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  Bernie Sanders via BoldProgressives.org · [email protected]
September 22, 2022 at 1:44 PM

I am asking you to chip in to Mandela Barnes' campaign

We need to elect more candidates who will take on corporate greed, authoritarianism, and bigotry and who are prepared to fight for justice. John - I am writing to ask you to make a $3 contribution to Mandela Barnes' campaign for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin. I hope you will give me a moment to expla…
  PCCC Elections Team · [email protected]
September 21, 2022 at 11:53 PM

POLL ALERT!

the two tightest U.S. Senate races in the country are *** POLLING UPDATE *** FiveThirtyEight today is showing Wisconsin and Georgia as the two tightest U.S. Senate races in the country. Two Oregon races in open, swing House districts where progressives can keep Dems in the majori…
  Adam Green, BoldProgressives.org · [email protected]
September 21, 2022 at 4:34 PM

Way too much Taco Bell and pizza

I was recently on the ground with two Senate campaigns. While there, my eating habits were so bad! Between campaign events and the fast-paced rush of things on the ground, there was little time to buy fresh groceries -- let alone cook them. I ate way too much Taco Bell and pizza. It was gross. …
  PCCC (Bold Progressives) · [email protected]
September 20, 2022 at 4:50 PM

Mandela Barnes: It’s almost impressive how unfit for office Ron Johnson is.

Do you agree Mandela must win in November? In Wisconsin’s U.S. Senate race, Mandela Barnes is hitting Republican Sen. Ron Johnson for wanting to cut Social Security. Here’s the tweet: Do you agree Mandela must win in November? Yes. No. Thanks for being a bold progressive. -- The PCCC Team (@Bol…
  PCCC Elections Team · [email protected]
September 19, 2022 at 10:27 PM

ANOTHER big profile for Gen Z progressive Maxwell Frost!

There's another big profile out on bold progressive Maxwell Alejandro Frost -- soon to be the youngest member of Congress. This time it's.... BLOOMBERG NEWS: "Maxwell Frost, 25, is poised to become the first (and only) Gen Z member of Congress -- and he is hungry for change." Maxwell emailed PC…
  Mandela Barnes via BoldProgressives.org · [email protected]
September 18, 2022 at 1:38 PM

Without you, we could lose

I cannot win this race alone. I am writing today to humbly ask if you can make a $3 contribution to help flip Wisconsin's U.S. Senate seat and expand the Democratic majority so I can fight to end the filibuster, secure voting rights, address gun violence, and make Roe v. Wade the law of the land…
  Pramila Jayapal via BoldProgressives.org · [email protected]
September 17, 2022 at 6:15 PM

Victory after Victory

I wanted to make sure you heard about I wanted to make sure you heard about some recent Congressional Progressive Caucus election victories... Maxwell Alejandro Frost (FL-10): VICTORY. Summer Lee (PA-12): VICTORY. Greg Casar (TX-35): VICTORY. Andrea Salinas (OR-06): VICTORY. Jami…
  Beto O'Rourke via BoldProgressives.org · [email protected]
September 17, 2022 at 1:08 PM

Now is the time

The challenges we face today are the greatest in living memory. Historic attacks on the right to vote, on a woman's right to choose, and on our children's right to be free of gun violence will either destroy this great state or will be overcome by the resolve and power of the people of Texas. G…
  PCCC Elections · [email protected]
September 16, 2022 at 6:00 PM

Obama will campaign for key secretaries of state to safeguard 2024 election

BIG: Barack Obama will campaign for Secretary of State candidates facing extremist election-deniers in key 2024 battleground states. CNN reports: "It is exceedingly rare for a former president to campaign for races so far down the ballot, illustrating the importance of those positions for the 2…
  Jamie McLeod-Skinner via BoldProgressives.org · [email protected]
September 15, 2022 at 8:47 PM

Lindsey Graham just introduced a nationwide abortion ban

Democrats’ path to keeping our majority in Congress runs right through our two districts. My name is Jamie McLeod-Skinner and I won the Democratic primary for Oregon's 5th Congressional District. And I couldn't have done it without help from the PCCC. Now, I'm in one of the closest swing distri…
  PCCC Elections · [email protected]
September 15, 2022 at 3:58 PM

Raskin warning to CNN viewers about the Jan 6 committee

Jamie Raskin has a reminder about the January 6th Committee. This weekend he said on CNN: We're like Cinderella. We sort of expire at midnight. So at the end of the year, that committee dissolves unless Democrats hold onto power. Worse, House Republicans would use "investigations" to further th…
  John Fetterman via BoldProgressives.org · [email protected]
September 14, 2022 at 9:18 PM

They introduced a national abortion ban

I'm John Fetterman, and I'm running for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania. Yesterday, Lindsey Graham introduced a national abortion ban in the U.S. Senate. While announcing it, he summed up exactly why defeating Dr. Oz + winning this race is so important: "If [the GOP] takes back the House and the Se…
  Maxwell Alejandro Frost via BoldProgressives.org · [email protected]
September 13, 2022 at 8:18 PM

I'm going to Congress at age 25...I want other progressives there with me.

The Washington Post just wrote a profile called, "Maxwell Frost is figuring out how to be Gen Z’s likely first congressman." I'm thankful to PCCC members and so many grassroots supporters for helping me win what the Post called a "grueling primary in a reliably Democratic district that will pro…
  PCCC (Bold Progressives) · [email protected]
September 13, 2022 at 12:16 AM

Beto: 15 weeks since Uvalde

NO action from this governor to save lives Tomorrow will be 4 months since a gunman killed 19 children and 2 teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas -- and 2 months out from Election Day. Across Texas, Beto O'Rourke is calling out Gov. Abbott's inaction: "This guy, Greg Abbott, who can…
  PCCC (Bold Progressives) · [email protected]
September 12, 2022 at 7:48 PM

VIDEO: AL FRANKEN crushes Republican SCOTUS talking points on CNN.

WATCH THE VIDEO: Al Franken CRUSHES Republican talking points about the Supreme Court on CNN. Everyone from Sarah Silverman to political analysts are saying YOU NEED TO WATCH AL FRANKEN crush Republican talking points about the Supreme Court on CNN this weekend. He made clear wh…
  PCCC Elections · [email protected]
September 10, 2022 at 1:32 PM

KATIE PORTER interviewed by Al Franken (on Jimmy Kimmel's show)

When Al Franken guest hosted for Jimmy Kimmel recently When Al Franken guest hosted for Jimmy Kimmel recently, he interviewed KATIE PORTER! He started the show, "Our next guest is best known for battling billionaires, fighting Big Pharma, and turning C-SPAN into must-see TV…" As she fights for r…
  Greg Casar via BoldProgressives.org · [email protected]
September 9, 2022 at 9:28 PM

Let’s stand up to the gun lobby

Inaction won’t keep our kids safe; only action will. John, Last night, a gunman shot and injured two more young people in Uvalde, TX -- at a memorial for the 21 people who were shot and killed just a mile away at Robb Elementary School in May. My name is Greg Casar. With the PCCC's support, I wo…
  PCCC (Bold Progressives) · [email protected]
September 7, 2022 at 10:13 PM

HuffPost is warning of election chaos in 2024.

FiveThirtyEight just announced that 1 in 2 Americans will have an election denier on the ballot in November. "An election denier winning election and taking office is more than a symbolic concern," according to FiveThirtyEight. "An election-denying Secretary of State could refuse to certify an …
  PCCC (Bold Progressives) · [email protected]
September 6, 2022 at 8:56 PM

Supreme Court putting our democracy in the hands of governors

With the Supreme Court's open hostility to 50 years of hard-fought gains at the national level, more battles will be ultimately decided by state governors. In Texas and elsewhere that means a stark choice. CNN reports that across the country, "More than half the GOP governor nominees have quest…
  PCCC (Bold Progressives) · [email protected]
September 4, 2022 at 2:28 PM

Jan 6 committee said next hearing(s) in Sept. Tell networks to broadcast them in prime time!

The Jan 6 Committee indicated in July that they planned to hold more hearings this month. In the battle to save our democracy from those who want to destroy it, there is nothing more important than the American people seeing with their own eyes the evidence that Trump and other Republican leade…
  Rep. Jamie Raskin via BoldProgressives.org · [email protected]
September 3, 2022 at 4:19 PM

Democrats deliver for the American people

This is Rep. Jamie Raskin. Democrats are not only defending democracy in principle -- we’re making democracy deliver in reality, even amidst all the GOP chaos. Democrats have passed: A $1.9 trillion rescue package to aid businesses decimated by the pandemic, execute a nationwide vaccination pr…
  PCCC (Bold Progressives) · [email protected]
September 2, 2022 at 5:51 PM

Biden: "Trump and MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic."

In a big speech on democracy last night, President Biden said, "We must be honest with each other and with ourselves. Too much of what’s happening in our country today is not normal. Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic…
  PCCC (Bold Progressives) · [email protected]
September 1, 2022 at 9:59 PM

Will you watch Biden's speech tonight about threats to our democracy?

Tonight at 8pm Eastern, President Biden will go on national TV to address urgent threats to our democracy. The White House press secretary previewed the speech, telling reporters yesterday that MAGA Republicans present "an extreme threat to our democracy, to our freedom, to our rights. They jus…
  PCCC (Bold Progressives) · [email protected]
August 31, 2022 at 9:37 PM

Are Dems REALLY divided over student debt or do haters just WISH they were?

There's been a lot of talk about Democrats running in swing states being "divided" over Biden canceling student debt for millions of mostly low-income and middle class borrowers. But so far, the response has actually been overwhelmingly positive -- including by Democrats in competitive races ac…
  PCCC (Bold Progressives) · [email protected]
August 31, 2022 at 4:33 PM

Want truly progressive governors? PCCC endorses Matt Brown for RI-Gov & Cynthia Mendes for RI-Lt.Gov

Supreme Court tearing down 50 years of ABOVE: Cynthia Mendes [right] attends our PCCC candidate training with other progressive candidates. Today, the PCCC is proud to endorse Matt Brown for Governor and Cynthia Mendes for Lieutenant Governor in Rhode Island. With the current Sup…
  PCCC (Bold Progressives) · [email protected]
August 30, 2022 at 1:39 PM

The Guardian: "'The US could lose the right to vote within months': top official’s democracy warning"

After Liz Cheney's warning, there's another "The country could lose the right to vote in less than three months." That's the warning Jena Griswold gave to The Guardian this weekend. As Secretary of State, Jena oversees elections in Colorado -- and as president of the Democratic Association of Se…
  PCCC (Bold Progressives) · [email protected]
August 29, 2022 at 10:40 PM

After Liz Cheney's warning, there's another

"The country could lose the right to vote in less than three months." That's the warning Jena Griswold gave to The Guardian this weekend. As Secretary of State, Jena oversees elections in Colorado -- and as president of the Democratic Association of Secretaries of State, she's in contact with e…
  Raphael Warnock via BoldProgressives.org · [email protected]
August 28, 2022 at 2:36 PM

One thing you should know about me

John, I know that in a neck-and-neck race like my U.S. Senate race in Georgia, it's easy to focus solely on things like the latest polling numbers or the day's fundraising goal. So I want to quickly explain exactly what we're fighting for -- and why winning here matters so much. …
  Mandela Barnes via BoldProgressives.org · [email protected]
August 27, 2022 at 5:02 PM

My name is Mandela Barnes and in 73 days, I am going to beat Ron Johnson.

You know Ron Johnson? The guy who celebrated overturning Roe vs. Wade? My name is Mandela Barnes, and I am running for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin to rebuild the middle class and deliver opportunity for everyone. If elected, I’ll be the deciding vote to abolish the filibuster and defend abortion ri…
  Keith Rouda, BoldProgressives.org · [email protected]
August 25, 2022 at 10:23 PM

I’m scared.

75 days out from Election Day I’m scared. 75 days out from Election Day, poll after poll shows Dems closing the gap with Republicans -- a sea change from just a few months ago. Headlines like this from Yahoo News are everywhere: "New polls show Democrats could 'win' the 2022 midterms." MSNBC see…
  PCCC (Bold Progressives) · [email protected]
August 24, 2022 at 10:45 PM

Why Liz Cheney's new focus will include Secretaries of State

National political news media are reporting that following Liz Cheney's primary defeat this month, her focus will include defeating election-deniers from Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley (in 2024) to Secretaries of State. This comes after Cheney warned that "We have candidates for Secretary of State wh…
  PCCC (Bold Progressives) · [email protected]
August 24, 2022 at 6:55 PM

BIG NEWS: Up to 43 million Americans to get student debt relief!

bigger investment than the G.I. Bill -- in young people and millions of others. BREAKING NEWS! Moments ago, President Biden announced the cancellation of up to $20,000 of student debt for as many as 43 million Americans. Nearly 8 million people may be eligible to receive relief automatically, wi…
  PCCC Elections Team · [email protected]
August 24, 2022 at 1:07 AM

Progressive Maxwell Frost wins the nomination!

BREAKING: Maxwell Frost wins competitive Democratic primary in Florida’s 10th Congressional District. BREAKING: Maxwell Frost wins competitive Democratic primary in Florida’s 10th Congressional District.  Progressives like Maxwell, Katie Porter, Pramila Jayapal, and Jamie Raskin will ha…
  PCCC (Bold Progressives) · [email protected]
August 23, 2022 at 9:46 PM

TIMELINE: Student debt history, from Warren to Biden

Unleash millions of new votes for Democrats in 2022 With a student debt announcement imminent, remind the White House how we got here. RT our Student Debt Twitter Timeline. Reports are swirling about an imminent announcement on student debt cancellation! Conservatives and powerfu…
  PCCC (Bold Progressives) · [email protected]
August 23, 2022 at 5:46 PM

Why Liz Cheney's new PAC focus will include Secretaries of State

National political media reports and her own words suggest that Liz Cheney will use her new PAC to go after election-deniers from Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley (in 2024) to Secretaries of State. This comes after she warned last week that "We have candidates for Secretary of State who may refuse to r…
  Mandela Barnes via BoldProgressives.org · [email protected]
August 22, 2022 at 2:09 PM

Your $3 contribution will help me defeat Ron Johnson

We can win this race, as long as we're in it together. My name is Mandela Barnes and I’m sure you’ve heard by now that I’m the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin. The race to defeat Republican Sen. Ron Johnson is on. In order to flip this seat in November, I'm relying on an unprece…
  Delia Ramirez via BoldProgressives.org · [email protected]
August 22, 2022 at 3:02 AM

When I get to Congress, I want Maxwell Frost fighting alongside me

I won't ask you to join me and my family in going to Florida to help Maxwell Frost win his primary Tuesday... But if you can make some Get Out The Vote calls or chip in to boost his Get Out The Vote efforts -- we really need this progressive in Congress! My name is Delia Ramirez…
  Mandela Barnes via BoldProgressives.org · [email protected]
August 21, 2022 at 9:56 PM

I'm the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin

We can win this race, as long as we're in it together. My name is Mandela Barnes and I’m sure you’ve heard by now that I’m the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin. The race to defeat Republican Sen. Ron Johnson is on. In order to flip this seat in November, I'm relying on an unprece…
  Maxwell Alejandro Frost via BoldProgressives.org · [email protected]
August 21, 2022 at 1:49 PM

I just turned 25

'My youth is a strength': Members of Gen Z launch campaigns for Congress John, I’m 25 years old. When we win this campaign in Florida’s 10th Congressional District, I will be the first member of Gen Z in Congress. Young people are demanding change. We will face the harshest consequences if Con…
  Maxwell Alejandro Frost via BoldProgressives.org · [email protected]
August 20, 2022 at 1:20 PM

I was arrested and jailed

Hello, In the summer of 2020 I was one of the lead organizers of the Black Lives Matter protests in Orlando. I was arrested and jailed -- all for peacefully protesting on the frontlines against our broken system. Now, I’m running for Congress in Florida. I’m on the path to victory, but I cannot…
  PCCC Elections Team · [email protected]
August 19, 2022 at 9:09 PM

BIG! Orlando Sentinel endorses Maxwell Frost. PLEASE SHARE!

The Orlando Sentinel endorses bold progressive Maxwell Frost for Florida's 10th Congressional District saying "This is Frost’s time, and he’s ready to stand in the vanguard of his generation." Check out their endorsement below. Then, with early voting for Tuesday's primary already underway -- c…
  PCCC Elections Team · [email protected]
August 19, 2022 at 5:35 PM

Timely: House Dems Don't Want Alan Grayson Back

We wanted to draw your attention to an important primary happening next week for Val Demings' open seat for Congress in Florida. The consensus candidate is Maxwell Frost -- the former organizing director for March For Our Lives and super inspiring leader of the future. Former Congressman Alan G…
  PCCC (Bold Progressives) · [email protected]
August 18, 2022 at 5:43 PM

What you need to know about Liz Cheney’s concession speech

In Liz Cheney's concession speech Tuesday, she warned "We have candidates for Secretary of State who may refuse to report the actual results of the popular vote in future elections."  She added, "No American should support election deniers for any position of genuine responsibility, where their…
  PCCC (Bold Progressives) · [email protected]
August 18, 2022 at 5:43 PM

What you need to know about Liz Cheney’s concession speech

In Liz Cheney's concession speech Tuesday, she warned "We have candidates for Secretary of State who may refuse to report the actual results of the popular vote in future elections."  She added, "No American should support election deniers for any position of genuine responsibility, where their…
  PCCC (Bold Progressives) · [email protected]
August 18, 2022 at 1:57 PM

"These New York Times endorsements are an embarrassment"

Alessandra Biaggi is the progressive the New York Times should have endorsed in New York's 17th Congressional District! Can you help Alessandra Get Out Of Vote for the Aug 23 primary? Yes! Sign me up. I'll call voters in her district from my home. No, but I'll donate to the her and the …
  PCCC (Bold Progressives) · [email protected]
August 18, 2022 at 3:27 AM

"I canceled my subscription"

Progressives Mondaire Jones and Yuh-Line Niou teamed up to lambast Dan Goldman on the heels of his endorsement by the New York Times. Donate to the progressives the NY Times should have endorsed. Click here. In multiple upcoming congressional primaries in progressive New York di…
  PCCC (Bold Progressives) · [email protected]
August 17, 2022 at 8:47 PM

What you need to know about Liz Cheney’s concession speech

In Liz Cheney's concession speech last night, she warned "We have candidates for Secretary of State who may refuse to report the actual results of the popular vote in future elections."  She added, "No American should support election deniers for any position of genuine responsibility, where th…
  PCCC (Bold Progressives) · [email protected]
August 17, 2022 at 1:08 AM

NY Times endorses DCCC Chair who spent $43 million to elect insurrectionists

Progressives Mondaire Jones and Yuh-Line Niou teamed up today to lambast Dan Goldman on the heels of his endorsement by the New York Times. Donate to the progressives the NY Times should have endorsed. Click here. This weekend, the New York Times looked at 3 upcoming congression…
  PCCC Elections · [email protected]
August 16, 2022 at 8:48 PM

This BIG WIN maxes out what Dems can achieve with Manchin

BREAKING! Moments ago, President Biden signed the historic Inflation Reduction Act which makes huge climate investments and brings down the costs of prescription prices and health care. It's paid for by closing loopholes so that billionaire corporations finally pay their minimum share of income…
  PCCC (Bold Progressives) · [email protected]
August 16, 2022 at 3:28 PM

You can laugh or cry -- but either way, we must fight

"RULE 5: Ridicule is man's most potent weapon. There is no defense. It is almost impossible to counterattack ridicule. Also it infuriates the opposition, who then react to your advantage." -- Saul Alinsky, author, Rules for Radicals PCCC proudly endorses Eddie Geller for C…