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  Deadline Approaching (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
January 21, 2021 at 4:51 PM

Support Joe Biden's first orders

        Hi there,   Rejoining the Paris Agreement, ending the Trump Muslim ban, taking action on COVID, and about a dozen other executive orders were part of Joe Biden's day-one agenda.   Joe Biden is doing EXACTLY what the American people empowered him to do by signing these EO…
  Supporter Survey (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
January 21, 2021 at 1:54 AM

Clyburn on Capitol riots: The "flag of white supremacy" flew that day

        Hi there, friend,   Prior to Democrats drafting the article of impeachment, Representative Jim Clyburn reminded Americans that the pro-Trump rioters who stormed the Capitol brought “the flag of white supremacy” with them.   During his campaign, Donald Trump instructed w…
  Congressional News (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
January 21, 2021 at 12:20 AM

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene must be removed from the House

        Friend,   “Depraved.” “Dangerous.”   Democratic Rep. Jason Crow used those words, along with “morally bankrupt” and a few choice others, to describe his new colleague -- Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.   Per POLITICO, Greene is “a freshman congresswoman elected last Nove…
  Your Input Requested (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
January 20, 2021 at 10:53 PM

Hundreds of Capitol rioters may soon face sedition charges

        Hey there,   “My office organized a strike force of prosecutors whose only orders are to build sedition charges related to most heinous acts that occurred in the Capitol.”   That’s from Michael Sherwin, the acting United States attorney for the District of Columbia. …
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
January 20, 2021 at 9:19 PM

We're not done

        Hello,   “Monstrous online lies are not done with us. The Capitol is just the beginning.”   That's from a New York Times op-ed reflecting on the violence we saw in the Capitol on January 6. We can't assume that the factors that led to the insurrection will be put to be…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
January 20, 2021 at 7:52 PM

A crucial metric of healing

        Hi there,   “Roughly four times more than the amount of troops currently in Afghanistan and Iraq combined.”   That's what Newsweek is reporting about the size of the military presence in DC for the inauguration. It's at least 20,000 National Guard troops all told -- the …
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
January 20, 2021 at 6:20 PM

AOC: "I thought I was going to die"

        Hi friend,   “I did not know if I was going to make it to the end of that day alive.”   That's what Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said when she went live on Instagram to share her harrowing account of the attack on the Capitol. She made it very clear: She and her colleag…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
January 20, 2021 at 4:52 PM

Federal law enforcement was warned

        Hi friend,   “The FBI and the New York City Police Department passed information to U.S. Capitol Police about the possibility of violence during the protests Wednesday against the counting of the Electoral College vote,” according to NBC News.   “New York police, who h…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
January 20, 2021 at 3:19 PM

An inauguration unlike any other

        Hi there,   Joe Biden's inauguration is meant to be an “inclusive and accessible celebration that brings Americans together and unifies our nation, especially during such a tough time for our country,” according to the Executive Director of the Presidential Inaugural Comm…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
January 20, 2021 at 2:53 AM

Bernie Sanders's new job

        Hi friend,   Republicans are pulling out all the stops to prevent Americans from getting the help they desperately need during this pandemic.   But now that we've reclaimed the Senate, Bernie Sanders is set to become chair of the powerful Senate Budget Committee -- and…
  Congressional News (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
January 20, 2021 at 1:52 AM

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene must be removed

        Friend,   “Depraved.” “Dangerous.”   Democratic Rep. Jason Crow used those words, along with “morally bankrupt” and a few choice others, to describe his new colleague -- Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.   Per POLITICO, Greene is “a freshman congresswoman elected last Nove…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
January 20, 2021 at 12:20 AM

"It's never too late to do the right thing"

        Hi friend,   “It is never too late to do the right thing.”   That's what Rep. Steny Hoyer, the House Majority Leader, said of the efforts to convict Donald Trump -- even if a Senate vote is unable to take place until after he leaves office.   Inauguration Day is tomor…
  Your Input Requested (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
January 19, 2021 at 10:54 PM

Hundreds of Capitol rioters could soon face sedition charges

        Hey there,   “My office organized a strike force of prosecutors whose only orders are to build sedition charges related to most heinous acts that occurred in the Capitol.”   That’s from Michael Sherwin, the acting United States attorney for the District of Columbia. …
  Supporter Survey (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
January 19, 2021 at 9:19 PM

Clyburn on Capitol riots: The "flag of white supremacy" flew on Jan. 6

        Hi there, friend,   Prior to Democrats drafting the article of impeachment, Representative Jim Clyburn reminded Americans that the pro-Trump rioters who stormed the Capitol brought “the flag of white supremacy” with them.   During his campaign, Donald Trump instructed w…
  Supporter Survey (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
January 19, 2021 at 7:53 PM

Pelosi wants to prosecute any member who aided the insurrectionists

        Hey there,   Speaker Nancy Pelosi just announced that she will bring down the hammer on ANY member of Congress who aided Trump's attempted coup. As POLITICO reports:   “‘If in fact it is found that members of Congress were accomplices to this insurrection, if they aided …
  Your Input Requested (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
January 19, 2021 at 6:19 PM

Federal prosecutors believe the attempted coup is still underway

        Hey there,   POLITICO: “Federal prosecutors on Thursday for the first time described last week's assault on the U.S. Capitol as a ‘violent insurrection that attempted to overthrow the United States Government” -- and one they consider to still be underway.”   The world w…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
January 19, 2021 at 3:18 PM

NBC News: Extremists planning "armed struggle"

        Hi friend,   Parler is down -- but insurrectionists are still planning their Inauguration Day attack.   According to NBC News, after Parler went offline, right-wing extremists started using “Telegram to call for violence against government officials on Jan. 20, the day P…
  Supporter Survey (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
January 19, 2021 at 2:52 AM

Rep. Clyburn: The "flag of white supremacy" flew in the Capitol

        Hi there, friend,   Prior to Democrats drafting the article of impeachment, Representative Jim Clyburn reminded Americans that the pro-Trump rioters who stormed the Capitol brought “the flag of white supremacy” with them.   During his campaign, Donald Trump instructed w…
  Your Input Requested (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
January 19, 2021 at 1:20 AM

Hundreds could soon face sedition charges

        Hey there,   “Yesterday, my office organized a strike force of prosecutors whose only orders are to build sedition charges related to most heinous acts that occurred in the Capitol.”   That’s from Michael Sherwin, the acting United States attorney for the District of…
  Hold Hawley Accountable (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
January 18, 2021 at 11:51 PM

A judiciary committee with Josh Hawley on it can't dispense true justice

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi there,   Josh Hawley has lost allies, a book deal, and the respect of the American people. Now, he might lose his seat on the Senate Judiciary Committee.   Sen. Patrick Leahy, who also serves on the Judiciary Committee, called for the insurrection-inst…
  Your Input Requested (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
January 18, 2021 at 10:20 PM

Rachel Maddow: Trump could resign for a Pence pardon

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi there,   Rachel Maddow: “If [Trump] wants to avoid even the possibility of a federal lifetime ban on holding office and a potential ten year ... prison sentence because of his role in inciting the Capitol violence … [the way] is to get a federal pardon.…
  Hold Hawley Accountable (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
January 18, 2021 at 8:52 PM

Josh Hawley needs to go -- right now

        Hi there, friend,   Republican Sen. Josh Hawley has unapologetically peddled political conspiracy theories in an attempt to delegitimize our nation's democracy, and can therefore be held directly responsible for five people losing their lives during the attack on the C…
  Congressional News (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
January 18, 2021 at 7:19 PM

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has got to go

        Friend,   “Depraved.” “Dangerous.”   Democratic Rep. Jason Crow used those words, along with “morally bankrupt” and a few choice others, to describe his new colleague -- Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.   Per POLITICO, Greene is “a freshman congresswoman elected last Nove…
  BREAKING (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
January 18, 2021 at 5:51 PM

POLITICO: Trump's newest criminal problem

        Hey there,   POLITICO: “If the federal investigation into the deaths in the Capitol attack determines that those responsible were incited to violence at the Save America rally … President Donald Trump could face criminal charges, even if he didn't storm the Capitol himsel…
  BREAKING (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
January 17, 2021 at 10:51 PM

POLITICO: Trump's new criminal problem

        Hey there,   POLITICO: “If the federal investigation into the deaths in the Capitol attack determines that those responsible were incited to violence at the Save America rally … President Donald Trump could face criminal charges, even if he didn't storm the Capitol himsel…
  Congressional News (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
January 17, 2021 at 7:52 PM

Marjorie Taylor Greene has got to go

        Friend,   “Depraved.” “Dangerous.”   Democratic Rep. Jason Crow used those words, along with “morally bankrupt” and a few choice others, to describe his new colleague -- Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.   Per POLITICO, Greene is “a freshman congresswoman elected last Novemb…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
January 17, 2021 at 4:53 PM

The scariest part of Pelosi's 60 Minutes interview

        Friend,   Source: Twitter   A blue government means we can finally take action on gun control. Colorado Democrats already are by making waiting periods and safe storage measures policy priorities for 2021.   But we also know that gun sales have topped all-time hi…
  Progressive Alert (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
January 17, 2021 at 3:19 PM

Big Tech might be growing a conscience

        Hi there,   The Washington Post: “Twitter … purged more than 70,000 accounts affiliated with conspiracy theory QAnon following the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol.”   After years of inaction, Facebook, Amazon, Twitter, and other tech giants are trying to rein in the flur…
  Hold Hawley Accountable (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
January 16, 2021 at 9:19 PM

Why Josh Hawley needs to go -- right now

        Hi there, friend,   Republican Sen. Josh Hawley has unapologetically peddled political conspiracy theories in an attempt to delegitimize our nation's democracy, and can therefore be held directly responsible for five people losing their lives during the attack on the Cap…
  Gathering Support (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
January 16, 2021 at 7:51 PM

WaPo: Renouncing political violence is how we end Trump's influence

Progressive Majority PAC         Hello there,   The Hill: “Capitol security officials are warning lawmakers that thousands of extremist supporters of President Trump are planning to try to storm the Capitol ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration.”   We all know what Trump’s mo…
  Your Input Requested (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
January 16, 2021 at 6:18 PM

Rachel Maddow: Expect Trump to resign for a pardon

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi there,   Rachel Maddow: “If [Trump] wants to avoid even the possibility of a federal lifetime ban on holding office and a potential ten year ... prison sentence because of his role in inciting the Capitol violence … [the way] is to get a federal pardon.…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
January 16, 2021 at 4:50 PM

Reps. speak out on GOP "selfishness"

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi there,   Rep. Brad Schneider had a harsh message for GOP lawmakers after testing positive for COVID-19: “I am now in strict isolation worried that I have risked my wife’s health and angry at the selfishness and arrogance of the anti-maskers who put thei…
  Hold Hawley Accountable (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
January 16, 2021 at 3:19 PM

A judiciary committee with Hawley on it can't dispense true justice

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi there,   Josh Hawley has lost allies, a book deal, and the respect of the American people. Now, he might lose his seat on the Senate Judiciary Committee.   Sen. Patrick Leahy, who also serves on the Judiciary Committee, called for the insurrection-inst…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
January 15, 2021 at 9:20 PM

Sen. Hawley should lose everything -- including his seat

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi there,   Republican Sen. Josh Hawley played a large role in instigating the attack on the Capitol last week and stood by his objection to the results of the presidential election even after Congress reconvened.   We can think of nothing more despicable…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
January 15, 2021 at 7:55 PM

While we were all distracted, we had 4,400+ COVID deaths in one day

        Friend,   “As America slogs through this grimmest of winters, there is no relief in the daily tabulations of Covid-19 deaths: More than 4,400 were reported across the United States on Tuesday, according to a New York Times database, a number once unimaginable.”   Donald …
  Progressive Alert (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
January 15, 2021 at 6:20 PM

Trump, prepare to be convicted by the Senate

        Hi there,   If the past four years haven't shown that Trump is unfit to lead our country, the past week easily has. We know you haven't forgotten, but we'll say it again: Trump incited a white supremacist mob to storm our Capitol, force our elected officials into hiding, …
  Supporter Survey (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
January 15, 2021 at 4:55 PM

GOP leadership has a complete disregard for their colleagues' lives

        Hey there,   As video footage showed dozens of maskless members of Congress huddled together, many feared that the carnage on January 6 would only continue -- in the form of a superspreader event.   And just five days later, the first COVID diagnosis resulting from the i…
  Your Input Requested (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
January 15, 2021 at 3:20 PM

Hundreds are about to face sedition charges

        Hey there,   “Yesterday, my office organized a strike force of prosecutors whose only orders are to build sedition charges related to most heinous acts that occurred in the Capitol.”   That’s from Michael Sherwin, the acting United States attorney for the District of…
  Hold Hawley Accountable (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
January 15, 2021 at 12:19 AM

Why Senator Josh Hawley must go right now

        Hi there, friend,   Republican Sen. Josh Hawley has unapologetically peddled political conspiracy theories in an attempt to delegitimize our nation's democracy, and can therefore be held directly responsible for five people losing their lives during the attack on the Cap…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
January 14, 2021 at 9:20 PM

Sen. Josh Hawley should lose everything -- including his seat

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi there,   Republican Sen. Josh Hawley played a large role in instigating the attack on the Capitol last week and stood by his objection to the results of the presidential election even after Congress reconvened.   We can think of nothing more despicable…
  Our Fight (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
January 14, 2021 at 7:52 PM

Republicans claim Pence is the "indispensable leader America needed"

        Hi there, friend,   According to former Republican Senator Rick Santorum, Mike Pence “became the indispensable leader America needed” after the Capitol riots.   Why is the vice-president worthy of such praise, according to Republicans? Pence followed through with his con…
  Supporter Survey (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
January 14, 2021 at 6:20 PM

Clyburn: The 'flag of white supremacy' flew in the Capitol

        Hi there, friend,   Prior to Democrats drafting the article of impeachment, Representative Jim Clyburn reminded Americans that the pro-Trump rioters who stormed the Capitol brought “the flag of white supremacy” with them.   During his campaign, Donald Trump instructed w…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
January 14, 2021 at 4:54 PM

Trump wants the border wall to be his lasting legacy

        Hi there,   CNN: “President Donald Trump bookended his administration's focus on immigration with a trip to his signature border wall on the US-Mexico border, a visit on the heels of a deadly riot on Capitol Hill incited by the President.”   With a pandemic raging and th…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
January 14, 2021 at 3:42 PM

Capitol violence could have a delayed death toll

        Hi there,   The New York Times: “A grim reality has begun to dawn on Capitol Hill: The riot [last week] may have started a coronavirus superspreader event, fueled by the mob that roamed through the halls of Congress and unmasked Republicans who jammed into cloistered secu…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
January 14, 2021 at 12:18 AM

Michelle Obama speaks out on the Capitol riots

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi friend,   Michelle Obama has some strong words about what we went through last week.   "Seeing the gulf between the responses to yesterday's riot and this summer's peaceful protests and the larger movement for racial justice is so painful. It hurts," s…
  Hold Hawley Accountable (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
January 13, 2021 at 10:51 PM

Josh Hawley should lose everything -- including his Senate seat

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi there,   Republican Sen. Josh Hawley played a large role in instigating the attack on the Capitol last week, and stood by his objection to the results of the presidential election even after Congress reconvened.   We can think of nothing more despicabl…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
January 13, 2021 at 6:18 PM

The supremacists in our military

        Hi there, friend,   POLITICO: “The Pentagon is confronting a resurgence of white supremacy and other right-wing ideologies in the ranks.”   Last year, over 33% of active-duty troops (and over 50% of troops of color) reported that they've personally seen white nationali…
  Hold Hawley Accountable (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
January 13, 2021 at 3:19 PM

Why Josh Hawley must go right now

        Hi there, friend,   Republican Sen. Josh Hawley has unapologetically peddled political conspiracy theories in an attempt to delegitimize our nation's democracy, and can therefore be held directly responsible for five people losing their lives during the attack on the Cap…
  Signatures Needed (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
January 13, 2021 at 2:51 AM

Donald Trump is considering a self-pardon

Progressive Majority PAC         Hi there,   The New York Times broke the news on Thursday that President Trump is strongly considering a self-pardon in the coming days.   This is a five-alarm fire. Trump knows he’s on the hook for four years of corruption, fraud, and obstruction -- not …
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
January 13, 2021 at 1:53 AM

Senator Coons is demanding Cruz and Hawley resign

Progressive Majority PAC         Hey there,   Senator Chris Coons is demanding Senators Cruz and Hawley resign after their roles in inciting the attempted coup on the Capitol.   Cruz and Hawley both proudly led challenges to Wednesday’s electoral certification process to delegitimize …