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  Mandela Barnes via BoldProgressives.org · [email protected]
October 8, 2022 at 1:47 AM

Respectfully asking you to chip in before midnight tonight

I just walked off the debate stage, and now more than ever, I need to know you're ready to defeat Ron Johnson. Mandela Barnes here. I just walked off the debate stage in Wisconsin, and I hope you’ll give me a moment to explain what tonight meant and why I need you to make a contribution before …
  Mandela Barnes via BoldProgressives.org · [email protected]
October 7, 2022 at 6:02 PM

An important request for John

We have a huge amount of work ahead of us, and the weeks ahead will not be easy. Before I face Republican Sen. Ron Johnson at tonight's debate, I would like to take a moment to say why I am asking you to make an online contribution to our campaign for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin. Here is the truth…
  James Roosevelt Jr. via BoldProgressives.org · [email protected]
October 7, 2022 at 2:54 PM

Ron Johnson wants to destroy my grandfather’s greatest legacy.

My grandfather created Social Security. Ron Johnson wants to destroy it. Nothing is more important than Wisconsin’s Senate race for the future of Social Security. Please donate to protect my grandfather’s legacy and elect Mandela Barnes to the Senate. My grandfather, FDR, signe…
  PCCC Elections · [email protected]
October 6, 2022 at 6:53 PM

“We’re headed down a path we can’t come back from.”

Yahoo News reports: "Supporters of former President Donald Trump seeking to control elections across the country have raised the specter of a second insurrection" amid concern that they will "rig the election results for Trump if he seeks the presidency again." The President, Barack Obama, and …
  PCCC Elections · [email protected]
October 5, 2022 at 11:05 PM

Herschel Walker is a liar

The Daily Beast reports, "Herschel Walker, the football legend running against Senator Raphael Warnock in Georgia, says he wants to completely ban abortion, likening it to murder and claiming there should be 'no exception' for rape, incest, or the life of the mother. But the Republican candidat…
  PCCC (Bold Progressives) · [email protected]
October 5, 2022 at 12:00 PM

WASHINGTON POST: "You thought the Supreme Court’s last term was bad? Brace yourself."

“The Court is on the verge of killing The new Supreme Court term started this week. It isn’t good: WASHINGTON POST: "You thought the Supreme Court’s last term was bad? Brace yourself." FIVETHIRTYEIGHT: "The Supreme Court is on the verge of killing the Voting Rights Act." With a 6-3 conservative …
  John Fetterman via BoldProgressives.org · [email protected]
October 4, 2022 at 11:04 PM

I wish I was making this up...

Dr. Oz killed *hundreds* of This is John Fetterman, Democratic Nominee for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania. I wish I was making this up, John. But some news came out about Dr. Oz… and I think you’ll probably want to read it for yourself: That’s right. During his time at Columbia University, Dr. Oz…
  PCCC Elections · [email protected]
October 3, 2022 at 11:14 PM

Devastatingly effective new TV ad from Mandela Barnes

With 5 weeks until Election Day, Wisconsin U.S. Senate candidate Mandela Barnes just launched a new TV ad blasting Republican Sen. Ron Johnson's support for a national abortion ban. NBC News reports: "Johnson supported a ban on abortions," a narrator says in the 30-second ad, shared with NBC Ne…
  PCCC (Bold Progressives) · [email protected]
October 2, 2022 at 7:43 PM

NYTIMES: "Conservative groups in Georgia challenge 65,000 voter registrations"

trying to remove tens of thousands of voters The New York Times reports that conservative extremist groups across the country are coordinating a campaign to remove tens of thousands of registered voters from voting rolls and overwhelm election officials with information requests. This latest att…
  Adam Green, BoldProgressives.org · [email protected]
September 30, 2022 at 8:55 PM

Do you cook? Feed a hungry campaign staffer!

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 Elections Team · [email protected]
September 30, 2022 at 7:31 PM

Bernie is respectfully asking you to contribute to Mandela Barnes' campaign for U.S. Senate

We need to elect more candidates who will take on corporate greed, authoritarianism, and bigotry and who are prepared to fight for justice. John, see this from Bernie? The FEC deadline he mentions is today. -- The PCCC Team EMAIL THIS WEEK FROM BERNIE SANDERS: I am writing to ask you to make a …
  PCCC Elections · [email protected]
September 29, 2022 at 11:52 PM

Liz Cheney: These candidates are "a threat to the survival of the republic."

A new analysis of Secretary or State races in 2022 finds that Trump’s infamous plea to "find" him more votes "has morphed into a platform for Republican Secretary of State candidates who are vowing to bend and break the rules to influence future elections." This comes on the heels of dire warni…
  Bernie Sanders via BoldProgressives.org · [email protected]
September 28, 2022 at 1:00 AM

Respectfully asking you to contribute to Mandela Barnes' campaign for U.S. Senate

We need to elect more candidates who will take on corporate greed, authoritarianism, and bigotry and who are prepared to fight for justice. I am writing to ask you to make a contribution to Mandela Barnes' campaign for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin. I hope you will give me a moment to explain why you…
  PCCC (Bold Progressives) · [email protected]
September 25, 2022 at 11:53 PM

BERNIE SANDERS: 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, see this from Bernie Sanders? EARLIER EMAIL FROM BERNIE SANDERS: I am writing to ask you to make a contribution to Mandela Barnes' campaign for U.S. …
  PCCC (Bold Progressives) · [email protected]
September 25, 2022 at 12:55 PM

Not just another Republican-hypocrite-runs-for-office story.

CNN reports, "Nevada’s GOP nominee for top election post wants to eliminate mail voting but voted by mail multiple times." But wait. This isn't just another "Republican hypocrite runs for office" story. There's more, and this race has national consequences -- including in 2024. CNN: "The Trump-…
  PCCC Elections · [email protected]
September 24, 2022 at 6:07 PM

The Arizona debate with national consequences

Should an election-denier oversee the 2024 vote in Arizona -- a key battleground state? The Democrat and the Republican running to oversee elections in 2024 battleground state Arizona debated on TV Thursday night. CNN reports: "Arizona Republican secretary of state nominee Mark Finchem doubled d…
  Katie Porter via BoldProgressives.org · [email protected]
September 24, 2022 at 1:38 PM

Help me protect abortion rights

I still remember where I was when I heard the news that Roe v. Wade would be overturned. John, I still remember where I was when I heard the news that Roe v. Wade would be overturned. I immediately thought about what it would mean for my kids’ future and how they would grow up having fewer right…
  Adam Green, BoldProgressives.org · [email protected]
September 23, 2022 at 3:40 PM

Campaign staffers shouldn't eat Taco Bell for every meal!

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 Elections · [email protected]
September 23, 2022 at 2:08 PM

DAN RATHER: I don’t think there is a bigger story than...

the current threat to American democracy. Dan Rather has an urgent alert for the public: "I don’t think there is a bigger story than the current threat to American democracy." Part of that threat? "The truth is that electing governors and Secretaries of State who wish to undermine free and fair …
  Bernie Sanders via BoldProgressives.org · [email protected]
September 23, 2022 at 12:30 AM

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 contribution to Mandela Barnes' campaign for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin. I hope you will give me a moment to explain …
  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…