Team Bowman via LeftNet · [email protected]

June 30, 2021 at 7:52 PM

Do you have a minute?

“Peace and love, it’s Jamaal Bowman here...” Hey John, do you have a minute? Jamaal has a quick (but important) message for you: This message was sent a few days ago, but we didn’t want you to miss it before tonight, because our Federal Election Commission quarterly fundraisi…

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  Team Kina Collins via LeftNet · [email protected]

June 29, 2021 at 9:04 PM

Did you see this?

We’re going to wear this Fox News headline like a badge of honor. This is what happened just two days into Kina Collins’s campaign for Congress: We wear this Fox News headline like a badge of honor. Because Kina Collins has long called for us to invest in social workers,…

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  Jamaal Bowman & Cori Bush for LeftNet · [email protected]

June 29, 2021 at 4:15 PM

It’s time for an energy revolution

We want to take a moment to explain to you why our newest joint legislation is so important. Hi John, it’s Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush. Today, we’re proud to introduce to you the Public Power Resolution — our legislation that maps out a transition from our current corporate-o…

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  Team Bowman via LeftNet · [email protected]

June 25, 2021 at 8:37 PM

The fate of our bold progress

The filibuster is a decades long, unjust and discriminatory practice in our government, and it needs to end now. The filibuster is an unjust and undemocratic rule in our government, and it needs to end now. The filibuster is the Senate procedure that requires 60 votes to advan…

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  Be A Hero Team via LeftNet · [email protected]

June 25, 2021 at 3:24 PM

If you support Medicare for All, you’ll want to read this

Medicare for All isn’t just some nice idea. It’s an absolute necessity. John, Every day that passes in America is another day we pay premiums, co-pays, and medical debt. Every day families go bankrupt from medical debt and people refuse the care they need because it’s too expe…

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  Jamaal Bowman via LeftNet · [email protected]

June 23, 2021 at 10:04 PM

We must end the filibuster. Now.

The real opponent here is the political system that privileges corporate interests and the status quo. John, Yesterday, the GOP used the filibuster to block HR 1, or the For The People Act — a bill that would secure historic voting rights protections at a time when Republicans …

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  LeftNet · [email protected]

June 23, 2021 at 6:50 PM

Tell Congress: Step up the fight against the climate crisis — protect our ocean!

To cool the ocean's fever and slow sea level rise, we must act boldly, and we must act now. Tell Congress: Step up the fight against the climate crisis — protect our ocean! Sign now » The ocean, with 96% of the world's water, is a key tool in the work to combat the c…

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  Jerry Dickinson via LeftNet · [email protected]

June 23, 2021 at 12:06 AM

The greatness we aspire to is right there within our grasp

Hi John, My name is Jerry Dickinson. I am a father, husband, community advocate, and I’m running to be the first Black person elected to Congress from Western Pennsylvania. I entered this race because I believe, with my whole heart, that we can do better. The problems we face…

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  Charles Booker via LeftNet · [email protected]

June 21, 2021 at 11:01 PM

The consequences of failed leaders

When you’ve lived the struggle that other politicians just talk about, you know how much elections matter. John, When you’ve lived the struggle that other politicians just talk about, you know how much elections matter. I grew up in the West End of Louisville, and for years, …

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  LeftNet · [email protected]

June 21, 2021 at 6:52 PM

Tell the USPS: Stop the slowdown!

John, Since his appointment to the United States Postal Service, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has deliberately slowed down the speed of mail service in an attempt to ruin the agency from the inside. He even slowed down the return of mail-in ballots in hopes of re-electing Don…

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  LeftNet · [email protected]

June 18, 2021 at 4:00 PM

Sign if you agree: Biden must increase refugee admissions and resettlement this fiscal year

Trump banned refugees. It’s time to undo his harms. John, sign if you agree: Biden must increase refugee admissions and resettlement to 62,500 for this fiscal year. Sign now » On April 16, the Biden administration announced that it will keep the historic low refugee admission…

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  Team Bowman via LeftNet · [email protected]

June 17, 2021 at 3:44 PM

Jamaal was invited to CNN to give the progressive perspective:

This continued obstruction of President Biden’s agenda doesn’t serve the American people, Republican or Democrat. John, Last week, Jamaal was invited to CNN again to give the progressive perspective on Joe Manchin’s latest announcement that he won’t support the For The People …

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  LeftNet · [email protected]

June 14, 2021 at 8:38 PM

Tell Congress: Reduce Child Poverty Permanently

We need to ensure the needs of children, youth and families are a top priority. John, The American Rescue Plan, signed by President Biden in March, made substantial investments in children, youth and families ― cutting child poverty in half. But right now, these investments ar…

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  Team Booker via LeftNet · [email protected]

June 12, 2021 at 4:14 PM

McConnell

We have an opportunity to take on Mitch McConnell’s right hand man. John, y’all already know this guy is bad... Now, meet his right hand man in Kentucky and the Senate. 👇 Rand Paul was the sole U.S. Senator who blocked Kamala Harris and Cory Booker’s anti-lynching bill les…

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  MoveOn via LeftNet · [email protected]

June 11, 2021 at 4:18 PM

Expel Marjorie Taylor Greene

Sign now: There is no place in any workplace, much less the halls of Congress, for those who harass, intimidate, and spew hate. Dear John, Imagine this for a moment: Your employer brings on a new staffer who harasses, intimidates, and spews hate at you, your colleagues, and mas…

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  Jamaal Bowman via LeftNet · [email protected]

June 10, 2021 at 5:39 PM

Will you add your name in support of my leadership, John?

This continued obstruction of President Biden’s agenda doesn’t serve the American people, Republican or Democrat. John, Earlier this week, I was invited to CNN again to give the progressive perspective on Joe Manchin’s latest announcement that he won’t support the For The Peop…

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  Team Odessa Kelly via LeftNet · [email protected]

June 10, 2021 at 12:15 AM

This is Odessa. And this is Jim Cooper.

The side by side comparison is really something. Y’all might already know her, but this is Odessa Kelly! She’s a civil servant, a labor union leader, and the Executive Director of Stand Up Nashville. (And right now, she’s really excited that the Memphis Grizzlies just follow…

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  Charles Booker via LeftNet · [email protected]

June 9, 2021 at 1:42 AM

Leave this Jim Crow relic in the past

It’s time to abolish the filibuster. John, I am disappointed but not surprised. Rand Paul and his treasonous buddies in the Senate used their favorite tool — the Jim Crow filibuster — to block the creation of a nonpartisan commission to investigate the January 6th attack on th…

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  Jamaal Bowman via LeftNet · [email protected]

June 9, 2021 at 12:13 AM

Joe Manchin is the new Mitch McConnell

This continued obstruction of President Biden’s agenda doesn’t serve the American people, Republican or Democrat. John, Earlier this week, I was invited to CNN again to give the progressive perspective on Joe Manchin’s latest announcement that he won’t support the For The Peop…

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  Jamaal Bowman via Leftnet · [email protected]

June 5, 2021 at 4:04 PM

I’d have a hard time voting YES, John

John, If what I’m reading below from the Washington Post is true, I would have a very hard time voting yes on the infrastructure package that’s currently on the table: This infrastructure package was written with the best interest of working class folks in mind. If you ask me…

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  Team Lucas Kunce via LeftNet · [email protected]

June 4, 2021 at 7:03 PM

Two options: End it or keep it. Which would you choose?

Pick one. John, we’ve got a quick choice for you. Pick one: A) Keep the filibuster. B) Protect voting rights, make every vote count, expose dark money donors, pass the PRO Act, achieve universal healthcare, raise the minimum wage… There are so many other urgent priorities for …

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  Aaron Belkin, Take Back the Court via LeftNet · [email protected]

June 3, 2021 at 8:37 PM

Tell President Biden we can’t waste 6 months

John - This is urgent. The 6-3 ultra-conservative Supreme Court has decided to weigh in on a case that could completely dismantle Roe v. Wade once and for all. This case — Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization — is not a subtle threat to Roe. It is a direct challenge…

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  Rana Abdelhamid via LeftNet · [email protected]

June 2, 2021 at 10:04 PM

Decades of progress, gone

We need bold leadership to pass legislation that lifts the burdens women face — stagnant, business-as-usual politics simply aren’t going to cut it. John, In just over one year of the pandemic, we’ve lost decades of progress for women. More than 2 million women left the workfo…

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  Kina Collins via LeftNet · [email protected]

June 1, 2021 at 8:13 PM

Why I’m running for Congress:

Organizing has been in my blood since the very beginning. Hi! My name is Kina Collins and I’m running for Congress in Illinois’s 7th District. If you haven’t heard of me yet, read on! If you have heard of me and want to help me beat an out-of-touch, entrenched Congressman who…

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  Team Jamaal Bowman (via LeftNet) · [email protected]

May 29, 2021 at 3:57 PM

Thank you for moving the work forward

John, We want to lay out two big reasons why a donation from you this month is so important to our success: Incumbent electeds like Jamaal are often the most vulnerable in their first term (and our opponents know this). When 2022 rolls around, the political establishment and o…

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  Indivisible Team (via LeftNet) · [email protected]

May 28, 2021 at 5:50 PM

The choice is clear: save democracy or save the Jim Crow filibuster

Mitch McConnell and a minority of Republican senators are filibustering the formation of a bipartisan commission to investigate the deadly insurrection that unfolded at the Capitol on January 6th. Dear John, This is it. We’re no longer talking in hypotheticals: Right now, Mit…

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  Charles Booker via LeftNet · [email protected]

May 28, 2021 at 3:01 PM

No one should have to die because they can’t afford care.

The reality is that too many folks in Kentucky can’t afford the price of the prescription drugs they need — and far too many have paid the price of their life instead. John, Health care is a human right. So, why is it so inaccessible in our country? I remember standing in line…

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  Rashida Tlaib via LeftNet · [email protected]

May 27, 2021 at 5:44 PM

BREAKING: Ceasefire agreement with Israel and Palestine

We need more than a ceasefire. We also need an end to the occupation. John, Our activism in solidarity with Palestinians is working. After he vowed that the bombing would continue in full force, Israel’s far-right Prime Minister Netanyahu and his government finally agreed to a …

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  Team Bowman via LeftNet · [email protected]

May 26, 2021 at 10:23 PM

If history is of any indication

John, If history is of any indication, our campaign and the movement we worked hard to build could be left vulnerable in the next election cycle. We saw it with the Squad in this last election cycle with Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, and Rashida Tlaib. After they…

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  Pramila Jayapal via LeftNet · [email protected]

May 26, 2021 at 2:22 PM

The movement to end the filibuster is growing

John, As Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, I want to share with you what WE have accomplished and passed so far in the House during this meeting of the 117th United States Congress: The For the People Act to end voter suppression and get big money out of politic…

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  Charles Booker via LeftNet · [email protected]

May 24, 2021 at 2:53 PM

Rand Paul in the headlines

Rand Paul has been in the headlines for accusing Dr. Anthony Fauci of funding a Wuhan laboratory that intentionally “juiced up a virus” and created COVID-19. Did you see this, John? Once again, Rand Paul is peddling absurd conspiracy theories and misinformation about the pandem…

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  LeftNet · [email protected]

May 23, 2021 at 7:02 PM

Add your name: No more fossil fuel subsidies

It’s time to eliminate billions of dollars of fossil fuel subsidies. John, It’s time to eliminate $15 billion in taxpayer-funded subsidies for the fossil fuel industry. At a time when all the experts are telling us we need to be developing renewable energy, that we need to be …

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  LeftNet · [email protected]

May 21, 2021 at 5:02 PM

SIGN THE PETITION: Pass the NO BAN Act now!

John, Donald Trump’s Muslim ban was a national shame. This racist, xenophobic policy separated families, prevented students from returning to their courses, left visas in limbo, and further intensified the existing prejudice Muslim Americans were already enduring. And while Pr…

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  Team Booker via LeftNet · [email protected]

May 18, 2021 at 6:10 PM

McConnell

We have an opportunity to take on Mitch McConnell’s right hand man. John, y’all already know this guy is bad... Now, meet his right hand man in Kentucky and the Senate. 👇 Rand Paul was the sole U.S. Senator who blocked Kamala Harris and Cory Booker’s anti-lynching bill less…

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  Team Bowman via Leftnet · [email protected]

May 17, 2021 at 10:01 PM

Standardized testing during the pandemic is an unnecessary mental and emotional burden to put on our students.

As one of Congress’s only educators, Jamaal is determined to stand up for students and hold the Biden administration accountable for supporting our progressive values. John, In March, we learned that the Biden administration and the US Department of Education refused to grant …

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  LeftNet · [email protected]

May 17, 2021 at 12:39 AM

Sign now: We need the College for All Act

❌No more crushing debt ❌No more unaffordable college degrees ✅College for All Act [Add your name] John, Every year, millions of young people are forced to make an impossible choice about their future: go to college and take on insurmountable debt OR forgo a college degree and t…

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  Aaron Belkin, Take Back the Court via LeftNet · [email protected]

May 14, 2021 at 8:05 PM

Taking back our Court

John - Just a few weeks ago, I left the front steps of the Supreme Court with progressive champions Representatives Hank Johnson, Jerry Nadler, Mondaire Jones, and Senator Ed Markey as together we announced the Judiciary Act of 2021 – history-making, game-changing legislatio…

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  Team Bowman via LeftNet · [email protected]

May 14, 2021 at 4:41 PM

The work that Jamaal is doing isn’t only for the Bronx and Westchester

There’s a lot more work ahead of us, and a lot we need to get accomplished to bring the much-needed change our communities have been waiting on us for. John, Ever since the start, we’ve been proud to have supporters not only just from NY-16, but also from all over who believe i…

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  Katie Porter for Congress via LeftNet · [email protected]

May 13, 2021 at 6:51 PM

A champion for working women

We need to build a better system for working parents. John, Katie Porter is one of the only single working mothers of young kids serving in Congress. She understands what it’s like to have to balance work on top of childcare, school schedules, going to the grocery store, and s…

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  Odessa Kelly via LeftNet · [email protected]

May 12, 2021 at 1:38 PM

The kids that inspired me to run for Congress

I served for 14 years at the Metro Parks and Rec and led the Napier Community Center, and the kids I mentored are my inspiration for running for Congress. Happy Tuesday — it’s your girl Odessa here! I’d love to share a quick story with you. At the East Nashville Community…

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  Erica Smith via LeftNet · [email protected]

May 10, 2021 at 7:04 PM

End the racist War on Drugs

Let’s have an honest conversation about weed Friends, Let’s have an honest conversation about weed. Here’s how I see it: Cannabis is a beloved plant, with a unique culture, and many benefits. But as people enjoy, we must also seriously commit ourselves to marijuana legalizatio…

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  Justice Democrats via LeftNet · [email protected]

May 10, 2021 at 1:52 PM

We can win Medicare expansion

John, We have an opportunity to make public health care better right now. On our path to Medicare for All, we can get major health care reforms in President Biden’s American Families Plan — that would get coverage and care to millions right now. Justice Democrats, alongside 10…

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  Team Bowman via LeftNet · [email protected]

May 8, 2021 at 4:00 PM

Re: Who was a teacher that changed your life?

Hundreds of you wrote in with touching stories about how teachers, coaches, and counselors have made a meaningful difference in your lives to this day. John, Earlier this week, Jamaal asked you to share stories of teachers that have changed your life in honor of Teacher Appreci…

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  LeftNet · [email protected]

May 7, 2021 at 8:12 PM

Tell Congress: Pass President Biden’s plan to make Corporate America pay its fair share in taxes

We need Congress to act. Tell Congress: “President Biden has proposed to make the largest investment in U.S. jobs, workers and communities in generations. And he pays for it by making corporations pay their fair share. Pass the president’s $2.3 trillion American Jobs Plan a…

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  Truth to Power via LeftNet · [email protected]

May 6, 2021 at 11:08 PM

Help grow our progressive movement

At Truth to Power, we believe there’s no such thing as an “off-year” in politics. John, Last June, Katie Porter started Truth to Power PAC to create an avenue of support for political candidates who would join her in Congress to stand up to corporate special interests, lobbyist…

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  Charles Booker via LeftNet · [email protected]

May 6, 2021 at 6:02 PM

It meant the world to have Bernie Sanders here.

Bernie joined us for a huge rally in Louisville, and I have to tell you it left me feeling inspired. John, it was electric. We had Bernie Sanders down in Louisville for a rally for Kentucky’s working class. A whole lot of people braved a little rain and overcast skies to come o…

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  John Fetterman via LeftNet · [email protected]

May 5, 2021 at 8:24 PM

No taxation without representation

We need to elect leaders to the Senate who aren't afraid to take a little heat from rich dudes like anti-union, anti-worker Jeff Bezos. My friends, where in the world can you find five Wawa locations, zero Sheetz locations (?), and more than half a MILLION taxpayers without …

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  Jamaal Bowman via LeftNet · [email protected]

May 4, 2021 at 7:32 PM

I’m proud to be one of the few educators in Congress

I used to say that if you can run a middle school effectively in the Bronx as I have, you have the experience to serve in Congress. Happy Teacher Appreciation Week, John! While every week should be Teacher Appreciation Week, I wanted to take some time today to specifically ack…

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  Rana Abdelhamid via LeftNet · [email protected]

May 2, 2021 at 8:47 PM

Housing is a human right, not a for-profit business

NY-12 needs a leader who is determined to bring the voice of the people to the halls of Congress, and who is dedicated to representing all of us, and not just the privileged few. John, We need to do something about the housing crisis in New York’s 12th district. If New York i…

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  Katie Porter via LeftNet · [email protected]

May 1, 2021 at 5:59 PM

Ask Me Anything!

What questions do you have for me? John, When I came to Congress, I knew I had a responsibility to pull back the curtain and make our government more accountable to the American people. Much of that work is done when I bring out the whiteboard and question witnesses during Cong…

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