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December 11, 2020 at 8:46 PM

December 11, 2020 Friday Alert Retiree News

Trump Administration Spending its Last Weeks in Office on Social Security Cuts This week the Social Security Administration (SSA) sent the Trump administration’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a proposal that, if implemen…

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December 4, 2020 at 8:56 PM

December 4, 2020 Friday Alert Retiree News

CDC Votes on Who Will Get Covid-19 Vaccine First On Tuesday, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) expert panel decided that the first doses of a Covid-19 vaccine should go to health care workers and residents of lo…

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  Richard Fiesta · [email protected]

December 1, 2020 at 9:24 PM

Did You Miss This?

Dear Friend, In case you missed my email from earlier today, I’m copying it below and asking you to take a moment to read it right now. I know many organizations are asking for your support today. Supporting the Alliance’s work can help millions of current and futur…

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  Richard Fiesta · [email protected]

December 1, 2020 at 2:02 PM

This is No Ordinary Tuesday

Dear Friend, If you’re like most seniors, your Social Security check doesn’t begin to go far enough. When the average Social Security benefit is just $1,503, too many retirees are forced to choose which bills to pay now and what can be put off until next month. …

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  Richard Fiesta · [email protected]

November 30, 2020 at 10:01 PM

Don’t Put it Off

Dear Friend, It won’t be here officially until midnight … … but you don’t have to wait that long to make your Giving Tuesday contribution to the Alliance for Retired Americans! Just Click here now to get started! Your support will fund our work fighting fo…

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November 27, 2020 at 3:01 PM

November 27, 2020 Friday Alert Retiree News

Thousands Are Missing Out on Some Social Security Benefits They Earned Millions of retirees rely on Social Security benefits to make ends meet with one in four seniors relying on Social Security for more …

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  Richard Fiesta · [email protected]

November 24, 2020 at 7:03 PM

Tell the Senate: Get Back to Work -- COVID Relief Can’t Wait

Dear Friend, Millions of Americans are struggling to pay for food, medicine and keep a roof over their head. Unemployment benefits will run out for millions during the holidays. Hospitals are again being overrun with patients. Medical workers are exhausted and STILL do…

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November 20, 2020 at 9:18 PM

November 20, 2020 Friday Alert Retiree News

Unanswered Vaccine Questions Come to the Forefront: Will They Work? Who Gets Them First? And How Much Will They Cost? On Monday biotech corporation Moderna Inc. announced that its new Covid-19 vaccine has been 94.5% effective in preventing infec…

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  Brendan Kelly · [email protected]

November 16, 2020 at 4:00 PM

Trump Ally is Blocking Biden’s Transition Process

Dear Friend, I wanted to make sure you saw this important message that Rich sent last week. The head of the General Services Administration, Emily Murphy, is trying to stall the Biden-Harris transition. Please sign our petition to remind her to put our country fir…

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November 13, 2020 at 9:45 PM

November 13, 2020 Friday Alert Retiree News

Older Voters Key to Biden Victory The major U.S. news organizations officially declared Democratic nominees Joe Biden and Kamala Harris the winners in the race for President and Vice President on Saturday, clinching a clear, hard fought, and his…

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  Richard Fiesta · [email protected]

November 12, 2020 at 8:09 PM

Tell GSA to Stop Stalling Biden’s Transition Process

Dear Friend, Emily Murphy, the administrator for the General Services Administration, is intentionally BLOCKING the Biden-Harris transition. Click now to tell Murphy to put our country first and do her job. This is NOT normal. After a presidential candidate secu…

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November 7, 2020 at 2:45 AM

November 6, 2020 Friday Alert Retiree News

Vice President Biden, Sen. Kamala Harris are on Verge of a Historic Win for Seniors With election officials still counting votes as the day ended, Vice President Biden is ahead of Donald Trump in the key battleground states of Arizona, Georgia, …

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  Richard Fiesta · [email protected]

November 3, 2020 at 2:00 PM

It’s Now or Never to Be Part of Election 2020

Dear Friend, Election day is here. Please head to the polls or put your ballot in a dropbox so you can make sure your voice is heard! We can elect pro-retiree candidates like Joe Biden with your help. If you experience any issues voting, or you see instances of vote…

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October 30, 2020 at 8:47 PM

October 30, 2020 Friday Alert Retiree News

Election Officials: Deadline for Mailing Your Ballot Has Passed Voters Urged to Vote on Election Day or Return Ballots to Drop boxes Where Available Over 83 million people across the country have already voted as the …

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October 23, 2020 at 9:31 PM

October 23, 2020 Friday Alert Retiree News

Biden Calls Out Trump Plan to Defund Social Security During Final Presidential Debate During Thursday night’s presidential debate, Vice President Biden hit President Trump over his promise to defund Social Security by eliminati…

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  Richard Fiesta · [email protected]

October 19, 2020 at 8:45 PM

Medicare Unconstitutional? What??

Dear Friend, I wanted to alert you to a disturbing thing that happened last week. Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court Amy Coney Barrett REFUSED TO SAY whether Medicare is constitutional, as some extremist legal activists have claimed. This is really dangerous and …

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October 16, 2020 at 9:45 PM

October 16, 2020 Friday Alert Retiree News

Social Security Administration Announces Meager 1.3% COLA Increase for 2021 The Social Security Administration announced on Tuesday that its annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will be 1.3 percent in 2021, which means an av…

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October 9, 2020 at 6:45 PM

October 9, 2020 Friday Alert Retiree News

Older Voters Dissatisfied With President Trump According to a recent NBC/Wall Street Journal poll, Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden is leading President Trump with older voters by a whopping 27 points. Trump’s loss of …

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October 2, 2020 at 8:54 PM

October 2, 2020 Friday Alert Retiree News

The Alliance wishes President Trump and Melania Trump a speedy recovery from the coronavirus. No one should have to suffer from this horrible disease. Please take precautions, wear a mask and practice social distancing. Voting …

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  Brendan Kelly · [email protected]

October 2, 2020 at 3:01 PM

URGENT: Postmaster General MUST Be Fired

Dear Friend, I wanted to make sure you saw this important message from Rich. There’s new damning evidence that Postmaster General Louis DeJoy won’t let up on his campaign to destroy the Postal Service. Please sign our petition to demand that the Board of Governo…

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September 25, 2020 at 8:47 PM

September 25, 2020 Friday Alert Retiree News

Trump’s New Health Care Plan: An Ineffective Executive Order and a Miniscule Bribe White House officials announced on Thursday that President Trump is set to sign an Executive Order “aimed at helping Americans …

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  Richard Fiesta · [email protected]

September 13, 2020 at 3:01 PM

Reminder: Exclusive Grandparents Day Event

Dear Friend, The relationship between a grandparent and grandchild is special, and many of our members have told us that when they go to vote in November they will be voting not just for themselves, but with the youngest generation in mind. Please join us today at…

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September 11, 2020 at 8:01 PM

September 11, 2020 Friday Alert Retiree News

Seniors for Biden to Hold Online Grandparents Day Event Sunday Join fellow Alliance members and other senior activists for a Grandparent’s Day virtual event this Sunday, September 13 at …

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  Richard Fiesta · [email protected]

September 11, 2020 at 4:37 PM

You're Invited: Exclusive Grandparents Day Event

Dear Friend, The relationship between a grandparent and grandchild is special, and many of our members have told us that when they go to vote in November they will be voting not just for themselves, but with the youngest generation in mind. Please join us on Sunda…

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  Richard Fiesta · [email protected]

September 9, 2020 at 6:01 PM

We’ve Gone Hollywood! Join Our Premiere Tomorrow

Dear Friend, You’re invited to the virtual premiere of the new short film, “Safe and Easy: Vote By Mail” on Thursday, September 10 at 11 AM Eastern time. The film features four Alliance retirees (and me) urging seniors to be ready to vote during the pandemic…

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September 4, 2020 at 5:31 PM

September 4, 2020 Friday Alert Retiree News

Social Security Takes Center Stage in the 2020 Presidential Race During a speech in Pittsburgh and in new television ads Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden sharply criticized President Trump’s promise t…

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  Brendan Kelly · [email protected]

September 3, 2020 at 8:30 PM

McConnell Ally Part of USPS Dismantling

Dear Friend, I wanted to make sure you saw this important message that Rich sent yesterday. There’s a new development in the Postal Service crisis. The Head of the USPS Board of Governors -- which could stop the Postmaster General’s plot to undermine the Post Office…

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  Richard Fiesta · [email protected]

September 2, 2020 at 4:30 PM

BREAKING: McConnell Super PAC Director is the USPS Board Head

Dear Friend, We’ve written to you about the crisis at the Postal Service before. There’s a new twist. The Head of the USPS Board of Governors is in charge of Senator Mitch McConnell’s own super PAC, the Senate Leadership Fund! That explains a lot. Last month Presi…

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  Richard Fiesta · [email protected]

August 31, 2020 at 8:46 PM

Social Security Official: Trump Plan Will End Benefits in 2023

Dear Friend, I wanted to make sure you saw the important message I sent you last week. If we don’t do something, Americans’ earned Social Security retirement benefits will end by 2023. Please sign our petition and tell Congress to take action immediately. Presid…

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  Richard Fiesta · [email protected]

August 27, 2020 at 8:01 PM

Social Security Official: Trump Plan Will End Benefits in 2023

Dear Friend, Yes, you read that right. Everyone’s Social Security retirement benefits will end in 2023 if President Trump is re-elected. This is real -- Social Security’s own actuary confirmed it this week. That would be devastating for Americans who have e…

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  Richard Fiesta · [email protected]

August 24, 2020 at 8:48 PM

Time’s Running Out to Save the Post Office

Dear Friend, Today we heard from the Postmaster General that he will NOT put mailboxes back. He will NOT re-install the high-speed mail sorting machines that were removed this summer. And he will not allow overtime so that all mail can get delivered on time. It’s…

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August 21, 2020 at 9:00 PM

August 21, 2020 Friday Alert Retiree News

Democratic Convention Highlights Social Security  Former Vice President Joe Biden accepted the Democratic Party’s nomination to be President at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) on Thursday, promising to…

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  Richard Fiesta · [email protected]

August 19, 2020 at 9:33 PM

Trump Postmaster General Lied

Dear Friend, Do President Trump and the Postmaster General think we are fools?   Yesterday Postmaster General Louis DeJoy announced he would ‘hold off’ on the changes until after the election and many breathed a sigh of relief that the packages and mail they rely…

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  Richard Fiesta · [email protected]

August 18, 2020 at 8:19 PM

They Actually Removed Mailboxes

Dear Friend, Across the country, postal workers are sounding the alarm about the Post Office’s future. President Trump’s new postmaster general, Louis DeJoy, has gone from using “cost-cutting” measures to slow down the mail to a full-on dismantling of the U.S…

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August 14, 2020 at 9:33 PM

August 14, 2020 Friday Alert Retiree News

Alliance Enthusiastically Endorses Joe Biden for President During Virtual Rally with Dr. Jill Biden Citing confidence in Vice President Biden’s commitment to retirement security for every American, the Alliance…

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August 7, 2020 at 8:31 PM

August 7, 2020 Friday Alert Retiree News

Barriers to Voting by Mail in Minnesota Removed Thanks to Minnesota Alliance Lawsuit The Minnesota Alliance for Retired Americans and Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon reached a settlement that will prot…

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July 31, 2020 at 8:30 PM

July 31, 2020 Friday Alert Retiree News

Alliance Celebrates Medicare’s 55th Anniversary with Virtual Events Thursday marked the 55th anniversary of Medicare, and Alliance members across the country showed their support for the guaranteed health care …

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  Brendan Kelly · [email protected]

July 27, 2020 at 8:30 PM

Stop the Fast Track for Social Security Cuts!

Dear Friend, I wanted to make sure you saw this important message we sent last week. Mitch McConnell and Mitt Romney are trying to sneak the TRUST Act into the new coronavirus relief package. Few Americans have heard of the TRUST Act, but we should all be alarme…

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  Richard Fiesta · [email protected]

July 24, 2020 at 9:00 PM

URGENT: Trump and McConnell want to sneak Social Security Cuts Into Coronavirus Legislation!

Dear Friend, Yesterday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that he and the White House will include the dangerous TRUST Act in the latest Republican coronavirus relief package. The TRUST Act creates a commission that would go BEHIND CLOSED DOORS to de…

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July 24, 2020 at 8:00 PM

July 24, 2020 Friday Alert Retiree News

President Trump and Senator McConnell Insert Plan to Cut Social Security and Medicare in Republican Coronavirus Package On Thursday morning the media reported that President Trump had b…

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  Richard Fiesta · [email protected]

July 22, 2020 at 9:04 PM

URGENT: Tell Your Senators to Save the Post Office

Dear Friend, Donald Trump’s new Postmaster General has only been on the job for a month, and he’s already hurting the Postal Service. He is using the pandemic as an excuse to slow down mail delivery -- which hurts all of us. The Senate can fix this by …

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  Brendan Kelly · [email protected]

July 22, 2020 at 5:30 PM

URGENT: Trump Won’t Stop Until He’s Wrecked Social Security

Dear Friend, I wanted to make sure you saw Rich’s message. President Trump has been trying to cut Social Security by cutting the payroll tax since the start of the pandemic. And if he doesn’t get his way, he says he will veto any more coronavirus help for seniors, s…

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  Richard Fiesta · [email protected]

July 20, 2020 at 9:31 PM

Trump Wants Social Security Cuts. Now.

Dear Friend, President Trump is again going after Social Security. He said it yesterday on Fox News and again today from the Oval Office. He wants this tax cut so badly he’s holding millions of Americans who need help making ends meet during this recession hostag…

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July 17, 2020 at 8:01 PM

July 17, 2020 Friday Alert Retiree News

Alliance testifies at House Hearing on Social Security and the COVID-19 Pandemic Alliance President Robert Roach, Jr. delivered testimony to the House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Friday, highli…

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July 10, 2020 at 9:01 PM

July 10, 2020 Friday Alert Retiree News

Coronavirus Economic Crisis Causing a Social Security Technical Glitch Without Congressional action, everyone who was born in 1960 will receive 15% lower Social Security benefits when they retire than people bo…

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  Lisa Cutler · [email protected]

July 8, 2020 at 4:02 PM

FWD: Don’t Believe Vote by Mail Lies

Dear Friend, I wanted to make sure you saw this important message. The pandemic has made voting by mail even more important, especially for older Americans who need to protect their health. Please sign our petition to tell Congress to fund resources for vote by m…

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  Richard Fiesta · [email protected]

July 6, 2020 at 6:00 PM

Don’t Believe Vote by Mail Lies

Dear Friend, President Trump is lying about voting by mail in this country. The fact is that Americans have voted by mail since the Civil War! And for seniors who need to protect their health during the COVID-19 pandemic, voting by mail is the best way to cast their…

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July 3, 2020 at 2:00 PM

July 3, 2020 Friday Alert Retiree News

The Alliance wishes you and your family a safe and happy 4th of July. Gilead’s Remdesivir Price Gouging is Latest Example of Industry’s Shameful Profiteering …

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  Richard Fiesta · [email protected]

June 29, 2020 at 9:32 PM

Should a COVID-19 Treatment Cost $3,120 for each patient?

Dear Friend, U.S. taxpayers gave Gilead Sciences $70 million in U.S. taxpayer dollars to develop the drug Remdesivir. And now that Remdesivir is being used to treat COVID-19, Gilead is raising the price by a whopping 30%. Americans already pay the highest prices in…

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June 26, 2020 at 7:31 PM

June 26, 2020 Friday Alert Retiree News

House Democrats Move to Protect Affordable Care Act As Judicial Threat Rises House Democrats introduced new legislation to expand access to health care and make prescription drugs more affordable, and a vote i…

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