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Rashida Tlaib

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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
September 22, 2023 at 8:44 PM

Re: Palestinians deserve human rights.

We can’t keep funding apartheid. John, This week, President Biden met with Israel’s far-right Prime Minister Netanyahu, who’s escalating apartheid against the Palestinian people. We cannot normalize the Israeli government’s war crimes against Palestinians. But …
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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
September 21, 2023 at 9:11 PM

We cannot normalize the Israeli government’s war crimes against Palestinians.

We can’t keep funding apartheid. John, Yesterday, President Biden met with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, whose far-right racist regime wants to eliminate Palestinians altogether. Thousands of Israelis have been protesting for months against Netanyahu’s rece…
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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
September 19, 2023 at 8:16 PM

Re: Sign now: Investigate attacks on Stop Cop City activists

Officials are charging protesters with domestic terrorism. John, For months, city and state officials in Georgia have been covering up the police killing of a protester and charging protesters with domestic terrorism for exercising their constitutional rights. T…
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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
September 18, 2023 at 8:36 PM

Georgia officials are criminalizing dissent.

Officials are charging protesters with domestic terrorism. John, You’ve probably heard about protests against building “Cop City” in Georgia—a project that would destroy the Weelaunee Forest and devastate the watershed upon which nearby Black communities depend.…
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  Team Rashida · [email protected]
September 16, 2023 at 2:30 PM

Today is Rosh Hashanah:

Food drives between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. John, Today is Rosh Hashanah, one of the holiest Jewish holidays, when our Jewish neighbors at home and around the world celebrate the New Year. Some of us on Team Rashida are Jewish, and in our synagogues, it’s t…
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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
September 15, 2023 at 6:09 PM

Show your support for striking UAW workers today!

Over the last 5 years, Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis raked in $250 billion in profits. John, Let’s have workers’ backs! I grew up in a union household and have seen the power of the UAW fighting for workers’ rights and wages. Today, 150,000 UAW workers …
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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
September 14, 2023 at 8:29 PM

Re: Sign to support child care funding before it expires at the end of the month

Without extending federal funding past this month, 70,000 child care programs will likely need to shut down. John, Did you know that federal funding for child care providers is set to expire at the end of the month? At the end of September, more than 3 million …
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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
September 13, 2023 at 6:44 PM

Congress must urgently invest in child care [signatures needed]

Without extending federal funding past this month, 70,000 child care programs will likely need to shut down. John, Over 3 million U.S. children could lose child care soon, because federal funding is set to expire at the end of the month. Last week, I hosted a r…
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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
September 12, 2023 at 8:37 PM

Voters support abortion rights:

We need to elect more Democratic candidates who will fight for reproductive justice. John, Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last summer, Republican legislators banned or more tightly restricted abortion in 22 states, far-right judges on federal cou…
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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
September 10, 2023 at 4:25 PM

Re: Despite the attacks, Summer has held firm on Palestinian rights while in Congress

We’re already seeing well funded right-wing Super PACs pouring money into the 2024 elections. John, Last year, Rep. Summer Lee overcame more than $4 million in attack ads and mailers from AIPAC’s network of PACs. Summer became the first Black woman to represent …
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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
September 9, 2023 at 2:42 PM

Because we’re taking on the unjust status quo, powerful special interests see us as a threat

We’re already seeing well funded right-wing Super PACs pouring money into the 2024 elections. John, I’m proud to support my sister in service Summer Lee as she launches her campaign for re-election. Like me, Summer was a community organizer and state legislator …
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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
September 8, 2023 at 7:06 PM

Responding to fascism by expanding our rights

Sign on to expand our rights with the Justice for All Act of 2023. John, Last week, we mourned a deadly, anti-Black attack in Jacksonville, Florida. The Republican-led state government has spread dangerous anti-Black rhetoric and policies that led the NAACP to i…
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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
September 7, 2023 at 4:19 PM

[take action] The unhoused crisis in America is a public health emergency.

We have the power and the money to guarantee housing as a human right, but to do so we need Congress to reorient its priorities. John, The unhoused crisis in America is a public health emergency. That’s why I’m joining with my sister in service, Rep. Cori Bush, …
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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
September 4, 2023 at 2:58 PM

Re: This Labor Day, support Mothering Justice’s advocacy for working mothers

This Labor Day, we’re fighting for policies that working mothers need. John, This Labor Day, the grassroots advocacy group Mothering Justice is honoring the invaluable work of mothers, caregivers, and birthing people. The cost of raising a child in our country i…
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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
September 3, 2023 at 3:37 PM

Re: Tell the CEOs of Ford, GM, and Stellantis: Meet workers’ demands!

This Labor Day weekend, stand with UAW workers. The United Auto Workers contract is set to expire in just 11 days on September 14th. Recently, 97% of auto workers who work for the Big Three―Ford, GM, and Stellantis (formerly Fiat Chrysler)―voted to authorize a st…
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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
September 2, 2023 at 2:43 PM

[take action] Republicans want us to work until we die.

Before Social Security, 50% of seniors lived in poverty. John, Republicans want us to work until we die. Life expectancy in the U.S. has decreased in recent years, impacting communities of color the most. Black and Indigenous folks now have life expectancies th…
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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
September 1, 2023 at 8:53 PM

This Labor Day, support Mothering Justice’s advocacy for working mothers

This Labor Day, we’re fighting for policies that working mothers need. John, As we head into Labor Day weekend, let’s lift up working mothers. Moms make just 62 cents for every dollar dads make. We often face bias, career interruptions and lower pay after having…
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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
August 31, 2023 at 9:28 PM

People need power during extreme heat waves:

This summer, deadly heat waves have swept our nation, endangering millions struggling with unaffordable utility bills. John, This summer, deadly heat waves have swept our nation, endangering millions struggling with unaffordable utility bills. No one should ha…
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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
August 30, 2023 at 4:48 PM

Sign to hold the fossil fuel industry accountable:

The Department of Justice can sue the fossil fuel industry for misleading the public about climate change. John, Fossil fuels are the driver of the climate emergency, including extreme climate-driven weather events such as this summer’s deadly heat waves, hurri…
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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
August 29, 2023 at 8:27 PM

Ayanna and I are fighting for racial justice

Ayanna is focused on dismantling systems of oppression and advancing racial justice. John, My sister in service Ayanna Pressley is one of the strongest champions for racial justice in Congress today. She’s bold. She’s effective. She’s committed.   And that’s w…
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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
August 27, 2023 at 3:54 PM

Re: One year of the congressional Mamas’ Caucus

Making sure that mothers have a seat at the table where policy decisions are being made. John, I founded the Congressional Mamas’ Caucus a year ago. We’re centering mothers of color in the policies we champion in Congress, from reducing poverty and closing the r…
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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
August 26, 2023 at 2:30 PM

One year of the congressional Mamas’ Caucus

Making sure that mothers have a seat at the table where policy decisions are being made. John, We just celebrated the one-year anniversary of the congressional Mamas’ Caucus, which I founded to advocate for mothers of color and working families. We’re making sur…
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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
August 25, 2023 at 7:53 PM

UAW workers are preparing to go on strike. Let’s have their backs!

Fighting for the rights and wages of working people everywhere. John, Auto workers are preparing to go on strike. The current UAW (United Auto Workers) contract expires on September 14, and workers are demanding fair pay with benefits and an end to two-tiered …
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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
August 22, 2023 at 6:50 PM

Re: Join the urgent call to ban racist facial recognition technology:

Sign today to support the Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act John, A Black woman, 8 months pregnant, was falsely arrested due to racist facial recognition technology. This technology discriminates against Black and brown people, and it’…
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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
August 21, 2023 at 6:11 PM

Join the urgent call to ban racist facial recognition technology:

Sign today to support the Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act John, Porcha Woodruff was 8 months pregnant and getting her daughters ready for school when police officers arrested her at her home and detained her for 11 hours, where she wa…
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  Team Rashida · [email protected]
August 18, 2023 at 7:21 PM

Re: It's back to school season: Time to give back

Rashida is a public servant who’s rooted in her community. Can you donate to our school supplies fund today to support families in need? All donations to this fund will go to school-supply drives for students in Michigan’s 12th congressional district. …
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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
August 17, 2023 at 7:24 PM

Let's make sure every child has school supplies:

Rashida is a public servant who’s rooted in her community. John, “Being one of 14 children during back to school season was very difficult for my immigrant parents. We would definitely use our backpacks for multiple years and share clothes, but there was always …
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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
August 15, 2023 at 8:29 PM

Re: Teaching Black history and the truth about slavery [signatures needed]

It’s outrageous that Florida will teach public school students that enslaved Black people benefited from slavery. John, Florida’s Board of Education just approved new Black history standards to teach public school students that enslaved Black people benefited f…
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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
August 14, 2023 at 5:38 PM

Teaching Black history and the truth about slavery [signatures needed]

It’s outrageous that Florida will teach public school students that enslaved Black people benefited from slavery. John, Florida’s Board of Education just approved new Black history standards to teach public school students that enslaved Black people benefited f…
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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
August 13, 2023 at 1:46 PM

RE: Sign to protect public health from corporate polluters

I just reintroduced the Cumulative Impacts Act to put people’s health first. JOHN, People across the country face health complications every day due to unchecked corporate polluters poisoning our neighborhoods. Where pollution happens is a policy choice, and co…
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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
August 12, 2023 at 4:53 PM

Sign to protect public health from corporate polluters

I just reintroduced the Cumulative Impacts Act to put people’s health first. JOHN, Listening to our residents, especially our seniors talk about having some of the worst asthma this year is devastating. We can't let this become our new normal. With the 12th Con…
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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
August 11, 2023 at 4:38 PM

Did you get denied entry into Israel and are an American?

JOHN, This summer, after an announcement that Israel will finally allow U.S. citizens of Palestinian ethnicity to enter the country via Tel Aviv, we are seeing a rise of denials and discrimination. To help inform the U.S. State Department and the other Biden adm…
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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
August 9, 2023 at 1:59 PM

RE: Sign to stop funding fossil fuels and stop climate change’s deadly impacts like extreme heat

I introduced two policy solutions to stop the climate crisis: JOHN, Across the United States and the world, communities faced brutal heat waves throughout last month. July was the hottest month ever recorded on Earth, and the extreme heat will continue through A…
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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
August 8, 2023 at 11:33 PM

Sign to stop funding fossil fuels and stop climate change’s deadly impacts like extreme heat

I introduced two policy solutions to stop the climate crisis: JOHN, The Earth is burning. July was the hottest month ever recorded, with long stretches of extreme heat. These deadly heat waves will continue through August, and will keep getting more intense and …
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  Team Rashida · [email protected]
August 7, 2023 at 5:02 PM

RE: help us re-elect Rashida:

Getting people out to vote in Michigan is especially important in 2024. JOHN, With one year until Michigan’s 2024 August primary, we’re gearing up to launch our field campaign for Rashida Tlaib’s re-election to Congress. When we turn out people to vote in Rashi…
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  Team Rashida · [email protected]
August 6, 2023 at 3:32 PM

help us re-elect Rashida:

Getting people out to vote in Michigan is especially important in 2024. JOHN, Today marks one year until Michigan’s 2024 August primary, and we’re gearing up to launch our campaign for Rashida Tlaib’s re-election to Congress. Last year, pro-apartheid groups lik…
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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
August 5, 2023 at 3:45 PM

Re: Now is the time to show up for the members of Congress who are calling for a true end to U.S. complicity in Israeli apartheid.

John, Have you seen this email from JVP Action PAC supporting me and Cori Bush as we advocate for Palestinian rights? I’m honored to work for justice alongside my Jewish neighbors. Jewish Voice for Peace Action activists in my community and across the country ar…
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  Beth Miller at JVP Action PAC for Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
August 4, 2023 at 5:51 PM

Palestinian rights on Capitol Hill:

Dear John, Cori Bush and Rashida Tlaib are two of the most consistent champions for Palestinian rights on Capitol Hill. Now, they’re being attacked for their bold stances—and we need to have their backs. Time and time again, I have seen Rashida rise on the House…
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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
August 3, 2023 at 8:18 PM

[take action] It’s time to tax extreme wealth

Here’s how the OLIGARCH Act works: John, Our residents are struggling. The richest 0.1% now have more than five times the combined wealth of 50% of Americans. This extreme concentration of wealth not only threatens our ability to build a thriving middle class, …
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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
August 2, 2023 at 8:45 PM

Re: We’re training the leaders of tomorrow, today

This week, our Youth Civic Engagement Fellows graduate: John, As our 12 Youth Fellow students prepare to graduate from the fellowship this weekend, we’re already preparing for what’s next. In addition to training young BIPOC students on the skills they need to b…
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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
August 1, 2023 at 8:50 PM

We’re training the leaders of tomorrow, today

This week, our Youth Civic Engagement Fellows graduate: John, If there’s one positive thing that came out of Donald Trump’s presidency, it’s that more people got involved in politics for the first time to fight back against the hate and the harm caused by Trump’s…
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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
July 30, 2023 at 3:38 PM

Re: Sign now to tell Democratic candidates: Reject support from anti-Palestinian AIPAC and its network of PACs

Fighting for human rights for all people, with no exceptions: John, I’m a justice seeker who fights against oppressions of all forms, and we need more Democrats in Congress to join me in standing up for human rights for all people—including Palestinians. Unfort…
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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
July 29, 2023 at 2:20 PM

Palestinians deserve to live and thrive, and we need more Democrats who recognize that fact.

Fighting for human rights for all people, with no exceptions: John, Because of my advocacy for Palestinian rights, pro-apartheid groups like AIPAC have targeted me—and other colleagues who speak up for human rights. They want to maintain the unjust status quo, an…
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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
July 27, 2023 at 8:40 PM

Re: corporate polluters profit off of poisoning our air and water

Taking on environmental injustice in Michigan with frontline communities. John, We all have the right to breathe clean air and drink clean water. As a voice for a district with frontline communities facing environmental racism, I know many families whose water an…
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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
July 26, 2023 at 7:13 PM

This is environmental racism:

Taking on environmental injustice in Michigan with frontline communities. John, My congressional district has some of the worst air quality in the world, due to an extreme concentration of corporate polluters that profit off of poisoning our air and water. Becau…
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  Team Rashida · [email protected]
July 24, 2023 at 7:01 PM

Donate for Rashida’s birthday today

Rashida Tlaib is leading a massive shift in Congress in support of all human rights. John, Today is Rashida’s birthday, and we’re celebrating her dedication to public service and human rights. Rashida’s not afraid to fight for what’s right, even when it’s unpop…
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  Team Rashida · [email protected]
July 23, 2023 at 2:48 PM

Workers are rising up:

Over 30 people attended our labor organizing training and the #1 question we heard was, “when can we do this again?!” John, Last weekend, Rashida hosted a training for workers to learn how to organize for their rights in the workplace. Corporate greed is a dise…
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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
July 22, 2023 at 3:19 PM

Re: we must urgently hold the Israeli government accountable:

The House passed a resolution denying Israeli government racist apartheid. John, As the Israeli government escalates violence against Palestinians with our tax dollars, we urgently need more Members of Congress to hold the Israeli government accountable and spea…
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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
July 21, 2023 at 7:01 PM

Summer Lee is unapologetic in support of Palestinians' human rights

The House passed a resolution denying Israeli government racist apartheid. John, This week, the House of Representatives passed a resolution denying Israel’s racist apartheid and reaffirming unconditional support of the Israeli government despite its increasing …
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  Team Rashida · [email protected]
July 20, 2023 at 8:19 PM

Rashida’s leadership on Palestinian freedom:

Defend Rashida Tlaib. John, Yesterday, Rep. Rashida Tlaib joined several progressive Members of Congress in boycotting the Israeli President’s address to Congress, protesting a government that systematically violates Palestinians’ human rights. Because of her l…
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