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ASPIRE (Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders Rising & Empowering)

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July 15, 2020 at 6:02 PM

“Black women mayors are having a moment.”

        Friends,   “Black women mayors are having a moment.”   That’s POLITICO with the understatement of the century. Over the last few weeks, we’ve seen America’s mayors of color -- leaders like Keisha Lance Bottoms of Atlanta, Lori Lightfoot of Chica…
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July 15, 2020 at 3:01 PM

Rachel Maddow talks to Susan Rice about VP rumors

        Friends,   Susan Rice was America’s first black UN ambassador, Barack Obama’s national security advisor, and is now -- potentially -- America’s next vice president.   When Rachel Maddow asked Rice about her take on VP speculation, Rice said she…
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July 14, 2020 at 9:02 PM

The newest voice of hate from the right

        Friends,   AAPI Senator Tammy Duckworth is a decorated combat veteran who was awarded a Purple Heart for her service in Iraq. She also happens to be a Daughter of the American Revolution who can trace her ancestry all the way back to the War fo…
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July 14, 2020 at 6:03 PM

Trump blames his inevitable loss on “FOREIGN COUNTRIES”

        Friends,   Trump isn’t just using xenophobia to hide his pandemic response failure. He’s now embracing it as a way to cover up his election defeat in advance.    The president tweeted that unnamed “FOREIGN COUNTRIES” will interfere in the upcoming…
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July 14, 2020 at 3:02 PM

Trump’s lies threaten our frontline workers

        Friends,   When the president says something like this, doctors and nurses everywhere are put at risk.   Source: Twitter   Not only does Donald Trump’s xenophobic use of the term “China Virus” instead of COVID-19 encourage hate against the…
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July 13, 2020 at 9:01 PM

Trump’s racist attack on Warren reveals his character

        Friends,   Trump has responded to antiracist conversations in the sports world the same way he responds to everything -- with ugliness, racism, and unbridled misogyny.   Source: Twitter   There was no reason for the president to make the abov…
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July 13, 2020 at 6:04 PM

A victory for Standing Rock, for now

        Friends,   “Today is a historic day for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and the many people who have supported us in the fight against the pipeline. This pipeline should have never been built here. We told them that from the beginning.”   That’s S…
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July 13, 2020 at 3:01 PM

Stung by SCOTUS, Trump renews attacks on DREAMers

        Friends,   Trump’s cruelty toward immigrants knows no bounds.   Though the Supreme Court blocked him once, the president is now seeking -- yet again -- to end DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.   Worse still, the president is bla…
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July 12, 2020 at 9:01 PM

The impact of Trump’s xenophobia

        Friends,   According to Pew Research Center, 31% of Asian Americans have been subjected to racist slurs or jokes since the start of the pandemic.   26% say they’ve feared physical attack.   Donald Trump’s xenophobia has forced wide swaths of …
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July 12, 2020 at 6:03 PM

How racist laws could give Trump the election

        Friends,   A new study proves that strict voter ID laws suppress votes from Americans of color -- and could swing the election toward Donald Trump.   The study, published by the Western Political Science Association, finds that people of color …
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July 12, 2020 at 3:02 PM

Donald Trump fans the flames of war

        Friends,   Donald Trump could have used his Independence Day address to unite the country. Instead, he fanned the flames of fear and violence.   Trump called the ongoing wave of anti-racism protests “a merciless campaign to wipe out our history…
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July 11, 2020 at 9:01 PM

This highly decorated senator could upend the VP contest

          Friends,   “You had all the other names there, and it was as if she didn’t exist...suddenly people began to look at her -- this highly decorated woman, member of Congress, senator.”   That’s former Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry …
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July 11, 2020 at 6:02 PM

New data on racial inequality during the pandemic

        Friends,   The New York Times had to sue the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to get them to release federal data on how Americans of color have been impacted by the pandemic.   When they did, here’s what the Times found: “Black and L…
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July 11, 2020 at 3:01 PM

Trump skips AAPI town hall to play golf

        Friends,   Last month, Joe Biden attended a virtual town hall to speak to the concerns of the AAPI community.   Donald Trump couldn’t be bothered to attend, so he sent a surrogate in his place and spent the day playing golf instead.    The pr…
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July 10, 2020 at 9:02 PM

Brett Kavanaugh votes against the right to choose

        Friends,   Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh is letting all of America know that he dissents against the right to choose.   That was the essence of Kavanaugh’s vote last month -- when Trump’s handpicked ally on the high court said he would up…
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July 10, 2020 at 6:02 PM

Protect Asian American frontline workers at risk

        Friends,   The Washington Post reports that “Asian Americans have experienced a sharp increase in racist verbal abuse and physical attacks during the pandemic, with the FBI warning of a potential surge in hate crimes against Asians as the coronavi…
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July 10, 2020 at 3:01 PM

Trump accuses Obama of treason

        Friends,   “Treason. Treason. It’s treason.”   According to Donald Trump, that’s the crime Barack Obama has committed against the United States of America.   In an interview with CBN News, Trump spouted wild allegations about Obama “spying” o…
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July 9, 2020 at 9:03 PM

Trump attacks Warren over Confederate symbols

        Friends,   Recently, Elizabeth Warren introduced an amendment to a defense bill that would scrub any mention of Confederate soldiers from American military bases.   In response, Donald Trump went off on a racist tirade against her.   To avoid…
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July 9, 2020 at 6:02 PM

Donald Trump speaks out on Black Lives Matter

        Friends,   In the middle of a national reckoning on systemic racial injustice, Trump has made his views on Black Lives Matter clear -- according to the president, it’s a “symbol of hate.”   Donald Trump’s campaign has run Facebook ads that fea…
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July 9, 2020 at 3:03 PM

“The obvious option to be Joe Biden’s running mate”

        Friends,   Slate magazine has weighed in on Kamala Harris as a VP contender -- their take? “Kamala Harris has been the obvious option to be Joe Biden’s running mate for a long time.”   The analysis mentioned Senator Harris’s skill as a debater…
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July 8, 2020 at 10:31 PM

Don’t let Donald Trump drown out 70% of Americans

        Hello there,   Over 70% of Americans say they’d like the option to vote by mail in November.   Five states: Washington, Oregon, Utah, Colorado, and Hawaii, have conducted their elections almost exclusively by mail for years -- and all available e…
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July 8, 2020 at 9:03 PM

Obama offers the comfort that Trump can’t

        Friends,   Barack Obama has stepped in to provide the kind of human decency that Donald Trump is clearly incapable of.   We now know Obama called George Floyd’s family to offer comfort for the heartbreak that’s gripped a nation, telling them “I…
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July 8, 2020 at 6:07 PM

Rachel Maddow asks Susan Rice about VP rumors

        Friends,   Susan Rice was America’s first black UN ambassador, Barack Obama’s national security advisor, and is now -- potentially -- America’s next vice president.   When Rachel Maddow asked Rice about her take on VP speculation, Rice said she…
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July 8, 2020 at 3:01 PM

Trump chooses statues over people

        Friends,   At a time when civil unrest is gripping our nation and Americans of color face threats from all sides, Donald Trump has ordered the Department of Homeland Security to prioritize protecting the country’s statues.    This is unacceptab…
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July 7, 2020 at 9:01 PM

Kamala Harris is interrupted on the Senate floor

        Friends,   Senator Kamala Harris has said it was the heroism of civil rights icons that inspired her to pursue a career in law in the first place.   Now, Senator Harris is fighting for racial justice on all fronts -- leading the charge for poli…
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July 7, 2020 at 6:02 PM

AAPIs threatened by Trump’s growing anger

        Friends,   We wanted to make sure you saw this statement from the president.   Source: Twitter   Hate crimes against the AAPI community have been on the rise since the pandemic began.    And right now, all we’re “seeing” and “feeling” …
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July 7, 2020 at 3:02 PM

Biden’s list for the Supreme Court vs. Trump’s

        Friends,   So far, Donald Trump has nominated exclusively white men to the Supreme Court.   But during a historic reckoning of racial justice, Americans are demanding better.   That’s why Joe Biden has committed to nominating a Black woman to…
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July 6, 2020 at 9:01 PM

Racism is alive and well at the ballot box

        Friends,   For proof positive of systemic racism, look no further than the ballot box.   The evidence that voices of color are being disenfranchised at the polls is enormously clear -- with the Atlantic reporting that Black and Latinx voters wa…
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July 6, 2020 at 6:02 PM

Michelle Obama supports students, Donald Trump insults them

        Friends,   Michelle Obama is encouraged by the effect that anti-racist demonstrations are having across the country -- and she wants us all to know it.   Source: Twitter   Michelle is talking about the Princeton Board of Trustees’ decisi…
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July 6, 2020 at 3:01 PM

Kamala Harris “auditions” to be VP

        Friends,   Bloomberg News reports that “Kamala Harris’s push for police reform in the Senate is shaping up as an audition for the job of Joe Biden’s vice president.”   If it is an audition, Senator Harris is passing with flying colors -- refusi…
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July 5, 2020 at 6:03 PM

Kavanaugh votes against the right to choose

        Friends,   Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh is letting all of America know that he dissents against the right to choose.   That was the essence of Kavanugh’s vote on Monday -- when Trump’s handpicked ally on the high court said he would upho…
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July 5, 2020 at 3:01 PM

Pelosi condemns McConnell for putting party over country

        Friends,   Nancy Pelosi wants Mitch McConnell to know that she’s counting the days since he gave up on helping the American people.   In a letter written alongside Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Pelosi excoriated McConnell for not liftin…
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July 3, 2020 at 9:01 PM

Trump endorses white supremacy

        Friends,   We can’t believe we have to write this.   Donald Trump has endorsed white supremacy. The president retweeted and then deleted a video of one of his supporters chanting “white power!” -- saying he was thankful for the “great people” w…
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July 1, 2020 at 3:06 PM

Time is running out for America’s most at-risk citizens

        Hello there,   Medicaid protects low-income and at-risk Americans -- including children, pregnant mothers, the elderly, and the disabled.   And right now, the program is struggling to survive the current crisis.   NPR reports that, “State Medi…
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June 30, 2020 at 10:32 PM

The shocking data on the pandemic’s racial inequities

        Friends,   The numbers are coming in on racial disparities in health care during the pandemic -- and they’re even worse than we feared.   The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services report that African Americans enrolled in Medicare have bee…
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June 30, 2020 at 6:12 PM

Trump charges Obama with betraying his country

        Friends,   “Treason. Treason. It’s treason.”   According to Donald Trump, that’s the crime Barack Obama has committed against the United States of America.   In an interview with CBN News, Trump spouted wild allegations about Obama “spying” o…
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June 30, 2020 at 3:14 PM

Michelle Obama could turn Arizona blue

        Friends,   Michelle Obama is trying hard to turn Arizona blue.   She’s recruited the mayors of Mesa and Phoenix, two major cities in the vital battleground state, to join her Civic Cities voter initiative.   And according to Phoenix mayor J…
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June 29, 2020 at 10:35 PM

The “consensus front-runner” for VP

        Friends,   NPR: “More than a month before former Vice President Joe Biden's stated deadline for naming his running mate, California Sen. Kamala Harris is emerging as the consensus front-runner to become Democrats' vice presidential nominee.”   Wh…
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June 29, 2020 at 6:07 PM

Trump, stung by court losses, redoubles attacks on DACA

        Friends,   Donald Trump is having a rough time in the Supreme Court.   On the same day SCOTUS ruled that workplace discrimination against LGBT Americans is prohibited by federal law, the high court also upheld California’s now-famous “sanctuary” …
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June 29, 2020 at 3:07 PM

Elizabeth Warren wants to defund Bill Barr

        Friends,   Elizabeth Warren is making it clear that she wants to clean up the Trump Team’s dirty lawyers -- even if they happen to be Attorney General.   Before AG Bill Barr eventually succeeded in firing the U.S. attorney responsible for putting…
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June 28, 2020 at 9:03 PM

The real-world effects of Trump’s racist language

        Friends,   The Washington Post reports that, “Asian Americans have experienced a sharp increase in racist verbal abuse and physical attacks during the pandemic, with the FBI warning of a potential surge in hate crimes against Asians as the coronavi…
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June 28, 2020 at 4:33 PM

Trump denies new immigrants the right to work

        Friends,   On Monday, Donald Trump blocked hundreds of thousands of potential immigrants from seeking work in America.   According to the New York Times, Trump used an executive order to block visas “for a wide variety of jobs, including those fo…
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June 28, 2020 at 1:32 PM

Trump’s new racist term for the coronavirus

        Hello there,   Do you remember when Donald Trump said AAPI journalist Weijia Jiang should “ask China” about his failed response to the pandemic?   Well now, Weijia Jiang has witnessed another stunning example of xenophobic hate from the president…
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June 27, 2020 at 6:01 PM

Michelle Obama defends the right to vote

        Friends ,   “Already in state and local elections, we’ve seen voters forced to choose between protecting their health and making their voices heard -- and that’s absolutely not acceptable.”   That’s what Michelle Obama had to say about the ri…
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June 27, 2020 at 4:31 PM

Trump calls record AAPI unemployment “the right direction”

        Friends ,   Asian American unemployment is at 15% -- the highest level ever recorded.    In the midst of this unprecedented joblessness crisis in the AAPI community, what does the president tweet?   Source: Twitter   A tone-deaf, self-congr…
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June 27, 2020 at 1:33 PM

A woman of color in the executive branch?

        Friends,   Our mission at ASPIRE has always been to create a Congress that looks more like the people it represents. Now, not only are more diverse candidates winning state and local elections -- they’re among the top candidates for vice president.…
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June 26, 2020 at 10:32 PM

Trump’s Rust Belt support disintegrates

        Much of Trump’s support in 2016 came from the so-called “Rust Belt.” States that had seen industrial decline -- like Michigan, Wisconsin, and Iowa -- took a chance on Trump because they thought he could bring back their once-booming industries.   …
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June 26, 2020 at 6:04 PM

Sen. Harris helps raise over $2 mil for Biden

        Friends,   The New York Times put out a report that “Kamala Harris is emerging as the front-runner to be Joe Biden’s running mate for one reason above all others: She is the only female African-American possibility who has the political experience…
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June 25, 2020 at 10:32 PM

Trump says SCOTUS needs “NEW JUSTICES”

        Americans don’t agree on much these days. But one issue unites members of all parties -- the question of whether undocumented childhood arrivals to the U.S. should be deported.   Democrats, Republicans, and Independents all overwhelmingly want thes…
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June 25, 2020 at 3:03 PM

Joe Biden urged to pick Elizabeth Warren

        Friends,   Boston Globe Media reports that, “Stan Greenberg -- a pollster known for famously studying ‘Reagan Democrats’ and working with world leaders from Bill Clinton to Nelson Mandela -- is urging Biden’s campaign to pick Warren as his vice pr…
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