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  Team Cori · [email protected]
November 3, 2023 at 3:51 PM

We Demand A Ceasefire NOW

Our pro-peace, pro-humanity movement is strong and growing stronger by the day John, Calling for a ceasefire is not a “fringe” position, it’s the pro-peace, pro-humanity position. Over 1400 Israelis were killed by Hamas on October 7th, and over 8,000 Palestinians, including mor…
  Cori Bush · [email protected]
October 31, 2023 at 2:10 PM

Our pro-democracy, pro-peace agenda will prevail

We can beat those who want to maintain a status quo if we stick together. John, Leading with courage and a love for all of humanity has always put a target on my back by those who want to reverse the progress our movement has built. It’s no surprise to me that I would have an op…
  Cori Bush · [email protected]
October 3, 2023 at 4:04 PM

RE: New bill to end solitary confinement:

I introduced the End Solitary Confinement Act with colleagues, advocates, and survivors of solitary confinement. John, Solitary confinement is a form of torture that causes devastating harm. And on any given day, more than 122,000 people in the U.S. are subjected to this inhumane…
  Cori Bush · [email protected]
October 2, 2023 at 9:03 PM

New bill to end solitary confinement:

I introduced the End Solitary Confinement Act with colleagues, advocates, and survivors of solitary confinement. John, Over 122,000 people are locked in solitary confinement for 22 hours or more each day across federal, state, and local prisons and jails. Even more people are in …
  Team Cori · [email protected]
October 1, 2023 at 12:36 AM

We will never back down from white supremacist hate

As the first activist from the movement for Black lives to be elected to Congress, Cori is lifting up the movement’s demands into policy changes. John, Tonight at midnight we’ll close the books on a critical fundraising deadline and report dollars raised and spent to the Federal…
  Cori Bush · [email protected]
September 30, 2023 at 8:33 PM

RE: Cori Bush and I support striking UAW workers.

We’re powerful when we join together in solidarity. John, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and I supported striking UAW Local 2250 workers last weekend in Missouri. We’re joining workers in saying: Record corporate profits should mean record contracts for workers! When executives ca…
  Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez · [email protected]
September 30, 2023 at 4:40 PM

Cori Bush and I support striking UAW workers.

We’re powerful when we join together in solidarity. John, I just joined Cori Bush in Wentzville, Missouri to support and talk with striking workers from UAW Local 2250. When workers demand better, they’re speaking up on behalf of workers everywhere. And thanks to the resurgen…
  Cori Bush · [email protected]
September 29, 2023 at 10:03 PM

Urgent: help grow our movement for collective liberation

I took to the streets as part of the Ferguson Uprising, and I bring that bold vision for justice with me to Congress. John, After a police officer killed Michael Brown, I took to the streets for over 400 days as part of the Ferguson Uprising. That multiracial movement was a pivot…
  Team Cori · [email protected]
September 28, 2023 at 11:42 PM

RE: I’m proud of my 4% lifetime score from the right-wing funded extremists at the Heritage Foundation.

From corporate greed to workplace exploitation, Cori is fighting to protect and expand workers’ rights in Congress and at home. John, Just last weekend, we helped organize a UAW rally in Wentzville, MO where Rep. Cori Bush was joined by sister-in-service Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Co…
  Cori Bush · [email protected]
September 28, 2023 at 8:09 PM

I’m proud of my 4% lifetime score from the right-wing funded extremists at the Heritage Foundation.

From corporate greed to workplace exploitation, I’m pushing to protect and expand workers rights in Congress and at home. John, I believe workers need allies in Congress. From corporate greed to workplace exploitation, I’m pushing to protect and expand workers’ rights every day. …
  Team Cori · [email protected]
September 27, 2023 at 8:11 PM

RE: White men with flame throwers

John, the headline says everything you need to know about MAGA Republicans and the fascist threat we’re up against. These extremists are no longer fringe candidates laughed off the public stage. These are the mainstream candidates of a party that has been taken over by hate, bi…
  Team Cori · [email protected]
September 26, 2023 at 8:19 PM

White men with flame throwers

The viral video of a Missouri Republican gubernatorial candidate symbolically burning books is a violent example of why we need leaders like Cori in Congress. John, did you see this? That’s two Missouri State Senators, including a Republican candidate for Missouri governor, u…
  Cori Bush · [email protected]
September 24, 2023 at 7:37 PM

Stand in solidarity with UAW workers

This year, the Big Three automakers are projected to rake in $32 billion in profits. John, Across the country, workers are rising up demanding their right to fair pay and benefits -- and we must stand with them. Now, UAW workers at Ford, GM, and Stellantis have gone on strike, d…
  Cori Bush · [email protected]
September 23, 2023 at 5:10 PM

RE: Rashida and I are defending the right to protest.

We’re speaking out about the attacks on #StopCopCity activists. John, Rep. Rashida Tlaib and I are speaking out about attacks on our right to protest, which we’re seeing escalate with a shocking crackdown on #StopCopCity activists. In recent months, Georgia officials have charge…
  Cori Bush · [email protected]
September 22, 2023 at 7:57 PM

Rashida and I are defending the right to protest.

We’re speaking out about the attacks on #StopCopCity activists. John, Have you heard about the crackdown on #StopCopCity activists in Georgia? It’s outrageous, and relevant for all of our movements. Many community members oppose plans to build a massive complex just outside of A…
  Cori Bush · [email protected]
September 20, 2023 at 8:00 PM

RE: Access to education is a fundamental human right.

We must continue the work to cancel student debt. John, Student loan payments are set to resume October 1, and millions of borrowers face financial uncertainty. We must preempt this looming student loan default crisis. I’ve joined with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Rep. Ayanna Pressle…
  Cori Bush · [email protected]
September 19, 2023 at 9:06 PM

Access to education is a fundamental human right.

We must continue the work to cancel student debt. John, Student loan payments start back up again next month, and most people can’t afford to pay. We must urgently cancel all student debt. President Biden must keep the promise he made to cancel student debt for over 40 million p…
  Team Cori · [email protected]
September 17, 2023 at 6:58 PM

Demand a humane environment for incarcerated people in heat waves:

Rep. Cori Bush called for an investigation into heat conditions in U.S. detention facilities. John, We recently experienced the hottest month ever recorded. With more extreme heat waves coming due to climate change, prisons and jails are locking people up in deadly heat. Rep. …
  Cori Bush · [email protected]
September 4, 2023 at 6:36 PM

Worker safety during heat waves:

This Labor Day, I’m pushing for workers’ rights and safety in response to the deadly heat waves ravaging our country. John, This Labor Day, I’m pushing for workers’ rights and safety in response to the deadly heat waves ravaging our country. As climate disasters become increasi…
  Team Cori · [email protected]
September 3, 2023 at 7:39 PM

Tell Republicans: We will not work until we die

Before Social Security was enacted 88 years ago, 50% of seniors lived in poverty. John, Did you know that the life expectancy for Black people in the U.S. is just 70 years old, nearly 6 years less than white folks? For Native people it’s even worse -- more than 10 years less.[1] …
  Team Cori · [email protected]
September 2, 2023 at 6:15 PM

RE: Sign now to guarantee housing as a human right:

Join me: Affirm the dignity of unhoused people! 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 by 2027. The legis…
  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…