JusticeDemocrats.com · [email protected]

January 9, 2023 at 10:26 PM

A message for Summer & Greg >>

Will you sign our card congratulating Greg & Summer on officially being sworn in to Congress? John, On Saturday, Justice Democrats Summer Lee and Greg Casar were officially sworn in to Congress — and we want to celebrate them! While the Republicans descended into chaos, Greg and Summer re…

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January 7, 2023 at 4:09 PM

Did you see Ilhan’s email?

John, We wanted to be sure that you saw Ilhan’s email to you from the other day. Will you read it below and then make a $3 contribution before midnight tonight to support our work to recruit and elect the next slate of progressive champions? It’s so important that we have the resources to …

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January 6, 2023 at 8:16 PM

December 2021

John, Now that it’s the new year, we’re taking stock of our resources, updating our programs, and looking ahead to the rest of the cycle. The most important piece of that is evaluating our budget and ensuring our fundraising lines up with our expenses. Everything that we do here at Justice D…

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January 5, 2023 at 10:37 PM

Have you seen our new sticker?

John, do you support the Squad? Show everyone that you’re a part of our movement with our limited-edition ‘Squad Up!’ sticker. We’ll be sending a sticker to anyone who signs up to make a new monthly recurring donation to help sustain our work of ushering in a slate of diverse, working-class …

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  JusticeDemocrats.com · [email protected]

January 4, 2023 at 11:01 PM

AIPAC, crypto, and billionaires

John, This last cycle, we faced an unprecedented wave of outside spending from right-wing groups and Super PACs. DMFI, AIPAC, crypto billionaires, the Mainstream Democrats PAC and others spent millions of dollars in democratic primaries and directly against our candidates. They wanted to squ…

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January 3, 2023 at 10:26 PM

Two new JDs are being sworn in today

John, Today is the day. Today is the day when the newest Justice Democrats Greg Casar and Summer Lee will officially be sworn into office and join our bloc in Congress. Now they’ll fight alongside progressive champions like AOC, Cori Bush, Jamaal Bowman, and Rashida Tlaib. Our endorsed candi…

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

January 1, 2023 at 4:09 PM

Thank you.

John, I wanted to personally reach out to thank you for your dedication and support. We’re in a fight for the soul of the Democratic Party — to transform it to represent regular people, not corporate special interests. To pass legislation like Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, a living …

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January 1, 2023 at 2:08 AM

Crunching the numbers

John, We wanted to make sure you saw our email earlier today from our finance director. We’re facing our end-of-year deadline in just a few hours and whether or not we’re able to fully fund our 2023 budget depends on if we’re able to reach our $75,000 end-of-year goal. Please make a contrib…

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  Julia, Finance Director (via Justice Democrats) · [email protected]

December 31, 2022 at 9:09 PM

Keeping track of the numbers

John, this wasn’t the email I had hoped to send to you today. It’s my job to keep track of Justice Democrats' fundraising and make sure we raise enough each month to cover our costs and plan for the long-term. But, I have some tough news, this year we raised 17.3% less over ActBlue than in 2…

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

December 31, 2022 at 6:09 PM

Hear me out

I have a question for you, John. If you knew that chipping in a $3 donation *right now* could help us cover our budget as we close out the year here at Justice Democrats… would you donate? What if I told you that if you donated $3 to Justice Democrats *right now* it would directly go to fund…

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  Jamaal Bowman · [email protected]

December 31, 2022 at 2:09 PM

What it took to defeat a 31-year entrenched incumbent.

Hi John, it’s Jamaal Bowman here. Congressman for NY-16. Justice Democrats was there for my campaign from the very beginning. In fact, they recruited me to run for Congress in the first place. Together we took on and defeated a 31-year entrenched incumbent in New York’s 16th District. No oth…

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  Geoff Simpson · [email protected]

December 30, 2022 at 10:16 PM

Following up from my previous email

John, this is a little bit longer of an email, but it’s important and I hope that you’ll stick with me through the end. Just a few weeks ago, we launched our 2024 Candidate Recruitment efforts. We’re officially accepting nominations from folks across the country. In 2017, AOC was nominated t…

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

December 30, 2022 at 5:26 PM

We operate on a shoestring budget

We’re ready to find the next progressive fighters to run for Congress, whether they’re a nurse, middle school principal, bartender, activist, or another working-class champion. We know you’re ready too. John, Justice Democrats is one of only a few organizations completely focused on recruitin…

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

December 30, 2022 at 12:08 AM

Pulling together for people in Buffalo

John, At Justice Democrats, we believe in pulling together and supporting each other through difficult times. Right now, people in Buffalo, New York need our help. A winter storm has tragically killed 39 people in the past few days and left others without shelter, in need of medical care …

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  Pramila Jayapal · [email protected]

December 29, 2022 at 7:36 PM

We need to go all in

John, It’s Pramila Jayapal here, Chair of our Progressive Caucus and proud Justice Democrat. In the past few years, I have seen our movement grow exponentially. Justice Democrats has been there every step of the way. With every cycle, JD has been instrumental in recruiting and electing prog…

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  Ilhan Omar · [email protected]

December 28, 2022 at 9:06 PM

Urgent message

John, it’s Ilhan Omar, writing to you today with an urgent message. I know firsthand the difficulties that come when you dare to challenge the establishment. Fighting off the corporate PACs, the political machine, and the smear attacks is an uphill battle — but when we win, we win big. Thank…

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  Ro Khanna · [email protected]

December 27, 2022 at 9:35 PM

I’m proud to be a Justice Democrat

John, it’s Ro Khanna here. I am proud to be endorsed by Justice Democrats. I admire their advocacy and mobilization for economic and racial justice and bold climate action. We need fresh voices and new ideas in the halls of Congress. We need more representatives who reject the influence of c…

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  Raúl Grijalva · [email protected]

December 23, 2022 at 3:56 PM

More progressives in Congress...

Hi John, it’s Raúl Grijalva. Congressman for Arizona’s 7th district. As a progressive leader in Congress, I'm proud to work with Justice Democrats to advance environmental justice, Medicare for All, a $15/hour living wage, free college, and to make sure Wall Street and the billionaire class …

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  JusticeDemocrats.com · [email protected]

December 22, 2022 at 9:35 PM

Show everyone that you’re a part of our Squad

John, we have some exciting news: We just released our limited-edition ‘Squad Up!’ sticker. We’ll be sending a sticker to anyone who signs up to make a new monthly recurring donation to support our work of ushering in a slate of diverse, working-class leaders to Congress in 2024. Get Your S…

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December 21, 2022 at 11:46 PM

The DCCC

John, this is important: The DCCC has a new leader: Rep. DelBene. She is the former head of the ‘New Dems’ — a centrist and right-winged group: The DCCC recruits and backs corporate-backed candidates who will serve the establishment in Congress and toe the Party line. This isn’t surprising. …

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  Cori Bush · [email protected]

December 21, 2022 at 6:36 PM

JD made the difference in our campaign

John, There aren’t a lot of people in Congress like me. Justice Democrats wants to change that. When I won in 2020, I became the first Black woman to ever represent Missouri in Congress. I’m a single mother, nurse, and pastor. I’m a survivor and an activist. JD is fighting for a Congress whe…

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  Greg Casar · [email protected]

December 20, 2022 at 7:15 PM

We need to transform the status quo

Hi John, it’s Greg Casar here, Congressman-elect for TX-35. Justice Democrats helped me win my race and did the same for many other progressives who were elected across the country, from Pennsylvania to Missouri to down here in Texas. We know that to transform the status quo, we need bold…

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  JusticeDemocrats.com · [email protected]

December 19, 2022 at 6:56 PM

November 2016

John, It’s 2016. Bernie Sanders shocked the establishment and mounted a historic challenge for the Democratic nomination. And then — the Democratic establishment lost against Trump. It was clear that the party insiders and political machine could not be trusted to protect our democracy or f…

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  JusticeDemocrats.com · [email protected]

December 17, 2022 at 9:05 PM

Transparency

John, We’re going to be fully transparent with you because we’re accountable to you as a grassroots organization. We’ve had a slow but steady decline in our fundraising over the last year. And since we just launched our 2024 Candidate Recruitment efforts, we really need to pick up on the pa…

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  JusticeDemocrats.com · [email protected]

December 17, 2022 at 4:05 PM

Making sure you saw Bernie Sanders’ email

John, We need to make sure you saw Bernie Sanders’ email from Thursday! He announced the official launch of our 2024 Candidate Recruitment Campaign. Will you join Bernie Sanders in helping us find the next progressive fighters to join the Squad in Congress by making a contribution right now?…

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  JusticeDemocrats.com · [email protected]

December 17, 2022 at 2:16 AM

It’s here!

John, Did you see? Our 2024 Candidate Recruitment is here! We’re ready to find the next generation of Justice Democrats to take on the establishment in 2024. AOC, Cori Bush, Jamaal Bowman, Summer Lee: every single win comes back to you and your steadfast support for our people-powered moveme…

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  Geoff Simpson · [email protected]

December 16, 2022 at 11:06 PM

Reaching out for the first time

John, My name is Geoff and I’m the Campaigns Director here at Justice Democrats. That means I oversee our whole operation for candidates, from recruitment, to launching their campaign, all the way through Election Day. Yesterday, we launched our 2024 Candidate Recruitment and you might be w…

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  Summer Lee · [email protected]

December 16, 2022 at 6:46 PM

Justice Democrats sent me to Congress

John, it’s Summer Lee here. I ran for Congress to represent the people of PA-12 and won. In less than a month, I will be making history as the first Black woman ever elected to Congress from Pennsylvania. I didn’t do it alone; Justice Democrats was by my side from day one of my campaign. Tog…

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  JusticeDemocrats.com · [email protected]

December 16, 2022 at 2:09 AM

Not the email we planned

John, this wasn’t the email we had hoped to send you tonight. But as a grassroots powered organization we want to be really transparent with you. Based on this morning’s fundraising, we’re not on track to reach our $120,000 2024 Candidate Recruitment Goal. We don’t have billionaire bankrolle…

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  JusticeDemocrats.com · [email protected]

December 15, 2022 at 11:46 PM

We’re going all in to find the next generation of Justice Democrats

John, Just hours ago, we launched our official Candidate Recruitment Fund for 2024 — this is a really big deal and the start of the next phase for our organization. Cycle after cycle, we’ve worked tirelessly to find, recruit, and prepare people-powered candidates to run for office and win. T…

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

December 15, 2022 at 8:42 PM

Why this announcement is so important

John, did you see the news from Senator Bernie Sanders? We just launched our 2024 Candidate Recruitment Campaign. Since we launched JD after Bernie’s 2016 campaign just a few short years ago, we’ve gone up against the political establishment many times and won — but this work takes major res…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

December 15, 2022 at 3:56 PM

2024

Justice Democrats is launching its search to find the next progressive candidates for Congress to join me, AOC, Jamaal Bowman, Rashida Tlaib, and other working-class leaders. John, Over just a few years, Justice Democrats has recruited and helped elect a strong, diverse, working-class slate …

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  JusticeDemocrats.com · [email protected]

December 14, 2022 at 7:45 PM

Billionaires bankrolling elections

John, We saw a lot this cycle. While we’re proud to send Greg Casar and Summer Lee to Congress, the reality is that several of our groundbreaking candidates were kept from joining the Squad by a relentless torrent of outside spending. Sam Bankman-Fried, a crypto-billionaire, poured tens of m…

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  JusticeDemocrats.com · [email protected]

December 13, 2022 at 8:51 PM

An urgent call to action on Yemen

Please call (202) 224-3121 today to urge your Senator to vote YES the Yemen War Powers Resolution. John, we urgently need your help: The White House is urging Senators to vote against Bernie Sanders’ Yemen War Power Resolution. The vote is tonight so we need you to take a few moments of your…

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December 12, 2022 at 11:45 PM

The path to victory

John, Just over a month ago, history was made when our movement elected Justice Democrats Summer Lee and Greg Casar to Congress, where they’ll join the Squad and fight for working people every day. Now, it’s our job to make sure we can do it all over again — and we’re asking you to join us. …

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  JusticeDemocrats.com · [email protected]

December 11, 2022 at 4:45 PM

No one else does what we do.

John, Money has always been our #1 obstacle. And the establishment has a seemingly endless supply of it. Since this is a grassroots funded organization, we don’t have billionaire donors or corporate PACs to fall back on when our fundraising slows down. No other organization in the progressiv…

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

December 10, 2022 at 11:55 PM

Next Thursday: A very important announcement

John, this is big: I wanted to officially invite you to our virtual rally next Thursday with Congresswoman-elect Summer Lee, officially launching our 2024 candidate recruitment efforts. Can you join us on Zoom at 8 p.m. ET on Thursday for the virtual event with Summer, myself and a few spec…

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  JusticeDemocrats.com · [email protected]

December 10, 2022 at 6:05 PM

The work doesn’t stop

John, As we gear up toward the end of the year, it’s incredibly important that we can reach the fundraising goals we set many months ago for 2022. The benchmarks we set are what allows us to continue recruiting and electing historic candidates cycle after cycle. We just successfully helped e…

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December 9, 2022 at 8:26 PM

Our unprecedented slowdown

If we don’t turn this around before the end of the year, we’re going to have to start looking at where to make budget cuts. John, After Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign, a few staffers decided to continue the work to fight to elect progressives by launching Justice Democrats. For a…

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  Alexandra Rojas · [email protected]

December 8, 2022 at 7:34 PM

AIPAC is openly taking cues from Trump’s playbook

John, From the moment we launched Justice Democrats in 2016, we’ve always been crystal clear on our mission: to recruit and elect a diverse slate of people-first progressives who will fight to make our government work for all of us. But since we have helped AOC, Cori Bush, Jamaal Bowman, Sum…

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December 7, 2022 at 10:35 PM

We’ll have to make budget cuts

If we don’t turn this around before the end of the year, we’re going to have to start looking at where to make budget cuts. John, After Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign, a few staffers decided to continue the work to fight to elect progressives by launching Justice Democrats. For a…

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  Julia, Finance Director (via Justice Democrats) · [email protected]

December 6, 2022 at 10:44 PM

Where your donation goes

John, In just a few short years, Justice Democrats has ensured AOC, Jamaal Bowman, Cori Bush, and Summer Lee won historic races, helped re-elect the Squad, and transformed progressive politics. Others write off our campaigns as impossible, but we know that’s not true — it’s just that the odd…

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  JusticeDemocrats.com · [email protected]

December 5, 2022 at 11:30 PM

Getting really serious about AIPAC.

John, we have to talk about AIPAC and what they did this last election cycle. AIPAC — a group that claims to be bipartisan — showed everyone their true colors this year when they spent millions of dollars against Summer Lee, both in the primary election and in the general election when they …

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December 3, 2022 at 4:08 PM

RE: Summer Lee

John, We wanted to make sure you had a chance to read yesterday’s email from our Executive Director, Alexandra Rojas about how deeply we supported Summer Lee’s campaign from launch through victory. Please make a contribution to ensure we have the resources to continue to defeat entrenched…

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

December 2, 2022 at 5:35 PM

Summer Lee

John, I wanted to personally reach out and give you a behind the scenes look into everything Justice Democrats did to recruit and support Summer Lee’s winning campaign. It all began in 2021, through statistical analysis we identified PA-12 as a target district for us to recruit a progressive…

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  JusticeDemocrats.com · [email protected]

December 1, 2022 at 10:36 PM

What we’ve overcome with your support

John, With your support, we’ve overcome a lot this cycle. Despite millions of dollars spent by right-wing super PACs like AIPAC against us and our candidates — we helped every single member of the squad win re-election and we expanded our bloc by powering Summer Lee and Greg Casar to victory…

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  JusticeDemocrats.com · [email protected]

December 1, 2022 at 1:38 AM

Not part of our original plan

John, We weren’t planning on emailing you again but since we’re so close to reaching our goal we wanted to reach out one more time before midnight. Reaching our November fundraising goal will help us continue to build the infrastructure to recruit more primary challengers and go up against t…

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November 30, 2022 at 10:26 PM

We’re still fighting for our seat at the table

John, From Day One, we’ve been up against the political machine. In five years, we’ve challenged decades-long incumbents, Democratic leadership, and right-wing Super PACs — and we’ve won. In order to keep winning, we need to raise funds year-round to continue recruiting, training, and electi…

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  JusticeDemocrats.com · [email protected]

November 30, 2022 at 3:05 PM

We can’t afford to fall behind now

John, In less than twelve hours November will come to a close. Until then, we’re working round the clock to raise the funds we need to carry us through the end of the year and into 2023. Soon, we’ll launch our rigorous candidate recruitment process — and start the search for the next generat…

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

November 29, 2022 at 10:52 PM

This is a long but important email.

Will you read the whole thing? John, This is going to be a long email, but please stick with me and read the whole thing. It’s important. But, if you’re already ready to help us take on the establishment and reach our $30,000 fundraising goal, you can click here to make a contribution. Justi…

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