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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]
April 29, 2020 at 8:15 PM

Join us for a "Kill Chain" Facebook Live panel!

John, In the midst of our nation’s public health crisis, another threat is lurking on the horizon. Our elections are at risk from both foreign and domestic interference, and the United States remains woefully unprepared to address the vulnerabilities of our voting systems. Please j…
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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]
April 21, 2020 at 7:56 PM

Add your name: States must provide voters with no-excuse absentee ballots

John, More and more states are rescheduling their presidential primaries and moving to vote-by-mail. However, Americans in several states still face barriers to voting -- barriers now compounded by the COVID-19 crisis. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend social …
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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]
April 17, 2020 at 4:16 PM

ACTION ALERT: Stop the spread of misinformation

John, Trump has spent weeks actively spreading misinformation and disinformation regarding the coronavirus pandemic. Donald Trump holds almost daily press briefings from the White House about how the federal government is handling the coronavirus epidemic. And almost daily, he says th…
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  Courtney Hostetler · [email protected]
April 15, 2020 at 6:10 PM

BREAKING: FSFP Files Lawsuit to Protect Free and Fair Elections in North Carolina

John, Representing the North Carolina NAACP, Free Speech For People, the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights (LCCR), and pro bono co-counsel Sheppard Mullin filed a lawsuit today in Wake County Superior Court challenging the new ballot-marking machine that Mecklenburg County and severa…
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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]
April 6, 2020 at 10:26 PM

TONIGHT: What makes our elections vulnerable?

John, In the midst of the public health crisis facing the nation, another threat is lurking on the horizon. Our elections are at risk from both foreign and domestic interference, and the United States remains woefully unprepared to address the vulnerabilities of our voting systems. F…
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  Ron Fein · [email protected]
March 27, 2020 at 9:12 PM

President Trump must step aside

John, It has become increasingly clear that President Trump’s handling of the coronavirus crisis is not merely incompetent, but actively making the problem worse. His behavior has increasingly become reckless, erratic, and injurious to public health. The president’s failures of manag…
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  John Bonifaz · [email protected]
March 23, 2020 at 9:02 PM

Responding to COVID-19's impact on our elections

John, In the midst of the public health crisis now facing the nation, our dedicated team at Free Speech For People is continuing the fight for free and fair elections and a democracy that works for everyone. On March 17, we joined, with a coalition of over 100 voting rights organizat…
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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]
March 23, 2020 at 7:01 PM

U.S. Senators sold stock following confidential COVID-19 briefings, according to reports

John, As we face this difficult moment and navigate the health crisis in our country and around the globe, we wish you and your family safety and good health. As the nation grapples with the spread of COVID-19, there are new reports that at least two U.S. Senators, Richard Bur…
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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]
March 20, 2020 at 10:05 PM

U.S. Senators sold stock following confidential COVID-19 briefings, according to reports

John, As we face this difficult moment and navigate the health crisis in our country and around the globe, we wish you and your family safety and good health. As the nation grapples with the spread of COVID-19, there are new reports that at least two U.S. Senators, Richard Bur…
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  John Bonifaz · [email protected]
March 11, 2020 at 7:05 PM

A Super Tuesday Nightmare

John, At 11:00 PM on Super Tuesday, three hours after the polls were set to close, voters in Los Angeles County were still waiting to cast their ballots. People were forced to wait in line for hours to vote, and the long lines turned away many voters who could not afford to wait. Man…
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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]
March 6, 2020 at 6:33 PM

Call Your Senators: Support the Equal Rights Amendment

John, Following decades of advocacy and determination, the Equal Rights Amendment, guaranteeing equal rights to all people regardless of sex, is moving forward. On January 15, Virginia became the 38th state to ratify the amendment, finally meeting the required number of states for rat…
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  John Bonifaz · [email protected]
February 28, 2020 at 6:48 PM

Introducing our Creative Arts Council

John, We’re writing to you with exciting news: Free Speech For People has joined forces with our partners at the National Election Defense Coalition and actress and activist Alyssa Milano (Charmed, Who’s the Boss?) to launch the Creative Arts Council, a network of creative artists wi…
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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]
February 21, 2020 at 7:41 PM

Tell Congress: Subpoena John Bolton

John, One of the major failings of the U.S. Senate’s sham impeachment trial was the vote to block hearing from any witnesses to Trump’s high crimes. Just days before that vote, The New York Times had reported that a forthcoming book from former national security advisor John Bolton pr…
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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]
February 20, 2020 at 5:06 PM

Strengthening our case against super PACs

John, We’re writing to you with a MAJOR update on our case to end super PACs: Stanford Law Professor and Supreme Court Specialist Jeffrey Fisher has joined our legal team in Lieu v. FEC. We plan to file this spring a petition seeking Supreme Court review of this case. Fisher, a Co-Di…
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  Oske Buckley · [email protected]
February 14, 2020 at 4:25 PM

Trump and Barr aren't out of the woods

Hi John, This is Oske from Free Speech For People. I wanted to make sure you saw Ron's message calling on the House Judiciary Committee to open a new impeachment inquiry into President Trump and Attorney General William Barr. Will you join us in holding Trump and Barr accountable for …
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  Ron Fein · [email protected]
February 13, 2020 at 6:22 PM

Trump and Barr aren't out of the woods

John, When the Senate acquitted President Trump on February 5, some believed that Trump had learned from the impeachment process. His behavior proves otherwise. Since the conclusion of the Senate’s impeachment trial, Trump has ousted Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman and EU Ambass…
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  Oske Buckley · [email protected]
February 6, 2020 at 10:23 PM

History won't forget

Hi John, This is Oske from Free Speech For People. I wanted to make sure you saw our message regarding yesterday's Senate vote. Thank you for your involvement in our impeachment campaign, and know that we are not done yet. We will continue to protect our democracy and our Constitu…
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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]
February 5, 2020 at 9:45 PM

History won't forget

John, The decision of 52 United States Senators to vote that President Donald Trump has not committed bribery or other high crimes or misdemeanors is a grave dereliction of duty that not only emboldens an increasingly unrestrained and lawless president, but endangers the survival of o…
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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]
February 3, 2020 at 6:21 PM

ACTION ALERT: Reject The Cover-Up

John, BREAKING: Trump’s enablers in Congress led by Mitch McConnell have voted to block all witnesses in the Senate impeachment “trial.” But without witnesses and without any demand for documents, this is not a trial. It’s a cover-up. This Wednesday, hundreds of thousands of American…
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  Ron Fein · [email protected]
January 31, 2020 at 7:31 PM

Help us fight for election results we can trust

John, As Iowans and New Hampshirites prepare to cast the first votes of the 2020 election, concern is mounting over whether our election infrastructure is secure enough to achieve accurate results. Special Counsel Robert Mueller and the Senate Intelligence Committee presented evidenc…
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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]
January 30, 2020 at 11:41 PM

TOMORROW: Remove Trump

John, In December, the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. As our Senators prepare to vote on whether or not to convict and remove President Trump from office for his high crimes, we are taking to the streets and ma…
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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]
January 28, 2020 at 7:43 PM

Call Your Senator: Demand Witnesses

John, We are reaching the conclusion of opening arguments in the Senate's impeachment trial, but Senate Republicans are stonewalling the public's demand to subpoena necessary witnesses and documents. Why? Mitch McConnell is conducting a cover-up, not a trial. As Free Speech For Peop…
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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]
January 28, 2020 at 3:38 PM

TOMORROW: Swarm the Capitol

John, As Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said, “A trial with no evidence is not a trial at all; it's a cover-up.” That's exactly what Mitch McConnell is doing right now. Join us Wednesday, Jan 29th in the Senate Hart building at noon to demand an end to the cover-up. By the e…
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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]
January 23, 2020 at 8:25 PM

ACTION ALERT: Remove Trump

John, In December, the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Now it’s up to the Senate to decide whether or not to convict and remove President Trump from office for his high crimes. And that means our Senators need t…
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  John Bonifaz · [email protected]
January 21, 2020 at 3:05 PM

Ten years

John, Ten years ago today, the Supreme Court reversed a century of legal precedent that barred corporate money in our elections. And, the Court extended into the political process the dangerous fiction that corporations are people with constitutional rights. The consequences have bee…
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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]
January 16, 2020 at 2:52 PM

IMPEACHMENT ACTION: Call your Senator, Demand a Fair Trial

John, The Senate is about to hold an impeachment trial on whether or not to remove Donald Trump from office based on his abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. But over the last few weeks, we learned that Senator Mitch McConnell plans to conduct the upcoming Senate trial in “tota…
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  Ron Fein · [email protected]
January 13, 2020 at 10:53 PM

BREAKING: Major victory for democracy!

John, Big News! The Seattle City Council just passed a law banning foreign-influenced corporations like Amazon from spending money to influence local elections. Will you chip in to help us take on foreign corporate election spending across the country? Led by Councilmember M. Lorena…
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  John Bonifaz · [email protected]
January 9, 2020 at 6:06 PM

No room for error

John, When it comes to our elections, there’s no room for error. Last month, Free Speech For People joined the National Election Defense Coalition (NEDC), the Pennsylvania-based Citizens for Better Elections (CBE), pro bono partner law firm Baker Hostetler, and individual Pennsylvani…
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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]
January 3, 2020 at 2:39 PM

The trial of a lifetime

John, When the Senate returns to session today, it will be faced with the trial of a lifetime: whether or not to convict and remove President Trump from office for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Yet one of our most critical constitutional safeguards is under attac…
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  John Bonifaz · [email protected]
December 30, 2019 at 2:45 PM

Looking ahead

Dear John, We are grateful for democracy champions like YOU. In January 2020, Free Speech For People will celebrate ten years of defending our democracy. With your support, we have achieved great progress in the past decade in our work to protect our democracy and our Constitution. Fr…
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  John Bonifaz · [email protected]
December 23, 2019 at 2:50 PM

It's here and now

John, Our Legal Director Ron Fein and I recently spent two days in Seattle advocating for the Clean Campaigns Act, Councilmember Lorena González’s landmark campaign finance legislation. The model bill, which we helped to draft, would end super PACs and foreign-influenced corporate spe…
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  John Bonifaz · [email protected]
December 20, 2019 at 3:23 PM

URGENT ACTION: Tell your senators to convict and remove Trump from office

John, Trump is now the third president in the history of our nation to be impeached. And we now must fight for his conviction and removal from office. This fight will now take place in the United States Senate. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell recently told Sean Hannity that he…
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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]
December 19, 2019 at 1:58 AM

History is watching

John, Free Speech For People first called for an impeachment investigation on January 20, 2017, the day that President Trump took office, based on his refusal to separate himself from his businesses in violation of the Constitution’s emoluments clauses. Since then, we and our allies h…
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  Oske Buckley · [email protected]
December 16, 2019 at 7:41 PM

TOMORROW: Mobilize for Impeachment

Hi John, This is Oske from Free Speech For People. We're approaching a historic vote in the House regarding the impeachment of President Trump, and we need you to be a part of it. Tomorrow night (December 17), activists will take to the streets in nearly 500 events across the coun…
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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]
December 14, 2019 at 6:57 PM

December 17: Mobilize for Impeachment

John, BREAKING: The House of Representatives just set the date for their full vote on impeachment.  That means the “Nobody is Above the Law" Mobilizations will happen December 17, the evening before the House vote. Make sure you RSVP and then share the event with your friends and fa…
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  Ron Fein · [email protected]
December 13, 2019 at 2:53 PM

Pennsylvania's elections are in jeopardy

John, With the 2020 elections fast approaching, millions of Americans face a very real threat that their vote will not be properly counted, whether as a result of defective technology or willful human interference. Take voters in Pennsylvania, for example. Pennsylvania officials have…
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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]
December 10, 2019 at 2:38 PM

Take to the streets

John, Last week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that the House of Representatives plans to draft articles of impeachment against President Trump. A full House floor vote on the articles is expected this month. “His wrongdoing strikes at the very heart of our Constitution,” Spea…
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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]
December 4, 2019 at 4:32 PM

URGENT ACTION: Tell Congress to expand the scope of the impeachment proceedings

Dear John, We, the people, deserve an impeachment and removal process that covers the full range of Trump's abuses of power. The current impeachment inquiry in the House limits itself to Trump’s abuses of power in connection with the Ukraine scandal. Left unchecked, Trump’s other abus…
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  Oske Buckley · [email protected]
December 3, 2019 at 9:13 PM

It's not too late to help us defend our democracy

Hi John, I’m Oske Buckley, Director of Administration and Finance for Free Speech For People. As Giving Tuesday draws to a close, I wanted to make sure you saw John’s message from earlier today. Please consider donating to Free Speech For People to help us achieve further progress…
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  John Bonifaz · [email protected]
December 3, 2019 at 3:53 PM

GIVING TUESDAY: Help Reclaim Our Democracy

Dear John, From taking on super PACs, challenging foreign corporate money in our elections, fighting corruption in the White House, and launching a new program to secure our elections, Free Speech For People is helping to lead the movement to reclaim our democracy.  But we couldn’t do…
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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]
November 27, 2019 at 2:39 PM

Unfit

John, On September 24, Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that the House of Representatives will begin an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. The announcement followed the explosive evidence that the president sought foreign assistance from the Ukraine government to help his …
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  John Bonifaz · [email protected]
November 25, 2019 at 9:59 PM

It's now public record

John, We’ve seen the testimonies.  The record now shows that President Trump engaged in bribery and extortion of a foreign government to help his re-election campaign.  But that doesn’t tell the whole story.  President Trump has abused the power of the presidency to target critics …
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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]
November 21, 2019 at 4:58 PM

ACTION ALERT: Call Your Member of Congress, Urge Them to Expand The Impeachment Inquiry

John, Last week, a coalition of national advocacy groups – representing millions of people across race, class, gender, party, and geography – published draft articles of impeachment that address the full range of Trump’s abuses of power. Now we need to pressure our representatives to …
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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]
November 16, 2019 at 3:16 PM

URGENT: Tell PBS to televise the Trump impeachment hearings

John, When impeachment proceedings against President Nixon began, the public was not convinced. But by the time he left office, Americans of all parties were overwhelmingly in support of his removal.  What changed? A major factor was PBS's decision to broadcast the Watergate hearings…
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  John Bonifaz · [email protected]
November 14, 2019 at 2:39 PM

Impeachment For The People

John, We have reached a watershed moment in American history. Donald J. Trump has engaged in unprecedented corruption as President of the United States. Every day he remains in office is another day he subverts our democracy, endangers our lives, and betrays our country for his person…
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  Ron Fein · [email protected]
November 8, 2019 at 3:36 PM

One Year

John, One year from this week, voters will head to the polls to elect their leaders on the federal, state, and local levels, including the next president and several key Senate and House seats. Yet millions of Americans face a very real threat that their vote will not be properly coun…
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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]
November 5, 2019 at 4:45 PM

Corporations Are Not People

John, Last week, we told you how Amazon has pumped over $1.5 million into Seattle’s city council elections in order to elect candidates sympathetic to its business practices. Not only does this massive corporate spending drown out the voices of ordinary Seattle voters, but because mor…
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  John Bonifaz · [email protected]
October 31, 2019 at 4:44 PM

Amazon v. Democracy

Dear John, Happy Halloween! Here at Free Speech For People, there’s nothing scarier than a democracy in crisis. Take Seattle, for example: As of last week, Amazon has poured over $1.5 million into Seattle’s upcoming city council election through the local Chamber of Commerce’s super …
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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]
October 29, 2019 at 1:53 PM

Nobody is Above the Law

John, A historic day is coming.  Since the day he took the oath of office, Donald Trump has engaged in repeated abuses of power and abuses of the public trust.  He refused to divest from his business interests around the world before assuming the presidency, setting himself on a coll…
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  John Bonifaz · [email protected]
October 25, 2019 at 4:39 PM

Expose the cover-up

John, Buried in the whistleblower complaint which exposed the Ukraine scandal is this alarming claim: the Trump White House has been abusing a computer system for highly classified intelligence information to cover up transcripts of presidential calls with foreign leaders which are “p…
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