Save the USPS · [email protected]

January 22, 2022 at 5:55 PM

DeJoy ally rushed into office

Postal workers protested the USPS's Board of Governors. Dear Friend, Postal workers gathered outside the U.S. Postal Service headquarters last week to protest the continued employment of postmaster general Louis DeJoy.1 Employees of the USPS have been working under onerous conditions…

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  Fire Louis DeJoy · [email protected]

January 21, 2022 at 4:52 PM

U.S. COVID-19 response relies on a working post office

The government is shipping free COVID-19 tests, and the post office is more important than ever. Dear Friend, The government has launched a program to deliver four free COVID-19 tests to every household in the country.1 Epidemiologists agree that access to testing is essential in the…

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  Stop Trump · [email protected]

January 16, 2022 at 4:41 PM

The bonkers 1887 law that could blow up our democracy

The January 6 Committee has uncovered jaw-dropping documents uncovering how Donald Trump and his lawyers intended to steal the 2020 election. Dear Friend, The January 6th Committee has uncovered jaw-dropping documents that reveal how Donald Trump and his lawyers intended to steal the…

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  Tihi Hayslett, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]

January 14, 2022 at 1:20 AM

Sign the petition: Fight back against voting restrictions!

Hi, Voting rights is too important to let Kyrsten Sinema block it from passing. President Biden wants to end the filibuster to pass a voting rights bill. Most Americans agree. And most Senate Democrats do too. A loud public outcry can change the conversation in Congress and show our…

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  David Segal, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]

January 11, 2022 at 10:26 PM

The anniversary of Aaron's passing

Hi, Today we mark the anniversary of the passing of our co-founder Aaron Swartz, who took his own life nine years ago while, unbelievably, under indictment for allegedly having downloaded too many academic articles from the JSTOR cataloging service — to which he had a subscription …

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  Stop Amazon · [email protected]

January 8, 2022 at 7:14 PM

Sign the petition to protect workers from Amazon's power

Hi, Just before Amazon workers were reportedly threatened with job termination if they fled killer tornadoes last month, corporate lobbying groups associated directly with Amazon blocked legislation designed to prohibit such firings.1 In other words, when advocates tried to build in…

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  Stop Trump · [email protected]

January 4, 2022 at 11:06 PM

Sign the petition: Trump's gearing up for another coup. Congress can stop him.

Hi, It was one year ago this Thursday that Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, committing acts of violence, espousing white supremacy, and perpetuating the Big Lie that the election result was anything but a conclusive victory for President Biden.  Now Trump's next coup may alread…

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  Supreme Court Alert · [email protected]

January 2, 2022 at 3:47 PM

Sign the petition: Unpack the Supreme Court

Hi,  BREAKING: Senator Elizabeth Warren just announced her support for expanding the Supreme Court, in order to protect our democracy and reclaim the Court from its hijacking by Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump. "This extremist court has shown that it is not interested in advancing …

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  Trump Appointee Alert · [email protected]

December 21, 2021 at 8:18 PM

Sign the petition: Fire Trump appointees in the DOJ!

Hi, Almost an entire year after leaving office, Donald Trump’s political appointees are still working in the Department of Justice.1 Even worse, there’s never been any investigation into whether Trump broke personnel rules by hiring them. That’s because Attorney General Merrick Garl…

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  Tax the 1% · [email protected]

December 16, 2021 at 4:15 PM

Elon Musk’s tax bill

Elon Musk can’t be allowed to escape the IRS. Dear Friend, Senator Elizabeth Warren got it right in her tweet about Elon Musk this week: “Let’s change the rigged tax code so The Person of the Year will actually pay taxes and stop freeloading off everyone else.”1 Musk may be Time’s Pe…

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  Stop Elon Musk · [email protected]

December 14, 2021 at 3:27 PM

Sign the petition to tax the billionaires

Hi, Elon Musk was just named Time's Person of the Year for 2021 -- despite a history of not paying federal taxes, and spending most of 2021 waging war against efforts to tax the rich. In 2018, Musk paid $0 in federal income taxes.1 In 2021 he has seen his net worth soar to nearly $3…

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  Post Office Update · [email protected]

December 10, 2021 at 1:50 AM

Sign and send the petition: Stop Louis DeJoy

Hi, Louis DeJoy's biggest defender is GONE from the Postal Board of Governors. Now we have a crucial opportunity to fight back and save the postal service. Former Chair Ron Bloom was DeJoy's key ally on the Postal Board of Governors, but Biden has decided not to renominate him. And …

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  Supreme Court Alert · [email protected]

December 9, 2021 at 6:07 PM

Sign the petition: Supreme Court is about to overturn Roe v. Wade

Hi, President Biden's commission on the future of the Supreme Court just wrapped up its work, and failed to take a position on whether to add more justices to the Supreme Court.1 With the current 6-3 right-wing majority poised to overturn Roe v. Wade and make abortion illegal in doz…

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  Fire Louis DeJoy · [email protected]

December 8, 2021 at 2:06 PM

We’re one step away from firing DeJoy

The Senate needs to confirm Biden’s USPS board nominees. Dear Friend, It's the first few days of December, and retailers are already unable to guarantee Christmas delivery for purchases—thanks to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy.1 But it's not just gifts that are delayed. Prescription …

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  Tax the 1% · [email protected]

December 4, 2021 at 10:35 PM

Billionaires must pay their fair share. Period

Congress must pass a wealth tax. Dear Friend, In a year and a half, Elon Musk has increased his wealth from $25 billion to nearly $300 billion—more money than ten million people making $15 an hour could make in a year.1 A wealth tax won't stop him from being staggeringly rich.—but it…

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  Supreme Court Alert · [email protected]

December 2, 2021 at 9:35 PM

Sign the petition: The Supreme Court is about to overturn Roe v. Wade

Hi,  Right-wing justices on the Supreme Court are on the verge of overturning Roe v. Wade and ending abortion rights. And Democrats aren't moving quickly enough to stop them. Yesterday the Supreme Court heard arguments regarding Mississippi's attempt to outlaw abortions. And just a …

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  Stop Corporate Democrats · [email protected]

November 24, 2021 at 3:07 PM

NYT shocking Manchin and Sinema exposé

Wealthy donors are paying to stop Build Back Better. Dear Friend, The New York Times just published a scathing exposé of how Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin are taking money from wealthy, right-wing donors in order to stop the Build Back Better bill.1 The Times also highlight…

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  Stop Elon Musk · [email protected]

November 17, 2021 at 4:03 PM

Sign the petition: Tax the billionaires

Hi, At the beginning of the pandemic, Elon Musk was worth $25 billion.1 Now he's worth nearly $300 billion -- but is waging a Twitter war with Bernie Sanders to avoid higher taxes.  After Bernie tweeted "We must demand that the extremely wealthy pay their fair share. Period," Musk s…

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  Save Net Neutrality · [email protected]

November 15, 2021 at 5:18 PM

Biden nominates two for FCC. Here’s what’s next.

We must get the Senate to confirm Biden’s two FCC nominees as soon as possible. Dear Friend, This is big: President Biden has nominated Acting Chair Jessica Rosenworcel to be permanent chair of the FCC. The president has also named former FCC advisor and advocate for the public inter…

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  Tihi Hayslett, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]

November 11, 2021 at 11:10 PM

Sign the petition: Paid Family Leave must stay in Build Back Better!

Hi, Congress passed an infrastructure bill, but the fight isn't over. It's time to mobilize to support a good paid family leave program as part of the Build Back Better agenda. The US is the only post-industrialized country without paid family leave. That means that during times whe…

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  Stop Comcast · [email protected]

November 5, 2021 at 4:45 PM

Sign the petition: Stop Comcast

Hi, Breaking news: President Joe Biden announced two nominations to the Federal Communications Commission -- a big step that could help restore net neutrality. Biden will nominate Jessica Rosenworcel as permanent Chair and add Gigi Sohn as a 5th commissioner to the FCC. Both have a …

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  Stop McConnell · [email protected]

November 4, 2021 at 2:18 PM

Sign the petition: Biden wants to end the filibuster

Hi, Mitch McConnell just filibustered the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act for the fourth time this year. Thankfully, President Joe Biden announced recently that he is open to ending the filibuster to get key voting rights legislation passed. There's not a moment to lose. Do…

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  Fire Louis DeJoy · [email protected]

October 29, 2021 at 1:15 PM

DeJoy is charging you more for worse service

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is a Republican mega-donor, and he’s doing everything he can to make it harder for people to vote by mail. Dear Friend, Have you noticed your mail coming slower and slower? Starting October 1, the postal service began to slow down mail delivery, and in…

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  Stop Facebook · [email protected]

October 27, 2021 at 3:25 PM

Sign the Facebook petition

Hi, "Carol Smith," a fake Facebook account created by a researcher for testing purposes, was nondescript in all respects. "Carol's" profile indicated she was a conservative mother from North Carolina interested in Christianity and parenting; she followed Fox News and Donald Trump, b…

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  Stop Joe Manchin · [email protected]

October 16, 2021 at 4:15 PM

Manchin’s biggest ally isn’t who you think

The narrative about the Build Back Better act is corrupted. Dear Friend, Senator Joe Manchin has one powerful ally that no one is talking about, and it’s not Senator Mitch McConnell. It’s the media. In his effort to gut the Build Back Better act, Manchin has been driving the media’s…

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  Stop Joe Manchin · [email protected]

October 12, 2021 at 6:32 PM

Sign the petition: Medicare expansion is under threat

Hi, Here's what's actually in the Build Back Better Act -- and what right-wing Democrats are trying to weaken or remove entirely, according to CNN:1 Everything in both columns is very popular with the public. It's the agenda Joe Biden won the White House with in 2020, and progressi…

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  Stop Joe Manchin · [email protected]

October 10, 2021 at 7:23 PM

Worse than Mitch McConnell

Senator Joe Manchin cannot be allowed to control the Senate. Dear Friend, In the middle of a congressional dumpster fire, Senator Joe Manchin just upped his demands for passing President Biden's Build Back Better agenda. He said that Democrats can choose just one of the agenda’s fami…

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  Tihi Hayslett, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]

October 8, 2021 at 8:19 PM

Sign the petition: Let the Haitians in!

Hi, Customs and Border Patrol agents used whips on Haitian refugees, and are putting them on planes to Haiti -- a country still struggle to survive a massive earthquake and presidential assassination. CBP's abuse of refugees is horrific and must stop. But the underlying policy of de…

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  Stop the Filibuster · [email protected]

October 7, 2021 at 11:04 PM

McConnell is ready to set fire to the economy

The short-term debt ceiling deal is terrible for the country. Dear Friend, Senate leadership just announced a deal on the debt ceiling—that only lasts two months.1 Make no mistake: this is a win for Mitch McConnell. He still hasn’t backed off his threat to filibuster any long-term ra…

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  Stop Facebook · [email protected]

October 6, 2021 at 6:40 PM

Sign the petition: Facebook let Trump get away with it

Hi, Facebook knew its platform was harming users and undermining democracy -- and did nothing about it. According to a new whistleblower, Facebook failed to act on internal research confirming the harmful effects of various programs.1 This includes one that allowed 5.8 million of Fa…

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  Stop Joe Manchin · [email protected]

October 3, 2021 at 7:40 PM

Joe Manchin’s $5 million in coal stock

Joe Manchin can’t be allowed to block climate action any longer. Dear Friend, Senator Joe Manchin has finally named his requirement for passing the reconciliation package: Sacrifice the climate. Not only is Manchin demanding that the budget for the bill be cut by more than half, he s…

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  Stop Joe Manchin · [email protected]

September 29, 2021 at 2:18 PM

Why is Joe Manchin undermining Biden’s agenda?

Progressives need to stand firm against corporate power. Dear Friend, Congress is in crisis. Time is running out to pass a budget. The infrastructure bill that was agreed on in August is still waiting for a vote. The Build Back Better plan to address climate change, provide paid fam…

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  Climate Action Now · [email protected]

September 20, 2021 at 5:34 PM

Sign the petition: Stop Joe Manchin from blocking climate action

Hi, Over 80 people are reported dead in the wake of Hurricane Ida. Several more storm systems are brewing in the Gulf of Mexico. And other storms are causing historic flooding up and down the east coast. With the human toll of climate change mounting before our eyes, Joe Manchin is …

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  Stop Joe Manchin · [email protected]

September 16, 2021 at 6:19 PM

Joe Manchin is sticking up for corporations

We could have these progressive priorities, but Joe Manchin is standing in our way. Dear Friend, Congress is in the middle of debating a budget bill that would defeat Mitch McConnell’s stranglehold on Congress and accomplish real progressive priorities. But Senator Joe Manchin is thr…

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  Stop Joe Manchin · [email protected]

September 13, 2021 at 2:36 PM

Sign the petition if you agree that teeth are part of the body

Hi, Your teeth are part of your body, right? Not according to Medicare. Medicare doesn't cover basic dental services, such as cleanings, fillings, dentures, and more. That could all change -- unless Joe Manchin gets his way.The Senate's $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill inclu…

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  Stop ExxonMobil · [email protected]

September 12, 2021 at 3:22 PM

Sign the petition: ExxonMobil is trying to avoid taxes

Hi, Amazon had record profits in 2020 -- but paid just a fraction of it in federal income taxes.1 And ExxonMobil is busy lobbying against higher corporate taxes.2 These and other massive corporations want to report their gigantic profits to investors, so they can show off for Wall S…

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  Tihi Hayslett, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]

September 10, 2021 at 4:33 PM

Sign the petition: AUMF

Hi, "We can never allow this to happen again." That's what Rep. Barbara Lee said of the 20-year long war in Afghanistan when it finally ended last month.1 Lee was the only member of Congress to vote against the Authorization of Use of Military Force (AUMF) in the fall of 2001, right…

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  Fire Louis DeJoy · [email protected]

September 9, 2021 at 9:01 PM

DeJoy’s corruption knows no bounds

The chair of the USPS Board of Governors is financially tied to Louis DeJoy. Dear Friend, Why is the chair of the U.S. Postal Service’s Board of Governors, Ron Bloom, defending Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s ten-year plan to destroy the post office?1 Maybe it’s because of the $305,…

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  Supreme Court Alert · [email protected]

September 7, 2021 at 6:13 PM

Sign the petition: Adding Supreme Court justices "is the only solution" to save abortion rights

Hi, momentum is building to expand the Supreme Court in the wake of their terrible ruling upholding Texas's abortion ban. Democratic Senator Tina Smith from Minnesota announced her support for rebalancing the court.1 And the Washington Post's Perry Bacon, Jr. wrote "Inaction is no l…

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  Amazon Warehouse Watch · [email protected]

September 6, 2021 at 5:41 PM

Sign the petition: Amazon caught redhanded

Hi, Amazon continues to feel the heat in Alabama. Last month the National Labor Relations Board ruled that Amazon unfairly tampered with the union vote in Bessemer, Alabama.1 The NLRB found that Amazon used their power to bully the postal service into putting a mailbox at the workpl…

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  Fire Louis DeJoy · [email protected]

September 3, 2021 at 5:43 PM

DeJoy awards his own company $120 million

Louis DeJoy must go. Dear Friend, The U.S. Postal Service has awarded a $120 million contract to a shipping company that Postmaster General Louis DeJoy used to run and still has financial interest in.1 And this contract is partly paid for by a hike in prices that took effect last Sun…

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  Supreme Court Alert · [email protected]

September 2, 2021 at 6:46 PM

Sign the petition: The Supreme Court quietly overturned Roe v. Wade

Hi,  The Supreme Court just allowed a Texas bill banning most abortions to become law, effectively overturning Roe v. Wade. In 1973 the Supreme Court ruled in the Roe v. Wade case that women have the right to have an abortion in the first trimester of a pregnancy. But Texas just pas…

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  Anti-war Alert · [email protected]

August 31, 2021 at 5:04 PM

Sign the petition: Reject billions more in Pentagon funding!

Hi, Pro-war voices in the Senate are pushing to add billions more in Pentagon funding. The Biden administration requested only a 1% increase to the Pentagon budget. But the Senate wants a $25 billion increase. Why? Because warhawks in Congress would rather throw more money into Amer…

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  Save the Post Office · [email protected]

August 25, 2021 at 3:10 PM

Postal Commission: DeJoy “not grounded in reality”

DeJoy’s plan to destroy the post office is working. Dear Friend, The Postal Regulatory Commission has called Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's plan to raise prices and slow down the mail "not grounded in reality."1 A member of the USPS Board of Governors has called the Trump-appointee…

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  Amazon Alert · [email protected]

August 22, 2021 at 5:18 PM

Amazon under investigation

We can stop the acquisition of MGM. Dear Friend, This is HUGE: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has launched an investigation into Jeff Bezos and Amazon’s $8.45 billion acquisition of MGM studios.1 The MGM merger would add a catalog of more than 4,000 films and 17,000 episodes to A…

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  Biden Administration Update · [email protected]

August 18, 2021 at 6:27 PM

Sign the petition: Afghanistan

Hi, Right now Afghanistan is facing a humanitarian crisis -- and the solutions must be humanitarian as well. Here's how you can help. Donald Trump slashed the number of refugee visas approved from Afghanistan and other countries, as part of his wider attacks on people from Muslim co…

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  Stop Big Oil · [email protected]

August 17, 2021 at 7:32 PM

The simple action Biden could take to stop Big Oil

The latest climate change report is dire, and we must act now. Dear Friend, The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report has just been released, and the news is very bad. The chances of staying under the Paris Agreement goal of 1.5 degrees Celsius is extremely s…

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  Stop ExxonMobil · [email protected]

August 11, 2021 at 5:18 PM

Sign the petition: Oil companies are drilling on federal lands

🚨​🚨More oil drilling permits than Trump.​🚨​🚨 Hi, Climate scientists warned in a new report this week that big countries need to adopt rapid and drastic reductions in carbon emissions to prevent more extreme weather and widespread devastation.1  But here in the U.S., oil companies are…

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  Trump is NOT Above the Law · [email protected]

August 7, 2021 at 8:56 PM

Why is Merrick Garland not prosecuting this Trump crony?

Wilbur Ross lied. That’s a crime. And yet Attorney General Merrick Garland hasn’t yet moved to prosecute him. Friend—Did you see our email this week? The Department of Justice must prosecute Wilbur Ross. Will you chip in $10 to help push for the DOJ to stand up for progressive values…

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  Trump Prosecution Update · [email protected]

August 4, 2021 at 2:56 PM

WTF, Merrick Garland?

Wilbur Ross lied. That’s a crime. And yet Attorney General Merrick Garland hasn’t yet moved to prosecute him. Dear Friend, The facts are clear: Donald Trump’s secretary of commerce, Wilbur Ross, lied to Congress, under oath. That’s a crime. He should be prosecuted.1 So why isn’t Merr…

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