Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]

May 28, 2023 at 2:31 PM

RE: Sign if you agree: We need Medicare for All.

I’m proud to fight for Medicare for All. JOHN, No one should have to die because they can’t afford care. No one should be forced to choose between putting food on the table or receiving life-saving treatment. But this is happening to millions of U.S. residents, …

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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]

May 27, 2023 at 3:07 PM

Sign if you agree: We need Medicare for All.

I’m proud to fight for Medicare for All. JOHN, It’s outrageous that the wealthiest country in the history of the world cannot guarantee health care for its people. Health care is a human right, not a privilege. That’s why we just reintroduced Medicare for All, …

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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]

May 26, 2023 at 5:20 PM

RE: The special interest group that defeated progressive Rep. Andy Levin >>

Together, we are working to elect candidates who are truly rooted in community. JOHN, In my 2022 re-election campaign, we had to overcome more than $1 million in attacks from outside groups. But that $1 million was a drop in the bucket for interest groups seeking…

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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]

May 25, 2023 at 11:17 PM

The special interest group that defeated progressive Rep. Andy Levin >>

Together, we are working to elect candidates who are truly rooted in community. JOHN, During the midterm election, anti Palestinian groups like AIPAC and their affiliated super PAC spent over $30 million, mostly in Democratic primaries.[1] If AIPAC’s focus on pri…

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  Jamaal Bowman · [email protected]

May 24, 2023 at 5:23 PM

Calling somebody a white supremacist isn’t “like calling a person of color the n word”

Representative Greene wasn’t even using a dog whistle — it was a bullhorn, putting a racist target on my back to her MAGA supporters. Hey JOHN, it’s Congressman Jamaal Bowman. I just want to make one thing clear: In her press conference in front of countless rep…

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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]

May 21, 2023 at 3:32 PM

Re: Sign to Biden: Shut down Line 5 pipeline before it’s too late

A dangerous pipeline must be shut down John, Every day that oil flows through the Line 5 pipeline is a catastrophe risk to the entire Great Lakes region. The aging, deteriorating pipeline trespasses on tribal sovereign lands. And a spill could poison 48 million…

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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]

May 20, 2023 at 2:16 PM

[signatures needed] Shut down Line 5 pipeline!

A dangerous pipeline must be shut down John, Right now, an old and deteriorating pipeline transports 23 millions of gallons of oil below the Great Lakes each day. This ticking time bomb is known as Line 5, and it’s been illegally operating for two years in viol…

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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]

May 19, 2023 at 7:11 PM

It’s an honor for me to serve my community in Congress

investing in our communities John, It is an honor for me to serve my community in Congress. Last week, my team and I hosted a Constituent Service Fair, where we helped residents one on one and connected them to the resources they need. Another way I get to serv…

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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]

May 18, 2023 at 6:54 PM

In states where tipped workers are paid the federal tipped minimum wage of just $2.13 an hour, 18.5% of servers and bartenders live in poverty.

Restaurant workers and all workers simply want an opportunity to thrive. John, Did you know that in just 7 states, tipped workers are paid the same hourly rate as minimum wage workers? But in the rest of the country, including my home state of Michigan, there’s …

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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]

May 17, 2023 at 8:27 PM

[take action] across the country, millions of people would lose access to live-saving programs and services

In my district alone, breaching the debt limit would threaten Medicare, Medicaid, and Veterans health care for nearly 400,000 people. John, MAGA Republicans are playing politics with people’s lives. Recently, I voted against a Republican bill that would, just i…

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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]

May 15, 2023 at 4:46 PM

[take action] Ensure that Palestinian voices are heard and acknowledged.

When we stay silent, injustice thrives. John, Today is the 75th year that Palestinians have commemorated the Nakba (Arabic for “catastrophe”) on May 15. The stories of trauma and pain of Palestinians who lived through the horrific Nakba have rarely been heard. …

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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]

May 13, 2023 at 5:40 PM

The far-right majority on the Supreme Court continues to target our rights and undermine our democracy.

Supreme Court accountability: John, The American people deserve a Supreme Court we can trust to be fair and uphold justice for all. But the illegitimate, corrupt, far-right majority on the Supreme Court continues to target our rights and undermine our democracy…

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  Team Rashida · [email protected]

May 12, 2023 at 5:05 PM

stand up to attempts to silence Palestinian voices

U.S.-funded apartheid John, Nine human rights and community organizations planned an event this week to recognize the Nakba on Capitol Hill. Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy tried to silence them and the Palestinian Americans who came to share their stories o…

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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]

May 11, 2023 at 5:25 PM

1 year since Israeli assassination of Palestinian American journalist Shireen

Hold Israel accountable. John, Today we commemorate one year since the Israeli military murdered Shireen Abu Akleh, a beloved Palestinian American journalist. We honor Shireen by continuing to tell the truth, which she did every day by exposing Israel’s human r…

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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]

May 9, 2023 at 8:04 PM

Re: You can help reunite families for Mother’s Day:

The immoral and unconstitutional practice of money bail is keeping families apart this Mother’s Day. John, Sunday is Mother’s Day. And one way you can celebrate and honor mothers is by donating to post bail for mothers, Black women, and gender non-conforming peop…

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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]

May 8, 2023 at 8:21 PM

Help needed: Moms are in jail because they can’t afford bail

The immoral and unconstitutional practice of money bail is keeping families apart this Mother’s Day. John, Each year, families are kept apart on Mother’s Day because of the United States’ immoral and unconstitutional practice of money bail. This system punishes p…

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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]

May 7, 2023 at 3:08 PM

Re: [sign now] Stop criminalizing dissent!

Support activists and our right to protest. John, We’re witnessing frightening examples of a national trend to militarize police and to silence dissent. In Georgia, police shot and killed an activist known as Tortuguita with at least 57 bullets. Tortuguita was …

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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]

May 6, 2023 at 2:51 PM

Drop terrorism charges against Cop City activists

Support activists and our right to protest. John, Georgia decision-makers are trying to take away our First Amendment right to protest. Activists have been protesting attempts to build a $90 million training center for militarizing police, which would include a…

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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]

May 5, 2023 at 6:43 PM

Reproductive justice and the right to sovereignty over our own bodies

Abortion is healthcare. John, Right-wing attacks on abortion in the U.S. have escalated, but we have good news for now: The Supreme Court has temporarily protected access to mifepristone, one of the two drugs that have been proven safe for decades and used for t…

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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]

May 4, 2023 at 4:30 PM

RE: From abortion rights to gun control: What we’ve accomplished in Michigan, thanks to you

Last election, RIC PAC donated more than $128,000 to progressive candidates and organizations. John, Last year, our campaign overcame more than $1 million in outside money to win our re-election and continue speaking truth to power. But most progressive campaigns…

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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]

May 3, 2023 at 6:46 PM

Thanks to you, we won a progressive trifecta in Michigan

Last election, RIC PAC donated more than $128,000 to progressive candidates and organizations. John, Together, we’re building power in the halls of Congress and in state legislatures across the country. Last year, in Michigan, our Rooted in Community Leadership …

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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]

May 2, 2023 at 7:53 PM

Sign if you agree: Undergoing a medically necessary procedure should never haunt someone financially. It has no place on a credit report.

Healthcare is a human right. John, Healthcare is a human right. But our country’s broken healthcare system prioritizes profits over people, forcing millions of U.S. residents into crippling debt just to afford the care they need. Nearly one in five adults in th…

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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]

April 28, 2023 at 8:14 PM

Re: The House just passed a dangerous resolution to increase support for Israel.

More Democrats are aligning with Palestinian rights. John, This week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution to show increasing support for Israel, all while Israel descends further into fascism. We have to end U.S. military aid to Israel’s apart…

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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]

April 27, 2023 at 7:50 PM

end U.S. military aid to Israel’s apartheid regime:

More Democrats are aligning with Palestinian rights. John, Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution to encourage deepening support for Israel and expanding the Abraham Accords, Trump-era agreements between Israel and Arab countries that i…

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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]

April 24, 2023 at 8:58 PM

Call on Attorney General: Protect press freedom

This case could criminalize the very act of journalism. John, I am leading a fight to protect the freedom of the press. That's why I organized a letter from members of Congress to the U.S. Department of Justice to drop charges against Julian Assange. While Pre…

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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]

April 21, 2023 at 6:56 PM

Tell Secretary of Agriculture Vilsack: Reject this Trump-era mining operation on Native land

Protect this Indigenous sacred site: John, The San Carlos Apache Tribe in Arizona have held ceremonies at Oak Flat for hundreds if not thousands of years. These ceremonies are still being held today by the Tribe and the area should be protected. However, the Tr…

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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]

April 20, 2023 at 7:51 PM

[take action] Demand the Biden administration protect Oak Flat from a notorious mining company

Protect this Indigenous sacred site: John, The Biden administration will be deciding soon whether to follow-through with a Trump-era fast-tracked mining project on Native land, known as Oak Flat in Arizona's Tonto National Forest. In the late 1800s, Indigenous …

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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]

April 18, 2023 at 2:41 PM

Fighting the “Polluters Over People Act,” passed by House Republicans

I’m not backing down in the fight for our right to breathe clean air and drink clean water. John, MAGA House Republicans passed legislation dubbed the “Polluters Over People Act,” which would gut environmental protections so corporate polluters can profit from …

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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]

April 15, 2023 at 1:50 PM

Fighting for racial justice:

Pardons for cannabis possession now. John, After years of activism and hearing from members of Congress like me, President Biden announced that he would pardon federal marijuana convictions. It's been time to do what is right! But people still have to apply fo…

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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]

April 14, 2023 at 7:03 PM

Re: the U.S. government funds Israeli apartheid:

Too many are silent, but I continue to speak up. John, As the top provider of military funding to Israel, the U.S. has helped perpetuate Israel’s apartheid regime and ongoing massacres of Palestinians -- including last week’s bombs on Gaza. This year marks 75 …

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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]

April 13, 2023 at 8:54 PM

Palestinians deserve to live

Too many are silent, but I continue to speak up. John, After recent violent raids on West Bank villages, the Israeli armed forces did it again. They attacked Palestinians at a holy site during Ramadan and then bombed the captive refugee population in Gaza. For…

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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]

April 11, 2023 at 7:52 PM

Let’s end Big Pharma’s extortion, which has driven up the price of insulin

I’m co-sponsoring the Insulin for All Act, which would prohibit manufacturers from charging more than $20 for a vial of insulin. John, If a resident in my district traveled just 10 minutes from their home across the border into Canada, they’d find that the aver…

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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]

April 10, 2023 at 4:44 PM

Re: Responding to attacks on Gaza, the world’s largest open air prison:

Support Palestinian-led organizing today. John, With Israel’s recent bombings on Gaza, it’s more urgent than ever to use our power in the U.S. to stop funding massacres and apartheid. Right now, I want to lift up Adalah Justice Project, a Palestinian-led, U.S-ba…

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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]

April 8, 2023 at 2:36 PM

Responding to attacks on Gaza, the world’s largest open air prison:

Support Palestinian-led organizing today. John, Israel’s military just bombed Gaza, damaging a children’s hospital while patients were inside.   This bombing came after the apartheid government of Israel brutally beat worshippers at Al Aqsa mosque, destroying th…

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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]

April 7, 2023 at 11:22 PM

BREAKING: Trump judge tries to ban abortion pill nationwide

A Trump judge just banned a key abortion pill nationwide -- even in states where access to abortion is still legal. John, A Trump-appointed judge in Texas just suspended the FDA's approval of one of the key drugs used for medication abortion (mifepristone). The…

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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]

April 6, 2023 at 8:15 PM

Re: No one is above the law

History will remember Donald Trump not only as the first president to be impeached twice, but the first president to be charged with a crime. John, I’ve been a leader in the fight to impeach Trump since day one in Congress, and the work we did to impeach him hel…

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  Team Rashida · [email protected]

April 5, 2023 at 6:27 PM

No one is above the law

History will remember Donald Trump not only as the first president to be impeached twice, but the first president to be charged with a crime. John, Yesterday, twice-impeached former President Donald Trump faced 34 felony criminal charges around his illegal attem…

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  Team Rashida · [email protected]

March 31, 2023 at 8:59 PM

Deadline: Tonight at midnight

Rashida is unbought and unbossed, speaking truth to power and always centering the communities in her district in the policies she’s fighting for. John, Because Rashida is unafraid to lead on bold issues―from human rights to economic justice to environmental san…

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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]

March 31, 2023 at 4:09 PM

Re: NEW polls demonstrate more U.S. support for Palestinians

Support Rashida’s courageous leadership to end U.S. funding of the apartheid government of Israel. John, As the only Palestinian-American in Congress, I continue to remind people that our country is funding an apartheid regime that is killing Palestinian childre…

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  Team Rashida · [email protected]

March 30, 2023 at 6:27 PM

Rashida is leading a massive shift in Congress in support of Palestinian human rights.

Support Rashida’s courageous leadership to end U.S. funding of the apartheid government of Israel. John, Rep. Rashida Tlaib is leading a massive shift in Congress and across the country in support of Palestinian human rights. A recent Gallup poll demonstrates …

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  AOC, Ayanna, Cori, Ilhan, Jamaal, and Rashida · [email protected]

March 28, 2023 at 8:46 PM

A message from the Squad Victory Fund

Hi John — AOC, Ayanna, Cori, Ilhan, Jamaal and Rashida here! If you haven’t already heard, all six of us are gearing up to meet a very important deadline at the end of the month. The Federal Elections Committee (FEC) first quarter fundraising deadline is this Friday, John, and we’re …

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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]

March 27, 2023 at 7:59 PM

Biden considering detaining migrant families

The Biden administration is considering reinstating family detention for migrant families. John, As a child of immigrants, I know how painful it is to experience policies that make one feel less than. So I am angry to hear that the Biden administration is “consi…

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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]

March 26, 2023 at 3:05 PM

Re: I will not back down amidst attempts to silence me and others in the movement for Palestinian rights.

I am the proud daughter of Palestinian immigrants and the granddaughter of a loving grandmother who’s still living in occupied Palestine. John, I care deeply about my neighbors and the residents of my district, which is why I hosted a recent town hall on how we …

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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]

March 25, 2023 at 1:49 PM

a right-wing operative targeted me at a town hall last week:

I am the proud daughter of Palestinian immigrants and the granddaughter of a loving grandmother who’s still living in occupied Palestine. John, Recently, a right-wing operative targeted me at a town hall I hosted in my district about the massive power outages ou…

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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]

March 23, 2023 at 5:12 PM

Re: Celebrate Ramadan by supporting asylum seekers and refugees

Freedom House Detroit is Michigan’s only temporary home and full-service provider for people seeking humanitarian protection. John, Anyone can become a refugee and an asylum seeker. People fleeing persecution deserve support, stability, and dignity—which they can…

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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]

March 22, 2023 at 4:40 PM

a safe refuge:

Freedom House Detroit is Michigan’s only temporary home and full-service provider for people seeking humanitarian protection. John, Ramadan Kareem to all who are celebrating. Ramadan is the holiest month of the year for our Muslim neighbors here at home and aroun…

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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]

March 21, 2023 at 9:38 PM

We can’t let right-wing judges undermine our civil rights laws

Defending communities from discrimination and expanding our civil rights laws. John, No one should ever get denied access to the courts for protections. But our federal courts have been stacked with conservative justices who have watered down our country’s core…

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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]

March 18, 2023 at 3:01 PM

What I’ve been up to this week in my district:

I want to make sure that every family has what they need to thrive, from my community to yours. John, I want to update you on some of the ways I’ve been honored to serve my community lately. I’m in Congress to fight for my neighbors, and we’ve had some recent wi…

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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]

March 15, 2023 at 8:37 PM

The American people are sick of our government only addressing the interests of the wealthy and corporations

Thank you for fighting by my side as we ensure the voices of our residents, not the Big Banks, are the ones impacting decisions in Washington, DC and in our communities. John, It seems that every time the wealthy and powerful create a financial crisis through th…

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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]

March 12, 2023 at 3:31 PM

Re: attempts to silence the movement for Palestinian rights:

As violence keeps escalating under Israel’s extremist far-right government, I want the Palestinian people to know that no one can erase our existence. John, We’re only a few months into 2023, and Israeli soldiers have killed at least 65 Palestinians, including o…

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