JD Grassroots Team · [email protected]

November 15, 2021 at 10:23 PM

This will be quick!

John, We just took a look at our ActBlue and realized we’re just $4,467 away from hitting our mid-month fundraising goal. Take a look: We need to hit our goals in order to fund our slate of progressive primary challengers — that means giving them the organizing, communications, staff, and…

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  JusticeDemocrats.com · [email protected]

November 13, 2021 at 5:21 PM

The Democratic party is dysfunctional

John, While progressives fought to hold the line and secure the future of Medicare expansion, paid family leave, and climate action, Democratic mega-donors threatened to withhold midterm contributions until Democrats passed the Republican-backed infrastructure bill. Just check out this New…

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November 12, 2021 at 5:56 PM

ICYMI: The Squad took a stand

Cori, Jamaal, and the Squad took a risk by taking a stand. John, we didn’t want you to miss what happened last week. Justice Democrats in Congress were the only ones to stand up to the Democratic Party and put their full support behind progressive policies like climate action and Medicare exp…

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November 11, 2021 at 7:19 PM

Mounting a fight

Join the folks chipping in to defeat the most conservative Democrat in the U.S. House. John, more than 400 people have donated to Justice Democrats this week directly in response to our call to defeat Henry Cuellar, the most conservative Democrat in the U.S. House. But we need a mountain …

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November 10, 2021 at 11:58 PM

The Squad took a stand

John, Last week, the Democratic caucus joined Republicans to pass an infrastructure bill AND risk the future of comprehensive climate action, universal pre-K, paid leave, and Medicare expansion. Cori Bush, Jamaal Bowman, and the Squad refused to cave and stayed true to their commitment to …

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November 9, 2021 at 4:13 PM

Who we’re up against

Henry Cuellar votes AGAINST abortion rights, worker protections, and immigrant justice. John, Henry Cuellar is the most conservative Democrat in the U.S. House. He is one of the only Democrats opposing the progressive policies in the Build Back Better Act. He was the only House Democrat to …

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November 7, 2021 at 10:27 PM

Why the time is now

Winning our primaries cannot wait for last-minute momentum. John, Early voting for our first 2022 primary is only 3 months away. Justice Democrat Jessica Cisneros is taking on anti-abortion corporate Democrat Henry Cuellar in Texas’ 28th Congressional District. As soon as polls open and mai…

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November 6, 2021 at 7:02 PM

The Squad last night

It's on the Justice Democrats in Congress — and the grassroots movement behind them — to hold the line and protect investments for working people. John, Last night corporate Democrats joined with Republicans to put climate action, universal pre-K, paid leave, and Medicare expansion at risk…

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November 5, 2021 at 3:30 PM

Cuellar tried to sink the Build Back Better Plan

John, In 2020, Nancy Pelosi flew to South Texas to campaign for anti-choice corporate Democrat Henry Cuellar. Cuellar voted with Trump 70% of the time, yet Nancy Pelosi still endorsed him over Justice Democrat Jessica Cisneros. Yesterday, Cuellar continued to serve his corporate donors by …

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November 4, 2021 at 7:45 PM

"No one elected him to be FDR"

There’s a reason both the GOP and corporate Democrats go after progressives. John, this happened right after corporate Democrats lost the Virginia Governor’s race: Corporate Democrats started blaming progressives for the GOP victory. When corporate Democrats lose, they blame progressives. Th…

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November 3, 2021 at 8:25 PM

Corporate Democrats love to blame progressives

John, Election Day was a tough blow for Democrats — most notably in Virginia, where former Governor Terry McAuliffe lost to Republican businessman Glenn Youngkin in a state that Joe Biden won by 10 points last November. Even before Election Day, centrist Democrats blamed dwindling poll numb…

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November 2, 2021 at 5:22 PM

The obstacle to change: Corporate Democrats

We MUST elect more Justice Democrats to Congress! Corporate Democrats are obstacles to progress, John. Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema, Henry Cuellar, Josh Gottheimer… the list goes on—they want to stop economic relief to the people and bold changes for our country. Yesterday, Joe Manchin said he…

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November 1, 2021 at 2:34 PM

Bernie said hold the line in September

Conservative Democrats and corporate lobbyists are still trying to get their way. John, our email below is from a month ago. And the same message is relevant today because corporate Democrats, Wall Street, and fossil fuel CEOs are still trying to defeat progress. The establishment has torn ou…

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October 30, 2021 at 2:19 PM

Working people are counting on us

John, Right now, the establishment is stripping away progressive priorities in the reconciliation package, all just to appease Corporate Democrats negotiating in bad faith. Working people across the country are counting on Congress to expand the social safety net and invest in climate actio…

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October 29, 2021 at 3:07 PM

Rashida: "Hell No"

Establishment Democrats are trying to ram through their corporate-backed bill. John, Rashida isn't interested in a vote on "BIF" — the corporate-backed, small infrastructure "framework" that establishment Democrats are pushing. We're with her. She's reiterating what she's been saying, alo…

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October 28, 2021 at 3:44 PM

Rashida, Bernie, Justice Democrats vs. Manchin

Build Back Better lost another set of critical policies yesterday... John, While corporate Democrats, Wall Street, Big Pharma, and fossil fuel lobbyists barter with what’s left of the Build Back Better Act and try to ram through a smaller Republican-backed bill, people in this country are s…

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October 27, 2021 at 10:20 PM

2022 will be a winning year

John, It’s the end of the month, which means that political campaigns and PACs are asking their supporters to chip in whatever they can ahead of critical end-of-month deadlines. For too long, fundraising — not grassroots organizing — has been the best indicator of election success. That is …

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October 26, 2021 at 9:17 PM

"Biden’s Climate Ambitions Die in the Senate"

"It renders the US really unable to deal in its entirety with the problem of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, it puts the US into a spot of focusing much more on what it’s dubbed resilience, basically just learning to live with it." John, this is the frightening report from the Wall Street …

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October 25, 2021 at 7:32 PM

TAKE ACTION: Investigate Corporate Democrats taking money from Big Pharma

Did members of Congress collude with Big Pharma? We need to know! The fate of reduced prescription drug costs came down to three members of Congress, John. Representatives Scott Peters, Kurt Schrader, and Kathleen Rice all voted against giving Medicare the power to negotiate lower drug prices…

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October 22, 2021 at 1:34 PM

Marie Newman could face a challenge from anti-abortion Lipinski

We need to support Justice Democrat Marie Newman right now! John, Last year, you helped us elect Justice Democrat Marie Newman and defeat one of the few remaining anti-abortion Democrats in the U.S. House, Dan Lipinski. But now, Lipinski is thinking about a comeback. Crain’s Chicago Busines…

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October 21, 2021 at 9:22 PM

More fuel for the Primary Power Fund

John, On Tuesday, we announced our 5th Justice Democrat endorsed candidate, Summer Lee. Summer joins Jessica Cisneros, Kina Collins, Rana Abdelhamid, and Odessa Kelly as members of the 2022 JD Congressional primary slate. When Justice Democrats get to Congress, they make an impact. Alexand…

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October 20, 2021 at 10:03 PM

Rahm Emmanuel is unfit to serve

John, Seven years ago, 17-year-old Laquan McDonald was fatally shot by Chicago police officers. As mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel tried to cover up his wrongful death, delaying justice and stopping Laquan’s family from getting closure and healing. Today, on the anniversary of Laquan’s murd…

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October 19, 2021 at 11:10 PM

ICYMI: Summer Lee is running for Congress

Launch day is almost over, John John, We can’t let today go by without providing you with an update on Summer Lee’s campaign launch. The grassroots movement backing Summer has shown up today, but we’re still short of the $50,000 we need to raise within the first 24 hours of Summer announcin…

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  Alexandra Rojas (via JusticeDemocrats.com) · [email protected]

October 19, 2021 at 6:13 PM

Today’s announcement

Summer Lee is running for Congress to represent every community in her district, because for too long, leadership has left them behind. John, did you see the news? We just went from 4 endorsed primary candidates to 5. Summer Lee is running for Congress in PA-18 and has our Day 1 endorsement. …

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October 19, 2021 at 12:10 PM

We just endorsed another candidate, John

Summer Lee is running for Congress to represent every community in her district, because for too long, leadership has left them behind. John, Summer Lee just announced her campaign for Congress in Southwestern Pennsylvania! She’s got our support from Day 1, because she’s ready to bring the …

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October 16, 2021 at 2:23 PM

16 bucks

We just took a look at our progress toward our mid-month goal, and it’s not looking good, John. Not only are we $4,032 away from the $15,000 we need to raise by midnight, but we’re also down $7,027 from where we were at this point last month. There is one number we are really proud of thoug…

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October 15, 2021 at 4:53 PM

Your Supporter Record is out!

John, We set a critical goal to raise $15,000 by Saturday at 11:59 p.m. and are doing everything we can to make sure that we hit our goal before tomorrow night. We’re crunching the numbers and noticed you haven’t given towards our mid-month fundraising goal. Supporter name: John xxxxxx Su…

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October 14, 2021 at 5:56 PM

Why now

If we want to grow the Squad, we need your help right now. John, Nearly 90% of Congressional races are won by the candidate who spends more money. We’ve won races with less money, like when Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez beat a high-ranking corporate Democrat in 2018. But it’s really hard to do, …

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October 13, 2021 at 8:34 PM

The one anti-choice Democrat in the House

Can you join us in the fight to defeat Rep. Cuellar? We’re trying to defeat the single most conservative Democrat in the House. Can you chip in $3 now to help us unseat Henry Cuellar? John, We talk a lot about corporate Democrats — but Henry Cuellar is not only a corporate Democrat, he also…

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October 12, 2021 at 2:51 PM

The Democratic Party is making itself obsolete

Joe Manchin’s obstruction is blocking progressive policies AND could put Democrats back in the minority in the House and Senate. John, Joe Manchin wants Democrats to choose between paid leave, child care, universal pre-K, free community college, Medicare expansion...the list goes on. Joe M…

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October 9, 2021 at 4:12 PM

Bernie said hold the line

And we did. John — Bernie and Justice Dems in Congress said hold. the. line. last week. And that’s just what progressives did. We stopped attempts by corporate Democrats, Big Pharma, Wall Street, and Big Oil to pass a smaller bipartisan bill without passing the $3.5 trillion spending bill tha…

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October 8, 2021 at 8:24 PM

We can’t lose Jamaal Bowman’s voice in Congress

It’s official, John. A challenger just announced that he’s running against Jamaal Bowman for Congress in New York's 16th Congressional District. And with candidate registration forms filed with the Federal Elections Commission, the primary election in NY-16 is officially on. This might be Ja…

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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]

October 7, 2021 at 3:17 PM

Israel is an apartheid state.

As the only Palestinian-American member of Congress, I’m speaking out against human rights abuses. John, We keep hearing that there’s not enough money to cover needs like healthcare or housing for struggling communities here at home. But last month, the U.S. House of Representatives overwh…

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October 6, 2021 at 11:04 PM

Big Pharma, Manchin, Sinema

We’re directly challenging one of the corporate Democrats backed by Big Pharma: A group called Center Forward is running ads supporting centrist Democrats working to whittle down the [$3.5 trillion reconciliation] bill. The group receives nearly $1.5 million per year from PhRMA. -New York Tim…

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October 5, 2021 at 9:30 PM

What grade do Democrats deserve?

John, Last week was one of the most consequential weeks in Congress. But corporate Democrats backed by the ultrawealthy, and emboldened by corporate PAC money, obstructed progressives. And now the future of Medicare expansion, corporate tax increases, universal pre-k, and so much more is o…

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October 4, 2021 at 9:54 PM

New Joe Manchin quote...

John, Conservative Democrats like Joe Manchin oppose policies like lowering the Medicare age to 60 because they don’t want the government to provide more Americans with guaranteed health care. Even if people are only a year away from current Medicare eligibility. Joe Manchin wants to "mean…

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October 2, 2021 at 4:56 PM

FWD - Bernie says hold the line

And we did. John — Bernie and Justice Dems in Congress said hold. the. line. this week. And that’s just what progressives did. We stopped attempts by corporate Democrats, Big Pharma, Wall Street, and Big Oil to pass a smaller bipartisan bill without passing the $3.5 trillion spending bill tha…

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October 1, 2021 at 7:01 PM

Joe Manchin’s biggest nightmare

JD’s in Congress didn’t let Manchin and the corporations win. John, Yesterday, Joe Manchin and other obstructionist Democrats fought until late in the night to obstruct progressives, and our biggest shot to expand Medicare, address climate change, increase corporate tax rates, and provide …

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September 30, 2021 at 10:21 PM

Midnight deadline for Rana, Jessica, Odessa, and Kina

Only hours left to help our slate put up big fundraising numbers. John, we only have a few hours left before the midnight FEC deadline — when our 2022 progressive primary challengers will need to make their fundraising numbers public. Here’s why that’s important: Our 2022 slate of challengers…

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September 30, 2021 at 2:07 PM

90% there

Our end-of-quarter fundraising deadline is tonight John, Our end-of-quarter fundraising deadline is tonight, we’re still behind where we need to be to meet our quarterly goals. The good news is, we just need 1,000 more grassroots donors this month to step up and chip in $3, $9, or $27 towar…

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September 29, 2021 at 6:58 PM

Bernie says hold the line

Conservative Democrats and corporate lobbyists are trying to BLOCK all progressive policies. John, Conservative Democrats and corporate lobbyists are trying to BLOCK all progressive policies. Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema, Henry Cuellar, Wall Street, Big Pharma, Big Tech, Big Oil...the list g…

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September 28, 2021 at 7:14 PM

Running on grassroots donations

John, Justice Democrats runs on small-dollar donations. Our average contribution this year, from supporters like you, is just $16.95. How do we do it? We power working-class progressive candidates like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Cori Bush, and Jessica Cisneros with thousands of everyday folks…

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September 27, 2021 at 11:52 PM

Our coalition is growing

John, On Thursday, all campaigns will be required to submit their Quarter 3 fundraising to the Federal Elections Commission. When fundraising numbers go public, you won’t see the Justice Democrats’ slate members Rana Abdelhamid, Kina Collins, Odessa Kelly, and Jessica Cisneros getting big b…

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September 27, 2021 at 5:25 PM

What Nancy Pelosi did yesterday

What was Nancy Pelosi doing the Sunday before one of the busiest weeks of Congress, John? Chasing big-dollar donations for Congressman Danny Davis in his primary election against Justice Democrat Kina Collins. Nancy Pelosi is raising money for Congressman Danny Davis, because she knows th…

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September 26, 2021 at 10:32 PM

Big Pharma puppets

Almost every Democrat has run on lowering prescription drug prices. Now, those same Democrats are blocking...lowering prescription drug prices. John, Here’s a rundown of how corporate Democrats are blocking even the most basic health care reform to combat skyrocketing drug costs: Lowering p…

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  Cori Bush · [email protected]

September 25, 2021 at 4:23 PM

We're in an eviction emergency, John.

We can't stop fighting until housing is a basic right in our country. We're in an eviction emergency, John. Right now, millions of families are at risk of being evicted from their homes because the right-wing Supreme Court blocked the eviction moratorium we helped win last month. I refuse to…

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September 24, 2021 at 8:29 PM

Less than one week left

With a slow summer of fundraising, we’re behind where we need to be this month. John, At the beginning of Q3, our team calculated that we need 10,000 grassroots contributions per month to meet our fundraising goal and ensure we have the resources to fuel our organizing and electoral efforts …

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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]

September 23, 2021 at 8:24 PM

Sign now to stop utility shutoffs!

People deserve water, power, and internet access to live and thrive. Millions of people are falling behind on paying their bills. Mounting debt can lead to evictions or shutoffs of vital services like clean water, gas and electricity, and broadband internet. But if we pass the Maintaining…

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September 22, 2021 at 11:07 PM

Cuellar defends mistreatment of migrants

Texans deserve better than Henry Cuellar John, Border Patrol on horseback rounding up Haitian immigrants is cruel and unacceptable. But when asked about the images surfaced this week of Border Patrol’s barbaric behavior, Congressman Henry Cuellar didn’t condemn their actions. Instead, he d…

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September 22, 2021 at 3:54 PM

House leadership stopped AOC

John, Last week, Kathleen Rice joined two other House Democrats in voting against lowering prescription drug prices for all — but things would have turned out a lot differently had it been Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on the Energy and Commerce Committee instead of corporate Democrat Kathleen R…

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