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ASPIRE (Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders Rising & Empowering)

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June 24, 2020 at 10:31 PM

“The most diverse set of vice-presidential contenders in history.”

        Friends,   It’s no surprise that, amid national outcry for racial justice, the New York Times reports Joe Biden’s pool of potential running mates “features the most diverse set of vice-presidential contenders in history.”   But it is significant …
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June 24, 2020 at 6:06 PM

NYT: “Kamala Harris is emerging as the front-runner to be Joe Biden’s running mate for one reason above all others”

        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 experienc…
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June 24, 2020 at 3:03 PM

Trump’s testing policies ignore Americans of color

        Friends,   Americans of color have been disproportionately affected by the coronavirus. But unfortunately, we may never know the depth of the damage done to these communities -- because the government isn’t doing its job.   POLITICO reports that…
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June 23, 2020 at 10:32 PM

Warren shows the world she’s not afraid

        Friends,   Joe Biden has hinted he’s after a VP who’s been tested on the national stage.    Does marching alongside a crowd of protestors in the nation’s capital during historic unrest in the middle of a pandemic count?   Source: NYPost  …
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June 23, 2020 at 6:02 PM

Trump’s team denies the existence of systemic racism

        Friends,   Trump’s top economic advisor says systemic racism doesn’t exist -- otherwise, how could Barack Obama have been elected president?   Apparently, Larry Kudlow thinks that the election of a Black president magically solved centuries of r…
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June 23, 2020 at 3:02 PM

Border officials stole money meant for migrants and spent it on toys

        Friends,   Soap. Medicine. Food. These are the things that immigrants detained at the border need right now -- basic human necessities most of us probably take for granted.   But when Congress allocated over $100 million in funds to provide migr…
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June 22, 2020 at 10:32 PM

The leader we need

        Hi there,   To meet this moment, we need a proven leader.    We need a president who will combat discrimination, who will encourage the diversity that makes our country great, and who will work toward the promise of justice for all Americans.   …
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June 22, 2020 at 7:31 PM

“This is literally a life and death election”

        Friends,   “This is literally a life and death election...we can’t endure another four years of Trump; we have to do everything we can to get him out of office.”   That’s acting President of Planned Parenthood Alexis McGill Johnson imploring vot…
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June 22, 2020 at 3:03 PM

SCOTUS thwarts Trump’s immigration agenda

        Friends,   Donald Trump had a rough week last week at the Supreme Court.   On Monday, the same day SCOTUS ruled that workplace discrimination against LGBT Americans is prohibited by federal law, the Court also upheld California’s now-famous “san…
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June 21, 2020 at 10:33 PM

Joe Biden warns Americans: Trump “is going to try to steal this election.”

        Friends,   Joe Biden has a warning for Americans: Donald Trump “is going to try to steal this election.”   Biden condemned the president’s dangerous hypocrisy on vote-by-mail, saying Trump has lied about risks of voter fraud all while casting hi…
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June 21, 2020 at 7:32 PM

This VP candidate is “emerging as the front-runner”

        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 experienc…
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June 21, 2020 at 3:02 PM

Donald Trump forced to reschedule racist rally

        Friends,   Donald Trump’s been forced to reschedule his racist rally -- and now he wants credit for retreating in shame.   Trump had to move his Tulsa, Oklahoma event that he planned on Juneteenth -- the day that marks the end of legal slavery i…
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June 20, 2020 at 10:31 PM

The doctor who will fight for the health of the nation

        Hi there,   ASPIRE’s mission to elect a diverse Congress that reflects the people of this country grows more pressing by the day. America is facing threats to public health, to affordable and accessible health care, and to vulnerable reproductive ri…
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June 20, 2020 at 7:32 PM

Why November’s elections can’t look like June’s

        Friends,   June’s primaries gave us a preview of November’s general election. Unfortunately, the glimpse we saw is that -- unless we take drastic measures -- voices of color will be shut out in 2020.   Georgia’s election wasn’t the only one that…
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June 20, 2020 at 3:03 PM

Trump’s racist attempt to explain race relations

        Friends,   Donald Trump is trying hard to court votes from Americans of color -- but the racist language that keeps spilling out of his mouth is severely undercutting his message.   The president tried to use the economy as an argument for why v…
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June 19, 2020 at 9:31 PM

Defend disenfranchised Americans’ right to vote safely

        Hello there,   Donald Trump has taken a stand against the truth and against democracy, insisting that there is “NO WAY” that an election with mail-in-voting would represent the will of the people.   But the will of the people is clear: almost 75%…
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June 19, 2020 at 3:32 PM

Protect Asian American doctors and nurses 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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June 18, 2020 at 4:03 PM

Black journalists condemn Donald Trump’s racism

        Friends,   Trump is using the current crisis to ramp up his attacks on journalists of color.   He was already condemned by the National Association of Black Journalists after calling White House Correspondent Yamiche Alcindor “nasty” and “thre…
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June 18, 2020 at 12:31 AM

RBG makes history, again

        Hello there,   On Monday, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg voted to protect the LGBT community from discrimination at work.    And of the 6 justices who comprised the majority decision, RBG might have the longest history of fighting for…
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June 17, 2020 at 10:31 PM

Democrats present historic police reform bill

        Democrats in the House of Representatives, led by the Congressional Black Caucus, have introduced a bill written to address the issues at the heart of the country's historic civil unrest.   The Justice in Policing Act of 2020 would make it easier t…
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June 17, 2020 at 6:32 PM

Kamala Harris helps raise over $2 mil for Biden

        Friends,   Kamala Harris has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that she can drum up some serious support for Joe Biden.   The California senator’s recent fundraiser for the Biden Victory Fund brought in over $2 million -- and that was before the…
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June 17, 2020 at 3:01 PM

Civil Rights Commission agrees to Democrats’ demands

        Friends,   Senate Democrats have passed an important milestone in the struggle for civil rights.   After Senators Warren, Hirono, and Duckworth called on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights to act to quell the spike in anti-Asian American racism…
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June 16, 2020 at 10:32 PM

Biden and Duckworth team up to take down Trump

        Friends,   Joe Biden has a lot of Democrats who are eager to work with him. But when it was time to speak out against Donald Trump’s xenophobia, Biden knew one battle-tested progressive was better equipped than any other to join him: U.S. Senator …
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June 16, 2020 at 7:32 PM

Biden team urged to pick 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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June 16, 2020 at 3:01 PM

The AAPI community has given us all so much

        Hey friend,   New data shows just how integral the AAPI community has been to America’s recovery effort.   1 in 5 physicians or surgeons in America is AAPI. So are 1 in 11 nurses -- the vast majority of whom are immigrants.   That’s to say noth…
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June 15, 2020 at 10:31 PM

Obama calls for hope amid anger

        Friends,   Barack Obama has offered his deepest gratitude and his sincerest commendation to America’s peaceful protesters, saying, “You have communicated a sense of urgency that is as powerful and transformative as anything I have seen in recent y…
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June 15, 2020 at 3:01 PM

Kamala Harris proves to be a strong Biden ally

        Friends,   Kamala Harris has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that she can drum up some serious support for Joe Biden.   The California senator’s recent fundraiser for the Biden Victory Fund brought in over $2 million -- and that was before the…
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June 14, 2020 at 10:32 PM

Trump’s despicable immigration plot

        Friends,   Donald Trump wants to deport the country’s DREAMers -- and then blame Democrats.   POLITICO reports that Trump and his team are planning to use DREAMers as a bargaining chip, hoping that by delaying deportations they might earn larger…
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June 14, 2020 at 3:04 PM

RBG could decide against police protections

        Friends,   The Supreme Court could soon rule on “qualified immunity” for police officers.   The current rule, which was established by the high court in the 1960s, protects on-duty police from liability in cases of civil rights violations. But i…
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June 13, 2020 at 3:03 PM

40% of children could lose coverage

        Friends,   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 Medicaid…
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June 12, 2020 at 10:32 PM

“Obamagate” could backfire on Trump

        Friends,   Reeling from the fallout over his failure to protect the nation, Donald Trump is now looking for anyone but himself to blame -- and his sights are set on President Barack Obama.   But Trump’s phony “Obamagate” scandal could end up h…
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June 12, 2020 at 3:48 PM

Trump attacks black journalist on Twitter

        Friends,   Trump is using the current crisis to ramp up his attacks on journalists of color.   He was already condemned by the National Association of Black Journalists after calling White House Correspondent Yamiche Alcindor “nasty” and “thre…
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June 11, 2020 at 9:03 PM

Republicans seek to block Chinese students

        Friends,   A trio of Republican lawmakers have sponsored a bill set to block Chinese students from receiving high-level college degrees in the United States.   One of the sponsors, Senator Tom Cotton, said that, "The Chinese Communist Party has …
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June 11, 2020 at 3:10 PM

Biden urged to pick 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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June 10, 2020 at 8:32 PM

GOP forced to disavow bigot

        Friends,   Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy was forced to disavow Ted Howze, a Republican House candidate and confirmed bigot.   According to POLITICO, Ted Howze -- in a series of social media posts -- “derided Muslims, dissemin…
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June 10, 2020 at 3:02 PM

Help us fight against the NRA -- and for safety for us all

        Hey friend,   The most recent Gallup data on the subject reveals that almost two-thirds of Americans think laws covering the sale of firearms should be made more strict than they are now.   You’d think this would translate into a legislative vic…
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June 9, 2020 at 8:03 PM

AAPI workers need your support

        Friends,   AAPI workers have stood on the frontlines of America -- even well before the pandemic.   There are 1.4 million AAPI health care workers in the United States. Another 1.2 million work as part of the country’s food supply chain in farms…
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June 9, 2020 at 3:03 PM

Protect Asian American doctors 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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May 29, 2020 at 9:02 PM

Sen. Hirono calls out Trump

        Friends,   Donald Trump recently accused Barack Obama of being “the most corrupt president in US history.”    But Senator Mazie Hirono of Hawaii is not having any of it.   Appearing on MSNBC, Sen. Hirono called Trump out for projecting his own …
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May 28, 2020 at 4:34 PM

Do you stand against the Keystone pipeline?

        Friends,   Joe Biden has committed to reversing one of Trump’s most disastrous environmental decisions as president: allowing construction of the Keystone XL pipeline.    The pipeline, which Trump took executive action to approve after the Obama …
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May 27, 2020 at 10:32 PM

Barr denies Trump’s request

        Friends,   Donald Trump was demanding that Barack Obama appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee to answer questions about an invented GOP conspiracy theory called “Obamagate.”   AG Bill Barr shut Trump down, saying, “as long as I’m attorney …
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May 27, 2020 at 5:01 PM

Schumer says McConnell lives in “alternate universe”

        Friends,   “What alternate universe is he in?”   That’s the question Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer had for Mitch McConnell, who just shot down the $3 trillion relief package passed by the Democratic House, saying he felt no “urgency” to ac…
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May 27, 2020 at 12:03 AM

This VP contender wants to reach the Obama Coalition

        Friends,   Democrats face a problem in 2020: how to best reach voters in swing states, where Donald Trump currently has a narrow lead.   Democratic VP contender Stacey Abrams has a solution -- stop trying to convince white moderates to vote for J…
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May 26, 2020 at 8:31 PM

A battle-tested leader of color for the Democratic House

        Hi there,   At ASPIRE, we’re committed to protecting and expanding the Democratic House majority. There’s no better way to do that than by replacing Republican representatives with dynamic, progressive leaders of color -- and no better such leader f…
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May 26, 2020 at 3:01 PM

Vice President Pelosi?

        Friends,   Vox News recently called House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “the most powerful Democrat in the country.”   It’s not hard to see why. Just this year, Pelosi negotiated Congress’s passing of the CARES Act, the $2 trillion relief package that inc…
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May 24, 2020 at 8:31 PM

POLITICO: “Kamala [Harris] emerges as early Biden VP favorite”

        Hello there,   Kamala Harris is an early favorite for Biden’s vice president. She’s earned the approval of dozens of Biden’s top advisers and allies, and now POLITICO reports that “Influential donors are joining in the push, seeing the daughter of …
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May 24, 2020 at 3:33 PM

Trump gets personal with Obama

        Friends,   At a commencement address for historically black colleges and universities, Barack Obama issued what some might consider a fairly mild criticism of Trump’s pandemic response, all things considered -- with the former president saying, “Mo…
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May 23, 2020 at 11:31 PM

Trump tries to make amends

        Friends,   Realizing he’ll need help to win re-election, Trump has finally turned to address communities of color -- if only to make the case that they should issue a full-throated approval of the job he’s done so far.   That might be a hard sell…
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May 23, 2020 at 3:33 PM

A potential VP pick who’s proved she’s not scared of Trump

        Friends,   Val Demings is a Democratic Florida Congresswoman, ex-chief of police, and former House Impeachment manager during the trial of Donald Trump.    And according to presumptive nominee Joe Biden, Demings is a “very competent, very capable…
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May 22, 2020 at 9:31 PM

Stand up for USPS and for vote-by-mail

        Hello there,   Donald Trump has a long history of appointing unqualified loyalists to top government positions.   But his appointment of Louis DeJoy is the most egregious yet. The first USPS head in over 20 years to not rise through the agency’s …
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