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  Cori Bush · [email protected]
September 1, 2023 at 6:19 PM

RE: Ayanna and I are the first Black women elected to Congress from our states.

I’m standing with my sister in service, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, after she faced a racist, anti-Black attack from a GOP presidential candidate this week. John, I’m standing with my sister in service, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, after she faced a hateful, racist attack f…
  Cori Bush · [email protected]
August 31, 2023 at 7:44 PM

Ayanna and I are the first Black women elected to Congress from our states.

I’m standing with my sister in service, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, after she faced a racist, anti-Black attack from a GOP presidential candidate this week. John, This weekend, a GOP presidential candidate called Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley -- my sister in service -- a lead…
  Cori Bush · [email protected]
August 30, 2023 at 8:41 PM

Sign now to guarantee housing as a human right:

Join me: Affirm the dignity of unhoused people! John, I know what it’s like to be unhoused, living in a car with my two children. And I don’t want anyone else to experience that trauma and pain, which is why I’m working relentlessly on housing justice in Congress. Two years ago,…
  Team Cori · [email protected]
August 27, 2023 at 5:38 PM

RE: Update: Court ruling on access to abortion pill Mifepristone.

This is just the beginning of the Republicans’ plan to ban abortion care nationwide: John, Medication abortion saves lives, and Congresswoman Cori Bush is leading the effort in Congress to protect our access to it. As part of the Republicans’ plan to ban abortion care nationwi…
  Team Cori · [email protected]
August 26, 2023 at 6:42 PM

Update: Court ruling on access to abortion pill Mifepristone.

This is just the beginning of the Republicans’ plan to ban abortion care nationwide: John, A federal appeals court just ruled to limit access to the abortion pill Mifepristone. That ruling is in limbo until the Supreme Court reviews it, but this is just the beginning of extremist…
  Team Cori · [email protected]
August 25, 2023 at 10:46 PM

As a person who had abortions, Cori will keep doing everything she can to protect people’s bodily autonomy and reproductive rights.

Representative Bush will NEVER stop pushing for reproductive justice. John, Since the far-right Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and stripped millions of people of their right to safe, legal, and accessible abortion care, some states moved to ban abortion while many states v…
  Team Cori · [email protected]
August 24, 2023 at 7:23 PM

RE: The first activist from the movement for Black lives to be elected to Congress:

Cori Bush introduced groundbreaking bills to end solitary confinement and transform our system of public safety. John, Around 122,000 people in federal and state prisons and jails are trapped in solitary confinement for 22 hours or more each day. This is torture, and it’s disprop…
  Team Cori · [email protected]
August 23, 2023 at 10:20 PM

The first activist from the movement for Black lives to be elected to Congress:

Cori Bush introduced groundbreaking bills to end solitary confinement and transform our system of public safety. John, We deserve a world without police violence and without the trauma of mass incarceration. We need to end our country’s instinct to criminalize, and instead build …
  Team Cori · [email protected]
August 21, 2023 at 8:30 PM

RE: We are living in a climate emergency:

Cori Bush has led efforts in Congress to call on President Biden to declare a climate emergency. John, The climate crisis is here and it’s killing people: Wildfires are still raging in Maui, with 1,000 people still missing and over 100 people dead. California is dealing with floo…
  Team Cori · [email protected]
August 20, 2023 at 8:50 PM

We are living in a climate emergency:

Cori Bush has led efforts in Congress to call on President Biden to declare a climate emergency John, July was the hottest month ever recorded -- and likely the hottest month that humans have experienced on the planet. Wildfires are still raging in Maui, with 1,000 people still m…
  Team Cori · [email protected]
August 19, 2023 at 10:09 PM

We can’t “celebrate” Trump’s real and present danger to democracy

Fox News is accusing Cori of “celebrating” Trump’s indictments. If it makes Fox angry, Cori must be doing something right! John, This week Fox News ramped up their attacks on Representative Bush, accusing Cori and other progressives of “celebrating” and “cheering on” Trump’s four…
  Team Cori · [email protected]
August 18, 2023 at 10:08 PM

White supremacist insurrectionist Trump cannot hold federal office again.

The former white supremacist-in-chief has been indicted yet again, this time on racketeering charges for attempting to invalidate the 2020 election results in Georgia. He must be banned from holding federal office ever again. John, On January 6th, 2021, Representative Bush had ju…
  Team Cori · [email protected]
August 16, 2023 at 10:48 PM

Toxic waste from Manhattan Project.

An important victory, but the fight is not over to clean up dangerous contaminated sites. John, Last week, over 8,300 people signed on in support of Rep. Cori Bush’s Justice for Jana Elementary Act of 2023, which would create a fund to clean up and test schools impacted by toxic …
  Team Cori · [email protected]
August 15, 2023 at 6:39 PM

Creating a legacy of empowerment

Celebrate National Black Business Month and continue the work of building Black wealth John, We’re celebrating National Black Business Month and Cori’s work -- both in Congress and at home in Missouri -- continuing to invest in, support, and grow Black wealth. Cori isn’t new to…
  Team Cori · [email protected]
August 13, 2023 at 6:01 PM

RE: Sign on to end police violence.

Cori Bush just re-introduced the groundbreaking People’s Response Act. John, During the Ferguson Uprising, Cori Bush was violently brutalized by police while trying to bring a woman to paramedics to help with a medical emergency. Even while protesting police violence herself, Cor…
  Team Cori · [email protected]
August 12, 2023 at 5:01 PM

Sign on to end police violence.

Cori Bush just re-introduced the groundbreaking People’s Response Act. John, St. Louis has led the country in police killings per capita. In St. Louis County, Ferguson police have targeted Black residents, who have endured near-constant police surveillance and harassment. Police …
  Team Cori · [email protected]
August 11, 2023 at 8:32 PM

RE: Toxic waste from Manhattan Project still harms our communities.

The toxic legacy of the atomic bomb in the United States still threatens children today. John, While people flock to see the movie “Oppenheimer,” many don’t know about the toxic legacy of the atomic bomb in the United States. Government mismanagement of radioactive waste from th…
  Team Cori · [email protected]
August 11, 2023 at 12:22 AM

Toxic waste from Manhattan Project still harms our communities.

The toxic legacy of the atomic bomb in the United States still threatens children today. John, Crowds have gathered to watch the movie “Oppenheimer” about a Manhattan Project leader who designed atomic bombs during the Second World War. But the film fails to mention the impact t…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
August 6, 2023 at 2:48 PM

RE: Support two critical allies in our struggle for Palestinian rights

John, Have you seen this email from JVP Action PAC supporting me and Cori Bush as we advocate for Palestinian rights? I’m honored to work for justice alongside my Jewish neighbors. Jewish Voice for Peace Action activists in my community and across the country are standing up to …
  Beth Miller at JVP Action PAC for Cori Bush · [email protected]
August 5, 2023 at 8:36 PM

Support two critical allies in our struggle for Palestinian rights

Dear John, Cori Bush and Rashida Tlaib are two of the most consistent champions for Palestinian rights on Capitol Hill. Now, they’re being attacked for their bold stances—and we need to have their backs. Time and time again, I have seen Rashida rise on the House floor to defend …
  Team Cori · [email protected]
August 3, 2023 at 8:31 PM

RE: Sign to guarantee housing as a human right:

Cori Bush understands how urgently we need housing justice for all. John, As Co-Chair of the Congressional Caucus on Homelessness, Cori Bush just reintroduced the Unhoused Bill of Rights, which provides a blueprint for the federal government to permanently end the unhoused crisis…
  Team Cori · [email protected]
August 2, 2023 at 10:41 PM

Sign to guarantee housing as a human right:

Cori Bush understands how urgently we need housing justice for all. John, Rep. Cori Bush has been unhoused, living in a car with her two children. She doesn’t want anyone else to experience that trauma, stress, stigma, and pain, which is why she’s led on housing justice in Congre…
  Team Cori · [email protected]
August 1, 2023 at 7:12 PM

dismantling white supremacy and building an anti-racist society:

To eradicate white supremacy, we must face its painful truth -- not hide behind whitewashed history. John, Last week, Cori Bush called out Republicans for their racist policies on the floor of the House of Representatives. She also called out Florida’s governor for defending the …
  Team Cori · [email protected]
July 31, 2023 at 10:38 PM

the human right to make decisions about our own bodies

Affirming the dignity, agency, worth, and rights of people with disabilities. John, July is Disability Pride Month, a celebration of disabled activists and an affirmation of the dignity, agency, worth, and rights of people with disabilities. Today and every day, Cori Bush advoc…
  Team Cori · [email protected]
July 30, 2023 at 3:33 PM

Top lawmakers’ ties to slavery.

Our government profited off the enslavement of Black people. John, Last week, Florida changed its school curriculum to require students be taught lies about Black history, including that enslaved people benefited from slavery. Florida’s governor Ron DeSantis and Fox News hosts ha…
  Team Cori · [email protected]
July 29, 2023 at 7:39 PM

RE: Black and Palestinian struggles against state violence:

Cori is unafraid to stand for the people. John, While in Congress, Cori has advocated for marginalized and oppressed people in the U.S. and abroad. She has championed Palestinian rights, including by leading her colleagues to push the U.S. State Department to stop Israel’s forced…
  Team Cori · [email protected]
July 28, 2023 at 8:56 PM

Black and Palestinian struggles against state violence:

Cori is unafraid to stand for the people. John, Cori Bush doesn’t want anyone else to have to go through what she’s gone through. That’s what fuels her activism and her policymaking, and it’s why she speaks up for people who have felt voiceless. She’s been assaulted by the polic…
  Cori Bush · [email protected]
July 27, 2023 at 7:11 PM

RE: [signatures needed] AIPAC is out of alignment with the Democratic Party, Democratic voters, and democracy itself.

I’m unafraid to speak out for Palestinian human rights. More Democrats should join me. John, In last year’s election cycle, anti-Palestinian group AIPAC and its network of PACs spent over $41 million attacking Democrats. But Democratic candidates still accept their endorsements …
  Cori Bush · [email protected]
July 26, 2023 at 6:33 PM

[signatures needed] AIPAC is out of alignment with the Democratic Party, Democratic voters, and democracy itself.

I’m unafraid to speak out for Palestinian human rights. More Democrats should join me. John, My campaign for Congress challenged the conventional wisdom that you have to uncritically support Israel’s government in order to win U.S. elections. I’ve joined other progressives in Con…
  Team Cori · [email protected]
July 22, 2023 at 8:19 PM

Cementing our right to abortions in the Constitution:

Sign now to call on Congress: Recognize the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment to the Constitution without further delay. John, On Friday, we marked 100 years since the Equal Rights Amendment was introduced to enshrine gender equality in the Constitution. Equality is o…
  Team Cori · [email protected]
July 21, 2023 at 8:03 PM

Cori’s birthday is today, the 100th anniversary of the Equal Rights Amendment.

Cori Bush is leading the movement in Congress to cement the 28th Amendment in the Constitution and protect our fundamental rights. John, Today is Cori Bush’s birthday, and it marks exactly 100 years since activists unveiled the Equal Rights Amendment to affirm gender equality in …
  Team Cori · [email protected]
July 20, 2023 at 4:27 PM

RE: Cori Bush boycotted Israeli President’s speech to Congress today!

Cori won’t be silenced when it comes to human rights abuses. John, Yesterday, Congresswoman Cori Bush stood up for human rights for all people by boycotting the Israeli President’s speech to Congress. Can you chip in today to support Cori as she stands up for human rights for al…
  Team Cori · [email protected]
July 19, 2023 at 11:27 PM

Cori Bush boycotted Israeli President’s speech to Congress today!

Cori won’t be silenced when it comes to human rights abuses. John, Today, Cori Bush boycotted the Israeli President’s speech to Congress. She made it clear that Congress should not be giving a platform to the President of a country that keeps violating human rights. Cori continu…
  Team Cori · [email protected]
July 19, 2023 at 3:25 PM

Signatures needed against abortion ban nationwide

Republicans in Congress recently proposed a national abortion ban, trying to take us back to the time before Roe v. Wade when the leading cause of death for Black women was sepsis from unsafe abortions. John, Yesterday, Congresswoman Cori Bush led a roundtable discussion about wh…
  Team Cori · [email protected]
July 15, 2023 at 5:36 PM

RE: Super PACs that want to maintain an unjust status quo are attacking Cori Bush

John, Cori Bush isn’t afraid to call out human rights abuses, at home or abroad. That’s why, when she held the apartheid Israeli government accountable for its recent attacks on a Palestinian refugee camp which killed children and adults, she was immediately attacked by the anti-…
  Team Cori · [email protected]
July 14, 2023 at 9:08 PM

Super PACs that want to maintain an unjust status quo are attacking Cori Bush

John, After the Israeli military bombed a Palestinian refugee camp last week, killing children and blocking medical assistance to wounded people, Cori Bush called for the U.S. to stop funding these war crimes against the Palestinian people. Anti-Palestinian group AIPAC called Co…
  Team Cori · [email protected]
July 13, 2023 at 8:38 PM

RE: Support a fair and independent judiciary: Impeach Clarence Thomas!

Decades of corruption on the highest court, attacking marginalized communities and receiving luxurious gifts -- the time has come to hold Justice Clarence Thomas accountable John, Did you see Cori’s email below? Cori is the first member of the House Judiciary Committee to call f…
  Cori Bush · [email protected]
July 12, 2023 at 9:34 PM

Support a fair and independent judiciary: Impeach Clarence Thomas!

Decades of corruption on the highest court, attacking marginalized communities and receiving luxurious gifts -- the time has come to hold Justice Clarence Thomas accountable John, I was the first member of the House Judiciary Committee to call for the impeachment of Supreme Court…
  Team Cori · [email protected]
July 10, 2023 at 8:08 PM

Updates on Cori’s advocacy:

Cori is advocating for our rights and pushing back against right-wing extremists. John, Here are some updates on what Congresswoman Cori Bush has been up to in Congress. In the past few months: Cori secured over $278 million for her congressional district, including: Over …
  Cori Bush · [email protected]
July 8, 2023 at 6:55 PM

[take action] Stop Kevin McCarthy’s Social Security-cutting commission

As FDR said in the summer of 1941, “no damn politician can ever scrap my Social Security program!” John, For more than 80 years, Social Security has been a promise to seniors that if you take a part of your paycheck and contribute, you will be able to retire with grace and dignit…
  Team Cori · [email protected]
July 6, 2023 at 6:28 PM

RE: Megyn Kelly and Marjorie Taylor Greene

While Republicans make disgusting remarks to rile up their bigoted base, Cori is showing real leadership. John, From the moment Cori was sworn into office in 2021, white supremacists have been threatened by her leadership and her mere presence in Congress. On July 4th, Cori sent…
  Team Cori · [email protected]
July 5, 2023 at 9:14 PM

Megyn Kelly and Marjorie Taylor Greene

While Republicans make disgusting remarks to rile up their bigoted base, Cori is showing real leadership. John, When Republicans are in disarray, what do they do to distract from their own chaos? Attack Cori. As the first Black woman to represent Missouri in Congress, Cori has a…
  Cori Bush · [email protected]
July 4, 2023 at 5:26 PM

This July 4th, our country is in a period of crisis.

Anti-freedom Republicans have made it their mission to interfere in our basic decisions about our bodies, from abortions to gender-affirming care. John, The Declaration of Independence says that “all men are created equal,” referring only to wealthy white men. When the U.S. Cons…
  Cori Bush · [email protected]
July 1, 2023 at 5:16 PM

Add your name to support the Abortion Justice Act

This legislation will ensure federally protected access to abortion: John, Black women have led the push for reproductive justice in the United States. Even when Roe v. Wade was in place, we faced systemic barriers to abortion care, including racism in healthcare. For example, t…
  Cori Bush · [email protected]
June 30, 2023 at 11:20 PM

Together, let’s dismantle systems of oppression!

Tonight at midnight we’ll close the books on a critical fundraising deadline. John, Before we close the books on tonight’s fundraising deadline, I wanted you to hear from me about how much your support means. Every day that I’m in Congress, whether it’s advocating for abortion r…
  Team Cori · [email protected]
June 30, 2023 at 10:18 PM

RE: Midnight tonight

We’re ready to put Cori’s record of advocating for justice and equity up against any opponent. John, Racist death threats are sadly nothing new to Rep. Cori Bush, as the first Black woman to represent Missouri in Congress. But they do mean that Cori needs a security detail 24 hou…
  Team Cori · [email protected]
June 30, 2023 at 7:55 PM

Midnight tonight

We’re ready to put Cori’s record of advocating for justice and equity up against any opponent. John, Tonight at midnight we’ll close the books on a critical fundraising deadline, and Cori needs our help. Last year, Super PACs that sought to maintain the unjust status quo spent m…
  Cori Bush · [email protected]
June 30, 2023 at 4:37 PM

RE: The Supreme Court is a cesspool of corruption, devastating our communities.

We have a mandate to ensure our rights are not stripped away by bought-and-paid-for judges trying to implement a fascist agenda. John, BREAKING NEWS UPDATE: The Supreme Court has once again prioritized profits over people and corporations over constituencies in the decision today…
  Cori Bush · [email protected]
June 30, 2023 at 12:13 AM

This is personal for me.

We all have the right to make decisions about our own bodies. John, About a year ago, I was sitting at the same clinic where I had an abortion as a teenager after a violent sexual assault. I was hosting a roundtable with the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services to discuss …
  Cori Bush · [email protected]
June 29, 2023 at 10:10 PM

Re: The Supreme Court is a cesspool of corruption, devastating our communities.

We have a mandate to ensure our rights are not stripped away by bought-and-paid-for judges trying to implement a fascist agenda. John, BREAKING: The Supreme Court decision on affirmative action today is an affirmation of white supremacy, not justice or equality. In her dissent, …