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November 10, 2022 at 7:55 PM

we will respond with love, togetherness, public visibility, and a relentless public defense of our democracy

Support Public Citizen The results of Tuesday’s election — one of the most consequential in our nation’s history — are not yet final. But a few things are clear. We avoided a worst-case scenario. Aside from small issues, the election and the count went smoothly. Election deniers did relatively…

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November 9, 2022 at 10:16 PM

making sense of the election results

Support Public Citizen The results of yesterday’s election — one of the most consequential in our nation’s history — are not yet final. But a few things are clear. We avoided a worst-case scenario. Aside from small issues, the election and the count went smoothly. Election deniers did relative…

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November 4, 2022 at 6:08 PM

it's all on the line

Support Public Citizen We are just days away from one of the most consequential elections in our nation’s history. The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, state legislatures and governors’ mansions, critical state and local offices all across America — it’s all on the line. Since your in…

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November 3, 2022 at 7:21 PM

once the votes are counted

Support Public Citizen Just a few days until one of the most consequential elections in our nation’s history. The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, state legislatures and governors’ mansions, critical state and local offices all across America — it’s all on the line. Since your inbox i…

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November 2, 2022 at 5:02 PM

your vote

Support Public Citizen I’ll keep this short, because I know your inbox is overflowing with emails from candidates and political committees. Election Day is less than one week from now. Without doubt, this is one of the most consequential elections in our nation’s history. Control of the U.S. S…

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November 1, 2022 at 6:52 PM

I'm asking you to do two things

Support Public Citizen I’ll keep this short, because I know your inbox is overflowing with emails from candidates and political committees. Election Day is in exactly one week. Without doubt, this is one of the most consequential elections in our nation’s history. Control of the U.S. Senate …

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October 31, 2022 at 10:14 PM

tapping into Big Oil's outlandish profits

Being a multinational oil company looks like good work if you can get it: Oil giant Chevron raked in $11.2 billion in profits from July through September. Exxon did even better, making $19.7 billion in profits over just those three months — its most profitable quarter EVER. In fact, the thr…

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October 28, 2022 at 6:59 PM

Chinese company spying on individual Americans

As reported last week by Forbes: The Chinese company that owns the extremely popular social media app TikTok unlawfully tracked or planned to track the physical locations of specific U.S. citizens to conduct covert surveillance. For anyone who is unfamiliar with TikTok or who may have gotten …

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October 27, 2022 at 9:38 PM

starved to death

That didn’t take long. Maybe you saw my messages last week about a federal court ruling that the way the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is funded is “unconstitutional” — even though Congress intentionally made the agency independent of its annual, and corruptible, appropriations ci…

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October 26, 2022 at 6:59 PM

they are trying to snuff out this consumer watchdog

That didn’t take long. Maybe you saw my messages last week about a federal court ruling that the way the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is funded is “unconstitutional” — even though Congress intentionally made the agency independent of its annual, and corruptible, appropriations ci…

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October 25, 2022 at 5:59 PM

all these grocery stores would be impacted

We have to act fast to stop another anti-consumer, anti-worker corporate merger. Grocery giant Kroger is trying to buy rival Albertsons for $24.6 billion. The deal would create a single behemoth that would have immense market power — meaning higher food prices (which are already skyrocketing)…

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October 24, 2022 at 7:15 PM

if you shop at any of these grocery stores

We have to act fast to stop another anti-consumer, anti-worker corporate merger. Grocery giant Kroger is trying to buy rival Albertsons for $24.6 billion. The deal would create a single behemoth that would have immense market power — meaning higher food prices (which are already skyrocketing)…

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October 22, 2022 at 10:05 PM

consumer agency under attack

Over 11,000 people have already signed on to our statement. It addresses a court ruling this week that incorrectly found the funding structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau unconstitutional. See my earlier message (copied below in case you missed it) for more. And please take …

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October 21, 2022 at 6:03 PM

one of the most anti-consumer court rulings in history

This may not have made your local news last night, but American consumers took what could be a major hit this week. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals* ruled — wrongly — that the funding structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is unconstitutional. Some history: The Consumer Fi…

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October 20, 2022 at 6:57 PM

a blow to every consumer in America

This may not have made your local news last night, but American consumers took what could be a major hit yesterday. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals* ruled — wrongly — that the funding structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is unconstitutional. Some history: The Consumer Fi…

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October 19, 2022 at 7:12 PM

hoping you can take a quick look at these numbers

Support Public Citizen My thanks to all the Public Citizen supporters who responded to my previous message. If you missed it, I’ve copied it below. Please give it a look. Thank you! - Robert Weissman, President of Public Citizen ****** One of the most consequential elections in our nation’s …

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October 18, 2022 at 5:48 PM

if your inbox is overflowing with emails from candidates and political committees

Support Public Citizen One of the most consequential elections in our nation’s history is just weeks away. If your inbox looks anything like mine, it is overflowing with emails from candidates and political committees. And — given the gravity of the upcoming midterms — many Americans are respo…

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October 17, 2022 at 6:15 PM

the scariest month of the year

Support Public Citizen One of the most consequential elections in our nation’s history is just weeks away. If your inbox looks anything like mine, it is overflowing with emails from candidates and political committees. And — given the gravity of the upcoming midterms — many Americans are respo…

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October 15, 2022 at 6:18 PM

the Senate's latest zombie bill

The Inflation Reduction Act was signed into law less than two months ago. This landmark legislation empowers Medicare to negotiate prices for a variety of expensive medicines. And it caps out-of-pocket drug costs for seniors on Medicare and people who need insulin. But four corporate cronies …

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October 14, 2022 at 6:32 PM

Congress subpoenas Trump

Donald Trump led a criminal conspiracy that undertook a violent insurrection aimed at keeping him in power despite losing the 2020 election. And now Donald Trump has been ordered to testify under oath before Congress. Today’s hearing of the bipartisan congressional committee investigating the…

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October 13, 2022 at 8:35 PM

Donald Trump ordered to testify before Congress

Donald Trump led a criminal conspiracy that undertook a violent insurrection aimed at keeping him in power despite losing the 2020 election. And now Donald Trump has been ordered to testify under oath before Congress. Today’s hearing of the bipartisan congressional committee investigating the…

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October 12, 2022 at 6:39 PM

nationwide rallies to demand accountability for Trump

The bipartisan congressional committee investigating the January 6 insurrection is conducting what is expected to be its final hearing tomorrow. As the nation awaits the committee’s official report, this much is clear: Donald Trump and his MAGA cronies engaged in a violent criminal conspiracy…

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October 11, 2022 at 6:08 PM

Big Pharma's puppets in the Senate

The Inflation Reduction Act was signed into law less than two months ago. This landmark legislation empowers Medicare to negotiate prices for a variety of expensive medicines. And it caps out-of-pocket drug costs for seniors on Medicare and people who need insulin. But four corporate cronies …

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October 7, 2022 at 6:39 PM

presidential pardons for marijuana possession

Yesterday, President Biden pardoned everyone who has been convicted of marijuana possession under federal law since it was made illegal in the 1970s. The pardons also apply to people convicted of possession in Washington, D.C. (as well airports and federal parks). All told, upwards of 10,000 …

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October 6, 2022 at 6:17 PM

Trump back on Twitter?

Elon Musk has announced he will go through with his contractual commitment to buy Twitter for $44 billion. Musk first made a deal to take over Twitter back in April. Then he spent most of the summer trying to back out of the deal. Now he says he’s ready to go through with the deal after all. …

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October 4, 2022 at 9:20 PM

Elon Musk re-offers to buy Twitter

Elon Musk has announced he will go through with his contractual commitment to buy Twitter for $44 billion. Musk first made a deal to take over Twitter back in April. Then he spent most of the summer trying to back out of the deal. Now he says he’s ready to go through with the deal after all. …

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October 1, 2022 at 12:37 AM

I can't remember where I parked my time machine

Support Public Citizen I don’t know. I just don’t know. We need another 122 supporters to donate before midnight. That’s barely more than three hours from now. But it’s a Friday night, and donations have dropped off precipitously. And since I can’t remember where I parked my time machine…

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September 30, 2022 at 9:06 PM

'You all deserve to be hung for treason.'

Support Public Citizen We get a lot of hate mail at Public Citizen. Perhaps not surprisingly — given the embrace of outright fascism by so many adherents of Donald Trump — it seems to be getting even more personal and violent. Here are just a few recent examples: “We will eradicate scum like…

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September 30, 2022 at 5:34 PM

can this be right?

Support Public Citizen I’m going to put my cards on the table. Two years ago, we had 697 donations come through in response to my emails on our critical September 30 deadline. So far this year, we’re at just 148. We really need things to pick up. Can I count on you to help? Please give m…

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September 30, 2022 at 2:07 PM

like a glazed donut?

Support Public Citizen There’s no way to sugarcoat this. Unless we see a serious uptick in online donations before TONIGHT’S MIDNIGHT DEADLINE, we will begin our new fiscal year tomorrow already behind the eight ball. See my earlier note — copied below in case you missed it — for more about wh…

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September 29, 2022 at 9:36 PM

how aggressive we can be

Support Public Citizen We are just ONE DAY from a make-or-break deadline. How things go between now and midnight Friday — that’s tomorrow! — will directly impact how aggressive Public Citizen can be going forward. That includes all our work to protect voting rights, ensure election integrity, …

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September 29, 2022 at 6:16 PM

me and former Vice President Mike Pence

Support Public Citizen A quick “Thank you!” to everyone who responded to my note about the threatening hate mail that has been pouring in to Public Citizen. That previous message is copied below in case you missed it. I hope you’ll give it a look. - Robert ****** We get a lot of hate mail …

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September 29, 2022 at 2:36 PM

'we will eradicate scum like you'

Support Public Citizen We get a lot of hate mail at Public Citizen. Perhaps not surprisingly — given the embrace of outright fascism by so many adherents of Donald Trump — it seems to be getting even more personal and violent. Here are just a few recent examples: “We will eradicate scum like…

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September 28, 2022 at 8:08 PM

all the ways you've helped make progress happen

Support Public Citizen You’ve signed petitions and sent messages to President Biden and other administration officials, the United States Senate and House of Representatives, individual members of Congress, governors (of both red and blue states), multinational corporations and their CEOs, and a c…

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September 28, 2022 at 5:58 PM

our work to protect voting rights, ensure election integrity, and defend democracy

Support Public Citizen Please take a minute to read through this update. We are just days from a make-or-break deadline. How things go between now and midnight this Friday will directly impact how aggressive Public Citizen can be going forward. That includes all our work to protect voting rig…

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September 27, 2022 at 10:22 PM

some encouraging news

Support Public Citizen We’re off to an encouraging start. But we need at least 3 more people from your Zip Code to donate before midnight tonight or we’ll already fall off the pace we need to be on to have any chance of earning the full $50,000 in dollar-for-dollar matching funds before the dead…

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September 27, 2022 at 6:03 PM

almost existentially important

Support Public Citizen Please take a minute to read through this update. We are just days from a make-or-break deadline. How things go between now and midnight this Friday will directly impact how aggressive Public Citizen can be going forward. That includes all our work to protect voting rig…

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September 25, 2022 at 5:46 PM

Senator Joe Manchin is at it again

For the past year and a half, Senator Joe Manchin has been holding his fellow Democrats hostage. Manchin repeatedly negotiated in bad faith to extract concession upon concession in his party’s once-ambitious plans to help everyday Americans combat the insatiable greed of Big Business and the fa…

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September 23, 2022 at 7:14 PM

Joe Manchin meets The Rolling Stones

For the past year and a half, Senator Joe Manchin has been holding his fellow Democrats hostage. Manchin repeatedly negotiated in bad faith to extract concession upon concession in his party’s once-ambitious plans to help everyday Americans combat the insatiable greed of Big Business and the fa…

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September 22, 2022 at 6:26 PM

Big Business funding insurrectionists in Congress

A reminder: In the early morning of January 7, 2021, 147 members of Congress opposed certification of the 2020 presidential election results. All 147 were Republicans. And all 147 had seen their own safety — not to mention our very democracy — at risk just hours earlier when a violent mob s…

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September 21, 2022 at 7:44 PM

Corporate America bankrolling Big Lie candidates

A reminder: In the early morning of January 7, 2021, 147 members of Congress opposed certification of the 2020 presidential election results. All 147 were Republicans. And all 147 had seen their own safety — not to mention our very democracy — at risk just hours earlier when a violent mob s…

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September 20, 2022 at 7:44 PM

Florida man exploits Venezuelan migrants to 'own the libs'

In the race to be Trumpier than Donald Trump himself, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is leading a craven pack. Last week, DeSantis schemed to have 50 migrants (mostly from Venezuela) flown from Texas to Massachusetts.* DeSantis exploited people seeking asylum — and a chance at a better life he…

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September 15, 2022 at 6:58 PM

end the Dark Money charade and save our democracy

Democracy. Racial justice. Health care reform. A fair economy. Reproductive rights. Averting climate disaster. Voting rights. Those are just some of the big things you and Public Citizen are working for together. And all of it is harder to achieve because of undisclosed billionaire and Big Bu…

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September 14, 2022 at 6:39 PM

this legislation would end secret spending in politics

Democracy. Racial justice. Health care reform. A fair economy. Reproductive rights. Averting climate disaster. Voting rights. Those are just some of the big things you and Public Citizen are working for together. And all of it is harder to achieve because of undisclosed billionaire and Big Bu…

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September 13, 2022 at 10:03 PM

federal abortion ban introduced

It hasn’t even been three full months since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. But already, 12 states have made abortion completely illegal — even in cases of rape and incest. And Republican politicians are pushing for similarly extreme restrictions in at least as many other states. …

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September 12, 2022 at 6:19 PM

fire Louis DeJoy before he does lasting damage to Postal Service

Two years ago, Donald Trump put a Republican mega-donor in charge of the United States Postal Service. And Louis DeJoy is *still* Postmaster General because the only people with the authority to fire him — the USPS Board of Governors — have not done so. DeJoy has given over $2 million to the …

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September 10, 2022 at 7:32 PM

this Trump donor is *still* running the Post Office

Two years ago, Donald Trump put a Republican mega-donor in charge of the United States Postal Service. And Louis DeJoy is *still* Postmaster General because the only people with the authority to fire him — the USPS Board of Governors — have not done so. DeJoy has given over $2 million to the …

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September 8, 2022 at 5:57 PM

what do you want to happen?

These feel like perilous times. Among other concerns: The very foundations of our society are at risk as extremist forces within the Republican Party — in abject fealty to Donald Trump — push blatantly anti-democratic measures and threaten outright political violence in naked pursuit of power…

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September 7, 2022 at 6:07 PM

flawed 'special master' ruling by Trump-appointed judge

Donald Trump got caught hoarding government documents at his compound in Florida. As we saw throughout his presidency, Trump has difficulty understanding the distinction between what belongs to him and what belongs to the American people. On Monday, a judge who was appointed by Trump ruled th…

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September 6, 2022 at 9:47 PM

special master ruling is especially wrong

Donald Trump got caught hoarding government documents at his compound in Florida. As we saw throughout his presidency, Trump has difficulty understanding the distinction between what belongs to him and what belongs to the American people. Yesterday, a judge who was appointed by Trump ruled th…

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