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April 21, 2020 at 7:05 PM

immigration

Late last night, Donald Trump announced (via Twitter, of course) that he intends to suspend all immigration into the United States. Will Trump actually follow through on this threat, or is it just one more thing intended to incite his base and distract the rest of us? Time will tell. But on…

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April 20, 2020 at 5:18 PM

Department of Just Isn’t?

It’s tough to keep track of all the ways the Trump administration and Big Business are exploiting the coronavirus emergency for their own benefit. But, as always, Public Citizen is doing our level best. Here’s one that may have flown under your radar. The United States Department of Justice…

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April 19, 2020 at 10:06 PM

projector-in-chief

Try to guess what these quotes are about: “severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of the coronavirus” “failed to adequately ... share information in a timely and transparent fashion” “failed in this basic duty and must be held accountable” “failed to investigate credible reports”…

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April 18, 2020 at 3:31 PM

dying to vote

Support Public Citizen Sickness. Economic collapse. Social distancing. Lockdowns. Gerrymandering. Voter suppression. Those are just a few reasons Public Citizen is taking steps NOW to make sure that Americans can freely — and safely — vote this November. Please take a minute to read m…

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April 17, 2020 at 5:21 PM

'never have a Republican elected ... again'

Support Public Citizen It has come to this: Republicans are weaponizing the coronavirus to disenfranchise voters and distort elections. In Wisconsin last week, people literally had to risk their lives to vote. That’s why Public Citizen is helping lead a nationwide campaign to make sure a sys…

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April 16, 2020 at 5:38 PM

Trump blames who?

Sigh. Donald Trump has announced that he will discontinue U.S. funding to the World Health Organization. Here are direct quotes — ostensibly about the World Health Organization — from the official White House transcript of Trump’s announcement Tuesday night: “severely mismanaging and coveri…

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April 15, 2020 at 9:47 PM

Trump claims total authority

“When somebody’s president of the United States, the authority is total.” That’s what Donald Trump said Monday, claiming he can overrule any governor who doesn’t conform to his recklessly rushed timeline for “reopening” the country. In case it needs to be said, Trump has no such authority wha…

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  Robert · [email protected]

April 14, 2020 at 4:04 PM

why can't you vote by mail?

Last week, voters in Wisconsin were forced to choose between protecting their health and participating in our democracy. We can’t let this happen again. Congress must institute reforms that will allow voters to safely cast their ballots and that will provide states the funding to run safe and…

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  Robert · [email protected]

April 13, 2020 at 6:15 PM

because it's not democracy

Thousands and thousands of people all across America have donated to be part of everything Public Citizen does to protect democracy. That includes our bold new campaign to make sure that a system for easily voting by mail is in place in all 50 states for the election this November. It's not d…

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April 13, 2020 at 1:31 PM

Trump admits the real voter 'fraud'

Well, at least Donald Trump has openly admitted what we all knew. Here’s what Trump said on Fox “News” (of course) about protecting every American’s fundamental right to vote amid the coronavirus emergency: “You’d never have a Republican elected in this country again.” As we saw last week i…

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  Robert · [email protected]

April 11, 2020 at 6:14 PM

Do you trust Jared Kushner?

The response to my earlier note — about Jared Kushner and the Orwellian times in which we find ourselves — has made one thing resoundingly clear: Public Citizen supporters are NOT fans of Donald Trump’s son-in-law! I’ve copied that note below in case you missed it. If you read it already, t…

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April 10, 2020 at 5:31 PM

if only we could forget Trump

A quick — but not inconsequential — update today. As the coronavirus emergency continues to intensify, this is what Donald Trump said this week (via Twitter): Once we OPEN UP OUR GREAT COUNTRY, and it will be sooner rather than later, the horror of the Invisible Enemy, except for those that s…

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April 9, 2020 at 6:41 PM

Jared Kushner and chocolate rations

This email is about Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law and “adviser.” But first, a brief literary digression: In 1984 — George Orwell’s disturbingly relevant dystopian novel — the all-powerful “Party” manipulates historical records to match whatever it’s telling people in the present. …

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April 8, 2020 at 9:37 PM

Trump is purging the government

“Well, look, I’ll be the oversight. I’ll be the oversight.” That’s what Donald Trump said, just a little over two weeks ago, when Public Citizen and others were rightly sounding alarms about a secretive $500 billion corporate slush fund that Republicans were trying to sneak into the coronavirus…

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April 7, 2020 at 8:42 PM

vote or virus?

Republicans are weaponzing the coronavirus to disenfranchise voters and distort elections. And yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of their latest scheme. So — despite a statewide stay-at-home order to limit the spread of the coronavirus, and even though many other states have po…

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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