC         An unprecedented pandemic has ravaged our country, decimated our national medical stockpiles, and put millions of vulnerable Americans at risk.   And in the midst of a crisis of this scale -- a crisis their own unpreparedness helped cause -- what does …
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
June 29, 2020 at 3:39 PM

Thanks to your help, we've supported these progressives across the country

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --    We at Progressive Majority want to thank you for your unwavering support, especially in times as tough as these.    Because of your efforts, we've been able to throw our weight behind some of the most meaningful grassroots campaigns ac…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
June 28, 2020 at 3:40 PM

Trump writes his own Fake News headline in all caps

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --    Donald Trump loves to complain about "Fake News." That's pretty ironic, considering the false info he's been peddling in ALLCAPS on Twitter:   Source: Twitter Here's one of the (many) problems with that tweet -- foreign powers can…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
June 27, 2020 at 3:38 PM

The congresswoman who just entered VP vetting

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --    We always knew that an unexpected entrant to the 2020 campaign could swoop in and upend everyone’s expectations of the race.   Now, it appears that’s exactly what’s happened.   A previously low-profile congresswoman, five-term House…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
June 26, 2020 at 11:38 PM

Help Democrats fight back against GOP voter suppression

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --    Republicans are now suing to keep mail-in ballots out of the hands of registered voters.   Specifically, they’ve called California Governor Gavin Newsom’s order to provide every registered California voter with a mail-in ballot a “bra…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
June 26, 2020 at 3:39 PM

Biden condemns Trump, promises change

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --    When Joe Biden formally addressed the country for the first time since the pandemic began, many say he sounded just like the next president.   Biden spoke of a country “crying out for leadership.” He condemned Donald Trump making Ame…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
June 25, 2020 at 3:42 PM

Michelle Obama calls on America's mayors

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --    Michelle Obama is working with America’s mayors to protect voting rights and increase voter turnout before the November election.   The former first lady’s initiative, “When We All Vote,” aims to make voting more accessible across the…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
June 24, 2020 at 8:04 PM

Trump loyalist takes over USPS

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --    On June 15, the new Postmaster General of the United States took office.   His name is Louis DeJoy, and he’s the first postmaster general in two decades not to rise through the ranks of the United States Postal Service to get the job. …
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
June 23, 2020 at 3:40 PM

Trump ignores Dr. Fauci's advice

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --    Donald Trump has always had an anti-science bent, but the president’s fears of the facts seem to have escalated recently -- with Trump having now completely shunned the nation’s leading infectious disease expert in the middle of a pand…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
June 22, 2020 at 3:41 PM

Trump thinks he's found "the civil rights [issue] of all time." He's wrong.

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --    Donald Trump believes he’s identified “the civil rights [issue] of all time in this country.”   And according to him, it doesn’t have to do with police brutality or discrimination against LGBTQ+ Americans or the systemic racism that …
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
June 21, 2020 at 8:51 PM

GOP attacks voting rights in court

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --    Republicans are now suing to keep mail-in ballots out of the hands of registered voters.   Specifically, they’ve called California Governor Gavin Newsom’s order to provide every registered California voter with a mail-in ballot a “bra…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
June 21, 2020 at 3:40 PM

Pence tells governors to lie to Americans

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --    Do you remember this?    Source: CNN   Mike Pence toured the Mayo Clinic for a photo-op, but he refused to wear a mask. There's an easy explanation as to why: Pence is anti-science, just like Trump.    But now, Pence is taking …
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
June 20, 2020 at 8:03 PM

One civil rights victory demands another

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --    LGBTQ+ Americans have just scored a major civil rights victory, as the Supreme Court has ruled against workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.   But that ruling could now have an even wider impact on …
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
June 18, 2020 at 5:03 PM

Elizabeth Warren makes surprise appearance at protest

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --    When Donald Trump denounced protesters as “thugs,” threatening them with “the most vicious dogs and the most ominous weapons,” he probably had no idea he was talking about U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren.     Source: Twitter   Sen…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
June 17, 2020 at 8:03 PM

Trump administration says systemic racism doesn't exist

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --    President Trump has refused to hold law enforcement accountable for the brutality that has sparked national protests -- and that’s been ongoing during the demonstrations.   Instead, Donald Trump has put the blame on peaceful protester…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
June 17, 2020 at 3:51 PM

Trump, down in polls, ramps up scare tactics

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --    Trump is down in the polls, short on legislative achievements, and starting to pine for the good ol’ days of his 2016 campaign.    But rather than improve his fortunes by being a better president, Trump has decided to double-down on …
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
June 16, 2020 at 8:04 PM

Voices of color weigh in on Biden's VP

Progressive Majority PAC         Prominent black voices are calling on Joe Biden to rise to the occasion of the current crisis -- and pick an African-American woman for vice president.   NAACP President Derrick Johnson indicated the move would be necessary to protect Americans of colo…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
June 16, 2020 at 3:39 PM

SCOTUS may soon strip birth control access from thousands

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --    The Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling on contraception this summer -- and if Donald Trump gets his way, it could result in over 125,000 women losing access to their birth control.    Liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has …
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
June 15, 2020 at 8:06 PM

Trump completely shuns Dr. Fauci

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --    Donald Trump has always had an anti-science bent, but the president’s fears of the facts seem to have escalated recently -- with Trump having now completely shunned the nation’s leading infectious disease expert in the middle of a pand…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
June 15, 2020 at 3:39 PM

Trump's blatant hypocrisy toward the AAPI community

Progressive Majority PAC         During his election night victory speech, Donald Trump promised that he would “be president for all Americans.”    But now, over three and a half years later, the president’s true character has come to light. Donald Trump has only stoked racial division…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
June 14, 2020 at 8:03 PM

Joe Biden slams Trump's gloating on the economy

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --    Joe Biden isn’t about to let Donald Trump off the hook for destroying the economy that the Obama-Biden administration helped rebuild.   Biden recently gave the president a reality-check when Trump started to brag about the stock mark…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
June 14, 2020 at 3:38 PM

A VP who would stand for racial justice

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --    "We have the most diverse and representative Congress in the history of Congress, and we should act like it."   That's Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, the Democrat in Massachusetts' 7th District, calling for swift and decisive action …
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
June 13, 2020 at 8:04 PM

This "high-risk" voting method could sway the election

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --    Trump has repeatedly condemned vote-by-mail -- which he insists leads to massive fraud, despite zero evidence.   But Americans need a safe way to vote in November, so states have begun exploring online voting instead. The problem? Ac…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
June 13, 2020 at 3:39 PM

Michelle tells the next generation how they can help

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --    Michelle Obama recently addressed the graduating class of 2020 -- and in her speech, she gave a road map for how to get the country back on track.   “This is how you can finish the work that the generations before you have started,” …
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
June 12, 2020 at 5:40 PM

Joe Biden offers comfort to Americans

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --    Last Tuesday, Joe Biden formally addressed the country for the first time since the pandemic began -- and many say he sounded just like the next president.   Biden spoke of a country “crying out for leadership.” He condemned Donald T…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
June 11, 2020 at 6:40 PM

Should Biden pick an African-American VP?

Progressive Majority PAC         Prominent black voices are calling on Joe Biden to rise to the occasion of the current crisis -- and pick an African-American woman for vice president.   NAACP President Derrick Johnson indicated the move would be necessary to protect Americans of colo…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
June 10, 2020 at 8:04 PM

We must strengthen and protect Obama's legacy

Progressive Majority PAC         "It was a long battle, carried out in Congressional hearings and in the public square for more than a year. But ultimately, after a century of talk, decades of trying, and a year of bipartisan debate, our generation was the one that succeeded. We finally…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
June 10, 2020 at 3:40 PM

Warren makes surprise appearance at protest

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --    When Donald Trump denounced protesters as “thugs,” threatening them with “the most vicious dogs and the most ominous weapons,” he probably had no idea he was talking about U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren.     Source: Twitter     …
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
June 9, 2020 at 11:39 PM

Joe Biden's ace in the hole

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --    Bill Clinton’s lead pollster is doing everything he can to convince the Biden campaign they have a secret weapon: Senator Elizabeth Warren.   According to The Hill’s reporting, longtime Democratic politico Stan Greenberg is arguing th…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
June 9, 2020 at 6:40 PM

Trump's Defense Secretary rejects the president's plan

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --    Trump’s own Defense Secretary says the president is way out of line.   After Trump suggested he’d use a law passed in 1807 to deploy military troops to police American cities, Secretary Esper spoke out. According to The Hill, Esper o…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
June 8, 2020 at 9:03 PM

Pence scolds governor for not using more military

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --    Right now, millions of Americans are taking to the streets -- risking life and limb -- to protest needless police brutality. But apparently, Vice President Pence sees the protesters as the brutal ones.   Pence went on a local Pennsyl…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
June 8, 2020 at 5:02 PM

The reason for Trump's sudden faith

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --    “‘Is that your Bible?’ a reporter asked. ‘It’s a Bible,’ Mr. Trump replied.”   Source: NYTimes   That’s the exchange The New York Times reports Trump had with a member of the press during his photo-op outside St. John’s Episcopal…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
June 7, 2020 at 8:04 PM

Trump admin's excuse for not distributing relief funds

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --    In March, Congress approved $175 billion in emergency relief aid to health providers across the country to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s now June, and the Trump administration has yet to distribute most of the funds.   Almost $1…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
June 7, 2020 at 3:40 PM

Mike Pence tries to rewrite history

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --    This isn’t the first time Mike Pence has lied to the American public -- but it may be the most egregious.   The vice president claimed to be an advocate for peaceful protests on Twitter, tweeting:   Source: Twitter   Twitter …
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
June 6, 2020 at 8:04 PM

Biden offers comfort to Americans

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --    On Tuesday, Joe Biden formally addressed the country for the first time since the pandemic began -- and many say he sounded just like the next president.   Biden spoke of a country “crying out for leadership.” He condemned Donald Tru…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
June 6, 2020 at 3:38 PM

McConnell refuses to condemn Trump

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --    Apparently, Mitch McConnell is just fine with Donald Trump ordering the use of tear gas and rubber bullets on peaceful protesters.   He must be -- because when Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer introduced a resolution to condemn t…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
June 5, 2020 at 8:05 PM

GOP ignores two-thirds of Americans

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --    Republicans are now suing to keep mail-in ballots out of the hands of registered voters.   Specifically, they’ve called California Governor Gavin Newsom’s order to provide every registered California voter with a mail-in ballot a “bra…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
June 5, 2020 at 4:05 PM

Michelle Obama's election initiative

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --    Michelle Obama is working with America’s mayors to protect voting rights and increase voter turnout before the November election.   The former first lady’s initiative, “When We All Vote,” aims to make voting more accessible across the…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
June 4, 2020 at 11:38 PM

Should Biden's VP be African-American?

Progressive Majority PAC         Prominent black voices are calling on Joe Biden to rise to the occasion of the current crisis -- and pick an African-American woman for vice president.   NAACP President Derrick Johnson indicated the move would be necessary to protect Americans of colo…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
June 4, 2020 at 6:38 PM

While protesters were gassed, Trump was planning a photo op

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --    On Monday, Donald Trump stood in the Rose Garden and called himself “an ally of all peaceful protesters.” While he was telling that lie, police were acting on his horrific orders to tear-gas peaceful protesters who were blocking Trump’…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
June 4, 2020 at 3:40 PM

Obama calls on Americans to act

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --    President Barack Obama has offered a nation ravaged by pandemic and protest words of comfort and hope -- as well a clear path forward toward lasting change.   In his recent statement, Obama began by praising activists in the streets,…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
June 3, 2020 at 8:06 PM

Four ways to save November

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --    An op-ed in The Washington Post warns of “mass disenfranchisement” unless four key elements of vote-by-mail are put into place as soon as possible.   Those elements include states covering postage for mail ballots, changing laws so t…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
June 3, 2020 at 3:42 PM

Michelle Obama's election project

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --    Michelle Obama is working with America’s mayors to protect voting rights and increase voter turnout before the November election.   The former first lady’s initiative, “When We All Vote,” aims to make voting more accessible across the…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
June 2, 2020 at 8:02 PM

The Biden campaign's secret weapon

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --    Bill Clinton’s lead pollster is doing everything he can to convince the Biden campaign they have a secret weapon: Senator Elizabeth Warren.   According to The Hill’s reporting, longtime Democratic politico Stan Greenberg is arguing th…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
June 2, 2020 at 3:39 PM

GOP sues to stop voting rights

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --    Republicans are now suing to keep mail-in ballots out of the hands of registered voters.   Specifically, they’ve called California Governor Gavin Newsom’s order to provide every registered California voter with a mail-in ballot a “bra…