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April 12, 2022

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Three years of expanded health care

 

On my first day in office, I directed my Administration to expand Medicaid, in line with the overwhelming will of Maine people – and this month marks three years since the Federal government approved our plan.

Thanks to expansion, nearly 90,000 Maine people now have access to health care. That means they can see a doctor, get preventive care like cancer screenings, and afford prescription medications. It’s been crucial to improving the health of our state.

But here’s the catch: my opponent, Paul LePage, opposed expanding Medicaid time and time again when he was governor. He vetoed multiple bipartisan bills to expand Medicaid, and, even after the voters approved expanding Medicaid at the ballot box, he refused to implement it.

Health care is critical for Maine people, and I’m going to do everything in my power to fight for it. Now, I need your support as we get closer to Election Day. Can you make a contribution of $5.00 so we can defend Maine from a candidate who denied it for those Maine people who need it most?

Thank you,

Janet Mills

 

 

 

 

 

 

Governor Janet Mills has always fought for the people of Maine, from keeping people healthy and safe during this pandemic to putting us on the road to recovery to planning ahead for a sustainable future. Now, she's ensuring that Maine emerges from this crisis stronger than before.

 

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Can I explain?

 

In a minute, I’ll ask you to split a critical donation between my campaign and Martin Heinrich to help me reach my final public filing deadline before the general election. But first, I owe you an explanation… National pundits and talking heads on TV are quick to dismiss Ohio, saying it’s not a battleground race. But they don’t see what I see. Everywhere I go, folks are fired up like never before to flip this seat blue. The polls show me neck-and-neck with my opponents. And time and again, we post record-breaking fundraising numbers. Look, this race will be tough. Republicans are already spending upwards of $80 million to keep this seat red. And every single one of my GOP opponents is a multi-millionaire. But I know with enough grassroots support we can build the resources we need to overcome their attacks, flip this seat blue, and expand the Democratic Senate majority. April 13th marks my pre-primary FEC filing deadline. This is the last time my numbers will be made public before the general election, and it’s a big test of my team’s strength. Can I personally count on you to split a donation of anything you can afford between my campaign and Martin Heinrich before my final FEC deadline before the general election? It means a lot. Thanks so much for your support. It makes a difference. — Tim     Paid for by Martin Heinrich for Senate Senator Martin Heinrich is committed to helping New Mexico become a leader in defense, tech, and energy with opportunities in every corner.  PO Box 25763 Albuquerque, NM 87125 United States

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This email was sent from Free Donziger, a legal defense fund in support of U.S. human rights lawyer Steven Donziger. Steven helped Indigenous groups in Ecuador’s Amazon win a $9.5 billion judgment in 2013 over massive oil pollution. He has now spent almost 1,000 days in house arrest and prison after being targeted by a Chevron law firm in the nation’s first private corporate prosecution. You are receiving this email because you signed our petition demanding that President Biden pardon Steven. We need as many people as possible to stand with Steven against Chevron and the fossil fuel industry, but we need your help.  You are joining us at a dangerously critical time for the survival of the Amazon, for human rights lawyering generally, and for me and my family personally as we continue to help Indigenous peoples in Ecuador’s rainforest hold Chevron accountable for the deliberate dumping of billions of gallons of cancer-causing toxic oil waste. Thousands have died from Chevron’s acts of greed — and many more will perish unless Chevron stops targeting our team and instead complies with court orders to clean up what has become known as the “Chernobyl” of the Amazon.   We are reaching out to you because you signed on to the letter from my attorneys demanding that President Biden pardon me. I am incredibly grateful to have you join our campaign in this way. Our goal is to END Chevron’s deliberate manipulation of our legal system to attack me and other Earth Defenders. And since U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland has been silent in the face of our demands for justice – specifically, our demand that the Department of Justice takes back the private prosecution of me from Chevron – we are now appealing directly to President Biden. Ten lawyers – who include Martin Garbus, who represented Nelson Mandela, and Nadine Strossen, the former President of the American Civil Liberties Union – sent the pardon letter to President Biden which dozens of environmental and legal groups are supporting (You can read the letter here). Among the signatories are some of the most respected lawyers in the country: Ron Kuby, who represented Steven at trial; Natali Segovia, one of the leading Indigenous rights lawyers in the world; Michael Tigar, a law professor at Duke; Jeanne Mirer, who leads the largest U.N. affiliated lawyer organization in the world; and of course, Mr. Garbus and Ms. Strossen. But it will take a major grassroots effort to ensure that this letter not only lands on President Biden’s desk but that Biden actually grants the pardon.  By the end of my 6-month sentence in late April, I will have spent almost 1,000 days locked up for a petty misdemeanor crime that has never resulted in a single day of prison for any other attorney in U.S. history. It is clear that Chevron’s abuse of the law has severely weakened the reputation of the U.S. in the areas of international human rights and environmental law, in addition to creating a major ordeal for me and my family. It is time for President Biden to step up immediately and correct this injustice once and for all. My detention is a miscarriage of justice that violates the Constitution and severely undermines the moral standing of the U.S. worldwide. It is time to fight back so that no other human rights lawyer or Earth Defender is subjected to the same inhumane treatment. If you are able, please help us fully activate our grassroots network of supporters by contributing $25 or whatever you can afford today.   For decades, my clients — who have watched as their ecosystem has been slowly destroyed by Chevron — have been forced to deal with the company’s mass industrial poisoning of one of the most pristine areas of the earth. They struggle daily to find safe drinking water, clean food, and medical attention. We cannot let that continue either in Ecuador or anywhere else. And we cannot allow private companies to directly prosecute and lock up the lawyers who hold them accountable. We MUST fight back to protect our democracy and to save the planet. From the bottom of my heart, thank you for joining our campaign. We are deeply grateful. Hugs, Steven Donziger Steven Donziger is a U.S. human rights attorney who helped communities in Ecuador’s Amazon win a historic multibillion-dollar pollution judgment against Chevron for the dumping of billions of gallons of cancer-causing oil waste onto Indigenous ancestral lands. Since the judgment issued in 2013, Chevron has used dozens of law firms and 2000 lawyers to carry out a demonization campaign targeting Steven to send a message of intimidation to all environmental advocates. Donate NOW to help support Steven as he and the Ecuadorian communities continue their fight for corporate accountability, environmental justice, Indigenous rights, and Free Speech.

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EXCERPT FROM THE LETTER:

Chevron then steered the case to a particular judge (Lewis A. Kaplan) who had direct financial ties to Chevron and a long history of pro-corporate bias, including a years-long representation of the tobacco industry.