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  David Segal, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]
January 11, 2020 at 1:02 PM

Today, we remember Aaron

Hi, January 11th marks the seventh anniversary of the passing of our co-founder, Aaron Swartz, and it has become our tradition to use this date as an opportunity to remember him and to take some time to reflect on the work that we carry forward, in some substantial part in his name.…
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  Salma Mirza, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]
January 10, 2020 at 5:15 PM

Sign the petition to stop Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos’ reckless empire-building is a threat to all of us. Hi, Jeff Bezos’ reckless empire-building is a threat to all of us. Amazon is a threat to democracy. Jeff Bezos builds his empire by trying to buy elections and bullying politicians who try to help the homeless.1,2 And now…
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  No War with Iran · [email protected]
January 8, 2020 at 11:22 PM

Trump lies and lies and lies

The House is voting TOMORROW on a resolution to stop Trump's escalating war with Iran. Dear Friend, Donald Trump just went on TV to spout a flood of despicable lies to defend the massive debacle he’s created in Iran. And the corporate media is falling for it—hook line and sinker. Th…
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  Tihi Hayslett, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]
January 4, 2020 at 4:52 PM

Sign the petition: Iran

Hi, If Trump gets his way, he'll start the new year with a new war with Iran. Just days into 2020, Trump directed a drone strike that killed high-profile Iranian military leader Qassem Soleimani. Even for Trump it's an extremely reckless action that risks starting a massive new war.…
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  No War with Iran · [email protected]
January 3, 2020 at 7:26 PM

Stop Trump's rush to war with Iran

Trump just ordered the assassination of the #2 person in Iran’s government, putting us on the brink of war. Dear Friend, Last night, on the orders of Donald Trump, the U.S. military assassinated Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, the second most powerful person in Iran.1 It's a massive esca…
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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]
January 2, 2020 at 4:10 PM

Sign the petition: Don't let CEOs get away with this

Friend,  Tomorrow -- January 3 -- is the deadline the federal Securities and Exchange Commission has imposed to submit official public comments to stop them from adopting new rules giving corporate CEOs huge new powers to silence shareholders' ability to hold CEOs accountable. They…
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  Net Neutrality 2020 · [email protected]
December 31, 2019 at 2:10 PM

UPDATE: If you read one email from us, this needs to be it.

We have a winning strategy for net neutrality, but we need your help. Friend—I wanted to make sure you saw this email. If we're going to win back net neutrality in 2020, we need the funds to kick our state-by-state campaign off right—but we're still short of our goal. Will you make a…
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  Net Neutrality 2020 · [email protected]
December 27, 2019 at 6:51 PM

If you read one email from us, this needs to be it.

We have a winning strategy for net neutrality, but we need your help. Dear Friend, Demand Progress has some big news to share with you: We have plans to launch a huge, groundbreaking new campaign to win back net neutrality in 2020. Step one is to pass strong net neutrality protection…
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  Stop Greedy CEOs · [email protected]
December 21, 2019 at 4:11 PM

Sign the petition: Don't make it harder to hold CEOs accountable

We're so close, Friend! Our petition to hold CEOs and corporations accountable is very near reaching 100,000 signatures. Right now the SEC is debating a change to the rules surrounding shareholder proposals. Their new rules will silence shareholders' ability to hold CEOs accountable…
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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]
December 19, 2019 at 2:15 PM

Sign the petition: Mitch McConnell

Dear Friend, Donald Trump has just been impeached -- and Mitch McConnell is determined to keep him in office. McConnell is supposed to be an impartial juror, but nobody will be surprised to hear he and Trump's own White House counsel are collaborating to help Trump avoid conviction …
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  Trump Impeachment Alert · [email protected]
December 18, 2019 at 7:54 PM

McConnell says NO WITNESSES

We must demand an impartial Senate trial, not a farce designed to acquit the president. Dear Friend, Today the House of Representatives will vote to impeach Donald Trump for clear abuses of power and obstruction of Congress. But Mitch McConnell is already taking steps to ensure that …
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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]
December 18, 2019 at 6:11 PM

Sign the petition: Tell Congress to vote NO on NAFTA 2.0

Hi, We're emailing you because this is an urgent moment -- the House of Representatives will vote within the next 24 hours whether to approve a terrible new version of NAFTA that will undermine the environment and climate action. The Sierra Club and other leaders on climate and the …
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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]
December 16, 2019 at 8:07 PM

Afghanistan is a lie

The tragedy in Afghanistan proves more clearly than ever before: we must rein in presidential war powers. Dear Friend, Our government leaders have told the American public we were making “steady progress” in the war in Afghanistan. And now we have proof that they lied. The Washington…
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  Tihi Hayslett, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]
December 12, 2019 at 10:17 PM

Sign the petition: Stop the massive military spending bill

Hi, This is terrible news: not only is Congress about to pass a massive $700 billion military spending bill, Democrats just caved and abandoned a bunch of progressive priorities that would have reined in Trump's war powers. House Democrats gave up on amendments to the National Defen…
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  Keep the Internet Free · [email protected]
December 10, 2019 at 2:54 PM

Urgent! Net neutrality vote today?!

Senators Markey, Cantwell, and Wyden are going to try to pass the Save the Internet Act, and we need to have their back. Dear Friend, BREAKING: 243 days after the Save the Internet Act passed the House of Representatives, Senators Markey, Cantwell, and Wyden are about to try to force…
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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]
December 8, 2019 at 3:56 PM

Sign the petition: NAFTA

Dear friend, Congress is on the verge of cutting a terrible deal with Donald Trump to renew NAFTA. Can you help stop it? Democratic leaders in Congress are coming under intense pressure from big corporations, who are flooding Congressional offices with calls and emails urging Repres…
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  Stop Greedy CEOs · [email protected]
December 6, 2019 at 3:46 PM

Sign the petition: Don’t make it harder to hold CEOs accountable!

Hi, Wall Street and wealthy CEOs want to silence corporate accountability efforts -- and Donald Trump's SEC is about to help make it happen. The SEC is proposing a dangerous rule change that would silence shareholders and help inoculate powerful Wall Street companies and wealthy CEO…
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  Stop Trump's War Cabinet ACTION ALERT · [email protected]
December 4, 2019 at 7:40 PM

Tell Congress: Don’t give Trump a blank check for war!

Hi, You won’t believe this: Republicans in Congress are moving right now to give Trump a blank check to go to war -- even as he’s being impeached over abusing his power! Trump’s trigger finger on Twitter is already dangerous. Just imagine how much more chaos and destruction he could…
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  David Segal · [email protected]
December 3, 2019 at 6:46 PM

UPDATE: I have bad news

Hey folks. David Segal here, the executive director of Demand Progress. Today, on #GivingTuesday, will you make a help Demand Progress so we don't have to cut back our crucial campaigns? Dear Friend, Hey, folks. David Segal here, the executive director of Demand Progress. And I need…
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  David Segal · [email protected]
December 2, 2019 at 5:38 PM

I have bad news

Hey folks. David Segal here, the executive director of Demand Progress. Dear Friend, Hey, folks. David Segal here, the executive director of Demand Progress. And I need to share with you some bad news: This year, we're not where we need to be to make ends meet, and we're on the verge…
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  Protect Amazon Workers · [email protected]
December 1, 2019 at 9:02 PM

Tell Jeff Bezos: Stop putting lives in danger

1100 dead. How many more people have to die? Dear friend, Rescuers tried for 48 hours to free Rozina Begum from the rubble of the Rana Plaza garment factory collapse. They failed. Then, they gave her a saw. They told her she would have to saw her arm off to save her life. "I didn't t…
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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]
November 26, 2019 at 12:56 AM

Sign the petition: Stop Trump's authoritarianism

Dear friend, Of all the authoritarian things Donald Trump has done so far, undermining justice in the armed services ranks as one of the worst. Yesterday the Navy Secretary Richard Spencer was fired by Trump's Secretary of State. Trump had just reversed the demotion of three service…
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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]
November 19, 2019 at 10:32 PM

Add your name: Tax the rich

Hi, In 2017 FedEx owed the government $1.5 billion in taxes. In 2018, they owed $0 - thanks to Donald Trump's tax cut.1 FedEx didn't invest that money in higher wages or more jobs. Instead they gave it to their shareholders, including their CEO, Frederick Smith. He lobbied Trump har…
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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]
November 17, 2019 at 6:36 PM

They're going to sneak a vote on a new NAFTA through -- while everyone else is watching impeachment hearings

Dear friend, Congress is on the verge of cutting a terrible deal with Donald Trump to renew NAFTA — and give Big Pharma even more power to gouge you. Big Pharma rigged NAFTA 2.0 with provisions that would give them a stunning new monopoly on drugs that treat life-threatening disease…
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  Trump Impeachment Alert (via Demand Progress) · [email protected]
November 14, 2019 at 3:52 PM

Trump declares war on White House whistle blower

Yesterday’s bombshell testimony has Donald Trump staring impeachment in the face. Dear Friend, Yesterday's bombshell testimony has Donald Trump staring impeachment in the face. Trump's response? He's declared war on the White House whistleblower in an attempt to intimidate and discre…
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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]
November 10, 2019 at 6:32 PM

Sign the petition: Protect the whistleblower

Dear friend, Donald Trump is stepping up his dangerous attacks on the person who blew the whistle on his efforts to extort the Ukraine government into helping Trump interfere in the 2020 election. The whistleblower's lawyer sent a cease and desist letter this week to the White House…
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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]
November 8, 2019 at 7:05 PM

Sign the petition: Tell Mitch McConnell "no more shutdowns!"

Dear friend, Remember the government shutdown back in January? We could be in for another shutdown in December — if Mitch McConnell has his way. Recent reports show that Speaker Nancy Pelosi and McConnell are "on a collision course" that could produce a government shutdown right bef…
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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]
November 2, 2019 at 3:14 PM

Stop billionaires from buying elections

Hi, We've discovered Amazon's next hostile takeover target: our elections themselves. Amazon is spending a whopping $1.5 million to try and buy the Seattle City Council in Tuesday's election. It's a huge amount of money compared to what has been spent in the past. And it's happening…
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  Salma Mirza, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]
November 1, 2019 at 12:08 AM

Tell Facebook: Don’t let Trump advertise lies

Mark Zuckerberg’s new policy could help Trump -- big time. Dear friend, Mark Zuckerberg just gave Donald Trump the freedom to spread lies, hate, and election misinformation on Facebook.1 Facebook has policies that dictate that the ads run on its platform must be factual. Well -- not …
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  Tihi Hayslett, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]
October 24, 2019 at 5:06 PM

Amazon warehouse workers literally worked to death!

Hi, In September, Billy Foister had a heart attack at work and collapsed. In any other workplace, he would have gotten immediate medical attention. But Billy Foister worked at an Amazon warehouse, and instead he laid on the floor for 20 minutes and eventually died.1 His co-workers w…
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  Salma Mirza, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]
October 23, 2019 at 11:32 PM

Facebook could take down the entire global economy

Mark Zuckerberg is out of control. We need you to stop him. Dear friend, Mark Zuckerberg is out of control. This is a man who once called Facebook “more like a government than a traditional company.”1 I guess it shouldn’t be a surprise that Zuckerberg -- and Facebook -- are interferi…
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  Stop the Patriot Act Team · [email protected]
October 22, 2019 at 5:25 PM

BREAKING: The FBI definitely snoops on you

Hi, The Wall Street Journal just dropped a bombshell! The federal government, through a top-secret court, actually admitted that the FBI routinely violates privacy laws and the Fourth Amendment by spying on Americans without a warrant.1 It gets worse: the FBI, NSA and CIA are asking…
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  Tihi Hayslett, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]
October 20, 2019 at 6:20 PM

Sign the petition: Stop arming Turkey

Hi, Imagine you’re Kurdish. You and your family have been fighting alongside US troops on the frontlines against the Islamic State. And then, thousands of miles away, Trump gets on the phone with Turkish President Erdogan, and hands your family a death sentence. Turkey immediately b…
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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]
October 17, 2019 at 6:47 PM

BREAKING: G7 to be held at a Trump resort

Hi, BREAKING: The White House just announced that the next G7 meeting of world leaders will be held...at a Florida resort owned by Donald Trump.1 This is unprecedented — and totally unsurprising. Once again Donald Trump is trying to profit personally from being president. This may w…
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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]
October 16, 2019 at 3:51 PM

We have to stop Facebook

Facebook is already using its unchecked power to influence the 2020 election. Dear Friend, The news makes it clear: Facebook's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, is trying to use the company's position as the world's biggest social media platform to interfere in a presidential election AGAIN. Las…
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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]
October 12, 2019 at 4:31 PM

Sign the petition: Impeachment and Trump

Hi, Chelsea Manning. Edward Snowden. Reality Winner. And...? At least two more names are about to be added to the list of whistleblowers who courageously stood up to authoritarian power, at great personal cost. Two people have already blown the whistle about Trump's shocking attempt…
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  Save Net Neutrality · [email protected]
October 10, 2019 at 2:39 PM

Net neutrality blocked by a Democrat?!

Kyrsten Sinema is the only Democrat in the entire U.S. Congress to oppose net neutrality. Dear Friend, Since the repeal of net neutrality, Big Cable has been caught slowing down the speeds of Netflix, YouTube, and other websites "everywhere, all the time."1 And yet Democratic Senator…
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  Tihi Hayslett, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]
October 6, 2019 at 4:36 PM

Thank Amazon for your nosy, racist neighbor’s tech upgrade

Hi, We just learned that Amazon’s already problematic Ring service is getting even worse. New reporting shows that Ring is handing surveillance footage to over 400 police departments across the country.1 Which means Amazon is turning cops into high-tech marketing recruiters and turn…
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  Trump Impeachment Alert (via Demand Progress) · [email protected]
October 5, 2019 at 6:51 PM

Trump launches vicious anti-whistleblower attack

Trump is attacking the whistleblower as a “political hack” and a “spy.” But we have the whistleblower’s back. Dear Friend, Donald Trump is trying survive the Ukraine scandal by declaring war on whistleblowers. We've got to stop him. Here's the latest news: He attacked the White House…
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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]
October 2, 2019 at 7:31 PM

UPDATE: Add your name for net neutrality

Hi, Everything changed yesterday in the fight to save net neutrality. A federal court ruled that the FCC’s 2017 decision to overturn net neutrality was legally flawed in key respects. It said the agency could not prevent states from enacting their own open internet legislation -- bu…
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  Save Net Neutrality · [email protected]
October 1, 2019 at 8:41 PM

HUGE net neutrality decision handed down

BREAKING: A federal court just overruled a key portion of the FCC’s net neutrality repeal. Dear Friend, BREAKING: A federal court just threw out a key part of Ajit Pai's repeal of net neutrality—a game-changer in the fight for net neutrality. The FCC's repeal banned states from passi…
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  Salma Mirza, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]
September 27, 2019 at 4:04 PM

Re: Iran

We need all antiwar voices NOW. Dear friend, A disastrous war with Iran seems like it could come any day. Trump is blaming Iran for an attack on Saudi oil facilities1 and is sending more troops to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.2 There’s still hope to stop Trump from unila…
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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]
September 26, 2019 at 2:34 PM

Sign the petition: Impeachment

Dear Friend, The "transcript" released today makes it clear: it's time to impeach Donald Trump. But Trump's attempt to extort Ukraine into helping him undermine the 2020 election is not the only reason Congress should begin an impeachment inquiry. Trump's mistreatment of immigrants …
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  Save Net Neutrality · [email protected]
September 9, 2019 at 8:46 PM

UPDATE: Internet slow lanes are here

AT&T and Verizon are throttling video, and we need net neutrality rules to stop them. Dear Friend, Ajit Pai's repeal of net neutrality gave Big Cable the green light to create internet slow lanes, and now it's happening. Researchers tracking internet data speeds all over the coun…
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  Save Net Neutrality · [email protected]
August 30, 2019 at 3:11 PM

ALERT: Internet slow lanes are here

The big four telecoms are throttling video, and we need net neutrality rules to stop them. Dear Friend, When the FCC repealed net neutrality, it opened the door for ISPs to create an internet slow lane for people like you and me. Now internet slow lanes have arrived — and you're like…
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  Internet Defense Team · [email protected]
August 23, 2019 at 2:59 PM

Re: Trump's “Censor the Internet” executive order

Trump’s “Censor the Internet” executive order would be the end of free speech online. Dear Friend, Last week, news leaked from the White House about a Trump executive order draft that would allow federal agencies to monitor and even censor political speech on the internet. Trump's "C…
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  Tihi Hayslett, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]
August 21, 2019 at 10:07 PM

ICE is DNA testing families at the border. What could possibly go wrong?!

Hi, This year, ICE got a tech upgrade that will chill you to your core: DNA testing families at the border.1 This is just the latest in a very long line of ICE atrocities at the US-Mexico border, and its implications are terrifying. Tell ICE: Stop using rapid DNA testing on immigran…
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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]
August 19, 2019 at 8:06 PM

ALERT: Trump executive order to censor the internet

Trump is preparing an executive order to allow Ajit Pai to censor political speech on the internet. Friend—We're running digital ads to rally people against Trump's internet censorship executive order. The more we can count on you, the more ads we can run and the more public pressure…
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  Team Internet · [email protected]
August 15, 2019 at 1:26 PM

UPDATE: Trump executive order to censor the internet

Trump is preparing an executive order to allow Ajit Pai to censor political speech on the internet. Friend—I wanted to make sure you saw this urgent email. We are mobilizing to stop Trump's administration from controlling what we post online, and we're preparing to run digital ads to…
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  Tihi Hayslett, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]
August 14, 2019 at 9:20 PM

ICE’s deportation machine is run by Palantir software

Hi, ICE operations aren’t just a morally reprehensible machine to separate families and deport immigrants en masse. They’re also surprisingly high-tech. A private company called Palantir provides ICE with unprecedented abilities to track and monitor people in real time. They’re raki…
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