Sara Jacobs · [email protected]

July 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM

A damn shame

House Republicans have passed their cruel, immoral, disastrous budget. House Republicans have passed their cruel, immoral, disastrous budget. House Republicans have voted to kick millions of people off their health insurance.  House Republicans have voted to make millions more Americans go hungry. …

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  Sara Jacobs · [email protected]

July 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM

We only need FOUR Republicans to tank this bill. Call the House of Representatives now →

We still have a chance to block this cruel and disastrous budget. Hi friends, I’ll make this quick:  If you already know how devastating the GOP budget will be if it’s signed into law, you can skip the rest of this email and hit the phones: Dial (202) 224-3121 – the Capitol switchboard – right now …

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  Sara Jacobs · [email protected]

July 1, 2025 at 8:43 PM

3 things you can do to fight this terrible GOP budget

The budget comes back to the House now. Friends, Senate Republicans have passed their version of the budget bill, and now it comes back to the House.  Let’s be completely clear: This budget is a cruel, immoral mess. - It rips health insurance coverage from millions of people by making the largest …

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  Sara Jacobs · [email protected]

June 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM

We can still make a difference in this budget fight

Both versions of this budget bill are a cruel, immoral mess. Friends, Senate Republicans are finalizing their version of the budget bill right now and are pushing for a vote this week. If the bill passes, it will come back to the House.  There’s still a lot of uncertainty about what the final bill…

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  Sara Jacobs · [email protected]

June 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM

Important data privacy legislation ‼️

I re-introduced the My Body, My Data Act to codify meaningful privacy protections for reproductive and sexual health data. Hi friends – last week I re-introduced the My Body, My Data Act to codify meaningful privacy protections for reproductive and sexual health data.  If you use a period tracking a…

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  Sara Jacobs · [email protected]

June 13, 2025 at 9:33 PM

re: Alex Padilla

I’m sure you’ve seen the footage of Senator Alex Padilla being forcefully removed, pushed to the ground, and handcuffed while attempting to ask a question at a DHS press conference. Friends, I’m sure you’ve seen the footage of Senator Alex Padilla being forcefully removed, pushed to the ground, and …

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  Rep. LaMonica McIver · [email protected]

June 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM

I was just indicted for standing up to Trump

The administration’s attacks are baseless and the facts are on my side, but that’s not stopping them from going after me. Team—it’s LaMonica McIver. Last month, the Trump administration brought charges against me because I was doing my job as a member of Congress. Now, I’ve been officially indicte…

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  Sara Jacobs · [email protected]

May 31, 2025 at 5:22 PM

I can’t ignore this

Fundraising has been on the back burner — but it’s really important. Hi friends,   I want to be transparent with you about something that actually matters a lot, but that I’ve put on the back burner these last few months – fundraising for 2026.   I’ll admit it’s been difficult to think about everyth…

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  Sara Jacobs · [email protected]

May 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM

Memorial Day

Honoring those who gave everything in service to our countryThis Memorial Day, I’m remembering the brave service members who gave their lives in defense of our country — and holding close the families and loved ones they left behind. In San Diego, we know firsthand the depth of sacrifice that milita…

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  Sara Jacobs · [email protected]

May 21, 2025 at 9:46 PM

Republicans want to gut Medicaid by the weekend

(And hand billions to the ultra-wealthy in return.) Friends — this week we are in an all-out fight to protect critical programs from devastating budget cuts.   Late Sunday night, my Republican colleagues narrowly passed their 1,100+ page disaster of a budget bill through committee, and Speaker Mike …

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  LaMonica McIver · [email protected]

May 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM

BREAKING: These charges from the Trump administration are baseless

I went to an ICE facility in my district to conduct oversight because that is my job and my lawful right as a member of Congress. Friends,  The Trump administration just charged me with crimes for engaging in congressional oversight. This is a first—and it’s a flashing red light for our democracy. …

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  Sara Jacobs · [email protected]

May 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM

My op-ed in Fox News →

A message for Donald Trump Remember when Donald Trump called himself the “fertilization president”?   Well, today is the deadline for policy recommendations on how he can expand access to IVF like he promised to do in an executive order earlier this year — and I have a suggestion for him:  Support m…

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  Sara Jacobs · [email protected]

May 19, 2025 at 2:42 AM

3 things (part 3)

What I’ve done, what you can do, and some good news! Friends, It’s me again — sharing more updates directly with you on what I’ve been doing to fight back against President Trump, and what you can do too. As always, let me know if you have any feedback, what you like (or what you don’t like), and wh…

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  Sara Jacobs · [email protected]

May 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM

Baby tax

Higher prices isn’t what moms wanted for Mother’s Day. Folks,  As if it wasn’t already stressful enough being a new parent, Trump’s ridiculous trade war is making life more difficult and more expensive for new families.   Let’s call these tariffs what they are: a baby tax. Car seats. Baby strollers.…

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  Sara Jacobs · [email protected]

May 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM

The next big fight in Congress

The GOP budget is coming, and we need to be ready to fight it Speaker Mike Johnson wants the House to vote on a full budget package by the end of this month.  That means we’re about to face another all-out fight to protect critical programs.  In their budget proposal, House Republicans floated trill…

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  Sara Jacobs · [email protected]

May 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM

American taxpayers shouldn't have to fund Pete Hegseth’s makeup studio

…this is real Last week, I introduced a really simple amendment in the House Armed Services Committee: No taxpayer funds should be used to build, maintain, or outfit a makeup studio for the Secretary of Defense. Kind of absurd.   But here’s the more unbelievable part: Every single Republican on the …

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  Sara Jacobs · [email protected]

May 5, 2025 at 1:33 AM

DOGE is going after Social Security

Musk called it “the big one to eliminate” Folks,  While Republicans focus on handing out tax breaks to billionaires and Donald Trump focuses on instigating a constitutional crisis, Elon Musk is up to his own antics – recently announcing that Social Security is “the big one to eliminate” for DOGE.  T…

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  Sara Jacobs · [email protected]

May 3, 2025 at 1:47 AM

re: Breaking the emergency glass

When to do it, and what it means. I’ve been getting a version of the same question from a lot of people lately: “When is it time to break the emergency glass?” And maybe more importantly: What does that even mean?  I get it. I feel the same fear and frustration watching Trump and his allies openly d…

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  Sara Jacobs · [email protected]

April 29, 2025 at 5:32 PM

House Republicans passed a bad voter suppression bill. Here’s what you can do about it:

Three things to do right now → This month, House Republicans passed the SAVE Act, which would require you to prove your citizenship in person with a birth certificate or passport just to vote or change your address.  Republicans are spinning this bill as harmless. But don’t be fooled — it’s one of t…

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  Sara Jacobs · [email protected]

April 28, 2025 at 12:31 AM

We need to talk about what ICE is doing

Know your rights → Right now, Donald Trump is testing the bounds of his power by arresting and deporting immigrants with no due process. Here’s where things stand: We’ve all seen the horrifying videos online. Immigrants are being kidnapped off the streets, pulled from their homes or their cars, even…

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  Sara Jacobs · [email protected]

April 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM

3 things (part 2)

What I’ve done, what you can do, and some good news! Friends,  As promised, I wanted to share more updates directly with you on what I’ve been doing to fight back against Trump and what you can do too. I am going to try to send these every other Friday — so let me know if you have any feedback, what…

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  Sara Jacobs · [email protected]

April 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM

“the big one to eliminate”

Elon Musk on Social Security Folks,  While Republicans focus on handing out tax breaks to billionaires and Donald Trump focuses on instigating a constitutional crisis, Elon Musk is up to his own antics – recently announcing that Social Security is “the big one to eliminate” for DOGE.  This comes aft…

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  Sara Jacobs · [email protected]

April 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM

irresponsible billionaire tech bro

DOGE isn't saving money, and it’s not making government work better. “Move fast, break things” is a motto used a lot in the tech sector.   The idea is simple: prioritize speed over perfection. Get your product out quickly. If something breaks along the way, fix it later. The goal is rapid innovation…

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  Sara Jacobs · [email protected]

April 7, 2025 at 12:52 AM

"As I understand it, you'll pay nothing" *Wrong*

I fear the president doesn’t in fact understand it. This past week, Trump announced a sweeping set of tariffs — aka taxes — on nearly every single U.S. trading partner in a push he called “Liberation Day.”  The only thing these tariffs are liberating people from is their own hard-earned cash, since …

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  Sara Jacobs · [email protected]

April 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM

3 things

What I’ve done, what you can do, and some good news! Friends,  When I’m back home in San Diego, I get the same questions a lot. What are Democrats doing to push back against Trump? What can I do as an individual to push back? Is there any good news on the horizon?  I’m going to try to answer those q…

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  Sara Jacobs · [email protected]

April 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM

I just introduced legislation to defund DOGE

It’s not saving money, and it’s not making government more efficient. Elon Musk’s so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” — DOGE — has been a disaster.   It’s not saving money. It’s not making government more efficient.  It’s slashing funding for cancer research. It’s laying off air traffic …

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  Cory Booker · [email protected]

April 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM

My remarks on the Senate floor

I’m tired and a little hoarse, but I cannot stay silent. Friends — I hope you'll read the note below from Senator Cory Booker, whose incredible 25-hour speech on the Senate floor yesterday (the longest in history!) represented a powerful protest of this dangerous Administration and lifted up the sto…

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  Sara Jacobs · [email protected]

April 1, 2025 at 9:35 PM

We took on Mike Johnson – and we won!

And now he’s cancelled votes this week… Today was a big, big day. We took on House Speaker Mike Johnson — and we won!  But let me rewind for a second. Did you see this New York Times headline? Here’s the background:  I’m co-leading a bipartisan effort to allow Members of Congress to vote by proxy fo…

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  Sara Jacobs · [email protected]

March 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM

Something you can do *right now*

Democrats are running in special elections in Florida and New York Friends, I’ve gotten a lot of questions recently about what people can do to protect our democracy in this current moment.  As someone who worked in international conflict resolution and post conflict stabilization, I’m telling you f…

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  Sara Jacobs · [email protected]

March 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM

We need to talk about last week

The CR was a bad bill in the House and it was a bad bill in the Senate. Friends–  We need to talk about what happened in the Senate last week.  If you were following the national news, you probably heard that the House and Senate were hotly debating a Continued Resolution (commonly called a CR) that…

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  Sara Jacobs · [email protected]

February 26, 2025 at 1:36 AM

I voted against the reckless GOP budget resolution

Cutting Medicaid would do *serious* harm to people. Tonight my Republican colleagues in the House brought their budget resolution to the floor for a vote, and it narrowly passed 217-215.   I voted against it – along with every single other Democrat – because it’s a reckless and dangerous proposal th…

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  Sara Jacobs · [email protected]

February 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM

JD Vance hints at a national abortion ban. What you need to know:

At the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, DC. That didn’t take long.  Yesterday at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, JD Vance hinted pretty hard that the GOP’s next priority is a national abortion ban. As he put it, they’ve got the power. Despite plenty of emp…

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