Free Speech For People · [email protected]

March 18, 2021 at 2:38 PM

Save Democracy. End the Filibuster.

John, The For the People Act, the most comprehensive democracy reform bill in a generation, was introduced in the Senate yesterday, following its recent passage in the House. But there’s one major hurdle to it becoming law: the filibuster. The filibuster is an archaic rule that doesn…

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  Ron Fein · [email protected]

March 16, 2021 at 2:32 PM

Can you help us end foreign-influenced corporate spending in elections?

John, It’s a well-known fact that foreign entities are legally prohibited from directly influencing U.S. elections. But what about when a foreign investor has partial ownership of a U.S. corporation? Across the country, companies with partial foreign ownership, such as Amazon, Uber, …

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  John Bonifaz · [email protected]

February 26, 2021 at 3:54 PM

We are actively fighting for our democracy

John, The events of the 2020 election have shown us that we must remain vigilant in the fight to protect the right to vote and our democracy. Big money in politics continues to be a serious threat, with spending in this election cycle reaching $14.4 billion, more than doubling the rec…

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  Alexandra Flores-Quilty · [email protected]

February 22, 2021 at 5:43 PM

The DOJ Must Investigate Trump

John, My name is Alexandra Flores-Quilty, and I am Free Speech For People’s new Campaign Director. Before joining Free Speech For People, I served as the Executive Director and co-founder of By the People, a pro-democracy grassroots campaign that organized to impeach and remove Donald…

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  John Bonifaz · [email protected]

February 19, 2021 at 2:25 PM

VICTORY in Minnesota!

John, BREAKING NEWS: A federal judge this week approved a sweeping settlement in a lawsuit brought by voting rights advocates against Tennessee-based private security contractor Atlas Aegis for illegal voter intimidation in Minnesota. The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-I…

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  Ben Clements · [email protected]

February 17, 2021 at 11:21 PM

Save the USPS, Fire DeJoy

John, In 2020, the U.S. Postal Service faced intentional, direct attacks at the hands of Trump holdover Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, who slowed mail delivery during the pandemic by removing over 600 mail sorting machines. These reckless actions were purposely intended to benefit De…

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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]

February 9, 2021 at 11:14 PM

Call Your Senators: Trump Must Be Convicted

John, On January 13, the House voted to impeach Donald Trump for a second time. Now the Senate must decide whether to convict him. Call the Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121 or 202-224-3091 (TTY) and demand that your Senators convict and disqualify Trump from holding public office …

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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]

February 3, 2021 at 7:26 PM

It's Time to End the Filibuster

John, As the new administration and the 117th Congress seek to address the multiple crises facing our nation, it is clear that we need widespread reform. But for us to quickly address the issues facing this country, we must eliminate one of the greatest roadblocks to legislation: the …

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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]

January 25, 2021 at 5:23 PM

The Senate must convict

John, On January 13, the House voted to impeach Donald Trump for a second time. Now the Senate must decide whether to convict him. Call your Senators today and demand they convict and disqualify Trump from holding public office ever again. The integrity of our democracy depends on it…

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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]

January 22, 2021 at 7:30 PM

Sign If You Agree: It's Time to Reclaim Our Democracy

John, Yesterday marked the 11th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United, the ruling that swept away a century of precedent barring corporate expenditures in our elections. Free Speech For People was launched moments after that ruling in January 2010, to reclaim …

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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]

January 15, 2021 at 6:35 PM

The Senate Must Convict and Disqualify Trump

John, President Trump made history this week when he became the first president to be impeached twice. His second impeachment, for inciting the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th that killed five people, comes just one week before the end of his term. But this is not the…

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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]

January 12, 2021 at 6:36 PM

CALL NOW: The House MUST Impeach Donald Trump

DEMAND YOUR REPRESENTATIVE VOTE TO IMMEDIATELY IMPEACH DONALD TRUMP John: We saw the coup attempt at our nation’s Capitol. We saw white supremacists storm the halls of power, looting, and terrorizing government employees. And perhaps worst of all, we heard Trump inciting and praising…

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  Ben Clements · [email protected]

January 8, 2021 at 5:31 PM

Tell Judge Garland: Investigate Trump

John, Free Speech For People and its coalition partners have released a letter to Judge Merrick Garland, Biden’s nominee for Attorney General, urging the establishment of an independent task force within the Department of Justice to investigate any potential federal criminal or civil …

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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]

January 7, 2021 at 12:39 AM

TAKE ACTION: Congress Must Impeach and Remove Trump Immediately

John, BREAKING: Free Speech For People Presents New Articles of Impeachment and Demands that Trump be Immediately Impeached, Convicted, Removed, and Disqualified from Future Federal Office  Free Speech For People has drafted two new articles of impeachment that any Member of the United…

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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]

January 5, 2021 at 7:17 PM

Investigate Trump's Election Tampering

John, BREAKING NEWS: In audio released by The Washington Post on January 3rd, Trump called Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and repeatedly urged him to “find” 11,780 votes to overturn Biden’s win in the state. “I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we …

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  Ben Clements · [email protected]

December 30, 2020 at 3:11 PM

You helped us win critical victories for democracy

John, As we prepare to close the book on 2020, we wanted to take this opportunity to thank you, our democracy champions, for your ongoing support. With your help, Free Speech For People has made incredible strides in 2020 to ensure that every American has an equal voice and an equal v…

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  Oske Buckley · [email protected]

December 28, 2020 at 2:43 PM

Last Chance to Vote For Free Speech For People

John, This month, Free Speech For People is one of three nonprofits on the ballot to determine how CREDO Mobile will divide $150,000 in donations. The more votes we earn, the larger percentage of the donations we receive. But voting only stays open through December 31st! Your vote wi…

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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]

December 18, 2020 at 7:23 PM

Sign if you agree: U.S. law firms must not hire former Trump administration lawyers

John, BREAKING: We are urging U.S. law firms to abstain from hiring former Trump administration lawyers. As the Trump administration prepares to end its tenure, many of its officials are seeking positions in the nation’s major law firms. But the constant, unprecedented attacks on the…

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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]

December 16, 2020 at 3:08 PM

Every Vote Gets Us Closer to $150,000

John, For the past ten years, Free Speech For People has been fighting every day to protect our democracy and our Constitution, to take on corruption and big money in politics, to ensure free and fair elections, and to lift up the promise of political equality for all. Now more than e…

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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]

December 10, 2020 at 8:35 PM

Abolish the Electoral College

John, Our democracy is founded on a simple principle: one person, one vote. Yet for the nation’s largest electoral contest, the only one in which every American voter has a ballot to cast, we use an outdated system that places our power in just 538 individuals: the Electoral College. …

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  Ron Fein · [email protected]

December 4, 2020 at 7:52 PM

BREAKING: We're challenging Trump's pardon of Michael Flynn

John, BREAKING NEWS: Free Speech For People is challenging President Trump’s pardon of former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn as “self-dealing” and unconstitutional. Free Speech For People filed a motion on December 1, 2020, requesting permission to file an amicus brief in th…

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  John Bonifaz · [email protected]

December 3, 2020 at 3:08 PM

Will you vote for FSFP today?

John, For more than ten years, Free Speech For People has fought to protect and restore our democracy for we, the people. We have led the fight to overturn the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling and the falsehood that corporations are people with constitutional rights. We have tak…

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  Ben Clements · [email protected]

December 1, 2020 at 2:27 PM

Help us protect our democracy

John, 2020 has put our democracy to the test like never before. Voters increasingly took to voting by mail in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, despite Donald Trump’s repeated efforts to discredit and destabilize vote-by-mail. Americans made their voices heard in record numbers in No…

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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]

November 16, 2020 at 9:01 PM

Add Your Name to Transform Our Democracy

John, In response to an unprecedented threat to our elections this year, many states across the country broke down barriers to voting by creating and expanding vote-by-mail programs and early voting. But despite these efforts, so much more is needed to reclaim our democracy on a large…

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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]

November 13, 2020 at 11:05 PM

VICTORY: Porter Wright breaks with Trump

John, We did it! Following public pressure from democracy advocates across the country, Porter Wright Morris & Arthur, the law firm leading the Trump campaign’s efforts to challenge the presidential election results in Pennsylvania, has just withdrawn from its federal lawsuit. Mea…

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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]

November 12, 2020 at 10:43 PM

TOMORROW: Protest Trump's Legal Team (In-Person & Remote)

John, Since Election Night, Donald Trump and his allies have made fraudulent claims that Trump won the election – and they are continuing to undermine democracy by trying to block votes from being counted and spreading falsehoods about the election outcome. But they’re not alone in…

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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]

November 9, 2020 at 9:37 PM

ACTION ALERT: Trump must concede

John, Last week, the American people made a clear choice: former Vice President Joe Biden will be the next President of the United States. In a democracy, the voters decide and the people have spoken.  Donald Trump, however, has never been one to respect democracy or our Constitution…

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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]

November 3, 2020 at 8:41 PM

Fighting voter suppression on Election Day

John, The fight for free and fair elections continues. We recently announced at Free Speech For People our partnership with the SeeSay2020 initiative to identify, expose, and take action to combat incidents of voter intimidation, suppression, and voting machine issues. The See Someth…

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  Ben Clements · [email protected]

October 30, 2020 at 4:38 PM

We're fighting voter intimidation and winning

John, We are celebrating a major victory this week. On behalf of the Council on American-Islamic Relations of Minnesota (CAIR-MN) and the League of Women Voters of Minnesota, last week, we filed a federal lawsuit against Tennessee-based private mercenary contractor Atlas Aegis and its…

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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]

October 27, 2020 at 5:03 PM

AZ Court Victory Update: 35,000 New Voters!

John, Earlier this month, we told you how we succeeded in our case on behalf of Mi Familia Vota and the Arizona Coalition for Change to extend the voter registration deadline in Arizona. Thanks to this court victory and the ten day extension of the voter registration deadline, 35,000 …

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  Ron Fein · [email protected]

October 22, 2020 at 12:05 AM

BREAKING: We're suing the Trump administration for attacking our democracy

John, BREAKING NEWS: On behalf of Latino civic engagement organization Mi Familia Vota Education Fund and several voters, Free Speech For People today filed a lawsuit against President Trump and members of the administration in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Th…

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  Courtney Hostetler · [email protected]

October 19, 2020 at 6:52 PM

Voting In-Person in 2020

John, This is shaping up to be the most unique election of our lifetime. As the COVID-19 pandemic enters a second wave around the country, citizens are preparing to vote on the very future of our democracy. Some have chosen to avoid the risk of exposure by voting by mail. Others may c…

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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]

October 15, 2020 at 6:03 PM

AG Barr must be impeached and removed

John, Last month, Attorney General William Barr made headlines once again for placing the president’s wishes above the well-being of the American people. The Justice Department announced it will be defending Donald Trump against a personal defamation lawsuit sparking from E. Jean Carr…

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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]

October 14, 2020 at 12:10 PM

Stop Judge Barrett's confirmation? Here's how

John, This week, Senate Republicans are determined to rush confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett in their bid to fill the Supreme Court vacancy just weeks before the November election and with voting in some states already underway. This from the same Republican Party whic…

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  Gillian Cassell-Stiga · [email protected]

October 7, 2020 at 11:04 PM

Victory in Arizona!

John, BREAKING NEWS: Free Speech For People, on behalf of Mi Familia Vota and the Arizona Coalition for Change, has won its case before a federal judge in Arizona to extend the state’s voter registration deadline, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This decision, which extends the …

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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]

October 5, 2020 at 7:31 PM

Stop Trump's Supreme Court nomination

John, With the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, we lost an American hero, one who overcame deeply entrenched gender discrimination in our society and our legal system to become one of the most important and influential civil rights lawyers, judges, and Supreme Cou…

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  John Bonifaz · [email protected]

September 30, 2020 at 8:43 PM

You can help us secure our elections

John, We hear stories in the news every day about the risks to our election systems. From rampant voter suppression and disenfranchisement through the closing of polling places, to ongoing efforts to thwart voting by mail, the fight for the right to vote remains as important as ever. …

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  Ben Clements · [email protected]

September 22, 2020 at 7:47 PM

Stop Trump's Illegitimate Supreme Court Nomination

John, On Friday, with the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, we lost an American hero, one who overcame deeply entrenched gender discrimination in our society and our legal system to become one of the most important and influential civil rights lawyers, judges, and S…

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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]

September 22, 2020 at 2:11 PM

ACTION ALERT: Protect vote by mail

John, Election Day is just around the corner -- and we need your help to make sure voters who want to cast their ballot via mail are able to do so, despite efforts to stop them. Why? Because no one should have to choose between risking their health at the polls or forfeiting their ri…

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  Susan Greenhalgh · [email protected]

September 15, 2020 at 8:28 PM

ACTION ALERT: Remove Wireless Modems From Voting Machines

John, Last month, we told you how the Election Assistance Commission censured ES&S, one of the nation’s largest vendors of electronic voting machines, for fraudulently marketing its voting machines with wireless modems as federally certified. This was a big victory for free and fa…

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  Susan Greenhalgh · [email protected]

September 7, 2020 at 6:54 PM

Join us tonight for "Own The Vote 2020" with Alyssa Milano

Hi John, This is Susan from Free Speech For People. I wanted to make sure you saw Alyssa’s message announcing Own The Vote 2020, a new webinar series exploring ways to improve our election security and voter mobilization. Be sure to RSVP and join us for the first episode, “Wireless Mo…

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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]

August 26, 2020 at 5:21 PM

ACTION ALERT: Remove DeJoy

John, As one of the nation’s oldest federal institutions, the United States Postal Service plays a vital role in the daily lives of countless Americans, transporting everything from medications to Social Security payments to absentee ballots. It has become even more critical in the wa…

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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]

August 18, 2020 at 8:03 PM

The Suffragists, a Century Later

John, 100 years ago today, the Tennessee House of Representatives made history when it approved the passage of the 19th Amendment, cementing its ratification and ensuring that no person could be denied the right to vote on the basis of sex. It was a watershed moment for women’s rights…

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  Susan Greenhalgh · [email protected]

August 14, 2020 at 6:12 PM

VICTORY: Voting Vendors Censured For False Advertising

John, BREAKING NEWS: Free Speech For People Exposes Fraudulent Marketing Practices by Nation’s Largest Voting System Vendor, Spurring Rebuke by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission Holding the voting system vendors accountable for false and deceptive practices is a major area of f…

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  Courtney Hostetler · [email protected]

August 12, 2020 at 3:12 PM

82 days

John, We have less than 90 days to ensure every American has safe and equal access to a ballot on Election Day.   Our team of lawyers are fighting around the clock to file lawsuits to block rigid mail-in-ballot procedures, dramatic reductions in in-person polling places, and the use …

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  Ron Fein · [email protected]

August 7, 2020 at 9:18 PM

Sign If You Agree: Dissolve the NRA

John, Yesterday, New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit against the National Rifle Association and four of its top executives. In addition to charging the executives with diversion of millions of dollars away from the charitable mission of the organization for persona…

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  Ben Clements · [email protected]

August 4, 2020 at 9:04 PM

Announcing our new Democracy Amendments

John, As you know, Free Speech For People was founded on the day of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United v. FEC more than a decade ago, and we have been a leader ever since of the movement for constitutional amendments to overturn that ruling and reclaim our democracy.  We we…

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  John Bonifaz · [email protected]

July 31, 2020 at 7:25 PM

Democracy on the line

John, Yesterday, Donald Trump took his attack on American democracy into new unprecedented territory. Trump tweeted his desire to delay the presidential election until he deemed it “safe.” The Constitution does not permit the president to make this decision, but that doesn’t mean Trum…

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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]

July 30, 2020 at 8:59 PM

UPDATE: Protect the Presidential Election

John, Every day, we are watching our democratic norms challenged under the Trump administration. From the early days of his candidacy, Trump has routinely ignored our country’s laws, institutions, and values, and he has even questioned the legitimacy of election results. This morning…

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  Free Speech For People · [email protected]

July 27, 2020 at 2:38 PM

Sixteen States Agree: It's Time to Abolish Super PACs

John, MAJOR NEWS: Sixteen states, led by Washington State, filed an amicus brief before the Supreme Court last week, urging the nation’s highest court to review our landmark case seeking to end super PACs in US elections. Six U.S. Senators, led by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode I…

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