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December 29, 2022 at 10:31 PM

throwing punches

Support Public Citizen We hear something a lot: “Public Citizen punches above its weight.” We do. Proudly. And not by accident. That means we get more done than we should be able to given our size. And it means that Public Citizen is more effective than other organizations with similar…

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December 29, 2022 at 7:02 PM

let me explain

Support Public Citizen You’re probably getting a lot of emails right now from organizations like Public Citizen. Let me explain what’s going on. If — after reading this note — you still think it’s too much, at least it will be clear where things stand. This is a peek behind the curtain that …

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December 29, 2022 at 3:32 PM

'I will kill you without remorse.'

Support Public Citizen We get a lot of hate mail at Public Citizen. Here are just a few examples: “I will kill you without remorse.” “What is really sad is that no one has killed the twisted morons at Public Citizen.” “The cops should beat you all within an inch of your lives.” “You all …

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December 28, 2022 at 11:01 PM

what if it happens again?

Support Public Citizen I’ll explain it as plainly as I can: We need just 116 more people to donate today to avoid falling behind in our critical year-end fundraising. But this is where things always seem to stall out. We get this close to a make-or-break goal, then so many people seem to fig…

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December 28, 2022 at 7:31 PM

what have you done?

Support Public Citizen Maybe you’ve been getting emails from Public Citizen for years. Or maybe you heard about us for the first time just in the past few months. Either way, you might be wondering: “In the 50 years since Public Citizen was founded, what have you done?” “How did Public Citi…

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December 28, 2022 at 4:04 PM

you deserve an explanation

Support Public Citizen You’re probably getting a lot of emails right now from organizations like Public Citizen. Let me explain what’s going on. If — after reading this note — you still think it’s too much, at least it will be clear where things stand. This is a peek behind the curtain that …

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December 23, 2022 at 6:49 PM

a preview of 2023

Support Public Citizen Before we take a break for a few days, I wanted to make sure you saw my earlier note (copied below in case you missed it). It’s all about the kinds of progress that you and Public Citizen have achieved together and a preview of where we’ll be focusing our collective energy…

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  Robert · [email protected]

December 22, 2022 at 8:37 PM

yesterday, today, tomorrow

Support Public Citizen In case you missed it, my note from yesterday — highlighting just some of what you and Public Citizen have accomplished together and a few of our most critical priorities for 2023 — is copied below. Since this is the time of year when many people donate to organizations th…

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December 22, 2022 at 5:25 PM

why didn't the IRS audit Donald Trump?

We now know that the Internal Revenue Service did not audit Donald Trump while he was president in 2017 or 2018. This is perplexing for at least three reasons: One, Trump told us over and over again that he couldn’t release his taxes because he was being audited by the IRS. Turns out Trump wa…

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December 21, 2022 at 7:27 PM

who are you?

Support Public Citizen Maybe you’ve been getting emails from Public Citizen for years. Or maybe you heard about us for the first time just in the past few months. Either way, you might be wondering: “In the 50 years since Public Citizen was founded, what have you done?” “How did Public Citi…

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December 20, 2022 at 7:00 PM

tell them to prosecute Donald Trump for January 6

Donald Trump should be prosecuted by the United States Department of Justice. That’s the conclusion of the congressional January 6th Committee, which held its final hearing yesterday on efforts to keep Trump in power illegally despite his loss in the 2020 election. The bipartisan committee — …

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December 19, 2022 at 11:06 PM

we're going to let you in on a secret

Support Public Citizen This could be my final email to you for a while. Here’s the situation: We’ve reached the time of year when your inbox will be filling up with emails asking you to support organizations you care about. Nonprofits like Public Citizen can’t *not* be part of this flurry, b…

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December 19, 2022 at 8:11 PM

January 6th Committee says Trump should be prosecuted

Donald Trump should be prosecuted by the United States Department of Justice. That’s the just-announced determination of the congressional January 6th Committee, which moments ago concluded its final hearing on efforts to keep Trump in power illegally despite his loss in the 2020 election. Th…

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  Robert Weissman, Public Citizen · [email protected]

December 19, 2022 at 4:08 PM

this could be the last email you get from me until next year

Support Public Citizen This could be my final email to you for a while. Here’s the situation: We’ve reached the time of year when your inbox will be filling up with emails asking you to support organizations you care about. Nonprofits like Public Citizen simply can’t afford *not* to be part …

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December 16, 2022 at 7:23 PM

'our last hope is martial law'

“Our LAST HOPE is invoking Marshall Law!! PLEASE URGE TO PRESIDENT TO DO SO!!” That’s what one Republican member of Congress, Rep. Ralph Norman of South Carolina, texted to Mark Meadows, Donald Trump’s Chief of Staff, on January 17, 2021 — just days before President Biden was to be sworn into o…

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December 15, 2022 at 7:59 PM

these 34 members of Congress texted about overturning the 2020 election

“Our LAST HOPE is invoking Marshall Law!! PLEASE URGE TO PRESIDENT TO DO SO!!” That’s what one Republican member of Congress, Rep. Ralph Norman of South Carolina, texted to Mark Meadows, Donald Trump’s Chief of Staff, on January 17, 2021 — just days before President Biden was to be sworn into o…

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December 13, 2022 at 7:20 PM

a message for Sen. Kyrsten Sinema

Last week, Senator Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona announced that she will no longer be registered as a Democrat. In many ways, this is not surprising. Sinema has voted more conservatively than any Democratic senator besides West Virginia’s Joe Manchin. Sinema thwarted efforts over the past two y…

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December 12, 2022 at 10:11 PM

tell Senator Kyrsten Sinema what you think

Last week, Senator Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona announced that she will no longer be registered as a Democrat. In many ways, this is not surprising. Sinema has voted more conservatively than any Democratic senator besides West Virginia’s Joe Manchin. Sinema thwarted efforts over the past two y…

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December 11, 2022 at 8:50 PM

prosecuting Donald Trump for January 6

It has been almost two years since Donald Trump — in an attempt to remain in power illegally that would have ended American democracy as we know it — incited a violent mob to storm the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021. And Trump has *still* not been formally charged for any crimes relat…

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December 9, 2022 at 9:09 PM

Donald Trump must be prosecuted

A quick but crucial note today. It has been almost two years since Donald Trump — in an attempt to remain in power illegally that would have ended American democracy as we know it — incited a violent mob to storm the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021. And Trump has *still* not been for…

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December 8, 2022 at 10:11 PM

Tell Congress: No more corporate tax breaks

Congress is only in session for a couple more weeks this year. Your members of Congress should be doing everything they can to improve the lives of Americans before Republicans take over the House next year. But corporate lobbyists are in DC right now trying to convince Congress to lock in thr…

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December 7, 2022 at 7:32 PM

one essential piece of unfinished business

We are running out of time to pass critical legislation before Republicans take control of the U.S. House of Representatives. One essential piece of unfinished business is passing the Electoral Count Reform Act. This bipartisan legislation would prevent sore losers, liars, and cheats from exp…

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December 6, 2022 at 8:53 PM

so many American children living in poverty

America is the richest country on Earth. Yet millions — millions — of our nation’s children live in poverty. Congress actually did something about that last year by expanding a key tax break known as the Child Tax Credit. By the end of 2021, the rate of child poverty in America had been cut b…

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December 5, 2022 at 6:25 PM

what to do about crime in America

There is an epidemic of crime in America. Innocent, hard-working Americans are being terrorized and even killed by depraved criminals emboldened by a system of so-called justice that far too often administers little more than a slap on the wrist — if it investigates and prosecutes the perpetrat…

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December 3, 2022 at 7:46 PM

letting law enforcement deploy robots with lethal force

I’m not making this up. In a matter of days, one of America’s largest cities may give its police force the green light to use robots to kill people. And if somewhere as liberal as San Francisco allows this dystopian insanity, it is only a matter of time before cities and towns all across the …

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December 2, 2022 at 8:32 PM

killer police robots

I’m not making this up. In a matter of days, one of America’s largest cities may give its police force the green light to use robots to kill people. And if somewhere as liberal as San Francisco allows this dystopian insanity, it is only a matter of time before cities and towns all across the …

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November 30, 2022 at 8:13 PM

almost out of time to get this law passed

We have just a matter of weeks to pass critical legislation before Republicans take control of the U.S. House of Representatives. One essential piece of unfinished business is passing the Electoral Count Reform Act. This bipartisan legislation would prevent sore losers, liars, and cheats from…

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November 22, 2022 at 8:49 PM

do *not* let Trump back on Facebook

Elon Musk — still, somehow, the richest person on Earth — is letting Donald Trump back on Twitter. Trump’s exploitation of Twitter propelled him to the White House in 2016 and enabled his disastrous presidency, right up to his incitement of the January 6 insurrection. Letting Trump back on th…

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November 21, 2022 at 6:57 PM

tell them not to slow down investigation of Trump

On Friday, Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a special counsel to run investigations by the Department of Justice into Donald Trump’s role in the January 6 insurrection and the former president’s hoarding of government documents at his compound in Florida. The special counsel is a vete…

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November 19, 2022 at 8:25 PM

prosecute Trump already

Yesterday, Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a special counsel to run investigations by the Department of Justice into Donald Trump’s role in the January 6 insurrection and the former president’s hoarding of government documents at his compound in Florida. The special counsel is a vete…

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November 17, 2022 at 7:46 PM

Congress needs to pass this law NOW

The so-called “lame duck” session of Congress started this week. That’s the time between an election in November and the start of a new congressional term in January. We have just a matter of weeks to pass critical legislation in *this* Congress. (The U.S. House of Representatives will be under…

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November 16, 2022 at 3:32 PM

what Donald Trump announced last night

Support Public Citizen Last night, Donald Trump formally announced that he is running for president again. Trump’s presidency delivered an upward transfer of wealth at the expense of regular people, accelerated the planet’s rush to climate chaos, and turned cronyism and corruption into governing…

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November 15, 2022 at 7:17 PM

this could be the thing that saves our democracy

The so-called “lame duck” session of Congress started yesterday. That’s the time between an election in November and the start of a new congressional term in January. We have just a matter of weeks to pass critical legislation in *this* Congress. (The U.S. House of Representatives may be under …

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November 14, 2022 at 8:18 PM

how a wounded bird could prevent another January 6

The so-called “lame duck” session of Congress starts today. That’s the time between an election in November and the start of a new congressional term in January. We have just a matter of weeks to pass critical legislation in *this* Congress. (The U.S. House of Representatives may be under Repub…

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  Robert · [email protected]

November 12, 2022 at 7:05 PM

worried you might have missed this

Support Public Citizen The response to my post-election email — all about Public Citizen’s vision for advancing a progressive populist agenda and mobilizing to protect democracy — has been truly inspiring. My earlier note is copied below in case you missed it. I hope you can take just a few minu…

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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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