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  End the Electoral College · [email protected]
August 30, 2023 at 4:35 PM

This is a five-alarm fire for our democracy

We’re closer than ever before to upending the Electoral College. Hi -- Please take a moment to read the email we sent the other day. It's incredibly urgent and the stakes couldn't be higher. Hi, In 2016, Donald Trump lost the popular vote for president by nearly 3 million votes — and…
  Net Neutrality · [email protected]
August 29, 2023 at 7:17 PM

Sign the petition: Trump destroyed net neutrality. Now we can save it.

Hi, We finally have a chance to reverse the Trump administration’s disastrous decision to gut net neutrality. President Biden promised to restore net neutrality, but telecom lobbyists and Republicans like Ted Cruz have blocked this by preventing the confirmation of a fully-staffed F…
  Save USPS · [email protected]
August 28, 2023 at 8:49 PM

Sign the petition: Why is Trump’s Postmaster General still in power?

Hi, Why is Trump crony Louis DeJoy still the head of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS)? His tenure has been a disaster for USPS workers. Trump appointed DeJoy in 2018 to oversee privatization of the postal service. Since then, DeJoy has cut postal worker staffing by over 30 million hou…
  New gun laws · [email protected]
August 27, 2023 at 2:06 PM

Sign the petition: Congress must ban assault weapons

Hey there, please don’t click away from this email. In a tragic and, unfortunately, predictable turn of events, the United States just surpassed 400 mass shootings in 2023.1 This is a harrowing epidemic — one that is all-too avoidable. But thanks to heavily funded right-wing efforts…
  Urgent Democracy Alert · [email protected]
August 26, 2023 at 7:43 PM

The Electoral College needs to go

We’re closer than ever before to upending the Electoral College. Hi, In 2016, Donald Trump lost the popular vote for president by nearly 3 million votes — and he still became the president. It happened in 2000 as well, when George W. Bush won the White House despite getting 543,000 f…
  Joey DeFrancesco, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]
August 24, 2023 at 9:31 PM

Sign the petition: The FBI is STILL unlawfully reading our emails

Hi, The FBI, CIA, and NSA desperately want to keep spying on you. That’s why these agencies are doing everything they can to protect Section 702, a dangerous portion of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that allows agencies to collect, use, and share our personal data, inclu…
  Fire Louis DeJoy · [email protected]
August 22, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Louis DeJoy is about to slow down the mail AGAIN?!

Louis DeJoy’s 10-year plan to ruin the post office is a complete disaster. He must be fired now. We're resending this email that we sent over the weekend to ensure that you didn't miss this urgent update. Hi, Trump-appointed Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has been an utter disaster f…
  Protect Medicare · [email protected]
August 18, 2023 at 5:39 PM

Sign the petition: If you're a senior, Kevin McCarthy wants to cut your Medicare. If you're not, he wants to destroy Medicare before you can ever enroll.

Hi, Republicans in Congress, led by Kevin McCarthy, are hellbent on destroying America’s social safety net. 156 House Republicans recently signed onto an extreme MAGA budget that would end Medicare as we know it and raise prescription drug costs.1 This is the dangerous GOP playbook …
  Tihi Hayslett, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]
August 17, 2023 at 5:03 PM

Sign the petition: Transparency around Trump’s 37 felony charges

Hi there, Donald Trump’s upcoming trial in Florida — in which he’s being charged with 37 felony counts of illegal retention of classified documents, obstruction of justice, and more — must be televised for the public. Historically, federal courts prohibit the broadcasting of their t…
  Fire Louis DeJoy · [email protected]
August 16, 2023 at 3:19 PM

Why has Louis DeJoy not been fired yet?!

Louis DeJoy’s 10-year plan to ruin the post office is a complete disaster. He must be fired now. Hi, Trump-appointed Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has been an utter disaster for the U.S. Postal Service. Mail delivery has been massively delayed.1 Postal rates are rising. Postal work…
  End Corporate Greed · [email protected]
August 14, 2023 at 5:24 PM

Sign the petition: Keeping Amazon, Google, Ticketmaster, and the airline industry in check

Hi, Corporate growth in 2023 is downright scary. Big Tech companies just keep getting bigger and bigger. Amazon is acquiring health care companies. Giant grocery stores are trying to execute a mega-merger — inevitably leading to even higher prices at the grocery store. Airlines are …
  Corrupt Clarence Thomas · [email protected]
August 12, 2023 at 3:36 PM

Sign the petition: Surprise! Clarence Thomas’ quarter-million dollar R.V. was an undisclosed gift from a wealthy executive

Hi, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas loves his $270,000 luxury R.V. He’s repeatedly posed with the vehicle and praised how it gives him access to “regular” America. But a New York Times report just revealed that the R.V. was yet another undisclosed lavish gift from Thomas’ weal…
  Tax private jets · [email protected]
August 10, 2023 at 9:25 PM

Sign the petition: The Trump Tax Cuts allow a 100% tax write-off for private jet purchases

Hi, The "typical" private jet owner has a median net worth of $190 million and the 2017 Trump Tax Cuts allowed the mega-rich to get a full, 100% tax write-off for private jet purchases.1 While the average American filed taxes this year, ultra-wealthy private jet owners probably got …
  Demand Progress Authoritarianism Warning · [email protected]
August 2, 2023 at 5:44 PM

Trump’s terrifying plan for authoritarianism

Trump wants unbridled executive power. Congress must nip it in the bud. Hi, The New York Times has revealed that Donald Trump and his minions are plotting a terrifying power grab to transform the office of the presidency, should he regain the White House in 2024. Trump’s plan is base…
  Tihi Hayslett, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]
August 1, 2023 at 5:45 PM

Sign the petition: Stop the government's illegal purchase of personal data

Hi, News just broke that our campaign to end warrantless data collection in America faces direct opposition from the NSA. We now know U.S. intelligence officials at the National Security Agency (NSA) are lobbying Congress to block a measure to prevent the government from collecting …
  Tax Elon Musk · [email protected]
July 27, 2023 at 3:49 PM

Sign the petition: Tax Elon Musk and all billionaires!

Hi, X. Yes, that’s really Twitter’s new name1 thanks to the latest baffling decision from billionaire owner Elon Musk. Musk made a $44 billion mess and wrecked Twitter over the last nine months — one billionaire brought a giant social media company into a state of complete disarray.…
  Tihi Hayslett, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]
July 25, 2023 at 6:05 PM

Sign the petition: "We’re going to see workers die"

Hi, “It was one of the worst feelings I’ve ever had in my entire life,” Seth Pacic, a UPS truck driver recounted after dry heaving, out of sorts, unable to drive home until he sat in an air-conditioned office for over an hour.1 This is the story of extreme heat and truck driving as …
  Supreme Court Corruption Alert · [email protected]
July 24, 2023 at 7:15 PM

RE: Huge news on Supreme Court corruption

A key Senate committee just passed legislation to crack down on Supreme Court corruption Hi — We're re-sending this email to make sure you don't miss this exciting news. — the Demand Progress team. Hi, For months, we’ve been hearing about Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas, Samu…
  Supreme Court Corruption Alert · [email protected]
July 21, 2023 at 7:25 PM

Huge news on Supreme Court corruption

A key Senate committee just passed legislation to crack down on Supreme Court corruption Hi, For months, we’ve been hearing about Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and others getting millions of dollars in luxury travel, sweetheart real estate deals, and cash paym…
  January 6 Alert · [email protected]
July 19, 2023 at 1:45 PM

Insurrectionists are banned from public office. Period.

The 14th Amendment is clear: insurrectionists may not serve in Congress or any other public office. Hi, More than 1,000 people have been charged for crimes on January 6, and hundreds have been found guilty.1 But of the elected officials who helped plan or participated in the riot,…
  Stop Ted Cruz · [email protected]
July 18, 2023 at 9:00 PM

Sign the petition: Tell Congress to reject Ted Cruz's dangerous censorship amendment

Hi, A proposal led by Ted Cruz in Congress to give federal lawmakers the legal right to scrub information from the internet could get a vote TODAY. This would give members of Congress the ability to stop important investigative journalism dead in its tracks.1 Coverage of corruption …
  Supreme Court Corruption Alert · [email protected]
July 16, 2023 at 5:47 PM

Breaking: Clarence Thomas aide caught taking cash payments

Multiple lawyers with cases before the Supreme Court gave cash to an aide for Justice Clarence Thomas. Hi, Another bombshell Supreme Court scandal just broke — and Congress is finally taking action to do something about it. The Guardian newspaper caught an aide to Justice Clarence Th…
  Bans Off Our Bodies · [email protected]
July 15, 2023 at 2:41 PM

Sign the petition: Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Lindsey Graham, and Elise Stefanik's positions on abortion

Hi, The extreme right-wing Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade has emboldened MAGA Republicans in Congress to advocate for an outright national abortion ban. First, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito undid abortion rights in America. Now, MAGA extremists in Congress like …
  Thomas Alert · [email protected]
July 14, 2023 at 2:28 PM

Sign the petition: Clarence Thomas literally opens the Supreme Court’s doors to an elite private association

Hi, Each year, Clarence Thomas hosts a secretive initiation ritual for his wealthy friends inside the Supreme Court chamber. It sounds ridiculous, but a bombshell New York Times report just revealed that Justice Thomas performs this ceremony in the main Supreme Court room for an eli…
  Tihi Hayslett, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]
July 13, 2023 at 7:03 PM

Sign the petition: Crack down on scam insurance plans and junk fees

Hi, In 2018, the Trump administration made it much easier for big corporations to take advantage of people by selling junk health insurance plans. These health insurance companies are able to offer misleading short-term insurance products, discriminate against pre-existing condition…
  January 6 Alert · [email protected]
July 12, 2023 at 2:44 PM

Re: The key clause in the U.S. Constitution Republicans want to ignore

The 14th Amendment bans insurrectionists from holding elective office. It must be enforced. We wanted to resend this email to make sure you didn't miss it. We must act now to defend democracy. -- Demand Progress Hi, Since January 6 insurrection, more than 1,000 people have been charg…
  January 6 Alert · [email protected]
July 8, 2023 at 2:52 PM

Insurrectionists can’t hold public office. Period.

The 14th Amendment bans insurrectionists from holding elective office. It must be enforced. Hi, Since January 6 insurrection, more than 1,000 people have been charged for crimes and hundreds have been found guilty.1 However, of elected officials who planned or participated in the dea…
  Alito Alert · [email protected]
July 5, 2023 at 6:00 PM

Sign the petition: Justice Alito ruled against the EPA while his wife made deals with an oil corporation

Hi, A shocking new report revealed that while Justice Alito was voting to gut environmental protections, his wife was cutting real estate deals with the fossil fuel industry.1 Despite this substantial conflict of interest, Alito has not recused himself in cases involving the fossil …
  Tax the Rich · [email protected]
June 30, 2023 at 5:34 PM

Sign the petition: Tell the IRS to audit the rich

Hi, A new study just revealed that Internal Revenue Service (IRS) audits of the 1% yield by far the most revenue of any audits they conduct.1 Every dollar the IRS spends auditing the super-rich brings in more cash than an audit of the average taxpayer. IRS data shows the 1% don’t re…
  Joey DeFrancesco, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]
June 29, 2023 at 7:12 PM

Sign the petition: A hazardous train derailed outside of Yellowstone National Park

Hi, A train carrying molten sulfur and hot asphalt derailed last week just outside of Yellowstone National Park. Seven trail cars filled with toxic material still remain in the Yellowstone River.1 Officials instituted emergency measures at water treatment plants due to the “potentia…
  Social Security Under Attack · [email protected]
June 28, 2023 at 3:52 PM

The new Republican plan to gut Social Security

House Republicans just released their plan to decimate Social Security. Hi, A leading group of House Republicans just released their proposed budget for 2024, and it’s truly appalling. The Republican Study Committee plan would slash Social Security by raising the retirement age and c…
  Trump Accountability · [email protected]
June 26, 2023 at 5:48 PM

Sign the petition: A Trump-appointed judge is overseeing Trump’s trial...really?!

Hi, The federal classified documents case against Trump is in jeopardy because of the judge overseeing the case — Judge Aileen Cannon. Judge Cannon was appointed by former president Trump AND she’s issued rulings in favor of Trump, like when she blocked authorities from using the cl…
  SCOTUS Scandal · [email protected]
June 22, 2023 at 9:47 PM

Sign the petition: Supreme Court Justice Alito’s $100,000 private jet ride

Hi, BREAKING: Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito accepted luxury trips from Paul Singer – a billionaire and Republican megadonor who has brought business before the Court. Alito failed to disclose the elaborate gifts.1 The exposé on Alito’s corruption comes just a few months after t…
  Tihi Hayslett, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]
June 21, 2023 at 7:18 PM

Sign the petition: Senator Bernie Sanders' Tax on Wall Street Speculation Act of 2023

Hi, Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Barbara Lee just introduced legislation to tax Wall Street greed.1 The Tax on Wall Street Speculation Act of 2023 would raise taxes on high-frequency stock traders, hedge fund executives, and Wall Street profiteers — the people raking in…
  Supreme Court Corruptions · [email protected]
June 20, 2023 at 4:33 PM

Sign the petition: Sen. Warren’s new bill to end Supreme Court corruption

Hi, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Pramila Jayapal just introduced legislation that would finally impose an ethics code on the Supreme Court, and ban federal judges from owning individual stock.1 The Judicial Ethics and Anti-Corruption Act has been introduced during a time public tr…
  January 6 Alert · [email protected]
June 19, 2023 at 5:04 PM

Re: The key section of the U.S. Constitution that Republicans never talk about

The 14th Amendment is clear: Insurrectionists shouldn’t be able to hold public office. Hi -- We wanted to resend this important email to make sure you didn't miss it! -- Demand Progress Hi, Since the January 6 insurrection, more than 1,000 people have been charged with crimes relatin…
  Stop Trump · [email protected]
June 17, 2023 at 3:14 PM

Insurrectionists cannot hold public office. Period.

The 14th Amendment is clear: Insurrectionists shouldn’t be able to hold public office. Hi, Since the January 6 insurrection, more than 1,000 people have been charged with crimes relating to the attack. Almost 600 have been found guilty.1 Leaders of far-right militia groups including …
  Stop Gorsuch · [email protected]
June 16, 2023 at 8:22 PM

Sign the petition: Gorsuch said COVID protections were perhaps "the greatest intrusions on civil liberties in the peacetime history of this country"

Hi, Trump-appointed judges continue to make dangerous statements from the Supreme Court. Recently, Trump’s Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch said COVID protections were perhaps "the greatest intrusions on civil liberties in the peacetime history of this country."1 Not only is this …
  Terms Limits · [email protected]
June 9, 2023 at 6:03 PM

Sign the petition: The Supreme Court should not have lifetime appointments

Hi, BREAKING: The Supreme Court just issued a major anti-union decision that “risks erosion of the right to strike,” according to dissenting Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.1 The Court’s ruling today in Glacier v. Teamsters creates a new precedent that unions are responsible for finan…
  Joey DeFrancesco, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]
June 7, 2023 at 8:34 PM

Sign the petition: Anti-choice activists bought private cell phone data to target Planned Parenthood

Hi, Right-wing activists are using cell phone location data to send anti-choice misinformation to people who visited Planned Parenthood clinics.1 Scammers are using demographic data to target seniors and steal their money through sweepstakes schemes.2 Immigration and Customs Enforce…
  Save the U.S. Post Office · [email protected]
June 1, 2023 at 5:33 PM

90 cents for a first-class stamp?!

Louis DeJoy is a disaster, and he has been ever since Trump appointed him. Hi, Trump-appointed postmaster general Louis DeJoy just testified before Congress for the first time in more than two years — and he once again showed why he must be fired in order to save the U.S. Postal Serv…
  Supreme Court Corruption Alert · [email protected]
May 27, 2023 at 12:33 PM

Make John Roberts testify. Now.

Chief Justice Roberts thinks the Supreme Court is above the law. Hi, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has gotten over $10 million through undisclosed payments to his wife from corporate law firms with cases in front of the court.1 Clarence Thomas and his wife secretly took m…
  Tihi Hayslett, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]
May 24, 2023 at 5:34 PM

Sign the petition: Steps to fire Louis DeJoy

Hi, Trump appointee Louis DeJoy is STILL head of the U.S. Postal Service, even as his privatization plans threaten to destroy the USPS. DeJoy was on Capitol Hill last week to answer questions about slow mail service, his USPS privatization plan, and workers exposed to extreme temper…
  Supreme Court Corruption Alert · [email protected]
May 23, 2023 at 9:25 PM

More damning evidence against Clarence Thomas

This is flat-out corruption. Clarence Thomas sold his vote to corporate polluters. Hi, For decades, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his family have gotten millions of dollars in secret payments, luxury vacations, and sweetheart real estate deals from Republican billionaire…
  SCOTUS Ethics · [email protected]
May 20, 2023 at 3:49 PM

Sign the petition: John Roberts is refusing to testify about SCOTUS ethics scandals

Hi, Even more SCOTUS ethics scandals are being revealed, yet the man that leads the highest Court in the nation, Chief Justice John Roberts, REFUSES to testify in front of the Senate. In the last few weeks, we’ve learned of Clarence Thomas’ luxury vacations with billionaire GOP mega…
  Tihi Hayslett, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]
May 19, 2023 at 4:05 PM

Sign the petition: Save the Monarch Butterfly from extinction

Hi, Monarch butterflies are going extinct because of companies like Bayer-Monsanto. Bayer-Monsanto products, like Roundup, contain toxic chemicals that are killing the natural habitats and food sources of the monarch.1 Bayer-Monsanto has wreaked havoc on the environment, public heal…
  Save the Grand Canyon · [email protected]
May 12, 2023 at 5:54 PM

Sign the petition: Call on President Biden to save the Grand Canyon from uranium mining

Hi, If President Biden doesn’t step in, many Native American tribes are set to lose their sacred land, and more than 40 million Americans’ access to clean water will be in jeopardy. Despite a 20-year uranium mining moratorium near the Grand Canyon, Donald Trump’s administration took…
  Supreme Court Corruption Alert · [email protected]
May 11, 2023 at 4:18 PM

Jaw-dropping Supreme Court corruption

After months of damning revelations about the Supreme Court justices’ shady business deals and lavish unreported gifts, there may finally be an opportunity to demand answers and action. Hi, After months of damning revelations about the Supreme Court justices’ shady business deals and…
  Save the Grand Canyon · [email protected]
May 8, 2023 at 3:49 PM

Sign the petition: Call on President Biden to save the Grand Canyon from uranium mining

Hi, If President Biden doesn’t step in, many Native American tribes are set to lose their sacred land, and more than 40 million Americans’ access to clean water will be in jeopardy. Despite a 20-year uranium mining moratorium near the Grand Canyon, Donald Trump’s administration took…
  SCOTUS Corruption Alert · [email protected]
May 6, 2023 at 3:16 PM

The latest Supreme Court bombshell

The latest bombshell report shows why Congress must force the Supreme Court to adopt an ethics code. Hi, The bombshell revelations about corruption at the Supreme Court just won’t stop. Over the span of eight years, the wife of Chief Justice John Roberts raked in $10.3 million from …