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  No Netanyahu speech · [email protected]
June 5, 2024 at 2:50 PM

Sign the petition: Bernie Sanders won't attend Netanyahu's congressional speech

TELL CONGRESS: There is no reason whatsoever to welcome Israeli PM Netanyahu to speak in front of Congress as the Israeli military continues committing atrocities in Gaza. Sign the petition: Urge members of Congress to oppose and boycott Netanyahu’s speech. ADD YOUR NAME Hi, Despi…
  Save the U.S. Post Office · [email protected]
June 3, 2024 at 8:01 PM

Louis DeJoy’s latest post office dumpster fire

Louis DeJoy has been an absolute disaster for the U.S. Postal Service. Hi, Louis DeJoy has been a complete and total disaster for the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) since the moment Donald Trump installed him as postmaster general. On-time delivery has plummeted.1 Postage rates have skyr…
  Gerrymandering Alert · [email protected]
June 1, 2024 at 2:28 PM

Sign the petition: Clarence Thomas wants to let GOP lawmakers gerrymander as much as they want

TELL CONGRESS: Clarence Thomas and the right-wing Justices on SCOTUS will let states get away with gutting voting rights and racist gerrymandering if our lawmakers don't act. Sign the petition: Urge Congress to end racist, partisan gerrymandering by passing the Freedom to Vote Act! …
  Restore Voting Rights Act · [email protected]
May 31, 2024 at 1:14 PM

Sign the petition: We can only stop racist gerrymandering and voter suppression with the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and Freedom to Vote Act

Hi, The House GOP and right-wing judges on the Supreme Court are attacking voting rights. Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, and the other conservatives on SCOTUS recently rubber-stamped the South Carolina GOP’s new Congressional maps. The NAACP was challenging the maps for rac…
  Israel/Palestine · [email protected]
May 30, 2024 at 7:26 PM

NY Times: U.S. bombs used in bombing of Gaza refugee camp

The bombs used in the Rafah refugee bombing were made in the United States. Hi, The world reacted with shock and horror Sunday when Israel bombed a refugee tent camp in Rafah, killing at least 45 and wounding at least 240.1 Then yesterday, The New York Times confirmed that the bombs…
  Israel/Palestine · [email protected]
May 28, 2024 at 9:38 PM

Sign the petition: American bombs and funding are killing innocent Palestinians in Rafah

Hi, The world looks on in horror: the Israeli military launched airstrikes on a tent camp in Rafah — killing forty-five innocent Palestinians, including many women and children.1 The bombing of a camp of innocent people is one of the deadliest single incidents in the war, in a part …
  Stop Samuel Alito · [email protected]
May 25, 2024 at 4:33 PM

Samuel Alito is absolutely freaking out right now

The upside-down American flag that flew over Justice Samuel Alito's house wasn’t just a public show of support for violent insurrection. Hi, The pro-insurrectionist flags that were flown at Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's houses aren't just a public show of support for the Janua…
  Corrupt Supreme Court · [email protected]
May 22, 2024 at 6:12 PM

Sign the petition: Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas must recuse themselves in the Trump immunity case!

Hi, According to reports from The New York Times, an upside-down American flag (a prominent ‘Stop the Steal’ symbol after January 6) flew over Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s house.1 The flag was raised over Alito’s house while the Court considered whether or not to take on a c…
  Block UnitedHealth monopoly · [email protected]
May 20, 2024 at 4:42 PM

Sign the petition: Stop UnitedHealth from becoming America's health care monopoly

Hi, UnitedHealth Group has rapidly become the largest health care conglomerate in the country1 — and Senator Elizabeth Warren is doing something about it. Earlier this month at a Senate hearing, UnitedHealth’s CEO tried to avoid answering Senator Warren’s questions about its runaway…
  Ceasefire Now · [email protected]
May 18, 2024 at 4:13 PM

600,000 flee Rafah -- with nowhere to go

The ground invasion of Rafah could turn into a "bloodbath," according to the World Health Organization. Hi, More than 600,000 Palestinians have fled the southern Gaza city of Rafah over the past week to escape a ground invasion of this tiny enclave on the Egyptian border.1 Meanwhile…
  Block Clarence Thomas · [email protected]
May 16, 2024 at 9:21 PM

Sign the petition: Clarence Thomas complaining about facing "nastiness" and "lies"

Hi, Clarence Thomas is taking a page out of Donald Trump’s playbook by claiming that the well-documented reports of his corruption scandals are simply “nastiness and lies.”1 The Supreme Court Justice can’t make his ethics violations — undisclosed, paid-for luxury vacations with righ…
  Israel/Palestine · [email protected]
May 14, 2024 at 6:40 PM

Sign the petition: Stop the Republican bill to restart weapons shipments to Israel!

Hi, Republicans in Congress are trying to get more American-made bombs to Israel ASAP. First, President Biden halted shipments of certain kinds of offensive weapons to Israel as Prime Minister Netanyahu ramped up his threats to invade Rafah — promising an escalation in the humanitar…
  Stop Chevron · [email protected]
May 12, 2024 at 2:04 PM

Sign the petition: Chevron spent $14.9 billion on stock buybacks in 2023

Hi, Every day, mega corporations like Bank of America, Chevron, and Amazon grow richer, while prices rise, worker wages stay the same, and wealth inequality skyrockets. Where does all that money go? Billions are funneled into stock buybacks, when a company buys its own stocks to enr…
  End 702 · [email protected]
May 11, 2024 at 4:26 PM

Mitch McConnell vs. Demand Progress

McConnell launched an unhinged attack on Demand Progress from the floor of the U.S. Senate, calling us "Chicken Littles" and smearing us with false claims. Hi, When the infamous mass government spying law known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) was se…
  Israel/Palestine · [email protected]
May 10, 2024 at 2:42 PM

Sign the petition: Biden says U.S. won't transfer offensive weapons if Israel invades Rafah

Hi, President Biden is finally using his power to try to stop Netanyahu’s atrocities in Gaza. Earlier this week, President Biden held back a bomb shipment to Israel; now he says he won’t send offensive weapons to Israel at all if Netanyahu invades Rafah.1 This is to stop a devastati…
  Stop DeJoy · [email protected]
May 9, 2024 at 1:37 PM

Sign the petition: Mail voting will be absolutely critical, but DeJoy is still in charge of the USPS

Hi, In an election year where tens of millions of Americans will vote by mail, Trump-appointed head of the USPS, Louis DeJoy, has no answers for the massive mail delays in Atlanta. DeJoy had no answers when Senator Jon Ossoff asked why his constituents in Atlanta were facing delays …
  Israel/Palestine · [email protected]
May 8, 2024 at 5:38 PM

Please read. It's vitally urgent.

Israel's ground invasion of Rafah could turn into a "bloodbath" for civilians according to the World Health Organization. Hi, The past 48 hours may have been the most consequential of the entire Israel-Gaza war since October 7 — and the next 48 hours may well decide whether this horr…
  Israel/Palestine · [email protected]
May 7, 2024 at 8:13 PM

Sign the petition: Urge our leaders to stop the invasion of Rafah

Hi, Rafah is under imminent threat of invasion. The Israeli military has begun warning Palestinians to flee the densely populated Gazan city.1 Over a million Palestinians had already fled their homes and taken refuge in Rafah.2 Where does Netanyahu’s military want them to go now? Is…
  Israel/Palestine · [email protected]
May 6, 2024 at 5:03 PM

Will you donate $10 to help stop a devastating ground invasion of Rafah?

A full-scale ground invasion of Rafah could turn into a “bloodbath” according to the World Health Organization. Hi, Israel warned Palestinians to flee southern Gaza this morning after a night of intense bombing in preparation for a full-scale ground invasion of Rafah, the tiny encla…
  Block Clarence Thomas · [email protected]
May 5, 2024 at 3:57 PM

Sign the petition: End Clarence Thomas' corruption with term limits!

Hi, Clarence Thomas shouldn’t be ruling on Trump’s immunity case because his wife, Ginni Thomas, attended the January 6 Stop the Steal rally and pleaded with senior White House staff to help Trump overturn the election in the days leading up to the insurrection.1 Here’s how the New …
  Stop Musk · [email protected]
May 3, 2024 at 8:24 PM

Sign the petition: Elon Musk on the National Labor Relations Board: "The very definition of tyranny."

Hi, Elon Musk just laid off nearly 2,700 workers at his Tesla plant in Austin, TX after months of union busting and worker exploitation.1 It’s not just union busting, Elon Musk is fighting to undo worker protections and get rid of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the feder…
  Clarence Thomas Corruption Alert · [email protected]
May 2, 2024 at 11:54 PM

The Supreme Court is about to crown King Trump

The Supreme Court just heard oral arguments on whether to give Donald Trump total immunity from criminal prosecution Hi, Last week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on whether to give Donald Trump total immunity from criminal prosecution for his role in the January 6 insurrecti…
  Israel/Palestine · [email protected]
May 1, 2024 at 6:14 PM

Sign the petition: Netanyahu continues threats to invade the densely populated city in Gaza where over a million Palestinians have taken refuge

Hi, Israeli airstrikes are falling on Rafah1 as Netanyahu continues his threats to invade the densely populated city in Gaza where over a million Palestinians have taken refuge.2 This escalation would displace, kill, and cut off humanitarian aid like food and water to even greater n…
  Protect the Internet · [email protected]
April 29, 2024 at 7:14 PM

Sign the petition: House Speaker Johnson is blocking this crucial bill

Hi, The Affordable Connectivity Act was passed in 2021 to ensure all Americans had access to reliable broadband internet. It made a huge difference for countless families, especially in Native, Black, and Latino communities.1 But funding to ensure people have access to the internet …
  Electoral College Disaster Alert · [email protected]
April 28, 2024 at 3:34 PM

The next electoral college meltdown is coming. This can stop it.

We must act now to prevent another Electoral College meltdown. Hi, Twice in the last six presidential elections, the candidate who lost the popular vote won the White House — and it very nearly happened again in 2004 and 2020.1 But we can fix this senseless, undemocratic Electoral…
  Block Trump appointee · [email protected]
April 27, 2024 at 2:47 PM

Sign the petition: Louis DeJoy's USPS is a complete mess

Hi, Trump-appointed head of the USPS, Louis DeJoy, was hauled in front of the U.S. Senate last week to answer for the complete mess at the Post Office. He’s overseeing higher prices (up 45% under DeJoy!), worse service (mail delays across the country are at an all-time high), and ma…
  Block credit card fees · [email protected]
April 25, 2024 at 5:26 PM

Sign the petition: House Republicans voted against a Biden admin rule capping credit card fees

TELL CONGRESS: Republicans just voted FOR increasing credit card fees to undo a cap recently introduced by the Biden Administration. Sign the petition: Urge Congress to block the GOP’s attempted repeal of President Biden’s cap on credit card fees! ADD YOUR NAME Hi, Republicans ac…
  Block credit card fees · [email protected]
April 25, 2024 at 5:22 PM

Sign the petition: House Republicans voted against a Biden admin rule capping credit card fees

Hi, Republicans actually voted FOR increasing credit card fees.1 GOP Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Rep. Andy Barr, even tried to convince the public that Americans like higher credit card fees.2 The Biden administration recently instituted a rule to place a lim…
  Expand the CTC · [email protected]
April 24, 2024 at 7:18 PM

Sign the petition: Tell the Senate to quit the politics and pass the Child Tax Credit

Hi, A bipartisan tax package that would expand the Child Tax Credit (CTC) is currently waiting on a vote from the Senate. This bill would go a long way toward alleviating child poverty. But some Senators are hellbent on blocking the bill. Why don’t they want this tax package to go t…
  Israel/Palestine · [email protected]
April 23, 2024 at 7:15 PM

Sign the petition: U.S. readies to send Israel more weapons, even as Netanyahu continues violating international humanitarian law

Hi, The atrocities in Gaza and Israel’s violations of international humanitarian law continue. Yet, Congress and President Biden are ready to send Israel more bombs and unconditional funding. A mass grave of at least 300 Palestinians was just found at a hospital in the Gazan city of…
  Stop Musk · [email protected]
April 21, 2024 at 3:06 PM

Sign the petition: If Musk and Bezos want private space companies, they need to pay their fair share of taxes

Hi, Every time a SpaceX or Blue Origin rocket is launched, air traffic controllers make sure that the airspace is clear and that no commercial airplanes are in the way. Their jobs are funded through taxes paid by airlines. Without the controllers there would be a serious risk of col…
  Block Clarence Thomas · [email protected]
April 20, 2024 at 2:23 PM

Sign the petition: Clarence Thomas should NOT be ruling on the Trump immunity case

Hi, Clarence Thomas' wife, Ginni Thomas, attended the January 6 Stop the Steal rally and pleaded with senior White House staff to help Trump overturn the election in the days leading up to the insurrection.1 Now Clarence Thomas wants to rule on Trump’s immunity case, which the Supre…
  Israel/Palestine · [email protected]
April 18, 2024 at 6:36 PM

Sign the petition: There is a right to self-defense but not a right to retaliation

Hi, On Saturday, Congress will vote on whether or not to send more weapons to Israel.1 This could be our last chance to stop billions more in taxpayer dollars going to Netanyahu’s war machine. Israel has killed more than 30,000 Palestinian civilians since October 7. Netanyahu’s gove…
  Tax the Rich · [email protected]
April 17, 2024 at 2:55 PM

Sign the petition: Put an end to tax loopholes for billionaires

Hi, April 15th is Tax Day, but while millions of working people prepare to pay their fair share of taxes, the ultra-wealthy and big corporations are getting away with paying little or NOTHING in taxes because of loopholes and cheating. Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and other billionaires a…
  Block mass surveillance · [email protected]
April 16, 2024 at 4:59 PM

Sign the petition: Dangerous expansion of mass surveillance up for a vote in the Senate this week!

Hi, As early as Wednesday, the Senate will vote on a dangerous expansion of mass surveillance called the “Make Everyone A Spy” provision. What? In the fight over the reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), the heads of the House Intelligence Committee sn…
  Fire Louis DeJoy · [email protected]
April 14, 2024 at 3:03 PM

Bernie Sanders vs. Louis DeJoy

Louis DeJoy has been an absolute disaster for the U.S. Postal Service. Will you donate to Demand Progress Action and support our work, including demanding the removal of Louis DeJoy as USPS Postmaster General? Hi, More and more communities are reporting major delays in mail delivery…
  Block TurboTax · [email protected]
April 13, 2024 at 6:16 PM

Sign the petition: The IRS has a free tax filing tool but TurboTax wants to stop it

Hi, Tax prep corporations have been bombarding people with their annoying commercials for a couple months now. What’s different? The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) told TurboTax that it has to stop lying.1 The FTC said TurboTax had to stop claiming that its service was free in its c…
  Block mass surveillance · [email protected]
April 12, 2024 at 3:31 PM

Sign the petition: Speaker Mike Johnson trying to block an overhaul of America's mass surveillance

Hi, Reforming America’s system of mass surveillance does not split Congress along partisan lines. There’s support across the political spectrum for overhauling the government's domestic spying powers — but GOP Speaker Mike Johnson is trying to scuttle reform efforts and a final vote…
  Electoral College Update · [email protected]
April 12, 2024 at 12:29 AM

Huge news for the campaign to end the Electoral College system

We must act now to prevent another Electoral College meltdown. Hi -- We're resending this urgent email from earlier in the week to make sure you didn't miss it. -- Demand Progress Action Hi, Last week, the Maine legislature brought us one big step closer to ending the current Electo…
  Israel/Palestine · [email protected]
April 10, 2024 at 8:05 PM

Sign the petition: Rep. Pelosi joins letter to halt arms transfers to Israel

Hi, After Israel’s military killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza, former Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi joined 40 Democrats to urge President Biden to halt weapons transfers to Israel and condition all security assi…
  Electoral College Update · [email protected]
April 8, 2024 at 11:21 PM

The next Electoral College meltdown is coming

We must act now to prevent another Electoral College meltdown. Hi, Last week, the Maine legislature brought us one big step closer to ending the current Electoral College system by narrowly voting to become the latest state to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.1 Ma…
  Hold corporate supermarkets accountable · [email protected]
April 7, 2024 at 3:08 PM

Sign the petition: Amazon and Walmart shouldn't be charging higher prices

Hi, Elizabeth Warren and other Democrats in Congress are asking the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to use an FDR-era law last used in the 1980s to force corporate grocery chains to lower their sky-high prices.1 The FTC has already said that corporate supermarkets and big retailers l…
  Stop Musk · [email protected]
April 6, 2024 at 2:25 PM

Sign the petition: Elon Musk's company is in the business of government surveillance

Hi, It was just revealed that Elon Musk’s company Twitter/X has been profiting off of user data by selling it to the government for mass surveillance.1 This is exactly the type of warrantless government surveillance we’re trying to stop in the fight over Section 702 of the Foreign I…
  Israel/Palestine · [email protected]
April 5, 2024 at 6:44 PM

Sign the petition: World Central Kitchen aid workers killed in Gaza

Hi, Israel’s military killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers this week while they attempted to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza. The aid workers were hit with multiple attacks, and the head of the aid group, José Andrés, called the air strikes direct, targeted attacks agains…
  Israel/Palestine · [email protected]
April 4, 2024 at 10:13 PM

Sign the petition: World Central Kitchen aid workers killed in Gaza

Hi, Israel’s military killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers this week while they attempted to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza. The aid workers were hit with multiple attacks, and the head of the aid group, José Andrés, called the air strikes direct, targeted attacks agains…
  Supreme Court Corruption · [email protected]
April 3, 2024 at 5:43 PM

Sign the petition: Did Lindsey Graham and Josh Hawley successfully fight these subpoenas?

Hi, Leonard Leo, co-chair of the Federalist Society, former Trump advisor, and chief architect of piling the Supreme Court with right-wing judges, is proudly calling on billionaires to “take full advantage” of the conservative supermajority on SCOTUS. Leo said it’s critical that Rep…
  Joey DeFrancesco, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]
April 2, 2024 at 7:24 PM

Sign the petition: Tell the Labor Department to hold shipping companies accountable

Hi, The collapse of Maryland’s Francis Scott Key Bridge that likely killed six workers was a tragedy – and it could have been prevented. Transportation experts and insurance corporations warned that cargo ships of this size would be dangerous. Despite this, shipping corporations, e…
  Ginni Thomas Corruption Alert · [email protected]
April 1, 2024 at 2:30 PM

Ginni Thomas could be in *deep* legal trouble

Clarence Thomas’s wife, Ginni, personally attended the January 6 Stop the Steal rally. Hi -- We're resending this important email from last week to make sure you didn't miss it. -- Demand Progress Hi, Clarence Thomas's wife, Ginni, personally attended the January 6 Stop the Steal ra…
  Block cuts to Social Security · [email protected]
March 30, 2024 at 2:21 PM

Sign the petition: Trump said what on CNBC?!

Hi, In an interview on CNBC earlier this month, Donald Trump expressed openness to cutting Social Security.1 “So first of all, there is a lot you can do in terms of entitlements, in terms of cutting,” Trump said.2 This is the latest example of Republicans going after Social Security…
  No Trump Tax Cuts · [email protected]
March 29, 2024 at 5:07 PM

Sign the petition: Corporate tax evasion

Hi, Corporations are paying even LESS taxes than they should be. A new report shows that not only did the Trump administration’s signature tax cut legislation slash the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%, the Trump tax cuts were full of loopholes that are allowing America’s largest …