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August 21, 2021 at 1:35 AM

The latest climate chaos

Catastrophe Hi John, A tropical storm is barreling toward the coast of New York and Connecticut, which are under hurricane warnings. No hurricane has landed there in 30 years. At the summit of Greenland’s ice sheet, it recently rained for the first time ever. A surge of evacua…

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August 19, 2021 at 10:59 PM

I’m $1,242 short today. Can you help?

8 hours left Hi John, I’m $1,242 short today. Can you help? One-third of U.S. voters believe the presidential election was stolen from Trump. 31% of Republicans believe abortion should be illegal in all circumstances. 17 states have passed voter-suppression laws in 2021. The…

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August 18, 2021 at 10:16 PM

Afghan refugees arriving

Hi John, As you read this email, Tacoma is one of five places in the U.S. where Afghan refugees are arriving. This is good news. It’s the least we can do — to accept our allies who would have faced grave danger under a Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. But there’s much more to be don…

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August 18, 2021 at 1:40 AM

This river is short on water

Hi John, The Colorado River is short on water. As a result, people in four states have to reduce their water consumption, because the river supplies water to over 40 million people. Meanwhile, 95% of the West is in drought. If we don’t end the fossil fuel industry and transiti…

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August 17, 2021 at 12:43 AM

Complete failure in Afghanistan

Hi John, It is a complete failure of the U.S. that we didn’t get our Afghan allies out of Afghanistan before withdrawing. We are throwing them and their families to the wolves, and we’re breaking our promise we made to protect them. We’re further demoralizing all U.S. troops wh…

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August 16, 2021 at 12:47 AM

Afghanistan

Hi John, Our imperial hubris led us to this crisis in Afghanistan. As Robin Cook, former British foreign secretary, wrote in The Guardian, bin Laden was armed by the CIA and funded by the Saudis throughout the 80s. Al Qaeda means “the database,” because Al Qaeda was originally t…

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August 15, 2021 at 1:31 AM

Out-of-control spending

Hi John, It’s time for some fiscal responsibility: from the Pentagon. As Roots Action recently noted, the proposed Pentagon budget is nearly $300 billion more than the cost of five Green New Deal bills. In other news, it would cost a mere 1% of the U.S. annual military budg…

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August 13, 2021 at 10:21 PM

Hottest month ever

Hi John, Well, here it is: July was the hottest month ever on Earth, in all of recorded history. The New York Times also reported that over 1,000 people died during the late-June heatwave in the Pacific Northwest. These were climate change deaths. Unlike my opponent Derek Kil…

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August 12, 2021 at 12:28 AM

6 things

Hi John, The world would be immeasurably better off if the U.S. stopped meddling in other countries’ business and took care of our many problems at home. I’m an anti-imperialist and I stand for an end to U.S. imperialism overseas. That means I don’t take money from the companie…

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August 10, 2021 at 10:50 PM

Code red

Hi John, I am the only Democrat in this race who doesn’t take money from Chevron and Marathon Petroleum. Can you fund my grassroots campaign right now? Bad news: the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) just released a new climate report. The head of the UN called …

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August 7, 2021 at 11:42 PM

Asteroid privatization? Really?

Hi John, I don’t take any corporate money, because in Congress I want to represent people, not corporations. Can you support my grassroots campaign now, so I can fight against corporate money in politics? Corporate money in politics is an issue that underlies so many others. Wh…

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August 6, 2021 at 1:58 AM

Sleeping in the woods

Hi John, In Aberdeen, WA, there’s a women’s shelter and a men’s shelter but no family shelter. Boys over 12 aren’t allowed to stay in the women’s shelter with their moms and they can’t stay in the men’s shelter alone. So where do they go? Into the woods. They just sleep in the w…

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August 4, 2021 at 10:01 PM

We keep trying

Hi John, Congresswoman Cori Bush’s eviction moratorium protest, where she slept outside the Capitol for several days, shows how important it is we keep trying to fight the status quo. Can you fund my campaign against the 13th most conservative Democrat in the House, who takes m…

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August 2, 2021 at 7:51 PM

You funded my protest! Thank you.

Hi John, You funded my trip to Nancy Pelosi’s house! I asked you to help fund my trip to sleep outside Speaker Pelosi’s house in protest and you came through. Thank you! Pelosi chose to let the eviction moratorium expire, and millions of people could be out on the streets. Mor…

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August 1, 2021 at 1:02 AM

[Deadline] A few hours left

Hi John, Only 6 hours left until the month ends! Can you chip in to help us raise the last $703 we need to meet our monthly goal? This money will go directly into continuing to build a strong campaign. We’re going to invest in: Reaching out to voters Growing our email lis…

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July 31, 2021 at 8:43 PM

I’m going to Nancy Pelosi’s house

Hi John, It is unconscionable that Congress just adjourned for a 6-week paid vacation WITHOUT extending the federal eviction moratorium. This puts 15 million renters at risk of eviction tomorrow. In response, Rep. Cori Bush slept outside the Capitol building last night to pres…

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July 31, 2021 at 12:58 AM

John, did you get my text?

Hi John, We’ve been texting our supporters today to let them know the end of the month is tomorrow, and we need your help! Please give $7 now to help us raise an additional $15K by midnight tomorrow night, or we’ll fall behind. I’ve been speaking with people all over the count…

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July 30, 2021 at 2:10 AM

“Disrespectful”

Hi John, What is the purpose of politics? Some people think politics is a career pyramid in which the person who has paid the most dues (often literally — to the DCCC) is owed the job of elected official. To these people, I’m disrespectful because I’m challenging Derek Kilmer, …

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July 29, 2021 at 1:35 AM

What $2 means

Hi John, Someone from my team spoke yesterday with a man on Social Security Disability Insurance. He said he didn’t have money then but would be able to donate today once he got his Social Security check. He just gave $2. Moments like these make me incredibly grateful for all t…

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July 28, 2021 at 12:47 AM

“HHHP”

Hi John, “HHHP” represents four pillars of my campaign: hunger, housing, healthcare, and poverty. In the richest country on Earth, 13 million children — 1 in 6 kids — shouldn’t be going hungry. 550,000 people, including 37,000 veterans, shouldn’t be homeless. 68,000 people …

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July 26, 2021 at 1:21 AM

Here’s how you’ve helped us grow

Hi John, We’re $12,621 short of this month’s goal, and I only have 6 days to close the gap. Can you give $7 now to help me achieve my goal? Here’s how your donations have helped this campaign grow: Hired a fundraiser Got a prospectus designed for potential donors, so th…

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July 22, 2021 at 8:07 PM

“Dialing for dollars”

Hi John, [Note: Summer is a slow time for fundraising, and I’m behind on July’s fundraising goal. I need your help to keep building a strong campaign. Can you contribute just $1 now to help me catch up? Thank you.] One of the many unfortunate results of Citizens United and unli…

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July 20, 2021 at 2:40 AM

Taking time off

Hi John, I’m taking quick time off from making calls to ask if you can chip in just $1 to our campaign today. Because I just checked ActBlue, and we’re currently $800 short of today’s goal. Can you chip in with just $1 now to help me get there before midnight? The need to win …

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July 18, 2021 at 1:04 AM

The world coming down

Help me raise $444 Hi John, I don't like asking for money when it feels like the world is coming down around us, but the world coming down around us is why I'm running for Congress. There's no time to wait on climate change, healthcare, or homelessness. That’s why I’m taking…

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July 17, 2021 at 12:47 AM

We have a problem

https://rebeccaparson.com/deadline Hi John, My opponent Derek Kilmer claims he’s fighting for the climate, but he’s taken money from Chevron and Marathon Petroleum, and he refuses to support the Green New Deal. Meanwhile...Heat dome in the PNW. Fatal flooding in Germany. Famine…

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July 15, 2021 at 11:31 PM

Urgent: 100% match on your donation now

Hi John, A generous campaign supporter named Fernando just offered a 100% match on donations! So if you give $5, he’ll give $5. If you give $10, he’ll give $10. Etc. This 100% match is on offer NOW, and he’ll match up to $600 total. If just 60 people gave $10, we’d get there i…

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July 14, 2021 at 10:12 PM

Blacklisted...again

Hi John, Some people told me to start small. Forget running for Congress. Bide my time and pay my dues. Wait my turn. When I decided we’ve been waiting our turn long enough and it’s time for someone to represent the people and not corporations… ...the establishment kicked in…

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July 14, 2021 at 1:07 AM

I don’t understand

Hi John, I don’t understand how, facing a climate emergency, a politician can take money from Chevron and Marathon Petroleum and oppose the Green New Deal. Yet that’s my opponent Derek Kilmer, the 13th most conservative Democrat in the US House. I don’t take Big Oil’s dirty mon…

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July 12, 2021 at 1:04 AM

They ignored me

Hi John, Last campaign, local media outright ignored me. Can you give $11 now to help me overcome media bias by creating media of my own? One paper wrote an article about a guy who was thinking about running against my opponent Derek Kilmer. Then they wrote an article about …

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July 10, 2021 at 2:34 AM

Early 🐦 gets the 🪱

$856 Hi John, We’re $856 short of today’s fundraising goal. Can you help me reach it in the next 4.5 hours? I know we’re over a year away from the primary, but as they say, “The early bird gets the worm.” I learned a lot in 2020, and now I’m here to finish the job and win. Ear…

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July 8, 2021 at 12:56 AM

Frustrated

Hi John, [We’re running out of time to take bold, radical action on climate, and we face the real possibility of an uninhabitable planet. Can you chip in $22 now to help me win, so I can fight for renewable energy in Congress? Thank you!] There are two small windows of time we’…

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July 3, 2021 at 11:51 PM

The rich chilled. The poor roasted.

Hi John, When it was 104° in Tacoma recently, the handful of air-conditioned hotel rooms left were all going for $400+, up from $100+ the day before. The rich chilled. The poor roasted. This is the future — unless we change it. I’m running for Congress to fight for real acti…

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July 1, 2021 at 1:05 AM

Interesting

Hi John, I had a great call with a donor this afternoon. (I’ll call her Sue for this email.) She said that she wants her representative to wake up every morning thinking, “How can I make Sue’s life better today?” Not, “What corporate PAC can I get a $60,000 donation from today?…

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June 30, 2021 at 9:19 PM

John​, head’s up

Hi John, My first quarter of the 2022 campaign ends tonight at midnight, and I’m $1,821 away from our goal. Can you rush a $7 donation now, so I can hire essential campaign staff? The climate won’t wait for more of the same. Yesterday it was 118°F in the Arctic Circle. That’s…

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June 30, 2021 at 1:54 AM

$2,765 away from our goal [midnight tomorrow]

Hi John, $2,765. That’s how much we need to raise before midnight tomorrow. Can you help with a quick $11 donation now to help me win? Thank you! It hit 104° in Tacoma yesterday. Roads buckled. Temperature records shattered. And each summer, it’s only going to get worse. This …

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June 26, 2021 at 10:30 PM

Taking a break

Hi John, I’m taking a break from fundraising calls to write this email. I just checked ActBlue, and we’re $1,944 short of today’s fundraising goal. Can you chip in with $22 to help me get there before midnight? Because I don’t take checks from corporations and lobbyists, every…

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June 24, 2021 at 5:27 PM

White rage

Hi John, [Note: I’m $2,400 short of today’s fundraising goal. Can you rush $27 now to help me get there?] Did you see the clip from General Mark Milley speaking to Congress about critical race theory and white rage? In it, he says that people in uniform should be open and widel…

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June 22, 2021 at 10:18 PM

[Deadline] Midnight next Wednesday

https://rebeccaparson.com/deadline Hi John, Midnight next Wednesday is the close of books for the first quarter of this campaign. After that, a few things will happen: I’ll hire key team members, shoot a launch video, and build my full campaign website. Everything we raise…

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June 21, 2021 at 1:17 AM

“That woman”

25% Hi John, Thanks to you, I’m 25% of the way to raising what I need to hire staff, shoot a launch video, and build a full website. Can you give $7 now to help me achieve my goal? Recently, a Democratic operative asked a candidate running for a local Democratic Party position …

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June 19, 2021 at 1:31 AM

Watching every dollar

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/rp-email Hi John, [Note: we’re only 13 days away from our first fundraising deadline. We’re off to a strong start, but I need to raise more to build a new website, shoot a launch video, and hire essential campaign staff. Please rush a donation r…

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June 17, 2021 at 6:19 PM

I’m running!

Hi John, Thank you for supporting my campaign for Congress in Washington’s 6th District last year! Together we brought attention to the people who are struggling: the senior living on $1,200 a month, the people living on the street while real estate developers rake in record …

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April 24, 2021 at 12:03 AM

Checking in

Hi John, You’re receiving this email because you supported my campaign for Congress in Washington’s 6th District last year. With your help, we got tens of thousands of votes, received numerous endorsements and media features, and funded the campaign without a dollar of corporate…

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November 19, 2020 at 6:42 AM

How to support Georgia

Hi?John,I hope you're doing well post-election. With Trump still trying to steal the election, it isn't over till it's over, but I'm glad that Biden won.As you may know, the two Georgia Senate seats still hang in the balance. Flipping them would mean Democrats gaining control of the Senate, so if yo…

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October 31, 2020 at 9:29 PM

5 progressives I just gave money to

Hi John,Wow! That email I sent you last week raised $3,538 for Arianna's GoFundMe.That gave her much-needed money for rent and medical bills — thank you so much. 100% of the money went directly to Arianna.Before I head out to the Olympic Peninsula for the weekend, I wanted to send an email asking if…

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October 23, 2020 at 12:07 AM

Non-political request

Non-political request Hi John, Long time no talk! I hope you're doing well — or at least as one person I heard put it, that you're doing "2020 OK." I'll be sending more regular emails from now on, but for this email, I wanted to ask if you could help out someone I met through tenant organizi…

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September 1, 2020 at 4:03 AM

Help 2 progressives tomorrow!

Hi John, I hope you're doing well and staying safe. I wanted to send you a quick note with two ways you can help get progressives elected: phone banking tomorrow for Ihssane Leckey and Alex Morse, two progressive candidates for Congress in Massachusetts. Both their elections ar…

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August 8, 2020 at 1:55 AM

Thank you

Hi John, By now, you've probably seen the results: we came in third. I wanted to wait a few days before emailing you, because 77,000 additional votes have been counted since election night, and there are still about 40,000 left to be counted, but the results are clear. I'll wr…

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August 5, 2020 at 1:50 AM

The election ends in 1 hour

Hi John, Voting ends in 1 hour, at 8pm. If you haven’t voted yet, please go to your nearest ballot drop box and vote ASAP! We’re still phone banking to Get Out the Vote. Can you rush a $3 donation now to fund this last phone banking shift before voting ends at 8pm? Thank you so…

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August 3, 2020 at 4:18 PM

[Election tomorrow] We need $5,754 today — can you help?

Urgent Hi John, [Urgent note: My election is tomorrow — can you help me win by rushing a quick donation now?] Voting ends tomorrow at 8pm, and I need to raise $5,754 today to get out the vote. This money will go directly to: Phone banking Text banking Ads Please donat…

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August 2, 2020 at 10:39 PM

You won’t believe this

2 days Hi John, My Democratic opponent Derek Kilmer likes to say he’s fighting money in politics, but he’s taken over $3 million from corporate PACs. And this is hard to believe: Kilmer took money from an asteroid mining company and then wrote a bill to privatize all asteroids…

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