Trump Internet Spying Alert · [email protected]

July 2, 2020 at 1:11 PM

Mitch McConnell is sneaking through warrantless web searches

The Senate is on the verge of letting the Trump administration view your browser history. Dear Friend, A month ago, Demand Progress members rallied to stop Congress from handing Trump the authority to look at American citizens' internet browsing histories without a search warrant. No…

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  Stop Militarized Police via. Demand Progress · [email protected]

July 1, 2020 at 6:19 PM

Grenades at Black Lives Matter protests

We need Congress to stop the flow of Pentagon equipment & weapons of war to our communities police. Dear Friend, All over the country, people exercised their right to peacefully protest last month as military planes and drones flew over their heads.1 Government forces filled our …

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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]

June 26, 2020 at 2:39 PM

Sign the petition: Don't let Trump stop coronavirus tests

Hi, As coronavirus cases are soaring across America to their highest levels ever, Donald Trump is doubling down on his comments from the weekend by cutting off funding for testing in states hardest hit by the pandemic. At his rally in Tulsa last weekend Trump said he had ordered fed…

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  Demand Progress Action Alert · [email protected]

June 24, 2020 at 7:34 PM

Sign the petition: We need progressive foreign policy!

Hi, Last night's election results were stunning: in New York, longtime member of Congress Elliot Engel was defeated by progressive challenger Jamaal Bowman. This is going to have major repercussions in Congress -- including how our country's foreign policy is conducted. Rep. Engel i…

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  Voter Suppression Alert · [email protected]

June 22, 2020 at 10:36 PM

Only Congress can stop this voter suppression

Tomorrow could see the worst case of voter suppression yet. Dear Friend, Tomorrow, voters in Kentucky’s largest county will go to the polls for the primary to select the Democratic candidate to run against Mitch McConnell. There will be just a single polling place open in the entire …

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  Demand Progress Police Reform Team · [email protected]

June 19, 2020 at 5:05 PM

Tell Amazon to cut all ties with police and ICE

Hi, Amazon is everywhere, even at Black Lives Matter protests. But whose side they’re on might shock you. Amazon has enjoyed a long, profitable relationship with ICE and police departments all over the country -- in ways that put Black and brown people, the folks standing in solidar…

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  Voter Suppression Alert · [email protected]

June 14, 2020 at 9:42 PM

This is how Trump wins

Hundreds of thousands of voters in Georgia had trouble casting their ballots this week. Dear Friend, Georgia's primary election on Tuesday was an absolute disaster. Four-hour-long lines. Malfunctioning voting machines. Tens of thousands of absentee ballots “lost” in the mail.1,2 It w…

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  Voter Suppression Alert · [email protected]

June 12, 2020 at 1:28 PM

This is how Trump could win

Hundreds of thousands of voters in Georgia had trouble casting their ballots this week. Dear Friend, Georgia's primary election on Tuesday was an absolute disaster. Four-hour-long lines. Malfunctioning voting machines. Tens of thousands of absentee ballots “lost” in the mail.1,2 It w…

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  First Amendment Alert · [email protected]

June 7, 2020 at 1:53 PM

URGENT: Barr unleashes the DEA on protesters

The Trump administration just unleashed the DEA on protesters. Dear Friend, Trump's attorney general, William Barr, has co-opted the Drug Enforcement Administration into infiltrating the Black Lives Matter protests.1 Barr has told the DEA to "conduct covert surveillance" on people pa…

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  Protest Defense Team · [email protected]

June 5, 2020 at 6:39 PM

Sign the petition: Don't let Trump spy on protesters!

Hi, Major US cities are burning and Trump is about to pour gas on the fires. The Trump Administration wants to spy on your internet search and browser history without a warrant, and Congress is about to facilitate it.1 But it actually, surprisingly, gets even worse: when Trump refer…

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  First Amendment Alert · [email protected]

June 3, 2020 at 8:31 PM

“Un-American”: Trump threatens military attack on American citizens

Police and the government are using surveillance to threaten protesters. Dear Friend, Donald Trump has declared war on the American people. On Monday night, he named himself the "president of law and order" and announced that he's "dispatching thousands and thousands of heavily armed…

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  Demand Progress Police Reform Team · [email protected]

June 2, 2020 at 3:17 PM

Sign the petition: Police violence

Dear friend, Police across America have been using weapons of war to attack peaceful protesters and journalists in the last few days. They got many of those from the federal government through the Pentagon's 1033 program, which gives military surplus to local law enforcement.1 After…

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  Trump Internet Spying Alert · [email protected]

May 27, 2020 at 7:08 PM

UPDATE: Donald Trump wants to see your internet browsing history

Congress is on the verge of letting Trump is spy on your internet browsing history without a warrant. The House of Representatives could vote TODAY on whether to let the Trump administration spy on Americans' internet browser history without a warrant. Thanks to our efforts, both the…

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  Trump Internet Spying Alert · [email protected]

May 26, 2020 at 11:39 PM

Donald Trump wants to see your internet browsing history

Congress is on the verge of letting Trump is spy on your internet browsing history without a warrant. Dear Friend, The House of Representatives is on the verge of passing a bill that could allow the Trump administration to spy on Americans' web browsing history without a warrant. Dem…

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  Tihi Hayslett, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]

May 21, 2020 at 11:10 AM

Trump wants to read your internet search history

Hi, The Trump Administration wants to spy on your internet search and browser history without a warrant. Now, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has a choice1: she can either give them this power to invade your most private information, or she can block them. This shouldn't be a tough choic…

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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]

May 19, 2020 at 9:10 PM

Sign the postal service petition

friend, Donald Trump just stepped up his attack on the U.S. Postal Service. He appointed a new Postmaster General, whose only qualifications are that he was a major donor to his campaign and to the Republican Party. And that new Postmaster General just fired his deputy, asserting Tr…

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  Demand Progress Coronavirus Alert · [email protected]

May 17, 2020 at 5:13 PM

Trump takes a huge step toward killing the post office

Trump just put one of his biggest fundraisers in charge of the US Postal Service. Dear Friend, The U.S. Postal Service is due to go bankrupt by the end of the summer due to the pandemic—but Donald Trump is blocking funding, and called the post office a "joke."1 Now he has just named …

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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]

May 16, 2020 at 3:52 PM

Sign the petition: Tell Congress to stop the unethical practice of buying and selling their own stock while in office

Hi, We just got a reminder this week that Congress has a corruption problem. One reason: they still get to own, buy, and sell stock even when they're making laws and rules that impact those stocks. Senator Richard Burr is under FBI investigation for stock trades he made right after …

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  Demand Progress Coronavirus Alert · [email protected]

May 14, 2020 at 7:23 PM

Trump takes a giant step toward killing the post office

Trump just put one of his biggest fundraisers in charge of the US Postal Service. Dear Friend, The U.S. Postal Service is due to go bankrupt by the end of the summer due to the pandemic—but Donald Trump is blocking funding, and called the post office a "joke."1 Now he has just named …

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  Tihi Hayslett, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]

May 13, 2020 at 4:42 PM

Sign the petition: Don't let Mitch McConnell expand Bill Barr's spying powers

Hi, Trump's AG Bill Barr wants the power to look through your web browsing history and that of any American—including journalists, politicians, and political rivals—without a warrant. Today, Mitch McConnell may hand it to him by adding terrible new provisions to the Patriot Act.1 Mi…

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  Tihi Hayslett, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]

May 8, 2020 at 4:41 PM

Sign the petition: Stop Trump's abuse of power

Hi -- We just got urgent news from Capitol Hill that Mitch McConnell is planning to force the Senate to vote early next week on reauthorizing the Patriot Act. As we explain in the email below, a bipartisan group of Senators are pushing amendments that would curtail the Trump Adminis…

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  Demand Progress Coronavirus Alert · [email protected]

May 6, 2020 at 4:36 PM

Could Trump sabotage the entire election?

New York just canceled its presidential primary. Dear Friend, New York has canceled its Democratic presidential primary, silencing the voices of millions of New Yorkers. This sets a dangerous precedent for November. We cannot let any politician think they can cancel elections -- we n…

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  Tihi Hayslett, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]

May 5, 2020 at 8:48 PM

Sign the petition: Stop Trump's abuse of power

Hi, The Trump administration wants in. In your home, in your phone, inside your computer. They’re teaming up with Mitch McConnell to make it happen. Next week, Mitch McConnell is hoping to ram through a reauthorization of the Patriot Act. He has three amendments to give the Trump ad…

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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]

May 4, 2020 at 6:04 PM

Sign the petition: Stop Jared Kushner from hoarding coronavirus supplies

Hi, Where are all the masks, test kits, and other crucial supplies desperately needed to safely end the lockdowns and end the coronavirus pandemic? It looks like Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's son-in-law, has a lot of them. He's secretly working with big corporations to hoard million…

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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]

April 26, 2020 at 6:13 PM

Sign the petition: Save the post office

Dear friend, Donald Trump is trying to kill the US Postal Service. We need your help to stop him. The post office has been a cornerstone of our democracy for over two centuries. It's literally written into the Constitution that government must operate it. But right now it's in dange…

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  Demand Progress Rapid Response · [email protected]

April 25, 2020 at 3:07 PM

Sign the petition: Stop Trump from bungling the coronavirus response even more than he already has

Dear friend, Donald Trump's response to the coronavirus crisis has been appalling. It's clear that if we're going to stop the coronavirus crisis from destroying public health and our economy, we need to do it ourselves. That's why Demand Progress and a coalition of progressive organ…

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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]

April 24, 2020 at 5:45 PM

Sign the petition: No bailout for oil companies!

Hi, It was bad enough when big banks and megacorporations got a bailout last month as millions of Americans lost their jobs and their health insurance. But now Donald Trump wants to bail out the oil companies too.1 It's a disaster for our climate and for the economy. We have to stop…

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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]

April 23, 2020 at 7:24 PM

UPDATE: Non-profit websites could go dark in just days

A private equity firm is poised to buy the entire .org domain for $1.1 billion.used classified intelligence to sell millions in stock while telling the public everything is fine. Friend—The sale of the .org domain has been pushed to May 4, which gives us precious days we need to figh…

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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]

April 21, 2020 at 1:16 PM

Trump's about to kill the U.S. postal service

The U.S. postal service is on the verge of bankruptcy at the very moment when we need it most. Dear Friend, The U.S. Postal Service is on the verge of bankruptcy at the very moment when we need it most. But instead of helping the postal service like he did with the airlines and cruis…

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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]

April 20, 2020 at 9:03 PM

Sign the petition and tell Congress: Stop this terrible deal with Trump!

Hi, Time is running out to stop Congress from making a disastrous deal that gives Donald Trump almost everything he wants. Congress is debating the next stimulus bill, and over the weekend news broke that Democratic leaders might agree to a bill that doesn't include funds for the un…

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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]

April 19, 2020 at 4:02 PM

Sign the petition: Stimulus checks

Dear friend, Millions of Americans should be getting their stimulus checks in their bank accounts. But some of you may never see that money -- because the Trump Administration is allowing big banks to take it away. The American Prospect revealed that the Treasury Department is telli…

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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]

April 16, 2020 at 4:48 PM

URGENT: Non-profit websites could go dark April 20

A private equity firm is poised to buy the entire .org domain for $1.1 billion.used classified intelligence to sell millions in stock while telling the public everything is fine. Dear Friend, Nonprofit groups like the Red Cross, Feed the Children, and United Way are on the front line…

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  Demand Progress Coronavirus Alert · [email protected]

April 15, 2020 at 1:07 PM

Trump: Vote-by-mail is “horrible”

Trump is trying to stop vote-by-mail. Dear Friend, Donald Trump just called vote-by-mail “horrible” and “corrupt.” Then Trump said it should only be allowed for certain groups, such as senior citizens and the military—which would discriminate against millions of voters and force them…

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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]

April 14, 2020 at 8:45 PM

Sign the petition and tell Congress: Don't hand power to Trump

Dear friend, Donald Trump has already done enough damage to the country with his mishandling of the coronavirus. But just imagine how much worse it could get if Congress can't meet. Right now several members of Congress have the coronavirus and many more are in self-quarantine. If C…

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  Demand Progress Coronavirus Alert · [email protected]

April 11, 2020 at 1:10 PM

Trump’s power grab gets more terrifying

Donald Trump and his DOJ are trying to gut the constitution during the coronavirus pandemic. Dear Friend, In the span of four days, Donald Trump has fired both the inspector general of the intelligence community and the inspector general in charge of the $2 trillion stimulus package.…

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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]

April 9, 2020 at 7:28 PM

Sign the petition: Broadband for all

Dear friend, Millions of Americans have been asked to stay home from work and school in order to stop the spread of coronavirus. That's hard to do without access to high speed broadband. The United States still has a huge digital divide. Many homes don't have reliable internet or br…

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  Demand Progress Coronavirus Alert · [email protected]

April 8, 2020 at 9:09 PM

Democracy died in Wisconsin yesterday

We need to save November’s election now. Dear Friend, Yesterday, despite urgent warnings from public health experts about the need to stay home and practice social distancing, conservative judges ordered Wisconsin to hold an election—and tens of thousands of Wisconsinites were disenf…

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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]

April 7, 2020 at 4:06 PM

Sign the petition: Vote by mail

Dear friend, The coronavirus is already causing havoc with our elections -- and making it clear we need to give every voter the option to vote by mail. Wisconsin is the latest example. After Governor Tony Evers ordered a postponement of their primary election to June, in order to pr…

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  Demand Progress Coronavirus Alert · [email protected]

April 2, 2020 at 7:47 PM

Fwd: "Absolutely terrifying": Trump asks for emergency powers during pandemic

Attorney General William Barr is asking for emergency powers to imprison American citizens indefinitely without trial or even being charged with a crime. We're re-sending this email from yesterday to make sure you don't miss it. Dear Friend, URGENT: Trump's Attorney General William …

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  Demand Progress Coronavirus Alert · [email protected]

April 1, 2020 at 3:27 PM

"Absolutely terrifying": Trump asks for emergency powers during pandemic

Attorney General William Barr is asking for emergency powers to imprison American citizens indefinitely without trial or even being charged with a crime. Dear Friend, URGENT: Trump's Attorney General William Barr is asking Congress for emergency powers to imprison American citizens i…

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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]

March 28, 2020 at 5:54 PM

Sign the petition: Stop Big Pharma

Hi, Big Pharma companies are already trying to profit from drugs to treat or prevent coronavirus infection -- and we need your help to stop them. Last week Gilead Sciences was caught attempting to get exclusive rights to one drug that has shown promise in treating covid-19. Under in…

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  Tihi Hayslett, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]

March 27, 2020 at 3:27 PM

Sign the petition: Don’t let Trump suspend constitutional rights!

Hi, I don’t want to alarm you, but this is too important not to share: Donald Trump and his top goon in the DOJ, William Barr, are requesting that Congress allow them to suspend constitutional rights during the COVID-19 pandemic.1 Specifically, they want to be able to detain people …

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  Senate Insider Trading ALERT · [email protected]

March 25, 2020 at 1:04 PM

Demand Progress is not going dark

Senators used classified intelligence to sell millions in stock while telling the public everything is fine. Dear Friend, Demand Progress has filed a formal complaint with the Senate Ethics Committee calling for an investigation into Senator Richard Burr. At the very same time that S…

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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]

March 24, 2020 at 9:41 PM

Sign the petition: Stop Mitch McConnell's $500 billion slush fund

Dear friend, This is urgent: Congress is negotiating *right now* on a bill to revive the economy. Mitch McConnell is demanding a $500 billion slush fund to bail out big corporations with no oversight and no protections for workers. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer might give it …

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  Demand Progress Coronavirus Alert · [email protected]

March 24, 2020 at 6:45 PM

$2 trillion for your paycheck or Wall Street? You decide.

We’re on the verge of paying for a bailout of the 1% Dear Friend, 33,404 Americans have tested positive for the coronavirus, and 400 have died so far.1 Meanwhile, an estimated 875,000 people filed for unemployment last week—the most in any week in history.2 But instead of helping the…

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  Demand Progress Coronavirus Alert · [email protected]

March 19, 2020 at 7:05 PM

UPDATE: We can't let Trump rule unchecked

We are on the verge of losing the strong legislators we need to lead us through this crisis. Friend — Two members of Congress have just tested positive for coronavirus, and several members who came into contact with them are self-quarantining. We need Congress to act NOW before we're…

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  Demand Progress Coronavirus Alert · [email protected]

March 18, 2020 at 8:58 PM

We can't let Trump rule unchecked

We are on the verge of losing the strong legislators we need to lead us through this crisis. Dear Friend, Any day now, members of Congress could be forced into quarantine, leaving Donald Trump in power with NO congressional oversight.1 This is not a drill: As the coronavirus pandemic…

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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]

March 17, 2020 at 8:20 PM

Sign the petition: Don't let them cancel the election

Dear friend, We need your help right now to protect our democracy from the impact of the coronavirus. Voters in four states today are facing a terrible choice: leave their homes to put public health at risk, or stay home and not participate in democracy. Ohio was mired in a bitter b…

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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]

March 13, 2020 at 4:21 PM

Coronavirus alert (take action now)

Republicans just blocked paid sick days for people with coronavirus. We’re gonna make them pass it anyway. Dear Friend, The coronavirus pandemic is spreading fast, and it’s absolutely critical that people stay home when sick. But when the Senate brought up paid sick time legislation …

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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]

March 9, 2020 at 6:04 PM

Sign the petition: Stop the big banks

Hi, We're appalled: The big banks are trying to use the coronavirus as an excuse to evade the regulations established after the 2008 crash to protect us from their reckless behavior.1 Wall Street banks like Wells Fargo, JP Morgan Chase, and Citigroup are trying to get out of "stress…

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