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  Roy Cooper · [email protected]
November 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM

Something’s weighing on my mind, John

Your support keeps me going.   My opponent has been gaining on me in the polls. Far-right actors are attacking me online. National GOP groups are pouring money into NC to defeat me and our people-first campaign. This is all weighing on my mind, John. I know we have a tough race ahead of…
  Team DASS · [email protected]
November 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM

Did you see this SCOTUS case, John?

  ➤➤ BREAKING: Supreme Court takes up case that could gut vote-by-mail John, Did you see this? The Supreme Court just agreed to take up two explosive cases about mail-in voting, including one that could allow states to toss out legal ballots simply because they arrive a few days lat…
  Team DASS · [email protected]
November 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM

🚨 National Emergency 🚨

  ➤➤ Trump’s ‘election integrity’ chief claimed president has future powers to declare voting “emergency” John, THIS IS NOT A DRILL. Reporting just revealed that Trump’s election security team is being run by Heather Honey, a far-right activist who pushed bogus fraud claims in 2020 …
  DASS Legal · [email protected]
November 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM

Imagine mailing your ballot on time… and it gets thrown out

  Picture this, John: you mail your ballot before Election Day, just as you normally do.  But because of postal delays – something completely out of your control – it doesn’t arrive until after Election Day. And under an upcoming case before the Supreme Court, your vote might not coun…
  Team DASS · [email protected]
November 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM

He’s pardoning his co-conspirators

  ➤➤ BREAKING: Trump pardons members of GOP Fake Elector Scheme John, The news just broke: President Trump has issued sweeping pardons for Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Mark Meadows, Christina Bobb, Boris Epshteyn, and dozens of GOP operatives involved in the effort to overturn the 202…
  DASS Legal · [email protected]
November 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM

This is as blatant as it gets…

  NEW: Supreme Court signals willingness to pare back Voting Rights Act John, this is serious. The Supreme Court’s ultra-conservative majority just signaled they’re ready to gut the Voting Rights Act. If they follow through, it could open the floodgates to new gerrymandering across…
  Team DASS · [email protected]
November 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM

Election deniers now run election security

  John, People who openly deny the legitimacy of elections, who were central to the “Stop the Steal” movement, are now being placed in senior roles overseeing our elections and election infrastructure. These are not fringe actors – they’re being elevated inside the government. When…
  Team DASS · [email protected]
November 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM

26 key races on the line

  John, 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. Republicans know it. That’s why they’re already pouring money into these states – and we have to fight back now, while it still m…
  Team DASS · [email protected]
November 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM

📣 Government websites turned into MAGA propaganda

  John — this is getting out of control. The Trump administration has posted yet another partisan banner on a government website, this time on the official USDA page blaming Democrats for the government shutdown, cutting off SNAP benefits, and using dangerously dehumanizing language. …
  Team DASS · [email protected]
November 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM

re: last night’s election results

  John, voters sent a clear message last night: ✅ In New Jersey, Mikie Sherrill won the Governor’s mansion and Democrats picked up seats in the legislature.  ✅ In Virginia, Abigail Spanberger won, and Democrats made gains in the House of Delegates. ✅ In California, voters overwhelming…
  Team DASS · [email protected]
November 4, 2025 at 12:03 AM

OFFICIAL POLL: Where do you get your news?

  ➤➤ OFFICIAL POLL: Where do you get your news? John, We’re conducting a quick internal poll, and we’d love to hear from you. With trust in news sources under constant attack, we want to know: Where do you go for the facts? Whether it’s a newspaper, cable network, podcast, social medi…
  DASS Legal · [email protected]
November 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM

re: secret government database

  ➤➤ BREAKING: Lawsuit reveals massive Trump voter surveillance system John, Civil rights groups just filed a federal class-action lawsuit exposing a secret, sprawling data operation within the Trump administration: a system that consolidates Social Security numbers, medical records…
  Team DASS · [email protected]
October 31, 2025 at 5:08 PM

BREAKING: Trump allies sideline CISA

  ➤➤ BREAKING: Trump’s team, DHS Sec. Noem drafts plan to dismantle election security We’ve been warning about this for months, John: The Trump administration is quietly dismantling CISA – the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency – and replacing it with loyalists who wil…
  Marc Elias · [email protected]
October 30, 2025 at 11:03 PM

re: Republican extremism

  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.…
  Team DASS · [email protected]
October 29, 2025 at 10:35 PM

They’re planning to rewrite the Constitution

  ➤➤ URGENT: “Trump will have a third term,” Former Strategist Steve Bannon says  John, Steve Bannon just said out loud what the Trump movement has been planning all along: “He’s going to get a third term. Trump 28. People just ought to get accommodated with that.” That’s a direct q…
  Team DASS · [email protected]
October 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM

🚨Trump’s DOJ is sending election monitors to blue states

  John, this is horrifying.  The Department of Justice just announced plans to deploy federal election monitors to California and New Jersey, ahead of next Tuesday’s election. Justice Department Will Monitor Elections in California and New Jersey And at the same time, the …
  Team DASS · [email protected]
October 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM

BREAKING: Trump allies sideline CISA

  ➤➤ BREAKING: Trump’s team, DHS Sec. Noem drafts plan to dismantle election security We’ve been warning about this for months, John: The Trump administration is quietly dismantling CISA – the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency – and replacing it with loyalists who wil…
  Team DASS · [email protected]
October 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM

Election deniers now run election security

  John, People who openly deny the legitimacy of elections, who were central to the “Stop the Steal” movement, are now being placed in senior roles overseeing our elections and election infrastructure. These are not fringe actors – they’re being elevated inside the government. When…
  Team DASS · [email protected]
October 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM

BREAKING: Trump allies sideline CISA

  ➤➤ BREAKING: Trump’s team, DHS Sec. Noem drafts plan to dismantle election security We’ve been warning about this for months, John: The Trump administration is quietly dismantling CISA – the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency – and replacing it with loyalists who wil…
  Team DASS · [email protected]
October 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM

🚨 National Emergency 🚨

  ➤➤ Trump’s ‘election integrity’ chief claimed president has future powers to declare voting “emergency” John, THIS IS NOT A DRILL. Reporting just revealed that Trump’s election security team is being run by Heather Honey, a far-right activist who pushed bogus fraud claims in 2020 …
  DASS Legal · [email protected]
October 24, 2025 at 1:03 AM

re: secret government database

  ➤➤ BREAKING: Lawsuit reveals massive Trump voter surveillance system John, Civil rights groups just filed a federal class-action lawsuit exposing a secret, sprawling data operation within the Trump administration: a system that consolidates Social Security numbers, medical records…
  Team DASS · [email protected]
October 22, 2025 at 4:46 PM

🚨 They’re blocking her from joining Congress

  ➤➤ ABC: Speaker Johnson continues to resist swearing in Democratic Representative-elect Grijalva John, This is outrageous. Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to swear in Arizona Democrat Adelita Grijalva, even though she was elected by the voters, certified by the state, and is read…
  DASS Legal · [email protected]
October 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM

NEW: DOJ whistleblower says he witnessed government officials undermining the rule of law

  John, this is shocking: DOJ whistleblower says he witnessed government officials undermining the rule of law A DOJ whistleblower just came forward saying that Emil Bove, a senior Trump-era Justice Department official, told attorneys they might need to tell a federal cou…
  DASS Legal · [email protected]
October 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM

re: Voting Rights Act gutted

  NEW: Supreme Court signals willingness to pare back Voting Rights Act John, this is serious. The Supreme Court’s ultra-conservative majority just signaled they’re ready to gut the Voting Rights Act. If they follow through, it could open the floodgates to new gerrymandering across…
  Team DASS · [email protected]
October 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM

This is illegal, John.

  Hi John, We recently sent around a petition asking you to demand an investigation into the Trump Administration — and it looks like we’re still missing your signature. Multiple official federal websites — including USDA, HHS, HUD, and the State Department — are now displaying shutd…
  Team DASS · [email protected]
October 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM

Trump said workers “don’t deserve backpay”

  ➤➤ Trump says federal workers may not get back pay This is cruel, John. Last week, the Trump administration announced that furloughed federal workers will not be guaranteed back pay. Worse? Trump himself told reporters those workers “don’t deserve back pay.” These are the very pe…
  DASS Legal · [email protected]
October 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM

This is as blatant as it gets…

  NEW: Supreme Court signals willingness to pare back Voting Rights Act John, this is serious. The Supreme Court’s ultra-conservative majority just signaled they’re ready to gut the Voting Rights Act. If they follow through, it could open the floodgates to new gerrymandering across…
  Shenna Bellows · [email protected]
October 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM

I refused. They sued.

  Hi John, it's Shenna Bellows, Maine Secretary of State. Things have escalated significantly and I want you to hear directly from me what’s happening, and why it matters: First: Trump's DOJ demanded Maine share personal, sensitive voter information – and the sensitive, personal vote…
  Adam Schiff · [email protected]
October 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM

The Department of Weaponized Justice

  John — Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared at her first oversight hearing after nine months of her stewardship of the Justice Department.  It was urgent — after all, hundreds of career prosecutors have quit because of the politicization of the Justice Department and the fear that th…
  Marc Elias · [email protected]
October 12, 2025 at 4:03 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.…
  Adam Schiff · [email protected]
October 11, 2025 at 8:18 PM

Pam Bondi told me she would fire me if she could

  John — Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared at her first oversight hearing after nine months of her stewardship of the Justice Department.  It was urgent — after all, hundreds of career prosecutors have quit because of the politicization of the Justice Department and the fear that th…
  DASS Legal · [email protected]
October 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM

SCOTUS case could unleash post-election chaos

  ➤➤ HAPPENING NOW: GOP-backed case could make it easier to overturn elections John, Trump’s allies are back in front of the Supreme Court, and the stakes are sky-high. They’ve brought a case that could completely rewrite how elections are challenged after the votes are counted, giv…
  Team DASS · [email protected]
October 9, 2025 at 9:05 PM

Trump’s threats are getting louder

  ➤➤ URGENT: Trump just said Illinois leaders should be JAILED John, Donald Trump just said out loud what authoritarians only hint at: that elected Democratic leaders should be thrown in jail for refusing to carry out his political agenda. In a Fox News interview, Trump claimed that…
  DASS Legal · [email protected]
October 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM

➤➤ BREAKING: Trump builds voter surveillance system

  ➤➤ BREAKING: Lawsuit reveals massive Trump voter surveillance system John, Civil rights groups just filed a federal class-action lawsuit exposing a secret, sprawling data operation within the Trump administration: a system that consolidates Social Security numbers, medical records…
  DASS Legal · [email protected]
October 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM

A lawsuit just blew the lid off a major voter privacy scandal

  ➤➤ BREAKING: Lawsuit reveals massive Trump voter surveillance system John, Civil rights groups just filed a federal class-action lawsuit exposing a secret, sprawling data operation within the Trump administration: a system that consolidates Social Security numbers, medical records…
  Team DASS · [email protected]
October 6, 2025 at 10:05 PM

This violates the Hatch Act. We need an investigation.

  John, This is not normal. In fact, it’s illegal. Multiple official federal websites – including USDA, HHS, HUD, and the State Department – are now displaying shutdown messages blaming Democrats for the funding lapse, parroting President Trump’s political rhetoric. These are banne…
  DASS Legal · [email protected]
October 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM

➤➤ URGENT: Trump DOJ escalates attack on Maine’s voters

  ➤➤ BREAKING: Trump’s DOJ escalates lawsuit against Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows John, We have a disturbing update: The Trump administration isn’t just suing Maine anymore. They’ve now filed a motion to compel in court, demanding that Secretary of State Shenna Bellows ha…
  Team DASS · [email protected]
October 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM

Trump orders the military toward our own neighborhoods

  ➤➤ BREAKING: Trump lays groundwork for militarized policing in American cities At a dramatic gathering of nearly 800 U.S. generals and admirals at Quantico, Virginia, President Trump laid bare his new vision: use U.S. cities as training grounds for the military to hunt the so-call…
  Team DASS · [email protected]
October 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM

This violates the Hatch Act. We need an investigation.

  John, This is not normal. In fact, it’s illegal. Multiple official federal websites – including USDA, HHS, HUD, and the State Department – are now displaying shutdown messages blaming Democrats for the funding lapse, parroting President Trump’s political rhetoric. These are banne…
  DASS Legal · [email protected]
October 2, 2025 at 11:03 PM

➤➤ NEW: DOJ adds six more lawsuits demanding voter data.

  ➤➤ NEW: Trump’s DOJ sues SIX MORE states demanding voter registration data John, we have some MAJOR developments on the Department of Justice’s assault on our democracy.  Six more states — California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania — have been targe…
  Marc Elias · [email protected]
September 30, 2025 at 7:03 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.…
  Team DASS · [email protected]
September 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM

“Jobs, jobs, jobs”? Not under Trump.

  ➤➤ Trump administration greenlit to fire thousands of federal workers John, Republicans have always campaigned on “jobs, jobs, jobs.” But now that Trump is back in power, his administration is launching one of the most extreme government purges in U.S. history. The Supreme Court…
  DASS Legal · [email protected]
September 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM

The internal checks are gone

  John, In 2020, 2022, and 2024 – despite a pandemic, death threats to officials, and constant misinformation – our elections held. But we’re not exaggerating when we say this time is different. Now empowered by an administration filled with election deniers, the threat to free and fa…
  DASS Legal · [email protected]
September 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM

➤➤ URGENT: Trump DOJ escalates attack on Maine’s voters

  ➤➤ BREAKING: Trump’s DOJ escalates lawsuit against Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows John, We have a disturbing update: The Trump administration isn’t just suing Maine anymore. They’ve now filed a motion to compel in court, demanding that Secretary of State Shenna Bellows ha…
  DASS Legal · [email protected]
September 26, 2025 at 6:16 PM

➤➤ BREAKING: DOJ adds six more lawsuits demanding voter data.

  ➤➤ BREAKING: Trump’s DOJ sues SIX MORE states demanding voter registration data John, we have some MAJOR developments on the Department of Justice’s assault on our democracy.  Six more states — California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania — have been …
  Marc Elias · [email protected]
September 25, 2025 at 6:03 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.…
  Team DASS · [email protected]
September 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM

Trump’s DOJ crumbles under bribery scandal

  ➤➤ BREAKING: Senate launches investigation into Trump’s border czar John, We know this much: Tom Homan, Donald Trump’s hand-picked “border czar,” was caught on video in an FBI sting accepting a $50,000 bribe for immigration contracts in a bag. The Department of Justice – taking …
  Roy Cooper · [email protected]
September 24, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Here’s how you can help Democrats take back the Senate majority:

We don’t want to show any weakness.   Our campaign’s first FEC end-of-quarter filing deadline is just days away. Split a donation of any size between our team and DASS to help meet our goal before time runs out. Hello John, I’m reaching out about our upcoming filing deadl…
  Team DASS · [email protected]
September 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM

They rigged the map — now they’re getting sued

  ➤➤ ALERT: Missouri voters sue to block unconstitutional GOP gerrymander John, Missouri voters just filed a major lawsuit to block an extreme Republican gerrymander — one that would lock in GOP power and silence Democratic voices for the next decade. Their claim is simple: the ma…
  Team DASS · [email protected]
September 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM

Democracy alert: Trump DOJ pushing for sweeping voter roll data grab

  ➤➤ BREAKING: DOJ is planning to hand your voter registration data to DHS John. This week we learned something deeply dangerous: the U.S. Justice Department is considering transferring massive amounts of voter registration data from states to Homeland Security for use in criminal…