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September 30, 2020 at 6:46 PM

“The day of reckoning is upon us.”

        Friends,    Senator Lindsey Graham, who is making a blatantly partisan attempt today to discredit the FBI’s investigation of the Trump campaign, has promised Americans they’re in for a real show.   Graham’s exact (and cryptic) words were that …

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September 30, 2020 at 2:47 PM

Tell us what you thought about last night

        Friends,    We couldn’t possibly have had a clearer vision of the differences between the two candidates last night.   One appealed to facts, reason, compassion, and progress -- the other spread a message of hate, fear, division, and anger.  …

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September 29, 2020 at 6:46 PM

Trump team’s warped strategy to beat Biden on debate stage

        Friends,    POLITICO: “The Trump team has been studying Biden’s idiosyncrasies in debates and other venues and preparing tactics for Trump, according to interviews with a dozen campaign aides, White House officials and outside advisers.”   Per…

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September 28, 2020 at 9:48 PM

Federal court to Trump: you can’t erase undocumented immigrants

        Friends,    Earlier this month, a federal court in New York blocked the Trump administration’s attempts to exclude undocumented immigrants from the 2020 Census – ensuring they will have representation in congressional redistricting.   While …

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September 28, 2020 at 6:48 PM

AAPIs are a “politically neglected minority.” That will have consequences.

        Friends,    A recent op-ed published in The Hill called Asian Americans “the politically neglected minority.”   The author finds: “AAPI’s political influence has grown exponentially; eligible voters have more than doubled since 2000 and more t…

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September 27, 2020 at 5:48 PM

The kind of rep you want in your corner

        Hi there,    We’re proud to endorse Marilyn Strickland for Washington state’s 10th Congressional District. The former mayor of Tacoma, Marilyn would be both the first Black leader to represent Washington at the federal level and the first Korean…

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September 27, 2020 at 2:47 PM

Trump filmed a video where he insults and then “fires” Barack Obama

        Friends,    Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen has revealed that his boss once hired an Obama impersonator to act alongside Trump in a video where, according to Cohen, Trump “ritualistically belittled the first black president and then fired him.…

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September 26, 2020 at 9:27 PM

The new Republican Party we’ll face tomorrow

        Hi there,    Republicans now know the name of the person they’ve already sworn to confirm to the Supreme Court: Amy Coney Barrett -- a judge with a history of fighting against reproductive rights, criticizing the Affordable Care Act, and opposing t…

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September 26, 2020 at 8:46 PM

Trump’s attack on a program “especially vital to women and people of color.”

        Friends,    A recent 2020 analysis by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research finds that “Social Security remains the largest source of income for older Americans” and that the program is “especially vital to women and people of color.”   Th…

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September 26, 2020 at 2:48 PM

Social Security field offices have closed as Trump attacks program’s funding

        Friends,    In March, The New York Times reported that “Social Security’s field office network will be closed to the public in most situations until further notice,” and that help with benefit claims “will be handled only through the agency’s t…

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September 25, 2020 at 5:48 PM

Obama moves to protect election despite GOP criticism

        Friends,    Per NBC News, President Barack Obama has backed the “Power the Polls” initiative, encouraging young Americans to safeguard our democracy -- and earn some income -- by becoming poll workers this election.   But Obama has previously …

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September 25, 2020 at 2:47 PM

Trump admin evokes racist “welfare queen” myth

        Friends,    The Nation: “Republican President George W. Bush tried to privatize the beloved Social Security Program. Evoking Reagan’s ‘welfare queen,’ the racist and sexist myth that Black women game the system to buy fancy cars and name-brand c…

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September 24, 2020 at 9:51 PM

RBG's final award -- and Trump's next move

        Friends,    The 2020 Liberty Medal was one of the last honors bestowed upon Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She received this award from the National Constitution Center in recognition of her “efforts to advance liberty and equality for all.”   …

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September 24, 2020 at 5:46 PM

Trump’s new rallying cry: lock Obama up

        Friends,    HuffPost reports that at a recent rally in Nevada, President Donald Trump once again incited his supporters to chant “lock him up,” calling for the imprisonment of former president Barack Obama. At the rally, Trump repeated his evide…

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September 24, 2020 at 2:47 PM

NAACP President speaks out on Social Security

        Friends,    In August, NAACP President Derrick Johnson sent out an SOS, to raise the alarm to save Social Security, referring to the program as a safety net that must be protected.    Johnson highlighted the essential aspects of the program, …

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September 23, 2020 at 11:46 PM

Justice Ginsburg's final award -- and Trump's next move

        Friends,    The 2020 Liberty Medal was one of the last honors bestowed upon Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She received this award from the National Constitution Center in recognition of her “efforts to advance liberty and equality for all.”   …

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September 23, 2020 at 8:46 PM

Trump will tear apart one of the last remaining wildlife sanctuaries

        Hello there,    First, Donald Trump rolled back dozens of Obama-era environmental regulations meant to protect our environment and safeguard our future.   Then, Trump installed an anti-indigenous racist who wants to sell off America’s public lan…

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September 23, 2020 at 5:48 PM

Trump courting Indian voters “in ways Republican presidential candidates never have”

        Friends,    POLITICO: “Donald Trump has worked for years to make inroads with Indian Americans in ways Republican presidential candidates never have -- recruiting volunteers at Indian grocery stores, holding events in five Indian languages and p…

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September 23, 2020 at 2:46 PM

USPS blames mail delays on its employees

        Friends,    According to DeJoy’s supporters who are helping him ruin the USPS, the delays we’ve seen in the mail aren’t due to DeJoy’s destructive changes at all. Instead, the blame rests with the “poor judgment” of USPS employees and “workforce…

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September 23, 2020 at 1:03 AM

Donald Trump: Kamala Harris as POTUS would be “an insult to our country”

        Friends,    "People don't like her. Nobody likes her. She could never be the first woman president. She could never be. That would be an insult to our country."   That’s what Donald Trump told his North Carolina rally crowd about Kamala Harris…

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September 22, 2020 at 11:47 PM

Justice Ginsburg's final award -- and Trump's next steps

        Friends,    The 2020 Liberty Medal was one of the last honors bestowed upon Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She received this award from the National Constitution Center in recognition of her “efforts to advance liberty and equality for all.”   …

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September 22, 2020 at 8:46 PM

Trump leads Biden nationally in new poll

        Friends,    The Trump administration has reversed an anti-segregation policy -- rolling back a rule that requiried cities to report racist housing discrimination.   The president has also called for an end to racial sensitivity trainings in g…

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September 22, 2020 at 5:46 PM

Barr tries to scare Americans from voting

        Friends,    CNN reports that Attorney General William Barr has “continued to push false and negative narratives about mail-in voting,” telling Americans that “There's no more secret vote...the government and the people involved can find out and…

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September 22, 2020 at 2:46 PM

Help us close the voter registration gap

        Friends,    It’s National Voter Registration Day -- which means it’s the perfect time for Democrats to make up the voter registration gap between us and Republicans.   Axios News reported just last month that “The Trump campaign and RNC have …

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September 22, 2020 at 1:01 AM

Trump literally can’t get Obama out of his head

        Friends,    Donald Trump, a man with no political background who campaigned on white supremacy: “Obama is lucky he ran against Mitt Romney, a man with very little talent or political skill, as opposed to someone who knows how to fight and win!” …

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September 21, 2020 at 11:48 PM

Trump: POTUS Kamala Harris would be “an insult to our country”

        Friends,    "People don't like her. Nobody likes her. She could never be the first woman president. She could never be. That would be an insult to our country."   That’s what Donald Trump told his North Carolina rally crowd about Kamala Harris…

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September 21, 2020 at 9:46 PM

RBG’s final award -- and Trump’s next steps

          Friends,    The 2020 Liberty Medal was one of the last honors bestowed upon Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She received this award from the National Constitution Center in recognition of her “efforts to advance liberty and equality for all.”  …

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September 21, 2020 at 6:47 PM

Naked corruption

        Friends,    A recent poll shows 56% of Americans now support removing Louis DeJoy from office.   That’s only slightly more than the percentage who’ve noticed their mail has gotten worse in the past month -- 53% of Americans say they’ve recentl…

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September 21, 2020 at 3:46 PM

Trump warns suburbs will be overrun with anarchists

        Friends,    Donald Trump is using fear tactics and threats of violence to compel an increasingly radical base. He just warned his supporters: “If I don’t win, America’s suburbs will be OVERRUN with low income projects, anarchists, agitators...an…

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September 19, 2020 at 3:32 PM

An immeasurable void

        Hi there,    “Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.”   Justice Ginsburg lived the truth of her words every single day. She fought for the most crucial issues of our time -- reproductive ri…

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September 18, 2020 at 6:04 PM

56% of AAPI voters have not been contacted at all by the Democratic Party

        Friends,   Early data from the 2020 Asian American voter survey shows that 56% of Asian American and Pacific Islander voters have not been contacted at all by the Democratic Party. That means Democratic voter outreach is falling short at a time wh…

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September 17, 2020 at 6:05 PM

Trump: Kamala Harris as POTUS would be “an insult to our country”

        Friends,    "People don't like her. Nobody likes her. She could never be the first woman president. She could never be. That would be an insult to our country."   That’s what Donald Trump told his North Carolina rally crowd about Kamala Harris…

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September 17, 2020 at 3:01 PM

RBG wins an award, Trump plans her retirement

        Friends,    Today is the day that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg receives the 2020 Liberty Medal, as the National Constitution Center applauds RBG’s “efforts to advance liberty and equality for all.”   Justice Ginsburg deserves the high honor, an…

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September 16, 2020 at 3:01 PM

Nate Silver: Biden must win by at least 5 points

        Friends,    Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight fame has made a general election prediction: the electoral college is not “safe” for Joe Biden unless he wins the popular vote by at least 5 points.   The expert analyst’s conclusion confirms what we al…

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September 14, 2020 at 11:15 PM

One of our candidates hit by racist attack ad

        Hi there,    One of our endorsed candidates, practicing physician Dr. Cameron Webb, was just hit with a racist attack ad from the GOP.   The video begins with inflammatory footage of fires, riots, and looting in American streets, and then present…

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September 9, 2020 at 5:46 PM

NAACP sues Dejoy for electioneering

        Friends,    “This willful and blatant attempt to obstruct the mail system amidst a pandemic and on the precipice of a pivotal election is a direct threat to the people of this nation’s right to vote in a fair and free election.”   These are th…

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September 9, 2020 at 2:46 PM

Indian American voters could defect from Democrats to vote Trump

        Friends,    At the end of August, Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight gave Donald Trump a 30% chance of winning the presidency -- even higher than his odds going into the 2016 election.   Our chair, Rep. Grace Meng, is sounding the alarm and calling…

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September 8, 2020 at 11:46 PM

NAACP sues Louis DeJoy over voter suppression

        Friends,    “This willful and blatant attempt to obstruct the mail system amidst a pandemic and on the precipice of a pivotal election is a direct threat to the people of this nation’s right to vote in a fair and free election.”   These are th…

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September 8, 2020 at 8:46 PM

Indian American voters could defect from the Democratic Party

        Friends,    At the end of August, Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight gave Donald Trump a 30% chance of winning the presidency -- even higher than his odds going into the 2016 election.   Our chair, Rep. Grace Meng, is sounding the alarm and calling…

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September 6, 2020 at 3:02 PM

NAACP sues DeJoy over voter suppression

        Friends,    “This willful and blatant attempt to obstruct the mail system amidst a pandemic and on the precipice of a pivotal election is a direct threat to the people of this nation’s right to vote in a fair and free election.”   These are th…

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September 5, 2020 at 3:01 PM

The Trump remarks you haven’t read

        Friends,    Three months after Donald Trump announced his candidacy, two of his supporters beat a sleeping homeless immigrant with a metal pipe. They left him with a broken nose, bruised ribs, and unimaginable trauma. Trump’s response was to com…

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September 4, 2020 at 3:01 PM

“Indian American voters could defect from the Democratic Party and vote for President Trump.”

        Friends,    At the end of August, Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight gave Donald Trump a 30% chance of winning the presidency -- even higher than his odds going into the 2016 election.   Our chair, Rep. Grace Meng, is sounding the alarm and calling…

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September 2, 2020 at 2:46 PM

Warren brings spotlight to USPS corruption

        Friends,    We’ll let Elizabeth Warren speak for herself:   Source: Twitter    There’s a reason the USPS Board of Governors is protecting Louis DeJoy -- they’ve all been appointed by Donald Trump!    All of these cronies who have been usi…

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August 31, 2020 at 3:02 PM

Warren reveals USPS’s corruption

        Friends,    We’ll let Elizabeth Warren speak for herself:   Source: Twitter    There’s a reason the USPS Board of Governors is protecting Louis DeJoy -- they’ve all been appointed by Donald Trump!    All of these cronies who have been usi…

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August 30, 2020 at 3:02 PM

Stephen Miller calls Barack Obama a liar

        Friends,    Barack Obama repudiated Republicans’ war on the ballot in his remarks at the recent Democratic convention, saying: “The right to vote is sacred, and we should be making it easier for people to cast their ballot, not harder.”   Now, …

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August 29, 2020 at 3:02 PM

Louis DeJoy lies to Congress

        Friends,    Louis DeJoy blatantly lied to the Senate in his testimony, saying he hadn’t cut overtime pay for postal workers -- even though internal USPS documents show that’s exactly what he’s done.    Democrats are now calling on DeJoy to resi…

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August 28, 2020 at 3:01 PM

In attacks on DACA, we see a dream deferred

        Friends,    Today marks the 57th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. In his famous “I Have a Dream” speech delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr declared: “Now is the time to lift our n…

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August 27, 2020 at 9:31 PM

The Voting Rights Advancement Act must be passed

        Hello there,   Donald Trump’s presidency has been incredibly destructive to Americans of color.   Now, on the eve of the most important election of our lifetimes, voters of color are gearing up to reject President Trump and his racist policies i…

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August 27, 2020 at 3:01 PM

How Pence has pulled the strings

        Friends,   As governor, Mike Pence made his anti-choice and anti-LGBTQ+ policies the law of the land in Indiana.    As vice president, he’s manipulated Trump into starving reproductive health groups that offer abortion services of their fundin…

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August 26, 2020 at 10:03 PM

The most corrupt first family in history

        Friends --    In the midst of a historic economic crisis, the Trump family continues to use the White House to prop up their personal business ventures.   According to Politifact: “The Trump Organization said it would not make new foreign deals…

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