Ground Game Texas · [email protected]

June 8, 2023 at 4:29 PM

The New York Times just reported

Team, Texas Republicans are engaging in an all-out assault on communities’ ability to govern themselves. A new New York Times editorial board piece out this week details how Greg Abbott and his allies are trying to prevent cities from passing their own regulations—blocking regulations to do t…

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  Ground Game Texas · [email protected]

June 6, 2023 at 11:32 AM

It’s almost Election Day in Texas!

We’re coming down to the wire, team. In case you missed it, this Saturday is Election Day in Texas—and we’ve got a critical runoff election that we need your help with. We’ve got TWO candidates in runoff races for Harker Heights city council, and this race could be decided by just a couple vo…

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  Ground Game Texas · [email protected]

June 2, 2023 at 8:49 PM

Texas won’t get results under Abbott & Paxton

Team, Our statewide leadership under extreme, far-right Republicans like Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton has failed us. They’ve failed to fix our broken power grid.  They’ve failed to increase wages for working families. They’ve failed to address the climate crisis ravaging our state. They’ve fail…

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  Ground Game Texas · [email protected]

May 31, 2023 at 9:12 PM

Adiós, Ken Paxton

Team, This week Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton was impeached by the Texas House, immediately expelling him from office while his trial begins. This has been a long time coming. Ken Paxton is one of the most extreme, far-right Republicans in Texas—and he’s finally facing some accountab…

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  Catina V · [email protected]

May 26, 2023 at 11:47 PM

We can’t ignore young voters

Team, Young voters are the key to flipping Texas. How do we know? Here’s a couple important stats: Texas ranks 2nd in the nation for the number of young voters Texas ranks 3rd in the nation for the number of colleges and universities BUT… Texas has the 3rd LOWEST voter registration rate am…

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  Julie Oliver · [email protected]

May 24, 2023 at 1:00 PM

FWD: We’re 7-for-7 on weed

Did you see the email below, friend? Marijuana could be a major key to flipping Texas.  More than 80% of Texans support loosening marijuana laws—but Greg Abbott and his buddies in the legislature have blocked reforms. We’ve launched 7 campaigns to decriminalize marijuana across Texas—and all …

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  Ground Game Texas · [email protected]

May 23, 2023 at 4:02 PM

80% success rate

We can’t flip Texas without taking risks, team.  In politics, far too many leaders fail to deliver change because they’re too afraid to take big risks. But Ground Game Texas is different. We were created to deliver progressive change from the ground up, not the top down. That’s why we’ve laun…

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  Ground Game Texas · [email protected]

May 19, 2023 at 3:03 PM

The Texas legislature is a mess.

The legislative session in Texas has been a disaster, Team.  Instead of tackling gun violence, fixing our broken power grid, or improving working conditions for Texans, the legislature has pushed far-right legislation like: A bill that bans life-saving gender-affirming care for transgender y…

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  Ground Game Texas · [email protected]

May 17, 2023 at 9:06 PM

We’re 7-for-7 on weed

Team, Ground Game Texas is 7-for-7 when it comes to passing marijuana decriminalization initiatives in Texas. From day one, Ground Game knew that ballot initiatives on marijuana would be popular and galvanizing for voters.  That’s why we’ve launched seven marijuana campaigns across Texas. The…

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  Ground Game Texas · [email protected]

May 15, 2023 at 11:02 PM

ONE VOTE

One vote. That’s how many votes we’re currently leading by in our ballot election in Harker Heights, where we pushed to finally decriminalize marijuana. One vote! At Ground Game Texas we’re not afraid to take on tough fights. When we launched the campaign to decriminalize marijuana, we knew i…

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  Ground Game Texas · [email protected]

May 11, 2023 at 12:00 PM

Texas isn’t stuck with Abbott

Flipping Texas has never been more important, team. In the last couple weeks alone, we’ve seen just how urgent it is to get rid of the far-right extremist leadership running our state.  We’ve seen two horrific mass shootings—followed by “thoughts and prayers” instead of action by our lawmake…

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  Julie and Mike · [email protected]

May 8, 2023 at 5:36 PM

A tough weekend in Texas

Team, It was a tough weekend in Texas. Our state is grieving once again after another mass shooting took the lives of nine people in Allen. And in Brownsville, the community is reeling after a man drove through a crowd in front of a migrant shelter, killing eight. These tragedies are a remind…

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  Ground Game Texas · [email protected]

May 4, 2023 at 6:40 PM

The day after tomorrow.

Hi team, Election Day in Texas is the day after Tomorrow, on May 6th—and we just heard from our organizers on-the-ground about how things are looking for our 3 initiatives. Our organizers tell us in all three cities, the race is extremely tight. Whether we’re successful could come down to jus…

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  Mike Siegel · [email protected]

May 3, 2023 at 11:30 AM

Greg Abbott is trying to defeat us.

Team, In El Paso we’re working to pass the first-ever “climate charter” that would create jobs, promote renewable energy, and make El Paso a nationwide leader in fighting climate change. BUT we have some pretty powerful and wealthy opponents working to defeat us. We’re already taking on Big O…

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  Ground Game Texas · [email protected]

May 1, 2023 at 9:09 PM

Beto’s in. Are you?

Big news, team! Beto O’Rourke just endorsed the El Paso Climate Charter (Prop K)!  In an op-ed in El Paso Matters, former El Paso congressman Beto O’Rourke says El Paso has the chance to “become one of the first cities in Texas to lead on the most significant issue of our time.”  And he’s rig…

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  Julie Oliver · [email protected]

April 27, 2023 at 8:29 PM

A mountain of lies

Our opponents will say anything to defeat us, team. Ground Game Texas has three MAJOR ballot initiatives in Texas on the May ballot. And whether it’s our initiative on abortion, marijuana, or climate action, our opponents are spending money to spread misinformation in hopes that we’re defeate…

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  Ground Game Texas · [email protected]

April 26, 2023 at 2:01 PM

Help us keep cops out of health care

Team, Republicans are waging an all-out war on abortion rights in Texas. After banning abortion, they want to criminalize it, putting women and their doctors at risk of being harassed by police or prosecuted in the courts.  That’s why Ground Game Texas is proud to have secured the first abort…

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  Ground Game Texas · [email protected]

April 24, 2023 at 7:24 PM

Taking on Big Oil in Texas

Team, Ground Game Texas has never been afraid of an important fight. That’s why in El Paso we’re taking on some of the biggest companies in the world to deliver climate action. The El Paso Climate Charter is a groundbreaking initiative that would create jobs, boost the economy, promote conser…

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  Ground Game Texas · [email protected]

April 21, 2023 at 7:46 PM

Texas Tribune just reported

The Texas Tribune just reported, team: Ground Game Texas’s Proposition A initiative in San Antonio “represents a critical moment for the long-mounting struggle between deeply conservative state government and heavily Democratic big cities.” Our San Antonio Justice Charter, also known as Propo…

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  Ground Game Texas · [email protected]

April 20, 2023 at 2:49 PM

On the ballot: abortion, climate, weed

Abortion. Climate. Marijuana. We’ve put all three issues on the ballot in Texas for the upcoming May elections, team. This is a HUGE election for our movement. How we perform will show the nation where Texans stand on some of the biggest progressive issues. We’re going to tell you about the t…

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  Catina at Ground Game Texas · [email protected]

April 18, 2023 at 2:01 PM

All eyes on us.

Hey, team. Abortion rights are under assault in Texas.  Texas’s near-total ban on abortion has left women with few options for safe and legal health care. Texans’ reproductive rights have been criminalized. But we can’t give up.  Texas has a historic legacy when it comes to reproductive right…

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  Ground Game Texas · [email protected]

April 14, 2023 at 8:47 PM

This is a BIG test for Texas

Here’s a crazy number, team: $900,000 That’s what our opponents are spending to defeat Ground Game’s initiative in San Antonio, the FIRST abortion initiative in Texas since Roe was overturned. First they tried to take us to court to block our initiative—and we won. Now they’re spending millio…

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  Mike Siegel · [email protected]

April 12, 2023 at 8:54 PM

Police should stay out of our healthcare...

Politico just reported, team: The Biden administration will issue a new order today barring “health care providers and insurers from turning over information to state officials” seeking to investigate or prosecute someone for getting abortion care. The Biden administration is taking a page o…

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  Julie Oliver · [email protected]

April 11, 2023 at 11:00 AM

Help us fight back on abortion in TX

Did you see the news, team? Texas Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk ruled on Friday against the FDA’s approval of abortion medication, halting production on the drug. But immediately after, a Washington State judge ordered the FDA to keep the drug available. So where does that leave the future of abort…

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  Ground Game Texas · [email protected]

April 7, 2023 at 6:16 PM

One. Month. Away.

Team, Did you know that Ground Game Texas has secured the FIRST ballot initiative on abortion in Texas since Roe was overturned? And the election is just one month away! It’s true. In San Antonio, we’ve secured a ballot initiative that would decriminalize abortion—meaning no one would be hara…

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  Ground Game Texas · [email protected]

April 5, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Donald Trump has been arrested.

Friend, Donald Trump has surrendered to authorities in Manhattan as a criminal defendant facing nearly three dozen felony charges. These are FAR from the only crimes Trump committed while in office. From enriching himself and his family, to trying to overturn an election, to inciting an insur…

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  Ground Game Texas · [email protected]

April 3, 2023 at 6:06 PM

Abortion. Climate. Weed.

We can’t believe it’s here already, team. The May elections in Texas are just over a month away. That means it’s time to Get Out The Vote!  Ground Game Texas has secured THREE major ballot initiatives across Texas. We want to tell you a bit about them in just a second.  But first, with Get Ou…

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  Julie Oliver · [email protected]

March 30, 2023 at 2:01 PM

The Texas legislature’s war on LGBT youth.

The Texas legislature keeps getting worse, team. During the last Texas legislative session, Texas republicans passed bills to eliminate abortion rights, gerrymander congressional maps, and suppress the vote. But somehow, they’ve gotten even more extreme. Thousands of protestors are at the Cap…

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  Ground Game Texas · [email protected]

March 28, 2023 at 3:31 PM

We beat Ken Paxton.

We beat Ken Paxton, team. Last month, anti-abortion activists sued to break up Ground Game Texas’s Justice Charter, a groundbreaking initiative that would, among other policies, decriminalize abortion in San Antonio—the first initiative of its kind in Texas since Roe was overturned. Despite t…

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  Ground Game Texas · [email protected]

March 23, 2023 at 8:11 PM

$1.8 MILLION

$1,800,000. That’s the minimum amount that our opponents pledged to spend to defeat our groundbreaking Justice Charter in San Antonio, team. First the radical anti-abortion activists sued us in the Texas Supreme Court with the help of Attorney General Ken Paxton. We won. Now the police union …

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  Catina Voellinger · [email protected]

March 21, 2023 at 5:01 PM

Fwd: Texans are being sued for abortion pills.

Did you see Julie’s email, friend? As the future of abortion medication hangs in the balance of our courts, Texans are being sued for helping a friend obtain abortion medication. Even worse? Right-wing politicians who banned abortion in Texas are leading the charge.  Ground Game Texas is lead…

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  Ground Game Texas · [email protected]

March 17, 2023 at 8:47 PM

WOW. We just beat Ken Paxton in court.

We’ve got huge news, team. We won our case in the Texas Supreme Court! Anti-abortion activists and Attorney General Ken Paxton were unsuccessful in breaking up the San Antonio Justice Charter! This was a David vs. Goliath case—and David won! Wealthy anti-abortion activists and their ally AG K…

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  Julie Oliver · [email protected]

March 13, 2023 at 9:28 PM

Texans are being sued for abortion pills.

It’s happening, team. The Texas Tribune is reporting: three Texas women are being sued for helping a friend obtain abortion medication—and the lawyers suing them helped draft Texas’s abortion ban. This is a big deal, team. First Republicans passed a ban on abortion care in Texas. Now they’re …

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  Catina Voellinger, GGTX · [email protected]

March 10, 2023 at 9:26 PM

I wanted to let you know

Dear friend, As the Chief Administrative Officer of Ground Game Texas, I am writing to share my deep passion for the vital work of our organization. It has been almost a year since I joined this incredible team, and every day I am inspired by the dedication of our staff and volunteers to tran…

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  Ground Game Texas · [email protected]

March 8, 2023 at 10:25 PM

they’re undermining the will of voters

Anti-abortion groups and their ally Attorney General Ken Paxton are trying to undermine the will of voters, team. Ground Game Texas collected tens of thousands of signatures for a ballot initiative in San Antonio that would decriminalize abortion, decriminalize marijuana, and reform police pr…

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  Ground Game Texas · [email protected]

March 6, 2023 at 10:25 PM

Abortion medication could be eliminated.

Team, A case before a Trump-appointed judge in Texas could soon end the production of abortion medication nationwide.  After overturning Roe v. Wade, anti-abortion activists are trying to eliminate abortion medication as we know it. If they’re successful, it could mean millions lose access to…

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  Ground Game Texas · [email protected]

March 2, 2023 at 4:02 PM

They’re coming after students...

They’re at it again, team. Texas Republicans just introduced House Bill 2390 - a bill that would eliminate polling sites on college campuses. This is a BIG deal. From day one, Ground Game Texas has focused our resources on registering and mobilizing young voters—and college students in partic…

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  Ground Game Texas · [email protected]

February 27, 2023 at 11:51 PM

A Texas judge may end medication abortion.

Team, FIRST, the Supreme Court struck down 50 years of precedent under Roe v. Wade. THEN, Texas Republicans passed the most extreme ban on abortion in the nation. NOW, a Trump-appointed Texas judge may end access to abortion pills for ALL Americans. There is an all-out assault on abortion rig…

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  Ground Game Texas · [email protected]

February 24, 2023 at 9:55 PM

The Express News just reported...

The San Antonio Express News just reported, team: Ground Game Texas’s San Antonio Justice Charter — which will decriminalize abortion, marijuana, and reform local police conduct — is facing a legal challenge from an anti-abortion group that could derail the initiative.  Here’s the bad news – …

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  Julie Oliver · [email protected]

February 20, 2023 at 10:01 PM

FWD: David vs. Goliath

Did you see Mike’s email below, friend? Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton—who is currently under federal indictment for fraud—is joining the lawsuit against our ballot initiative in San Antonio. Paxton and anti-abortion activists are trying to block the San Antonio Justice Charter, an initiat…

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  Mike Siegel · [email protected]

February 16, 2023 at 10:14 PM

It’s Ground Game vs. Ken Paxton

We’re in a David vs. Goliath fight, team. YESTERDAY we sent you an email highlighting just how corrupt and extreme Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is…. TODAY we found out: he’s joining the lawsuit to break up the San Antonio Justice Charter—an initiative Ground Game Texas launched with the …

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  Ground Game Texas · [email protected]

February 15, 2023 at 7:51 PM

The corruption is stunning.

We learned some incredible news this week, team. The Texas Tribune is reporting: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has agreed to a $3.3 million settlement with whistleblowers who accused him of corruption—and if it’s approved by the legislature, taxpayers will foot the bill. Ken Paxton may be…

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  Ground Game Texas · [email protected]

February 13, 2023 at 5:46 PM

NEW: anti-abortion group sues to block our initiative

We just got the word, team. The “Texas Alliance for Life,” an anti-abortion activist organization, has issued a lawsuit in the state Supreme Court over our San Antonio Justice Charter.  The San Antonio Justice Charter includes the first abortion rights initiative in Texas since Roe was struck…

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  Ground Game Texas · [email protected]

February 10, 2023 at 10:30 PM

BREAKING: we’re on the ballot

We have some breaking news, team. Our initiative is officially on the ballot in San Antonio! The San Antonio Justice Charter is a groundbreaking justice policy that can be a model for cities across Texas—and voters in San Antonio have a chance to pass it THIS May! The San Antonio Justice Char…

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  Julie Oliver · [email protected]

February 9, 2023 at 6:01 PM

Fighting back on abortion in Texas

Friend, After the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, Texas Republicans passed one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the nation. Under this law, anyone who assists patients in seeking abortion care could be criminalized. But Ground Game Texas is fighting back. We’ve launched the FIR…

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  Ground Game Texas · [email protected]

February 7, 2023 at 3:01 PM

The power grid failed...again.

The Texas power grid is at it again, team. Nearly half a million Texas homes were left in the dark once again last week as temperatures dropped to extreme levels across the state.  Nearly two years to the date that millions of Texans lost power in the winter storms of 2021, extreme weather ev…

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  Ground Game Texas · [email protected]

February 4, 2023 at 5:06 PM

And the winners are...

Team, Last week we asked you to fill out our 2023 Supporter Survey to let us know which issues you wanted us to focus on most this year. Good news: the results are IN. Here are the TOP issues YOU want us to focus on in the year ahead, according to our Supporter Survey: Abortion decriminaliza…

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  Ground Game Texas · [email protected]

February 1, 2023 at 6:16 PM

Tyre Nichols

Friend, As you’ve probably seen, a video of the police killing of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols in Memphis, Tennessee captured the nation’s attention this week—and prompted renewed calls to pass legislation to address police violence and accountability. Tyre, a Black father of a 4-year-old son, wa…

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  Julie Oliver · [email protected]

January 30, 2023 at 9:42 PM

RE: We want to hear from you

Did you catch our email, friend? As we enter 2023 we’re putting together our game plans to organize Texas—including picking which issues we’re going to prioritize at the ballot box.  We’re asking our supporters to fill out our 3-minute survey to let us know which issues to prioritize this yea…

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  Ground Game Texas · [email protected]

January 26, 2023 at 12:53 AM

This is important

We want to hear from you, team. Over the past year and a half, Ground Game Texas has become one of the most successful grassroots organizing operations in the state. We’ve launched more than TEN campaigns across Texas and passed progressive policies like marijuana decriminalization, police re…

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