JusticeDemocrats.com · [email protected]

June 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM

Throwing working families under the bus for billionaire tax breaks

Trump and Republicans’ budget would slash safety net programs while transferring more wealth to millionaires and billionaires. John, Donald Trump and the GOP are pushing a proposed budget, which they’re calling “One Big Beautiful Bill,” but in reality it’s a massive handout to millionaire…

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June 4, 2025 at 10:54 PM

Summer torches Trump’s Education Secretary

What defunding public education looks like. John, Summer Lee just got done grilling Trump’s Education Secretary, Linda McMahon, on the administration’s assault on our public education and attempt to erase Black history from our textbooks… humiliating is an understatement. Today, in the E…

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June 4, 2025 at 12:16 AM

Killed while waiting for food for their starving families

John, For the third time in three days, Israeli soldiers massacred Palestinians simply trying to get the only food that Israel has allowed to enter Gaza. Yesterday, they killed 27 Palestinians, the day before they killed 3, and on Sunday they killed at least 31—all for trying to feed the…

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June 2, 2025 at 3:55 PM

re: AIPAC and Crypto

It’s time to raise the alarm, John: AIPAC, Crypto, and their affiliated dark money super PACs are coming for the Squad and other Justice Democrats in 2026. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) takes checks from Trump-supporting millionaire and billionaire megadonors and l…

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May 31, 2025 at 11:32 AM

Just how rich is Shri Thanedar?

We can replace this ineffective millionaire in Congress with a true working-class leader who will fight for the people. John, Wealth inequality has gotten so bad in this country that greedy, self-interested millionaires like Shri Thanedar can buy Congressional seats. Since using his perso…

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May 30, 2025 at 7:52 PM

re: AIPAC and Crypto

It’s time to raise the alarm, John: AIPAC, Crypto, and their affiliated dark money super PACs are coming for the Squad and other Justice Democrats in 2026. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) takes checks from Trump-supporting millionaire and billionaire megadonors and l…

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May 29, 2025 at 7:46 PM

ICE detains and deports, corporations profit

Corporations have made over $13 billion off detaining and deporting immigrants since 2014. John, Trump’s mass deportation agenda has been in full swing since January, with masked ICE agents terrorizing residential neighborhoods, schools, and small businesses to detain and deport immigrant…

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May 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM

AIPAC could try to unseat Ilhan next year

We need to start organizing NOW if we want to keep Ilhan in Congress. John, we just got word that AIPAC may be gearing up to spend millions to unseat progressive champion and Squad member Rep. Ilhan Omar next year. If you’re ready to fight back and protect our Squad, split a donation bet…

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  Geoff Simpson · [email protected]

May 27, 2025 at 10:35 PM

This is a fight between people and big money

Hey John, By now, you’ve probably heard the news that Justice Democrats made our first official endorsement of the 2026 midterm elections: Donavan McKinney in Michigan’s 13th district! Just like in most of our previous primary campaigns, we expect to be going up against a powerful oppone…

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May 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM

This is disgusting, John.

Far-right Rep. Randy Fine should not have a job in our government and should at the very least be censured. Did you see this on Friday, John? Far-right Rep. Randy Fine made disgusting, baseless attacks against pro-peace, progressive champion Rep. Ilhan Omar on Fox News. His claims are so…

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May 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM

A single vote…

John, While we were asleep on Thursday, Republicans in Congress successfully passed their terrible budget bill that will cut taxes for the billionaire class at the expense of working families. The “One Big Beautiful Bill” will extend Trump’s 2017 tax cuts for the wealthiest few, cut Medi…

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May 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM

Why is Shri Thanedar voting with Trump?

Shri Thanedar – Detroit’s Elon Musk – joined 34 other House Democrats in supporting Republicans’ attack on environmental protections. John, We’re in a climate crisis – so why is a Democratic congressman voting with Trump and Republicans to help polluters? Rep. Shri Thanedar – Detroit’s El…

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May 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM

A single vote…

John, While we were asleep, Republicans in Congress successfully passed their terrible budget bill that will cut taxes for the billionaire class at the expense of working families. The “One Big Beautiful Bill” will extend Trump’s 2017 tax cuts for the wealthiest few, cut Medicaid and SNA…

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May 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM

Democrats aren’t delivering

We’ve been taking on entrenched incumbents and replacing them with bold progressive leaders since 2017. Voters are angry, John. They want to see their politicians take a stand against Trump, but are starting to realize that corporate Democrats are simply not up to the challenge of taking …

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May 20, 2025 at 10:50 PM

This is a PR stunt

John, Israel blocked all aid and food from entering Gaza starting March 2nd. As of yesterday, Israel will reportedly allow “minimal” aid which is far, far from sufficient. This is a war crime, John: Yesterday, Israel let 5 aid trucks into Gaza. Before October 2023, Gaza received an aver…

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May 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM

Republicans’ pro-billionaire budget

Have you seen Trump and Congressional Republicans’ proposed budget? Republicans in Congress are in the process of ramming through a budget bill that takes from the poor and gives to the rich, John. If the GOP gets its way, they plan to slash nearly $1 TRILLION from Medicaid, which will in…

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  Rashida Tlaib via Justice Democrats · [email protected]

May 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM

I’m honored to endorse this working class champion for Congress:

John, I’m supporting Donavan McKinney for Congress, who’s running to represent the congressional district next to mine. Here's Donavan with his family Working at Michigan’s largest healthcare union and serving in Michigan’s State House, Donavan has led fights to secure workers’ rights, g…

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  Delia Ramirez · [email protected]

May 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM

Trump’s attack on birthright citizenship is white supremacy, and I’m fighting back.

John, On Day 1 back in the White House, Donald Trump wasted no time issuing an unconstitutional executive order to rip away our fundamental right to birthright citizenship, which is guaranteed by the 14th Amendment. Since then, we’ve seen his far-right administration unleash ICE agents, …

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  Alexandra Rojas · [email protected]

May 16, 2025 at 5:44 PM

TGIF for Shri Thanedar

Our first 2026 primary endorsement is gaining momentum, while his out-of-touch opponent is buckling under the pressure. John, TGIF for Congressman Shri Thanedar because that means his terrible, no good, very bad week can finally come to an end. First, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib from the …

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May 15, 2025 at 8:27 PM

“Democrats are failing against Trump.”

Check this out, John: Justice Democrats Executive Director Alexandra Rojas just had her newest op-ed published today on the front page of The Guardian, and it’s an important read. It’s now been more than 100 days since Donald Trump returned to the White House, and Democratic leaders lik…

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May 15, 2025 at 12:51 AM

Too little, too late

John, Democratic Party leadership spent the first quarter of Trump’s second presidency standing by and watching him rip away our rights, jail student activists, deport immigrants without due process, and hand the federal government over to corporate interests. The final straw? Trump acce…

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May 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM

We’ve always taken on the establishment, and we’re doing it again.

Justice Democrats is leading the charge to clean house in the Democratic Party. John, Our fight to transform the Democratic Party is surging, and the media is actually paying attention. The Hill just published a story highlighting our progressive movement’s push to move on from the corpor…

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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]

May 12, 2025 at 11:09 PM

I’m honored to endorse this working class champion for Congress:

Donavan McKinney is running to represent my neighboring congressional district. John, I’m honored to endorse Donavan McKinney, who’s running to represent my neighboring congressional district in Congress. Here’s Donavan at home with his two young sons and dog Donavan knows our communitie…

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  Alexandra Rojas · [email protected]

May 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM

A true progressive champion for Detroit

Rashida just endorsed him. We just launched. Now we need you. Hi John, it’s Alex. We launched Donavan McKinney’s campaign two weeks ago. Today, we’ve got big news: Rashida Tlaib just endorsed him. She’s standing with Donavan — a lifelong Detroiter, public servant, and Justice Democrat — b…

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May 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM

Add your name to our Wall of Supporters

Help build the grassroots foundation it will take to go up against a wealthy, corporate-entrenched incumbent and win. John, it’s been just under two weeks since Donavan McKinney launched his campaign for Michigan’s 13th district, and the momentum we’re building together is real. Every sin…

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May 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM

The media is paying attention

“His record is proof that leadership grounded in community experience can move mountains.” John, Donavan McKinney is running for Congress because – unlike his opponent – he embodies what it means to represent Michigan’s 13th congressional district. People from the district feel it. That’s…

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  Team Ilhan via Justice Democrats · [email protected]

May 8, 2025 at 7:26 PM

JD Vance just attacked Ilhan

John, JD Vance just attacked Ilhan and tried to incite the far-right against her once again. A fear-mongering, conspiracy-peddling social media account took an 8-year-old video of Ilhan and clipped it out of context. Then JD Vance amplified the false smear — calling Ilhan a “disgrace” an…

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May 7, 2025 at 10:05 PM

“Thanedar misled colleagues”

John, Self-funded multimillionaire Rep. Shri Thanedar, who currently represents Michigan’s 13th District, is misleading colleagues and trying to make himself look like a real Congressman, but only since working-class champion Donavan McKinney announced he’s challenging him. On the same d…

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May 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM

Netanyahu just admitted what we already knew

We need U.S. lawmakers to find the courage to speak up and oppose the ongoing Nakba. John, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu just admitted what we’ve already known: Israel plans to force out the entire Palestinian population from Palestine, flatten Gaza, and occupy it. The Israeli…

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May 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM

The first, but not the last.

Support our first 2026 endorsement and other working-class progressives like him. John, Our first 2026 Justice Democrats candidate, Donavan McKinney, is stepping up to take on corporate power by running for Congress in Michigan’s 13th district — and with your support, more working-class p…

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May 3, 2025 at 7:06 PM

Want to make a millionaire cry?

John, want to make a millionaire cry? Split a donation between Justice Democrats and working-class progressive Donavan McKinney to help us unseat out-of-touch multimillionaire incumbent Rep. Shri Thanedar in Michigan’s 13th district! Contribute $5   Donate Not auth…

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May 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM

Hear it directly from Donavan →

Donavan has never forgotten his roots or the purpose of why he serves. Have you seen Donavan McKinney’s campaign launch video, John? Watch it now to hear Donavan’s story and why he’s running to give Michigan’s 13th district the representation it deserves in Congress → The Mighty 13th is …

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May 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM

sick and tired

On International Workers’ Day, fuel our movement to build more working-class representation in Congress. John, It’s May Day, otherwise known as International Workers’ Day, and thousands of working-class people are protesting and taking action to send a clear message: we’re sick and tired …

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  Geoff Simpson · [email protected]

April 30, 2025 at 11:06 PM

We need you to lay the groundwork, John.

Help Donavan and Team JD put up big numbers before tonight’s end-of-month fundraising deadline! Hey John, Just two days ago, Donavan McKinney launched his primary campaign to take on self-funded multimillionaire Rep. Shri Thanedar in Michigan’s 13th district, and he faces his first critic…

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  Justice Democrats · [email protected]

April 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM

Shri Thanedar has got to go

Fake progressive Shri Thanedar will never fight for the working class. John, Donavan McKinney is running for Congress in Michigan’s 13th district, and we’re proud to have endorsed him as Justice Democrats’ first 2026 candidate. Here’s the truth: his opponent, Rep. Shri Thanedar, has got t…

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April 30, 2025 at 2:18 AM

“The Squad Could Have a New Member in 2026”

John, Our first candidate of the 2026 election cycle is here — and this campaign is already making headlines because it’s about something bigger: taking on the political establishment to build a Democratic Party that works for working people, not millionaires. This is a big deal, …

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  Justice Democrats · [email protected]

April 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM

Less millionaires. More working people like Donavan.

Our first 2026 candidate doesn’t have millions of dollars from a personal fortune. What he does have is this grassroots movement. In case you missed it, John, we endorsed Donavan McKinney for Michigan’s 13th congressional district yesterday! The first 24 hours of a campaign are critical …

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  Donavan McKinney · [email protected]

April 28, 2025 at 9:36 PM

I know we can do this together.

I’m Donavan McKinney, and I’m running for Congress in Michigan’s 13th district to take on Rep. Shri Thanedar — and win. Let me introduce myself, John: I’m Donavan McKinney, and I’m running for Congress in Michigan’s 13th district to give working-class Detroiters the representation they de…

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  Alexandra Rojas · [email protected]

April 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM

Our first 2026 primary challenger is here!

Today, Justice Democrats is officially announcing our first 2026 primary challenger for Congress. The day has come, John: Today, Justice Democrats is officially announcing our first 2026 primary challenger of the cycle: State Representative Donavan McKinney in Michigan’s 13th district! Do…

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April 27, 2025 at 12:12 AM

Not left vs. right, but bottom against the top

John, Recently, Justice Democrats’ Communications Director Usamah Andrabi sat down for an interview with WBUR (Boston’s NPR station) to discuss the best way for Democrats to respond to Donald Trump in his second term. As Usamah said, Democrats right now need to be an opposition party. Th…

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April 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM

Democratic voters are sick of the same old sh*t.

50 percent of polled Democratic voters say they want the Party to “become more progressive.” John, A new poll backs up what we already knew: Democratic voters want a more progressive party. In this poll conducted by SurveyUSA from April 2-6 among Democrats: 50% said they want the party …

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April 24, 2025 at 11:24 PM

Ayanna visited Mahmoud and Rumeysa in ICE detention this week

John, Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil missed the birth of his child this week as he remains stuck in an ICE detention center just for participating in peaceful protests. The Trump administration denied Mahmoud’s request for temporary release to attend…

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April 22, 2025 at 11:36 PM

Democrats are guilty of this, too

Party leaders on both sides of the aisle have prevented bills to ban elected officials from stock trading from advancing in Congress. John, After Donald Trump sent the stock market into decline with his tariffs a few weeks ago, he openly encouraged people to buy stocks while the prices we…

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April 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM

Tell Congress: Stand up to Trump’s fascist attacks on free speech!

The administration's game plan is clear: crack down on and criminalize speech they disagree with, scaring us all into silence. John, Donald Trump’s fascist government is ramping up its political attacks on pro-Palestine activists by criminalizing dissent. Students and protesters are being …

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April 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM

Trump is rewarding private prison corporations

GEO Group maxed out donations to Trump, and it paid off. John, First, GEO Group, a private prison behemoth and ICE contractor became the first corporation to max out donations to Donald Trump during the 2024 election. Then, under President Biden, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) …

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April 17, 2025 at 10:33 PM

Organized people vs. organized money

Our democracy depends on ending billionaire and corporate control of our political system. John, In a democracy, every person should have an equal voice in their government. But billionaires and corporations have never accepted that the working class deserves an equal voice to theirs, and …

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April 16, 2025 at 9:59 PM

Targeted solely for speaking out against genocide

The targeting of Palestinian activists is escalating. We must speak out — now. Donald Trump’s administration has illegally disappeared another Palestinian activist, John. We have to pay attention to this chilling escalation of fascism in America. Mohsen Mahdawi is a student organizer and …

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April 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM

Trump doubled down on deporting U.S. citizens

Congress must hold the Trump administration accountable for its fascism NOW! John, The Trump administration admitted they made an “administrative error” when they kidnapped and deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia — a Salvadoran immigrant and father from Maryland with a court order protecting hi…

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April 15, 2025 at 12:11 AM

Court says Trump can deport Mahmoud Khalil

They spoke out for Palestinian lives. Now they’re being jailed and silenced. It’s been over a month since Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil was arrested by plainclothes agents, flown across the country, and jailed in an ICE detention center. Now, a Louis…

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April 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM

Something incredible is happening

Working people are fed up with racist billionaires running the show. Something incredible is happening across America, John: Thousands of people are turning out to support Justice Democrats members at rallies and town halls and saying ‘hell no’ to Donald Trump’s hateful agenda. From Minn…

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