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April 22, 2020 at 10:03 PM

Trump suspends immigration, green cards

        Friends,   Trump declared a ban on immigration via a tweet, blaming the current public health situation.    Then, Trump doubled-down and announced that he’d be suspending the issuance of green cards. The New York Times reported Trump’s action, “p…

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April 22, 2020 at 2:02 PM

How is COVID-19 affecting you?

        Friends,   First, some bright news: the Michigan Health Lab, which helped bring the phrase “flatten the curve” into the mainstream, is saying that our efforts to slow the spread of the virus are working to save lives right now across the country. T…

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April 21, 2020 at 4:03 PM

Income inequality rising most rapidly among Asian Americans

        Hello there,   The wealth gap between America’s richest and poorer families more than doubled from 1989 to 2016, according to the Pew Research Center.   The U.S. ranks highest in income inequality of all the G7 nations, and 61% of Americans say the…

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  Rep. Grace Meng · [email protected]

April 19, 2020 at 3:01 PM

I hope you’re staying safe

        Friends,   Late last month, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and I wrote Donald Trump a letter. We described how the U.S. had just hit the highest number of COVID-19 cases globally and how New York had become the eye of the storm -- more specifi…

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April 18, 2020 at 3:01 PM

Protect the vulnerable

        Friends,   Donald Trump separated immigrant and refugee families. He put their children in cages. He called Nazis “very fine people” in the wake of a domestic terror attack in Charlottesville. And now his xenophobic rhetoric is resulting in violence …

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April 17, 2020 at 3:01 PM

Steve Chabot: The Donald Trump you haven’t heard of

        Friends,   Rep. Steve Chabot from Ohio’s 1st District has taken over $2 million from big corporate interests in finance and real estate and voted to deregulate big banks and weaken consumer protections. He hired his own son-in-law as a campaign con…

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April 10, 2020 at 4:03 PM

Tell Mitch McConnell to do his job and pass campaign finance reform

        Hey friend,   It’s been called “the most consequential -- and destructive -- campaign finance decision by the Supreme Court in nearly half a century.” Citizens United, now ten years old, created super PACs by labeling big corporations “people” and th…

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April 8, 2020 at 10:08 PM

Help grassroots Dems fight systemic GOP racism

        Hi there,   We at ASPIRE are laser-focused on fighting the systemic racism of the GOP. In the last ten years, Republican state legislators have implemented voting restrictions aimed largely at people of color in at least 25 states. They have drawn g…

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  Rep. Grace Meng · [email protected]

April 3, 2020 at 5:31 PM

Thank you for doing your part

        Friends,   In the middle of everything going on, I’m in awe of how much our community members have stepped up for each other in any way they can. Here in NY alone, we had over 76,000 healthcare professionals volunteer to help in our understaffed hospi…

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March 27, 2020 at 4:31 PM

How to make our voices heard

        Friends,   In the past few days, without actually apologizing or acknowledging why it was wrong, President Trump has tried to cover for his continued use of the racist, xenophobic term “Chinese virus” in reference to COVID-19.   Asian Americans have…

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March 23, 2020 at 7:31 PM

“I don’t take responsibility at all.”

        Hi there,   It’s been a challenging month. Across this country, families are adapting to a rapidly changing reality as society collectively steps up to halt the spread of COVID-19. People everywhere are coming together in the name of shared sacrifice…

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  Rep. Grace Meng · [email protected]

March 17, 2020 at 8:03 PM

Together, we have the power to save lives

        Friends,   With so many things that we take for granted changing or closing in the wake of this public health crisis, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. But we have a tremendous amount of power right now. According to the U.S. Surgeon General, “we are a…

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March 14, 2020 at 4:11 PM

Need your help to flip a Trump district -- Nikki’s election is on Tuesday!

        Friends,   Donald Trump’s GOP has spent the last three years punishing immigrants and refugees for trying to make a better life in America and enacting a slew of policies to make life harder for communities of color.    But even the vast majority o…

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  Grace Meng · [email protected]

March 12, 2020 at 3:47 PM

How not to respond to a public health crisis

        Friends,   The Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus is frustrating, inept, and wildly unacceptable -- but unsurprising from a president who has tried to cut CDC funding in every single budget he’s proposed. The virus has laid bare many…

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March 11, 2020 at 3:46 PM

Need your help

        Friends,   Donald Trump separated immigrant and refugee families. He put their children in cages. He called Nazis “very fine people” in the wake of a domestic terror attack in Charlottesville. And his criminally inept response to Hurricane Maria led…

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March 10, 2020 at 4:04 PM

We need every Democrat who cares about defeating Trump to join us today

        Hello there,   Today’s primaries could lock in the Democratic presidential nomination.    But regardless of who wins, we have less than eight months to organize, to fight voter suppression, and to vote Trump out of office in November.    We saw t…

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March 9, 2020 at 3:36 PM

POLITICO: “Republicans lean into Biden probe as he surges in Democratic primary”

        Hours after Biden’s Super Tuesday surge last week, Senate Republicans announced that they would re-open investigations into ethics violations that Biden has already been cleared of.    House Intel Chair Adam Schiff said these senators were “effectiv…

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  Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi · [email protected]

March 6, 2020 at 9:03 PM

We can’t let up the fight

Hi there,   On Friday, January 27, 2017, I was less than a month into my first term in Congress and home in Illinois for the weekend when President Trump signed the first Muslim travel ban.     He and I were elected on the same day in 2016, but our backgrounds couldn’t be more different. His c…

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March 5, 2020 at 6:02 PM

WSJ: “Growing immigrant population to influence 2020 election”

        Last week, The Wall Street Journal reported that more than 23 million immigrants are eligible to vote in November. That’s 10% of the electorate, and could be an even higher percentage of those voting on the Democratic presidential nominee.   Regardle…

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March 4, 2020 at 9:04 PM

Brett Kavanaugh’s swing vote

        Friends,   Trump made it his mission from early in his campaign to tear up Roe v. Wade and destroy reproductive freedom across the country.    He stacked the federal courts with anti-choice judges willing to overturn laws and precedents protecting …

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  Rep. Grace Meng · [email protected]

February 28, 2020 at 4:02 PM

Writing to make sure you saw Sen. Hirono’s message

Good morning -- I wanted to be sure you saw Mazie Hirono’s message yesterday. With Trump’s approval ratings rising post-impeachment -- and confirmation that Russia is interfering in our elections again -- we’ve all got to dig in now to stop Trump and his agenda from winning in November.   -Grac…

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  Sen. Mazie Hirono · [email protected]

February 27, 2020 at 11:03 PM

Trump’s 2021 wish list

Friends,   Donald Trump released a proposed 2021 budget this month that screws over women, seniors on Medicare, new parents receiving SNAP benefits, people drowning in student loan debt, and Americans living with disabilities.    Who does Trump’s budget benefit? It includes billions more for …

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February 27, 2020 at 3:04 PM

New poll: 21% of Democrats WON'T commit to voting against Trump

        In an Emerson College poll taken just last week, 8% of Democrats said they won’t vote against Trump if their top Democratic candidate doesn’t win the primary. Another 13% said it depends on who the eventual nominee is.   That’s 21% of Democrats who a…

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  Rep. Grace Meng · [email protected]

February 26, 2020 at 10:46 PM

Quick update -- we’re $1,330 short of our goal, and I need your help to finish February strong so we can take on Trump and his racist agenda. I’m asking you to give $5 today. Can I count on you?

Friends -- Trump’s approval ratings are going up, and along with them are his chances of winning in November. This is a president who calls Nazis “very fine people,” who separates immigrant and refugee families, who puts children in cages.    The only thing stopping him right now is the House o…

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February 26, 2020 at 4:32 PM

Global Pew Research poll shows just how much Trump has cost the U.S. on the world stage

        Hello,   A new Pew Research global survey found that Trump is the least-trusted world leader, well behind Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping. POLITICO reported that Obama consistently ranked higher -- and that Trump has dragged down global favorability to…

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February 24, 2020 at 5:03 PM

New polling shows more than 1 in 5 Democrats are threatening to stay home in November and let Trump win

        In an Emerson College poll taken just last week, 8% of Democrats said they won’t vote against Trump if their top Democratic candidate doesn’t win the primary. Another 13% said it depends on who the eventual nominee is.   That’s 21% of Democrats who a…

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February 23, 2020 at 5:03 PM

Pew Research Center poll shows just how much Trump has cost the U.S.

        Hello,   A new Pew Research global survey found that Trump is the least-trusted world leader, well behind Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping. POLITICO reported that Obama consistently ranked higher -- and that Trump has dragged down global favorability to…

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February 22, 2020 at 6:01 PM

If you believe Congress needs to act to protect immigrants and refugees from Donald Trump, we need your help

        This is critical:   When the Trump administration tried to implement a “public charge rule” in October -- a rule that would punish immigrants for legally using public assistance, threatening the health and safety of hundreds of thousands of the most …

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February 21, 2020 at 4:32 PM

Trump approval ratings STILL rising after impeachment acquittal

        We're getting nervous -- it’s been more than two weeks since Trump’s acquittal in the Senate, and the bump in his approval ratings is still going up. Per Nate Silver’s polling average, nearly 44% of Americans now approve of the job Trump is doing.   …

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February 20, 2020 at 4:02 PM

FiveThirtyEight: 41% chance of a contested Democratic convention

        Hello,   Last night, Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight projected that the most likely outcome of the primaries is NO CANDIDATE having a majority of delegates by the Democratic convention. Bernie Sanders would be the candidate most likely to secure a majo…

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February 18, 2020 at 5:32 PM

Survey: Where we stand after Iowa and New Hampshire

        Hello,   The first two states in the Democratic presidential primary have shaken up the race tremendously, giving huge boosts to Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg, and Amy Klobuchar.    But in a speech after the New Hampshire results started coming in…

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February 15, 2020 at 4:01 PM

Join Nancy Pelosi and stand up to Trump and Mitch on the minimum wage!

        We can’t hold off any longer:   At $7.25 an hour -- the current federal minimum wage -- a person working full-time all year taking no vacation or sick days earns $15,080 a year. That's about $10,000 below the poverty line for a family of four and abo…

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February 13, 2020 at 5:31 PM

What Trump’s new budget will really cost America

        Hello,   This week, Trump rolled out his new proposed budget. As expected, it includes major cuts to the social safety net, including Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and the Environmental Protection Agency.   But the new budge…

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February 12, 2020 at 4:02 PM

POLITICO: “Ben Carson points to Mar-a-Lago to show that Trump is ‘not a racist’”

        Last week, Ben Carson ad-libbed in his remarks introducing Trump in North Carolina that Trump “is not a racist” because “the people who drive the cars and park the cars at Mar-a-Lago, they love him.”    Carson went on to say that when Trump “bought …

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February 11, 2020 at 11:09 PM

Three weeks to save Roe v. Wade from Trump’s own Brett Kavanaugh

        Hello there,   Trump made it his mission from early in his campaign to tear up Roe v. Wade and destroy reproductive freedom across the country.    He and Mitch McConnell stacked the federal courts with anti-choice judges willing to overturn Supreme…

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  Grace Meng · [email protected]

February 11, 2020 at 4:32 PM

Making sure you saw Sen. Hirono’s message

Hi there -- I wanted to make sure you saw this email from Sen. Mazie Hirono about how we can beat Trump and his agenda in November. It’s going to take all of us pulling together, but I know we can do this.   Thanks, Grace   -------Forwarded message------- From: Sen. Mazie Hirono Date: Mon, F…

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  Sen. Mazie Hirono · [email protected]

February 10, 2020 at 3:04 PM

Personally asking

        Friends,   In nine months, we have the chance to defeat a president who, when faced with a national tragedy in Charlottesville, called Nazis “very fine people.”    Donald Trump is a president who threw paper towels at Puerto Ricans in the wake of t…

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February 9, 2020 at 5:01 PM

Poll: 13% of Democrats WON’T vote against Trump

        As the first wave of primaries for the Democratic nomination gets underway, according to a new Emerson College poll, 13% of Democrats say they won’t vote against Trump if their top Democratic candidate doesn’t win the primary. Another 15% say it depen…

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February 8, 2020 at 5:01 PM

FiveThirtyEight.com: “Trump is the most unpopular president since Ford to run for re-election”

        We need your input:   Even after his acquittal by Mitch McConnell's Senate, Trump’s approval rating is hovering just above 43%, but his disapproval rating is up to 52% -- and at Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight, they’ve found “it’s increasingly difficul…

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February 7, 2020 at 6:01 PM

Pew Research poll shows just how much Trump has cost the U.S.

        Hello,   A new Pew Research global survey found that Trump is the least-trusted world leader, well behind Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping. POLITICO reported that Obama consistently ranked higher -- and that Trump has dragged down global favorability to…

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February 6, 2020 at 5:03 PM

New poll: 13% of Democrats WON’T vote against Trump

        As the first wave of primaries for the Democratic nomination gets underway, according to a new Emerson College poll, 13% of Democrats say they won’t vote against Trump if their top Democratic candidate doesn’t win the primary. Another 15% say it depen…

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February 5, 2020 at 4:01 PM

Marco Rubio: “Just because actions meet a standard of impeachment does not mean it is in the best interest of the country to remove a President from office”

        This is ridiculous: Marco Rubio, Lamar Alexander, and other Republican senators admitted the president was guilty before making it clear they would not vote to convict.   The Republican Party will cover for anything so long as they stay in power: th…

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January 31, 2020 at 5:05 PM

Fox News poll shows independents swinging for Trump conviction

        This is big: Fox News released a poll this week that has independent voters in favor of the Senate convicting Trump 53% to 34%, with registered voters as a whole supporting conviction 50% to 44%.   POLITICO says the revelations about John Bolton’s b…

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January 30, 2020 at 5:03 PM

WaPo: “Even in battleground states, support for removing Trump is higher than his job approval”

        As the Senate debates how to proceed, Washington Post analysis of recent national and battleground state polling shows that Trump’s re-election prospects are in trouble.   In battleground states and swing counties across the country, Americans think…

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January 27, 2020 at 3:02 PM

The most diverse Congress in history impeached Donald Trump

        Hello there,   In November 2018, America elected the most diverse Congress in history. After Trump withheld nearly $400 million from Ukraine in an attempt to force the country to meddle in the United State’s 2020 election, the House moved to impeach…

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January 26, 2020 at 6:01 PM

Trump is close to ending Roe v. Wade

        Hello there,   Trump made it his mission from early in his campaign to tear up Roe v. Wade and destroy reproductive freedom across the country.    Trump handpicked anti-choice justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court.   No…

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January 25, 2020 at 5:04 PM

CNN poll: Most Americans want Trump removed from office by Senate

        Per POLITICO: “A majority of Americans want the Senate to convict and remove President Donald Trump from office, according to a new poll conducted by CNN.   “Fifty-one percent of respondents to the poll want the Senate to convict Trump on the impeach…

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January 24, 2020 at 3:03 PM

This is an email about what’s at stake in the 2020 election. Please read. This is important.

        Friends,   In 2018, you knocked on millions of doors, you made countless phone calls, and you donated to campaigns across the country. Because of your hard work, Democrats took back the House with the most diverse group of members in history: progres…

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January 23, 2020 at 4:01 PM

This November will be the most important election of our lives, and these are the candidates who will make sure we win

        Friends, ASPIRE is incredibly proud to endorse 19 House and Senate candidates in the 2020 cycle.    Some of our endorsees are familiar names because of the incredible work they’ve done in Congress to stand up to the bigotry of the Trump administratio…

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January 22, 2020 at 5:01 PM

Tammy Duckworth, Mazie Hirono, and Ted Lieu

        This is critical: ASPIRE has already endorsed 19 incredible candidates for the House and Senate -- progressive candidates of color and strong allies who have held Trump accountable and candidates who are running to kick Trump’s enablers out of Congress…

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