Luke O’Connell · [email protected]

August 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM

Trump’s threatening Philly jobs

Mary Gay’s furious — and we need your name on this.   Hi John, Mary Gay has been furious for the past few weeks. I’m sure you can guess who’s the source of her fury: Donald Trump (and the House GOP backing him). Who else, right? Trump’s been gutting federal grant funding, th…

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

August 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM

John! Look what you did

We have the best team.   I just want to say thank you. I’m incredibly proud of what our team (you!) showed up and built this week. From the 7 organizers hitting the ground running in my district to every single supporter who chipped in, shared, or simply stayed engaged — thi…

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

July 31, 2025 at 10:50 PM

It’s almost time

Can you check this? I’ll keep this quick because time’s running out. It’s almost midnight, and we are just a few donors away from hitting our 240 grassroots donor goal. That funding powers everything — from literature to keeping our organizing team in the field. If you’ve been w…

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  Luke O’Connell, Campaign Manager · [email protected]

July 31, 2025 at 9:10 PM

What does accountability even mean anymore?

They lie and cover it up!   John, I’m sure you’re keeping up with the news as much as you can (same) — and you’re seeing how chaotic things keep getting with Donald Trump and the GOP. I’ll tell you one thing: Mary Gay is pissed off that Speaker Mike Johnson sent Congress home …

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

July 31, 2025 at 4:45 PM

Postcards > Propaganda

7 organizers. Thousands of voters. One goal.   It’s hard to keep up with everything going on. John, that’s exactly how fascists like it. Trump’s team is running a circus. Congress is dodging votes to protect a serial predator. The GOP is pumping out disinformation and outrigh…

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  Grassroots @ Team Scanlon · [email protected]

July 30, 2025 at 10:32 PM

Why we organize in an off year…

Mary Gay is always working hard for you.   Here’s the deal: Mary Gay is never going to turn her back on you. Congress might be in early recess, but that doesn’t mean Mary Gay is stopping. Authoritarians like Donald Trump don’t wait for election years to create chaos so they c…

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

July 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM

No one in the House GOP wants to work anymore??

Well we do   It’s kind of hard to believe this, but I’m on Congressional recess early. Not by my choice, John… It’s all because Speaker Mike Johnson didn’t want to force a vote that would expose his caucus’ ties to a likely serial predator. I’m speaking, of course, about Jef…

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

July 29, 2025 at 6:45 PM

Off-year? Not a chance

We can’t wait to fight back   We’ve got organizers on the ground right now. That’s right, we have folks knocking doors, writing postcards, and talking to voters face-to-face across PA-05 — because in case it isn’t obvious by now, threats to our democracy don’t wait for an elec…

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  Luke O’Connell · [email protected]

July 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM

Mary Gay is working hard

Her GOP colleagues aren’t   Hey, y’all — we’re midsummer and the news is not letting up, so I want to pause amidst the Trump circus and make sure you know exactly what Mary Gay has been doing on your behalf. Especially when Speaker Johnson just sent House members home early o…

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

July 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM

How will Medicaid cuts affect you?

I need your story.   John, It’s shocking: 310,000 Pennsylvanians — including more than 19,000 of our neighbors right here in my district — stand to lose their healthcare under Trump’s so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act. That’s not a talking point — those are the cold, hard …

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

July 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM

Thank you for sharing your concerns with me

I hope this answers your questions…   John, Last week, my team and I gave you the chance to share what’s on your mind about Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. It’s important to me that you get the information you need to make decisions for you and your family — so, as I pro…

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

July 15, 2025 at 10:25 PM

Are you with me?

Can you check on this? John, this budget bill is brutal. Massive tax cuts for the wealthy; gutting SNAP, Medicaid, Planned Parenthood. They handed billions in permanent tax breaks to the ultra-wealthy and paid for it by cutting those critical programs and so much more. No hearing…

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  Luke O’Connell · [email protected]

July 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM

Get a load of this …

I’m so sick of this. Aren’t you?   John, I don’t know about you, but I’m sick to death of watching the GOP thoughtlessly tear through things that make America so great: social safety nets, food and beverage safety requirements, and healthcare for vulnerable communities. The l…

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

July 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM

A calculated attack on working families

I’m angry   John, As I’m sure you know, Trump’s budget bill passed — and the consequences are already starting to hit home. It all makes me so damn angry. Hospitals are bracing for closures. SNAP recipients are being dropped from food assistance programs. Millions of seniors…

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  Luke O’Connell · [email protected]

July 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM

She’s not giving up…

Mary Gay is still fighting. Are you?   John, Mary Gay is furious — and she’s right to be. Republicans just rammed through another Trump Tax Scam: 80% of the benefits go to the top 1% Billionaires win big Working families get scraps Critical programs that help children, the …

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

July 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM

I won’t back down

Not while working families are paying the price…   John, I hope you got the chance to relax and enjoy Independence Day celebrations this weekend. I have to admit, it’s got me thinking a lot about what it is that our founders fought so hard for. You deserve a government that w…

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  Luke O’Connell · [email protected]

July 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM

A note from Mary Gay

  John, some good news, some bad news, and a message from Mary Gay. The good news? I’m feeling so proud of this team. You showed up when we needed you this past week to help us send the GOP a message about our strength via our (very) public FEC report. Not to mention, your su…

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  Mary Gay Scanlon (personal) · [email protected]

June 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM

Just got off with Luke

Hey team. I just got off the phone with Luke — we’re just a few hours away from our public FEC filing deadline at midnight, and he tells me we’re just $2,357 short of our $14,700 goal. I had to reach out and urge you to help us close this gap. You can donate here to help: https:/…

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  Team Scanlon · [email protected]

June 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM

Shocked to see

Is this right?   We are just hours away from our public FEC filing deadline, and we haven’t heard from you yet this quarter!* Our goal to raise an additional $14,700 is to help us cover the costs of our organizing expansion launching in just a few days. We also need to show p…

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  Luke O’Connell · [email protected]

June 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM

Showing up for Mary Gay

It comes down to PA John, tonight we face a critical end-of-quarter FEC public filing deadline. One that will determine whether or not the NRCC targets our district or funnels their resources somewhere else. Mary Gay is doing everything she can to show public support while workin…

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

June 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM

GOP and their dangerous bs

Can you believe this?!?! John, six months in, and the GOP is still playing fast, loose, and dangerous. They’re worse than ever — It’s still hard to wake up every day looking at GOP leadership in Washington and know they have every branch of our government in their hands. Foreign …

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  Luke O’Connell · [email protected]

June 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM

so excited about this

You will be too!   Hey y’all. I have some exciting — and some not-so-exciting — news… Let’s start with the exciting 🎉 We’re expanding our campaign with organizers on the ground starting in a few days. I know you may be thinking, “Luke, isn’t it an off-year?” Yes!! But if we…

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

June 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM

GOP on the attack

Powered by the people   John, the GOP is on the attack, and we’re in a moment where movements are born and made… We’re expanding our campaign right now — meeting with voters face to face, building local power, and countering GOP lies to defend our democracy from the ground up…

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  Team Scanlon · [email protected]

June 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM

You’re invited…

Join us in Philadelphia   John, Mary Gay Scanlon’s annual Women’s Power Lunch is just one week away on June 30th in Philadelphia! And we’re reaching out today because you’re invited to attend. P.S. Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker will be joining us as our special guest! R…

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  Luke O’Connell · [email protected]

June 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM

Did you see this?

Earlier, Mary Gay reached out about the vibe shift we saw this weekend during No Kings rallies and protests around the country. Forwarding you her email below to make sure you see it. Y’all, we were feeling the ENERGY out there. Mary Gay got the people going during her fiery and …

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

June 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM

This is a vibe shift

Join in   This weekend, there was a major vibe shift. Thousands of Delco residents — and millions more across the country — lined the streets to protest the appalling fascism in the Trump administration. The message is loud and clear: America will NEVER have a King. We wi…

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  Team Scanlon · [email protected]

June 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM

FWD: message from Mary Gay

ICYMI — Mary Gay reached out last week to talk about something close to her heart: hunger. A solvable problem that is being made worse by her colleagues across the aisle in Congress. Check out Mary Gay’s full email below for more details, and let us know what you think about …

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

June 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM

Hunger pangs

What I learned on the school board   John, Before I came to Congress, I served on my local school board. That’s when I learned that every day, 1 in 8 Pennsylvania kids go to school hungry. And when a child is experiencing hunger pangs at school, they cannot learn. They ca…

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

June 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM

Pride takes all of us

  Pride month continues — this weekend I attended and spoke at Delco Pride 🏳️‍🌈. It was so great to see many of you out there and have the chance to hear how you’re doing. As happy as I always am to celebrate every Pride season, I know our solidarity has extra importance …

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

June 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM

What’s going on this week…

  John, it's been a busy week, and there are a few things I want to make sure you don’t miss. I always want you to know how I’m fighting for you and showing up, whether it’s in the news or not (though this week it was). First up… Last weekend, I kicked off Pride Month …

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  Luke O’Connell · [email protected]

June 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM

Mary Gay sent me…

  Mary Gay asked me to connect with you. Collectively, you all truly showed up for her this month. Thank you! As you probably saw, we are preparing for our FEC public filing at the end of the month. Time is really flying… before we know it, it will be the midterm election…

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  Scanlon, Mary Gay · [email protected]

May 31, 2025 at 11:35 PM

John… have a moment?

Did you see my message earlier? If you haven’t had a chance (and are able), I could truly use your help before our deadline at midnight. I know next month is going to be a challenge and extra attention is on us for our fec public filing. I want to be prepared and to do that, …

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

May 31, 2025 at 8:25 PM

Movie villains

Here’s how we fight back John… we have a deadline at midnight and a goal to hit. Right now, radical Republicans in Congress are taking a wrecking ball to our social safety net, exacerbating economic uncertainty, and showering tax benefits on the wealthiest Americans. They are …

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  Luke O’Connell · [email protected]

May 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM

Mary Gay’s unique decision

Now’s the time to show strength   Luke here. I wear a lot of hats on this team, including managing our campaign budget. Our budget is unusual because Mary Gay made a unique decision in November: she didn’t lay off her campaign staff for the “off year”. Mary Gay decided th…

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  Luke O’Connell · [email protected]

May 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM

Mary Gay’s 1 am statement

She works for US   As you probably know last week, Mary Gay participated in a surprise 1am hearing called by the House Republicans to debate their “big beautiful” budget bill (the disgusting one that cuts healthcare benefits for the poor and showers tax benefits on the ric…

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

May 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM

No one voted for this

But every one of us will feel the consequences   Radical Republicans are wielding their slim majority in Congress as a weapon against the most vulnerable Americans, including children and seniors. John: I came to Congress to advocate for children and families, not billion…

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

May 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM

House GOP just passed Trump’s monstrous budget bill

And it’s ugly   John: Overnight, the House GOP advanced their budget bill to a floor vote, and it passed 215-214. Not a single Democrat voted for this monstrous legislation that Trump calls his “big, beautiful bill.” It will now move to the Senate. This bill gives massiv…

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

May 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM

Get out & VOTE tomorrow!!!

Tomorrow is Primary Day   John, tomorrow is Primary Day in Pennsylvania, and we’ve got local, state-wide, and Supreme Court races on the ballot! Time to make a plan and make sure your voice is HEARD. With this administration’s unlawful and unconstitutional attacks — and …

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

May 16, 2025 at 5:11 PM

Can’t let this go unanswered

  John, PA’s primary is next Tuesday, and we’re working on the ground with local campaigns, parties, and orgs to help turn out Dem voters and make it very clear to the GOP that the people are done with their corruption and cruelty. Yesterday, I asked you for your support …

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

May 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM

Lying awake at night

  I don’t know about you, but I don’t lie awake at night thinking about the names of the bodies of water that surround the United States. Right now, what I do think about at night is the growing importance of strong Democratic turnout and wins in state and local races hap…

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  Luke O’Connell · [email protected]

May 13, 2025 at 10:45 PM

What she said

Take a look at what Mary Gay’s been up to   John, okay, there has been SO much going on these past few weeks. The Trump admin & GOP have stayed on their insane run of absurd, chaotic moves. Speaking of absurd, one thing you may have missed that really irked Mary Gay t…

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

May 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM

Tax cuts or life-saving healthcare?

GOP chooses tax cuts   John, earlier this week, I reached out to you about the despicable budget package that’s making its way through the GOP-led House. Financial experts across the field have all agreed: there is NO WAY to get the cuts the GOP wants without touching Med…

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

May 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM

Stop defending the status quo

We need to keep agitating   I hear you loud and clear: the people will not settle for the status quo from this administration and their anti-American agenda. John, no one can deny it. Folks are fed up and ready to protest Trump’s economic, social, and immigration policies…

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

May 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM

Thanks for helping us get prepared

  John, it’s Mary Gay with a thank you and an update from the ground. I just attended protests in DC and Philly to bolster our labor unions and agitate like hell against the Trump administration’s most recent illegal power grabs. Our collective action is just one piece of…

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

April 30, 2025 at 10:30 PM

Checking in with John

John, last week, Trump hit yet another new level in his march toward fascism with his blatant, partisan attack on Democratic-leaning organizing and fundraising tools. This couldn’t come at a more critical moment for PA Dems with our primary election just three weeks away. I m…

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  Luke O’Connell · [email protected]

April 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM

Are you asking this?

  John, did you know that PA has a primary coming up in three weeks? In fact, there are more than 100,000 elections happening nationwide this year. Mary Gay isn’t on the ballot, but as we have told you, she is focusing on local organizing this year and assisting strong PA…

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

April 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM

Democrats need to fight!

(You’re right.) Here’s how.   John, I spent much of last week at home in PA-05 talking to voters. Everywhere I go, folks are expressing their fear and anger at the Trump Administration. Families are concerned about price hikes, losses to their 401(k)s, cuts to essential g…

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

April 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM

Trump TARGETS our ability to fundraise and organize

  We’re securing resources now to fight back under the threat of losing our most critical channel to empower supporters. You can help >>>   DONATE  John, yesterday, Trump brazenly attacked democracy in America by illegally weaponizing the D…

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  Luke O’Connell · [email protected]

April 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM

Hiding our history

(This is what authoritarians do)   John, Like you, I learned from Mary Gay this week that the Environmental Protection Agency was founded by Richard Nixon — I had no idea! So, my interest was extra piqued when I came across this:   We know that environmental protection w…

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  Mary Gay Scanlon · [email protected]

April 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM

Guess who founded the EPA

Save it this Earth Week   John, Trivia time: Guess which U.S. President founded the Environmental Protection Agency. If you said President Richard Nixon, you are correct, and also I bet you’re good at trivia night because that’s a deep cut. Let’s pause for a moment and re…

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