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  Justice Democrats · [email protected]
April 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM

Trump is rewarding private prison corporations

GEO Group maxed out donations to Trump, and it paid off. John, First, GEO Group, a private prison behemoth and ICE contractor became the first corporation to max out donations to Donald Trump during the 2024 election. Then, under President Biden, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) …
  JusticeDemocrats.com · [email protected]
April 17, 2025 at 10:33 PM

Organized people vs. organized money

Our democracy depends on ending billionaire and corporate control of our political system. John, In a democracy, every person should have an equal voice in their government. But billionaires and corporations have never accepted that the working class deserves an equal voice to theirs, and …
  Justice Democrats · [email protected]
April 16, 2025 at 9:59 PM

Targeted solely for speaking out against genocide

The targeting of Palestinian activists is escalating. We must speak out — now. Donald Trump’s administration has illegally disappeared another Palestinian activist, John. We have to pay attention to this chilling escalation of fascism in America. Mohsen Mahdawi is a student organizer and …
  Justice Democrats · [email protected]
April 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM

Trump doubled down on deporting U.S. citizens

Congress must hold the Trump administration accountable for its fascism NOW! John, The Trump administration admitted they made an “administrative error” when they kidnapped and deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia — a Salvadoran immigrant and father from Maryland with a court order protecting hi…
  Justice Democrats · [email protected]
April 15, 2025 at 12:11 AM

Court says Trump can deport Mahmoud Khalil

They spoke out for Palestinian lives. Now they’re being jailed and silenced. It’s been over a month since Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil was arrested by plainclothes agents, flown across the country, and jailed in an ICE detention center. Now, a Louis…
  JusticeDemocrats.com · [email protected]
April 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM

Something incredible is happening

Working people are fed up with racist billionaires running the show. Something incredible is happening across America, John: Thousands of people are turning out to support Justice Democrats members at rallies and town halls and saying ‘hell no’ to Donald Trump’s hateful agenda. From Minn…
  Justice Democrats · [email protected]
April 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM

There’s always money for war

Trump and his Defense Secretary plan to increase the Pentagon budget to $1 trillion while cutting jobs and slashing public programs. John, Donald Trump and unelected billionaire Elon Musk have spent months slashing federal funding to the bone, laying off countless workers, and gutting soc…
  Justice Democrats · [email protected]
April 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM

It’s official

Justice Democrats is proud to have stood with Ilhan since she first ran for Congress in 2018, and we’re with her again in her 2026 re-election race. It’s official, John: Progressive champion Rep. Ilhan Omar is running for re-election in Minnesota’s 5th district! Will you split a grassroot…
  Justice Democrats · [email protected]
April 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM

An attack on one is an attack on all

This is about more than just one executive order. It’s about Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and the billionaire class trying to crush workers' power and give bosses total control. John, Donald Trump declared war on working people by signing an illegal executive order to strip collective bargaini…
  Justice Democrats · [email protected]
April 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM

Just 15 Senators voted to stop arming genocide

The resolution to stop any new arms sales to Israel was blocked in the Senate last week. John, After Senator Bernie Sanders forced a vote on his resolution to stop any new arms sales to Israel in light of its ongoing genocide and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, only 15 out of 100 senato…
  Justice Democrats · [email protected]
April 7, 2025 at 10:20 PM

Trump wants to deport U.S. citizens to a foreign mega-prison

Over 200 people were sent to a slave labor prison in another country without a hearing, and U.S. citizens could be next. John, Since the Trump administration violated a court order and deported more than 200 Venezuelan immigrants to an El Salvador mega-prison described as ‘hell on earth,’…
  Justice Democrats · [email protected]
April 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM

Tariffs or billionaire bribes?

John, Donald Trump’s far-reaching tariffs went into effect yesterday. By themselves, they threaten to tank the entire economy and cause the costs of living to skyrocket. By imposing these tariffs, or taxes on goods the U.S. imports from other countries, without properly taxing the rich, …
  Justice Democrats · [email protected]
April 4, 2025 at 12:45 AM

Sign our petition to stop the SAVE Act →

This is our last chance to stop the SAVE Act and defend our right to vote John, Right now, Republicans in Congress are gearing up to potentially strip the right to vote away from tens of millions of people. The misleadingly named Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, fast-tra…
  Justice Democrats · [email protected]
April 2, 2025 at 11:21 PM

Rashida and Pramila’s resolutions to block arms sales to Israel

Take action before Congress votes this week → John, This week, Justice Democrats Rep. Rashida Tlaib and Rep. Pramila Jayapal are joining Senator Bernie Sanders in reintroducing resolutions to stop all arms sales to Israel ASAP. Will you sign our petition to support them before Congress v…
  JusticeDemocrats.com · [email protected]
April 1, 2025 at 4:33 PM

Billionaires like Trump and Musk are threatened by unions

NOW is the time for us to support unions and fight back. John, Last Thursday, Donald Trump unleashed yet another illegal executive order, this time attacking workers’ rights. He instructed 18 federal agencies to unlawfully terminate their collective bargaining agreements with 700,000 uni…
  Justice Democrats · [email protected]
March 31, 2025 at 8:59 PM

Something incredible is happening

Working people are fed up with racist billionaires running the show. Something incredible is happening across America, John: Thousands of people are turning out to support Justice Democrats members at rallies and town halls and saying ‘hell no’ to Donald Trump’s hateful agenda. From Minn…
  Summer Lee · [email protected]
March 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM

Real Talk: Big Money's Gotta Go

Hey John, it's Summer! Listen—last week, I introduced the Abolish Super PACs Act because enough is ENOUGH. Billionaires and special interests have been treating our democracy like it's their personal playground since the Supreme Court opened the floodgates back in 2010. They've been spen…
  Justice Democrats · [email protected]
March 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM

The American Gestapo

Add your name to demand the immediate release of Rumeysa Ozturk and an end to Trump’s assault on freedom of speech. John, Less than one month after ICE agents arrested, detained, and threatened to deport Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil for protesting t…
  Justice Democrats · [email protected]
March 27, 2025 at 10:49 PM

An attack on public education is an attack on the working class

Trump, corporations, and charter schools are desperate to privatize our education system so they can profit off it. John, Last week, Donald Trump signed an illegal executive order to completely dismantle the federal Department of Education, just as outlined in Project 2025. Elon Musk’s DO…
  Rashida Tlaib via Justice Democrats · [email protected]
March 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM

Sign to stop politicians profiting from war. Instead we must invest taxpayer dollars into our communities’ needs.

John, With U.S. weapons, the Israeli military has violated the temporary ceasefire in Gaza, killing over 400 people—including over 170 children—the first day they resumed intense bombing.1 Additionally, the Trump administration bombed Yemen, killing children and other civilians in one of …
  JusticeDemocrats.com · [email protected]
March 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM

“planning bombing campaigns over text message”

John, While the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s DOGE keep rolling back critical services for everyday people like seniors and children, they’re out here talking about unconstitutional war plans via a texting app called Signal. Former Fox News host turned Secretary of Defense Pete He…
  Justice Democrats · [email protected]
March 24, 2025 at 11:28 PM

Huck NO

Trump’s pick for Ambassador to Israel is a danger to all of us. John, Donald Trump announced right-wing religious extremist Mike Huckabee to be the next Ambassador to Israel, and the Senate vote to confirm him is likely happening this week. We cannot overstate how dangerous this is. In his…
  JusticeDemocrats.com · [email protected]
March 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM

“Privatize everything”

This unelected billionaire won’t stop until America’s best public services are destroyed. Elon Musk won’t stop until America’s federal government and best public services are destroyed, John: The unelected billionaire and head of DOGE has already infiltrated multiple federal agencies and…
  Justice Democrats · [email protected]
March 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM

This is fascism.

The Trump administration continues to crack down on pro-Palestinian speech, but who’s to say where it will end? John, Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist and recent Columbia graduate, is still being wrongly detained by ICE for organizing campus protests last year. But the Trump adminis…
  Justice Democrats · [email protected]
March 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM

The genocide and ethnic cleansing has resumed

The carpet bombing of Gaza came in the night after thousands of Palestinians returned to their destroyed homes just weeks ago. John, This week, after repeatedly violating the ceasefire on multiple occasions already, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu broke the ceasefire deal and re…
  Justice Democrats · [email protected]
March 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM

This is a massive human rights violation

More than 200 Venezuelan immigrants were rounded up and deported to a mega-prison in El Salvador without a hearing. Have you seen this, John? Donald Trump and his MAGA officials are now openly defying court orders to carry out their mass deportation agenda. Trump’s administration blatant…
  Justice Democrats · [email protected]
March 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM

re: Chuck Schumer

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and 9 other Democratic Senators voted with the GOP. John, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and 9 other Democratic Senators voted like cowards and refused to stand up to Donald Trump and Elon Musk last Friday. If you think do-nothing Democrats like …
  Justice Democrats · [email protected]
March 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM

F*ck Chuck Schumer

The Senate Minority Leader handed the keys to destroy our most basic economic needs and social services to Donald Trump and Elon Musk. John, Yesterday, Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer handed the keys to Donald Trump and Elon Musk to destroy our most basic economic needs and soci…
  JusticeDemocrats.com · [email protected]
March 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM

F*ck Chuck Schumer

The Senate Minority Leader is handing the keys to destroy our most basic economic needs and social services to Donald Trump and Elon Musk. John, Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer is handing the keys to Donald Trump and Elon Musk to destroy our most basic economic needs and social …
  Justice Democrats · [email protected]
March 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM

19 Democrats joined Republicans to deregulate crypto

John, Some Senate Democrats, including Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, recently joined Republicans in passing a bill that’s a massive giveaway to the cryptocurrency industry. This bill would hugely deregulate crypto – repealing a rule that required Crypto firms to report customer transact…
  Justice Democrats · [email protected]
March 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM

These Democrats censured one of their own

The establishment is still more concerned with following the rules than fighting back. John, Did you see ten establishment Democrats in Congress voted to censure Rep. Al Green for his peaceful protest during Donald Trump’s joint address? These ten Democrats don't have the courage to stan…
  JusticeDemocrats.com · [email protected]
March 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM

The Democratic Party must still Reject AIPAC!

Too many Democrats continue to take money from this anti-peace, far-right, megadonor-funded lobby group and its super PACs. John, On this day last year, Justice Democrats helped launch the Reject AIPAC coalition, a broad alliance of progressive groups committed to taking on the American P…
  Justice Democrats · [email protected]
March 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM

ICE arrests Palestinian student activist

The Trump administration is criminalizing and punishing pro-Palestinian activists as we speak. John, On Saturday night, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents arrested and detained Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist and recent Columbia University graduate who helped lead pro-Pal…
  JusticeDemocrats.com · [email protected]
March 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM

Moderate Democrats want to move further right and abandon small-dollar donors

Did you see this, John? It seems moderate Democratic leadership is continuing to learn nothing from 2024 and would rather blame the left for its massive failures at the ballot box. Instead of listening to the Party’s base and disconnecting from the same corporate and billionaire donors …
  Justice Democrats · [email protected]
March 7, 2025 at 11:41 PM

Tell your Senators to vote NO on Mike Huckabee

Write to your Senators urging them to reject Mike Huckabee’s nomination to be the Ambassador to Israel. John, Donald Trump has nominated Mike Huckabee – an extreme anti-Palestinian bigot – to be the US Ambassador to Israel. We cannot let him get confirmed without a fight. Can you take a mo…
  JusticeDemocrats.com · [email protected]
March 6, 2025 at 9:04 PM

Man-made mass starvation is a war crime

The Israeli government is once again using starvation as a tactic in Gaza. We need more leaders willing to speak out and stop them. John, With the ongoing ceasefire deal between Israel and Gaza consistently violated and delayed by the Israeli government, last weekend Benjamin Netanyahu an…
  Justice Democrats · [email protected]
March 5, 2025 at 10:31 PM

It's called kleptocracy.

We need better, bolder leaders to fight back against Trump and the billionaires running BOTH parties, stand up for all of us. John, just over 40 days into his presidency, Donald Trump gave a joint address to Congress last night to make his vision clear: theft, plain and simple. Alongside …
  JusticeDemocrats.com · [email protected]
March 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM

Trump’s crypto scam

Trump rolled out his latest scam to enrich himself and his billionaire friends at the expense of the working class. Now, we must fight back. John, did you see Trump’s announcement of a federal cryptocurrency reserve – a scam to enrich crypto billionaires with taxpayer funding? First: The…
  Justice Democrats · [email protected]
March 3, 2025 at 8:35 PM

Moderate Democrats want to move further right and abandon small-dollar donors

Did you see this over the weekend, John? It seems moderate Democratic leadership is continuing to learn nothing from 2024 and would rather blame the left for its massive failures at the ballot box. Instead of listening to the Party’s base and disconnecting from the same corporate and bi…
  JusticeDemocrats.com · [email protected]
February 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM

At midnight

We’ll make this email quick, John. Tonight at midnight marks our end-of-month fundraising deadline. We’ve seen a bit of a slump in grassroots fundraising this February, and with so much at stake, we can’t afford to fall behind now. As the Trump administration dismantles our democracy and…
  Justice Democrats · [email protected]
February 28, 2025 at 12:32 AM

Let’s come back stronger

We’re on the frontlines working to recruit working-class candidates people want and deserve in Congress. John, While the Democratic Party and our progressive movement have faced some tough losses in the past year, Justice Democrats is on the frontlines working to change that by recruiting…
  Justice Democrats · [email protected]
February 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM

The GOP budget is a disaster

House Republicans introduced a budget that guts critical programs, and Democrats aren’t doing enough to fight back. House Republicans rolled out their budget proposal and it’s just as bad as you would have guessed, John. At a time when American workers are struggling to make ends meet, R…
  JusticeDemocrats.com · [email protected]
February 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM

The Democratic Party is financially tied to Elon Musk

The DCCC just raked in $2.5 million from the top lobbying firm for SpaceX this January. John, While Democratic Party leaders are mad at progressive groups like Justice Democrats for urging them to act like a true opposition party and do more to stop Trump and Musk’s corporate takeover of …
  Justice Democrats · [email protected]
February 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM

They should be scared.

John, We can draw a direct line from the ineffective representation we have in Congress right now to the fact that democratic competition in U.S. elections is almost nonexistent. Most members of Congress did not face a competitive general election, and one-third of members ran unopposed…
  Ilhan Omar · [email protected]
February 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM

I’m reintroducing my Neighbors not Enemies Act. Will you personally endorse the bill, John?

I am asking for your support as I reintroduce this crucial legislation John, it's Ilhan Omar. I’m officially reintroducing my Neighbors not Enemies Act in Congress, which would repeal the longstanding Alien Enemies Act. If that’s all you need to hear, add your name and endorse my legislat…
  JusticeDemocrats.com · [email protected]
February 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM

Democrats took over half a million dollars from SpaceX PAC

John, While most Democrats in Congress are posting and talking a big game against Elon Musk’s government takeover and access to millions of Americans’ sensitive, private data, many have taken money from his company. At least 77 Democratic congressional campaign committees took more than…
  Justice Democrats · [email protected]
February 20, 2025 at 9:18 PM

BREAKING: The majority of voters disapprove of Congressional Democrats, say they should fight harder

Breaking news, John: Two new polls show the majority of voters — including Democrats — disapprove of Congressional Democrats’ job performance and want them to fight harder against Donald Trump and his authoritarian administration. We’re not surprised, especially when there are Democrat…
  JusticeDemocrats.com · [email protected]
February 19, 2025 at 10:46 PM

A sad excuse of a Democrat

This so-called Democratic mayor threw immigrants and his constituents under the bus to cozy up to Trump and save himself. John, New York City Mayor Eric Adams is the perfect example of a corrupt Democrat in Name Only (DINO). After defeating multiple progressive candidates in the 2022 mayo…
  Justice Democrats · [email protected]
February 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM

Tell Congress; No more contracts for SpaceX or Tesla

Our leaders have the power to stop Musk from profiting off of new federal contracts with his businesses. John, It’s obvious: unelected billionaire Elon Musk is slashing the federal government to the bone, undermining its ability to function properly, and intending to privatize much of it …
  Justice Democrats · [email protected]
February 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM

Elon Musk and Crypto are shutting down the CFPB

John, The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is a federal agency designed to act as a financial watchdog for consumers and hold corporations accountable. Over the past 14 years of its existence, the agency has returned more than $17 BILLION back to consumers from predatory insti…