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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
August 9, 2024 at 8:57 PM

Ban police deception tactics that yield false confessions

Standing up against state-funded violence. John, Sonya Massey should still be alive. Last month, after Sonya called 911 for help, a police officer killed her in her home. Too many Black Americans, including Black women and girls like Sonya Massey and Breonna Tay…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
August 8, 2024 at 5:05 PM

Re: Cori Bush lost her re-election after being targeted by right-wing billionaires

Every moment that I’m in Congress I know that you’re by my side. John, This week, Congresswoman Cori Bush lost her re-election, which was the second-most expensive congressional primary election in U.S history. Anti-Palestinian group AIPAC spent more than $10 mil…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
August 7, 2024 at 9:40 PM

The system failed Cori again

Every moment that I’m in Congress I know that you’re by my side. John, I can't believe this is where we are in our country. Yesterday, multiple states held their state and congressional primary elections, including Michigan and Missouri. Without a primary oppone…
  Team Rashida · [email protected]
August 6, 2024 at 12:00 PM

It’s Election Day in Michigan! Can you call voters in Rashida’s district

John, It’s Election Day in Michigan and we’re calling supporters in Rashida’s district, ensuring everyone makes it to the polls by 8pm ET tonight. Voting is a habit, and in the important swing state of Michigan, it’s critical that folks vote in both the primary…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
August 5, 2024 at 5:53 PM

24 hours to stand up to AIPAC in Cori Bush’s primary

We’re in the final hours: Can you help keep Cori in Congress? John, Last week my team and I joined canvassers knocking on doors in St. Louis to re-elect Congresswoman Cori Bush: Anti-Palestinian group AIPAC has spent over $10 million to drown out Cori Bush’s c…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
August 3, 2024 at 2:58 PM

Can you make calls for this ceasefire candidate before her Democratic primary?

John, Michigan’s Democratic primary election is this Tuesday, August 6 and we’re making sure each of our endorsed ceasefire candidates has what they need to win. Dr. Pamela Pugh is running in a crowded Democratic primary for an open congressional seat and she’s …
  Team Rashida · [email protected]
August 2, 2024 at 4:12 PM

Join us to call voters in Rashida’s district tonight

John, join us tonight to phonebank for Rashida! Rashida’s primary election is coming up next Tuesday, August 6th. Our team is currently calling voters in Rashida’s district who have received a vote by mail ballot, but have not yet returned it. We’ll be making c…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
August 1, 2024 at 4:23 PM

Phonebank shifts this week for pro-Palestine progressive Cori Bush:

Help counter AIPAC’s attack ads and keep Cori in Congress by connecting with local voters. John, I’ve been joining canvassers knocking on doors in Congresswoman Cori Bush’s district this week, with less than a week left until her primary election next Tuesday. B…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
July 30, 2024 at 8:45 PM

Re: One of the leading Palestinian rights advocates in Congress:

Congresswoman Cori Bush is one of the few leading voices in Congress for Palestinian rights. John, Cori Bush is one of the few members of Congress who’s listening to the American people and people around the world who want to see our government use every piece of…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
July 29, 2024 at 8:15 PM

Cori boycotted Netanyahu’s speech to Congress last week

Congresswoman Cori Bush is one of the few leading voices in Congress for Palestinian rights. John, Our team is in St. Louis right now, knocking on doors to connect with voters about Rep. Cori Bush’s re-election. Congresswoman Cori Bush is one of the few leading …
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
July 28, 2024 at 3:10 PM

Re: Detroit is heading to St. Louis to support Cori Bush

We’re countering their attack ads by speaking directly with local voters. John, Cori Bush is a leader in our ceasefire movement. Her opponent’s campaign is supported by millions of dollars in far-right ant-Palestinian AIPAC money. Cori is a leader on reproductiv…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
July 27, 2024 at 2:23 PM

Cori Bush is locked in a neck-and-neck race. Cori needs our help.

We’re countering their attack ads by speaking directly with local voters. John, My sister in service Representative Cori Bush is in a neck-and-neck race to remain by my side in Congress, fighting for an immediate and permanent ceasefire and demanding the rights o…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
July 26, 2024 at 8:44 PM

Re: We need more elected officials who aren’t millionaires

With ballots for Michigan’s August 6th primary election already mailed out to voters, every day is Election Day for the next two weeks. John, Everyone’s talking about the presidential race and what’s ahead between now and November of this year. We must engage the…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
July 25, 2024 at 7:21 PM

Palestinians are not disposable.

I will keep reminding lawmakers that Palestinians deserve to live. John, It was hard to sit in Congress yesterday while my colleagues shamefully applauded a war criminal. Genocidal maniac Netanyahu is responsible for starving and murdering more than 15,000 Pales…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
July 24, 2024 at 7:54 PM

My birthday with a War Criminal

Today is my birthday, and I’m spending it representing the resiliency and courage of the Palestinian people. John, Today, I spent my birthday staring down a war criminal, Benjamin Netanyahu. My presence today was a reminder to him and all those who support the g…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
July 24, 2024 at 2:26 PM

It’s shameful that Netanayhu will address Congress:

Netanyahu should go to the Hague, not Congress. John, It's my birthday today, and I'm spending it ensuring that the war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu knows that this Palestinian proudly exists in Congress. After nine months of Israel’s escalating and well-documen…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
July 23, 2024 at 8:55 PM

“the Democratic party must start listening to its own base”

Our constituents want a President and government that is focused on saving lives. John, Over the weekend, President Joe Biden withdrew from the 2024 presidential race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to take his place as the Democratic nominee. We are …
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
July 21, 2024 at 3:11 PM

We need more elected officials who aren’t millionaires

With ballots for Michigan’s August 6th primary election already mailed out to voters, every day is Election Day for the next two weeks. JOHN, Too many elected officials are millionaires who can self-finance their own campaigns and don’t understand the urgent stru…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
July 20, 2024 at 4:18 PM

Sign on to ban bribes to Supreme Court justices

Supreme Court justices have taken bribes from billionaires with cases before the Court. JOHN, The corrupt Supreme Court is doing the bidding of powerful corporations and billionaires, which is harming all of us. Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito have re…
  Team Rashida · [email protected]
July 19, 2024 at 6:26 PM

Join Rashida Tlaib and Cori Bush tonight for a virtual fundraiser

You’ll get a chance to hear directly from Rashida and Cori. JOHN, Join Rashida Tlaib and her sister-in-service Congresswoman Cori Bush tonight, Friday July 19th at 8 pm ET for a virtual fundraising event. Cori is a critical leader in our ceasefire movement and a…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
July 18, 2024 at 4:35 PM

Can you phonebank tonight to re-elect Cori Bush to Congress?

Help counter attack ads and talk to local voters to keep Cori in Congress. JOHN, We have less than three weeks left before Rep. Cori Bush’s primary election. Cori has been an outspoken advocate for Palestinians’ rights for years, after meeting Palestinian activi…
  Team Rashida · [email protected]
July 17, 2024 at 11:45 PM

We can't lose another pro ceasefire member of Congress

You’ll get to hear from both Rashida and Cori and have a chance to ask questions. JOHN, Rashida Tlaib and her sister-in-service Congresswoman Cori Bush are critical leaders in our ceasefire movement. In response to their outspoken leadership to save lives, anti-P…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
July 16, 2024 at 11:30 PM

Sign on: It’s time to ban assault weapons.

We need urgent action to stop gun violence. JOHN, My heart goes out to all the families of those who were injured and killed in the mass shooting at the campaign rally in Pennsylvania this past weekend. Sadly, far too many of us have experienced this kind of vi…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
July 13, 2024 at 2:03 PM

Connecting with young people about voting and using their voices for change

Michigan has an important primary election coming up on August 6th. John, The Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives just passed a horrifying voter suppression bill that would require proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote, which wo…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
July 12, 2024 at 3:52 PM

Watch Rashida deliver the keynote address last night at Netroots Nation

"They can censure me, but they will not censure this movement." John, Last night, in a speech that will make you laugh and cry, Rashida delivered the keynote address to activists at the annual Netroots Nation conference. Rashida reminded folks that "transformat…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
July 11, 2024 at 6:39 PM

We need urgent action to reform the Supreme Court:

We deserve a Supreme Court that’s acting in the best interests of the American people, not accepting bribes or doing the bidding of far-right billionaires at our expense. John, The corrupt Supreme Court is out of control. In a series of decisions over the past …
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
July 4, 2024 at 3:03 PM

This July 4th we recommit to freedom for all.

We won’t stop fighting until we achieve a truly just and multi-racial democracy that works for all of us. John, This July 4th, let’s recommit to building a country and a world where all people are free. We’re part of a long tradition of people rising up to make…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
July 3, 2024 at 8:53 PM

Re: Sign to tell U.S. government: Stop sending weapons to Israel’s military now!

Last week most of my colleagues in the House of Representatives voted for genocide denial. John, Last week, 62 Democrats joined Republicans in the House of Representatives to vote to ban the U.S. State Department from citing the Gaza Health Ministry’s data, incl…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
July 2, 2024 at 7:59 PM

Palestinians are worthy of life, safety, and protection.

Last week most of my colleagues in the House of Representatives voted for genocide denial. John, Last week most of my colleagues in the House of Representatives voted for genocide denial, trying to prohibit U.S. officials from even citing the Palestinian death t…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
July 1, 2024 at 8:42 PM

Let’s rein in big money in politics [sign now]

Tell Congress: Pass the “Billionaire Minimum Income Tax” John, Republican billionaire donors just bought an election to unseat Rep. Jamaal Bowman, spending $20 million against him in the most expensive House primary in U.S. history. No wonder the billionaire cl…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
June 30, 2024 at 10:36 PM

Re: We won’t back down or be silenced

This is why we will never stop demanding an immediate and permanent ceasefire. John, Did you see my email from earlier? Tonight at midnight we face a critical fundraising deadline. After today, we’ll file a report with the Federal Election Commission showing ho…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
June 30, 2024 at 2:04 PM

Today represents a critical fundraising deadline for our campaign.

This is why we will never stop demanding an immediate and permanent ceasefire. John, Our Squad and our anti-genocide movement are under attack by right-wing AIPAC donors who are flooding Democratic primaries with Republican money. In Jamaal Bowman’s recent prima…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
June 29, 2024 at 2:28 PM

I need your support today, to continue to speak truth to power

Let’s show the strength of our grassroots ceasefire movement. John, This week, we saw my Squad brother, Jamaal Bowman, lose his congressional primary after being outspent 7 to 1. We cannot allow anti-Palestinian group AIPAC, whose right-wing billionaire donors …
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
June 27, 2024 at 5:34 PM

Re: Stand up to AIPAC and its right-wing billionaire donors

Jamaal and Cori believe that Palestinians deserve to live. John, Pro-genocide group AIPAC spent more than ever before to unseat one of our Squad members: Rep. Jamaal Bowman. In the lead-up to New York’s primary elections this past Tuesday, AIPAC targeted Rep. Ja…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
June 26, 2024 at 6:02 PM

Jamaal’s race was the most expensive House primary ever:

Jamaal and Cori believe that Palestinians deserve to live. John, My Squad brother Jamaal Bowman lost his Congressional primary yesterday after being outspent 7 to 1. Jamaal visited my Palestinian sity in Palestine’s West Bank when I couldn’t, and he recognized h…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
June 25, 2024 at 9:44 PM

Sign to support my Stop Politicians Profiting From War Act:

Prioritizing our communities over war profiteers. John, I voted NO on the House of Representatives’ recently-passed military budget for 2025. The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is a “must-pass” bill that passes every year with the support of a majori…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
June 23, 2024 at 3:06 PM

Re: Too many of our elected officials are millionaires who can self-finance their campaigns.

I’m proud to endorse four candidates for Michigan State Representative who are rooted in community. John, As the first Muslim woman elected to the Michigan State Legislature and one of the first Muslim women elected to Congress, my whole career has been about bre…
  Rahsid Tlaib · [email protected]
June 22, 2024 at 2:05 PM

Support Unbought Elected Officials

I’m proud to endorse four candidates for Michigan State Representative who are rooted in community. John, In Michigan, ballots for our August 6th primary will begin mailing this Monday. Four courageous candidates for State Representative need our urgent support. …
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
June 21, 2024 at 6:57 PM

Get out the vote before Jamaal’s re-election next Tuesday!

Jamaal Bowman is one of the strongest progressives in Congress. John, Jamaal Bowman’s re-election is next Tuesday, June 25th. Because far-right billionaires have spent over $15 million against Jamaal so far, this is the most expensive Congressional primary race …
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
June 20, 2024 at 7:42 PM

[take action] Ban utility companies from making political contributions

Take action to protect our communities from corporate greed. John, Across the country, utility monopolies are charging higher prices for worse service―padding the pockets of investors while residents experience power outages during extreme heat and cold. The vas…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
June 19, 2024 at 3:58 PM

Re: This Juneteenth, I’m lifting up two Black champions for racial justice: Representatives Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush.

Our country continues to deny Black people equal rights. John, Today is Juneteenth, marking the day in 1865 when 250,000 enslaved Black people in Texas learned that slavery was officially over—two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation. Our country…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
June 18, 2024 at 7:48 PM

This Juneteenth, I’m lifting up two Black champions for racial justice: Representatives Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush.

Our country continues to deny Black people equal rights. John, Tomorrow is Juneteenth, a day that marked the official end to chattel slavery in the South. Black Americans are still fighting for human rights and human dignity, while facing a new far-right backlash…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
June 16, 2024 at 3:11 PM

I’m a proud co-sponsor of the Transgender Bill of Rights.

With an unprecedented onslaught of anti-trans attacks, we need urgent action. John, Republicans at the state and federal level are attacking transgender and nonbinary people. We need to counter these attacks and strengthen protections to ensure that all people c…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
June 15, 2024 at 3:24 PM

Fight back against attempts to disenfranchise Black and brown voters

History will remember Donald Trump as the first president convicted of a felony. John, Today, Donald Trump is visiting my district. He’ll be speaking at a right-wing convention hosted by Turning Point Action and will speak at an evangelical church in Detroit. …
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
June 14, 2024 at 9:01 PM

Can you join Team Tlaib as we phonebank to re-elect Jamaal Bowman?

Sign up for a shift between now and June 25th’s Democratic primary. John, Jamaal Bowman is one of the strongest progressives in Congress, and one of the few Congresspeople consistently standing up for Palestinians’ human rights. I need him by my side. But new p…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
June 13, 2024 at 5:54 PM

Re: Jamaal Bowman’s opponent is using racist tropes about our community

We’ve got to have Jamaal’s back in the next two crucial weeks. John, Rep. Jamaal Bowman’s pro-genocide opponent has spread bigoted Islamophobic lies about Jamaal and his supporters, including using my Dearborn neighbors in racist attacks this week. Jamaal’s oppo…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
June 12, 2024 at 8:39 PM

Jamaal Bowman’s opponent is using racist tropes about our community

We’ve got to have Jamaal’s back in the next two crucial weeks. John, Because my colleague Rep. Jamaal Bowman speaks out for Palestinians’ human rights, his racist opponent tried to attack Jamaal and my neighbors this week, saying: “Your constituency is Dearborn, …
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
June 11, 2024 at 7:49 PM

Sign now to pass the Equality Act and affirm LGBTQ+ rights.

This weekend, my district celebrated Pride Month and honored LGBTQ+ neighbors. John, This weekend, my district celebrated Pride Month and honored our LGBTQ+ neighbors. This Pride month and all year round, we must keep fighting for LGBTQ+ people’s safety, dignity…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
June 9, 2024 at 3:03 PM

Re: I endorse Layla for State Rep:

Layla isn’t afraid to push back against the unjust status quo. John, Too many elected officials are millionaires who can self-finance their campaigns, and who don’t understand the needs of their constituents. That’s why we need more working people to run for offi…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
June 8, 2024 at 2:23 PM

I endorse Layla for State Rep:

Layla isn’t afraid to push back against the unjust status quo. John, As a proud Arab American Congresswoman, I know that many people across our country are facing intense anti-Arab hatred and dehumanization while feeling abandoned by our government. It’s importan…