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  Wisconsin Supreme Court Race · [email protected]
February 16, 2023 at 3:20 PM

The race this year that could decide the 2024 election

Abortion access, voting rights, and the 2024 election are all on the line in Wisconsin’s contentious State Supreme Court race. Abortion access, voting rights, and the 2024 election are all on the line in Wisconsin’s contentious State Supreme Court race. In June 2022, the Supreme Court over…
  George Santos Updates · [email protected]
February 1, 2023 at 9:30 PM

12,000 emails and counting

Another day, another alleged crime for George Santos Another day, another alleged crime for George Santos It seems like every day we have a new revelation to add to George Santos’s laundry list of shady behavior. Which means Kevin McCarthy should be nervous about the line he drew in the…
  Contact Your Congressperson · [email protected]
January 25, 2023 at 3:00 PM

Tell your representative: Let’s get that fraud George Santos out of Congress

Liar, liar, let’s get Santos fired Liar, liar, let’s get Santos fired The House is back in session this week. We need to make sure George Santos’s seat doesn’t have a chance to get warm. Every day, we discover another lie Santos told or another crime he may have committed. His MAGA Repu…
  MAGA Watch Updates · [email protected]
January 13, 2023 at 3:00 PM

Get ready for the GOP’s chaos agenda

Wreaking havoc in the House and in our lives Wreaking havoc in the House and in our lives With the gavel finally in his hand, Kevin McCarthy’s first act as Speaker of the House was to cut down the Office of Congressional Ethics, like palm trees blocking his view of Mar-a-Lago, the MAGA …
  House Speaker Updates · [email protected]
January 7, 2023 at 2:30 PM

Share the facts about Kevin McCarthy

Kevin McCarthy is a dangerous election denier, anti-abortionist, and Trump apologist. Kevin McCarthy is a dangerous election denier, anti-abortionist, and Trump apologist.   For the first time in over a century, the House Majority was unable to agree upon a candidate for House Speaker o…
  MAGA House Updates · [email protected]
January 6, 2023 at 4:30 PM

Call out the new House majority

New year, new Congress, same fight. New year, new Congress, same fight. It’s been exactly two years since a mob of insurrectionists attacked the U.S. Capitol, and chaos continues to reign supreme as the new Republican House majority attempts to make it through their first week. Over 70…
  Sami and Chloe · [email protected]
December 28, 2022 at 3:00 PM

A big thank you from all of us at Stand Up America

Thanks for inspiring us this year. Thanks for inspiring us this year. The fight to protect our democracy isn’t an easy one. This year especially, we saw the nationwide rise of MAGA Republican candidates who threatened our democracy and freedom to vote. Thanks to you, we were able to b…
  Georgia Runoff Updates · [email protected]
November 30, 2022 at 8:00 PM

Your plans for the weekend

Let’s get this done! Let’s get this done! If there were two candidates running for one hotly contested Senate seat, you’d think they would both live in the state where their constituents live, right?  Well recently, we learned that Herschel Walker’s primary residence is in Texas so he c…
  Sami and Chloe · [email protected]
November 23, 2022 at 3:00 PM

Can we take a moment to appreciate you?

There’s no Stand Up America without you! There’s no Stand Up America without you! It’s that time of year where we pause and reflect on what we are thankful for.  On the democracy front, there’s a lot to celebrate, but what tops our list as the thing we’re most grateful for? It’s you. Wi…
  MAGA Watch Updates · [email protected]
November 16, 2022 at 4:58 PM

Guess who’s back? Spoiler: It’s bad news.

Hate to say it, but this email is about exactly what you think. Hate to say it, but this email is about exactly what you think. Donald Trump has officially announced that he will run for president in 2024.  If this were a joke, we could let out a slight laugh, roll our eyes, and say a f…
  Secretary of State Updates · [email protected]
November 15, 2022 at 4:50 PM

We chose democracy this election

Secretaries of state are ready to protect our democracy Secretaries of state are ready to protect our democracy ☑️ Adrian Fontes (D, Arizona)☑️ Jocelyn Benson (D, Michigan)☑️ Steve Simon (D, Minnesota)☑️ Cisco Aguilar (D, Nevada) The races have been called and it’s official: these four …
  Election Updates · [email protected]
November 9, 2022 at 10:40 PM

Last night was a good night for our democracy

There’s more to come, but let’s be proud of what we accomplished. There’s more to come, but let’s be proud of what we accomplished. Democracy was on the ballot, and democracy won. Across the country, voters turned out in droves and bucked the trend of history, delivering the best midterm…
  Polling Updates · [email protected]
November 7, 2022 at 1:00 PM

Your Election Day plan

Use this last day to work smarter, not harder. Use this last day to work smarter, not harder. Election Day is tomorrow. Maybe you’ve put your ballot in the mail or in a dropbox. Maybe you’ve already voted early in person. Maybe there’s still time in District of Columbia to hit the polls…
  Volunteer Updates · [email protected]
November 3, 2022 at 9:00 PM

There’s still time to make an impact before Election Day

Sign up to call, text, and knock doors for campaigns near you. Sign up to call, text, and knock doors for campaigns near you. Can you believe Election Day is Tuesday? From secretary of state to Congress to state legislatures, a lot is on the line this November. The latest polls show that…
  Sami Diaz · [email protected]
October 31, 2022 at 2:00 PM

It’s time to stop these creatures from the election denying lagoon

Conspiracy theorists, election deniers, and other things that go bump in the night. Conspiracy theorists, election deniers, and other things that go bump in the night. Halloween is here, and no, I’m not letting the fact it falls on a Monday ruin the spooky vibe.  If I could still get aw…
  Polling Updates · [email protected]
October 28, 2022 at 2:00 PM

Election deniers could win unless we act

Make your plan to vote in this year’s election. Make your plan to vote in this year’s election. In critical races across the country, election-deniers are barely behind their opponents. And in some, they are actually leading.  Let’s take a look at some of the latest polling numbers. In …
  Big Send Update · [email protected]
October 25, 2022 at 5:50 PM

LAST CALL: Adopt some voters today!

Grab your pen and paper and get your fellow voters to the polls! Grab your pen and paper and get your fellow voters to the polls! The midterm elections are just around the corner, and when it comes to getting the vote out, every little bit counts.  That’s why we teamed up with Vote Forwa…
  Sami Diaz · [email protected]
October 21, 2022 at 2:00 PM

Step into the Twilight Zone

Texting to avoid the Twilight Zone. Texting to avoid the Twilight Zone. Imagine, if you will, a coalition of people hell bent on restricting the voting rights of millions. Their plan? To assume the duties of the highest election administrators in their states and chip away at the corners…
  NV Secretary of State Updates · [email protected]
October 18, 2022 at 2:00 PM

We need to reach thousands of voters in Nevada. Can you help?

There’s still time to make sure Cisco Aguilar is elected secretary of state in Nevada—but we need your help! There’s still time to make sure Cisco Aguilar is elected secretary of state in Nevada—but we need your help! "When my coalition of secretary of state candidates around the count…
  Chloe Owens · [email protected]
October 11, 2022 at 4:02 PM

This moment changed election volunteering for me—for good.

There’s a volunteer opportunity—and a cool story—out there for everyone. There’s a volunteer opportunity—and a cool story—out there for everyone. Help protect democracy this fall and find a volunteer opportunity near you! You’ve seen my name on a few emails, so I figured it was time for …
  Organizing Team Updates · [email protected]
October 8, 2022 at 2:00 PM

Democracy Defenders, are you ready to get out the vote?

We have an opportunity to change Oakland for the better. We have an opportunity to change Oakland for the better. Did you know there’s only one month left until Election Day? Just 29 days lie between you reading this email and the last day to vote in the midterm elections.  But no need to…
  Kim Hall · [email protected]
September 28, 2022 at 9:14 PM

Help Nevada voters defeat an election denier:

We’ve got a new and exciting way for you to protect fair elections. We’ve got a new and exciting way for you to protect fair elections.   Remember when Trump and his allies tried to steal the 2020 election by sending fake slates of pro-Trump electors to Congress? Well, one of Trump’s f…
  Zach Winston and Stand Up America · [email protected]
September 20, 2022 at 1:00 PM

As a formerly incarcerated person, voting is power. Here’s why:

When you get a chance to have a say, take it. When you get a chance to have a say, take it.   I have a question for you: Have you ever thought about what it would feel like to have your freedom to vote taken away? At one point in my life, this was my reality.  My name is Zach Winston. I …
  Maggie Moore · [email protected]
September 13, 2022 at 1:00 PM

History has its eye on you Sign up to write letter with the Hamilton cast

Break out your quill and ink, we’re writing letters. Break out your quill and ink, we’re writing letters.   — Hamilton was the first musical I ever saw. Which seems funny, because I love the theater! There is nothing like the magic of a live performance. But I always just assumed that mu…
  Sami and Chloe · [email protected]
September 1, 2022 at 2:00 PM

Take a bow 438,700 actions.

You put in a lot of work this summer, and we couldn’t be more proud You put in a lot of work this summer, and we couldn’t be more proud   It seems like every time we turn our heads, there’s another reason to reform the Supreme Court. Overturning Roe v. Wade when over 60% of Americans supp…
  Sami and Chloe · [email protected]
August 24, 2022 at 6:33 PM

Kristina Karamo’s GOP nomination is a threat to American democracy

Kristina Karamo could become Michigan’s Secretary of State—and that’s bad for democracy. Kristina Karamo could become Michigan’s Secretary of State—and that’s bad for democracy.   “Highly respected Kristina Karamo has my Complete and Total Endorsement to run for Secretary of State of the…
  Poll Worker Update · [email protected]
August 16, 2022 at 1:00 PM

We need more poll workers. Ready to answer the call?

Your democracy mission, if you choose to accept it. Your democracy mission, if you choose to accept it.   Happy Poll Worker Recruitment Day! A few years ago, before I joined Stand Up America, I served as a poll worker. I saw for myself how important it is to add a friendly face and a pe…
  Maggie and Sami · [email protected]
August 11, 2022 at 5:43 PM

Why Secretaries of State are key to protecting democracy

We can’t let conspiracy theorists oversee our elections. We can’t let conspiracy theorists oversee our elections.   This is a crisis. Across the country, Trump-backed election deniers are winning their primaries. In critical states like Arizona, Nevada, Michigan, and New Mexico, conspir…
  Organizing Team Updates · [email protected]
August 9, 2022 at 2:00 PM

A few simple ways to protect democracy in 2022!

A brand new way to get your democracy actions all in one place. A brand new way to get your democracy actions all in one place. Welcome to the Democracy Defender Playbook.  We’re Aubrey and Kim, your organizing team leaders. You’re here at exactly the right time because it’s no secret th…
  Maggie and Sami · [email protected]
August 2, 2022 at 8:23 PM

The rotten apples don’t fall far from the tree

The DOJ is investigating Trump—but that’s not stopping the hundreds of Trumpers from running for office. The DOJ is investigating Trump—but that’s not stopping the hundreds of Trumpers from running for office. Instructing your lawyers and staff to round up your loyal followers to serv…
  Maggie Moore · [email protected]
July 26, 2022 at 4:04 PM

Fwd: Insurrectionists are running and winning. Here’s how we’re fighting back:

Protecting our elections this November starts right now. Protecting our elections this November starts right now. On January 6th, Donald Trump was told about the criminal assault on the Capitol 15 minutes after he arrived back at the White House. Yet he spent 187 minutes putting a target on M…
  Christina Harvey · [email protected]
July 22, 2022 at 2:10 PM

Protecting our democracy doesn’t end when the hearings do

We can’t sit on our hands while they attack our democracy. We can’t sit on our hands while they attack our democracy.   As I’ve been watching the January 6th Commission hearings over the last few weeks, all I can think about is that some of the same insurrectionists who helped fuel Tru…
  Maggie and Sami · [email protected]
July 14, 2022 at 6:44 PM

Election deniers are on the ballot this year. Fight back:

Election deniers are still spreading lies and threatening future elections. Election deniers are still spreading lies and threatening future elections.   “Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!” Donald Trump knew exactly what he was doing when he fired off that tweet …
  Maggie Moore · [email protected]
July 6, 2022 at 6:33 PM

We can make a difference in the midterms right now

Voting offers us a powerful opportunity to make sure things don't get worse—and potentially to make them better. Voting offers us a powerful opportunity to make sure things don't get worse—and potentially to make them better.   When the world starts to look really bleak, and it feels …
  Maggie and Sami · [email protected]
June 18, 2022 at 3:00 PM

January 6th was just the beginning. Here’s how you can fight back:

Solidarity between the states makes our democracy stronger Solidarity between the states makes our democracy stronger   Watching the stream of news about the January 6th Commission Hearings, one thing has become crystal clear: the violence of that day might be over, but the attack on our…
  Maggie and Sami · [email protected]
June 9, 2022 at 6:50 PM

TONIGHT: The Jan 6th hearings start

Find out the truth about the Capitol insurrection—in prime time. Find out the truth about the Capitol insurrection—in prime time.   Imagine if your current governor decided to throw out the existing voter rolls and forced you and every other eligible person in District of Columbia to re-…
  Sami Diaz · [email protected]
May 24, 2022 at 5:50 PM

Congress is treating stock disclosures as a joke

These stock trading disclosures are harder to read than your grandkids’ math homework. These stock trading disclosures are harder to read than your grandkids’ math homework.   Think back to your school days. Most of us have been in a situation where we forgot to do an assignment, so we …
  Representative Adam Schiff · [email protected]
May 18, 2022 at 2:00 PM

You can help stop presidential corruption

PODA is how we build a stronger, more enduring democracy. PODA is how we build a stronger, more enduring democracy.   The four years of the Trump administration brought us levels of corruption not seen since the days of Watergate. In fact, the abuses of power were far more sweeping than …
  Joe Hines · [email protected]
May 11, 2022 at 2:00 PM

We need to turn out the vote in November. Let’s get started:

Writing letters is a proven way to turn out the vote come November. Writing letters is a proven way to turn out the vote come November. Are you ready to help turn out voters in November right now? Sign up today and make sure unlikely voters hear from you about why voting matters. If you’…
  Monica Garcia · [email protected]
May 6, 2022 at 7:01 PM

Protecting our fundamental rights means expanding the Supreme Court

Let’s bring this fight to the court of public opinion. Let’s bring this fight to the court of public opinion. Words can be incredibly powerful. Justice Alito’s leaked decision draft is 98 pages that leave the Supreme Court poised to overturn Roe v. Wade. Thousands of words that strung to…
  Sami Diaz · [email protected]
May 3, 2022 at 8:41 PM

The Supreme Court is an urgent threat

Time to fight back. Time to fight back. Last night, for the first time in modern history, an initial draft of a Supreme Court decision was leaked. Penned by Samuel Alito, the draft takes 98 pages to justify their decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and, for the first time in 50 years, allo…
  Maggie Moore · [email protected]
April 13, 2022 at 2:00 PM

I file my taxes, you file your taxes. But guess who isn’t legally required to disclose their taxes...

Presidents should be held to the highest standard of transparency. Presidents should be held to the highest standard of transparency. Are you ever going about your regular, daily life and suddenly you’re struck by a memory of something blatantly undemocratic Trump did while in office?Wel…
  Eloise and Sami · [email protected]
April 7, 2022 at 7:02 PM

Help us share the joy! Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is confirmed!

She is exactly the type of person we need on the Supreme Court. She is exactly the type of person we need on the Supreme Court.   Say it with us: Ketanji Brown Jackson will be the first Black female Justice on the Supreme Court.  This honor is well-deserved. Justice Jackson is a Harvard…
  Anthony Pickens & Stand Up America · [email protected]
April 2, 2022 at 2:00 PM

This is what voting means to me

Whether incarcerated, on parole, or otherwise, every eligible citizen should be able to vote. Whether incarcerated, on parole, or otherwise, every eligible citizen should be able to vote.   It’s nice to meet you, Friend.  My name is Anthony Pickens. I’m an activist, a husband and fathe…
  Eloise and Sami · [email protected]
March 22, 2022 at 5:11 PM

For you: Ketanji Brown Jackson needs you this week

Take action to make sure she’s confirmed to the Supreme Court. Take action to make sure she’s confirmed to the Supreme Court. Click here to share Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s credentials on Facebook. She needs to know we support her this week. It’s a big week. The Senate is currently hol…
  Read Up, Stand Up · [email protected]
March 18, 2022 at 4:11 PM

Reggie here! Here’s why rights restoration matters

The roots of this crisis are deep. The roots of this crisis are deep. Want more context for this email? Watch this video for background on rights restoration. Have you ever read a book so powerful that it set you on a path that would change the rest of your life? For me, that book is Mich…
  Reggie Thedford · [email protected]
February 18, 2022 at 4:30 PM

5 million people can’t participate in our democracy

Let’s end this deeply undemocratic practice. Let’s end this deeply undemocratic practice. I want to share a story with you.  In 1880, a Black man living in Florida named Cuffie Washington went to his polling station to vote in the congressional election. A decade before, Congress had pas…
  Read Up, Stand Up · [email protected]
January 28, 2022 at 3:00 PM

Anushka, Aubrey, and Colton on why they do this work

We’re excited to hear from you. We’re excited to hear from you. “Why are you in this fight?”A few months ago, we started asking new members of the Stand Up America community to answer this question and to tell us a little more about themselves. It’s an understatement to say we’ve been tou…
  Christina Harvey · [email protected]
January 20, 2022 at 4:02 PM

The Senate failed to protect our democracy. Fight back

Two senators + the entire GOP + one set of outdated rules = a major setback to our voting rights. I’m not going to sugarcoat it. I’m furious. After a year’s worth of pressure from Stand Up America and activists across the country, the Senate finally held a vote to reform the filibuster …
  Brett Edkins · [email protected]
January 5, 2022 at 7:41 PM

It’s 2022, and we’re finally getting a vote on filibuster reform

We’re hitting the ground running to protect voting rights.   Welcome to 2022. Buckle up because things are finally going to start moving—and quickly. So what’s happened so far? On Monday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer sent a letter to his colleagues underlining how critical it i…