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January 20, 2021 at 3:47 PM

Cori Bush was booed for standing up against white supremacy

        Hi there,   Cori Bush let her House colleagues know that her vote for impeachment was a vote against white supremacy. And then Republican members booed her.   Source: Twitter   Cori Bush has been a prominent advocate for Black lives and again…

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January 19, 2021 at 7:46 PM

Stacey Abrams has become a top GOP target

        Friend,   Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger recently wrote an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal claiming that Stacey Abrams -- of all people -- is responsible for Trump refusing to accept the results of the 2020 election.   It's even…

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January 19, 2021 at 3:47 PM

Rep. Jayapal: “We ALL saw it. Now we must act.”

        Hi there,   Source: Twitter   The world saw the devastating violence that Donald Trump incited on January 6. And then they watched as only TEN Republicans voted to impeach.   As Rep. Jayapal said, Republicans aren't committing to protecting o…

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January 18, 2021 at 8:31 PM

Stacey Abrams has become a top target for the GOP

        Friend,   Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger recently wrote an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal claiming that Stacey Abrams -- of all people -- is responsible for Trump refusing to accept the results of the 2020 election.   It's even…

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January 18, 2021 at 3:47 PM

Sen. Tammy Duckworth is putting her GOP colleagues in their place

        Hi there,   Our country is still reeling from the Trump insurrection that was dominated by Confederate flag-wavers, Auschwitz supporters, and anti-AAPI voices -- and the GOP is already saying we need to move on.   Sen. Tammy Duckworth is having no…

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January 15, 2021 at 10:46 PM

TOMORROW: A night to remember!

        Hi there,   Our chair, Rep. Grace Meng, will be participating in Saturday's America United: An Inauguration Welcome Event Celebrating America's Changemakers. This is an event to celebrate the incoming administration and highlight the incredible div…

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January 15, 2021 at 3:47 PM

The white supremacy we saw on Jan 6

        Hi there,   “We don't want Chinese bullshit.”   In the midst of Confederate flag-wavers and Auschwitz supporters, anti-AAPI voices also rang loud as a man ripped down a scroll with Chinese script in a Congressional office.   It's clear the Trump …

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January 14, 2021 at 7:46 PM

Stacey Abrams is now a top target for the GOP

        Friend,   Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger recently wrote an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal claiming that Stacey Abrams -- of all people -- is responsible for Trump refusing to accept the results of the 2020 election.   It's even…

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January 14, 2021 at 3:46 PM

Trump's “most vicious cultist”

        Friends,   The New Republic condemned the Trump administration's evil deeds, like “its annihilation of the administrative state, rollback of protections for immigrants and the environment, and the systematic razing of social protections and guaran…

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January 14, 2021 at 2:47 AM

Stacey Abrams is now a top GOP target

        Friend,   Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger recently wrote an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal claiming that Stacey Abrams -- of all people -- is responsible for Trump refusing to accept the results of the 2020 election.   It's even…

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January 14, 2021 at 12:47 AM

Trump’s rhetoric fueled his white supremacist rioters

        Hi there,   The mob that ran riot in the halls of Congress last week replaced the American flag with Confederate and MAGA flags. White supremacists, QAnon conspiracy theorists, and members of the far-right smashed windows and rampaged the Capitol …

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January 13, 2021 at 10:47 PM

Trump’s white supremacist playbook and the Capitol mob

        Hi there,   White supremacy has a playbook -- and for the past four years, Donald Trump emboldened the very worst of America and set the stage for the attacks against our Democracy on January 6.   Despite electing the most diverse Congress in ou…

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January 13, 2021 at 7:47 PM

Stacey Abrams: “Revenge can be very cathartic”

        Friend,   As Stacey Abrams said at a recent rally: “Revenge can be very cathartic.”   And she must surely be enjoying her relief now that Rev. Raphael Warnock -- who she recruited to take on the corrupt Sen. Loeffler -- has won his election.   …

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January 13, 2021 at 3:46 PM

Stephen Miller's legacy

        Friends,   NBC News: “The Trump White House blocked the Justice Department from making a deal in October 2019 to pay for mental health services for migrant families who had been separated by the Trump administration … The Office of White House Cou…

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January 13, 2021 at 1:02 AM

The president's white supremacist rioters

        Hi there,   The mob that ran riot in the halls of Congress last week replaced the American flag with Confederate and MAGA flags. White supremacists, QAnon conspiracy theorists, and members of the far-right smashed windows and rampaged the Capitol …

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January 12, 2021 at 10:47 PM

Trump’s white supremacist mob

        Hi there,   White supremacy has a playbook -- and for the past four years, Donald Trump emboldened the very worst of America and set the stage for the attacks against our Democracy on January 6.   Despite electing the most diverse Congress in ou…

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January 12, 2021 at 7:45 PM

Stacey Abrams is now the GOP's top target

        Friend,   Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger recently wrote an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal claiming that Stacey Abrams -- of all people -- is responsible for Trump refusing to accept the results of the 2020 election.   It's even…

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January 12, 2021 at 3:46 PM

500,000 Americans could lose their Social Security benefits

        Friends,   The Hill: “The Social Security Administration (SSA) sent the Trump administration's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a proposal that … could ultimately prevent as many as 500,000 Americans from receiving benefits.”   The future o…

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January 11, 2021 at 7:46 PM

Trump's white supremacist rioters

        Hi there,   The mob that ran riot in the halls of Congress last week replaced the American flag with Confederate and MAGA flags. White supremacists, QAnon conspiracy theorists, and members of the far-right smashed windows and rampaged the Capitol …

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January 11, 2021 at 3:47 PM

Donald Trump’s white supremacist mob

        Hi there,   White supremacy has a playbook -- and for the past four years, Donald Trump emboldened the very worst of America and set the stage for the attacks against our Democracy on January 6.   Despite electing the most diverse Congress in ou…

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January 10, 2021 at 7:46 PM

Trump's grip on grassroots GOP

        Hi there,   While Donald Trump may be losing the support of Republicans in Washington, one Florida GOP leader told POLITICO, "The Trump name in the Republican Party is stronger than it has ever been."   Donald Trump has built a powerful fundrai…

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January 10, 2021 at 3:47 PM

Trump's rioters: “We don’t want Chinese bullshit.”

        Hi there,   The mob that ran riot in the halls of Congress replaced the American flag with Confederate and MAGA flags. White supremacists, QAnon conspiracy theorists, and members of the far-right smashed windows and rampaged through the Capitol a…

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January 9, 2021 at 7:46 PM

Joe Biden can save Social Security

        Hi there,   In its final days, the Trump administration has launched a last-ditch effort that “could ultimately prevent as many as 500,000 Americans from receiving benefits,” according to POLITICO.   Hundreds of thousands of people will suffer …

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January 9, 2021 at 3:46 PM

Donald Trump and his white supremacist mob

        Hi there,   White supremacy has a playbook -- and for the past four years, Donald Trump emboldened the very worst of America and set the stage for the attacks against our Democracy on January 6.   Despite electing the most diverse Congress in ou…

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January 5, 2021 at 3:47 PM

Georgia election workers are receiving death threats

        Friend,   POLITICO: “Gabriel Sterling, a top official in the Georgia secretary of state’s office, condemned President Donald Trump and the state’s two Republican senators, David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, in a fiery press conference ... after a l…

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January 4, 2021 at 7:55 PM

Yes, Sen. Perdue really said: “Kamala-mala-mala, I don’t know, whatever.”

        Hi friend,   “The most insidious thing that Chuck Schumer and Joe Biden are trying to perpetrate, and Bernie, and Elizabeth, and KAH-mah-la, or Kah-MAH-la, or KAH-mah-la or Kamala-mala-mala, I don’t know, whatever,” blathered Sen. David Perdue at…

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January 4, 2021 at 3:46 PM

Sitting senator Kelly Loeffler is interviewing with neo-Nazis

        Hi friend,   Forbes: “U.S. Senator Kelly Loeffler aggressively promoted an otherwise typical media interview she gave to a conservative media outlet. The problem is that her interviewer, Jack Posobiec, is someone who has been accused of promoting…

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January 3, 2021 at 7:47 PM

Sen. David Perdue’s racist attacks on VP-Elect Harris

        Hi friend,   “The most insidious thing that Chuck Schumer and Joe Biden are trying to perpetrate, and Bernie, and Elizabeth, and KAH-mah-la, or Kah-MAH-la, or KAH-mah-la or Kamala-mala-mala, I don’t know, whatever,” blathered Sen. David Perdue at…

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January 3, 2021 at 3:47 PM

The GOP’s base is racist and focused in on Warnock

        Hi friend,   There’s two Senate runoffs on Tuesday, but the GOP has homed in on who they think is the easiest target to rouse their base: Rev. Raphael Warnock, the only person of color on the ballot.   As The New York Times writes: “Spotlighting…

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January 2, 2021 at 7:48 PM

Mitch McConnell is on track to destroy our democracy

        Friend,   Donald Trump is screaming into the wind about election fraud while the rest of the country has already begun welcoming the new Biden-Harris administration.   But top Republicans are listening to him. After former Attorney General Barr …

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January 2, 2021 at 3:47 PM

Stacey Abrams is ready with a plan

        Friend,   The once unthinkable happened -- Georgia turned blue. And as POLITICO reports, we owe our gratitude to Stacey Abrams and the network of activists who have been planning this for nearly a decade:   “The people leading the effort to flip…

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January 1, 2021 at 7:48 PM

The GOP is cleaning house to win Georgia

        Friend,   POLITICO: “Republicans Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue of Georgia called on the state’s GOP secretary of state to resign … citing ‘failures’ in the election process but not providing any specific evidence to support their claims.”…

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January 1, 2021 at 3:47 PM

Stacey Abrams will change the course of history

        Friend,   The once unthinkable happened -- Georgia turned blue. And as POLITICO reports, we owe our gratitude to Stacey Abrams and the network of activists who have been planning this for nearly a decade:   “The people leading the effort to flip…

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December 23, 2020 at 7:47 PM

Fauci and the Biden administration

        Hi there,   It was a moment we'd long waited for: Dr. Anthony Fauci accepted a role in Biden’s presidential administration.   The president-elect officially asked Fauci to be his chief medical adviser, and to continue leading the country’s effor…

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December 23, 2020 at 3:46 PM

Trump’s new citizenship test will outlast his administration

        Hi there,   Trump might be on his way out the door, but his harsh and discriminatory legacy on immigration is only just beginning. Last month, the Trump administration unveiled a new U.S. citizenship test, which advocates have called “more diffic…

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December 22, 2020 at 7:47 PM

Kelly Loeffler sat for an interview with neo-Nazis

        Hi friend,   Forbes: “U.S. Senator Kelly Loeffler aggressively promoted an otherwise typical media interview she gave to a conservative media outlet. The problem is that her interviewer, Jack Posobiec, is someone who has been accused of promoting…

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December 22, 2020 at 3:47 PM

David Perdue: “Kamala-mala-mala, I don’t know, whatever.”

        Hi friend,   “The most insidious thing that Chuck Schumer and Joe Biden are trying to perpetrate, and Bernie, and Elizabeth, and KAH-mah-la, or Kah-MAH-la, or KAH-mah-la or Kamala-mala-mala, I don’t know, whatever,” blathered Sen. David Perdue at…

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December 21, 2020 at 7:47 PM

GOP blames Stacey Abrams for Trump's attempts to steal the election

        Friend,   Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger recently penned an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal with the headline “Trump Runs the Stacey Abrams Playbook.”   Yes, it’s about as bad as you’d expect. As he writes: “After four years of …

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December 21, 2020 at 3:47 PM

Stephen Miller’s reign of terror in the Trump White House

        Friends,   NBC News: “The Trump White House blocked the Justice Department from making a deal in October 2019 to pay for mental health services for migrant families who had been separated by the Trump administration … The Office of White House Co…

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December 20, 2020 at 7:47 PM

Why 500k Americans may lose their Social Security benefits

        Friends,   The Hill: “The Social Security Administration (SSA) sent the Trump administration’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a proposal that ... could ultimately prevent as many as 500,000 Americans from receiving benefits.”   This distu…

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December 20, 2020 at 3:48 PM

The GOP’s base is racist -- and that’s why they’re focused on defeating Warnock

        Hi friend,   There’s two Senate runoffs on January 5, but the GOP has honed in on who they think is the easiest target to rouse their base: Rev. Raphael Warnock, the only person of color on the ballot.   As The New York Times writes: “Spotlighti…

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December 19, 2020 at 10:45 PM

An update on our Georgia work

        Friend,   We’re proud to announce a new investment in the Georgia Democrats’ Asian American and Pacific Islander outreach program, the vital community-building effort that will make an incredible difference in the runoff elections on January 5.  …

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December 19, 2020 at 7:46 PM

Sen. Perdue’s racist attacks on VP-Elect Kamala Harris

        Hi friend,   “The most insidious thing that Chuck Schumer and Joe Biden are trying to perpetrate, and Bernie, and Elizabeth, and KAH-mah-la, or Kah-MAH-la, or KAH-mah-la or Kamala-mala-mala, I don’t know, whatever,” blathered Sen. David Perdue at…

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December 19, 2020 at 3:46 PM

The GOP is so desperate to win in Georgia that they’re cleaning house

        Friend,   POLITICO: “Republican Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue of Georgia called on the state’s GOP secretary of state to resign … citing ‘failures’ in the election process but not providing any specific evidence to support their claims.” …

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December 19, 2020 at 12:47 AM

What your support means

        Hi there,   Congresswoman and ASPIRE chair Grace Meng recently reflected on the movement we’ve created to elevate the voices of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) throughout the country.   In her opinion piece for The Hill, Rep. Meng m…

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December 18, 2020 at 10:45 PM

POLITICO: Far-right groups “are quietly infiltrating local government”

        Friend,   We know that the Proud Boys have made it their mission to defend Donald Trump’s far-right, white-nationalist agenda -- but according to POLITICO, there’s a new group we should be worried about.   The Oath Keepers, an extremist militia …

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December 18, 2020 at 7:47 PM

Joe Biden is begging us to do just this one thing

        Hi there,   Joe Biden has laid out a plan to control the pandemic within his first 100 days in office. The most important step? Ensuring that everyone wears a mask.   Biden has consistently said that he would push for a nationwide mask mandate -…

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December 18, 2020 at 3:48 PM

Sen. Perdue’s racist attacks on Kamala Harris

        Hi friend,   “The most insidious thing that Chuck Schumer and Joe Biden are trying to perpetrate, and Bernie, and Elizabeth, and KAH-mah-la, or Kah-MAH-la, or KAH-mah-la or Kamala-mala-mala, I don’t know, whatever,” blathered Sen. David Perdue at…

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December 17, 2020 at 10:46 PM

Why 500,000 Americans may lose their Social Security benefits

        Friends,   The Hill: “The Social Security Administration (SSA) sent the Trump administration’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a proposal that ... could ultimately prevent as many as 500,000 Americans from receiving benefits.”   This distu…

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December 17, 2020 at 7:47 PM

Stacey Abrams is being blamed for Trump’s attempts to steal the election

        Friend,   Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger recently penned an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal with the headline “Trump Runs the Stacey Abrams Playbook.”   Yes, it’s about as bad as you’d expect. As he writes: “After four years of …

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