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  George Goehl, People's Action · [email protected]
June 12, 2020 at 4:18 PM

These are dark times. So what’s the next move?

Dear John: We’re in a moment of darkness–but it’s also a moment of possibility. The inspiring uprising across the country in defense of Black lives and the ways the COVID19 crisis has exposed the inequities and inadequacies in our systems mean we have a chance to build someth…
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  People's Action · [email protected]
June 10, 2020 at 5:20 PM

Progressive Breakfast: Justice For George Floyd

view in browser MORNING MESSAGE Kenza Hadj-Moussa Justice For George Floyd Ever since George Floyd was killed in broad daylight by Minneapolis police, the pain, rage, and grief across the Twin Cities has been palpable. At the same time, our trauma is being tra…
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  Bree Carlson, People's Action · [email protected]
June 5, 2020 at 4:26 PM

End the war on Black lives

Dear John: This has been a painful and inspiring two weeks. George Floyd was murdered by police on May 25–a horrific moment in a war on Black people that stretches back to slavery and Jim Crow. Another demonstration by cops and public officials that Black lives are expenda…
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  People's Action · [email protected]
June 2, 2020 at 6:07 AM

Progressive Breakfast: The Revolution Is Local In Pennsylvania Politics

view in browser MORNING MESSAGE NIKIL SAVAL, RICK KRAJEWSKI The Revolution Is Local In Pennsylvania Politics One of the ways to increase turnout is to increase the choices, so people feel they have real alternatives. The importance is that now we have candidat…
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  George Goehl, People's Action · [email protected]
June 1, 2020 at 6:04 PM

Act NOW to stand against police violence

Dear John: Our hearts are heavy with anger and sorrow at the profound loss of Black lives in our country. The murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers is the latest in an endless series of horrific police killings of Black people. Police violence aga…
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  People's Action · [email protected]
May 28, 2020 at 3:04 PM

Progressive Breakfast: COVID Does Not Discriminate, Our Health Care Does

view in browser MORNING MESSAGE Alan Barber, Hebah Kassem, Sanjeev K. Sriram MD COVID-19 Does Not Discriminate; Our Health Care Does The coronavirus pandemic is hitting communities of color hard. From alarming death rates for Black, Latinx and Indigenous pe…
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  Connie Huynh, People's Action · [email protected]
May 14, 2020 at 8:49 PM

It’s a no-brainer! We need health care in a pandemic.

Tell Congress: Pass the Medicare Crisis Program Act! Dear John: These are some hard times. With each passing day, we’re seeing the death tolls rise, job losses soar, and more people left to fend for themselves. Yet, trillions of dollars continue to flow to corporati…
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  Aija Nemer-Aanerud, People's Action · [email protected]
May 9, 2020 at 8:45 PM

Congress needs to show us they care as much as we do

Dear John: We need you to do something right now to get emergency health care for everyone during this coronavirus pandemic. Monday is a major deadline in the fight to get the Health Care Emergency Guarantee Act passed. Tell your member of Congress that we need a Health Ca…
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  Shawn Sebastian, People's Action · [email protected]
May 6, 2020 at 3:09 PM

Join Rep. Rashida Tlaib and Stephanie Kelton tomorrow!

Dear John: Rent is due, bills keep coming, and we need to put food on the table, but over 30 million of us are unemployed. One $1,200 check isn't going to cut it. Join us tomorrow to find out how Congress can get us the money we need to survive this pandemic and economic m…
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  Shawn Sebastian, People's Action · [email protected]
May 5, 2020 at 7:54 PM

People need money!

Dear friend: People shouldn’t have to choose between paying their bills and avoiding coronavirus, but that’s exactly what’s happening. If we want to save tens of thousands of people from catching COVID19, people need money NOW. And Congress has to make it happen. Tell your …
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  Sondra Youdelman, People's Action · [email protected]
May 1, 2020 at 4:34 PM

TODAY: Join us LIVE to demand a #PeoplesBailout

Join us today at 2 p.m. ET for a May Day rally for a People's Bailout Dear John: Thirty million. That’s how many newly unemployed people we have in the United States thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic and the corrupt, incompetent response of the Trump administration. These 30…
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  People's Action · [email protected]
April 29, 2020 at 3:41 PM

Progressive Breakfast: A Crisis And An Opportunity

view in browser MORNING MESSAGE GEORGE GOEHL Organizing Amidst The COVID-19 Crisis Crises expose the inequities and inadequacies of our systems - so they also create moments of incredible opportunity. Everything is up for questioning. All of it is on the ta…
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  George Goehl, People's Action · [email protected]
April 29, 2020 at 3:26 PM

We are in a crisis

Dear John: The word “crisis” has never been more appropriate. It’s an old word that means “the turning point in a disease,” when the patient could make a turn for the better or worse. And that’s exactly where we are because of decades of corporate domination of our politics a…
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  Tara Raghuveer, People's Action · [email protected]
April 27, 2020 at 1:36 PM

Tell Congress to cancel rent during COVID19

We can win rent and mortgage cancellation nationwide. Dear John: Right now, Congress is writing the next coronavirus relief package, and they need to hear from us immediately that we need action for the people who don't know how they are going to pay the rent on May 1. …
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  George Goehl, People's Action · [email protected]
April 22, 2020 at 3:38 PM

Mitch is standing in the way

Dear John: Mitch McConnell and the U.S. Senate just passed a pathetic COVID19 recovery bill that leaves out the vast majority of the people suffering during this pandemic. Now McConnell wants to hit the breaks on any bills that would help people on the front lines of this cr…
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  People's Action · [email protected]
April 22, 2020 at 3:09 PM

Progressive Breakfast: Our Environment Is Under Attack

view in browser MORNING MESSAGE LOIS GIBBS The EPA Just Gave Polluters A License To Kill Our government just told polluters they are free to pump deadly chemicals into our air and water. That’s because the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has suspended…
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  Sondra Youdelman, People's Action · [email protected]
April 20, 2020 at 1:05 PM

Washington just doesn’t get it

Dear John: We need you to get in touch with your legislator right now and demand that they get serious about a real response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic crisis. The initial relief and recovery law leaves tens of millions of Americans still in desperate need of…
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  Connie Huynh, People's Action · [email protected]
April 15, 2020 at 8:11 PM

Saturday: Collective care in the time of COVID

Dear John: Our health and safety depends on the health of the person next to us, and the person next to them. It was true before COVID. It will be true after COVID. But in this pandemic, it must be our guiding principle. Individual action and social distancing–while critical…
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  George Goehl, People's Action · [email protected]
April 13, 2020 at 9:56 PM

TOMORROW: Join Reps. Jayapal & Omar LIVE

Dear John: Join us tomorrow for “Not Me, Us: A Livestream for the Revolution.” We’ll be joined by: U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal, D–Wash., and Ilhan Omar, D–Minn. Sanders for President 2020 leaders including National Director for Organizing and Field Misty Rebi…
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  George Goehl, People's Action · [email protected]
April 11, 2020 at 9:47 PM

Keep fighting for someone you don't know!

Dear John: Bernie Sanders is ending his presidential run, but our fight doesn’t end with a single campaign. Now more than ever, in the middle of a pandemic and an economic depression, it’s time to fight for somebody you don’t know. Join us next Tuesday for “Not Me, Us: A …
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  Connie Huynh, People's Action · [email protected]
April 6, 2020 at 9:32 PM

If we fail to do this, the pandemic could get much worse

Dear John: If our country fails to immediately protect our health care workers, we will fail to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. That is a grim, but entirely possible outcome. Sign the petition to get our frontline health workers the protection they need to fight this pandemic…
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  People's Action · [email protected]
April 6, 2020 at 4:44 PM

Progressive Breakfast: Solidarity In A Time Of Social Distancing

view in browser MORNING MESSAGE larry Stafford, Jr. Social Solidarity In A Time Of Social Distancing As a child, I remember holding a deep, looming sense of dread about a coming apocalypse. I remember trembling in fear during thunderstorms, as I’d hear the sky ro…
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  Lois Gibbs, People's Action · [email protected]
April 3, 2020 at 12:13 PM

Trump EPA abandons frontline communities during COVID19

Dear John: In the middle of the deadly coronavirus pandemic, Trump’s EPA is making it easier for polluters to poison our air, our water, and our communities. Sign our petition to tell the EPA to put people over polluter profits. In America’s sacrifice zones—primarily Black…
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  People's Action · [email protected]
March 30, 2020 at 2:21 PM

Progressive Breakfast: We Must Vote To Protect Public Health​

view in browser MORNING MESSAGE Joy Blackwood, Natasha DeJarnett, Surili Sutaria Patel We Must Vote To Protect Public Health There’s been a massive failure of leadership in the United States in preparation, containment, treatment and protecting our residents fr…
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  George Goehl, People's Action · [email protected]
March 28, 2020 at 9:51 PM

Cake for them. Crumbs for us.

Dear John: Crumbs for everyday people, a gigantic giveaway for corporations, and a massive power grab by Donald Trump. That’s what we got in the bill Trump just signed into law. Help us fight for a People's Bailout with your donation. The new law does include some importan…
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  Derrick Crowe, People's Action · [email protected]
March 27, 2020 at 5:19 PM

The worst thing Trump ever said

Dear John: I’m not easily shocked by Trump these days, but what he said last night may be the worst thing he’s ever said. Trump told FOX’s Sean Hannity that coronavirus sufferers in New York City really don’t need the ventilators the doctors say they do, and it’s time to g…
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  Tara Raghuveer, People's Action · [email protected]
March 26, 2020 at 1:04 PM

TODAY: COVID-19 + Housing Update

Millions won’t be able to pay their rent. Dear John: Rent is due on Wednesday. Millions won’t be able to pay their rent due to lay offs or illness. Others don't have a home at all, or haven’t had an affordable and safe place to call home for a long time. The COVID-19 pandem…
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  People's Action · [email protected]
March 23, 2020 at 2:39 PM

Progressive Breakfast: Save People, Not Profits

view in browser MORNING MESSAGE TOM CONWAY OSHA Needs A Prescription for Safety Now Kimberly Delbrune-Mitter, a cardiac nurse, cares deeply about her patients and remains steadfast in her desire to help them, even as COVID-19 spreads across America. What plague…
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  Derrick Crowe, People's Action · [email protected]
March 23, 2020 at 12:16 PM

COVID19 response must save people, not profits

We only have a few days to make an impact on this legislation. Dear John: Right now, the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the White House are negotiating the largest economic rescue package in U.S. history in response to the COVID19 pandemic. We need you to conta…
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  Derrick Crowe, People's Action · [email protected]
March 19, 2020 at 9:10 PM

GOP senator told donors about COVID19...but no one else

Dear John: We just heard that while Trump was telling people not to worry about coronavirus, Republicans were giving wealthy donors an early heads up about the real dangers posed by the disease and to get ready for a pandemic. Trump has to pay a price for putting American…
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  People's Action · [email protected]
March 16, 2020 at 2:13 PM

Progressive Breakfast: Coronavirus Prevention That Works For Working People

view in browser MORNING MESSAGE LIZ WATSON Coronavirus Prevention That Works For Working People America isn’t ready for coronavirus. In the last 24 hours, millions of school children across the country have been told to stay home for two weeks, or even longer. …
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  Ryan Greenwood, People's Action · [email protected]
March 15, 2020 at 7:46 PM

Crisis mode

Dear John: We are so tired of being in crisis mode all the time. Millions of us are stuck in our homes thanks to a coronavirus pandemic that Trump made much, much worse. Hundreds of thousands of lives are at risk. That's what happens when you have leaders who aren't equal …
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  Ryan Greenwood, People's Action · [email protected]
March 13, 2020 at 7:53 PM

"Joe, what are you gonna do?"

Dear John: Bernie Sanders has some questions for Joe Biden, and we want some answers. Can you chip in $5 so we can put this video in front of as many people as possible before Sunday's debate? >> The corporate media and the entire Washington establishment want you t…
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  Derrick Crowe, People's Action · [email protected]
March 12, 2020 at 3:09 PM

Trump’s ignorant COVID19 response

Dear John: Trump made it 100% clear last night that he is not capable of managing our country’s response to coronavirus. Help fund our fight to get Trump out of office. Twenty-four hours after telling a reporter asking about coronavirus, “Just stay calm, it will go away,” …
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  Ryan Greenwood, People's Action · [email protected]
March 9, 2020 at 7:10 PM

Big Banks & Biden

Dear John: Joe Biden wants to hand our economy to bankers and billionaires responsible for devastating attacks on the multi-racial working class, especially people of color. We deserve better. Donate now to help us elect a president who stands with the multiracial working cl…
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  People's Action · [email protected]
March 6, 2020 at 2:21 PM

Progressive Breakfast: Let The Cherry Blossoms Bloom

view in browser MORNING MESSAGE Joy Blackwood Let The Cherry Blossoms Bloom It’s March in Washington, D.C., which means the cherry blossoms will bloom any day now. Our nation’s capital would be teeming with visitors and excitement under normal circumstances. The mood …
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  People's Action · [email protected]
March 5, 2020 at 3:53 PM

Progressive Breakfast: Does New Tech Help Voters?

view in browser MORNING MESSAGE Steven Rosenfeld Does New Voting Tech Help Or Hurt Turnout? On the biggest day of the 2020 presidential season so far, Super Tuesday, America’s biggest new voting system—in Los Angeles County—widely frustrated voters and poll workers in …
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  People's Action · [email protected]
March 4, 2020 at 5:55 PM

Progressive Breakfast: Making The Most Of Every Vote

view in browser MORNING MESSAGE Adiel Pollydore Making The Most Of Every Vote Right across the bay from my home in Oakland, California is San Francisco. Together, these two congressional districts will send fourteen pledged delegates in July to the Democratic National …
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  People's Action · [email protected]
March 3, 2020 at 1:57 PM

Progressive Breakfast: Why Unions Should Endorse Bernie

view in browser MORNING MESSAGE Andrew Tripp I Know Firsthand Why Unions Should Endorse Bernie One late summer evening in 2000, my home phone rang in Moretown, Vermont. “Can you please hold for Congressman Sanders?” the voice on the line asked. At the time, I had been d…
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  People's Action · [email protected]
March 2, 2020 at 2:45 PM

Progressive Breakfast: We Must Remember Berta Cáceres

view in browser MORNING MESSAGE MORNING MESSAGE Vijay Prasad Why We Must Remember Berta Cáceres On March 2, 2016, gunmen broke into the home of Berta Cáceres Flores and assassinated her. Cáceres led the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of…
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  People's Action · [email protected]
February 28, 2020 at 1:07 PM

Progressive Breakfast: A Voter Purge Is Coming To Your State

view in browser MORNING MESSAGE Steven Rosenfeld Wisconsin's Voter Purge Is Coming To Your State Wisconsin has become early 2020’s Exhibit A for political fights surrounding the updating of statewide voter lists, where escalating court battles over conflicting law, …
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  People's Action · [email protected]
February 27, 2020 at 11:15 AM

Progressive Breakfast: Why Bernie Sanders Is Winning

view in browser MORNING MESSAGE David Goodner Why Bernie Sanders Is Winning “I’m hearing my name mentioned a little bit tonight, I wonder why,” said Senator Bernie Sanders said during the presidential candidates' debate in Charleston, South Carolina. The 2020 preside…
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  People's Action · [email protected]
February 26, 2020 at 1:24 PM

Progressive Breakfast: What Mike Bloomberg Will Never Understand

view in browser MORNING MESSAGE Alexa Kasdan What Mike Bloomberg Will Never Understand As I watched the Democratic debate, like millions of other Americans I noticed the smug look on Michael Bloomberg’s face when Sen. Elizabeth Warren and others challenged him abou…
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  People's Action · [email protected]
February 25, 2020 at 1:28 PM

Progressive Breakfast: Bernie Can Be A Hope And Change President

view in browser MORNING MESSAGE David Goodner How Bernie Can Be A Hope And Change President Sen. Bernie Sanders’ electoral victories in the first three early voting states of Iowa, New Hampshire, and Nevada make it much more likely that the political revolution will win …
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  People's Action · [email protected]
February 24, 2020 at 3:21 PM

Progressive Breakfast: Amazon Is Coming To A School Near You​

view in browser MORNING MESSAGE Jeff Bryant Amazon Is Coming To A School Near You Virginians are concerned about their state’s commitment to invest $1.1 billion into creating a “tech-talent pipeline,” a pledge the state made to seal a deal with Amazon for the company…
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  Ryan Greenwood, People's Action · [email protected]
February 20, 2020 at 9:50 PM

Update: Can you text Nevada voters for Bernie?

We noticed an issue with links included in the previous version of this email. If you had trouble joining our Slack channel, we're sorry! Please use this link and the updated links below to get started texting to turn out caucus-goers for Bernie in Nevada. Dear John: We’r…
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  Ryan Greenwood, People's Action · [email protected]
February 20, 2020 at 6:44 PM

Can you text Nevada voters for Bernie?

Dear John: We’re coming down to the wire in Nevada, and we need your help to get Bernie over the finish line. Can you help us text Nevada voters to caucus for Sanders this weekend? Join our Slack channel for volunteers and get started. As you know, we endorsed Bernie Sande…
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  People's Action · [email protected]
February 20, 2020 at 1:59 PM

Progressive Breakfast: Corporations Force Their Way Into Public Schools

view in browser Work For People's Action People's Action, a national network of grassroots groups, is at the front lines in our nation's battle to put people over profits. Want to join us? We're looking for a new Media Relations Manager. Come help us take our nation ba…
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  People's Action · [email protected]
February 19, 2020 at 1:37 PM

Progressive Breakfast: Can Nevada Avoid A Vote-Count Meltdown?

view in browser MORNING MESSAGE Steven Rosenfeld Can Nevada Avoid A Vote-Count Meltdown? As Nevada prepares for 2020 Democratic Party presidential caucuses after four days of early voting, the big question is will there be breakdowns in the reporting and counting of votes…
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  People's Action · [email protected]
February 17, 2020 at 11:16 AM

Progressive Breakfast: You Are Free To Vote, Even Behind Bars

view in browser MORNING MESSAGE Rev. Kenneth Glasgow You Are Free To Vote, Even Behind Bars I visited Birmingham County Jail this week to deliver a simple message: you are free to vote, even if you don’t know it. And now is the time for you to claim and exercise th…
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