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  2022 Update (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
April 8, 2021 at 2:18 PM

Let's end Matt Gaetz's political career, right now

        Friend --   We're targeting five Republicans with ties to the Capitol insurrection -- and Florida representative Matt Gaetz just moved to the top of our list.   Gaetz has been a supporter and enabler of right-wing extremist groups throughout his years in Congress. He ech…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
April 8, 2021 at 12:45 AM

Proud Boys leader told his followers to "start planning for Biden presidency"

        Hi there,   POLITICO: “Prosecutors unveiled new conspiracy charges against four leaders of the Proud Boys, the pro-Trump extremist group that participated in the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6, charging them with a plot to disrupt Congress' certificatio…
  Insurrection Update (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
April 7, 2021 at 11:18 PM

POLITICO: Capitol rioters won't face jail time

        there,   POLITICO: “Many of those who invaded the halls of Congress on Jan. 6 are likely to get little or no jail time.”   Defenders of the Capitol rioters are now playing off the deadly insurrection as a peaceful protest against the government -- and it's working. Accor…
  Legislative Update (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
April 7, 2021 at 10:18 PM

Pete Buttigieg 100% supports Biden's Jobs Plan

        Team,   Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is defending Joe Biden's recently-revealed American Jobs Plan -- a $2 trillion infrastructure bill and what Biden has called a “once-in-a-generation” investment in America's future.   Buttigieg is calling the bill a “common…
  We Need Your Input (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
April 7, 2021 at 8:17 PM

Conservatives claim Dr. Jill Biden is "a pandering idiot"

        Hi there,   Dr. Biden recently traveled to California to thank farmworkers and union leaders for their essential work during the pandemic because, in Dr. Biden's words, “We wouldn't have made it through this year” without them.   Our First Lady leads by example, and she …
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
April 7, 2021 at 3:19 PM

Mitch McConnell is turning his back on struggling Americans

        Hi there,   Last week, President Biden introduced a $2 trillion infrastructure plan to bring the American economy into the future -- and Mitch McConnell is again standing in the way.   President Biden's plan will upgrade public transit and infrastructure across the count…
  TRUMP ALERT (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
April 7, 2021 at 2:18 PM

Trump's new platform for lies

        Hi there,   Donald Trump was FINALLY banned from Facebook and Twitter following years of using these platforms to spread hateful lies and disinformation -- and our democracy is better off now that he has finally faced some repercussions.   In the aftermath of the 2020 el…
  Insurrection Update (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
April 6, 2021 at 11:18 PM

Proud Boys responsible for attack on nearly 140 police officers

        Hi there,   According to the Washington Post, federal prosecutors have charged two more members of the Proud Boys with conspiring to breach the U.S. Capitol on January 6.   That means 25 members of the pro-Trump extremist group have now been charged -- we can't let their…
  Legislative Update (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
April 6, 2021 at 9:18 PM

MSNBC: "Conservatives frustrated by popularity of Dems' voting-rights bill"

        Hi there, we have good news:   “Conservative researchers found that most Americans, even on the right, liked what Democrats proposed in their “For the People Act,” according to MSNBC.   It is reassuring that a majority of Americans support federal voting rights legislati…
  Protect our Elections (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
April 6, 2021 at 6:18 PM

Biden: Georgia's new election law is "sick" and "un-American"

        there,   President Joe Biden called the Georgia GOP's new voter restriction laws exactly what they are: “sick,” “despicable,” and “un-American.”   Republicans have introduced over 250 bills across the country to make it harder for Americans to vote, but after our 2020 vi…
  House Update (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
April 6, 2021 at 4:19 PM

We're going to get these 5 insurrectionists out of the House

        Hi there,   When a right-wing militia leader from the Oath Keepers asked GOP Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar if our country was headed for a civil war, he callously replied: “We're in it. We just haven't started shooting at each other yet.”   Less than two months later, the Oath…
  Insurrection Update (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
April 6, 2021 at 2:18 PM

POLITICO: Capitol rioters won't get jail time

        there,   POLITICO: “Many of those who invaded the halls of Congress on Jan. 6 are likely to get little or no jail time.”   Defenders of the Capitol rioters are now playing off the deadly insurrection as a peaceful protest against the government -- and it's working. Accor…
  House Update (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
April 5, 2021 at 11:18 PM

Five seditionists in Congress

        Hi there,   When a right-wing militia leader from the Oath Keepers asked GOP Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar if our country was headed for a civil war, he callously replied: “We're in it. We just haven't started shooting at each other yet.”   Less than two months later, the Oath…
  2022 Update (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
April 5, 2021 at 8:18 PM

We're so close

        Hi there,   We've been blown away by the immediate support we've received since we reached out about the GOP's “Exit List” and their strategy to take back the House.   Republicans are already trying to force Democrats into retirement with their attack ads and voter suppr…
  Insurrection Update (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
April 5, 2021 at 7:18 PM

Proud Boys launched attack on nearly 140 Capitol Hill police officers

        Hi there,   According to the Washington Post, federal prosecutors have charged two more members of the Proud Boys with conspiring to breach the U.S. Capitol on January 6.   That means 25 members of the pro-Trump extremist group have now been charged -- we can't let their…
  2022 House Update (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
April 5, 2021 at 4:18 PM

The GOP's dirty tricks are forcing Democrats into retirement

        Hi there,   The GOP's re-election arm in the House just unveiled an “Exit List” of 27 Democrats that Republicans believe will be vacating their House seats after this election, either by retirement or electoral defeat. Help us fight back NOW.   The GOP only needs five se…
  ABOLISH IT (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
April 5, 2021 at 2:19 PM

McConnell claims the Jim Crow filibuster has "no racial history"

        Hi there,   Mitch McConnell is now lying through his teeth to protect the filibuster.   The GOP Senate Minority Leader says, “The filibuster has no racial history at all. None. There's no dispute among historians about that.” But McConnell himself previously called out t…
  Progressive Alert (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
April 4, 2021 at 9:18 PM

Joe Biden wants to run again

        Hello there: Here's an update from the White House.   Joe Biden recently told reporters that his “plan is to run for reelection.”   Biden passed the American Rescue Plan to get money into the hands of struggling working families. He secured millions of vaccines so that e…
  Insurrection Update (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
April 4, 2021 at 7:18 PM

Proud Boys coordinated attacks on nearly 140 police officers

        Hi there,   According to the Washington Post, federal prosecutors have charged two more members of the Proud Boys with conspiring to breach the U.S. Capitol on January 6.   That means 25 members of the pro-Trump extremist group have now been charged -- we can't let their…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
April 4, 2021 at 5:18 PM

An update on the right-wing extremists in Congress:

        Listen, we don't know how these Republicans are still in power:   Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar inspired the Oath Keepers, a right-wing militia group, to break into the Capitol after he told leaders we were in a civil war. Now he's proudly delivering keynote speeches at white n…
  House Update (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
April 4, 2021 at 3:18 PM

Five insurrectionists in Congress

        Hi there,   When a right-wing militia leader from the Oath Keepers asked GOP Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar if our country was headed for a civil war, he callously replied: “We're in it. We just haven't started shooting at each other yet.”   Less than two months later, the Oath…
  Protect the Senate Update (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
April 3, 2021 at 6:18 PM

Keep Mitch McConnell powerless

        Hi there,   Mitch McConnell has been bragging about raising over $600 million last cycle to protect the Senate. He's been using their fundraising as proof that Republicans are taking back the chamber next year.   But McConnell seems to be forgetting that even with his mi…
  PROTECT THE SENATE (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
April 3, 2021 at 4:18 PM

We only need to hold 14 seats

        We have good news from The Hill and wanted you to be the first to know:   While “Republicans are on the hook to defend 20 of their seats in 2022, Team Blue has just 14 seats to hold, all in states won by Joe Biden in 2020.”   Because of you, we're entering the 2022 cycle…
  Input Requested (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
April 3, 2021 at 2:18 PM

Humanitarian Ted Cruz

        Hello there,   Ted Cruz proudly defended Donald Trump's family separation policy, even as thousands of children were ripped from their parents in his own state.   While Trump was working to overthrow DACA in the Supreme Court and deport the hundreds of thousands of DREAM…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
April 2, 2021 at 7:18 PM

What Democrats are up against

        Friend —   Not even 100 days into President Biden's administration, Trump's allies are already setting their sights on 2024.   Most recently, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has started out on the campaign trail in Iowa. And his platform? “I can say things that whe…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
April 2, 2021 at 5:18 PM

Biden: "This is Jim Crow in the 21st Century"

        Friend,   Republicans are putting everything they've got into passing archaic voter suppression laws all across the country. The only way the GOP can regain power is by making sure Democrats don't turn out to vote, so they're doing everything they can to legislate that.  …
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
April 2, 2021 at 3:18 PM

Lindsey Graham on gun control

        Friend —   We're less than two weeks out from the two shootings that rocked our country and left 18 families mourning the loss of a loved one, and already Republicans are doing everything they can to play down the constant looming threat of gun violence in America.   Lin…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
April 1, 2021 at 8:18 PM

Senator Hirono on her GOP colleagues

        Friend, Senator Mazie Hirono spoke to the New York Times and said what we've all been thinking.   When she was asked about her working relationship with Republicans following the January 6 insurrection, Hirono replied, “I often wonder how they wake up in the morning and f…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
April 1, 2021 at 6:19 PM

ICYMI: Ted Cruz was caught telling the truth on tape

        Friend --   Since their historic losses in November, Republicans have been spreading conspiracy theories about election fraud rather than admit they've abandoned the needs of their constituents. And now they're actively trying to pass voter suppression laws to rig electio…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
April 1, 2021 at 2:18 PM

New from Georgia:

        Friend --   Republicans in Georgia are doing their best to drag us back to the time of Jim Crow.   Last week, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed a bill into law that further suppresses the vote in a state already ridden with hurdles for voters to jump through. Among othe…
  Senate Update · [email protected]
March 31, 2021 at 7:19 PM

Schumer's plan to fight domestic extremism and white supremacy

        Hi there,   Chuck Schumer: “The poison of racism has always existed in America but over the past four years it seems to have found new life. There is no question that the former president, Donald Trump, through word and deed fanned the flames of racial bias in our country…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
March 31, 2021 at 5:19 PM

Insurrectionists are bankrolling the GOP's comeback

        Hi there,   A new analysis from NBC News found that Capitol rioters “increased their political donations by about 75 percent” after the election.   In fact, “Trump and his aligned groups, including the Republican National Committee, raised $207.5 million in the 19 days a…
  LIVE POLL (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
March 31, 2021 at 2:18 PM

Louis DeJoy's ten year plan to run USPS into the ground

        Hi there,   Just last week, Trump mega donor Louis DeJoy “unveiled the largest rollback of consumer mail services in a generation, part of a 10-year plan that includes longer first-class delivery windows, reduced post office hours and higher postage prices,” according to …
  BREAKING (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
March 30, 2021 at 10:19 PM

Proud Boys leader told followers to "start planning for Biden presidency"

        Hi there,   POLITICO: “Prosecutors unveiled new conspiracy charges against four leaders of the Proud Boys, the pro-Trump extremist group that participated in the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6, charging them with a plot to disrupt Congress' certification of the 2020 el…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
March 30, 2021 at 9:18 PM

Sen. Warnock's warning:

        Hi there,   Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock just used his first interview as Senator to condemn GA Republicans for their massive ongoing voter suppression efforts in the state.   These tactics have worked for Republicans before. In 2018, Stacey Abrams narrowly lost her g…
  Congressional Update (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
March 30, 2021 at 8:19 PM

Democrats reintroduce legislation to expel Marjorie Taylor Greene

          Hi there,   Democrat Jimmy Gomez has formally introduced legislation to expel QAnon Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from Congress, citing that she "advocated violence against our peers, the Speaker and our government.”   Marjorie Taylor Greene has brought bigotry, racism,…
  Progressive Alert (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
March 30, 2021 at 5:19 PM

Joe Biden is demanding the Senate act on gun reform

        Hello there,   Joe Biden is demanding the Senate act to pass gun reform legislation after the two deadly mass shootings in Atlanta and Boulder last week.   Speaking from the White House, Biden said, “We can ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines in this country …
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
March 30, 2021 at 2:19 PM

The GOP is targeting 47 Democrats to take the House

        Team,   Republicans are targeting 47 vulnerable Democrats to take back the House next year -- and they're outraising us hand over fist.   Democrats currently have the slimmest majority since 1930, and midterm elections are always difficult for the incumbent party. The GO…
  BREAKING (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
March 29, 2021 at 10:19 PM

Proud Boys leader told his supporters to "start planning for Biden presidency"

        Hi there,   POLITICO: “Prosecutors unveiled new conspiracy charges against four leaders of the Proud Boys, the pro-Trump extremist group that participated in the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6, charging them with a plot to disrupt Congress' certification of the 2020 el…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
March 29, 2021 at 8:20 PM

Raphael Warnock's warning:

        Hi there,   Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock just used his first interview as Senator to condemn GA Republicans for their massive ongoing voter suppression efforts in the state.   These tactics have worked for Republicans before. In 2018, Stacey Abrams narrowly lost her g…
  ABOLISH THE FILIBUSTER (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
March 29, 2021 at 6:19 PM

Elizabeth Warren asks: "What are we waiting for -- another tragedy?"

        Hello there: There is a gun violence crisis in this country.   And Senator Elizabeth Warren refuses to sweep it under the rug:   “Week after week, month after month, year after year -- the gun violence doesn't end. And things won't get better until Democrats get rid of t…
  Legislative Update (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
March 29, 2021 at 4:18 PM

Republicans are blocking a 51st state

        H ello t here,   Democrats have finally introduced legislation in both the House and the Senate to make Washington, D.C. our 51st state and grant over 700,000 D.C. residents proper representation in Congress.   But as NBC News reports, Mitch McConnell and his fellow Repu…
  We Need Your Input (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
March 29, 2021 at 2:19 PM

GOP Senator demands Biden "reimpose" Trump's immigration policies

        Hello there,   GOP Senator Tom Cotton recently went on Fox News to demand President Biden return to what Cotton called Trump's “highly effective” immigration policies -- including throwing unaccompanied children into cages.   Republicans are desperate to score political …
  BREAKING (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
March 28, 2021 at 7:19 PM

Proud Boys leader told supporters to "start planning for Biden presidency"

        Hi there,   POLITICO: “Prosecutors unveiled new conspiracy charges against four leaders of the Proud Boys, the pro-Trump extremist group that participated in the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6, charging them with a plot to disrupt Congress' certification of the 2020 el…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
March 28, 2021 at 5:19 PM

We have a plan to unseat the white supremacist hiding in the House

        Hi there,   You might not know about Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar yet, but he's become one of our main targets in 2022 (and if Gosar's already on your radar, thank you for being one of the engaged Democrats who are helping us protect our democracy).   Gosar, a proud QAnon sup…
  Eliminate the Filibuster NOW (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
March 28, 2021 at 3:18 PM

Mitch McConnell's latest threats

        Hi there,   Mitch McConnell just issued a new series of desperate threats against the Democrats who want to eliminate the filibuster -- his only remaining power in the Senate.   McConnell, in a child-like tantrum, is threatening to create a “scorched-earth Senate” if Dem…
  BREAKING (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
March 27, 2021 at 6:18 PM

POLITICO: Trump is ready to launch his own social media platform

        Hi there,   Donald Trump recently told Fox News contributor Lisa Boothe that he's planning on launching his own social media platform now that he's been banned from Facebook and Twitter.   According to Trump's senior advisor, the platform is going “to completely redefine…
  Progressive Majority · [email protected]
March 27, 2021 at 4:19 PM

Sen. Raphael Warnock's warning:

        Hi there,   Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock just used his first interview as Senator to condemn GA Republicans for their massive ongoing voter suppression efforts in the state.   These tactics have worked for Republicans before. In 2018, Stacey Abrams narrowly lost her g…
  Requesting your Input (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
March 27, 2021 at 2:19 PM

Rep. Paul Gosar fuels young voters' love of white supremacy

        Hi there,   In a troubling piece in MSNBC on Republican Rep. Paul Gosar, Talia Lavin detailed how the little known congressman from Arizona has flown under the radar and helped young Republicans “fall in love with white supremacy.”   Gosar, a proud white nationalist, con…
  2022 Watch (via Progressive Majority) · [email protected]
March 26, 2021 at 8:20 PM

A new worry for progressives running in 2022

        Hi there,   POLITICO is reporting that political candidates are now having to budget in extra money for “pepper spray, ballistic vests and bulletproof blankets” in the fear that they or their staff might suffer a similar attack to that of the Jan. 6 seige on the Capitol. …