DASS Legal · [email protected]

July 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM

Trump’s DOJ just backed the right-wing voter purge playbook

  ➤➤ NEW: States file lawsuit to stop Trump’s election power grab This is urgent, John. A GOP group is suing to force the state of Illinois to PURGE its voter rolls.  Their argument? That Illinois isn’t kicking enough people off the rolls – and the DOJ just backed their central …

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  Team DASS · [email protected]

July 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM

CISA is being gutted. Election offices are on their own.

  ➤➤ URGENT: Trump dismantling election security from the inside Trump is ramping up his efforts to undermine our elections, John. The federal agency responsible for defending our elections from cyberattacks and disinformation, CISA, is being gutted. Reports from across the country …

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  Team DASS · [email protected]

July 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM

Trump’s latest move: weaponizing DOJ to intimidate election officials

  ➤➤ BREAKING: Trump’s DOJ continues attack on Colorado’s election integrity John, The Trump administration’s Department of Justice is demanding every single record from Colorado’s 2024 election — and ordering officials to preserve everything from 2020 as well. This isn’t a normal…

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  Team DASS · [email protected]

July 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM

This voter suppression tactic just became law in Iowa

  ➤➤ BREAKING: Iowa signs citizenship challenge law into effect This is one of the most brazen voter suppression laws we’ve seen this year. Iowa’s governor just signed legislation allowing poll workers to challenge a voter's citizenship status, based on nothing more than suspicion. …

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  Team DASS · [email protected]

July 8, 2025 at 11:46 PM

Naturalized citizens under attack

  ➤➤ BREAKING: DOJ launches denaturalization task force The Trump administration just directed the Department of Justice to prioritize stripping citizenship from naturalized Americans. That’s right — instead of focusing on civil rights enforcement or protecting voters from intimid…

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  Team DASS · [email protected]

July 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM

26 key races on the line

  URGENT: 26 key races on the line John, We’re staring down the most critical Secretary of State elections in more than a decade.  In 2026, 26 Secretary of State races will shape the future of our elections, redistricting in 2030, and the outcome of the 2028 presidential race. Repub…

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  Marc Elias · [email protected]

July 6, 2025 at 11:10 PM

Re: defending democracy in the courtroom

  Hi John, it’s Marc Elias. I’m proud to be one of the leading lawyers in the ongoing fight to defend democracy and protect voting rights in the face of Republican extremism. Right now, we’re seeing Donald Trump and his cronies launch an assault on our government and the rule of law.…

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  Team DASS · [email protected]

July 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM

Trump’s latest move: weaponizing DOJ to intimidate election officials

  ➤➤ BREAKING: Trump’s DOJ continues attack on Colorado’s election integrity John, The Trump administration’s Department of Justice is demanding every single record from Colorado’s 2024 election — and ordering officials to preserve everything from 2020 as well. This isn’t a normal…

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  Team DASS · [email protected]

July 3, 2025 at 11:29 PM

This is the moment we feared

  ➤➤ BREAKING: Trump’s "Big Beautiful Bill" clears final hurdle After an eight-hour stand led by Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” has officially passed the House. Donald Trump will now sign it into law, cementing one of the most dangerous federal …

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  Ariel Hayes · [email protected]

July 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM

Why I said yes to leading this fight.

  John, Ariel Hayes here. I just joined DASS as Executive Director because the stakes have never been higher – and what happens in the next year and a half could shape the next decade. Over the past few years, we’ve seen just how fragile our democratic institutions can be when they’re…

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  Team DASS · [email protected]

July 1, 2025 at 9:58 PM

Senate just approved Trump’s extremist agenda by one vote

  ➤➤ BREAKING: Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” passes the Senate This just happened: Donald Trump’s Big Ugly Bill passed the Senate — by a single tiebreaker vote from Vice President JD Vance. Now it’s heading back to the House, and if it passes again, it will lock in Trump’s federal…

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  Team DASS · [email protected]

June 30, 2025 at 10:05 PM

🇺🇸 Hi John — Let us break this down

  🇺🇸 Hello John, We know the news has been overwhelming, especially this month. So let’s break some things down and explain why your support before our end-of-quarter deadline could be decisive.   📉 What’s happening in Washington: Trump’s second term is barely underway…

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  Team DASS · [email protected]

June 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM

dangerously close

  Under Donald Trump’s lead, ultra-MAGA Republicans have gone beyond conspiracy theories – they’re openly attacking the foundations of our democracy.  By trying to discredit our elections, threatening election workers, and laying the groundwork to overturn future results, they’re stee…

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  Marc Elias · [email protected]

June 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM

here’s the truth:

  Hi John, it’s Marc Elias. I’m proud to be one of the leading lawyers in the ongoing fight to defend democracy and protect voting rights in the face of Republican extremism. Right now, we’re seeing Donald Trump and his cronies launch an assault on our government and the rule of law.…

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  Team DASS · [email protected]

June 27, 2025 at 11:04 PM

26 key races on the line

  URGENT: EOQ deadline approaching — 26 key races on the line John, We’re staring down the most critical Secretary of State elections in more than a decade – and our first end-of-quarter deadline since Trump returned to power is just days away.  In 2026, 26 Secretary of State races …

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  Jim Obergefell · [email protected]

June 26, 2025 at 8:03 PM

Marriage Equality 10 Years Later

Marrying John was one of the happiest days of my life, second only to the day marriage equality became legal for our entire country.   Ten years ago today, I was sitting in the Supreme Court fighting for my husband, John, and for queer couples like us across the nation.  Before sharin…

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  Team DASS · [email protected]

June 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM

Pres. Obama’s warning >>

  Under Donald Trump’s lead, ultra-MAGA Republicans have gone beyond conspiracy theories – they’re openly attacking the foundations of our democracy.  By trying to discredit our elections, threatening election workers, and laying the groundwork to overturn future results, they’re stee…

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  Shenna Bellows · [email protected]

June 24, 2025 at 11:02 PM

My decision

  Hi John, I’m Democrat Shenna Bellows. As Maine’s Secretary of State, I issued a decision that declared Donald Trump ineligible to be on the ballot because of his incitement of the January 6 insurrection.  I know many on the right are now trying to rewrite history, claiming that day…

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  Shenna Bellows · [email protected]

June 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM

re: my decision

  Hi John, I’m Democrat Shenna Bellows. As Maine’s Secretary of State, I issued a decision that declared Donald Trump ineligible to be on the ballot because of his incitement of the January 6 insurrection.  I know many on the right are now trying to rewrite history, claiming that day…

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  Team DASS · [email protected]

June 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM

Trump’s weaponization of ICE threatens democracy

  ➤➤ BREAKING: Trump’s false voting claims target cities and weaponize ICE President Trump is now actively targeting major Democratic-led cities — including Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York — with baseless claims that they’re allowing illegal immigrants to “cheat in elections.” …

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  Team DASS · [email protected]

June 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM

BREAKING: Trump’s DOJ demands “all” election data from Colorado

  ➤➤ BREAKING: DOJ demands “all records” from Colorado — a sweeping attack on election integrity John, this is urgent: The DOJ just formally demanded that Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold hand over every record from the 2024 federal election and retain all remaining data f…

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  DASS Legal · [email protected]

June 19, 2025 at 10:58 PM

re: unconstitutional

  ➤➤ NEW: States file lawsuit to stop Trump’s election power grab This is huge, John. A coalition of state Attorneys General is suing to block Donald Trump’s sweeping executive order on elections that would give the federal government unprecedented control over how elections are ru…

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  Jocelyn Benson · [email protected]

June 18, 2025 at 6:32 PM

Michigan Republicans voted to hold me in contempt

We need to put people over politics. Progress over partisanship.   John, this is Jocelyn Benson. Michigan House Republicans voted to hold me in contempt for refusing to give them access to sensitive information that could undermine the security of our elections. The truth is that we’…

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  Marc Elias · [email protected]

June 17, 2025 at 11:04 PM

here’s the truth:

  Hi John, it’s Marc Elias. I’m proud to be one of the leading lawyers in the ongoing fight to defend democracy and protect voting rights in the face of Republican extremism. Right now, we’re seeing Donald Trump and his cronies launch an assault on our government and the rule of law.…

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  DASS Legal · [email protected]

June 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM

BREAKING: States sue to block Trump’s federal election takeover

  ➤➤ BREAKING: States file lawsuit to stop Trump’s election power grab This is huge, John. A coalition of state Attorneys General is suing to block Donald Trump’s sweeping executive order on elections that would give the federal government unprecedented control over how elections a…

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  Team DASS · [email protected]

June 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM

Trump’s $45 million military parade isn’t patriotism — it’s propaganda

  ➤➤ HAPPENING NOW: Trump throws himself a $45 million military parade While most Americans are enjoying their weekend or honoring Flag Day in meaningful ways, Donald Trump is celebrating with a full-blown military parade — for himself. On his birthday. That’s not an exaggeration. …

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  Team DASS · [email protected]

June 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM

NEW: Senate GOP wants to block state AI laws for 10 years

  ➤➤ BREAKING: Trump’s AI plan could wipe out state protections for a decade Senate Republicans have quietly kept a 10-year moratorium on state AI laws in their latest version of Donald Trump’s massive federal budget package, which is heading to the Senate for a vote. Let us be blu…

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  Team DASS · [email protected]

June 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM

JUST HAPPENED: DHS ejects Sen. Padilla for asking questions

  ➤➤➤ JUST HAPPENED: DHS removed Senator Alex Padilla from a press event — for doing his job   Today in Los Angeles, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla was forcibly removed from a Department of Homeland Security press conference. His crime? Asking questions. Padilla was pressing DHS Secretar…

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  DASS Legal · [email protected]

June 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM

BREAKING: States sue to block Trump’s federal election takeover

  ➤➤ BREAKING: States file lawsuit to stop Trump’s election power grab This is huge, John. A coalition of state Attorneys General is suing to block Donald Trump’s sweeping executive order on elections that would give the federal government unprecedented control over how elections a…

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  Team DASS · [email protected]

June 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM

“I’d like to see them prosecuted.”

  ➤➤ BREAKING: Trump’s border czar threatens legal action against California leaders Things are escalating fast, John. Trump’s border czar Tom Homan just threatened to arrest California Governor Gavin Newsom and LA Mayor Karen Bass for opposing Trump’s immigration crackdown. His wo…

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  Team DASS · [email protected]

June 9, 2025 at 11:03 PM

NEW: House passes 10-YEAR BAN on state AI regulations

  ➤➤ NEW: House passes 10-YEAR BAN on state AI regulations By just a single vote, House Republicans passed a sweeping provision that would bar states from enforcing any laws regulating artificial intelligence (AI) – for the next decade. Tucked into Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” thi…

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  Marc Elias · [email protected]

June 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM

here’s the truth:

  Hi John, it’s Marc Elias. I’m proud to be one of the leading lawyers in the ongoing fight to defend democracy and protect voting rights in the face of Republican extremism. Right now, we’re seeing Donald Trump and his cronies launch an assault on our government and the rule of law.…

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  Team DASS · [email protected]

June 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM

Well, that didn’t last long.

  Well, that didn’t last long… After Elon Musk spent nearly $250 million to help Trump win the election, they’re now having a full fledged falling out – and we’re watching it all unravel on their social media accounts: This would be hilarious… if it weren’t so dangerous. Because h…

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  Team DASS · [email protected]

June 5, 2025 at 8:03 PM

They didn’t read the bill — but they voted to block AI regulation

  ➤➤ BREAKING: Republicans vote to BLOCK state AI regulation — without even reading the bill House Republicans just passed a sweeping 10-year moratorium on state laws regulating artificial intelligence (AI) – stripping states of the power to address threats like deepfakes, algorithmi…

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  Team DASS · [email protected]

June 4, 2025 at 11:42 PM

“We’re all going to die”

  ➤➤ BREAKING: Senator Ernst dismisses Medicaid concerns with “We're all going to die”, then DOUBLES DOWN This is beyond shameful, John. At a recent town hall in Iowa, Senator Joni Ernst faced constituents worried about proposed cuts to Medicaid under the "One Big Beautiful Bill." …

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  Team DASS · [email protected]

June 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM

“drain the swamp”

  Trump, who famously campaigned to “drain the swamp” is refilling it – one pardon at a time: Trump’s clemency spree extends to ex-gangster, rapper, former congressmen Todd and Julie Chrisley released from prison after pardons from Trump Trump pardons former New York congress…

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  Team DASS · [email protected]

June 3, 2025 at 1:07 AM

NEW: House passes 10-YEAR BAN on state AI regulations

  ➤➤ NEW: House passes 10-YEAR BAN on state AI regulations By just a single vote, House Republicans passed a sweeping provision that would bar states from enforcing any laws regulating artificial intelligence (AI) – for the next decade. Tucked into Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” thi…

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  DASS Legal · [email protected]

May 31, 2025 at 2:02 PM

They lost this time — but the next attack is already coming

  ➤➤ BREAKING: Supreme Court refuses to hear challenge to Maine’s LGBTQ+ protections Last week, the Supreme Court let Maine’s civil rights law stand — refusing to hear a case that would have gutted protections for transgender people in housing. That’s a win. But make no mistake: it…

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  Team DASS · [email protected]

May 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM

If you have a rap sheet and a red hat, Trump’s got a pen ready.

  Trump, who famously campaigned to “drain the swamp” is refilling it – one pardon at a time: Trump’s clemency spree extends to ex-gangster, rapper, former congressmen Todd and Julie Chrisley released from prison after pardons from Trump Trump pardons former New York congress…

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  Team DASS · [email protected]

May 30, 2025 at 1:22 AM

Congress just voted to block states from regulating AI

  ➤➤ BREAKING: House passes 10-YEAR BAN on state AI regulations By just a single vote, House Republicans passed a sweeping provision that would bar states from enforcing any laws regulating artificial intelligence (AI) – for the next decade. Tucked into Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,…

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  Al Franken · [email protected]

May 29, 2025 at 12:02 AM

Next stop: letting arsonists apply for firefighter jobs

  Listen, I know your inbox is basically a firehose of political emails right now, so I’ll cut to it: If we lose control of our elections, we lose everything. And I don’t mean that in a vague, “democracy is at risk” kind of way. I mean, literally, we could end up with a democracy run …

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  Al Franken · [email protected]

May 27, 2025 at 10:23 PM

Next stop: letting arsonists apply for firefighter jobs

  Listen, I know your inbox is basically a firehose of political emails right now, so I’ll cut to it: If we lose control of our elections, we lose everything. And I don’t mean that in a vague, “democracy is at risk” kind of way. I mean, literally, we could end up with a democracy run …

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  Marc Elias · [email protected]

May 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM

here’s the truth:

  Hi John, it’s Marc Elias. I’m proud to be one of the leading lawyers in the ongoing fight to defend democracy and protect voting rights in the face of Republican extremism. Right now, we’re seeing Donald Trump and Elon Musk launch an assault on our government and the rule of law.  …

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  DASS Legal · [email protected]

May 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM

temporary win

  ➤➤ BREAKING: Supreme Court refuses to hear challenge to Maine’s LGBTQ+ protections The Supreme Court just declined to hear a case brought by right-wing legal groups attacking Maine’s civil rights law that protects transgender people from discrimination in housing. This is a tempo…

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  Team DASS · [email protected]

May 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM

Marco Rubio claims immunity from judicial oversight

  ➤➤ BREAKING: Secretary of State Rubio dismisses judicial authority in Senate testimony They’re not trying to hide it anymore, John. Secretary of State Marco Rubio just made a startling declaration: neither he nor the president is bound by judicial oversight in conducting foreign p…

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  Team DASS · [email protected]

May 22, 2025 at 12:58 AM

BREAKING: DOJ launches crackdown on “DEI”

  ➤➤ BREAKING: DOJ initiates civil fraud probes into college DEI programs They’re still going after “DEI,” John... Donald Trump’s Department of Justice just launched a sweeping initiative to go after colleges and universities for their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) program…

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  Team DASS · [email protected]

May 19, 2025 at 9:02 PM

We know there’s a lot happening in the news...

  Hello John, We know there’s a lot happening in the news. So let’s break this down, and explain why your $3 support is so critical right now.   Donald Trump and his MAGA allies know exactly who stands between them and total control of our democracy: Democratic Secreta…

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  Team DASS · [email protected]

May 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM

Trump’s $400 million gift from Qatar

  This is unbelievable, John. Donald Trump just declared that he’d gladly accept a $400 million plane from the authoritarian regime of Qatar. Not only is he going to use it as the next Air Force One, but he’s also taking the plane with him when he leaves office in 2029. Let’s be clear…

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  Team DASS · [email protected]

May 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM

SIGN NOW: Tell Congress to reject Trump’s election security cuts

  ➤➤ BREAKING: Trump proposes severe cuts to election security funding   Add your name right now to demand Congress reject Trump’s dangerous plan to defund election security: SIGN This is unbelievable, John. The Trump administration has proposed GUTTING election sec…

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  Team DASS · [email protected]

May 16, 2025 at 10:03 PM

Unmasking the GOP voter suppression machine

  ➤➤ BREAKING: Lawsuit Exposes MAGA’s Voter Suppression Machine John, in a moment, we’re going to ask you to chip in $3, but first let us explain why your support is so important: A new lawsuit is pulling back the curtain on just how far MAGA operatives are willing to go to suppress …

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