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  Public Citizen · [email protected]
April 6, 2020 at 6:42 PM

which are you, Joan of Arc or Wyatt Earp?

Arkansas. Iowa. Nebraska. North Dakota. South Carolina. South Dakota. Utah. Wyoming. Those are the only states in the nation whose governors have not yet issued statewide stay-at-home directives that could be critical to limiting the spread of the coronavirus. It should go without saying that…
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  Public Citizen · [email protected]
April 4, 2020 at 7:08 PM

Trump invited who to the White House?

Our country is desperately trying to survive the worst health and economic crisis we’ve faced for generations, maybe ever. So who did Donald Trump invite to the White House for a closed-door meeting yesterday? Oil industry executives. A little recent history: Since the coronavirus emerged…
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  Public Citizen · [email protected]
April 3, 2020 at 6:26 PM

maybe you were alive then

Unprecedented. Staggering. Heartbreaking. In the past two weeks alone, nearly 10 million Americans have filed for unemployment. Our nation’s unemployment rate could soon spike beyond what it was even in 1933, at the bleakest period of the Great Depression. Maybe you were alive then. M…
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  Public Citizen · [email protected]
April 2, 2020 at 5:32 PM

racist in chief

When this crisis is at last behind us, it’s entirely possible that nobody will have been responsible for more human suffering, economic hardship and loss of life than Donald J. Trump, president of the United States of America. Today I want to talk about just one of the many cowardly, despicable…
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  Robert · [email protected]
April 1, 2020 at 2:02 PM

it's contemptible, frankly

Public Citizen Action Alert In what may be its most shameless exploitation of the coronavirus emergency yet, the Trump administration has announced that it will stop enforcing our nation’s environmental rules. And it won’t say when — or even if — it will go back to protecting our air and water f…
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  Public Citizen · [email protected]
March 31, 2020 at 7:22 PM

these companies should do the right thing

First, some good news: Several health insurance companies have waived co-payments and deductibles for at least some coronavirus-related treatments their customers may need. But: These waivers may not cover all patients or treatments, and some are set to expire at the end of May. Meanwhile…
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  Public Citizen · [email protected]
March 30, 2020 at 6:17 PM

read those two sentences again

Public Citizen Action Alert In what may be its most shameless exploitation of the coronavirus emergency yet, the Trump administration has announced that it will stop enforcing our nation’s environmental rules. And it won’t say when — or even if — it will go back to protecting our air and water f…
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  Public Citizen · [email protected]
March 28, 2020 at 1:31 PM

just maybe a way forward

Public Citizen Action Alert No petition to sign or senators to call today. Instead, I want to share an article with you — by Ed Yong, a science writer at The Atlantic — that many of us here at Public Citizen have been talking about: “How the Pandemic Will End” The article is a thorough — and…
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  Public Citizen · [email protected]
March 27, 2020 at 4:43 PM

Jared Kushner gets stimulated

Public Citizen Action Alert Good grief. Turn with me now to page 203 of the 880-page economic stimulus package — which the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to take up today — where we find a devious little surprise inserted by Senate Republicans. Under the proposed stimulus plan, the …
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  Public Citizen · [email protected]
March 26, 2020 at 5:11 PM

coronavirus profiteering thwarted

Public Citizen Action Alert Public Citizen — that’s you, me and hundreds of thousands of other supporters — just won an important victory. But there’s more to do. Here’s the story of a corporate profiteering scheme thwarted: Gilead Sciences makes an experimental medication that might prove e…
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  Public Citizen · [email protected]
March 25, 2020 at 9:30 PM

Senate giving Mnuchin the power?

Public Citizen Action Alert The Senate is very close to finalizing its coronavirus stimulus plan. But we just caught the Republicans trying to pull a fast one. One section of the 1,000-page plan contains good language that would prevent companies from using bailout money to buy back their own …
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  Public Citizen · [email protected]
March 24, 2020 at 5:45 PM

cancelling the election in November?

Public Citizen Action Alert It’s entirely possible that the coronavirus will make holding an in-person election impossible in November 2020. Does that mean we have to postpone or even cancel the 2020 election? No. (Breathe a sigh of relief.) We can prevent that scenario. But we must act now.…
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  Public Citizen · [email protected]
March 23, 2020 at 11:04 PM

Mitch McConnell keeps wasting time

Public Citizen Action Alert Quick update ... Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans keep wasting time — time we don’t have — putting out unworkable schemes for how the federal government intends to help us all weather the impending financial storm. Their proposals are crammed with bailouts and…
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  Public Citizen · [email protected]
March 22, 2020 at 11:02 PM

the ‘plan’ is a disaster

Public Citizen Action Alert Senate Republicans just announced their long-awaited plan to help people and businesses weather the impending economic storm. Their scheme — burped up by Mitch McConnell in league with Donald Trump’s sycophantic Treasury Secretary, Steve Mnuchin — would be a dream com…
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  Public Citizen · [email protected]
March 21, 2020 at 7:03 PM

we are at war

Public Citizen Action Alert The coronavirus is threatening to overwhelm our entire health care system. Medical professionals don’t even have enough of basic supplies like the cotton swabs needed to administer tests. Think about that for a second. Our ability to defend ourselves from this pan…
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  Public Citizen · [email protected]
March 19, 2020 at 7:03 PM

not since WWII

Public Citizen Action Alert Not since World War II has humanity faced a challenge on the scale of this coronavirus pandemic. I’m writing to you today to share a little bit about how Public Citizen will help you stay informed and involved. Going forward, keep an eye on your inbox for more frequ…
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  Robert · [email protected]
March 16, 2020 at 7:09 PM

Trump and Shakespeare

Support Public Citizen Sometimes, the most dire peril can inspire the most stirring words — oratory so unforgettable it long outlives its speaker. We’re all familiar with the opening line of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first inaugural address in 1933, at the height of the Great Depression: “So, fi…
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  PC HQ · [email protected]
March 15, 2020 at 9:05 PM

Trump must resign

Support Public Citizen On Friday, Public Citizen called on Donald Trump to resign as president of the United States. Here’s the full text of our statement to the national media: President Donald Trump is a clear and present danger to the nation’s public health, and he should resign immediately…
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  Robert Weissman · [email protected]
March 14, 2020 at 3:16 PM

danger

Support Public Citizen My note yesterday touched a nerve among Public Citizen’s hundreds of thousands of supporters all across America. I’ve copied it below in case you missed it. And here’s the full text of our statement to the national media as well: President Donald Trump is a clear and p…
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  Public Citizen · [email protected]
March 13, 2020 at 10:18 PM

is Trump resigning?

Support Public Citizen Earlier today, Public Citizen called on Donald Trump to resign as president of the United States. Why? Trump’s historically catastrophic response to the coronavirus has put all Americans at greater risk. The pandemic, with the resulting social and economic fallout, wil…
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  Public Citizen · [email protected]
March 11, 2020 at 11:04 PM

Did Trump expose older Americans to coronavirus?

Public Citizen Action Alert Donald Trump’s White House may have put older Americans at greater risk of exposure to the coronavirus. According to the Associated Press, health experts from the federal government’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that elderly Americans be adv…
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  Public Citizen · [email protected]
March 9, 2020 at 5:46 PM

What matters most to you in this election?

Public Citizen Action Alert This will be the most consequential election of our lifetimes. What matters most to you as you think about who should be president? Just click your choice(s) below — there’s no separate page to go to or form to fill out — and feel free to click more than one! clim…
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  Public Citizen · [email protected]
March 5, 2020 at 6:08 PM

Who should be president?

Public Citizen Action Alert Real quick: Who do you think the next president of the United States should be? Joe Biden Tulsi Gabbard Bernie Sanders Donald Trump Other Just click your choice above to take this Insta-Survey. That’s all — there’s no separate page to go to or form to fill…
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  Public Citizen · [email protected]
March 1, 2020 at 2:16 AM

thank you, really

Support Public Citizen Public Citizen is nothing — nothing — without supporters like you. For me and my team, it is an absolute privilege to work with you and on your behalf as we tackle some of the most important issues facing our country and as we face the most consequential election in our li…
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  Robert · [email protected]
February 29, 2020 at 11:38 PM

not at all surprised

Support Public Citizen this December Just want to say how much I appreciate all the responses to my earlier note. I’m not at all surprised to see that Public Citizen supporters still value transparency and candor. In that spirit, I’m writing again to let you know that we are still $3,703 short…
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  President's Office, Public Citizen · [email protected]
February 29, 2020 at 9:21 PM

one weird thing about Leap Day

Support Public Citizen Today is February 29 — Leap Day. And that’s a good thing. Because as of yesterday, we were more than $13,000 — $13,060, to be exact — short of our fundraising goal for the month. If $13,060 doesn’t sound like much for an organization as strong as Public Citizen, let me…
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  Robert · [email protected]
February 29, 2020 at 5:37 PM

glad you appreciated it

Support Public Citizen this December Because so many people wrote in to let me know how much they appreciated my earlier note, I’m passing it along again — copied below — for anyone who might have missed it. I hope you’ll read it, if you haven’t already. - Robert ****** I know you’ve been …
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  PC · [email protected]
February 29, 2020 at 12:16 PM

if you think we email too much

Support Public Citizen this December I know you’ve been getting a lot of emails from Public Citizen over the past few days. Give me just a minute to explain what’s going on. If — after reading through this note — you still think it’s too much, at least we’ll both know where things stand. Thi…
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  Public Citizen · [email protected]
February 28, 2020 at 10:22 PM

Does everyone think that?

Support Public Citizen It’s simple. The more real-world resources we have, the more we can do together to challenge Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, Fox News and the other forces trying to destroy our country. But — in the face of a critical February fundraising deadline AND with the most conseq…
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  Donald Trump is a disaster · [email protected]
February 28, 2020 at 6:32 PM

corruption and chaos

Support Public Citizen Donald Trump is a disaster. A racist, misogynist, narcissistic, corrupt, fascistic disaster. But he didn’t just materialize out of thin air. The ascendency of Trump and Trumpism was the twisted outcome of severe wealth and income inequality combined with a corroded pol…
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  Robert · [email protected]
February 28, 2020 at 1:31 PM

can you remind me what time it is?

Support Public Citizen It’s go time, friends. Public Citizen’s February fundraising deadline — see my note from yesterday, copied below in case you missed it, for more about that — is upon us. My team tells me we need a minimum of 435 donations TODAY to have a fighting chance of finishing the …
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  President's Office · [email protected]
February 28, 2020 at 12:54 AM

a disaster

Support Public Citizen I can’t put it more plainly: The more real-world resources Public Citizen has, the more we can do together to fight the Trump regime. Going by the numbers we’re seeing so far, we need at least $7,700 more in donations from Public Citizen supporters before midnight tonigh…
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  Robert · [email protected]
February 27, 2020 at 7:44 PM

twisted ... backwards

Support Public Citizen I’m so proud to be part of — along with you — this shared project we call Public Citizen. I want to thank everyone who already responded to my earlier note (copied below in case you missed it) about this month’s absolutely critical fundraising deadline. And I want to be …
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  Robert Weissman, Public Citizen · [email protected]
February 27, 2020 at 3:02 PM

he didn't just materialize out of thin air

Support Public Citizen Donald Trump is a disaster. A racist, misogynist, narcissistic, corrupt, fascistic disaster. But he didn’t just materialize out of thin air. The ascendency of Trump and Trumpism was the twisted outcome of severe wealth and income inequality combined with a corroded pol…
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  Public Citizen · [email protected]
February 26, 2020 at 8:54 PM

coronavirus and corporate profits

Trump needs to make the coronavirus vaccine available for the public.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  The world soon may face a coronavirus pandemic. We desperately need a vaccine. Guess who’s driving the vaccine research? (Hint: It’s not Big Pharma…
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  Robert, Public Citizen · [email protected]
February 14, 2020 at 2:12 PM

overturning Citizens United

Public Citizen Action Alert We’re another step closer to overturning the Supreme Court ruling that has allowed billionaires and Big Business to hijack our elections. Last week, the House of Representatives held a hearing on the Democracy For All Amendment to reverse Citizens United. Already, 2…
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  Public Citizen · [email protected]
February 12, 2020 at 4:52 PM

Trump stuck his thumb where?

Public Citizen Action Alert Yesterday, Donald Trump manipulated the United States Department of Justice into possibly reducing the sentence for his longtime accomplice Roger Stone — who was convicted last year on charges including witness tampering and lying to Congress as part of the Mueller inve…
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  Robert · [email protected]
February 6, 2020 at 2:31 PM

like a wad of grease

Support Public Citizen today Abetted by most of the Republican Party, Donald Trump has — not for the first time in his “illustrious” life — dodged responsibility. Trump is slippery. Like a wad of grease slathered in used motor oil. So we need all hands on deck to hold him accountable! Please…
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  Public Citizen · [email protected]
February 5, 2020 at 10:03 PM

Donald Trump is innocent

Support Public Citizen today “Donald Trump is innocent” or “it really wasn’t that bad.” Those are the lies Mitch McConnell and Trump’s other Republican bootlickers in the United States Senate — who just wrapped up their counterfeit impeachment trial by failing to convict the president — are tell…
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  Public Citizen · [email protected]
January 29, 2020 at 5:23 PM

impeachment update

Public Citizen Action Alert The United States Senate is in serious danger of becoming a joke. And not the funny kind. We now know, from explosive reporting by The New York Times earlier this week, that John Bolton himself — Donald Trump’s handpicked former national security advisor — exposes t…
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  Robert · [email protected]
January 28, 2020 at 12:11 AM

John Bolton must testify

Public Citizen Action Alert The United States Senate is in serious danger of becoming a joke. And not the funny kind. We now know, from explosive reporting by The New York Times yesterday, that John Bolton himself — Donald Trump’s handpicked former national security advisor — exposes the utter…
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  Robert · [email protected]
January 22, 2020 at 4:16 AM

our regrettable anniversary

Help Public Citizen Overturn the Supreme Court's Citizens United Ruling Ten years ago today, the Supreme Court handed down its catastrophic Citizens United ruling. Three things to say about that, then that’ll be it from me on this regrettable anniversary. 1. If you haven’t yet, please take a l…
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  RW · [email protected]
January 22, 2020 at 2:34 AM

have you forgotten?

Help Public Citizen Overturn the Supreme Court's Citizens United Ruling Of course you haven’t forgotten about Citizens United. How could any of us forget about that democracy defiling decision, which the Supreme Court handed down ten years ago today? Please take a minute to read my earlier not…
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  President's Office · [email protected]
January 21, 2020 at 11:06 PM

will not make it to tomorrow

Help Public Citizen Overturn the Supreme Court's Citizens United Ruling This is it, folks. As of midnight tonight, it’s all over. But the good — make that great — news is that anything you can chip in TODAY will be matched dollar-for-dollar by a longtime Public Citizen benefactor inspired by m…
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  Robert · [email protected]
January 21, 2020 at 5:39 PM

it was exactly 10 years ago

Help Public Citizen Overturn the Supreme Court's Citizens United Ruling Here’s some welcome news: A longtime Public Citizen benefactor — inspired by my earlier note (copied below) about this being the ten-year anniversary of the Supreme Court's disastrous Citizens United ruling — has just pledge…
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  Public Citizen · [email protected]
January 21, 2020 at 2:31 PM

what the Supreme Court did

Help Public Citizen Overturn the Supreme Court's Citizens United Ruling Ten years ago today, the Supreme Court handed down its catastrophic Citizens United ruling. Just minutes later, Public Citizen launched our campaign for a constitutional amendment to overturn the court’s disastrously misguid…
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  Robert · [email protected]
January 18, 2020 at 1:02 PM

What would you ask the next president?

Public Citizen Action Alert Public Citizen is hosting a presidential forum tomorrow with six candidates — Pete Buttigieg, John Delaney, Amy Klobuchar, Deval Patrick, Elizabeth Warren and Andrew Yang — seeking the Democratic nomination.* What would you ask the candidates? What are your top prio…
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  Robert · [email protected]
January 13, 2020 at 9:52 PM

Mitch McConnell is not qualified

Public Citizen Action Alert Just a few hours ago, Public Citizen formally urged the United States Senate to disqualify Mitch McConnell from Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. Mitch McConnell must be disqualified from participating in Trump’s impeachment trial. Add your name. Our complaint, fil…
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  Public Citizen · [email protected]
January 8, 2020 at 9:11 PM

Iran

Public Citizen Action Alert Donald Trump is racing the United States into an utterly unnecessary, completely avoidable and certain-to-be-disastrous war with Iran. With our backing, Congress can stop Trump. Add your name now to tell Congress: Pass a War Powers Resolution to block Trump from ente…
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  Robert Weissman · [email protected]
January 1, 2020 at 4:22 AM

thank you, and happy New Year

Support Public Citizen this December Public Citizen is nothing — nothing — without supporters like you. For my team and me, it is an absolute privilege to work with you and on your behalf as we tackle some of the most important issues facing our country. With everything on the line — ending th…
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