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  Working Families Party · [email protected]
July 24, 2020 at 8:49 PM

SUNDAY: Rep. Rashida Tlaib and Robert Peters

The Assembly is our monthly national online gathering where the WFP family joins together to build community, and re-commit ourselves to the movement. John, On this month’s WFP Assembly — our monthly virtual gathering where we join together to build community and re-commit ours…
  Delvone Michael, Working Families Party · [email protected]
July 23, 2020 at 8:10 PM

August 4th isn't that far away

It’s a serious challenge, and we can’t get complacent or take Rashida’s place in Congress for granted. John, POLITICO just broke the news today: The Working Families Party is launching a new independent effort alongside Detroit Action in one of the most important races we’…
  WFP Election Alert · [email protected]
July 22, 2020 at 7:45 PM

Ilhan Omar primary update

A Republican-funded super PAC just launched a vicious TV ad campaign attacking her John — Rep. Ilhan Omar's primary in Minnesota is in just three weeks. And a Republican-funded super PAC just launched a vicious TV ad campaign attacking her: This is the same super PAC, …
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
July 21, 2020 at 11:45 PM

A catastrophe

In just a few days, about 30 million people will see their $600 expanded unemployment payments come to an end. John, In just a few days, about 30 million people will see their $600 expanded unemployment payments come to an end. These weekly checks have been a lifeline, allowi…
  Jamaal Bowman · [email protected]
July 17, 2020 at 6:12 PM

This is just the start, John

I wanted to take this moment to specifically thank the Working Families Party and folks like you for believing in me from the very beginning. John, While we're still waiting for the official election results from the NYC Board of Elections, I have some exciting news to s…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
July 16, 2020 at 9:01 PM

Nominate a candidate

Do you know a candidate or current elected official who you think deserves the support of the WFP Justice Fund? John, we're fired up by the incredible outpouring of support you've shown so far for the WFP Justice Fund that we just launched with the Electoral Justice Project of …
  Team WFP · [email protected]
July 14, 2020 at 5:44 PM

Maurice's email re: WFP Justice Fund

John, did you see Maurice's email? We just launched the WFP Justice Fund, and we want you to be a part of this: John, did you see Maurice's email? We just launched the WFP Justice Fund in collaboration with the Electoral Justice Project of the Movement For Black Lives to su…
  Maurice Mitchell · [email protected]
July 13, 2020 at 7:16 PM

Announcing the WFP Justice Fund

I'm so excited to share this news with you John, It’s official, The Movement for Black Lives is now the largest protest movement in U.S. history! People have been showing up for Black lives by the millions, and it is already changing America. More and more elected offici…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
July 10, 2020 at 4:52 PM

Following up

It looks like we haven't received a response from you on our July 2020 Supporter Survey yet. John — we wanted to quickly follow up on the July 2020 Supporter Survey we sent around a couple of days ago. It looks like we haven't received a response from you and we're hoping to clo…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
July 7, 2020 at 8:12 PM

How are you doing, John?

With everything going on right now, we wanted to take a moment to check in with you. Can you take our Official July 2020 Supporter Survey? John, we are now halfway through the year, and four months into this pandemic. And while so many things have changed around us, far too much…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
July 6, 2020 at 8:47 PM

Tomorrow's the day

Tomorrow in New Jersey's 5th Congressional District, we have a chance to replace a corporate Democrat with Dr. Arati Kreibich. John, Our world has changed drastically over the last few months. The COVID-19 pandemic, continuing police violence, and uprisings in defense of…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
July 3, 2020 at 3:26 PM

Will you sign the card for Jamaal?

We wanted to take a moment to show our appreciation for Jamaal and let him know that WFP supporters have his back. John, Our hard work paid off: Jamaal Bowman won his primary in New York's 16th Congressional District, the latest in a wave of WFP victories across the entire coun…
  WFP Election Alert · [email protected]
July 2, 2020 at 4:57 PM

Dr. Arati Kreibich

After Jamaal Bowman's historic win in NY-16, we're turning our focus to NJ-5: John, Jamaal Bowman's earth-shattering win last week proved what this movement is capable of. WFP champions aren't running away from what is happening in the streets — they're embracing it, and …
  WFP Digital Team · [email protected]
June 30, 2020 at 11:45 PM

Rush a donation to build on our progressive momentum

We have less than 5 hours to go until we close the books on this fundraising quarter, and we'll cut right to the chase: Several more WFP-endorsed candidates are facing down important primaries in July and August and they need your support to win. John, we have less than 5 …
  Maurice Mitchell, Working Families Party · [email protected]
June 30, 2020 at 4:50 PM

Protest moments don't last forever

Our duty right now is to continue to make our voices heard in the streets AND work to build the power that will deliver structural shifts in how we organize our economy, our society, and our government. Dear John, We are now five weeks into a national wave of protests dem…
  WorkingFamilies.org · [email protected]
June 29, 2020 at 10:54 PM

We're fired up

Every day, it seems like more things the pundits said were impossible are becoming possible. John, we're fired up. Jamaal Bowman's earth-shattering win against corporate Democrats in NY-16 and a wave of WFP victories in recent weeks in New York, DC, and across the country…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
June 27, 2020 at 7:18 PM

Tomorrow: Jamaal Bowman joins the WFP Assembly

The Assembly is our monthly national online gathering where the WFP family joins together to build community, and re-commit ourselves to the movement. John, Coming on the heels of his historic upset victory this week, this Sunday, June 28th, we’re excited to have Jamaal Bowman …
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
June 25, 2020 at 7:51 PM

$10 a month

This is your movement. Become an official member of the Working Families Party today at just $10 a month and join us for the long haul in the fight for progressive power at every level of government. John, When we started to put together our electoral and organizing plan …
  WFP Election Alert · [email protected]
June 24, 2020 at 7:16 PM

BREAKING: Jamaal declares victory!

This was a David and Goliath fight. And you made this win possible. John, BREAKING: Jamaal Bowman is declaring victory over incumbent Congressman Eliot Engel in New York's 16th Congressional District! This was a David and Goliath fight. And you made this win possible. R…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
June 24, 2020 at 1:30 AM

Here’s what we know right now

While we're seeing a lot of encouraging signs, here’s what we know for sure as of right now: John, the polls just closed in New York. Voters are still waiting in line to cast their ballots in Kentucky. We know many of you are watching closely to see if WFP candidates like …
  Team WFP · [email protected]
June 22, 2020 at 8:49 PM

This is it

In races as close as these, we must keep reaching as many voters as possible until the polls close in both states — which is why we’re asking for your urgent support: John, this is it: Tomorrow is Primary Day in Kentucky and New York. Everyone will be watching to see if Ch…
  Nelini Stamp, Working Families Party · [email protected]
June 21, 2020 at 4:45 PM

[Tonight's call] Bernie, Jamaal, Charles, and you

In just two days, we have a chance to keep up this momentum at the ballot box by electing two visionary, progressive WFP-endorsed candidates who have been showing bold leadership in the fight to defend Black lives. Hey John, This weekend, we celebrated Juneteenth in commu…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
June 20, 2020 at 4:12 PM

We don't want to look back and wonder if we could have done more

We don't want to look back after the primary and wonder if we could have done more. John, we're just three days out from primaries in Kentucky and New York. Everyone counted challengers like Charles Booker and Jamaal Bowman out. No one thought they stood a chance against …
  WorkingFamilies.org · [email protected]
June 18, 2020 at 9:43 PM

NEW POLL (KY): Booker 44% McGrath 36%

Something special is happening right now in Kentucky, John. For months, corporate Democrats had convinced pundits that the self-described “pro-Trump Democrat” Amy McGrath was the only candidate for Senate in Kentucky with the momentum to defeat Mitch McConnell. But accor…
  Aimee Castenell, Working Families Party · [email protected]
June 17, 2020 at 11:44 PM

Juneteenth: DC + Everywhere

Freedom in this country has always been hard-fought and much-delayed. But when it arrives, it is cause for celebration. Dear John, On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the Civil War had ended and Black communities were now free — two and a …
  WFP Election Alert · [email protected]
June 16, 2020 at 5:50 PM

The billionaire class is TERRIFIED about this race

The billionaire class is TERRIFIED about this race. They are going to throw everything at us this week to try and stop us from winning. John, We'll start with the bad news first: Republicans AND corporate Democrats are both lining up behind incumbent Rep. Eliot Engel as …
  Britney Whaley, WorkingFamilies.org · [email protected]
June 13, 2020 at 9:31 PM

I stood in line for three hours to vote

I fear voters in other states will meet a similar fate to mine unless we act now to expand access to vote-by-mail, early voting, and online voter registration. John, Nearly two months to the day after voters in Wisconsin waited in long lines to vote during a deadly pandemic, Ge…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
June 11, 2020 at 1:15 PM

Broken machines. Ridiculously long lines. Untrained poll workers.

On Tuesday in Georgia, voters who wanted to vote in person were forced to wait, 3, 5, even 7 hours or longer in line to cast their ballot. John, Broken machines. Ridiculously long lines. Untrained poll workers. Closed polling locations. Absentee ballots that never arrived…
  WorkingFamilies.org · [email protected]
June 9, 2020 at 6:38 PM

Eliot Engel is running scared

John, Last week, you heard from Jamaal Bowman, a WFP champion running for Congress in NY-16. His primary opponent, incumbent Representative Eliot Engel, had returned to his district, one of the hardest hit in this pandemic, for the first time in weeks. And he was caught o…
  WFP Election Alert · [email protected]
June 5, 2020 at 8:41 PM

Momentum

Even as uprisings continued in communities across the nation, Working Families Party candidates were able to score big in primaries across the country on Tuesday. With everything going on, you might have missed the big election news this week, John: Even as uprisings co…
  Ayanna Pressley and Ilhan Omar (via WorkingFamilies.org) · [email protected]
June 4, 2020 at 8:52 PM

[Take Action] Condemn police brutality

Congress must stop and listen to the people who are hurting, and to the communities that have been ignored for so long. Content Warning: this email discusses murder and police brutality. John, we are both heartbroken, horrified, and outraged by George Floyd’s execution by four …
  Jamaal Bowman · [email protected]
June 3, 2020 at 3:35 PM

Eliot Engel came out of hiding to say this:

I've talked to my neighbors, voters, and community members — and we're tired of the same old politics. We want — and we're ready — to fight for bold, progressive change. John, After nearly three months of hiding in his second home in Maryland, Congressman Eliot Engel fina…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
June 1, 2020 at 10:12 PM

IMPORTANT: Split a contribution between 16 bail funds that need your support

We’re hoping to raise $10,000 for community bail funds in cities across the country. Will you join us in splitting a contribution to these 16 groups in need of our support? John, it was an incredibly painful weekend for our country. We continued to mourn the murder of Geo…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
May 31, 2020 at 7:31 PM

Join us tonight?

The WFP Assembly is our monthly national online gathering where the WFP family joins together to build community, and re-commit ourselves to the movement. John, We hope you and your family are staying safe and healthy. Tonight, we are holding our next national Working Families…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
May 30, 2020 at 4:29 PM

John, can you chip in for the first time this year?

With so many unknowns in the months ahead, one of the most important things we can do is make sure we're prepared for whatever 2020 throws at us next. John, Our WFP family is proving every single day that together, we can rise to any challenge. The unprecedented economic …
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
May 29, 2020 at 3:11 PM

4 days left to GOTV in DC, MD, NM, PA, & RI

Whether we win or lose in key primaries on Tuesday is up to each and every one of us. John, As the pandemic continues to affect each and every one of us, and as communities in Minneapolis and across the nation are in mourning…there are still elections. And it's clear how …
  Maurice Mitchell · [email protected]
May 29, 2020 at 12:10 AM

Rage and mourning

I’ve been struggling to find the “right words” to share with all of you. I started and deleted this message many times over the past week because I failed to find them. Dear WFP family, I’ve been struggling to find the “right words” to share with all of you. I started and del…
  Braeden Lentz, Working Families Party · [email protected]
May 27, 2020 at 5:48 PM

Our average contribution

For decades, the two-party system has worked furiously to keep the ruling class in power and lock out working people. But at the Working Families Party, we're chipping away at those barriers to entry, one election at a time. John, our average online contribution this month…
  WFP HQ · [email protected]
May 24, 2020 at 4:51 PM

CNBC: U.S. Billionaires got $434 billion richer during the pandemic

We need to tax them all. Sign if you agree » Become a Working Families Party Member! Other political groups have corporate donors. We have you. Just $10 a month supports our fight. Paid for by Working Families Party National PAC (81 Prospect St., Brooklyn,…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
May 22, 2020 at 2:14 PM

Primaries

If you can afford it at this time, can you chip in to help us elect working families champions who have what it takes to meet this moment? John, Millions of us have spent the last several weeks navigating life during a pandemic any way we know how: making sure our fami…
  Tiffany Cabán, Working Families Party · [email protected]
May 21, 2020 at 4:50 PM

Every single day, District Attorneys make these choices

We want you to be a part of this discussion John — When I ran for District Attorney in Queens, NY last summer, I built my campaign around a coalition of local grassroots activists and community leaders. That’s because the only way candidates can win the fight for transformatio…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
May 21, 2020 at 12:17 AM

This does not happen overnight

In election after election, for decade after decade, we have seen how the two-party system tries to keep the ruling class in power and keep the rest of us locked out. John, Is there one single road map to building political power? Probably not. And even if there was, our oppon…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
May 18, 2020 at 10:02 PM

Your responses

John, A few weeks back, we asked each of you how you've been holding up during this challenging time, and for your thoughts on upcoming elections. Since then, thousands of you have reached out to share your stories and perspectives. We're still working our way through ea…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
May 15, 2020 at 12:10 AM

Jeff Bezos

Over 75% of Americans support protecting our essential workers — it's time to act. The system is broken and out of control, John: Yes, you read that right. Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos is reportedly on track to become the world's first trillionaire in the next few years…
  Pam Campos-Palma, Vets For the People · [email protected]
May 13, 2020 at 4:38 PM

Join us tonight for a virtual teach-in on National Security

Join Jamaal Bowman and Vets For the People for a discussion on National Security Hi John, My name is Pam Campos-Palma, and I am a leader of Vets For the People — a community of progressive veterans, active service members, and their families organizing with the Working Families…
  WorkingFamilies.org · [email protected]
May 12, 2020 at 4:20 PM

Just like in 2018, this election is going to come down to every last vote

Just like in 2018, this election is going to come down to every last vote. And with so little attention being paid to this primary, we have to start reaching voters now to let them know what’s at stake in this fight. John, Just days after the pandemic hit, Republicans mad…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
May 8, 2020 at 6:04 PM

This is bad, John

At a time when Americans are already facing unprecedented obstacles to voting, we have to act now to protect our democracy in November. This is bad, John. The New York Times and other media outlets are reporting that the Trump administration is tapping a major Republican donor …
  Ryan Frankenberry, Working Families Party · [email protected]
May 6, 2020 at 6:53 PM

This is what a movement campaign looks like

West Virginia’s teaching the nation how to campaign during a pandemic John, It’s often said that how you campaign is how you’ll govern. Well, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Stephen Smith didn’t hesitate. WFP’s candidate for governor in West Virginia immediately transformed hi…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
May 5, 2020 at 9:36 PM

Almost two-thirds of renters are worried they won't be able to pay the rent in June

At every level of government, we are working right now to elect WFP champions who will put people first in response to this pandemic. John, Last week, rent was due for tens of millions of newly unemployed and underemployed Americans for the second time in the COVID-19 pan…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
May 2, 2020 at 6:07 PM

2020 Supporter Survey

Please take our supporter survey to share your thoughts Hey John, it's not too late to complete our 2020 Supporter Survey. Will you take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us before we close the survey on Monday? - Team WFP PREVIOUS MESSAGE: John, The last couple of …