Dc Lozano, PowerPAC · [email protected]

August 8, 2023 at 10:44 PM

What The ... Almond Joys Have Nuts, Mound’s Don’t

Friend - What The!? … Another Barbie joint? Yes, just one more.  🚨So, if you haven’t yet seen Barbie, Spoiler Alert: Opening weekend for the Barbie movie put a giant hole in the Go Woke, Go Broke MAGA mantra making it fizzle out like Smarmy Ken, Matt Gaetz’s inflatable Trump-sized blow-up pool floa…

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  Edil Mari De Los Reyes, PowerPAC · [email protected]

August 4, 2023 at 9:35 PM

Uncle Bobby’s Wedding

 Friend -  This is another frequently challenged children’s book in Florida. And Missouri… And Colorado… But it is a beloved addition to our shelves at home that I want to share with you and your family. You know, in case you’re raising little rebels like my partner and I.   Given the recent Supreme…

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  Dc Lozano, PowerPAC · [email protected]

August 1, 2023 at 9:31 PM

What the ... Barbie vs. Me vs. The Patriarchy

Friend - What The!? … I never wanted to live in a Barbie World. Until now. 💘I did not expect to love the Barbie movie. But I did. I do. And not just because Republicans hate it. I mean, it helps, and it did get me to buy a ticket, and I may never have been so grateful for the prodding of a collecti…

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  From Andy's Desk · [email protected]

July 27, 2023 at 9:30 PM

Let’s talk about villains: The misinformation mill

 Welcome to Andy's Shorts -- small tidbits on what PowerPAC is up to and what your support and contributions help build.From Prager University to the Daily Wire, billionaires like Farris and Dan Wilks (see YouTube article from Second Thought) have funded the misleading news and even fake news from t…

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  Edil Mari De Los Reyes, PowerPAC · [email protected]

July 24, 2023 at 9:20 PM

Endless Survival Mode

 Friend -  I don’t know about you, but I feel like I’m stuck in endless survival mode. And some days I feel like I got thrown into Jumanji 🦁.   As a geriatric millennial, I’ve lived through the tail end of Reaganomics 📊, the fall of the Berlin wall, a major terrorist💥 attack (9/11), two wars 🚁 (Gulf…

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  Andy's Memos, PowerPAC · [email protected]

July 20, 2023 at 9:31 PM

Another Angry Chinese Guy rant!

Friend - So the Supreme Court has done it again.   They hit us with a couple more gut punches, eliminating Affirmative Action and keeping our young working people down with student loan debt. And then, cut and run like the cowards they are…sessions over :-). But what is more insidious is that all o…

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  Dc Lozano, PowerPAC · [email protected]

July 18, 2023 at 10:10 PM

What The! ... The Emotional Men of the GOP 😫

Friend -  It’s hard out here for a …. man? What The!? is going on with male-identifying politicians who are set on keeping their foot on the gas & the car in reverse? Nah, fellas, this time around, we aren’t going to be riding shotgun or sitting in the backseat while you drive us all over a cli…

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  From Andy's Desk · [email protected]

July 12, 2023 at 8:30 PM

Andy’s Shorts: Let’s talk about villains -- Paul Singer and the Alito fishing trip...

 Welcome to Andy's Shorts -- small tidbits on what PowerPAC is up to and what your support and contributions help build.Supreme court attacks on abortion, affirmative action, and students with loans has been a real gut punch. But it has actually been an attempt to lay us out with pure emotional exha…

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  Edil Mari De Los Reyes, PowerPAC · [email protected]

July 10, 2023 at 8:51 PM

Representation Matters!

Friend  -  The next generation of progressive leaders is out there and we’re on a mission to support them. There’s a reason why representation matters. If anything, this past month of SCOTUS rulings proves that we can no longer afford to sleep on who represents our nation. To borrow from BLM, the ri…

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  From Andy's Desk · [email protected]

July 5, 2023 at 9:11 PM

Andy’s Shorts: Please help us unite America

 Welcome to Andy's Shorts -- small tidbits on what PowerPAC is up to and what your support and contributions help build.Over the next few months we will be announcing some of our plans for the Primary cycle and the preparation for the Presidential election year.   We are looking at key states like A…

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  Edil Mari De Los Reyes, PowerPAC · [email protected]

July 1, 2023 at 12:40 AM

The Anniversary I Loathe

 Friend -  Anniversaries are usually marked by celebration and happiness. It’s a time to cherish the past and to look forward to the future. But there’s one anniversary that I absolutely loathe and we just passed it.   The anniversary of the Supreme Court decision to strike down Roe v. Wade.   It’s…

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  Dc Lozano, PowerPAC · [email protected]

June 26, 2023 at 9:30 PM

WHAT THE?! GOP Children of the Corn 🌾 🧙🏻‍♀️

Friend -  The GOP is having an eggplant emoji moment, & while we’re all forced to watch, it’ll be a blessed day when they take this aged package, zip it up, & put it back where it belongs. What The!? is up, GOP? Why must you always bring it back around to the performative chest-bumping, han…

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  Andy's Memos, PowerPAC · [email protected]

June 21, 2023 at 11:00 AM

On Culture: My take on the “culture wars”

 Friend - I was a musician for 12 years intensely playing jazz and classical with my Grammy nominated brother when we were young. I am an avid movie watcher (way too much including junk). I am also very proud of my Chinese heritage mostly exemplified by my food and movie interests but also my civil…

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  PowerPAC Team · [email protected]

June 16, 2023 at 1:00 PM

What is PowerPAC?

  Friend -  We often get asked, what does PowerPAC actually do?  And though the answer is a lot more nuanced, the simple gist is that PowerPAC is an organization that champions democracy and social justice in states and communities across the country by:supporting progressive candidates who uplift …

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  Dc Lozano, PowerPAC · [email protected]

June 15, 2023 at 5:25 PM

WHAT THE?! GOP Children of the Corn 🌾 🧙🏻‍♀️

Friend -  🌽We head to Iowa this week. Des Moines to be specific. A name that’s dressed up a bit too jazz-handsy, a little too French, if you ask any All I Care About is Gender Republican running for office. I’m surprised they haven’t unrazzled the dazzle of this unAmerican word wearing its diphthon…

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  Edil Mari De Los Reyes, PowerPAC · [email protected]

June 13, 2023 at 1:02 PM

We can’t do this without you!

  Friend -  Grassroots organizations like ourselves don’t have deep-pocketed donors like the Alt-Right and Always Trumpers. We rely on the generosity of people like you. We like to call that running on people power, and that’s what PowerPAC needs right now.  We’re near the end of our first fundrais…

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  From Andy's Desk · [email protected]

June 12, 2023 at 3:00 PM

Let’s talk about villains: The Foundation for Government Accountability

 Welcome to Andy's Shorts -- small tidbits on what PowerPAC is up to and what your support and contributions help build.Each week we will be alerting you to villains making our daily lives miserable.  Today we highlight the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) funded by the Uihlein’s and …

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  Edil Mari De Los Reyes, PowerPAC · [email protected]

June 6, 2023 at 1:01 PM

HATERS gonna HATE, HATE, HATE...

  Friend -  “Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet.” - Maya Angelou  It seems like there’s a lot of haters in our country right now. Haters of books. Haters of wokeness. Haters of critical race theory. Haters of anti-racism. Haters of LGBTQIA. Haters of wome…

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  Edil Mari De Los Reyes, PowerPAC · [email protected]

June 2, 2023 at 12:24 PM

Power Up PowerPAC!

  Friend -  A quick recap – we’re in the middle of a fundraising drive from now to the middle of June as part of our new twice-a-year fundraising model. Our hope is that we can both plan our budgets and build trust with each other knowing that not everything we share with you is transactional.  Wi…

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  Dc Lozano, PowerPAC · [email protected]

May 31, 2023 at 2:10 PM

𑗎What The Triple F! ꩟

Friend -  What The … are we a super important, but chill like that political org that refuses to ask for money every time we send you an email? That’s truth 💯. We don’t want to be like everyone else out there over-texting & over-emailing you into that IDGAF state we all know so well. We aren’t …

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  Andy's Memos, PowerPAC · [email protected]

May 30, 2023 at 5:01 PM

Andy’s Desk: Villains continued...

 Friend - The role of the Villains is a hot topic these days.   From MSNBC coverage of Constitutional Sheriffs who believe their power supersedes the President’s. To Propublica’s excellent coverage of the Supreme Court corruption scandals. With additional reporting by the Lever on exactly why the S…

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  Andy Wong, PowerPAC · [email protected]

May 27, 2023 at 3:00 PM

Are we ready to battle the Villains?

  Not without some serious $$$. Give us a fighting chance by donating $23 today. Friend – If you remember, last year Republican donor Barry Seid donated $1.6 billion to Leonard A. Leo and his Marble Freedom Trust. Leo is a conservative activist behind the strategies to control the Supreme Court, fi…

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  From Andy's Desk · [email protected]

May 24, 2023 at 1:10 PM

Andy’s Shorts: I’m back and asking for your help!

 Welcome to Andy's Shorts -- small tidbits on what PowerPAC is up to and what your support and contributions help build. HELP KICK OFF OUR FUNDRAISING DRIVE! PowerPAC has been hard at work building our work for this cycle 2023-24. Our focus has been to take a deep dive into the “Villains” helping…

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  PowerPAC Team · [email protected]

May 22, 2023 at 7:01 PM

3...2...1... Let’s GO!!!

  Friend -  For the next 30 days we’re on a fundraising drive to sustain our work. Will you help us by chipping in $23 today? CHIP IN TODAY! Almost twenty years ago, Andy co-founded PowerPAC, a social justice advocacy organization with a mission in electing progressive candidates of color. Since t…

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  PowerPAC Team · [email protected]

May 18, 2023 at 7:10 PM

Our🧧Strategy: PLAN NOT PESTER🍯

  Friend -  We’ve listened to your feedback, and we totally get it. We, like you, are charitable souls, but there’s only so much we can each donate to the causes we live & love.  So, *drumroll*🥁... We are moving to a twice-a-year fundraising drive in hopes that we can both plan our budgets and …

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  Dc Lozano, PowerPAC · [email protected]

May 15, 2023 at 7:02 PM

What The: Brigitte’s Diary of Jonesing for Attention

Friend - What The … is UP with Brigitte Gabriel and her Diary of Gen-Z loathing. Her twitter feed reads like someone who would imprison every person between the ages of 11-26 unless they: Swear fealty to the Hamburgler himself, DFT. Demand the return of Tucker Carlson to all platforms *with* a crow…

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  Edil Mari De Los Reyes, PowerPAC · [email protected]

May 13, 2023 at 2:02 PM

Oh, Mickey, you’re not fine

 Friend - You know what I’m talking about…  The happiest place on earth. Where dreams come true. The magic is boundless. M-I-C, See you real soon! K-E-Y, Why? Because we like you! M - O - U - S - E I’m talking about Disney and primarily, their parks.  It’s no mystery that I’ve got kids. And you pro…

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  Andy's Memos, PowerPAC · [email protected]

May 10, 2023 at 4:00 PM

Andy’s Desk: “In Search of Humility...?”

 Friend - I am scratching my head.   Right Wing attacks on Disney and Budweiser, Right Wing cancel culture attacking Woke culture by banning books and only allowing curriculum that praises America (totally missing the meaning of critical thinking), and even eating their own by letting Silicon Valle…

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  Edil Mari De Los Reyes, PowerPAC · [email protected]

May 6, 2023 at 2:10 PM

Herstory on the March 2.0: Women of Color

  Friend -   Hidden figures. She-roes. Makers of Herstory. Whatever you call them, women of color leaders are fighting their way up; no longer waiting for permission or their ‘turn.’  And in the famous words of Lizzo, “It’s about damn time!” There is no doubt that this generation of leaders is more…

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  The PowerPAC Team · [email protected]

May 4, 2023 at 7:01 PM

May the Fourth

 Friend - It’s no secret that the PowerPAC team is also a group of big-time nerds. And we’re not talking just politically. We’re sports nerds, anime nerds, KPOP nerds, jazz nerds, you name it. So to elevate our nerdiness, we want to take a moment to say, “May the Fourth be with you.” And you’re pr…

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  Dc Lozano, PowerPAC · [email protected]

May 3, 2023 at 7:22 PM

Equality Florida Issues Travel Warning ⛔️

Friend - I am writing today to bring your attention to a recent travel warning issued by Equality Florida, which highlights the need for organizations like PowerPAC to help fund the needed work that must be done in a state that is becoming dangerous for the LGBTQ+ community and others.  Will you he…

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  Dc Lozano, PowerPAC · [email protected]

May 3, 2023 at 7:01 PM

Equality Florida Issues Travel Warning ⛔️

Friend - I am writing today to bring your attention to a recent travel warning issued by Equality Florida, which highlights the need for organizations like PowerPAC to help fund the needed work that must be done in a state that is becoming dangerous for the LGBTQ+ community and others.  Will you he…

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  Andy's Memos, PowerPAC · [email protected]

April 29, 2023 at 1:00 PM

Andy’s Desk: “Stay Woke”

 Friend - Erykha Badu said it right when asked what she thought of the Right Wing’s use of “Woke”. She said “I think they mean Black…it’s another way to say Thug…”.  I grew up a jazz musician (and classical too). I spent almost a decade learning about Black culture through learning about Black musi…

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  Dc Lozano, PowerPAC · [email protected]

April 26, 2023 at 7:10 PM

What The ... The Florida of the North 🥔>🔫>🫃🏻

Friend -  It’s really hard not to talk about the circus that is Florida — that theme park of sketchy carnival barkers dressed up like clowns & mascots. No, I’m not talking about Disney World. I’m talking about the Florida Legislature that wants to create a theocracy where the only ones allowed …

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  Dc Lozano, PowerPAC · [email protected]

April 20, 2023 at 12:20 PM

🟠TN Volunteers their Children as Tribute ✋

Friend -  👸🏼Well, beg my Dolly Parton but What The Great Smoky Mountains is going on in Tennessee? Is the Florida swamp seeping upwards? As sea levels rise, as we lose land and fresh water, will the Southland Legislatures lose their grasp on all common sense? Here we are facing dilemmas and tragedi…

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  Edil Mari De Los Reyes, PowerPAC · [email protected]

April 18, 2023 at 12:11 PM

Dim Sum for Everyone!

 Friend -  Except if you’re in Florida.  Dim Sum for Everyone! is a children’s book written and illustrated by Grace Lin, a NY Times bestselling author and illustrator.   She won the Newbery Honor for Where the Mountain Meets the Moon and the Theodor Geisel Honor for Ling and Ting. Her novel When t…

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  Andy's Memos, PowerPAC · [email protected]

April 15, 2023 at 1:50 PM

Andy’s Desk: #AgeOfEasyMoney

 Friend -  The SVB collapse is a complex maze of investment strategies gone awry, little to no oversight, federal policies incentivizing bad behavior, and frightened investors who are supposed to be the brightest of the bright but who the FED characterizes as “children.” But at the simplest level i…

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  Dc Lozano, PowerPAC · [email protected]

April 13, 2023 at 2:00 PM

No Abortion For Old Men

Friend -  🤠In ironic fashion, Wyoming, where Liz Cheney, once a beloved carpetbagger, now finds her life in danger if she even thinks about stepping foot into the square state (which she only did in election years anyways) because of her unwillingness to lick the boots of the Orange Messiah … has d…

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  Andy's Memos, PowerPAC · [email protected]

April 4, 2023 at 12:10 PM

Andy’s Desk: Down Is What’s Up!

 Friend -  Continuing our campaign to highlight the need to support “down ballot” races (local and state elections that fly under the radar) that we need to note for the very large investments being made by the Right under our noses. It is pretty clear that the Right (people like Leonard Leo and Pa…

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  Dc Lozano, PowerPAC · [email protected]

April 3, 2023 at 2:50 PM

What The ... The Florida Lunar-tic Cycle

 Friend -  This month What The will be highlighting April Fools. My gosh people, if Florida, the hanging chad of America, is any indication of the direction the GOP wants to take us in, we are F’d. And by that I mean floored, oops, sorry, I meant Florida’d. Did I mean fools? Regardless, let’s talk …

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  Dc Lozano, PowerPAC · [email protected]

March 30, 2023 at 12:50 PM

👀 these 1️⃣0️⃣➕ 1️⃣ political 🪣 list items

 Friend -  Who doesn’t love a good list? Well, here’s the political bucket list you never knew you wanted. Maybe not all 10 + 1 resonate with you, but let us know which are your favs. We do hard work just like the rest of you. Sometimes you have to have a little fun with the day-to-day when it’s no…

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  Andy's Shorts · [email protected]

March 28, 2023 at 12:06 PM

Silicon Valley Bank - another example of GREED!

 Welcome to Andy's Shorts -- small tidbits on what PowerPAC is up to and what your support and contributions help build.The fall of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) was not a fault of the FED rate changes. It was the fault of greedy corporate types who use other people’s money to recklessly build their ow…

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  Edil Mari De Los Reyes, PowerPAC · [email protected]

March 27, 2023 at 2:50 PM

What’s on the TV?

 Friend -   My partner and I spent a couple weekends ago binge watching on Netflix with our kids. And yes, before you shame us for keeping the TV on for much of the weekend, remember that some parents just enjoy sharing their interests with their kids and vice versa. Before we had kids, my partner …

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  Andy's Memos, PowerPAC · [email protected]

March 21, 2023 at 12:00 PM

Andy’s Desk: #OscarsSoWhite

 Friend - For those of you who don’t know me, I am a film buff.   From a young age I fell in love with movies (and tv). Though the Oscars is not a particularly high point for me it is something I find interesting, frustrating, and some much “make believe.” So what do I do when history is in the mak…

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  Dc Lozano, PowerPAC · [email protected]

March 20, 2023 at 2:50 PM

#3 ... 2 ... 1 ... Trump arrested? What the??

 Friend -  This weeks What The!? is dedicated to the hot topic in town. What the heck is going to happen on Tuesday! It’s not an Election Tuesday, but maybe universal course corrections happen on Tuesdays as well? The million dollar question is: 🥁Will the 44th POTUS lose the oversized Brioni suits …

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  Dc Lozano, PowerPAC · [email protected]

March 18, 2023 at 2:10 PM

Critical Reading Theory

 Friend -   I’m not the first person to say this and I won’t be the last: those who ban books are never on the right side of history.   Currently, 44 states have proposed bans on teaching of ‘divisive concepts,’ and 18 states have passed them (The Guardian). I know that the pendulum will swing back…

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  Andy's Memos, PowerPAC · [email protected]

March 14, 2023 at 12:01 PM

Andy’s Desk: Who are we really fighting (WhARF continued)?

 Friend - As I wrote in my last memo, I will be updating you on our continuing WhARF (who are we really fighting) storyline. I haven’t settled on a title but I am using this for now.   Next up is another villain – Kimberly Yee – the Treasurer for the state of Arizona. The only AZ statewide office h…

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  Dc Lozano, PowerPAC · [email protected]

March 13, 2023 at 2:50 PM

What the CPAC was that?

 Friend -  Wow, y’all. The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) 2023 was so unhinged even the doors were crooked. This week’s WHAT THE!? edition is dedicated to the not-so-packed CPAC where those still desperately seeking the approval of TFG took performative to a whole new level as they…

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  Dc Lozano, PowerPAC · [email protected]

March 10, 2023 at 3:00 PM

What the ... all the news you can hold in your facepalm

 Friend -   Introducing a new series: A weekly round-up of stuff that makes you go What The … This edition is long, but there’s so much to smack your head about. Sometimes politics is so wild you think it can't really be true. Alas, these are zany days. Welcome to the first edition What The …   🙀Ru…

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  Andy's Shorts · [email protected]

March 7, 2023 at 8:10 PM

A chance to make a difference

 Welcome to Andy's Shorts -- small tidbits on what PowerPAC is up to and what your support and contributions help build.We in California are painfully aware that we live on the “Left Coast”. As a result fewer people pay attention to our races. In baseball we call a similar effect the “East Coast Bi…

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