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  Gathering Support (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
December 15, 2020 at 6:52 PM

House Democrats reject Trump's veto threat

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --   Trump was threatening to veto the defense bill House Democrats wanted to pass. But then, House Democrats passed the bill with a VETO-PROOF majority, meaning that nothing the president says or does will make a difference.   It’s a great feel…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
December 15, 2020 at 6:03 PM

The election may be safe. Elections officials are not.

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --   “People on Twitter have posted photographs of my house.”   Ann Jacobs, chair of the Wisconsin Elections Commission, recently told the New York Times about the “constant threats” she and her family have received. Trump supporters have even m…
  Stand With Us (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
December 14, 2020 at 9:20 PM

We need to restore our nation's democratic norms

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --   The Supreme Court has rejected the bid by Pennsylvania Republicans to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s win. This is great news; it means that SCOTUS has refused to overturn the results of our democratic election, an incredibly low bar t…
  BREAKING (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
December 14, 2020 at 7:51 PM

Another Trump co-conspirator is getting off scot-free

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --   POLITICO: “A federal judge has closed the four-year-old criminal case against former national security adviser Michael Flynn, acknowledging the pardon that President Donald Trump issued last week to the only Trump administration official cha…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
December 14, 2020 at 6:20 PM

45% of strong Trump supporters believe election will be overturned

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --   Only 29% of Republicans think the election was free and fair, and 45% of voters who strongly support Trump believe the election will be overturned, according to a December Morning Consult poll.   There used to be an understanding in this co…
  Your Input Requested (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
December 14, 2020 at 4:51 PM

Demand the GOP stop playing games with relief money

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi there,   Washington Post: “Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has proposed that lawmakers approve another stimulus check worth $600 per person and $600 per child … The new White House proposal was a nonstarter for Democrats and a sharp rejection of the b…
  Progressive Alert (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
December 14, 2020 at 3:24 PM

NYT: "Trump Administration Is Planting Loyalists in Biden Transition Meetings"

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --   While Biden’s team tries to take the reins from Trump, Trump’s political appointees have “joined virtually every discussion between career staff members and Mr. Biden’s team” at government agencies like the EPA, the NY Times reports.   This…
  Potential Cabinet Pick (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
December 14, 2020 at 1:51 AM

Mayor Pete has been left out in the cold -- for now

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi there,   Pete Buttigieg has been left behind -- for now.   After we heard through the grapevine that Mayor Pete was being considered for the top foreign policy role, President-elect Joe Biden announced his UN Ambassador appointment. But plenty of other…
  Obama on Georgia (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
December 14, 2020 at 12:20 AM

Pres. Obama: Raphael Warnock facing "the same kind of stuff" as he did

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --   “In my campaign, I had to constantly manage the fact that truths that Black folks experience on a day-to-day basis are not going to be the same as the truths that the country as a whole experience. But, if you want to operate at the highest …
  Pandemic Update (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
December 13, 2020 at 10:52 PM

Trump wants to get all the credit for the COVID vaccines

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --   NBC News: “A former commissioner of the Food and Drug administration and member of Pfizer’s board of directors said Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s administration declined to secure millions of additional doses of Pfizer and BioNTech c…
  Potential Political Appointee (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
December 13, 2020 at 9:19 PM

Ambassador Pete Buttigieg has a nice ring to it

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi there,   There’s some new rumors being heard through the grapevine about Pete Buttigieg:   “President-elect Joe Biden is considering a high-profile ambassadorship for Pete Buttigieg, possibly sending him to China, people familiar with the matter tell A…
  Tina Fey Alert (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
December 13, 2020 at 7:52 PM

Sarah Palin is still running against Barack Obama

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi there,   “The provisions about it’s OK to kill a baby in the womb -- there are so many things that Barack Obama stands for still and he just doesn’t get it. The solution to our issues in this country, it all comes down to simply loving truth. He does no…
  Facebook’s Secrets (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
December 13, 2020 at 4:51 PM

Why you might have seen a nicer news feed after Election Day

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi there,   The New York Times recently reported that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg waited until after the election to make credible news sources appear more prominently on the site -- and that the changes are going to be temporary.   Why should one unelec…
  Follow Trump’s Money via Progressive Majority · [email protected]
December 13, 2020 at 3:20 PM

The real reason Trump won't concede

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --   A Washington Post op-ed hit the nail on the head: “Trump won’t concede because it’s so profitable to keep the con going.”   Trump has raised over $207.5 million AFTER Election Day. That’s staggering. He lost … what’s he raising the money fo…
  Georgia Update via Progressive Majority · [email protected]
December 13, 2020 at 1:52 AM

Pres. Obama: We need to support Ossoff in GA "like our lives depend on it"

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --   None other than Barack Obama is getting out the vote for Democratic Senate challenger Jon Ossoff, with Obama recently telling Americans, “If we vote like our lives depend on it, because they do, we will elect Jon [Ossoff] to the United State…
  Lock Him Up (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
December 13, 2020 at 12:20 AM

Ex-presidents don't usually do jail time -- this one could

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi there,   “Former presidents normally don’t go to jail, but few have committed so many obvious crimes unrelated to their duties in office.”   The Intercept is right -- Donald Trump has been linked to an incredible list of illegal activity during his tim…
  Insider Trading is Bad via Progressive Majority · [email protected]
December 12, 2020 at 10:52 PM

GOP senator responds to allegations of insider trading

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --   Democratic Senate challenger Jon Ossoff has called incumbent GOP Senator David Perdue out for “a pattern of misconduct and self-dealing” over the highly suspect stock trades Perdue made earlier during the pandemic.   Perdue’s response was t…
  GOP v Christmas (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
December 12, 2020 at 9:19 PM

GOP blots out Christmas ads with lies

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --   “The blizzard of political attack ads threatens to blot out cheery Christmas promotions through the holiday season in a state just beginning to come to grips with its new status as a battleground.”   NBC isn’t pulling any punches with the i…
  Loeffler Racism Alert (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
December 12, 2020 at 7:51 PM

Kelly Loeffler's racist dog whistles are only growing louder

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --   Rep. Ilhan Omar advocated for Rev. Raphael Warnock, one of the Democrats running for Senate in Georgia’s runoffs on January 5. In response, Sen. Kelly Loeffler, his opponent, said that she should be expelled from Congress.   That wasn’t all…
  GA Hypocrisy Alert (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
December 12, 2020 at 6:19 PM

Kelly Loeffler thinks a Democrat "can't be trusted"

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --   In her latest attempt to smear Democratic challenger Raphael Warnock, Georgia GOP Senator Kelly Loeffler has claimed Warnock “can’t be trusted to keep Georgians safe.”   The reason, according to Loeffler? Warnock has proposed a ‘radical pla…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
December 12, 2020 at 4:52 PM

Subverting democracy has gotten too appealing for Republicans

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi there,   The Washington Post’s Greg Sargent has sounded the alarm on the long-term impacts of Donald Trump’s dangerous refusal to concede power.   “What Republican voters think, or say they think, about who really won matters less than the fact that, a…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
December 12, 2020 at 3:20 PM

How Loeffler and Perdue are getting their money

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --   The eyes of the world are on Georgia.   Republicans are rolling into the streets of the Peach State, with Trump supporters led by Alex Jones literally marching on the state capitol. Meanwhile dark money groups are dumping their war chests i…
  Georgia Update via Progressive Majority · [email protected]
December 12, 2020 at 1:50 AM

President Obama: We need to support Ossoff in GA "like our lives depend on it"

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --   None other than Barack Obama is getting out the vote for Democratic Senate challenger Jon Ossoff, with Obama recently telling Americans, “If we vote like our lives depend on it, because they do, we will elect Jon [Ossoff] to the United State…
  Lock Him Up (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
December 12, 2020 at 12:20 AM

Ex-presidents don't NORMALLY go to jail -- this one could

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi there,   “Former presidents normally don’t go to jail, but few have committed so many obvious crimes unrelated to their duties in office.”   The Intercept is right -- Donald Trump has been linked to an incredible list of illegal activity during his tim…
  Attorney General Alert (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
December 11, 2020 at 10:52 PM

In a shocking development, AG Barr says 'no evidence' of voter fraud

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --   “To date, we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have affected a different outcome in the election.”   Yes, this is from Attorney General Bill Barr -- one of Trump’s most ardent allies who has long joined Trump in his cries of so-call…
  Voter Suppression Alert (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
December 11, 2020 at 9:18 PM

The Hill on what it means if either Republican wins in GA

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --   The Hill: “Georgia voters will head to the polls in the runoff election on Jan. 5. If either Republican wins, the GOP will retain control of the Senate. However, if both Democratic candidates win, the parties will be evenly split in the uppe…
  Stimulus Update via Progressive Majority · [email protected]
December 11, 2020 at 7:51 PM

POLITICO: "Bernie Sanders leads Dem charge for new stimulus checks"

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi there,   Bernie Sanders is gathering Democratic support for a new and robust stimulus package after months of GOP obstruction.   He and others from the Senate Democratic Caucus are pushing against the meager stimulus bill Republicans are proposing, say…
  Paint the Senate Blue via Progressive Majority · [email protected]
December 11, 2020 at 6:20 PM

"The ambitiousness of Biden's agenda as president hangs in the balance"

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi there,   As Vox News reports, when it comes to the Georgia Senate runoffs, “The ambitiousness of Biden’s agenda as president hangs in the balance.”   That’s why the GOP is smearing Georgia-born preacher and Democratic Senate challenger Raphael Warnock …
  Congressional News (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
December 11, 2020 at 4:52 PM

Republicans push legislation to support Trump's false claims

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi there,   The Washington Post: “A Republican congressman wants to condemn GOP colleagues who refuse to back President Trump’s efforts to challenge the results of the November election.”   That’s right, Republicans don’t just support Trump’s baseless att…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
December 11, 2020 at 3:21 PM

Disciples of John Lewis and MLK vs. rich GOP crooks

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --   The eyes of the world are on Georgia.   Republicans are rolling into the streets of the Peach State, with Trump supporters led by Alex Jones literally marching on the state capitol. Meanwhile dark money groups are dumping their war chests i…
  Lock Him Up (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
December 11, 2020 at 3:53 AM

Presidents don't NORMALLY go to jail -- this one could

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi there,   “Former presidents normally don’t go to jail, but few have committed so many obvious crimes unrelated to their duties in office.”   The Intercept is right -- Donald Trump has been linked to an incredible list of illegal activity during his tim…
  Potential Cabinet Pick (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
December 11, 2020 at 2:19 AM

Mayor Pete has been left out of the Biden administration -- for now

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi there,   Pete Buttigieg has been left behind -- for now.   After we heard through the grapevine that Mayor Pete was being considered for the top foreign policy role, President-elect Joe Biden announced his UN Ambassador appointment. But positions withi…
  Work To Do in Georgia (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
December 11, 2020 at 1:52 AM

What the Black activist groups who won in GA think about January's Senate runoffs

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --   Nse Ufot, CEO of the New Georgia Project, helped flip Georgia blue in the general election. Here’s what she’s got to say about the Senate runoffs:   “There’s no world where a [12,670] vote difference, a 0.25 percent vote difference, would h…
  GOP Discrimination Alert via Progressive Majority · [email protected]
December 11, 2020 at 12:21 AM

Sen. Kelly Loeffler's Islamophobia

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --   “Ilhan, we saw the video of you smiling and laughing while talking about al-Qaeda & 9/11.”   Rep. Ilhan Omar advocated for Rev. Raphael Warnock, one of the Democrats running for Senate in Georgia’s runoffs on January 5. In response, Sen…
  Eyes on the Runoffs (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
December 10, 2020 at 10:53 PM

Obama brings the heat to Georgia

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --   “If we vote like our lives depend on it, because they do, we will elect Jon Ossoff to the United States Senate.”   Barack Obama’s words in Georgia couldn’t ring more true. If we fail to get Ossoff to the Senate, incumbent GOP Senator David …
  Support Grassroots Volunteers (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
December 10, 2020 at 9:18 PM

Georgia Democrats are going all in -- are you?

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --   Vanity Fair: “With all eyes trained on Georgia, where the fate of the U.S. Senate -- and, by extension, Joe Biden’s presidency -- will be decided on January 5, organizers on the ground are taking nothing for granted. Georgia Democrats will r…
  Voter Suppression Alert (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
December 10, 2020 at 7:51 PM

Georgia's senators think we aren't looking

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --   The Washington Post: “[Kelly] Loeffler and fellow GOP Sen. David Perdue have called for the Republican secretary of state in Georgia to resign for the crime of doing his official duty and certifying Trump’s loss as legitimate.”   You read t…
  NRA Watchdog via Progressive Majority · [email protected]
December 10, 2020 at 6:18 PM

GOP pounces on Warnock for saying guns don't belong in churches

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi there,   In a sermon, Democratic Senate challenger Raphael Warnock said guns don’t belong in churches. We think that’s pretty reasonable -- but now the NRA is using the quote to attack Warnock and keep the Senate red.   They’re not the only special int…
  Gathering Support (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
December 10, 2020 at 5:20 PM

The lone Republican willing to speak out against Trump

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --   “The former top U.S. cybersecurity official responsible for securing November’s presidential election sued the Trump campaign and one of its lawyers for defamation.”   According to The Washington Post, Chris Krebs is asserting that Trump “c…
  Pardon Update via Progressive Majority · [email protected]
December 10, 2020 at 4:20 PM

WaPo: "Michael Flynn judge says pardon doesn't mean ex-national security adviser is innocent"

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi there --   The Washington Post: “A federal judge dismissed Michael Flynn’s prosecution … after President Trump’s pardon, but said the act of clemency does not mean the former national security adviser is innocent of lying to FBI agents about his talks w…
  Stop Trump's Purge (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
December 10, 2020 at 2:20 AM

Trump is getting ready to gut the government on his way out of the White House

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --   Trump is a mafia don who’s about to lose his throne -- so, like any mobster, he’s gearing up for a purge of disloyal servants on his way out the door. The only problem? Those “disloyal” servants are actually our public servants -- and they d…
  Georgia Update via Progressive Majority · [email protected]
December 10, 2020 at 12:19 AM

President Obama: We need to support Ossoff "like our lives depend on it"

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --   None other than Barack Obama is getting out the vote for Democratic Senate challenger Jon Ossoff, with Obama recently telling Americans, “If we vote like our lives depend on it, because they do, we will elect Jon [Ossoff] to the United State…
  Stop Hate Today via Progressive Majority · [email protected]
December 9, 2020 at 10:50 PM

We won't tolerate nooses in Georgia

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --   New York Times: “In one of the most striking rebukes to President Trump since he launched his baseless attacks on the American electoral process, a top-ranking Georgia election official lashed out at the president … for failing to condemn th…
  Campaign Trail News via Progressive Majority · [email protected]
December 9, 2020 at 9:20 PM

Lincoln Project weighs in on Senate runoffs

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --   Source: Twitter   We want nothing more than to prove that third bullet point right. But If we fail, incumbent GOP Senator David Perdue keeps his seat. In other words, an anti-LGBTQ+ equality, anti-Affordable Care Act, anti-immigrant climate …
  Defeat Loeffler via Progressive Majority · [email protected]
December 9, 2020 at 7:52 PM

Loeffler falsely blames Warnock for Atlanta crime

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi there,   Remember when Trump blamed Biden for the riots happening in American streets even though Trump was the one in the White House? Now GOP Georgia Senator Kelly Loeffler is doing the same thing to Raphael Warnock: blaming him for the spike in Atlan…
  We Love Dr. Fauci (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
December 9, 2020 at 6:20 PM

Fauci: We're about to see "surge upon a surge"

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --   The Associated Press: “The nation’s top infectious disease expert said [last week] that the U.S. may see ‘surge upon a surge’ of the coronavirus in the weeks after Thanksgiving, and he does not expect current recommendations around social di…
  The Trump Effect (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
December 9, 2020 at 4:53 PM

WaPo: Election fraud claims will "juice GOP turnout" in Georgia

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --   Greg Sargent, columnist for The Washington Post, offered a chilling warning about the Senate runoffs in Georgia: “The lie that the election was stolen from Trump might actually juice GOP turnout, which would validate the wholesale delegitimi…
  Lock Him Up (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
December 9, 2020 at 3:40 PM

Presidents don't NORMALLY go to jail -- this one might

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi there,   “Former presidents normally don’t go to jail, but few have committed so many obvious crimes unrelated to their duties in office.”   The Intercept is right -- Donald Trump has been linked to an incredible list of illegal activity during his tim…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
December 9, 2020 at 3:53 AM

Could Trump pull off an orange jumpsuit?

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi there,   A day before the election, Vanity Fair reported that Donald Trump was “terrified about going to prison after losing.”   It certainly makes sense why -- he’s been linked to an incredible list of illegal activity during his time in the White Hou…
  Obama on Georgia (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
December 9, 2020 at 2:19 AM

Pres. Obama: Warnock facing "the same kind of stuff" as he did

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend --   “In my campaign, I had to constantly manage the fact that truths that black folks experience on a day-to-day basis are not going to be the same as the truths that the country as a whole experience. But, if you want to operate at the highest …