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February 15, 2021 at 7:52 PM

Should Biden cancel student debt?

        Hi there,   Top Democrats are expressing their strongest support yet for forgiving $50,000 of student loan debt by executive action.   Source: Twitter   We want to get a sense of how our members feel about such a sweeping proposal. Would you weigh in now?     Should…

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February 15, 2021 at 6:19 PM

Should Congress pass payments for kids?

        Hi there,   A new plan from President Biden and House Democrats proposes a simple way to keep families afloat during this pandemic: $3,600 per child.   “The pandemic is driving families deeper and deeper into poverty, and it's devastating,” Rep. Richard Neal told The New…

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  Pandemic Status Update (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]

February 15, 2021 at 4:52 PM

At a vaccine turning point

        Hi there,   We just hit a milestone: more than 32 million people -- a tenth of the US population -- has been at least partially vaccinated against COVID-19. That's an incredible achievement, considering it hasn't even been a year since lockdowns began here.   But as a ne…

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  LIVE POLL (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]

February 15, 2021 at 3:19 PM

Democrats are going all in on climate action

        Hi there,   Majority Leader Chuck Schumer didn't mince words when he called climate change “the existential threat of our time.”   Democrats are going all in on fighting climate change, and we couldn't be more excited. In the next few months, Democrats have promised to p…

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  Gathering Support (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]

February 14, 2021 at 7:50 PM

Trump is plotting his post-acquittal return

        Listen, what we're hearing isn't good.   Now that he’s been acquitted, Trump and his whole team down in Florida are preparing for a triumphant return to politics where the ex-president cements his control over the GOP and exiles everyone who stood up to him.   Even Trump…

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  LIVE POLL (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]

February 14, 2021 at 6:19 PM

It's time to take on Facebook's misinformation problem

        Hi there,   Did you hear?   Facebook just banned false information about vaccines from its platform in order to curb the COVID-19 misinformation crisis, but the damage has already been done.   This is just one of many instances where Facebook has allowed wild conspiracy…

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  GOP Hypocrisy Alert (via When Democrats Turn Out) · [email protected]

February 14, 2021 at 2:39 PM

GOP senators blame Trump -- but still won't convict him

        Sen. Mitch McConnell: “They were provoked by the president.”   Sen. Roy Blunt: “I think it was a tragic day, and he was part of it.”   Sen. Mike Rounds: “If anything he urged … inappropriate action by people that appear to be his supporters.”   These GOP senators admitt…

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February 13, 2021 at 7:52 PM

Will you stand with the 370 congressional aides standing up to Trump's GOP?

        Hello,   Did you hear? Over 370 congressional aides have issued a public plea to senators to convict Trump in his upcoming impeachment hearing.   In a gripping letter to senators in both parties, aides cited Trump's “baseless, monthslong effort to reject votes lawfully c…

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  LIVE POLL (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]

February 13, 2021 at 6:19 PM

Democrats are trying to save the USPS

        Hi there,   Trump spent his last two years in office running the United States Postal Service into the ground in a futile attempt to steal the election -- and Democrats are now stepping up to save it from total collapse.   Congressional Democrats have introduced the U.S.…

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  Progressive Update (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]

February 13, 2021 at 4:52 PM

Marjorie Taylor Greene vows to push the GOP further right

        Hi there,   Marjorie Taylor Greene: “Going forward, I've been freed. I'm going to be holding the Republican Party accountable and pushing them to the right.”   Greene, who was recently stripped of her house committee assignments due to unearthed comments where she advoca…

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  BREAKING (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]

February 13, 2021 at 3:18 PM

Biden to Trump's U.S. attorneys: You're fired

        Hello,   President Biden is clearing Donald Trump's U.S. attorneys out of the Justice Department.   On Tuesday, the Biden administration formally asked nearly every remaining U.S. attorney appointed by the ex-president to resign by the end of the month, ensuring that the…

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  Senate Impeachment Update (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]

February 12, 2021 at 10:52 PM

Rep. Raskin: This cannot be the future of America

        Hello,   “This cannot be the future of America. Senators, we cannot have presidents that invite violence because they cannot accept the results of elections.   “History does not support a January exception. Why should we invent one for the future?”   In opening Trump's …

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  Supporter Survey (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]

February 12, 2021 at 9:19 PM

CNN: "Sanders says 'room full of lawyers' is working to make case for $15 minimum wage"

        Hey there,   Biden's plan to increase the federal minimum wage to $15/hour by 2025 is receiving such resistance in Congress that it might not make it into the next stimulus package.   But Bernie Sanders has a plan.   Sanders told CNN's Jake Tapper that the Senate Budget…

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  Supporter Survey (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]

February 12, 2021 at 7:53 PM

AP News: "Biden is pressed to end federal death penalty"

        Hey, have you heard about this?   President Joe Biden might order the Department of Justice to halt the scheduling of new executions, according to AP News.   But many Americans are urging him to do more than that -- some are pushing for him to put an end to the death pen…

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  Legislative Update (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]

February 12, 2021 at 6:18 PM

Top GOP lawyer: Senate trial is constitutional

        Hi there,   Prominent GOP-allied lawyer Chuck Cooper has spoken: “The Constitution doesn't bar Trump's impeachment trial.”   With few viable defenses left for dismissing Trump's involvement in the insurrection on the Capitol, Republicans' argument of “unconstitutionality…

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  Urgent Poll (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]

February 12, 2021 at 4:51 PM

AOC slammed by MTG for sharing her traumatic experience on Jan. 6

         Hey there --   Earlier this month, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took to Instagram Live to share her account of the insurrection at the Capitol.   We should support AOC for recounting the traumatic event -- but instead, she's being trolled on the internet by Rep. Marjori…

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  Supporter Survey (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]

February 12, 2021 at 3:20 PM

Ted Cruz persists in blocking Biden's progress

        Hi there,   Ted Cruz has used his senatorial power to place a hold on Biden's pick for Secretary of Commerce, Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo, delaying her confirmation.   We shouldn't be surprised that Cruz wants to stall Biden's progress at every turn -- he's still goo…

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February 11, 2021 at 10:51 PM

Will you stand with the 370 congressional aides standing up to Trump?

        Hello,   Did you hear? Over 370 congressional aides have issued a public plea to senators to convict Trump in his upcoming impeachment hearing.   In a gripping letter to senators in both parties, aides cited Trump's “baseless, monthslong effort to reject votes lawfully c…

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  Progressive Majority · [email protected]

February 11, 2021 at 9:19 PM

Less than half of Americans support Trump's Senate conviction

        Hello,   In drafting the case against Donald Trump, the House impeachment managers wrote, “If provoking an insurrectionary riot against a Joint Session of Congress after losing an election is not an impeachable offense, it is hard to imagine what would be.”   Failing to…

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February 11, 2021 at 7:52 PM

Mitch McConnell suddenly thinks convicting Trump is unconstitutional

        Hi there, friend,   Have you heard? Mitch McConnell is now claiming that convicting Trump in the Senate is unconstitutional.   If holding presidents accountable for inciting violent riots that threaten our democracy isn't constitutional, then what is?   McConnell's att…

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  Progressive Majority Flash Poll · [email protected]

February 11, 2021 at 6:19 PM

Should we let Trump stay silent on this?

        Hey there --   In case you haven't heard, Donald Trump is refusing to testify in the Senate impeachment trial.   Democrats could issue a subpoena for the former president to appear in court -- but they might not without ample support from the public.   We need 47 more r…

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  Senate Impeachment Update (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]

February 11, 2021 at 4:51 PM

Trump is "singularly responsible" for the Capitol attack

        Hello,   Donald Trump's Senate impeachment trial is underway, with House impeachment managers making the case that Trump was “singularly responsible” for the violent attacks on our nation's Capitol.   We can hardly forget Donald Trump standing in front of the White House…

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  Pete Aguilar · [email protected]

February 11, 2021 at 3:19 PM

The Senate impeachment trial is just the beginning

Hi there,   The Senate trial to convict Donald Trump for inciting the Capitol riots is underway, and while we won't know the outcome for some days, we do know that your support, and the support of thousands of progressives who've stood alongside us, got us to this moment.   But Republicans ha…

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  Gathering Support (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]

February 11, 2021 at 12:18 AM

Stacey Abrams: "Our democracy faced a near-death experience"

        Hi there,   Stacey Abrams has issued a sobering warning: “We don't know how many chances we will get to reverse our democracy's near-death experience. We must not waste this one. We must go big -- the future of democracy demands it.”   We agree with Stacey -- it's now or…

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  Your Input Requested (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]

February 10, 2021 at 10:50 PM

Trump's violent rhetoric exposed

        Hi there,   As the court case against Trump builds, more and more light is being shed on just how large of a part he played in inciting the violent Jan. 6 siege on the Capitol building.   Court documents have revealed that over two dozen people charged in the attack dire…

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  Progressive News Update (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]

February 10, 2021 at 9:19 PM

What Trump's impeachment trial really means

        Hello there,   We have a clear idea of what to expect coming out of Donald Trump's impeachment trial in the Senate.   Just a few weeks after witnessing Trump call on his supporters to violently storm the Capitol building and attack their colleagues, 45 Republican senator…

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  Progressive Majority · [email protected]

February 10, 2021 at 7:54 PM

McConnell thinks convicting Trump is unconstitutional all of a sudden

        Hi there, friend,   Have you heard? Mitch McConnell is now claiming that convicting Trump in the Senate is unconstitutional. If holding presidents accountable for inciting violent riots that threaten our democracy isn't constitutional, then what is?   McConnell's attem…

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  Progressive Alert (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]

February 10, 2021 at 6:19 PM

CNN: Trump is in "a historically strong 2024 primary position"

        Hello there,   The GOP is hoping to convince the American people that Donald Trump's influence is dwindling -- and that impeaching Trump is a “waste of time.”   But that's not what we see.   According to POLITICO, Trump's leadership PAC has already amassed over $30 mill…

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  Senate Impeachment Update (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]

February 10, 2021 at 5:04 PM

Steve Bannon: Trump's trial will be "the big lie versus the big steal"

        Hi there,   On Donald Trump's final day in office, he pardoned Steve Bannon, the alt-right master propagandist behind Trump's rise to power.   Now, Bannon is publicly calling to turn Trump's impeachment trial into a hearing on his baseless voter fraud claims, saying “it …

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  Progressive Majority · [email protected]

February 9, 2021 at 10:52 PM

A new twist in the battle for Senate control

        Hi there,   Republican Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio will not run for re-election in 2022.   We'll be brief. With Democrats holding on to a zero-seat majority in the Senate this term, we need to do everything we can to ensure that the margin grows next year.   The odds are a…

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  Supporter Survey (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]

February 9, 2021 at 9:19 PM

Republicans still weighing the cost of convicting the former president

        Hey there,   With the impeachment vote, members of the GOP are just weighing the political price of holding Donald Trump and his seditious mob accountable.   Senator Mitt Romney -- the ONLY Republican who voted to convict Trump in the first impeachment trial -- just said…

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  Progressive Majority · [email protected]

February 9, 2021 at 7:51 PM

Facebook will soon consider ending Trump's account ban

        Hey there,   Trump might be allowed back on Facebook -- and the odds seem to be in his favor.   The New York Times reports that within the next three months, a global oversight board will virtually meet to discuss Facebook's censorship of Trump after he incited violent r…

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  Your Input Requested (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]

February 9, 2021 at 6:20 PM

Less than half of Americans support Trump being convicted

        Hello,   In drafting the case against Donald Trump, the House impeachment managers wrote, “If provoking an insurrectionary riot against a Joint Session of Congress after losing an election is not an impeachable offense, it is hard to imagine what would be.”   Failing to…

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  Grassroots Support Needed (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]

February 9, 2021 at 4:51 PM

Trump wants to avoid testifying in the Senate

        Hello there,   Donald Trump's team rejected a Democratic request to have Trump testify under oath in the Senate impeachment trial, calling it “a publicity stunt” and saying the case is already “a winner” for the failed president.   Donald Trump used the presidency as a s…

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  Supporter Survey (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]

February 9, 2021 at 3:19 PM

Will you stand with 370 congressional aides against Trump?

        Hello,   Did you hear? Over 370 congressional aides have issued a public plea to senators to convict Trump in his upcoming impeachment hearing.   In a gripping letter to senators in both parties, aides cited Trump's, “baseless, monthslong effort to reject votes lawfully …

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  Progressive Majority · [email protected]

February 8, 2021 at 10:52 PM

A new twist in the battle for the Senate

        Hi there,   Republican Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio will not run for re-election in 2022.   We'll be brief. With Democrats holding on to a zero-seat majority in the Senate this term, we need to do everything we can to ensure that the margin grows next year.   The odds are a…

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  Supporter Survey (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]

February 8, 2021 at 9:19 PM

The GOP is still weighing the cost of convicting the former president

        Hey there,   With the impeachment vote, members of the GOP are just weighing the political price of holding Donald Trump and his seditious mob accountable.   Senator Mitt Romney -- the ONLY Republican who voted to convict Trump in the first impeachment trial -- just said…

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  Progressive Majority · [email protected]

February 8, 2021 at 7:51 PM

Facebook is about to consider ending Donald Trump's ban

        Hey there,   Trump might be allowed back on Facebook -- and the odds seem to be in his favor.   The New York Times reports that within the next three months, a global oversight board will virtually meet to discuss Facebook's censorship of Trump after he incited violent r…

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  Supporter Survey (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]

February 8, 2021 at 6:19 PM

$10k fine needed for Republicans to stop bringing guns to Congress

        Hello,   Breaking news: The House has implemented a $5,000 fine for members who refuse to comply with basic security screenings before entering the House chambers, with a $10,000 fine being introduced for repeat offenders.   The least surprising part of the resolution? E…

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  Congressional News (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]

February 8, 2021 at 4:51 PM

370 congressional aides call for Trump's conviction

        Hi there,   370 congressional aides have issued an unprecedented public plea to their senators: Convict Trump.   In a gripping letter, aides have cited Trump's “baseless, monthslong effort to reject votes lawfully cast by the American people” and his role in the Jan. 6 a…

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  Your Input Requested (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]

February 8, 2021 at 3:19 PM

Suddenly, McConnell thinks convicting Trump is unconstitutional

        Hi there, friend,   Have you heard? Mitch McConnell is now claiming that convicting Trump in the Senate is unconstitutional.   If holding presidents accountable for inciting violent riots that threaten our democracy isn't constitutional, then what is?   The dismissal o…

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  Progressive Majority · [email protected]

February 7, 2021 at 6:19 PM

House members who aided Jan. 6 rioters must face consequences

        Hey there,   Last month, Speaker Pelosi 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 aid…

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February 7, 2021 at 4:52 PM

Facebook considers ending Donald Trump's ban

        Hey there,   Trump might be allowed back on Facebook -- and the odds seem to be in his favor.   The New York Times reports that within the next three months, a global oversight board will virtually meet to discuss Facebook's censorship of Trump after he incited violent r…

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  Your Input Requested (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]

February 7, 2021 at 3:19 PM

D.C. statehood is back on the table

        Hi there, friend,   Fantastic news for our country's future -- two new bills have been introduced in the House and Senate that would allow for Washington D.C. to finally become a state.   There's just one barrier between 700,000+ D.C. residents getting the representatio…

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  Supporter Survey (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]

February 6, 2021 at 7:51 PM

The GOP is still weighing the price of convicting Trump

        Hey there,   With the impeachment vote, members of the GOP are just weighing the political price of holding Donald Trump and his seditious mob accountable.   Senator Mitt Romney -- the ONLY Republican who voted to convict Trump in the first impeachment trial -- just said…

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  Progressive Majority · [email protected]

February 6, 2021 at 6:19 PM

House members who aided Jan. 6 rioters should face consequences

        Hey there,   Last month, Speaker Pelosi 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…

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  Progressive Majority · [email protected]

February 6, 2021 at 4:52 PM

Facebook considers ending Trump's ban

        Hey there,   Trump might be allowed back on Facebook -- and the odds seem to be in his favor.   The New York Times reports that within the next three months, a global oversight board will virtually meet to discuss Facebook's censorship of Trump after he incited violent r…

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  Your Input Requested (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]

February 6, 2021 at 3:19 PM

Over 70% of Americans support Biden's message of unity -- are you one of them?

        Hey there,   Biden has been messaging about unity for months -- and it's starting to become clear what that actually means.   According to Daily Kos, “Biden recently clarified that to him, unity meant coalescing around what a majority of Americans think will improve the…

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  Progressive Majority · [email protected]

February 5, 2021 at 6:19 PM

Speaker Pelosi calls for consequences for House members who helped Capitol rioters

        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 …

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February 5, 2021 at 4:51 PM

Senate Republicans weigh the costs of convicting Trump

        Hey there,   With the impeachment vote, members of the GOP are just weighing the political price of holding Donald Trump and his seditious mob accountable.   Senator Mitt Romney -- the ONLY Republican who voted to convict Trump in the first impeachment trial -- just said…

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