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  Team WFP · [email protected]
April 25, 2025 at 7:06 PM

May Day Strong

On May 1st, thousands will be taking to the streets — in more than 400 towns and cities — to honor workers all across the globe, and demand a more fair, just, and equitable nation here at home. And we hope you’ll be there, too. John, All across the country, working people are r…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
April 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM

Trump is going after ActBlue

John, Donald Trump has just signed a memo directing his Attorney General to launch a politically-motivated investigation into ActBlue.1 Virtually every single progressive candidate and campaign uses the platform to raise money. And it’s how most people give to us too.…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
April 24, 2025 at 10:25 PM

A big threat to our movement and our fundraising

John, Donald Trump has just signed a memo directing his Attorney General to launch a politically-motivated investigation into ActBlue.1 Virtually every single progressive candidate and campaign uses the platform to raise money. And it’s how most people give to us too.…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
April 20, 2025 at 8:22 PM

Working families are hungry for real leadership

We are showing up in numbers — for each other. John, People all over the country are hungry for real political leadership. And if you’re pissed off at the GOP’s pillaging of our country — you’re not alone. Just look at the millions who showed up this month in over 1…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
April 15, 2025 at 9:43 PM

SCOTUS: "Bring Him Back." Trump: "No."

If Congress lets this slide — if they don’t step in immediately to do all they can to bring Kilmar home and hold Trump accountable — then we could be entering a new era of unchecked, authoritarian power. The Trump administration is openly defying the law, John. Kilmar Abrego Ga…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
April 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM

HANDS OFF Mass Call This Wednesday

John, Last Saturday, April 5, millions of Americans — including WFP members like you — came out to tell Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and their power-hungry cronies in no uncertain terms: HANDS OFF our Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and more. At over 1,300 peaceful demonstr…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
April 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM

“Handouts for me, but not for thee”

John, Elon Musk has spent months hacking away at Social Security, veteran’s benefits, education, health care, and countless federal agencies. In return, his company SpaceX was just gifted a $5.9 billion government contract.1 It’s the dictionary-definition of corruption. Trum…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
April 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM

How you can help stop tax cuts for billionaires

House Republicans just passed a budget resolution that will slash hundreds of billions from essential programs like Medicaid and SNAP. Here's the good news: John, As Donald Trump and Elon Musk are gutting Social Security and veteran's benefits, Republicans in Congress just pas…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
April 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM

Get the new “No One Likes Billionaires” sticker today

Our NEW “No One Likes Billionaires” sticker just dropped, and we want to send one to you! John, We wanted you to be the first to know — our NEW “No One Likes Billionaires” sticker just dropped, and we want to send one to you! Use this page to donate any amount by April 1…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
April 8, 2025 at 12:04 AM

About last Saturday

John, On Saturday, millions of working people from across the country came out to tell Trump and Musk to keep their greedy hands off our Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. Marking the largest protest since Trump’s return to office — from big cities to small towns, in red…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
April 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM

Your April newsletter

John, We’ve got a LOT of exciting news to share from the past month, so we put together this April Newsletter just for you! Keep reading to catch up on our recent wins and updates for the fight ahead. Acing the First Electoral Tests of 2025 In the last month, WFP champions…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
April 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM

Elon’s strategy fell apart more quickly than a Cybertruck

Together, we just proved something very important: when working people come together across our differences to fight back, we can beat them. John — Elon Musk spent a record $25 million to try and win a critical state Supreme Court seat in Wisconsin yesterday. We jus…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
April 1, 2025 at 6:27 PM

April 5: The biggest protest since Trump took office

John, Trump, Musk, and their Republican allies in Congress are looting this country in broad daylight. They’re slashing Social Security and Medicaid. They’re defunding public schools and cancer research to bankroll tax cuts for billionaires who already have more money than they…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
March 31, 2025 at 9:12 PM

Tomorrow’s election in WI

Elon Musk has spent the last month (and tens of millions of dollars) trying to buy himself a shiny new Supreme Court seat in Wisconsin. John, Elon Musk has spent the last month (and tens of millions of dollars) trying to buy himself a shiny new Supreme Court seat in Wisconsi…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
March 28, 2025 at 7:57 PM

An alternative to billionaires electing empty suits

John, Last week, we announced one of our most ambitious goals in WFP’s history: to recruit more than 1,000 working-class candidates to run for office at every level of government across the country. Why? Because our billionaire-backed political system isn’t going to…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
March 28, 2025 at 12:47 AM

Let's embarrass Elon

We have just FIVE days to prevent Musk from buying a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. John — We have just FIVE days to prevent Elon Musk from buying a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. He’s already spent over $20 million to prop up Brad Schimel — the MAGA extre…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
March 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM

Debunking Trump and Musk’s latest Social Security lies

They want to smash it, loot it, and leave millions of working families high and dry. John, Donald Trump and Elon Musk are waging a war on Social Security — and they’re lying through their teeth to do it. Their endgame? They want to smash it, loot it, and leave millions of worki…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
March 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM

Elon spending over $20 Million to buy this election

Elon is trying to straight up buy votes — again. John — Since the sending of this email, billionaire Elon Musk has dropped an additional $7.9 million in this race — bringing the total up to $22.5 million! That's nearly 1/10th of what Elon spent to elect Trump! Wit…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
March 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM

Don’t let Elon buy this election

Elon is trying to straight up buy votes — again. John, $14.6 million. That’s how much billionaire Elon Musk has already spent to buy an open Wisconsin Supreme Court seat to install MAGA extremist Brad Schimel.1 But that’s not all. Because if filling the airwaves with …
  Team WFP · [email protected]
March 20, 2025 at 7:21 PM

Run with WFP

John, Do you believe our government should work for everyday people, not just the wealthy and well-connected? Are you ready to step up and lead in your community? Now might just be your time. The Working Families Party is launching its biggest candidate recruitment effort ever…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
March 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM

Take the Working Families Party March 2025 Pulse Survey

John, Do you ever feel like your representatives aren’t listening to you? Like while you’re worrying about Trump and his billionaire cronies taking a hatchet to our federal government, the entire economy, lifesaving services like Medicaid, and our human rights — too many of th…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
March 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM

Democrats are fighting fire with wet napkins

John, On Friday, in a sad display of cowardice, Senate Democratic leadership capitulated to Trump and Musk. TEN Democrats voted to clear the way for the GOP funding bill — which targets programs for working families like food assistance and education. They claimed t…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
March 14, 2025 at 11:56 PM

If Democrats won't act like a real opposition party in moments like this…

…we need a party that will …we need a party that will. Join as a dues-paying member of the Working Families Party today with a monthly contribution of $10 or more: Become a dues-paying member » Or if you're not able to make a donation right now, find other opportunities to g…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
March 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM

Stop the cuts and save Medicaid

John, Trump, Musk, and the Republicans in Congress are pushing for a budget that would slash hundreds of billions from essential programs — including up to $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid — all to fund tax breaks for billionaires. They’ve already passed a budget blueprint in …
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
March 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM

Billionaires win, workers lose — unless we fight back

Join federal workers, Robert Reich, Maurice Mitchell, Sen. Chris Murphy, and Liz Shuler on a mass call this Thursday at 8 pm ET to find out how we plan to do that. John, Elon Musk is trying to steal our federal government — slashing public services, firing civil servants, and h…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
March 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM

Did you miss the WFP Response with Rep. Lateefah Simon — or want to watch it again? We’ve got you covered.

John, Whether you missed this week’s Working Families Party Response to the President's address or it fired you up so much that you want to watch it again — we've got you covered. Click here to watch Rep. Lateefah Simon share how the Working Families Party is going to fight …
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
March 5, 2025 at 11:14 PM

On April 1, don’t be fooled by Elon’s lies

Tonight, before Trump even speaks, Congresswoman Lateefah Simon will set the record straight — no spin, no BS. Tune in at 8:30 PM ET / 5:30 PM PT. John — After attacking Social Security, cutting funding for cancer research, and firing air traffic controllers that keep…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
March 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM

TONIGHT: The WFP prebuttal to Donald Trump’s address

Tonight, before Trump even speaks, Congresswoman Lateefah Simon will set the record straight — no spin, no BS. Tune in at 8:30 PM ET / 5:30 PM PT. Tonight, Trump will strut into Congress to deliver his 2025 joint address and spin a web of lies, dressing up corporate greed as "pr…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
March 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM

The response Trump doesn’t want you to hear

Trump and his billionaire allies are waging war on working people, John. They’re slashing services so many of us rely on, trying to gut Medicaid, attacking fundamental rights, and funneling even more wealth and power to the ultra-rich — while millions struggle just to afford ren…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
February 27, 2025 at 8:15 PM

The House budget resolution has passed. Here’s what’s next.

John, On Tuesday, the Republican-led House voted to pass a budget resolution that could cut Medicaid by $880 billion, food assistance for families in need by $230 billion, and give $1.1 trillion in tax cuts to the top 1%. Less than a day later, that same Republic…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
February 27, 2025 at 12:50 AM

Contains good news (and an exciting announcement about Tuesday's Presidential Address)

John, Feeling overwhelmed by the negativity in the news? We’ve put together the February WFP Newsletter just for you, to unpack some of our major work (and wins!) of the last month, as we strive to build the country of our dreams. Let’s get started! Rep. Lateefah Simon to De…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
February 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM

Mass Call: The Courts Won’t Save Us—We Will

John, The constitutional crisis we’re in isn’t coming — it’s here. What’s unfolding before us is nothing short of a coup, and history tells us that waiting for the courts to save us is a dangerous gamble. Right now, the courts are actively being used as tools to consolidate pow…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
February 24, 2025 at 11:07 PM

Petition to Congress: Say no to Musk’s attacks on Medicaid

John, Tomorrow, Trump’s 2025 budget resolution is scheduled for a first vote in the House. Republicans are trying to pass MASSIVE cuts to Medicaid, schools, food assistance, and more — all with the explicit goal of giving nearly $1 trillion in tax cuts to billionaires.1 Bu…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
February 21, 2025 at 6:24 PM

Here are 5 ways Trump is weaker than he looks

Voters are not buying what they are selling. John, It’s only been a month since Trump took office again. And despite what you might have heard, voters are not buying what he’s selling. Here are five ways Trump is weaker than he looks: 1. He has the second-lowest approval rati…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
February 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM

February survey results

John, We’ve been looking over the responses to our February WFP member survey, and one thing is clear: right now, it feels like everything is coming at us. The challenges are real, but so is our collective power to shape what comes next — together. If you haven’t completed the…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
February 17, 2025 at 10:17 PM

Making airplanes more dangerous so Elon Musk can get richer

John, The Musk-Trump rampage to break the federal government has been running full steam ahead. And all of us — across the country — are about to feel the impact. Over the weekend, roughly 3,400 workers in the US Forest Service (USFS) and 1,000 in the National Parks Service …
  Team WFP · [email protected]
February 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM

You deserve a government that loves YOU

This is a story of greedy, amoral billionaires and the corrupt Republican Party that is making all of their dreams come true. This is a love story, John. A story of true devotion, of always putting each other first… even with so much of the world rooting against them. This…
  Maurice Mitchell, WFP · [email protected]
February 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM

We are witnessing a hostile takeover

John, We’re now a little over three weeks into the second Trump administration, and if you’re like me, it feels like their attacks have been non-stop. I want to take a few minutes to recap some of the most dangerous proposals and tactics I’m seeing from Trump and Musk so far…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
February 12, 2025 at 8:34 PM

This man thinks he owns the country

Hey John, We’re making noise — and it’s working. Our petition to fire Elon Musk is taking off, and the pressure on Congress is mounting. But this fight hasn't been won yet. If you haven’t already signed, now is the time. Let’s make it clear: we will not let billionaires wreck …
  Team WFP · [email protected]
February 11, 2025 at 11:34 PM

Fire Elon Musk

It’s pretty simple, John. Nobody elected Elon Musk. No government body confirmed him. He is taking over our government, including Medicare and Social Security, simply because he spent a quarter of a billion dollars on Donald Trump, and because too many of our representatives ar…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
February 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM

Elon Musk has no business running our government

John, Elon Musk holds no legal authority in our government — yet Trump has handed him control over the U.S. Treasury’s federal payment system. That means Musk and his cronies now have unchecked access to our personal financial records, Social Security numbers, and trillions of …
  Team WFP · [email protected]
February 4, 2025 at 7:59 PM

Protest tonight at the US Treasury building

Hundreds will be gathering for a protest TONIGHT in DC against Trump and Musk’s attempted takeover of government’s spending. Here's why. John, Hundreds will be gathering for a protest TONIGHT in DC against Trump and Musk’s attempted takeover of government’s spending. We’ll be …
  Team WFP · [email protected]
February 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM

What do you think?

John, We’re just two weeks into the second Trump presidency — and it’s already been a lot. So we’d like to invite you to take a moment, take a breath, and take a chance to reflect on this political moment by filling out the WFP February 2025 Member Survey. Our short survey wi…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
January 31, 2025 at 8:29 PM

Taking action on Sunday and Monday

John, This week, the Trump administration issued a directive that could cut off federal funding for programs like Medicaid, SNAP, school lunches, and others that working families rely on. Thanks to pressure from people all over the country, they rescinded their order, and a …
  Team WFP · [email protected]
January 29, 2025 at 10:20 PM

Trump rescinds funding order

When we stand together, we can stop them. John, This afternoon, the Trump White House issued a memo RESCINDING their own order to cut federal funding for food, health, and housing assistance: Trump and Musk thought they could cause pain for millions of working peop…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
January 28, 2025 at 8:19 PM

Slashing school lunches, Meals on Wheels, and Medicaid

John, Overnight, the Trump administration ordered a halt to "all federal financial assistance," which threatened to take food right out of children’s mouths and immediately cut off aid that countless families rely on every day.1 Already, numerous state agencies across the co…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
January 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM

Shock and awe

John, Donald Trump’s second — and final — term as president is now underway, and so far, it’s every bit as chaotic and disorienting as we feared. And that’s because the goal of ANY tyrannical regime is to start so many political fires that the opposition can’t react fast eno…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
January 21, 2025 at 1:12 AM

MASS CALL

This fight belongs to all of us, and it’s going to take all of us to win. John, We’ve reached Donald Trump’s second Inauguration Day. It's a day that we've dreaded. But importantly, John, it's also a day that we've prepared for. We’ve built Working Families Party chapter…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
January 17, 2025 at 12:14 AM

MERCH DROP!

John, Ready to kick off 2025 in style? Pick up some of our BRAND NEW Working Families Party swag! Our latest drop includes three stickers to show your commitment to building working class power and a long-sleeve “Eat the Rich” tee featuring WFP’s wolf mascot to keep you w…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
January 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM

Tell Congressional Republicans: Stop politicizing disaster aid for California

John, It’s been over a week since the LA wildfires began, and families all across southern California are still reeling. As of this Sunday, 62 square miles — an area larger than San Francisco — have been destroyed. Entire neighborhoods are no more. And the death toll is now …