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  Team WFP · [email protected]
August 26, 2022 at 8:25 PM

Student Loan Cancellation: An Explainer

This is a long email, but we hope it helps explain the student loan plan. John, On Wednesday, President Biden announced his plan to tackle the student debt crisis. The plan includes federal student loan cancellation of up to $20,000 and adjustments to the income requireme…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
August 24, 2022 at 9:47 PM

Last night

It’s critical we raise resources now. John, Last night, WFP candidates in New York and Florida faced off in a number of closely watched Democratic primaries. Here are some of the results: In Florida, Maxwell Frost won his primary in Florida’s 10th Congressional district…
  WFP Election Alert · [email protected]
August 21, 2022 at 2:30 PM

We have a real chance to defeat Ron Johnson

We need to elect more working people like Mandela to office. John, This week, two new polls dropped showing Mandela Barnes ahead of Republican Senator Ron Johnson in Wisconsin — including one poll that shows Barnes increasing his lead by 5 points since June. Marquette La…
  WorkingFamilies.org · [email protected]
August 19, 2022 at 7:47 PM

What the race in NY-17 means for our movement

John, In just five days, longtime WFP champion Alessandra Biaggi will face off against corporate Democrat and DCCC Chair Sean Patrick Maloney for New York’s 17th Congressional district. If you’re not in New York, you may not care about this race, but please spare us a min…
  Election Spending Alert via WFP · [email protected]
August 18, 2022 at 7:36 PM

Our Senate momentum is growing

Electing more progressives to the U.S. Senate is within reach. Big news: The main Republican Senate campaign committee just canceled $10 million of TV ad buys in multiple states, including Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.1 Why is that a big deal, John? Let us explain: With Re…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
August 16, 2022 at 10:08 PM

Tonight: A virtual evening with Alessandra Biaggi, Cynthia Nixon, and NYPAN

Join Cynthia Nixon, WFP, and NYPAN for a virtual evening with Alessandra Biaggi tonight. You’ve heard it all throughout this primary season, John. How billionaire-funded Super PACs have been flooding Democratic primaries across the country with obscene amounts of money to drown…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
August 16, 2022 at 6:38 PM

August updates from WFP

Summer may be wrapping up, but we’re not slowing down! Can you believe we’re already halfway through August, John? Our team could hardly believe that summer is almost over as we were pulling this monthly update together. In it, you’ll find updates on what’s happening in our part…
  Merch Alert via Team WFP · [email protected]
August 12, 2022 at 3:24 PM

Have you seen our online store?

At Working Families Party we don’t just live our values… we also wear them. John, at Working Families Party we don’t just live our values… we also wear them. As a dedicated supporter, you can show off your WFP solidarity too by checking out everything we have to offer in our onl…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
August 10, 2022 at 10:33 PM

Your personal endorsement

John, last night was just the beginning. John, last night was just the beginning. WFP champion Mandela Barnes declared victory in Wisconsin’s Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate. This is a huge step forward for our people-powered movement, but now we have to move on to the ne…
  WFP Election Alert · [email protected]
August 10, 2022 at 1:28 AM

One of our best chances to flip a Senate seat

There’s a lot on the line in this race. John, it’s official: WFP champion Mandela Barnes has declared victory in the Wisconsin Senate primary. Now, he’ll face Republican Ron Johnson in just three months. Ron Johnson is one of the most vulnerable Senators up for reelection. Eve…
  Alessandra Biaggi · [email protected]
August 6, 2022 at 4:43 PM

This is not our only option

We need a lot of folks on board to send a strong message, so will you add your name now? Hey John, it’s Alessandra Biaggi. Let me introduce myself a bit: I’ve been a proud Working Families Party candidate since 2018, when I defeated a corporate, GOP-aligned Democrat for the New…
  WFP Election Alert · [email protected]
August 5, 2022 at 3:54 PM

Mandela Barnes is our best chance to beat Ron Johnson

We need to elect more working people like Mandela to office. John, we’re just four days out from Wisconsin’s primary election — and right now all signs point to voters choosing Mandela Barnes as the Democratic nominee to take on Republican Ron Johnson in November. If we’re go…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
August 4, 2022 at 7:09 PM

Join the Green Wave to defend abortion rights

John — When Republicans achieved their 40 year campaign to overturn Roe, they didn’t realize the fury they unleashed. But last Tuesday, they got their first taste. In a resounding victory for reproductive rights, voters in Kansas turned out in droves — with the highest turnout…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
August 3, 2022 at 8:47 PM

A stunning rejection

Did you see what happened in Kansas last night? John, did you see what happened in Kansas last night? Kansas voters turned out in massive numbers to deliver a stunning rejection to an anti-abortion constitutional amendment: This was one of the first major challenges to th…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
August 1, 2022 at 10:01 PM

Help re-elect Squad member Cori Bush

Leaders like Cori who bring their full selves to the table in the service of the people are rare John. Last year, when Missouri Rep. Cori Bush led a round-the-clock sit-in on the steps of the Capitol building to protest the COVID-19 eviction moratorium expiring — our party sent…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
July 31, 2022 at 4:34 PM

Thank you for being a part of what we’re building together, John

We have some big tests ahead of us this month. John, We’re less than 12 hours away from our July fundraising deadline, but we’re running about $13,000 short of our goal. Our team’s working hard to close this gap, so we took a look at our donor records for this year. Here’s wh…
  Maurice Mitchell, Working Families Party · [email protected]
July 30, 2022 at 2:52 PM

We won’t play political roulette

Just this week the New York Times put out an article with this eyebrow-raising headline: John, just this week the New York Times put out an article with this eyebrow-raising headline: In short, they explain that the DCCC has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in a Repu…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
July 29, 2022 at 6:26 PM

Here’s the good news:

Some of our most progressive WFP champions are the prime targets of these deep-pocketed, outside groups John, our next big fundraising deadline is in just 2 days — but that’s not the only thing on our minds right now: This year’s Democratic primaries are seeing an unprecedente…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
July 28, 2022 at 9:39 PM

Join Mandela Barnes at this Sunday’s WFP Assembly

This Sunday, we’ll be speaking with Mandela Barnes about his priorities and his plan to win at the WFP July Assembly. We’ve got a big update from Wisconsin, John: WFP’s Mandela Barnes is gaining serious momentum in his primary for U.S. Senate after two of his opponents droppe…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
July 27, 2022 at 10:05 PM

The reproductive justice movement’s first big test

In just 6 days, the reproductive justice movement is facing its first big test on the ballot since the overturning of Roe v. Wade. John, In just 6 days, the reproductive justice movement is facing its first big test on the ballot since the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Kansans…
  Election Alert from Team WFP · [email protected]
July 26, 2022 at 10:27 PM

Are you committed to flipping this battleground seat?

We have to ramp up our get-out-the-vote plans fast Two weeks, John. That is all the time we have left to ensure Mandela Barnes wins the Democratic primary and faces off against Republican Senator Ron Johnson on Election Day in November. The latest polls show Mandela is the b…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
July 26, 2022 at 3:59 PM

Cori Bush for Congress volunteer opportunity!

There’s only one week before St. Louis’s August 2nd primary, and right now, our movement is working overtime to mobilize our people and help re-elect progressive champion and organizer, Cori Bush. Dear John, There’s only one week before St. Louis’s August 2nd primary, and right…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
July 25, 2022 at 4:04 PM

The powerful tool you may not be using

If you’re in this fight with us, if you’re passionate about making this a country where everyone can thrive and electing champions who work for the people, there’s a reason why. John, There’s a powerful tool in politics, one that you might not be using. It doesn’t cost anythi…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
July 23, 2022 at 4:36 PM

An inside look

As always, there's a lot to cover. We're back with the July WFP update, John. These monthly updates are an inside look at what’s happening in our party, including key primary elections and all the organizing WFP members are doing to build a better future for our country. THE W…
  Joe Dinkin, Working Families Party · [email protected]
July 21, 2022 at 10:00 PM

This is unprecedented

Let me get right to the point: this year’s Democratic primaries are seeing an unprecedented avalanche of right wing and corporate Super PAC spending. John — Let me get right to the point: this year’s Democratic primaries are seeing an unprecedented avalanche of right wing a…
  Election Update from Team WFP · [email protected]
July 20, 2022 at 6:26 PM

Between now and August 9th

All of this adds up to one thing: Mandela Barnes’ campaign to unseat Republican Senator Ron Johnson is gaining serious momentum. Here are some of the latest, on-the-ground updates from Wisconsin. First: A new Wisconsin poll showed Mandela leading Ron Johnson in a head-to-head…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
July 19, 2022 at 2:01 PM

These poll results just came across our desk

We’ve seen what happens when this grassroots movement bands together. John, these new poll results just came across our desk and we wanted to make sure you saw them: New York’s 10th Congressional District: Democratic Primary (Margin of error +/- 3.87%, July 1 – 11, 2022) …
  Team WFP · [email protected]
July 18, 2022 at 5:33 PM

Dark money is no match for our organizing : Make calls for Andy Levin with us tonight

Join us tonight for a phone bank to get out the vote for Andy Levin and keep him in Congress. John, The labor movement is making a comeback. Just this morning, staffers in eight House offices filed to form the first unions in Congress. And across the country at other major e…
  WFP Digital Team · [email protected]
July 14, 2022 at 3:50 PM

Official July 2022 Supporter Survey for [email protected]

Will you take our short 5-question survey to share what candidates, issues, and campaigns you think we should prioritize in 2021? John— Every so often, we send out surveys like this one to make sure our full team has a finger on the pulse of our supporters when it comes to the …
  Malcolm Kenyatta · [email protected]
July 13, 2022 at 7:18 PM

The GOP tried to silence me.

They can’t shut all of us up. Will you join me in helping to elect working champions at every level of government who will fight for abortion rights by making a contribution to the Working Families Party? John, Last week, in the dead of the night, Republican lawmakers in Pennsy…
  WFP Election Alert · [email protected]
July 12, 2022 at 10:07 PM

AOC endorsed Mandela Barnes in Wisconsin!

It’s time for Ron Johnson to go. John, We’re just one month out from Mandela Barnes’ competitive primary election in Wisconsin and we have big news: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is endorsing Mandela Barnes for U.S. Senate! AOC and Wisconsinites agree: It’s time for Ron Johnson t…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
July 9, 2022 at 6:55 PM

“More than 180 arrested at abortion rights protest”

We will do everything we can to protect abortion access. John, In the days immediately after the overturn of Roe v. Wade we made a promise to you and our other supporters: We will do everything we can to protect abortion access. Last week, that looked like turning out in fo…
  WFP Digital Team · [email protected]
July 8, 2022 at 5:05 PM

4 months to Election Day

You can help us close this critical fundraising gap. John, We wanted to give you an update on our end-of-quarter online fundraising efforts last week. Unfortunately, we fell a few thousand dollars short of our $420,000 goal. Let us explain why it’s critical that we make up tha…
  Delia Ramirez · [email protected]
July 6, 2022 at 8:34 PM

An update on my primary race

The support of Working Families Party members and supporters helped carry me across the finish line. Hi John, it’s Delia Ramirez. As the daughter of immigrants, a State Representative, and a fierce advocate of working people, I’m overwhelmed with gratitude to share that I wo…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
June 30, 2022 at 9:25 PM

Your official donor record for 2022:

Thank you for being a part of what we’re building together. John, We’re getting close to our second Federal Election Commission (FEC) end-of-quarter filing goal of 2022. We still have to raise another $14,000 to hit our online fundraising goal, so we took a look at our donor …
  WFP Election Alert · [email protected]
June 29, 2022 at 6:51 PM

Mandela Barnes is our best chance to beat Ron Johnson

We need to elect more working people like Mandela to office. Big news out of Wisconsin, John: Mandela Barnes is not only leading his Democratic primary, but he’s also now beating Republican Senator Ron Johnson by a larger margin than any of his primary opponents too: Marq…
  DC Working Families Party · [email protected]
June 28, 2022 at 2:30 PM

Wins from last week, and the work continues

Our wins and lessons from the DC primary John — Last week, DC WFP members helped elect some incredible people-powered champions as the next Democratic nominees for DC Council. Zachary Parker won the nomination in Ward 5, with an approach focused on better schools, affordable…
  WorkingFamilies.org · [email protected]
June 27, 2022 at 8:42 PM

Why we won’t ever tell you to “just vote”

We wanted to take a moment to share with you all the Working Families Party’s strategy to defend abortion rights in this moment. John, The extreme right wing spent 50 years pushing to end abortion rights. They may think the fight is now over. We know it’s not. Hope is an…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
June 25, 2022 at 3:30 PM

This is especially important

We’re running on a tight timeline. John, we have all been taken aback by the events of the last 24 hours, and we know that November 8 might look far away on the calendar right now. But with the amount of work we have to do between now and then to elect candidates who will …
  Nelini Stamp, Working Families Party · [email protected]
June 24, 2022 at 3:55 PM

We will defy this decision. Take action now:

It’s official. The Supreme Court has ruled on Dobbs v. Jackson and stripped women and people seeking abortions of their long-held rights to control their bodies — a right which I exercised last year when faced with an unwanted pregnancy. It’s official, John. The Supreme Court ha…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
June 23, 2022 at 9:12 PM

Join Jamie McLeod-Skinner, Alessandra Biaggi, and Renee Bracey Sherman this Sunday

This Sunday, we’ll be gathering at the WFP Assembly to share how we intend to defy and fight back against this attack on our bodily autonomy. John, With the Supreme Court widely expected to overturn Roe v. Wade in a matter of days, soon millions of people — particularly poor an…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
June 22, 2022 at 8:05 PM

A dumpster fire of a senator

He tried to pretend he was on the phone. John, The House January 6th Committee just released new evidence showing just how deeply Senator Ron Johnson was involved in Donald Trump’s effort to defy the will of Wisconsin voters and overturn the 2020 election. Text messages re…
  DC Working Families Party · [email protected]
June 21, 2022 at 2:18 PM

Get out and VOTE, DC WFP!

Today’s the last day of the primary It's Election Day, John! If you haven’t already cast your ballot, TODAY is your last day to vote! Head over to a voting center by 8:00pm and help elect people-powered champions to be DC’s next mayor and Councilmembers: Not sure where to go t…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
June 18, 2022 at 4:14 PM

WFP Update: June 18, 2022

As always, there's a lot to cover. We're back with the June WFP update, John. These monthly updates are an inside look at what's happening in our party, including key primary elections and all the organizing WFP members are doing to build a better future for our country. THE P…
  WFP Election Alert · [email protected]
June 17, 2022 at 2:59 PM

Delia Ramirez

In just 11 days, voters in Illinois's newly drawn Third Congressional District will head to the polls to vote in the next big primary election for our movement. John, In just 11 days, voters in Illinois's newly drawn Third Congressional District will head to the polls to vo…
  DC WFP · [email protected]
June 16, 2022 at 6:00 PM

Every vote is going to matter between now and Tuesday

Robert White and Muriel Bowser in a dead heat John! Did you see Tuesday’s news? Robert White and Muriel Bowser are statistically tied in the race for mayor.1 DC hasn’t had a mayoral race this close in decades, and electing a people-powered champion is within our reach. That me…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
June 14, 2022 at 6:58 PM

Pro-insurrectionist groups are spending millions to try and defeat WFP champions

Our demands on January 6, 2021 remain our demands today. John, Last week, the House January 6 Select Committee kicked off public hearings into the events surrounding the white supremacist-led insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in 2021. Among the revelations that have alread…
  Jamaal Bowman (via WorkingFamilies.org) · [email protected]
June 11, 2022 at 4:14 PM

Sign on as a Citizen Co-sponsor to Fight White Supremacy

I need your help today. John, On May 14, an 18-year-old gunman viciously took the lives of 10 Americans and injured three more. Eleven of the 13 victims were Black Americans. This act of terror was inspired and initiated by a white supremacist conspiracy called the "Great Repl…
  Summer Lee · [email protected]
June 8, 2022 at 8:35 PM

The fight for the future of our fundamental rights and reproductive justice depends on delivering a working families majority in Congress

You didn’t give up on me. And neither did the Working Families Party, who joined shoulder-to-shoulder with our campaign every step of the way — throwing real resources and deep organizing behind our race. John, we made history last month. Together, as a multiracial, multige…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
June 3, 2022 at 5:23 PM

Tell President Biden: $10K isn't enough

The average student loan debt is over $30,000 and more than 3 million borrowers owe more than $100,000. With interest placed on these loans, $10,000 won't even make a dent. John, in 2020, the government paused student loan payments because Americans were being forced to ch…