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August 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM

Tell Congress to reject these cruel, pro-eviction cuts now

Republicans just moved to gut housing support across the board. Dear John, The House GOP just advanced a budget bill that would rip nearly $1 billion out of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. As rents rise and more families are forced into homelessness, Republican…

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August 13, 2025 at 10:15 PM

Billions in profit, but their workers can’t see a doctor

Trader Joe’s can afford to insure every crew member. Demand they do it now. Dear John, Trader Joe’s makes billions in annual revenue and enjoys a reputation as one of America’s friendliest grocers, but too many crew members are left without affordable health insurance. Current p…

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August 12, 2025 at 11:01 PM

Congress can force the release of the Epstein files

A bipartisan petition could force a House vote to release the full, unclassified Epstein files. Dear John, For decades, the truth about Jeffrey Epstein’s network and his powerful enablers has been buried under secrecy, excuses, and political protection. Survivors have waited lon…

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August 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM

Investigate Miller!

Stephen Miller turned federal power into a weapon. If Congress stays silent, the damage will only grow. John, Stephen Miller understood exactly what government power could be used for, and he chose to impose fear, exact punishment, and build a political future out of human suffe…

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August 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM

Stop Trump’s Weather Service Sellout Now

Trump tried to gut the National Weather Service, and now his allies want to finish the job. Dear John, Under Donald Trump, critical cuts slashed staffing at the National Weather Service. Lifesaving alerts were delayed. Forecast accuracy dropped. Now he’s laying the groundwork t…

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  Wendy Davis via the DFA AF Team · [email protected]

August 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM

Ken Paxton is targeting abortion providers.

Dear John, Twelve years ago, I filibustered a sweeping abortion ban in the Texas Senate because I knew the bill would push access to abortion care out of reach for many people in my state. Texas anti-abortion politicians tried everything to end my filibuster, but they did not wi…

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August 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM

Gerrymandering is voter theft. Fight back now

Texas Democrats just left the state to block Trump and Abbott’s blatant power grab. Now it’s up to us to stand with them and defend democracy. John, This week, over 50 Democratic state legislators left Texas, denying Trump and Abbott the quorum they needed to ram through a gerry…

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August 7, 2025 at 8:09 PM

ICE abuse is real, and it’s being ignored

A damning new Human Rights Watch report confirms what migrants have been saying for years: ICE detention is a human rights disaster. Tell Congress: Investigate now. Dear John, The United States is supposed to stand for liberty, justice, and human dignity, but right now, ICE dete…

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August 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM

Say NO to Trump’s AI plan and Silicon Valley special favors

Trump’s AI plan hands unprecedented power to billionaires like Elon Musk while erasing civil rights protections John, Donald Trump’s new AI plan gives corporate tech giants sweeping power over our future. It dismantles oversight, fast-tracks projects without public input, and ce…

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August 5, 2025 at 10:33 PM

Trump and Abbott want to rig Texas elections. We need your help to stop them

Texas Democrats just left the state to block Trump and Abbott’s blatant power grab. Now it’s up to us to stand with them and defend democracy. John, This week, over 50 Democratic state legislators left Texas, denying Trump and Abbott the quorum they needed to ram through a gerry…

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August 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM

No more Silicon Valley spying on immigrant families

Palantir built Trump's surveillance machine to profile and hunt down immigrants. It's a direct threat to our civil liberties and democracy. We need Congress to act now. Dear John, Palantir Technologies, an AI-powered surveillance firm co-founded by billionaire Trump donor Pet…

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August 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM

From Medicare to Medicare for All: Let’s finish the job

Medicare changed the face of health care in America. Now, 60 years later, it’s time to finish what we started. Dear John, Sixty years ago, our country took a step toward justice when Medicare was signed into law. It wasn’t perfect, but it was a beginning. A commitment to prot…

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July 31, 2025 at 5:59 PM

No more raids at baseball games

ICE tried to raid Dodger Stadium. The team kicked them out. Now we need the rest of the league to step up. Dear John, This summer, ICE tried to gain access to the parking lots at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers told them no. It should have never come to that. No one should have …

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July 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM

Say NO to GOP donors running our public mail

Trump wants to hand the post office over to his donors and private competitors. The Senate must reject these pro-privatization USPS nominees now. Dear John, Donald Trump’s plan to privatize the United States Postal Service is no secret. Now, he’s closer than ever to pulling it o…

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  Robert Reich and the DFA AF Team · [email protected]

July 29, 2025 at 5:35 PM

No more excuses! End congressional stock trading

While Congress writes the rules, members are still cashing in. It’s time to stop the corruption and demand a bipartisan ban on individual stock trading in Congress. Dear John, Another day, another Congressional stock trading scandal. This time, four senators (or their familie…

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July 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM

Tell Etsy to stop glorifying migrant abuse

Etsy is selling merchandise that glorifies migrant detention and inhumanity. It is time for them to act. Demand they remove Alligator Alcatraz products now. John, Etsy built its reputation on ethical commerce, a place where values matter as much as products. But right now, it …

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July 27, 2025 at 4:17 PM

Trump's Truth Social is bleeding cash. Why is it in your pension?

Your retirement should be safe, not riding on Trump’s financial dumpster fire. Demand that states divest from Trump Media and all his shady companies. John, Donald Trump’s media company was just added to the Russell 2000 Index, forcing millions of teachers, firefighters, nurses,…

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July 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM

The stories that could help dismantle MAGA if the media would just air them

MAGA feeds on misinformation and isolation. Demand the media cover the voices of those who left MAGA. John, The MAGA movement didn’t just build a political cult, it built a community. That’s why people who leave MAGA face so much backlash, and why their stories rarely get told. …

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July 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM

Trump’s plot to hijack the next election is already underway

Trump’s Justice Department is trying to seize voting machines and private voter data. John, Donald Trump’s Justice Department just issued a sweeping demand to states to turn over voter rolls, voting histories, private voter information, and grant physical access to voting machin…

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  Amanda Ford, DFA AF · [email protected]

July 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM

Trump’s CFPB let them off. Now we hold them accountable

They wore the uniform. Navy Federal took their money. Now they’re dodging responsibility. It’s time to make them pay. John, Navy Federal Credit Union built its reputation on serving those who serve. But from 2017 to 2022, they ran a scheme that illegally siphoned overdraft fees …

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July 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM

We must keep Stephen Colbert on the air. Our democracy depends on it

Stephen Colbert exposed a shady $16M payoff from CBS’s parent company to Trump. Three days later, they canceled him. John, Stephen Colbert has been one of the sharpest voices holding Donald Trump and the MAGA movement accountable since 2015. He’s used his platform to satirize co…

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July 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM

Congress must investigate Trump’s deadly FEMA delays now

John, When devastating floods tore through Texas, the response should have been swift, coordinated, and lifesaving. Instead, Trump gutted the National Weather Service, and FEMA’s response was sluggish, due to political retaliation against Democratic leaders. These aren’t just p…

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July 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM

Public education is under attack

Millions of students, especially in high-need communities, are being punished by Trump's freeze on education funding. Congress must act now to force the release of $7 billion. John, More than $5 billion in education funding, money Congress already approved and President Trump al…

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July 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM

$200 million for an AI that called itself MechaHitler

When Elon Musk’s AI glorified Nazis, harassed women, and pushed hate speech, the Pentagon didn’t cancel the contract, they signed it. John, In a functioning democracy, decisions that shape the future of national security would be made with oversight, transparency, and some basi…

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July 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM

Require ICE agents to show their faces and names

Urgent legislation is needed to stop the practice of ICE agents wearing masks and refusing to identify themselves as they arrest and detain people. John, Unmask ICE: Demand transparency and accountability now! No U.S. government law enforcement agency should conduct arrests in …

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July 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM

ICE is trafficking people. Congress must investigate now.

ICE agents are disappearing immigrants and shipping them to foreign prisons with no trial or return date. John, American democracy rests on due process and accountability. But right now, ICE is operating like a rogue state within our government, disappearing people off our stree…

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July 17, 2025 at 10:34 PM

Tell Congress: this inhumane detention camp must be shut down now

Demand Congress shut down the newly built “Alligator Alcatraz” prison in Florida, and investigate the corrupt pay-to-play practices of private prison profiteers. John, The new ICE detention camp deep in Florida’s Everglades -- grotesquely named “Alligator Alcatraz” by the state …

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July 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM

Protect the Endangered Species Act

The Endangered Species Act has saved 99% of the species it protects. Tell Congress not to gut this law that defends life on Earth. John, The Endangered Species Act works -- but extinction is forever. Once a species is gone, it's gone. And right now, Congress is pushing dangero…

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July 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM

Demand that Congress investigate Alligator Alcatraz

Trump's illegal Everglades detention is a breeding ground for abuse, pollution, and corruption. John, Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis secretly built "Alligator Alcatraz," a massive ICE detention site in Florida's Everglades. This $450 million annual taxpayer-funded abomination cra…

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July 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM

Investigate Miller

Stephen Miller turned federal power into a weapon. If Congress stays silent, the damage will only grow. John, Stephen Miller understood exactly what government power could be used for, and he chose to impose fear, exact punishment, and build a political future out of human suffe…

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July 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM

Don’t let Trump dismantle FEMA and NOAA

When floodwaters rose in Texas, the National Weather Service had a key vacancy. Hundreds more jobs are on the chopping block. John, After Donald Trump slashed nearly 600 positions at the National Weather Service and over 1,000 from NOAA, Americans are already paying the price. …

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July 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM

Stop Trump’s order stripping rights from veterans

Veterans defended our democracy -- now we must defend their rights. John, Veterans defended our democracy -- now our democracy must defend them. Demand the VA reject Trump’s order stripping away their rights. Veterans risked everything to protect the rights and freedoms we hold…

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July 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM

Trump’s ICE is masked, armed, and out of control

Trump has weaponized ICE into a masked, unaccountable strike force. John, Across the country, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are conducting arrests in total secrecy, disappearing people off the streets while hiding behind masks, withholding their names, and ignoring …

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July 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM

Tell TikTok: Stop promoting attacks on reproductive rights

A new study shows TikTok’s algorithm is pushing anti-abortion disinformation to users searching for unbiased health information John, Freedom of choice is a core democratic value -- but TikTok’s algorithm erodes it. A new investigation by Media Matters reveals that when users s…

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  Rashida Tlaib via the DFA AF Team · [email protected]

July 6, 2025 at 4:10 PM

RE: No one should support torture

Trump must halt immigration detention at Guantánamo Bay, not expand it. John, Trump’s ICE agents have been kidnapping people and deporting them to places with rampant human rights abuses—including the notorious torture facilities at Guantánamo Bay. That includes Castillo Rivera…

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  Rashida Tlaib via the DFA AF Team · [email protected]

July 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM

No one should support torture

Trump must halt immigration detention at Guantánamo Bay, not expand it. John, Trump and other Republicans are trying to spend billions of taxpayer dollars to expand mass incarceration, including proposing to deport and imprison thousands of immigrants in notorious overseas tortu…

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July 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM

A patchwork quilt of citizenship won’t protect democracy

Trump is intent on ending birthright citizenship as defined in the U.S. Constitution. Demand your AG fight back now John, The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution could not be more explicit: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States… are citizens of the United Sta…

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July 3, 2025 at 8:41 PM

Congress must restore the LGBTQ crisis hotline

Trump just eliminated the LGBTQ youth suicide hotline from the national 988 lifeline. John, LGBTQ youth are at a dramatically higher risk of suicide than their cisgender, straight peers. Yet, the Trump administration has chosen this moment, during Pride Month no less, to gut the…

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July 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM

Unmask ICE: No Secret Police in America.

Masked ICE agents are conducting raids and abducting long-time community members without identification or warrants. It’s time to end these authoritarian tactics. John, In a democracy, law enforcement power must be visible, accountable, and derived from the consent of the govern…

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June 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM

Tell the CDC: Reinstate funding and programs to develop new vaccines for HIV/AIDs, Bird Flu and the next possible pandemic now

The next pandemic could hit anytime -- and RFK Jr. is making sure we’re not ready John, As Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. isn’t building up America’s pandemic defenses -- he’s tearing them down. He has fired the CDC’s top vaccine advisors. He’s ca…

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June 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM

Defend the press: Tell Attorney General Bonta to act now

When journalists are attacked for reporting, the First Amendment is on the line -- and California’s top law enforcement official must act. John, A democracy cannot survive without a free press -- and a free press cannot function under fire. From June 6 to June 12, independent mo…

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June 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM

Stand up for the groups defending justice and dignity

Trump and his allies are trying to intimidate immigrant aid charities into silence. We must not let them criminalize justice, dignity, and human rights. John, Protecting the right to seek safety is essential to democracy. Across the country, humanitarian organizations dedica…

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June 27, 2025 at 11:35 PM

To save children's lives, pass stronger gun laws

A major new study confirms what we already knew: stricter gun laws save children’s lives. Demand action from your state leaders now. John, New research confirms: Stronger gun laws save children’s lives. The evidence is now clearer than ever. A major new study published in the…

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  Jane Fonda · [email protected]

June 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM

Tell your senators: our public lands are not for sale!

Hi John, it’s Jane Fonda. Republican Senator Mike Lee has spent years attacking the values we hold dear, and now, he’s back with another dangerous proposal. He recently attempted to include a provision in the latest Senate draft of Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” that would requir…

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  The DFA AF Team · [email protected]

June 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM

Democracy is NOT for sale

Elon Musk bankrolled the 2024 election to the tune of $290 million. Congress must overturn Citizens United now and stop the billionaire takeover of democracy. John, Democracy isn’t supposed to be an auction. But since the disastrous Citizens United ruling, it’s become a playgro…

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June 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM

ABC, CBS, NYT need to stop whitewashing climate truth

Only 6% of wildfire coverage mentions climate change. Let’s call out the outlets that ignore the truth. John, The air was thick with smoke. Skies turned orange across the Northeast. Emergency rooms filled up with people gasping for breath. But while millions suffered through smo…

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  The DFA AF Team · [email protected]

June 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM

Strip the AI gag order from the “Big Beautiful Bill”

AI is already threatening workers and consumers. Tell the Senate to stop this reckless 10-year ban on state protections. John, How reckless it would be to block states from regulating AI for the next decade -- especially at this critical early stage when the risks, consequences,…

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  The DFA AF Team · [email protected]

June 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM

Stop Trump’s path to war

Congress’ War Powers Resolutions would stop Trump, or any president, from starting a war with Iran without Congressional approval. It’s time to draw a line. John, Now, Trump and his inner circle are pushing for war with Iran. But this time, there’s a way to stop it: Repu…

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  The DFA AF Team · [email protected]

June 20, 2025 at 10:27 PM

Congress must dismantle DOGE now

Elon Musk no longer runs DOGE, but his shadow government is still slashing aid, firing scientists, and breaking the law. John, Created by Donald Trump through executive order, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) masquerades as a cost-saving agency. In reality, it’…

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  The DFA AF Team · [email protected]

June 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM

Say No to the AI gag order in the Big Bad Budget Bill

AI is already threatening workers and consumers. Tell the Senate to stop the reckless 10-year ban on state protections in the BBB. John, Congress is handing Big Tech a blank check to write its own rules for artificial intelligence -- and we’ll all pay the price. Tucked deep i…

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