Powered By People · [email protected]

June 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM

Governor Greg Abbott just vetoed funding that would’ve helped 3.75 million Texas kids eat this summer.

John, Governor Greg Abbott just vetoed funding that would’ve helped 3.75 million Texas kids eat this summer. That’s not a typo. That’s not spin. That’s a fact: Greg Abbott claims to be “pro life” but just vetoed $60 million worth of free lunch for our kids. Here’s the thing: families shoul…

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  Beto O'Rourke · [email protected]

June 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM

I’m encouraged by the energy Bernie and I felt and saw in Amarillo and Fort Worth.

John, I’m encouraged by the energy Bernie and I felt and saw in Amarillo and Fort Worth. It’s an indication of our willingness to fight back against corruption in the Oval Office, against illegal wars fought in our name, and against a massive redistribution of wealth from working Americans…

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  Beto O'Rourke · [email protected]

June 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM

Why Bernie came to Texas

John, Last night I was with Bernie Sanders in Fort Worth. I am going to share a full recap in the next few days but wanted to send a short note as soon as I could. Bernie brought the Fighting Oligarchy tour to Texas because no matter where you live or who you voted for, you deserve to be …

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  Powered By People · [email protected]

June 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM

6 town halls in the next 10 days

John, Beto is joining Bernie Sanders for two town halls this weekend! Bernie is coming to Texas because he knows that we can’t afford to write anyone off in our fight against Trump’s extremism and oligarchy. Powered by People also just announced that we’ll be hosting four town halls in Lare…

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June 21, 2025 at 1:26 AM

Tyler, Beaumont, San Antonio, and Laredo

John, Powered by People just announced that we’ll be hosting four town halls in Tyler, Beaumont, San Antonio, and Laredo at the end of June! Will you chip in $3 today to help get Beto back on the road, hosting town halls and building long-term political organizing power? DONATE $3 We …

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June 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM

Watch Beto’s video 👇

John, Beto’s been holding town halls across Texas, but the reason why we’re doing this matters most. Beto recorded this video after a conversation with voters in Houston explaining the importance of standing up and speaking out. Watch it here 👇👇👇 Holding these town halls takes real resourc…

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  Beto O'Rourke · [email protected]

June 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM

“And this bastard is taking it away.”

John, I’ve been traveling Texas recruiting volunteers, meeting with people in the fight and holding town hall conversations everywhere we can, places like Mansfield, Fort Bend, Wichita Falls, Denton, Amarillo, Rice, Garland, Humble. There’s real power in people coming together. You don’t fe…

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  Powered By People · [email protected]

June 15, 2025 at 11:01 AM

The cost of a morning coffee helps power this work

Good morning and happy Father’s Day, John. We want you to get back to spending time with loved ones, so we’ll keep this short. Beto is hitting the road with Bernie Sanders for two town halls in Texas to call out corruption and the billionaire takeover of our government. But they can’t kee…

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  Powered By People · [email protected]

June 14, 2025 at 5:32 PM

Taking power back from the ultra-wealthy

John, FIRST: Donald Trump opened the floodgates — welcoming unelected billionaires to shape our government behind closed doors. He handed them the keys to our democracy, no questions asked. THEN: Together, they worked to push self-serving, authoritarian agendas — gutting federal agencies, s…

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  Powered By People · [email protected]

June 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM

It used to be that voters chose their member of Congress.

Have you seen this news, John? It used to be that voters chose their member of Congress. But Trump and Texas Republicans are so worried that they can’t win on the merits of slashing health care, defunding public education, and taking food away from hungry kids that they’re trying to rig th…

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June 13, 2025 at 1:46 AM

Senator Padilla from California was handcuffed and forced to the ground for trying to ask a question at a press conference today in Los Angeles:

John, Senator Padilla from California was handcuffed and forced to the ground for trying to ask a question at a press conference today in Los Angeles: These are the actions of a dictatorship: censorship and a total lack of transparency. This is not normal, and we cannot allow actions like …

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  Beto O'Rourke · [email protected]

June 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM

About to be on the road with Bernie

John, I’m joining Bernie Sanders on the road in Texas. We’ll be bringing people together to fight back NOW and not wait until 2026 or 2028. As you probably know, I have been holding town halls across Texas for months and have seen the power that comes from bringing people together: sharing…

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  Powered By People · [email protected]

June 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM

Texas Republicans are trying to rig the rules

Their goal? Gerrymander districts even more aggressively so they stay in power no matter how unpopular their agenda becomes. Texas Republicans are trying to rig the game, John. At the urging of Trump’s political team, nearly every Texas Republican in the House met to discuss a plan to redra…

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  Team Powered by People · [email protected]

June 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM

Our punk rock spirit

We don’t cater to a specific audience. We don’t tell people what they can or can’t say. Anyone is welcome to join us and voice their opinions about our democracy. Hey John, We’re doing something powerful in Texas, and people are taking notice: We’ve been crisscrossing the state, hosting tow…

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  Powered By People · [email protected]

June 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM

It’s these moments when we need to stay the most active

We don’t stop organizing just because it’s not an election year. Hi John, We don’t stop organizing just because it’s not an election year. In fact, it’s during these moments between elections when we need to stay the most active — building relationships, empowering communities, and ensuring…

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June 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM

Juicing it for all it’s worth

John, We are only a few months into Donald Trump’s second term, and it’s already one one of the most corrupt administrations in modern history. Trump and his allies are using the office to score big deals for themselves while working Texans struggle to get by. Here are just a few things th…

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  Powered By People · [email protected]

June 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM

Power belongs with the people. Let’s prove it.

John, The 2025 Texas legislative session just wrapped up — and what we saw was a government that continues to put extreme politics ahead of the people they’re supposed to serve. Greg Abbott and his allies rammed through a far-right agenda. More money for border walls, new laws targeting imm…

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June 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM

Ten Commandments in the classroom?

Instead of prioritizing real solutions like better resources or higher teacher pay, Republican leaders are focused on pushing an agenda that imposes their own worldview onto students. John, The Texas Legislature just passed a bill requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public scho…

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  Beto O'Rourke · [email protected]

June 2, 2025 at 10:03 PM

Houston

John, Thursday night in Houston, folks packed the room for our town hall: I met John, who told me at age 15, he doctored his birth certificate to pass for 17, his mom signed his enlistment papers and he was off to Korea. He told me that he wants to make sure we protect the Constitution he …

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  Team Powered by People · [email protected]

May 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM

Ziggy

John, Beto has been hitting the road with Ziggy, and he made his way to Houston for a town hall tonight! These town halls are critical for bringing folks together, sharing stories, answering questions and building the deep community organizing that is needed here in Texas to fight voter su…

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  Beto O'Rourke · [email protected]

May 27, 2025 at 9:06 PM

What can we do for America at this moment of truth?

Dear John, I gave the commencement speech at the USC Gould School of Law last week in which I challenged the graduates, and all of us with them, to squarely face the challenges before us — the incitement to political violence, the abnegation of alliances around the world, the rollback of vot…

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  Team Powered by People · [email protected]

May 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM

We’ve been driving all across Texas to get people talking

Over the last few months, we’ve organized town halls all across Texas, bringing thousands of people together. Amarillo, Denton, Wichita Falls, Houston, Mansfield, Garland, Dallas… John, over the last few months, we’ve organized town halls all across Texas, bringing thousands of people togeth…

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  Beto O'Rourke · [email protected]

May 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM

What is a VDR?

Powered by People is an extraordinary organization, comprised of volunteers all throughout the state. I'm an unpaid volunteer myself. We train our volunteers to become Volunteer Deputy Registrars in Texas. After the 2013 Shelby v. Holder decision which gutted the Voting Rights Act, no state…

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  Beto O'Rourke · [email protected]

May 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM

Every Texas Republican in the House just cruelly voted to cut Medicaid

John, We recently held 7 town halls in Congressional Districts represented by Republicans – from Amarillo and Wichita Falls to Garland and Fort Bend County. Nobody at those meetings stood up and asked for their representative to take food away from kids, kick millions of families off their …

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  Beto O'Rourke · [email protected]

May 22, 2025 at 10:15 PM

We’ve got to work harder than anywhere else in the Union.

John, By the presidential election in 2032—which will be upon us before we know it—a Democrat could win every single one of the so-called blue wall states and they’d still lose the White House if they can't pick up Texas and the Sun Belt. And you cannot pick up Texas and the Sun Belt if you…

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  Beto O'Rourke · [email protected]

May 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM

Last night in Garland

John, Last night in Garland I met with over 1,000 people for a town hall: A 17-year old girl asked how to get engaged in politics and what she can do now to make a difference before she’s able to vote in 2026. Someone else stood up to say how disappointed they are in how the Democratic Par…

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  Powered By People · [email protected]

May 19, 2025 at 11:43 PM

Did you see Beto on Brian Tyler Cohen?

John, Beto just joined Brian Tyler Cohen on his podcast: Watch Now Here’s just a snippet of what Beto had to say: There's a lot of power in bringing people together and it does feel a lot like 2017 when I first got out there on the road. You know, people understand clearly what is happenin…

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  Team Powered by People · [email protected]

May 15, 2025 at 11:17 PM

🐔

John — Beto’s leaving the chickens at home this weekend (don’t worry they’ll be well-cared for!) and heading to Dallas to host a Town Hall on Monday: When we bring neighbors together, something amazing happens. People learn that they have a lot in common with their neighbors. They stop be…

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  Team Powered by People · [email protected]

May 14, 2025 at 10:27 PM

Help keep Beto on the road

John, While Trump is driving people apart through his attacks on vulnerable communities, Beto is on the road bringing people together–building real momentum by hosting town halls. If you can, will you donate $3 to help keep Beto on the road, bringing folks together and organizing against Tr…

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  Beto O'Rourke · [email protected]

May 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM

Amarillo, Texas

750 folks packed the room yesterday. John, I held a town hall meeting in Amarillo on Saturday. In a county that voted 80% for Donald Trump, more than 700 people showed up — Democrats, Republicans (in Trump hats too) and Independents. It speaks to the urgency of the moment and the fact that p…

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  Powered By People · [email protected]

May 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM

No waiting for 2026 – we do the work right now

Action is the antidote to despair and the key to victory. John, Conventional political wisdom says that campaigns are all about showing off the candidate, tightly controlled, and focused only on those voters you think you need to win. This moment is anything but conventional - we can’t just …

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May 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM

This is our chance to build real momentum

We are reaching out to people no matter what because every voter matters. Hey John, Beto has been crisscrossing the Lone Star State, holding town halls and meeting with voters for a very important reason: every voter matters. With Donald Trump’s attacks impacting people from all walks of lif…

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  Team Powered by People · [email protected]

May 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM

The GOP lost big

These weren’t fluke wins. They were organizing victories. John, Texas is not waiting until 2028 to fight back against Trump. Voters are already stepping up. And guess what? It’s working. From Fort Worth to Houston, conservative extremists just lost big in Saturday’s local elections. School …

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May 7, 2025 at 10:03 PM

Abbott only cares about his billionaire donors who have given him tens of millions of dollars to bankrupt public education in Texas.

John, First: Greg Abbott admitted that Texas public schools would lose money thanks to this ridiculous voucher scheme. Then: He signed the voucher plan into law anyway: Now: We need your help to fight back. Abbott doesn’t care about kids or schools, he only cares about his billionaire don…

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  Team Powered by People · [email protected]

May 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM

Gas in the tank

John, Beto has been on the road to bring people together in person and organize to fight Trump’s extreme agenda. He’s held town halls in Denton, Wichita Falls, Houston, Mansfield, and more: Whether it’s hosting town halls in Texas or showing up across the country to stand with those ready…

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  Beto O'Rourke · [email protected]

May 2, 2025 at 9:56 PM

Yesterday in Tuscaloosa, Alabama

John, Trump wants us to feel hopeless and powerless. But we, the people, are the real power in this country and at this critical moment we represent its last best hope. What we do, or what we fail to do, will determine our future, our fortune, our fate. We cannot be found wanting. The truth…

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  Team Powered by People · [email protected]

May 1, 2025 at 11:47 PM

Did you see Beto on MSNBC?

We can be the party to stand and fight, or we can be the party that surrenders. Did you see Beto on MSNBC, John? Beto went on the air to explain how Democrats have a choice to make in the face of this administration’s far-right attacks: We can be the party to stand and fight, or we can be t…

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  Beto O'Rourke · [email protected]

April 30, 2025 at 7:46 PM

I still have hope

John, Yesterday marked 100 days of the Trump administration. It’s worse than just about anything we could have feared. From the direct assault on our Constitution and the rule of law to his efforts to undermine every xxxxxx of our democracy, Trump is doing his best to destroy this country. …

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April 29, 2025 at 9:53 PM

Trump’s first 100 days

John, Trump’s first 100 days in office haven’t made us safer or eased the economic burden for families—these first 100 days have been marked by extremism and division. In these first 100 days, Trump has openly defied the courts, the Constitution and the rule of law over and over again. Tru…

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  Powered By People · [email protected]

April 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM

When Republicans try to divide us, attack the vulnerable and make us feel hopeless—we’ve got to join together

John, did you see this headline? When Republicans try to divide us, attack the vulnerable and make us feel hopeless—we’ve got to join together, bring the outsiders in and give each other a reason to be hopeful. That’s why Beto just hosted a town hall in Denton, Texas on Saturday. And why h…

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  Team Powered by People · [email protected]

April 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM

We need community support, not more border money

John, As the Texas state legislature closes in on passing a new $6.5 billion for border security,1 the question is: is that spending really necessary? Most Texans say it’s not. A poll from UT Austin’s Texas Politics Project shows that a majority of Texas voters don’t think the state is spen…

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April 26, 2025 at 11:55 PM

Denton today

John, Beto just held a town Hall in Denton, Texas this afternoon: This is how we will fight for our Democracy while Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress get more extreme by the day. We have to come together to fight voter suppression in Texas. Powered by People and Beto are committed t…

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April 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM

They passed this bill behind closed doors

This proposed law is about power, profits, and politics — not what’s best for our children. Public education is under attack in Texas, John: Can you rush $3 to help Powered by People organize to hold our legislators accountable for this? Whether you’re a Republican, Democrat, or something e…

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  Powered By People · [email protected]

April 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM

127 people. One powerful team.

While Greg Abbott and far-right Republicans lean on megadonors, we’re powered by real people — and that’s our strength. John, Earlier this week, we set an ambitious but achievable goal: reach 500 grassroots contributions to get our April fundraising back on track. We’re so close — but we’re…

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April 25, 2025 at 1:06 AM

Trump’s memo is a direct attack on our very democracy.

John, Donald Trump’s authoritarianism is on full display. He just issued a memo targeting ActBlue—the donation platform used by most Democratic campaigns and organizations—including Powered by People. Trump will do anything to further consolidate his power. Attacking political opposition is…

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  Beto O'Rourke · [email protected]

April 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM

What Pope Francis taught us — and what we must do now

Our faith in each other and in the future of this country is starting to pay off. John, The life of Pope Francis reminds us of our obligation to one another, especially the most vulnerable, the poor, the sick, the marginalized and the immigrant. The values he championed of humility, kindness…

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April 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM

500 grassroots contributions. 1 big step forward.

We’re working hard to reach our goal — but we need your help to turn the tide and hold Republicans accountable. John, Some months we hit our fundraising goals early. Other months – like this one – we’re working to catch up. In the spirit of full transparency, we’re trailing behind our fundra…

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April 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM

It doesn’t have to be this way, John

Powered by People is working to elect people-first leaders who fight for affordable energy, fair wages, and strong communities. John, Working families, clean energy workers, and small businesses are facing tough times — and it’s no accident. It’s the result of reckless choices made by Republ…

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  Beto O'Rourke · [email protected]

April 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM

A great test — and a greater opportunity

We met with students at Rice to talk about the future of this country — and what it’ll take to get there together Dear John, We face extraordinary threats to our freedoms and our liberty — a real test for us each individually and for us all as a country. I believe we can and will come throug…

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April 17, 2025 at 11:15 PM

What we saw looked a lot like our democracy

Here are two things we can do this week to keep up the fight: John, Last weekend in Wichita Falls, over 400 Texas came together for a town hall. Not because their elected officials showed up — but because they didn’t. The state representative, James Frank, and the Congressman, Ronny Jackson,…

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