Stop Comcast · [email protected]

September 19, 2022 at 5:15 PM

Shame on Comcast

Comcast will do *anything* to kill net neutrality, but champions in Congress are fighting back. Hi, When Donald Trump appointed former Verizon lawyer Ajit Pai as chairman of the FCC, Pai wasted no time repealing protections for net neutrality.1 But now, nearly two years since Trump…

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  USPS Solidarity · [email protected]

September 16, 2022 at 7:43 PM

Sign the petition: Block DeJoy’s bad deal!

50,000 jobs at stake... Hi, Trump’s Postmaster General Louis DeJoy just ambushed the postal workers union with his plan to shutter as many as 200 post offices and USPS facilities.1 Click here to stop DeJoy. ADD YOUR NAME DeJoy’s Great Consolidation of postal facilities will likely …

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  Miguel Youngs · [email protected]

September 15, 2022 at 4:36 PM

Sign the petition: Eyes off our financial transactions!

Hi, You may have missed this in the news, but earlier this year President Biden issued an executive order to explore “central bank digital currency”1 that could potentially let the government spy on your transactions and how you manage money. Yet again they are prepared to give the …

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  Fire Louis DeJoy · [email protected]

September 12, 2022 at 6:56 PM

Why is a Trump mega-donor still running the U.S. Postal Service?!

Louis DeJoy must go, and Demand Progress is helping make that possible. Hi, It’s mystifying, but true: Trump mega-donor Louis DeJoy still hasn’t been fired as head of the U.S. Postal Service. In fact, he's just announced his latest awful idea. This month, he’ll start shutting d…

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  Social Security Under Attack · [email protected]

September 11, 2022 at 3:24 PM

Republicans plan to end Social Security within FIVE YEARS

Republicans have openly admitted that they will end Social Security. We must act now to save it. Hi, In February, Senator Rick Scott — the head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee — announced the Republican plan to phase out Social Security within five years.1 Now, mor…

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  Amazon wants to be your doctor · [email protected]

September 1, 2022 at 4:13 PM

Sign the petition: Don’t let Amazon privatize Medicare!

Hi, Amazon wants to establish a healthcare industry monopoly. They took the first step by acquiring health provider One Medical last month for a whopping $3.9 billion — but now Amazon is doubling down and bidding to buy home health care technology company, Signify Health.1,2 The res…

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  Izzi Olive, Demand Progress · [email protected]

August 31, 2022 at 5:23 PM

Sign the petition: Aaron Swartz’s legacy

Hi, “Want to read the papers featuring the most famous results of the sciences? You'll need to send enormous amounts to publishers like Reed Elsevier.”1 Demand Progress’ co-founder Aaron Swartz published the Guerilla Open Access Manifesto in 2008 that famously began: “Information is…

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  Save Social Security · [email protected]

August 27, 2022 at 2:48 PM

Sign the petition: Save Social Security now!

Hi, Democrats in Congress are ringing alarm bells about Republican plans to “take a chainsaw to” Social Security.1 This isn’t an idle threat. Senators Rick Scott, Ron Johnson and Rand Paul have all proposed plans to gut Social Security. Thankfully there’s a bill in Congress called t…

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  Amazon wants to be your doctor · [email protected]

August 26, 2022 at 4:17 PM

Sign the petition: Don’t let Amazon privatize Medicare!

Hi, Amazon wants to establish a healthcare industry monopoly. That much is clear after the tech giant acquired health provider One Medical last month for a whopping $3.9 billion.1 The research is unequivocal: health industry consolidation leads to higher prices for consumers — witho…

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  Social Security Update · [email protected]

August 25, 2022 at 6:38 PM

Happy Birthday, Social Security

Now is the time to strengthen and expand Social Security. Hi, Social Security celebrated its 87th anniversary last week … but if the GOP has its way, this vital program won’t make it another year. Rick Scott — the head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee — wants Social Se…

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  Save the USPS · [email protected]

August 22, 2022 at 3:35 PM

Louis DeJoy has done it again

Louis DeJoy is running the U.S. Postal Service into the ground. Why hasn’t he been fired?! Hi, Louis DeJoy is at it again. First, this Trump-appointed postmaster general announced plans to buy 50,000 gas-guzzling, polluting postal trucks that get less than 9 miles per gallon.1 Then …

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  Izzi Olive, Demand Progress · [email protected]

August 16, 2022 at 3:06 PM

Sign the petition: Stop firing postal workers!

Hi, Trump’s Postmaster General Louis DeJoy wants to cut 50,000 Postal Service positions.1 Click here to stop DeJoy. Not only will DeJoy’s plan eliminate 50,000 good union jobs, it’ll also compromise the ability of the Postal Service to carry out its essential functions — like delive…

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  Antitrust ALERT · [email protected]

August 13, 2022 at 1:12 PM

This merger is a threat to democracy

Two publishing giants are trying to take over the book industry. Hi, If Penguin Random House gets its way, it will soon own Simon & Schuster—leaving only four major publishers in an industry that once had dozens.1 In a country built on free press, where Common Sense helped launc…

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  Stop Joe Manchin · [email protected]

August 8, 2022 at 5:39 PM

Sign the petition: We’re in a climate emergency!

Hi, A deluge of floodwater in Kentucky literally swept homes away, leaving local residents there with suddenly nothing but the clothes on their backs. Meanwhile four people have now died in California’s latest out-of-control wildfire. If it seems like almost every week there’s a new…

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  Save the U.S. Postal Service · [email protected]

August 7, 2022 at 3:34 PM

What will it take for Louis DeJoy to get fired?

Trump Postmaster General Louis DeJoy STILL hasn't been fired yet. Hi, Trump mega donor and Postmaster General Louis DeJoy just announced his latest terrible idea: he wants to eliminate 50,000 jobs.1 DeJoy unveiled the plan at a conservative think tank event this week, where he als…

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  Tax billionaire wealth · [email protected]

August 4, 2022 at 5:22 PM

Sign the petition: Tax billionaires before the buy up our democracy

Hi, The best time to pass a billionaire wealth tax was yesterday, the second best time is today. Congress can’t wait any longer, because surprise, surprise the year is 2022 and billionaires are flooding GOP Super PACs with money. And what do you know? Almost ALL of the money is comi…

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  Supreme Court Alert · [email protected]

August 2, 2022 at 9:13 PM

Ginni Thomas helped plot a coup. She can’t get away with it.

Clarence Thomas’s wife was directly involved in January 6 and Trump’s attempt to overturn the election. Hi, Evidence uncovered by the January 6 committee shows that Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, was a central figure in Trump’s attempt to overturn th…

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  End Corporate Greed · [email protected]

August 1, 2022 at 6:24 PM

Sign the petition: It’s Time to Tax Corporate Greed

Hi, Once again the Federal Reserve is bailing out big corporations at the expense of working class Americans. They blame inflation on higher wages and ignore the vicious corporate price gouging that has led to record profits. Congress must pass the Ending Corporate Greed Act. Sign t…

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  Net Neutrality Now · [email protected]

July 29, 2022 at 4:28 PM

Comcast’s all-out war on net neutrality

Comcast will do *anything* to kill net neutrality, but we’re fighting back. Hi, It’s outrageous, but true: More than 500 days into the Biden administration, the Federal Communications Commission still hasn’t restored net neutrality. The reason is simple. Comcast and its Big Cable all…

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  Amazon wants to be your doctor · [email protected]

July 28, 2022 at 6:03 PM

Sign the petition: Stop Amazon’s next big merger!

Hi, Amazon is trying to establish a healthcare industry monopoly. Last week, the tech giant announced a deal to purchase health provider One Medical for a whopping $3.9 billion.1 One Medical is a major Medicare contractor — and is a central player in the Medicare privatization progr…

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  Supreme Court Alert · [email protected]

July 17, 2022 at 9:01 PM

Sign the petition: Protect us from Clarence Thomas

Hi, we wanted to make sure you saw this urgent message about ethics on the Supreme Court. --The Demand Progress Team "The extremist Supreme Court is increasingly facing a legitimacy crisis," progressive champion Rep. Pramila Jayapal tweeted.1 With each new egregious ruling — includ…

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  Stop the NRA · [email protected]

July 13, 2022 at 4:02 PM

Sign the petition: Stop the NRA!

Hi, Seven people were killed and dozens more were injured in the mass shooting at the Highland Park, Illinois Fourth of July parade. But that mass shooting was just the most publicized tragedy. In total, at least 220 people lost their lives to gun violence and around 570 others were…

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  Supreme Court Alert · [email protected]

July 10, 2022 at 5:53 PM

Sign the petition: Protect us from Clarence Thomas

Hi, "The extremist Supreme Court is increasingly facing a legitimacy crisis," progressive champion Rep. Pramila Jayapal tweeted last week.1 With each new egregious ruling — including recent rulings on abortion rights, environmental protection, and gun regulations — SCOTUS further pr…

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  Stop McConnell · [email protected]

July 8, 2022 at 3:03 PM

Sign the petition: No deals with Mitch McConnell

Hi, Joe Biden just cut a deal with Mitch McConnell to appoint a far-right anti-abortion extremist to a lifetime position as a federal judge. Democratic leaders and abortion rights groups are furious. And they're right to be. Just days after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, …

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  SCOTUS Alert · [email protected]

July 6, 2022 at 9:46 PM

The Supreme Court’s voting rights bombshell

The Supreme Court is on a runaway power grab. Hi, The Supreme Court dropped a bombshell on the environment in its session’s last day on Thursday. The extremist right-wing majority decided that the Environmental Protection Agency has no authority to shift energy production away from c…

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  Supreme Court Alert · [email protected]

July 1, 2022 at 5:13 PM

Sign the petition: The Supreme Court said the EPA can't regulate carbon emissions

Hi, The Supreme Court's far right majority just keeps on handing down extremist decisions that throw out decades of precedent. Their latest outrage: they just undermined the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to regulate carbon emissions. Their decision also opens the door fo…

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  Robert Cruickshank, Demand Progress · [email protected]

June 30, 2022 at 4:34 PM

Sign the petition: Pete Buttigieg

Hi, Airlines are causing huge disruptions to travelers by canceling flights, delaying numerous other flights, and bumping passengers off of flights they paid for. It doesn't have to be this way. It's time for the government to act. Senator Bernie Sanders just called on Transportatio…

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  Stop Trump · [email protected]

June 29, 2022 at 5:34 PM

Sign the petition: Investigate Ron Johnson for Jan. 6th!

Hi, The January 6th committee hearings continue to produce shocking, stunning revelations. This week Cassidy Hutchinson explained in riveting testimony how Donald Trump nearly went to the Capitol during the insurrection to help encourage the rioters. We also learned that a US senato…

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  Expand the Court! · [email protected]

June 28, 2022 at 3:55 PM

The most right-wing Supreme Court in generations

The Supreme Court’s spring term was just as devastating as we expected. Hi, The Supreme Court’s extreme right-wing majority has issued the worst of its spring term decisions, and they are devastating to human rights.1 The justices obliterated the federal right to abortion access, gut…

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  Supreme Court Alert · [email protected]

June 25, 2022 at 5:36 PM

Sign the petition: They overturned Roe v. Wade

Hi, we wanted to make sure you saw this urgent message about expanding the Supreme Court in response to their horrific decision overturning Roe v. Wade. --The Demand Progress Team  The Supreme Court followed through on their threat and just overturned Roe v. Wade, eliminate abortion…

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  Supreme Court Alert · [email protected]

June 24, 2022 at 4:46 PM

Sign the petition: They overturned Roe v. Wade

Hi, The Supreme Court followed through on their threat and just overturned Roe v. Wade, eliminate abortion rights for millions of Americans. That's horrific. And Clarence Thomas signaled they plan to go even further.  In his own concurring opinion, Thomas said the Court should "reco…

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  Tihi Hayslett, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]

June 23, 2022 at 3:17 PM

Sign the petition: SCOTUS rules for more guns

Hi, The Supreme Court – stacked with Trump-appointed judges – just made our country more dangerous. They ruled that New York State's concealed handgun permit law is unconstitutional.1 They are paving the way for more guns in more public places from college campuses and public transp…

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  Stop Google · [email protected]

June 21, 2022 at 5:20 PM

Sign the petition: Don't collect location data on abortion seekers!

Hi, In a post-Roe America, your cell phone could be used against you to let law enforcement know if you've visited an abortion care provider and even where you went afterward. That's because Google not just collects and retains a huge amount of cell phone location data – they also g…

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  Supreme Court Alert · [email protected]

June 17, 2022 at 9:39 PM

Make a donation: Investigate Clarence Thomas

Every new bit of information about Ginni Thomas is more damning than the last. Hi, Every new bit of information about Ginni Thomas is more damning than the last. The Washington Post just reported that Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, was in frequent contac…

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  Stop Amazon · [email protected]

June 14, 2022 at 6:06 PM

Sign the petition: John Oliver vs. Big Tech

Hi, On Sunday night's episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Oliver made a strong case for Congress to act now to pass two bills that would help break up Amazon, Facebook, Google, and the Big Tech monopolies: "It's not that tech companies are inherently bad because they are …

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  We ❤️ USPS · [email protected]

June 11, 2022 at 2:32 PM

One step closer to booting Louis DeJoy

We’re turning up the heat to get Postmaster General Louis DeJoy fired. Hi, It's been 18 months since Joe Biden was sworn in as president. And yet Trump megadonor Louis DeJoy is still in charge of the U.S. Postal Service. DeJoy has slowed delivery times and raised prices. He's remove…

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  Stop Amazon · [email protected]

June 9, 2022 at 7:51 PM

Sign the petition: Amazon doesn't want these bills to pass

Hi, We've reached a critical moment in the fight against Big Tech companies like Amazon and Facebook. Two important bills with bipartisan support that would rein in the abusive, anti-competitive behavior of Big Tech giants are on the cusp of receiving a vote on the Senate floor. But…

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  Net Neutrality Now · [email protected]

June 8, 2022 at 8:06 PM

Comcast is going all out to tank Biden’s FCC nominee

Comcast and their lobbyists are doing everything they can to tank Biden’s final nominee to the FCC. Hi, When Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump, it should have only been a matter of time before the policies of Trump FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai were thrown out and net neutrality once again…

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  Robert Cruickshank, Demand Progress · [email protected]

June 4, 2022 at 4:19 PM

Sign the petition: Senate went on vacation

Hi, Just a few days after the mass shooting at a school in Texas, the US Senate...went on vacation. The Senate went on recess in late May. When they return, Democrats will try and persuade Republicans to vote for gun control legislation that is widely popular with the American peopl…

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  Supreme Court Alert · [email protected]

June 3, 2022 at 3:46 PM

Sign the petition: Investigate Clarence Thomas

Hi, Every new bit of information about Ginni Thomas is more damning than the last. The New York Times just reported that Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, emailed Arizona lawmakers in 2020 to pressure them to overturn the presidential election results.1 Gi…

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  Stop the NRA · [email protected]

June 2, 2022 at 2:34 PM

This time, we can beat the NRA

169 children have been killed in mass school shootings since 1999. Enough is enough. Hi, From Columbine High School to Robb Elementary School, 169 children have been killed in mass school shootings since 1999.1 169 children. Now, in the wake of the horror of Uvalde, Americans wa…

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  Stop Jeff Bezos · [email protected]

May 29, 2022 at 3:49 PM

Sign the petition: End corporate welfare!

Hi, President Biden recently tweeted: "You want to bring down inflation? Let's make sure the wealthiest corporations pay their fair share."1 Big Tech will do anything it can to hide the fact that corporate power is driving inflation. Just look at Jeff Bezos's response to President B…

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  Supreme Court Alert · [email protected]

May 26, 2022 at 11:18 PM

Sign the petition: Stop guns

  Hi, After the horrific mass murder of children at an elementary school in Texas, will our country finally take action to stop mass shootings and pass new gun control laws? Not if the Supreme Court can help it. In fact, the Supreme Court is about to issue a ruling that could throw o…

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  Supreme Court Alert · [email protected]

May 25, 2022 at 10:38 PM

Sign the petition: Stop guns

Hi, After the horrific mass murder of children at an elementary school in Texas, will our country finally take action to stop mass shootings and pass new gun control laws? Not if the Supreme Court can help it. In fact, the Supreme Court is about to issue a ruling that could throw ou…

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  Stop Joe Manchin · [email protected]

May 24, 2022 at 3:02 PM

Sign the petition: Stop Joe Manchin!

Hi, Joe Manchin is once again exploiting his position as a key swing vote for Democrats to do the bidding of the fossil fuel industry. That's been Manchin's signature move for his entire career.1 It's time to stop him, and make Congress pass President Biden's bold climate agenda. Af…

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  Stop Comcast · [email protected]

May 20, 2022 at 2:35 PM

Comcast will do anything to stop this Biden appointment

We can restore net neutrality with the confirmation of Gigi Sohn — but Comcast is going all-out to stop her. Hi, Donald Trump's biggest gift to the telecom industry was the repeal of net neutrality, delivered courtesy of his FCC chairman, former Verizon lobbyist Ajit Pai.1 Now we …

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  We ❤️ USPS · [email protected]

May 18, 2022 at 8:25 PM

Louis DeJoy is getting sued

Louis DeJoy wants to spend billions on 165,000 gas-guzzling trucks. No way. Did you see our message last week about Louis DeJoy's latest scandal? Check it out below. It's unbelievable. Hi, The planet is on fire. Gas prices are skyrocketing. But Postmaster General and Trump holdover…

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  Surveillance Action Alert · [email protected]

May 13, 2022 at 2:05 PM

Sign the petition: Stop data brokers from selling users’ menstrual cycle data!

Hi, With the Supreme Court poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, we need to step up efforts to protect Americans who would be at risk of retaliation or prosecution. Will you sign this petition to urge Congress to protect users' private personal data from falling into the hands of anti-abo…

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  Save the U.S. Postal Service · [email protected]

May 10, 2022 at 10:24 PM

Louis DeJoy just got some very bad news

Louis DeJoy wants to spend billions on 165,000 gas-guzzling trucks. No way. Hi, The planet is on fire. Gas prices are skyrocketing. But Postmaster General and Trump holdover Louis DeJoy is still trying to move forward with his plan to spend billions on a fleet of gas-guzzling truck…

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  Izzi Olive, Demand Progress · [email protected]

May 7, 2022 at 5:04 PM

Sign the petition: No war in Yemen!

Hi, The war in Yemen is currently on pause for the first time in 6 years, due to the Ramadan holiday. The ceasefire is supposed to give Yemenis a fighting chance at survival by allowing humanitarian aid to reach the over 23 million Yemenis who need immediate lifesaving assistance.  …

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