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April 6, 2021 at 8:01 PM

Nikki Fried is already taking on the “future of the Republican party”

A Woman's Place         John,   Donald Trump had a quick answer when reporters asked him who he saw as the “future” of the Republican Party: Florida governor Ron DeSantis.   We know why DeSantis is Trump's new favorite, even if he might not be on your radar ju…
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April 5, 2021 at 7:01 PM

Kemp signs laws to help him beat Stacey Abrams

A Woman's Place         Hi John,   Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed a voter suppression law to help himself defeat voting rights champion Stacey Abrams in 2022.   That's what happens when a Black progressive organizer uses her power to turn out a record numb…
  A · [email protected]
April 5, 2021 at 2:01 PM

Nikki Fried is taking on the “future of the Republican party”

A Woman's Place         John,   Donald Trump had a quick answer when reporters asked him who he saw as the “future” of the Republican Party: Florida governor Ron DeSantis.   We know why DeSantis is Trump's new favorite, even if he might not be on your radar ju…
  Ben TerMaat · [email protected]
April 4, 2021 at 2:01 PM

A quick update on our fight to protect the Senate

A Woman's Place         Hi John,   Last month, Mary Gay wrote to you to share her concerns about Nevada Senator Catherine Cortez Masto and protecting vulnerable women in the Senate -- and you stepped up big time.   Because of you, we've been able to push resou…
  A · [email protected]
April 3, 2021 at 2:01 PM

GA governor signs law to help himself beat Stacey Abrams

A Woman's Place         Hi John,   Just last week, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed a voter suppression law to help himself defeat voting rights champion Stacey Abrams in 2022.   That's what happens when a Black progressive organizer uses her power to turnou…
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April 1, 2021 at 2:01 PM

We need to hear from you, John:

A Woman's Place         Democrats have delivered on a number of key issues: helping Americans through the pandemic with the American Rescue Plan, passing the Equality Act and the For the People Act in the House, and ending family separations at the border.   B…
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March 31, 2021 at 6:01 PM

McConnell is doing a bad job hiding the GOP’s war on voting rights

A Woman's Place         Hi John,   Speaking out against Democratic voting rights legislation, Mitch McConnell shamelessly claimed that Democrats' efforts were unnecessary because “states are not engaging in trying to suppress voters, whatsoever.”   And yet, ju…
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March 30, 2021 at 7:01 PM

NBC: Democrats move to expel Marjorie Taylor Greene from Congress

A Woman's Place         John,   According to NBC News, Democrats have introduced a resolution to remove Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from the House because she “advocated violence against our peers.”   That is an understatement. Green has threatened to shoot Sp…
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March 30, 2021 at 5:01 PM

The Violence Against Women Act was opposed by 172 Republicans

A Woman's Place         John —   Last week, the House voted on a number of key bills for women's rights. Among them was the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act — landmark legislation that created lifechanging protections for victims of domestic v…
  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]
March 29, 2021 at 11:00 PM

I’m thinking of their stories today, John

There's no way around it: The recent mass shooting in Atlanta targeted Asian women and was a clear act of hatred.   They were mothers, business owners, veterans — valued members of their communities.   Like you, I was horrified to hear Capt. Jay Baker of the Cherokee County Sheriff's office j…
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March 29, 2021 at 6:01 PM

172 Republicans wanted to stop the Violence Against Women Act

A Woman's Place         John —   Last week, the House voted on a number of key bills for women's rights. Among them was the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act — landmark legislation that created lifechanging protections for victims of domestic v…
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March 28, 2021 at 2:00 PM

NYT: “Ron Johnson helps erode confidence in government”

A Woman's Place         John: The New York Times is reporting that Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson has replaced Trump as “the Republican Party's foremost amplifier of conspiracy theories and disinformation.” So we're going to kick him out of the Senate.   Johnso…
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March 27, 2021 at 3:01 PM

172 Republicans tried to stop the Violence Against Women Act:

A Woman's Place         John —   Last week, the House voted on a number of key bills for women's rights. Among them was the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act — landmark legislation that created lifechanging protections for victims of domestic v…
  Equal Rights Alert (via A · [email protected]
March 26, 2021 at 6:03 PM

204 Republicans just voted against women.

A Woman's Place         John—   The House of Representatives just took a key vote to move the Equal Rights Amendment one step closer to becoming law. And 204 Republicans voted against it.   John, Democrats have been fighting to pass the Equal Rights Amendment …
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March 25, 2021 at 4:02 PM

We need to stop Mitch McConnell.

A Woman's Place         John—   With control of the House and Senate up for grabs, everyone is gearing up for the 2022 election — especially Mitch McConnell.   In just the last week, McConnell has been bragging about the fundraising power of his super PAC and …
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March 24, 2021 at 3:01 PM

Why is it important to have women in the House?

A Woman's Place         John --   Did you know that right now there's a record number of women serving in the House of Representatives? We've come a long way from zero, but women still only make up 27% of the House.   Women only made up 19% of the House in 201…
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March 23, 2021 at 4:01 PM

Help us keep these Democratic women in the Senate

A Woman's Place         John --   We wanted to give you a quick update on our progress. Yesterday we told you about our new fund to defend Democratic women in the Senate who are up for re-election next year -- and you came through in a huge way.   We can't emp…
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March 22, 2021 at 2:01 PM

1⁄4 of Democratic women...

A Woman's Place         John --   2022 is going to be a make-or-break year for Democrats. With control of the Senate hanging in the balance, it's critical that we defend our Democratic majority — including the four Democratic women who are up for re-election. …
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March 21, 2021 at 4:03 PM

Holding sexist lawmakers accountable

A Woman's Place         John --   In 2018, the country watched as Brian Kemp stole the Georgia governor's race from Stacey Abrams by disenfranchising tens of thousands of voters -- and in doing so kept Georgia from electing its first woman governor.   But once…
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March 20, 2021 at 7:01 PM

Tonight’s fundraising goal

A Woman's Place         John —   We know you're busy, so we'll keep this short.   This morning, we emailed you about the wave of abortion bans Republican lawmakers are pushing through state legislatures across the country. These misogynistic laws are designed …
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March 20, 2021 at 3:01 PM

Republicans’ attacks on women

A Woman's Place         John —   Republicans in state houses across the country are leading attacks on women and our right to choose.   In the last month alone, dramatic abortion bans have been introduced in South Carolina, Arkansas, Idaho, and Ohio — and they…
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March 19, 2021 at 6:01 PM

Tammy Duckworth just announced:

A Woman's Place         John --   We're lucky to have so many fierce advocates for women in the Senate right now -- and Senator Tammy Duckworth is among them.   In her first term, Senator Duckworth blazed a trail for women in politics. She even dared challenge…
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March 19, 2021 at 2:02 PM

ADD YOUR NAME: “We have never been closer to D.C. statehood”

A Woman's Place         John,   The House will hear a bill on D.C. statehood next week on March 22 -- meaning we might soon have a 51st state.   D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, who introduced the legislation, noted, “With Democrats in control of the White…
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March 18, 2021 at 5:01 PM

AG Letitia James isn’t afraid of Trump, the NRA, or Jeff Bezos

A Woman's Place         Hi John,   New York Attorney General Letitia James has proven she isn't scared of anyone -- especially not Donald Trump.   Tish James, as she likes to be called, learned about overcoming challenges as the first Black woman to hold cityw…
  A · [email protected]
March 18, 2021 at 2:02 PM

Facebook is close to overturning Trump’s ban

A Woman's Place         Hi John,   Mark Zuckerberg and his friends at Facebook “indefinitely” banned Trump from posting on their platform after he used it to incite a deadly mob to break into the Capitol. But now, Facebook's Oversight Board is considering lett…
  A · [email protected]
March 17, 2021 at 8:31 PM

Getting Ron Johnson out of the Senate is a top priority

A Woman's Place         John: We're going to get one of Trump's most fervent loyalists out of the Senate.   Wisconsin senator Ron Johnson, a chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, dismissed the Capitol riot on January 6, saying that it “didn't see…
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March 17, 2021 at 7:03 PM

NEW POLL: Marco Rubio LOSING support in Florida

A Woman's Place           John,   Sen. Marco Rubio, one of the GOP Senators who voted to throw out Donald Trump's impeachment case, is up for reelection next year -- and a new poll from Florida shows he's vulnerable!   Rubio thinks he's untouchable. While milli…
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March 17, 2021 at 3:03 PM

ACTION NEEDED: Corporations have spent millions to keep climate change deniers in Congress

A Woman's Place         John, we have to act fast:   The Hill has reported that “since the 2016 election cycle, 86 percent of the $181.9 million oil and gas industry PACs and employees donated to federal candidates went to Republicans.”   The takeaway? Corpora…
  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]
March 16, 2021 at 9:01 PM

We need to protect Catherine Cortez Masto’s Senate seat, John

A Woman's Place         Hi John,   I'm reaching out to you directly about Senator Catherine Cortez Masto and the GOP's efforts to unseat her and take back the Senate next year.   Republicans just unleashed their first ad barrage of the cycle against her. The a…
  A · [email protected]
March 16, 2021 at 7:02 PM

We're putting our all into unseating Ron Johnson

A Woman's Place         John: We're going to get one of Trump's most fervent loyalists out of the Senate.   Wisconsin senator Ron Johnson, a chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, dismissed the Capitol riot on January 6, saying that it “didn't see…
  A · [email protected]
March 16, 2021 at 5:45 PM

A GOP governor just undid decades of women’s rights in his state

A Woman's Place           POLITICO: “Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson … signed into law legislation banning nearly all abortions in the state, a sweeping measure that supporters hope will force the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit its landmark Roe v. Wade decision.”  …
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March 16, 2021 at 2:45 PM

Dr. Jill Biden comforts families, even as Republicans disparage her

A Woman's Place         Hi John,   Dr. Jill Biden recently made a visit to Whidbey Island's Naval Air Station to hear about the challenges military families are facing from the pandemic.   These kinds of visits are personal for Dr. Biden, who has proudly calle…
  A · [email protected]
March 15, 2021 at 7:01 PM

We’re going all in to get Ron Johnson out of the Senate

A Woman's Place         John: We're going to get one of Trump's most fervent loyalists out of the Senate.   Wisconsin senator Ron Johnson, a chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, dismissed the Capitol riot on January 6, saying that it “didn't see…
  A · [email protected]
March 15, 2021 at 5:00 PM

The GOP won’t protect women because it hurts the NRA’s gun sales

A Woman's Place         John,   Senator Amy Klobuchar is putting the pressure on Biden to back the Violence Against Women Act, noting that Senate Democrats “are very concerned that, as a result of the pandemic, cases of domestic violence and sexual assault hav…
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March 15, 2021 at 3:02 PM

McConnell is blocking Democrats from adding two stars to our flag

A Woman's Place         John: We're one step closer to a truly representative democracy.   According to CBS News, lawmakers in Congress have introduced a new bill to grant Puerto Rico statehood -- and advocates fighting for Washington, D.C. statehood are more …
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March 14, 2021 at 5:01 PM

The GOP’s nativist attacks against Sen. Tammy Duckworth could work

A Woman's Place         John,   Republicans are revamping their smear campaign against Democratic Senator Tammy Duckworth, painting her as “anti-family” to take back the one seat Mitch McConnell needs to get his Senate Majority Leader title back next year.   R…
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March 14, 2021 at 3:01 PM

Stacey Abrams is reminding the GOP that we “have the capacity to win”

A Woman's Place         John,   This is in from FiveThirtyEight: “Many Republican state legislators spend the early days of this year's legislative session proposing laws that would make it harder to vote.”   Republicans lost the White House, House, AND the Se…
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March 13, 2021 at 6:01 PM

The GOP could stop Stacey Abrams from becoming the first Black woman governor in history

A Woman's Place         John,   According to RealClear Politics, “Republicans are well aware if Stacey Abrams herself is a candidate -- again -- to become the first Black woman governor ever in the country, that she will have a much better chance of succeeding…
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March 13, 2021 at 4:01 PM

Marjorie Taylor Greene thinks COVID-19 is a Democratic “political scam”

A Woman's Place         John,   On the eve of passing the American Rescue Plan, a historic relief package to help American families through the pandemic, all Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene had to say was: “Why do we need to spend another $2 trillion for ‘…
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March 12, 2021 at 8:01 PM

We still have time to change our future

A Woman's Place         John, we'll keep this brief.   The disaster in Texas is just the most recent evidence that the climate crisis is becoming more and more urgent by the day.   No one ever expected we'd see Houston freeze over -- and that means none of us …
  A · [email protected]
March 12, 2021 at 4:01 PM

The RNC is making VP Harris “a focal point of their political attacks”

A Woman's Place         John, as the GOP ramps up its attacks against VP Harris, would you please let us know:   How would you rate Kamala Harris's performance in the first 100 days in office?   EXCELLENT GOOD AVERAGE BELOW AVERAGE …
  A · [email protected]
March 11, 2021 at 6:01 PM

Only you can stop GOP voter suppression

A Woman's Place         John,   The House has just passed H.R. 1 -- the For the People Act -- which would transform our voting system to a greater exten t th an we've seen in decades.   It creates a national system for voter registration. It will fundamentally…
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March 11, 2021 at 4:01 PM

Kamala Harris could override the GOP’s voter suppression tactics in the Senate

A Woman's Place         Hi John,   The For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act would combat the GOP's rampant voter suppression tactics in battleground states like Georgia -- and everyone from Joe Biden to Stacey Abrams is calling on Congress t…
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March 11, 2021 at 12:00 AM

The future of the planet is hanging in the balance

A Woman's Place         John, we'll keep this brief.   The disaster in Texas is just the most recent evidence that the climate crisis is becoming more and more urgent by the day.   No one ever expected we'd see Houston freeze over -- and that means none of us …
  A · [email protected]
March 10, 2021 at 10:01 PM

NY Attorney General Letitia James is holding Andrew Cuomo accountable

A Woman's Place         Hi John,   New York Attorney General Letitia James is taking a leading role in investigating the growing allegations against NY Governor Andrew Cuomo, boldly declaring that “allegations of sexual harassment should always be taken seriou…
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February 27, 2021 at 2:01 AM

Kamala Harris, "the most targeted American politician on the internet”

A Woman's Place         John: We have some alarming news.   According to the Los Angeles Times' Noah Bierman, “Research shows that Kamala Harris may be the most targeted American politician on the internet.”   The reason? She “checks every box for the haters o…
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February 27, 2021 at 1:01 AM

Biden is fighting back against gun violence

A Woman's Place         Hi John,   Great news -- Biden is gearing up to fight for better gun control measures.   President Biden is reportedly eyeing a variety of measures including required background checks for guns without serial numbers, increased restrict…
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February 26, 2021 at 11:31 PM

The GOP is blocking a historic Cabinet nomination

A Woman's Place         John,   In a historic nomination, Neera Tanden could become the first woman of color to head the White House Office of Management and Budget -- but Republicans are determined to block her nomination and force Biden to seek an alternativ…
  A · [email protected]
February 26, 2021 at 10:01 PM

Merrick Garland’s vow to curb extremism: “This is the highest, best use of my own set of skills.”

A Woman's Place         Hi John,   During his confirmation hearings, Merrick Garland made the American people a promise: that investigating the white supremacist groups that invaded the Capitol and bolstering civil rights would be his priority as Attorney Gene…
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February 26, 2021 at 8:02 PM

CNBC: The largest legal threat Trump faces

A Woman's Place           Hi John,   CNBC is reporting that New York Attorney General Letitia James probe into Donald Trump's taxes is “among the largest legal threats Trump faces” now that he's a private citizen.   AG James is the first Black woman to ever hol…