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August 24, 2021 at 9:27 PM

We know what happens when we get complacent

  Hey, John xxxxxx — We can’t use the calendar as a barometer for how concerned we should feel about House Democrats’ chances for success in 2022. After losing the House majority in 2010 and the Senate in 2014, we know what happens when Democrats become complacent. With Democrats w…

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August 22, 2021 at 10:37 PM

An opportunity we cannot afford to miss

  John xxxxxx, As more and more of our communities experience the severe consequences of climate change, like extreme weather events, heat waves, flooding, and dangerous air quality, it’s clear that we are running out of time to act to stop the most devastating effects of climate c…

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August 19, 2021 at 5:19 PM

re: Haiti and Afghanistan

  John xxxxxx, This has been a heartbreaking week as we watch the situations in Haiti and Afghanistan. These tragic events represent extreme examples of why Democratic leadership on the global stage matters so much. We can rely on President Biden to work with Congress to decisively…

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August 15, 2021 at 6:59 PM

Tonight

  Hey John xxxxxx, It’s Erica. As a member of Hakeem’s Finance Team, it’s my job to make sure we have the resources we need to keep Hakeem fighting for us in Congress. I spend a lot of time looking at spreadsheets and invoices, and probably too much time refreshing our ActBlue repo…

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August 13, 2021 at 9:52 PM

The weekend

  John xxxxxx, Before you log off for the weekend, we have a quick ask to make of you: Will you make a contribution to our campaign to help reach our mid-quarter fundraising goal? Every contribution helps keep Hakeem fighting for us in Congress >> If you've saved your payment…

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August 11, 2021 at 5:49 PM

Arizona’s “audit”

  We wanted to make sure you saw this news about the fraudulent Republican “audit” of Arizona’s election, John xxxxxx: “Firm leading Arizona audit received millions from Trump supporters” — The Guardian Donors with ties to Donald Trump have provided the majority of funding for the…

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August 9, 2021 at 8:32 PM

You need to see what Marjorie Taylor Greene said:

  John xxxxxx, you need to see this headline from Rolling Stone: Pro-Covid Congresswoman Encourages Crowd to Greet Vaccine Door Knockers With Guns At a Republican fundraiser in Alabama last week, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene cheered the state’s low vaccination rate and suggested unv…

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August 6, 2021 at 11:33 PM

August 6, 1965

  John xxxxxx, Fifty-six years ago today, President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law. For decades, this landmark legislation has worked to guarantee the right to vote for Black and Brown Americans and stop racial discrimination at the ballot box. …

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August 4, 2021 at 5:17 PM

Will you sign Hakeem’s birthday card?

  Big news, John xxxxxx: Today is Hakeem’s birthday! He’s been hard at work fighting to pass our For The People agenda in the House and making progress on the issues that matter most to all of us, so we want to make sure he has our appreciation today. In honor of Hakeem’s birthday …

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August 2, 2021 at 8:22 PM

A little short

  John xxxxxx, Well, we pulled our grassroots fundraising numbers this morning and it looks like we came up a little short of reaching our July target. That’s not great. Unfortunately, this means we’re starting the month of August behind where we had planned on being. This is a cru…

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July 31, 2021 at 11:10 PM

Tonight’s deadline

  Hey John xxxxxx, I’m reaching out today to ask for your support. You see, tonight is our July fundraising deadline — and my team tells me we are still about 12% short of reaching our goal before the deadline passes. Unlike a lot of elected officials in Washington who have to spen…

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July 30, 2021 at 10:57 PM

Right to it

  We’ll get right to it, John xxxxxx: Hakeem is leading the tough fights in Congress on the issues that matter most to all of us, like rebuilding from COVID-19, tackling climate change, and protecting our democracy. And he counts on grassroots support to keep leading these fights. …

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July 29, 2021 at 7:29 PM

Here’s the deal

  Here’s the deal, John xxxxxx: With our July fundraising deadline just two days away, our grassroots fundraising has taken a significant dip. That leaves our campaign in danger of coming up short of our fundraising goal at a crucial time in the fight to protect our House majority.…

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July 28, 2021 at 7:48 PM

Yesterday’s hearing of the January 6 Select Committee

  John xxxxxx, Yesterday was the first hearing of the January 6 Select Committee in the House of Representatives. Four police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol during the violent insurrection shared their testimony with the committee, and it was harrowing. The officers describ…

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July 26, 2021 at 8:48 PM

Housing is infrastructure

  John xxxxxx, Let’s be clear: housing is infrastructure. For far too long, New Yorkers and Americans across the country have struggled to maintain one of life’s most basic needs: a place to live and call home. As our society begins to rebuild from COVID-19, we’re seeing soaring re…

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July 23, 2021 at 4:46 PM

An independent and honest investigation

  John xxxxxx, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is attempting to bury the truth about the violent insurrection. After Speaker Pelosi rightfully rejected two of McCarthy’s Big Lie-peddling appointees to the bipartisan January 6 commission, McCarthy rescinded his three remaining …

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July 21, 2021 at 8:24 PM

Protecting our Democratic majorities

  John xxxxxx, House Republicans outraised Democrats by $8 million in the last quarter. It’s clear they’re ramping up their fundraising efforts to take back the House majority in the upcoming midterm elections. We must fight back before their movement gains more momentum. So, we’re…

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July 19, 2021 at 3:56 PM

The right to vote is essential

  John xxxxxx, The Supreme Court has partnered with the GOP to permit voter suppression. After issuing two 6-3 decisions late last month to uphold dangerous new restrictions on voting, it’s clear the Court can’t be counted on to protect the right to vote. Now more than ever, we mus…

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July 16, 2021 at 7:51 PM

Creating a better tomorrow

  John xxxxxx, We’re hours away from our mid-month fundraising deadline and we’re still a few dollars short from reaching our grassroots fundraising goal. Every dollar raised fuels Hakeem’s work championing progressive values and provides Democrats with the resources they need to w…

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July 16, 2021 at 3:26 PM

Working for all Americans

  John xxxxxx, Yesterday, millions of American families received their first of six monthly payments thanks to the expanded Child Tax Credit passed as part of the American Rescue Plan. Thanks to your support to send Democratic majorities to Congress, we are projected to cut child p…

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July 14, 2021 at 6:33 PM

3 million jobs

  John xxxxxx, I have some good news I want to share with you — Over the past six months, more than three million jobs have been added to the U.S. economy. More jobs have been created in the Biden Administration’s first five months than in the first five months of any other modern …

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July 13, 2021 at 2:14 PM

We must stop Marjorie Taylor Greene

  John xxxxxx, Last week, Marjorie Taylor Greene compared the Biden Administration’s vaccine push to Nazi-era medical "brown shirts.” This is the second time Greene has drawn highly-offensive and insensitive comparisons between COVID-19 protocols and the Holocaust. But House Republ…

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July 12, 2021 at 5:29 PM

The consequences of climate change

  John xxxxxx, Last month was the hottest June on record for North America. The Pacific Northwest was hit particularly hard, experiencing unprecedented heat waves that devastated communities. Scorching temperatures led to spikes in heat-related deaths as well as intensified wildfir…

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July 9, 2021 at 7:55 PM

“I didn’t vote for it. But you’re going to get a lot more money”

  John xxxxxx, The American Rescue Plan helped deliver hundreds of millions of vaccine doses, provide emergency survival checks to millions of Americans, significantly reduce child poverty, and so much more. It was only possible thanks to people like you voting in overwhelming numb…

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July 7, 2021 at 9:51 PM

Protect Voting Rights

  John xxxxxx, Last week, the Supreme Court upheld two major voting restrictions in Arizona — setting a dangerous precedent for Republican state legislatures across the country. By upholding a ban on “ballot harvesting” and a policy that throws out ballots cast in the wrong precinct, …

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July 1, 2021 at 8:18 PM

Thank you

  Hey John xxxxxx - I want to make sure you hear it from me first: Thank you. We surpassed our FEC fundraising goal last night and it would have never happened without your support. Together, we have built a powerful and growing movement fighting to keep our Democratic majority. And I…

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July 1, 2021 at 12:48 AM

Before midnight tonight

  John xxxxxx, We’ll be honest: We’re about to ask you to make a contribution to our campaign. You see, tonight marks the FEC fundraising deadline and we haven’t yet reached our goal. That’s a problem if you believe in this movement we’ve been building together to make progress on the…

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June 30, 2021 at 7:04 PM

Erica asked me to reach out to our top supporters

  John xxxxxx, I just heard from Erica on our campaign's finance team, and it looks like we are not on track to reach our end-of-quarter fundraising goal before the FEC deadline at midnight tonight. She asked me to reach out to our top grassroots supporters to try to close the gap. So…

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June 29, 2021 at 11:34 PM

My meeting with Hakeem

  John xxxxxx, Erica here, from Hakeem’s finance team. The end of every quarter is a big moment for our team. We’re working around the clock to make sure we reach our fundraising goal before the deadline and are able to file a strong report with the Federal Election Commission. I’m me…

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June 29, 2021 at 5:53 PM

Tomorrow’s FEC deadline

  We’ll get right to it, John xxxxxx: tomorrow is the FEC fundraising deadline, and at the moment, we are not on track to reach our goal before the deadline passes. Will you pitch in $5 or more here to help reach this crucial goal and keep Hakeem fighting for us in Congress? If you've…

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June 28, 2021 at 3:18 PM

Can Hakeem count on you to pitch in?

  John xxxxxx, We’ll be direct: Can you make a contribution to support Hakeem before Wednesday's FEC deadline? If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will be processed automatically: Chip in $5 now Chip in $10 now …

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June 27, 2021 at 9:32 PM

Why the FEC deadline matters

  Hey John xxxxxx, I’m reaching out today to ask for your support. You see, this Wednesday is the June FEC fundraising deadline — and my team tells me we are not on track to reach our goal of raising $25,000 in grassroots contributions before the deadline passes. Here’s why reaching t…

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June 25, 2021 at 4:27 PM

Can you take our June Issues Survey?

  Hey John xxxxxx, Team Jeffries here. As we head into the end of the quarter, we wanted to take a quick moment to check in and see what your top priorities are for the months ahead. Last month, the top four issues folks like you identified as priorities were: Recovering from the COV…

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June 24, 2021 at 10:05 PM

We must save our democracy by reforming the filibuster

  John xxxxxx -- The filibuster does not appear anywhere in the Constitution. But to hear Mitch McConnell and his Republican cronies talk about it, you’d think it was an unassailable principle of American democracy. It’s not. It’s just an antiquated, Jim Crow-era relic designed to all…

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June 21, 2021 at 3:53 PM

Never give up and never give in

  John xxxxxx, The right to vote is under attack across the country. From Georgia and Florida to Arizona and Texas, GOP state legislators are invoking Donald Trump’s Big Lie that the 2020 election was stolen from him to pass new voter suppression bills throwing up barriers to the ball…

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June 16, 2021 at 4:40 PM

Midnight

  We’ll make this quick, John xxxxxx: We’re a little short of reaching our mid-month goal before the midnight deadline. Will you consider making a contribution to support Hakeem’s work in the House to protect our Democratic majority? Anything you’re able to contribute will make a diff…

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June 15, 2021 at 5:26 PM

Grassroots support

  John xxxxxx, Hakeem and his Democratic colleagues are working to advance our For the People agenda in the House. As Democratic Caucus Chair, Hakeem is pushing for progress on the issues that matter most, like taking action on climate change, expanding affordable health care, and bui…

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June 14, 2021 at 4:45 PM

The FEC deadline

  John xxxxxx, I’m reaching out today to ask you to make a contribution to our campaign. Here’s why: June marks the end of the second fiscal quarter and our FEC fundraising deadline. Once this deadline passes, every candidate for federal office will file a public report detailing both…

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June 10, 2021 at 6:36 PM

Protecting our Democratic House Majority

  John xxxxxx, Republicans are hell-bent on blocking our For The People agenda and taking back the House of Representatives in 2022. If we lose, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy would likely become Speaker Kevin McCarthy -- and conspiracy theorists like Marjorie Taylor Greene would take…

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June 7, 2021 at 10:11 PM

Unfit to lead the Postal Service

  John xxxxxx, Remember Louis DeJoy? He’s the conservative megadonor that Donald Trump put in charge of the USPS last year who tried to run our mail service into the ground in the middle of a pandemic. Well, he’s still running the Postal Service — and trying to enact a new 10-year str…

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June 5, 2021 at 3:56 PM

Our work is not finished

  John xxxxxx, Things are looking up. More people are getting vaccinated, unemployment is down, and the economy is recovering. You played an important role in this moment. Thanks to you and grassroots Democrats across the country organizing to take back the White House and give Democr…

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June 2, 2021 at 10:53 PM

New Mexico

  John xxxxxx, We wanted to make sure you saw the great news from last night: Democrat Melanie Stansbury won a huge special election in New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District to replace now-Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland. Grassroots supporters like you organized and kept this…

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May 30, 2021 at 11:49 PM

Quick ask

  Hey John xxxxxx, We’re just 24 hours away from the end of May, and at the moment, it looks like we're not on track to reach our May grassroots fundraising goal. It’s a big gap to close, but if enough folks pitch in today, we’ll be able to reach the goal in no time. Will you consider…

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May 30, 2021 at 4:43 PM

Protecting our Democratic majorities

  Hey John xxxxxx, I’m reaching out today to ask you to make a contribution to our campaign. You can do so right here >> Anything you are able to contribute today will make a difference in our work to protect our Democratic majorities in Congress and continue making progress for…

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May 29, 2021 at 2:44 PM

The long weekend

  John xxxxxx, We know you’re probably out enjoying this long weekend to kick off the summer, so we’ll keep this quick. Our May grassroots fundraising deadline is just two days away, and at the moment, we still have a long way to go to reach our goal before the deadline passes. Will y…

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May 28, 2021 at 5:08 PM

Republicans choose the Big Lie over protecting democracy

  John xxxxxx, Last week, my colleagues and I in the House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation to establish a commission to investigate the January 6th insurrection on the U.S. Capitol. Today, Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans chose to filibuster this bill to stop it…

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May 26, 2021 at 9:21 PM

Marjorie Taylor Greene is running the House Republican Conference

  John xxxxxx, The House Republican Conference has become a full-blown cult -- with Marjorie Taylor Green as its leader. Time and time again, Republicans like Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy have chosen to follow Greene’s leadership in putting partisanship over patriotism and fealty to…

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May 26, 2021 at 1:04 AM

One year ago today

  John xxxxxx, One year ago today, George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer. The officer knelt on his neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds. In the year since, millions of people across the country have spoken up and taken to the streets to demand justice, accountability,…

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May 24, 2021 at 11:18 PM

Can you share your thoughts with Hakeem?

  John xxxxxx, Hakeem and his Democratic colleagues in the House are working to rebuild our economy, help working families across the country get back on their feet, and protect and strengthen our democracy. As Hakeem works to advance these efforts in Congress, he wants to make sure y…

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May 22, 2021 at 7:06 PM

Knicks in 6

  John xxxxxx, Spring is in the air. Vaccinations are up. People are out and about. And starting tomorrow evening, the New York Knicks are back in the playoffs for the first time in eight long years. Things are finally getting back to normal. I cannot wait to see Madison Square Garden…

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