September 11 | Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) delivers his 294th speech urging his colleagues to wake up to the threat of climate change. Whitehouse discusses how climate change is already inflicting large economic damages in a variety of ways, as predicted across almost 20 Budget Committee hearings over the last 18 months.
We’re expanding the Squad.
The headline in Rolling Stone refers to progressives like Justice Democrats Summer Lee and Greg Casar. We helped them win primaries against corporate Democrats and are ready to send them to Congress in November.
Summer says, "We’re here today because of decisions Democrats did not make before, because of times when we were in power and squandered it."
This is how we change politics. We help progressives defeat corporate Democrats and build representation in Congress for Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, and so much more. And it’s not just representation — the Squad is outspoken in its fight for the people and unafraid to challenge Democratic leadership.
Justice Democrats relies on your grassroots support to fund primaries against the establishment. Can you chip in $10 today to help us take on corporate Democrats?
In 2018, we shook the political establishment in Washington when we helped Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defeat the 4th most powerful corporate Democrat in the House. The Squad began transforming Congress right away — our unabashed fight for the people has led to progressive policy wins and momentum for the Green New Deal and student debt cancellation.
Then, in 2020, we helped elect our first ever JD recruit, Cori Bush, along with Jamaal Bowman. A larger squad has made a difference, adding more voices to the fight for bold policies on Capitol Hill. And this year, along with lifting Summer and Greg to huge primary wins, we’ve also helped Rashida and Cori win tough primaries for re-election.
We know how to win. We’ve been winning. But there’s a reason we can only support a small number of candidates each year — it costs a lot of money. AND we’re going up against the deep-pockets of corporate super PACs. We go all-in for our candidates, which means we focus your small-dollar donations on a few winnable races each election cycle.
But it’s not easy. Summer Lee faced more than $3 million in attack ads from corporate super PACs. If we had more resources, we could expand our work to grow the Squad.
Thank you for being with us in this movement for progressive change.
In solidarity,
Justice Democrats
Do not worry if you cannot afford to make a contribution — we understand that this is a difficult time. If you’re struggling, you can find a food bank here. We appreciate everything you do to keep our movement strong. Please stay informed and follow the most up-to-date recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and your state public health department. |
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It’s Maxwell. I’m going to lay out the facts of this race and why we need to raise $8,195. FACT: All eyes are on our race as our movement grows.
But our status as front-runner has also made our campaign the #1 target for GOP attacks. We need to act quickly to reach voters through community organizing and online ads. Will you chip in so that we can raise the $8,195 we need to fund these efforts? FACT: The GOP and NRA will do absolutely anything to keep me from winning this race. Already, I’ve faced attacks from the Trump acolytes and neo-nazis at Breitbart. And now that I’ve confronted DeSantis to demand an end to gun violence, he is desperate to stop me from winning this race. This is just the beginning. We know more attacks are coming. FACT: I am not accepting a CENT of corporate PAC money. I’m proud to be funded by over 19,000 grassroots donors with an average donation of just $31.59. We’re relying on grassroots donations to:
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Since Cori first joined Congress, our movement for people-powered, progressive change has grown tremendously. Thanks to the power of grassroots donations of $5 and $10, we took on the establishment and sent a single mother, nurse, activist, and organizer to Congress.
Now we're counting on this movement to keep her there, so we have a favor to ask:
as an integral member of this team, here are 10 things we want you to know about Cori:
Cori understands the issues everyday folks are going through personally. Cori was evicted and lived out of her car with her babies. These experiences are why she has been focused on policies that make life better for everyone, especially regular, everyday Americans without millions of dollars in their bank account.
Cori is striving to create a new kind of politics rooted in love and compassion because Cori cares that everyone is housed, fed, safe, and has health care and an education.
Only days after joining Congress, white supremacists incited a deadly insurrection on our Capitol. Cori introduced her first-ever piece of legislation calling for the expulsion of Republican insurrectionists from office.
In her first term in Congress, Cori has introduced 12 pieces of legislation including the Green New Deal for Cities, the Keeping Renters Safe Act, and the People's Response Act.
When the eviction moratorium was set to expire last summer, Cori jumped into action to organize a five-day action outside of the Capitol to demand the Biden Administration extend the eviction moratorium.
Cori proudly delivered over $9 million to organizations saving lives across the St. Louis community. This funding is yet another victory for St. Louis and brings us closer to a more just and equitable St. Louis for all.
Cori's not afraid to share her story for the greater good. Cori was one of the first sitting members of Congress to share her abortion story in an effort to resist the GOP's attempts to restrict abortion access in America.
Cori doesn't accept a cent of corporate PAC money, but that's not how all of Congress operates. Most members fund their re-elections through special interest donations — from the pharmaceutical industry, military contractors, even the gun lobby — and spend hours on the phone calling up their wealthy friends.
Cori's running for re-election because we still have more work to do. Together we can keep making real progress on racial justice, addressing the climate crisis, and ensuring everyone is guaranteed quality health care.
Super PACs and establishment groups are prepared to spend record amounts of money to attack Cori during the midterm elections. We'll need the support of this grassroots team to defend Cori and fight back.
In solidarity,
Team Cori
Can you believe this?
A Trump supporter just hosted a campaign event for Ilhan’s conservative primary opponent.
Our challenger may call himself a Democrat, but he clearly has no problem aligning with the MAGA crowd when it benefits his campaign.
It should go without saying that Ilhan will never hold a campaign event with a Trump supporter. She has always stayed true to our shared progressive values and always will.
But this campaign event may only be a preview of what’s to come. Last cycle, Trump supporters and conservative donors poured millions into our primary because they know defeating Ilhan in the primary is their best bet at unseating her.
We need to prepare to fight back. Ilhan is counting on grassroots supporters like you — not Trump supporters or corporate PACs — to power our work to win this race and keep fighting for our progressive vision in Congress.
We’ve made incredible progress, but our work is not finished yet. We’re continuing to strengthen our movement for student debt cancellation, Homes for All, a humane public safety system, a Green New Deal, and more — one grassroots donation at a time.
Thank you,
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We just got a much-needed progressive win for working families in our state! This weekend, voters in Austin and San Antonio approved bold, progressive measures – proving that progressive policies are popular in Texas.
In Austin, voters permanently decriminalized marijuana and banned no-knock warrants in a landslide victory. And in San Antonio, we saw another huge win with voters passing the city’s first-ever affordable housing bond.
Despite extremist state officials trying to drag us backwards, Texas voters are moving us forward. Can you chip in $35 today to help us take this progress to Congress?
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In just a moment, I’m going to ask you to make a contribution to support Nina Turner, one of our movement’s most committed leaders. But first, I hope you will give me a chance to explain why your contribution is so important — especially today.
Nina Turner has been on the front lines of the fight for higher wages, Medicare for All, climate justice, racial justice and a world of peace. She is standing with workers organizing at Starbucks, with seniors who cannot afford their prescription drugs and people — young and not so young — who are saddled with student debt.
That’s why I am supporting her run for the U.S. House in Ohio’s 11th Congressional District.
With the primary election coming right up on May 3rd, Nina Turner needs our help. There are super PACs and powerful special interest groups that are spending a huge amount of money trying to defeat her. Just this week, a super PAC spent more than $1 million on ads in support of Nina's opponent.
Why are they so afraid of Nina?
The answer is clear: Nina is a different kind of Democrat — a progressive, grassroots activist who knows that real change never takes place from the top on down, but always from the bottom on up. She has spent her political life trying to build a multi-generational, multi-racial political movement which is prepared to take on the big-money interests that have so much economic and political power in our country.
So with only a few weeks left in this primary, she is counting on a lot of donations today to take on the enormous amounts of spending that outside groups have poured into her race.
That is why I am asking:
Nina is running her campaign the right way, powered by grassroots organizing and reaching out directly to working people.
Her campaign is knocking on doors across the district talking to people one-on-one about the need to fight for a progressive agenda that creates a government that works for all of our people, not just the one percent. Nina is focused on taking on the powerful corporate interests that are gouging people at the gas pump, the grocery store, the pharmacy counter and just about everywhere else.
Nina’s team has already knocked on tens of thousands of doors, but they need our help to keep the effort up until the primary on May 3rd. Because if she has the resources to turn out her supporters, she can win this election.
But no single person can win an election and transform this country alone. It is going to require all of us.
Right now Nina is relying on our movement to continue running the kind of grassroots campaign that can win this election.
Thank you for adding your contribution today to help keep Nina's local canvassers knocking on doors, and calling and texting voters right up until the primary.
In solidarity,
Bernie Sanders
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We hope you'll stay, because emails are such an important part of how we organize and how we raise money. In fact, there is no single greater source for our campaign's fundraising than emails like this one. And that's important, because no one person, not even Bernie Sanders, can take on the billionaire class alone.
Before you go about the rest of your day, help power our fight against the billionaire class by making a contribution today.
We need all hands on deck.
A third challenger has officially entered the race to unseat Jamaal in the upcoming election.
As we work closer towards the end of the quarter — and more importantly, the June primary — every single one of our opponents will be looking at our quarterly fundraising to determine the strength of our campaign. Can we count on you to rush a $15 donation to our campaign right now to show this new challenger the true strength and security of our support for Jamaal?
The new challenger has made a point to challenge Jamaal's effectiveness in bringing change to our district. They claim that Jamaal is "divisive" because he stands up for the most disenfranchised in our communities and causes problems for those defending the status quo.
Despite claims and criticism, we know how impactful Jamaal and our movement has been during his time in office. Jamaal has introduced and advanced 21 pieces of legislation and cosponsored over 500 bills. And in 2021, Jamaal secured over $214,446,178 for NY-16, including $6,000,000 to fight back against gun violence, and $56,397,952 for small businesses and restaurants.
The key to our success — especially with a new district and establishment challengers — is early preparation. So we can't afford to fall short on our fundraising like last month. Please help us show the true strength of our campaign and support for Jamaal by rushing a donation of $15 or anything you are able so that we can continue to grow our movement.
In solidarity,
Bowman for Congress
We just announced our endorsement of Kina Collins in the Democratic primary for the 7th Congressional District in Illinois (IL-7). She launched her campaign today and we’re so excited for her run in this critical race.
Kina is an organizer from a working-class background focused on addressing the economic, social, and racial inequalities in her district and beyond. IL-7 is the most unequal district in the country. Working-class communities have been left behind, and the pandemic has only made things worse. Wealthy parts of this district have an average life expectancy 30 years longer than less privileged areas in the very same city. 28% of all of the gun violence in Illinois is in IL-7. This all needs to change.
Kina has fought for Medicare for All, police accountability, and justice for all. She’ll continue to fight for the people in Congress.
Join Justice Democrats today and donate directly to Kina as she launches her campaign. We have a goal to raise 750 grassroots contributions for Kina so she can get her campaign off to a strong start. We can only add more Justice Democrats to Congress with your help.
Kina understands the struggles of working-class communities because she’s part of the working-class community and comes from a union family. Kina knows what it’s like to grow up working-class in an unequal city, be personally impacted by gun violence, and live through a global pandemic without being able to afford healthcare. That’s why she’s spent her entire life working for change in her community and across the district, from protests to policy.
And IL-7 is one of the most progressive districts in the country. There’s no excuse for 24-year-incumbent Rep. Danny Davis’s failure to lead on the transformational change his constituents need. Instead, he’s taking millions from corporate PACs and insurance companies and protecting his rich friends.
Kina will fight for the change we all need without a cent of corporate PAC money. Can you chip in to give directly to Kina’s campaign today? Let’s get the political establishment’s attention by sending 750 grassroots contributions to Kina right away!
We can only do this together.
In solidarity,
Justice Democrats
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In this crazy and complicated world it is easy to forget or get sidetracked. But please do not lose sight of one enormously important reality. In the last several years our progressive movement has made enormous progress which is helping to transform politics in the United States and even worldwide.
It was not long ago that people considered our ideas radical and fringe, and there were few elected officials prepared to fight for them. That has changed, big time. Today, poll after poll shows that our progressive agenda is extremely popular, there are bold voices in Congress and statehouses advocating for it, and many of our ideas are already being implemented across the country. That is thanks in no small part to the grassroots organizing that we've done together, both during our campaigns for president, and over the course of the past year.
That work continues today, which is why we wanted to take a moment to share some of our movement's important accomplishments so far this year. At a time when our country is facing more simultaneous crises than at any point in modern history, now is not the time to think small or retreat. Now, more than ever, we must commit to a bold progressive agenda focused on the needs of the working class, not the wealthy and large corporations. Now more than ever the fight for economic justice, racial justice, social justice and environmental justice must be accelerated.
You can read more about our accomplishments below. But first, if you're able, we'd like to ask if you can contribute to support the work ahead. As you know, we have been successful because our movement is funded by lots of people making small donations, so any amount you can give will make a big difference.
Can you make a $27 contribution to support our campaign's organizing efforts to create the transformative change our country needs at this moment? We would not ask if it were not so important.
Here are some of the ways that Bernie, you, and our movement are continuing to build progressive power nationwide:
In the months ahead, Bernie has some key fights he’s going to need your support for: fights to raise wages, pass a major jobs bill, combat climate change, expand Medicare, cut the defense budget, pass voting rights protections, bring immigration reform, and support progressive candidates up and down the ballot — and so much more.
As a U.S. senator Bernie is continuing to fight for our values in the Senate — but the truth is that he can't do it alone. We're all in this together. All of us need to be involved in order to create the transformative change this country desperately needs.
Please contribute $27 to support our campaign's organizing efforts to create the transformative change our country needs at this moment.
As Bernie always says, real change never happens from the top on down, but from the bottom on up. Your continued involvement is not just important to Bernie — it is critical to implementing our progressive agenda. So thank you for continuing to be a part of our movement.
In solidarity,
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Sanders writes:
he truth is that the crises we face in this nation are enormous, and we have got to think big, not small. What history has told us is that two years after President Clinton won in 1992, Republicans did phenomenally well. And the reason they did so well was because Democrats had the power, and they did not exercise that power to help working families.
We cannot make that mistake again, which is why it is imperative that we come together around a bold, progressive agenda.
We must join every other major country on earth and grant health care to all of our people as a basic human right.
We must take on the incredible greed of the pharmaceutical industry and not force the American people to pay higher prescription drug prices than everyone else.
We must raise the minimum wage to a living wage of $15 an hour and guarantee equal pay for equal work.
We must combat systemic racism and pass comprehensive immigration reform.
We must make public colleges and universities tuition-free and forgive student debt.
We must create millions of jobs by rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure and confronting the climate crisis.
This agenda is not some kind of wild, radical idea. It's what the American people want, and it's where the Democratic Party has got to go.
We have made tremendous progress in recent years in our efforts to transform this country, but it is a fight that is far from over.
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