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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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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 …
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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 …
  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…
  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 …
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  PC HQ · [email protected]
January 1, 2020 at 2:54 AM

I can't believe I'm typing this

Support Public Citizen this December I really can’t. If Public Citizen supporters can collectively chip in just $12,348 more in double-matched donations over the next two hours, our total online giving for this December will surpass what it was last December. Let me say that again: With one …
  President of Public Citizen · [email protected]
January 1, 2020 at 1:44 AM

it's happening in two minutes

Support Public Citizen this December Thousands of people have already done it. And we need you with us. Please make your year-end donation to Public Citizen right now. It takes two minutes. Any amount you can give — $5, $25, $100 or even more — will be double-matched. That’s an extra two…
  RW · [email protected]
January 1, 2020 at 12:16 AM

how do you treat a bee sting?

Support Public Citizen this December I can’t believe it! Midnight is just hours away, and — unless everyone who has been putting off donating steps up right now — we’re going to come up short of earning the full $250,000 in double-matching funds. Please, if you can, help turn this around. Do…
  Robert, Public Citizen · [email protected]
December 31, 2019 at 10:03 PM

the winter sky

Support Public Citizen this December Friends, We are trying to be utterly transparent with you about Public Citizen’s end-of-year fundraising — about how much we need to raise, why we’re sending so many emails, and how it’s going. So believe me when I say without exaggeration: Our numbers fo…
  Weissman · [email protected]
December 31, 2019 at 7:17 PM

don't read this unless you want the truth

Support Public Citizen this December I can’t remember the last time so many people wrote in to let me know how much they appreciated one of my notes. So I’m passing it along again — copied below — in case you missed it. I hope you’ll read it, as so many others have. - Robert ****** I kno…
  Cinderella · [email protected]
December 31, 2019 at 4:39 PM

I seem to be missing a shoe

Support Public Citizen this December After midnight, I turn into a pumpkin. Or something. Here’s what else happens after midnight: Anything you donate to Public Citizen WON’T be matched two-for-one. They’ll still be grateful for your support, of course. But why miss out on your contribut…
  Robert · [email protected]
December 31, 2019 at 2:14 PM

you're not one of them, are you?

Support Public Citizen this December Maybe you’re one of them. Maybe you’re one of the people who simply aren’t going to donate today. But if you have thought about donating while our TWO-FOR-ONE year-end match is still in effect, I have a question: What are you waiting for — even more email…
  Public Citizen · [email protected]
December 31, 2019 at 11:32 AM

we did everything we could to limit the damage

Support Public Citizen this December I’m so proud of the work you and Public Citizen do together. I hope it makes you proud, too. Many people didn’t see my note yesterday (copied below) highlighting just a few examples of everything we did together this year and everything we plan to do in 202…
  Robert · [email protected]
December 31, 2019 at 1:57 AM

not at all surprised

Support Public Citizen this December Just want to say how much I appreciate your responses to my previous message. I’m not at all surprised to see that Public Citizen supporters still value transparency and candor. As it happens, if just 245 more people contribute before midnight tonight, this…
  PC · [email protected]
December 30, 2019 at 9:57 PM

think we email too much?

Support Public Citizen this December I know you’ve been getting a lot of emails from Public Citizen lately. 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. This is a “peek beh…
  Robert Weissman · [email protected]
December 30, 2019 at 5:22 PM

when the history of the Trump era is written

Support Public Citizen this December When the history of the Trump era is written, each of us who is part of this shared project called Public Citizen will know that we did everything we could to limit the damage Trump inflicted on our country and our planet — and that we laid the groundwork for d…
  President's Office, Public Citizen · [email protected]
December 30, 2019 at 1:32 PM

they really did it

Support Public Citizen this December This is surprising even to me. With tomorrow’s deadline looming, the sponsors of Public Citizen’s Year-End Matching Gift Campaign — alarmed at the slow pace of donations — have just authorized doubling the match! Starting right now, ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WILL B…
  Robert · [email protected]
December 30, 2019 at 12:04 AM

what happened in San Francisco

Support Public Citizen this December Many years ago, while waiting for a bus on Hayes Street in San Francisco, I overheard a quick exchange: A man at the bus stop spotted a friend across the street and called out, “How’s it going?” Without missing a beat, the other man replied, “If things don’…
  RW · [email protected]
December 29, 2019 at 6:52 PM

thought you'd want to know

Support Public Citizen this December As part of this shared project called Public Citizen, I thought you’d want to hear that donations are picking up. Let’s keep this going! If you haven’t had a moment to make your year-end contribution already, please do it now. Remember, anything you chip …
  Robert Weissman, Public Citizen · [email protected]
December 29, 2019 at 2:32 PM

float like a butterfly

Support Public Citizen this December We hear something a lot: “Public Citizen punches above its weight.” We do. Proudly. But think about what that really means. It means we get more done than we should be able to given our size. Or, to put it another way, Public Citizen is more effecti…
  President's Office · [email protected]
December 29, 2019 at 12:35 AM

just back from the beach

Support Public Citizen this December I want to thank everyone who has helped power the critical work you and Public Citizen are doing together by making a year-end contribution today. Unfortunately, we’re still coming up short. Online donations today are averaging $39.95. Sounds like the cos…
  Robert · [email protected]
December 28, 2019 at 5:57 PM

I know what you're getting

Support Public Citizen this December It’s not looking good here, folks. We need to see another $18,266 come in TODAY or we won’t be on pace to earn the full $250,000 in dollar-for-dollar matching funds before that offer expires on New Year’s Eve. I know you’re getting a lot of emails, but we r…