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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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September 2, 2022 at 7:31 PM

one thing we can do to defend democracy

President Biden addressed the American people last night. He warned about the threat of Trumpism and of anti-democratic, extremist forces within the Republican party, calling the upcoming midterm elections a “battle for the soul of this nation.” There is something President Biden can do *righ…

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September 1, 2022 at 6:58 PM

what Biden could do *right now* about money in politics

It was January 21, 2010. That’s when the Supreme Court handed down its infamous Citizens United ruling. For 12 years and counting, corporations have been free to spend literally as much as they want “influencing” (i.e. corrupting) our elections. A lot of those companies have something in co…

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August 29, 2022 at 7:13 PM

neo-fascism, corporate greed, and government inaction

Support Public Citizen One million dollars a day. That’s how much Donald Trump — who hasn’t officially announced his candidacy for president (or anything else) yet — was raking in from MAGA adherents in the days after the FBI executed its lawful search of his Mar-a-Lago compound. To give you a…

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August 25, 2022 at 6:38 PM

you might want to know about this

Support Public Citizen One million dollars a day. That’s how much Donald Trump — who hasn’t officially announced his candidacy for president (or anything else) yet — was raking in from MAGA adherents in the days after the FBI executed its lawful search of his Mar-a-Lago compound. To give you a…

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August 24, 2022 at 6:21 PM

Trump was raking in $1,000,000 a day

Support Public Citizen One million dollars a day. That’s how much Donald Trump — who hasn’t officially announced his candidacy for president (or anything else) yet — was raking in from MAGA adherents in the days after the FBI executed its lawful search of his Mar-a-Lago compound. To give you a…

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August 22, 2022 at 7:21 PM

don't miss out on this message to Biden

Just wanted to give everyone another chance to sign our petition urging President Biden to fire a Trump leftover in the Department of Homeland Security. See my earlier note, copied below in case you missed it, for all the details. - Robert ****** We need to talk about a Trumpist still doi…

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August 18, 2022 at 6:57 PM

a Trump leftover in the Biden admin

We need to talk about a Trumpist still doing damage within the federal government. Let’s go step by step: 1. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was created after 9/11 with the mission — ostensibly — of keeping Americans safe from terrorism, securing our borders, and protecting us from …

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August 17, 2022 at 7:16 PM

Biden needs to fire this guy already

We need to talk about a Trumpist still doing damage within the federal government. Let’s go step by step: 1. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was created after 9/11 with the mission — ostensibly — of keeping Americans safe from terrorism, securing our borders, and protecting us from …

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August 16, 2022 at 7:38 PM

Rudy Giuliani under investigation in Georgia

On Monday, we learned this: Rudy Giuliani is under criminal investigation for election interference in Georgia. As Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Giuliani helped spearhead efforts to keep Trump in power despite his loss in the 2020 presidential election. When the state of New York suspen…

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August 14, 2022 at 10:11 PM

shame on Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy

Earlier this week, the FBI — executing a lawful warrant and with the approval of the United States attorney general himself — searched Donald Trump’s gaudy Mar-a-Lago club/residence in Florida. The search was at least in part related to an investigation into whether Donald Trump illegally took …

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August 13, 2022 at 6:32 PM

political violence

Earlier this week, the FBI — executing a lawful warrant and with the approval of the United States attorney general himself — searched Donald Trump’s gaudy Mar-a-Lago club/residence in Florida. The search was at least in part related to an investigation into whether Donald Trump illegally took …

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August 11, 2022 at 7:28 PM

in case you didn't see the show

Support Public Citizen A quick note today. I was on the popular independent news program Democracy Now! on Tuesday. I talked with the hosts, Amy Goodman and Juan González, about the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago and our call for Donald Trump to be prosecuted for his attempted coup. We also disc…

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August 10, 2022 at 6:37 PM

tell Congress to pass this law

Earlier this week, the Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. Now it’s up to the House of Representatives to pass the bill so that President Biden can sign it into law. Here are some of the achievements of this landmark legislation: Empower Medicare — for the first time — to neg…

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August 9, 2022 at 8:33 PM

FBI searches Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence

Yesterday, the FBI executed a search warrant at Donald Trump’s gaudy Mar-a-Lago club/residence in Florida. Now, we don’t (yet) know what the FBI expected to find or what it did find. And the FBI has a long history of misdeeds that should make us look carefully at anything it does. But this ap…

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August 6, 2022 at 10:28 PM

Tell the Senate to pass this progressive bill

At long last, the Senate is poised to pass the budget reconciliation bill, now called the Inflation Reduction Act. This is not the bill we wished it were, but it is a very, very good legislative package. If enacted, the bill will make America a better place. It will: Empower Medicare to ne…

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August 4, 2022 at 7:06 PM

what are Secret Service, Pentagon, DHS hiding?

First it was the Secret Service. Then the Department of Homeland Security. And now even high-level Pentagon officials within the Trump administration. All of these entities — which, let’s remember, are funded by our tax dollars — had a significant role in the events on and leading up to the…

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August 3, 2022 at 6:44 PM

oops, we did it again

First it was the Secret Service. Then the Department of Homeland Security. And now even high-level Pentagon officials within the Trump administration. All of these entities — which, let’s remember, are funded by our tax dollars — had a significant role in the events on and leading up to the…

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