Friday, May 29, 2020

Sign the petition demanding justice for George Floyd

This is a pivotal moment to call for justice for George Floyd. Our country must not enable and perpetuate white supremacy and police brutality any longer.

Mar,

After learning that George Floyd, a Black man in Minneapolis, was brutally murdered by a white police officer on May 25, millions of people called for justice for George and his family and demanded that the police officers involved be held fully accountable, contacting their lawmakers, speaking out on social media, and signing petitions.

Join your fellow MoveOn members and sign the petition calling for justice for George Floyd.

On May 26, hundreds tooks to the streets of Minneapolis to protest police violence. Demonstrators carried signs that said "No justice, no peace," "Black lives matter," and "Stop lynching us."1 Outside the neighborhood police precinct, the demonstrators faced police in riot gear who used tear gas and shot rubber bullets to disperse them. Compare this to how police behaved at anti-lockdown protests: Protesters there, who were largely white, were heavily and openly armed, and at one anti-lockdown protest, there was a mock lynching of an elected official. Yet police stood calmly as armed anti-lockdown activists came within inches of their faces, at no point using force to push back or clear the space.

As demonstrations calling for justice for George Floyd spread nationwide, the initially peaceful protests became "more like a war zone than a protest," with "people running for cover from the rising plumes of tear gas."Demonstrators in Phoenix had tense face-offs with police and in Columbus were sprayed with pepper spray.

The police's violent treatment of these demonstrators, who were calling for justice for George Floyd and accountability for the officers involved in his murder (as of right now, only one officer has been charged), shows how unfairly people of color are treated by police in America. Donald Trump called the protesters "thugs" and encouraged police violence against them, tweeting, "when the looting starts, the shooting starts."3 But recall how, earlier this month, he called the white, armed, right-wing protesters "very good people," and in 2017, he said that there were "very fine people" in the violent white nationalist demonstrations in Charlottesville, where one of them murdered Heather Heyer, a nonviolent counterprotester.4 Trump's not even trying to hide his racist double standards.

A reporter who covered protests after police murders of Michael Brown, Freddie Grey, and Eric Garner, wrote, "Perhaps the police showed restraint in Michigan because they were able to empathize with the armed white men. They saw their humanity. Nothing will change until they can see the same in black protesters too."5

This is a pivotal moment to call for justice for George Floyd. Our country must not enable and perpetuate white supremacy and police brutality any longer.

Sign the petition calling for justice for George Floyd and an end to white supremacy and police brutality in America.

After signing the petition, please read the original email below from Rashad Robinson from Color of Change.

Thanks for all you do.

–Isbah, Arvin, Jennifer, Erica, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "Hundreds Protest George Floyd's Death In Minneapolis," HuffPost, May 26, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/134338?t=9&akid=265197%2E10220574%2ENw5bWS

2. "The Anti-Lockdown Protests Prove Police Know How to Treat Protesters Fairly," Slate, May 28, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/134339?t=11&akid=265197%2E10220574%2ENw5bWS

3. "Twitter Places Warning on a Trump Tweet, Saying It Glorified Violence," The New York Times, May 29, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/134340?t=13&akid=265197%2E10220574%2ENw5bWS

4. "Of Course Trump Called Armed, Right-Wing Protesters 'Very Good People,'" Vanity Fair, May 1, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/134387?t=15&akid=265197%2E10220574%2ENw5bWS

5. "The Anti-Lockdown Protests Prove Police Know How to Treat Protesters Fairly," Slate, May 28, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/134339?t=17&akid=265197%2E10220574%2ENw5bWS


Dear MoveOn member,

Firing these police officers isn't enough. "They treated him worse than they treat animals," said the sister of George Floyd about the police officers who killed her brother. "They took a life — they deserve life."1

George Floyd, a Black man, was handcuffed and pinned down on the pavement by a white Minneapolis police officer who continued to press his knee into George's neck as George repeatedly cried out, "I can't breathe," and "Please, I can't breathe." 

The video captured on May 25 by one of the bystanders shows the police officer brutally holding down George Floyd. The witnesses try to get the police officers to stop, telling them, "He's not even resisting arrest right now."2 After several minutes of the officer kneeling on his neck, George Floyd becomes silent and motionless. Then, showing his total disregard for George Floyd, the police officer pulls George's lifeless body by his arms and drags him away.

Sign the petition calling on Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey to hold the police officers who murdered George Floyd accountable.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey: You must hold the police officers who killed George Floyd fully accountable.

After seeing the heartbreaking video of George Floyd's murder, you said that "this man's life matters," that "being black in America should not be a death sentence," and that this doesn't reflect "the measures we've taken to ensure accountability."3  

We are calling on you to honor George Floyd's life by making sure there is justice for him and his family. You must hold all of the police officers involved in George Floyd's murder accountable to the full extent of the law.

After a public outcry and support from government officials, the police officers involved in George Floyd's murder were fired, although the police union intends to provide full support to the officers. We need to make sure these police officers can never again terrorize the people they were entrusted to protect and are held fully accountable for George Floyd's murder. 

Sign this petition demanding that the police officers who murdered George Floyd be held accountable.

Thank you.

–Rashad Robinson, Color of Change

Sources:

1. "What We Know About the Death of George Floyd in Minneapolis," The New York Times, May 27, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/133558?t=22&akid=265197%2E10220574%2ENw5bWS

2. "'Being Black In America Should Not Be A Death Sentence': Officials Respond To George Floyd's Death," CBSN Minnesota, May 26, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/133980?t=24&akid=265197%2E10220574%2ENw5bWS

3. Ibid.

You're receiving this petition because we thought it might interest you. It was created on MoveOn.org, where anyone can start their own online petitions. You can start your own petition here.

Want to support our work? The MoveOn community will work every moment, day by day and year by year, to resist Trump's agenda, contain the damage, defeat hate with love, and begin the process of swinging the nation's pendulum back toward sanity, decency, and the kind of future that we must never give up on. And to do it we need your support, now more than ever. Will you stand with MoveOn?

Click here to chip in $3, or whatever you can afford.

Contributions to MoveOn Civic Action are not tax-deductible for income tax purposes. This email was sent to Mar Alfaro on May 29, 2020. To change your email address or update your contact info, click here. To remove yourself from this list, click here.

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

George Floyd (petition)

Firing these police officers isn't enough. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey must hold the police officers who killed George Floyd fully accountable.

Dear MoveOn member,

Firing these police officers isn't enough. "They treated him worse than they treat animals," said the sister of George Floyd about the police officers who killed her brother. "They took a life — they deserve life."1

George Floyd, a Black man, was handcuffed and pinned down on the pavement by a white Minneapolis police officer who continued to press his knee into George's neck as George repeatedly cried out, "I can't breathe," and "Please, I can't breathe." 

The video captured on May 26 by one of the bystanders shows the police officer brutally holding down George Floyd. The witnesses try to get the police officers to stop, telling them, "He's not even resisting arrest right now."2 After several minutes of the officer kneeling on his neck, George Floyd becomes silent and motionless. Then, showing his total disregard for George Floyd, the police officer pulls George's lifeless body by his arms and drags him away.

Sign the petition calling on Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey to hold the police officers who murdered George Floyd accountable.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey: You must hold the police officers who killed George Floyd fully accountable.

After seeing the heartbreaking video of George Floyd's murder, you said that "this man's life matters," that "being black in America should not be a death sentence," and that this doesn't reflect "the measures we've taken to ensure accountability."3  

We are calling on you to honor George Floyd's life by making sure there is justice for him and his family. You must hold all of the police officers involved in George Floyd's murder accountable to the full extent of the law.

After a public outcry and support from government officials, the police officers involved in George Floyd's murder were fired, although the police union intends to provide full support to the officers. We need to make sure these police officers can never again terrorize the people they were entrusted to protect and are held fully accountable for George Floyd's murder. 

Sign this petition demanding that the police officers who murdered George Floyd be held accountable.

Thank you.

–Rashad Robinson, Color of Change

Sources:

1. "What We Know About the Death of George Floyd in Minneapolis," The New York Times, May 27, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/133558?t=10&akid=265048%2E10220574%2EXxZbA6

2. "'Being Black In America Should Not Be A Death Sentence': Officials Respond To George Floyd's Death," CBSN Minnesota, May 26, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/133980?t=12&akid=265048%2E10220574%2EXxZbA6

3. Ibid.

You're receiving this petition because we thought it might interest you. It was created on MoveOn.org, where anyone can start their own online petitions. You can start your own petition here.

Want to support our work? The MoveOn community will work every moment, day by day and year by year, to resist Trump's agenda, contain the damage, defeat hate with love, and begin the process of swinging the nation's pendulum back toward sanity, decency, and the kind of future that we must never give up on. And to do it we need your support, now more than ever. Will you stand with MoveOn?

Click here to chip in $3, or whatever you can afford.

Contributions to MoveOn Civic Action are not tax-deductible for income tax purposes. This email was sent to Mar Alfaro on May 27, 2020. To change your email address or update your contact info, click here. To remove yourself from this list, click here.

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Trump in a flat-out panic

Trump knows he's in trouble, so now he's pushing conspiracy theories that could literally kill people.

Dear fellow MoveOn member,

Fox News is reporting that Donald Trump is now losing to Joe Biden by a whopping 11 points. On the question of who would do a better job handling the coronavirus, Trump is behind by 16 points.1

Trump knows he's in trouble. So he and his cronies have begun pushing dangerous conspiracy theories to explain his failures—and, as usual, the media is playing right into his hands.

Rush Limbaugh says the number of COVID-19 deaths is being inflated to hurt Trump politically.2 Eric Trump says the lockdowns are being implemented only to stop Trump from holding rallies.3 Trump himself is talking about a nonexistent scandal called "Obamagate."4

All of this is utter nonsense, but the corporate media is giving it wall-to-wall coverage, drawn to the latest shiny object from the Trump circus like moths to a flame. Trump is a master media manipulator. That's why, despite everything that's happened, he can still win.

Throughout this campaign, MoveOn has been keeping me posted on their plans, and I love what I'm hearing. But because of the economic crisis, many of MoveOn's supporters simply can't afford to donate and help pull it off. So if you can afford to give, now REALLY is the time to step up. One of the best ways to help is to begin a recurring monthly donation to help give MoveOn the resources it needs to beat Trump.

On average, MoveOn's monthly donors chip in about $12 a month. Can you chip in $12 a month to help make Trump a one-term president? 

Yes, I'll chip in monthly.

No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.

Trump's evil genius is his ability to shift the narrative with lies and distractions and recast himself as the hero of his own story. That's how he won back in 2016, despite trailing badly in the polls just the way he is now.

When reality doesn't back him up, he just invents his own. But the latest Trump conspiracy theories aren't just dumb and dishonest. They are deadly and dangerous.

And in the right-wing corners of the internet, the conspiracies are even more unhinged, with bizarre claims that the virus was invented in a lab and planned by a shadowy cabal of global elites—including debunked videos that have been watched by millions and a pandemic conspiracy book that's become a top seller on Amazon and The New York Times Best Sellers lists.5

Trump is pushing these lies for one reason only: to shift blame and improve his chances at re-election. But people are already responding to his lies by cutting back on social distancing. Partisanship is infecting public opinion on health issues in a way that will surely cost lives.

For that alone, Trump's miserable presidency deserves to be kicked to the ash heap of history.

As a former secretary of labor, I understand completely how families are forced to cut back on donations during times of economic recession and skyrocketing unemployment. But if you're lucky enough to still have income and the ability to donate, please consider pitching in.

Can you chip in $12 a month to help defeat Trump and the GOP? (The average gift from a MoveOn monthly donor is about $12 a month, but whatever you can afford will go a long way.)

Yes, I'll chip in monthly.

No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.

Here's the latest on what MoveOn has in the works to defeat Trump:

  • Make November's election pandemic-proof. Every American must have access to a vote-by-mail ballot and be able to vote without risking their health, life, and the safety of their communities. And polls must also be open and safe for those who need or want to vote in person. But only a handful of states have the necessary policies, infrastructure, and resources to ensure a safe election, and November is just around the corner.
  • Turn out 100,000 voters in critical battleground states who otherwise are unlikely to vote. MoveOn is focusing on "high-potential voters": young voters, new voters, and voters of color, who tend to be more progressive but are often ignored by campaigns—and who are precisely the voters that the GOP wants to stay home.
  • Train MoveOn volunteers to become poll workers. Many of the so-called "poll watchers" that the GOP intends to hire will be off-duty law enforcement, who often show up armed to scare away voters from the polls. This is blatantly illegal, which is why MoveOn will work with their partners to train volunteers to become poll workers who can ensure that any such intimidation is stopped in its tracks.

This is exactly the work that's needed to beat Trump and his army of liars and crooks. But all this work costs money, and with 30 million Americans out of work, we're more reliant than ever on the people who can afford to give. 

Can you chip in $12 a month to help defeat Trump and the GOP? (The average gift from a MoveOn monthly donor is about $12 a month, but whatever you can afford will go a long way.)

Yes, I'll chip in monthly.

No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.

Robert Reich

Sources:

1. "As president's coronavirus approval drops, Biden's lead over Trump grows: poll," Fox News, May 21, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/130842?t=8&akid=264970%2E10220574%2EynjuLh

2. "Rush Limbaugh Floats Theory That Coronavirus Deaths Are Being Inflated to Push an Agenda," The Daily Beast, April 2, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/130843?t=10&akid=264970%2E10220574%2EynjuLh

3. "Eric Trump used his latest Fox News appearance to push an absurd conspiracy theory about Covid-19," Vox, May 28, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/130844?t=12&akid=264970%2E10220574%2EynjuLh

4. "The shape-shifting genius of Obamagate," The Washington Post, May 20, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/130845?t=14&akid=264970%2E10220574%2EynjuLh

5. "Judy Mikovits, Disgraced Doctor at the Center of 'Plandemic,' Has a Bestselling Book on Amazon," Rolling Stone, May 12, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/130846?t=16&akid=264970%2E10220574%2EynjuLh

Want to support MoveOn's work? The MoveOn community will work every moment, day by day and year by year, to resist Trump's agenda, contain the damage, defeat hate with love, and begin the process of swinging the nation's pendulum back toward sanity, decency, and the kind of future that we must never give up on. And to do it MoveOn needs your ongoing support, now more than ever. Will you stand with MoveOn?

Yes, I'll chip in $5 a month.

No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.


PAID FOR BY MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION, http://pol.moveon.org/. Not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.

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Saturday, May 23, 2020

Trump in a flat-out panic

Fox News is reporting that Donald Trump is now losing to Joe Biden by a whopping 11 points.

Dear fellow MoveOn member,

Fox News is reporting that Donald Trump is now losing to Joe Biden by a whopping 11 points. On the question of who would do a better job handling the coronavirus, Trump is behind by 16 points.1

Trump knows he's in trouble. So he and his cronies have begun pushing dangerous conspiracy theories to explain his failures—and, as usual, the media is playing right into his hands.

Rush Limbaugh says the number of COVID-19 deaths is being inflated to hurt Trump politically.2 Eric Trump says the lockdowns are being implemented only to stop Trump from holding rallies.3 Trump himself is talking about a nonexistent scandal called "Obamagate."4

All of this is utter nonsense, but the corporate media is giving it wall-to-wall coverage, drawn to the latest shiny object from the Trump circus like moths to a flame. Trump is a master media manipulator. That's why, despite everything that's happened, he can still win.

Throughout this campaign, MoveOn has been keeping me posted on their plans, and I love what I'm hearing. But because of the economic crisis, many of MoveOn's supporters simply can't afford to donate and help pull it off. So if you can afford to give, now REALLY is the time to step up. Will you chip in?

Yes, I'll chip in $3 to help beat Donald Trump.

Trump's evil genius is his ability to shift the narrative with lies and distractions and recast himself as the hero of his own story. That's how he won back in 2016, despite trailing badly in the polls just the way he is now.

When reality doesn't back him up, he just invents his own. But the latest Trump conspiracy theories aren't just dumb and dishonest. They are deadly and dangerous.

And in the right-wing corners of the internet, the conspiracies are even more unhinged, with bizarre claims that the virus was invented in a lab and planned by a shadowy cabal of global elites—including debunked videos that have been watched by millions and a pandemic conspiracy book that's become a top seller on Amazon and The New York Times Best Sellers list.5

Trump is pushing these lies for one reason only: to shift blame and improve his chances at re-election. But people are already responding to his lies by cutting back on social distancing. Partisanship is infecting public opinion on health issues in a way that will surely cost lives.

For that alone, Trump's miserable presidency deserves to be kicked to the ash heap of history.

As an economist, I understand completely how families are forced to cut back on donations during times of economic recession and skyrocketing unemployment. But if you're lucky enough to still have income and the ability to donate, please contribute whatever you can.

Will you chip in $3?

Here's the latest on what MoveOn has in the works to defeat Trump:

  • Make November's election pandemic-proof. Every American must have access to a vote-by-mail ballot and be able to vote without risking their health, life, and the safety of their communities. And polls must also be open and safe for those who need or want to vote in person. But only a handful of states have the necessary policies, infrastructure, and resources to ensure a safe election, and November is just around the corner.
  • Turn out 100,000 voters in critical battleground states who otherwise are unlikely to vote. They're focusing on "high-potential voters": young voters, new voters, and voters of color, who tend to be more progressive but are often ignored by campaigns—and who are precisely the voters that the GOP wants to stay home.
  • Train MoveOn volunteers to become poll workers. Many of the so-called "poll watchers" that the GOP intends to hire will be off-duty law enforcement, who often show up armed to scare away voters from the polls. This is blatantly illegal, which is why MoveOn will work with their partners to train volunteers to become poll workers who can ensure that any such intimidation is stopped in its tracks.

This is exactly the work that's needed to beat Trump and his army of liars and crooks. But all this work costs money, and with 30 million Americans out of work, we're more reliant than ever on the people who can afford to give. Will you donate?

Yes, I'll donate $3 to help beat Donald Trump.

Robert Reich

Sources:

1. "As president's coronavirus approval drops, Biden's lead over Trump grows: poll," Fox News, May 21, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/130842?t=5&akid=264686%2E10220574%2Ea-ufcK

2. "Rush Limbaugh Floats Theory That Coronavirus Deaths Are Being Inflated to Push an Agenda," The Daily Beast, April 2, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/130843?t=7&akid=264686%2E10220574%2Ea-ufcK

3. "Eric Trump used his latest Fox News appearance to push an absurd conspiracy theory about Covid-19," Vox, May 28, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/130844?t=9&akid=264686%2E10220574%2Ea-ufcK

4. "The shape-shifting genius of Obamagate," The Washington Post, May 20, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/130845?t=11&akid=264686%2E10220574%2Ea-ufcK

5. "Judy Mikovits, Disgraced Doctor at the Center of 'Plandemic,' Has a Bestselling Book on Amazon," Rolling Stone, May 12, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/130846?t=13&akid=264686%2E10220574%2Ea-ufcK

Want to support our work? The MoveOn community will work every moment, day by day and year by year, to resist Trump's agenda, contain the damage, defeat hate with love, and begin the process of swinging the nation's pendulum back toward sanity, decency, and the kind of future that we must never give up on. And to do it we need your support, now more than ever. Will you stand with us?

Click here to chip in $3, or whatever you can afford.


PAID FOR BY MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION, http://pol.moveon.org/. Not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.

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Friday, May 22, 2020

Collective action report-back: the new way to rally

We demanded #RealReliefNow and got major attention on Twitter. Can you join us next time?

Dear MoveOn member,

In a world where we have to maintain physical distance, we're all looking for ways that we can use digital spaces to bring us closer together.

That's why, earlier this month, we took action together in an unprecedented way to demand #RealReliefNow for working people in the government's coronavirus response. 

In less than one hour, we were trending #3 on Twitter with an online protest that reached as far and as wide as any protest we've organized in person. 

#RealReliefNow video recap

This massive Twitter rally took place in the pivotal days before the Democrats released an expansive bill that put people first, pushing forward critical voices that helped shape the HEROES Act, which included protections for essential workers, student debt relief, investments to protect jobs, direct financial support, and so much more. 

Interested in joining our next Twitter rally? This works only when many of us work together, and we need as many of us raising our voices at once! Text TWEET to 668366 and we'll let you know about the next opportunity to join a collective action with people all across the country.

Joining an online rally is safe and simple. That's why more than 41,000 MoveOn members who are active Twitter users were invited to join this Twitter rally to demand #RealReliefNow and got this campaign to trend.

Together, we tweeted our members of Congress directly, shared what people-centered relief would look like in our communities, and called out Trump and the GOP for continuing to send billions of dollars to corporations and the wealthy. We know that members of Congress heard us—and that millions of folks around the country heard and shared these messages.

Your tweets became your protest signs, your stories were shared, and, together, we demanded real relief that serves people, not corporations.

There will be other critical moments when we need to amplify our voices. Join our next Twitter action: Text TWEET to 668366 to receive mobile notifications and tweet in collective actions with people all across the country. 

Even when we need to be physically apart, by gathering digitally, we can still unite and be heard, and when we act together, we are powerful.

Let's keep finding ways to act together, even when we're apart. 

Thanks for all you do.

—Kate, Sana, Mohammad, Thad, and the rest of the team

Want to support our work? The MoveOn community will work every moment, day by day and year by year, to resist Trump's agenda, contain the damage, defeat hate with love, and begin the process of swinging the nation's pendulum back toward sanity, decency, and the kind of future that we must never give up on. And to do it we need your support, now more than ever. Will you stand with MoveOn?

Click here to chip in $3, or whatever you can afford.

Contributions to MoveOn Civic Action are not tax-deductible for income tax purposes. This email was sent to Mar Alfaro on May 22, 2020. To change your email address or update your contact info, click here. To remove yourself from this list, click here.

Thursday, May 21, 2020

Shocking New York Times report

A shocking new report in The New York Times on Monday revealed that the GOP plans to employ 50,000 people at the polls—some of whom will be armed—to intimidate Democratic voters across critical swing states, and that they will spend at least $20 million on nefarious lawsuits designed to suppress the vote this fall.

Dear MoveOn member,

A shocking new report in The New York Times on Monday revealed that the GOP plans to employ 50,000 people at the polls—some of whom will be armed—to intimidate Democratic voters across critical swing states, and that the GOP intends to spend at least $20 million on nefarious lawsuits designed to suppress the vote this fall.1

This is a stark and disturbing escalation in the GOP's voter suppression tactics, resulting from a 2018 court ruling overturning decades of precedent that stopped the GOP from blatant voter suppression and intimidation efforts.2 Since 1982, the GOP was barred from pursuing what they called "ballot security" measures, after a lawsuit showed that the GOP had engaged in a coordinated campaign to remove voters of color from voter rolls through a deceptive mail campaign and even hired off-duty police officers to patrol majority-minority polling locations to intimidate voters.3

And now that a judge has given them the go-ahead to ramp up their efforts with impunity, the GOP is back to the same dirty tricks, targeting Democratic voters—and particularly voters of color—in 15 battleground states. It's a baldfaced effort to steal the election for Donald Trump and the Republicans.

Our democracy will not survive if GOP operatives and right-wing activists get away with it. Which is why MoveOn is launching a massive, all-hands-on-deck campaign to save our elections from Republican meddling and to defend access to the ballot box for every single American.

On average, MoveOn's monthly donors chip in about $12 a month. Mar, can you chip in $12 a month to help fuel this critical campaign all the way through Election Day?

Yes, I'll chip in monthly.

No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.

With the coronavirus pandemic still raging, voting in this year's elections is already at risk, but instead of working to protect Americans' constitutional rights to access a ballot, Republicans are capitalizing on the crisis to keep turnout low to benefit Trump and his cronies.

Here is what we're doing to fight back:

  • Demanding that states set up and properly fund universal vote-by-mail programs. More than ever before, every American should have access to a vote-by-mail ballot to protect our health and the safety of our communities. But only a few states are set up to run these programs, which is why we are pushing governors and state legislators to get these systems in place immediately.
  • Helping 100,000 voters across the battleground states vote by mail. To do this, MoveOn's Creative Lab will be creating educational videos that we will release as paid providing key voters in these areas with detailed information about how to register to vote and request vote-by-mail ballots. Our efforts are focused on "high-potential voters," meaning young voters, new voters, and voters of color who tend to be more progressive but are often ignored by campaigns—and who are precisely the voters that the GOP is hoping will stay home.
  • Training MoveOn volunteers to become poll workers. Many of the so-called "poll watchers" that the GOP intends to hire will be off-duty law enforcement, who often show up armed to scare away voters from the polls. This is blatantly illegal, which is why MoveOn will work with our partners to train volunteers to become poll workers who can ensure that any such intimidation is stopped in its tracks.
  • Joining our partners to support legal cases that seek to protect access to the vote. If Republicans plan to spend $20 million to strip access to voting from Americans across the country, we will turn out a grassroots movement that reveals their shameful tactics and fights to stop them.

The GOP has the backing of billionaires and corporations to do this work. We only have you. Can you chip in $12 a month? (The average gift from a MoveOn monthly donor is about $12 a month, but whatever you can afford will go a long way.)

Yes, I'll chip in monthly.

No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.

These efforts by Republicans shine a light on a central truth: When more Americans are able to vote, right-wing politicians lose. They lose because their policies of protecting the ultra-rich over regular Americans, stripping health care from those who need it most, destroying the environment, demonizing immigrants, and dumping billions of dollars into endless wars do not serve the interests of most Americans; they only serve the interests of their wealthy corporate backers.

Which is why the right spends so much time and money to keep people from the polls.

Luckily, there are far more of us than there are of them, and when we show up, we WIN.

Will you help us ramp up our efforts to protect our elections from Republican efforts to suppress the vote by chipping in $12 a month? (The average gift from a MoveOn monthly donor is about $12 a month, but whatever you can afford will go a long way.)

Yes, I'll chip in monthly.

No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.

Thanks for all you do.

–Chris, Robert, Natalie, Julia, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "Freed by Court Ruling, Republicans Step Up Effort to Patrol Voting," The New York Times, May 18, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/126847?t=8&akid=264604%2E10220574%2ELW3Nj1

2. Ibid.

3. "The Republican Party Emerges From Decades of Court Supervision," The Atlantic, January 9, 2018
https://act.moveon.org/go/123102?t=10&akid=264604%2E10220574%2ELW3Nj1

 

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Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Two-thirds of MoveOn members are more likely to back Biden if these women are on his ticket!

Read the results of the latest MoveOn member survey on vice president contenders.

Dear MoveOn member, 

Elizabeth Warren. Stacey Abrams. Kamala Harris.

All three are progressive powerhouses, bold and experienced women leaders who are champions in the Democratic Party. And they are the top three choices of MoveOn members to join presumptive nominee Joe Biden on his ticket as his running mate and as his governing partner in the White House, according to a MoveOn member survey. 

Image. Left column: "MoveOn Members' Top 3 Choices for VP." Right column: "Elizabeth Warren, Stacey Abrams, Kamala Harris"

What's more, fully two-thirds of members would be more supportive of Biden's campaign if he named any one of these potential nominees as his running mate.

Title: Would you be more or less likely to support Joe Biden for president if he chose the following person as his vice president? Elizabeth Warren, 73% more, 15% less. Stacey Abrams, 66% more, 17% less. Kamala Harris, 66% more, 18% less.

Joe Biden has emerged as the presumptive Democratic Party nominee, and he's already committed to naming a woman as his running mate.1 But with so many superstar women leading the party, including several who came close to capturing the nomination, it's anyone's guess which one he'll name. 

And it matters whom Biden announces as his running mate. Popularity is important for a running mate, but it's far from the whole picture. The election is not just a popularity contest, after all. Winning and governing matter. Joe Biden will need a vice presidential nominee who complements him; can bring along the electorate needed to win; communicates effectively with and resonates with a multiracial coalition of voters from all walks of life; has the values, experience, and judgment to be a sound governing partner; and, of course, who is prepared to take on the role of president and commander in chief should she be called to do so.

MoveOn members get that complexity. Here are the qualities we're weighing most heavily in considering Biden's VP nominee:

Title: In your view, how important is it for Biden to pick a running make who ... 1. Puts people over corporations. 2. Is committed to racial and economic justice.

We also see that the VP pick is not the only way that Biden can elevate progressive priorities that are important to voters. Here is the list of the top issues MoveOn members want Biden to embrace as the campaign moves forward:

Top three issues Biden should embrace or lift up: 1. Health care. 2. Democracy. 3. COVID-recovery.

While the overwhelming majority of MoveOn members listed Warren, Abrams, or Harris as at least one of their top choices for VP nominee, not everyone did. And that's okay! The diversity of views we hold within our membership is a strength and reflects the range of views of those who want Trump out of office.

With such an important juncture approaching, it's critical that MoveOn's members are part of the conversation—and part of the action. 

P.S. Excited about this snapshot of MoveOn members' VP preferences and want to help make some noise for a progressive woman to join Biden's campaign? Click here to find and share the Twitter thread outlining the survey results.
 
Source: 
 
1. "Joe Biden pledges to pick a woman to be his running mate," CNBC, March 15, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/126880?t=22&akid=264534%2E10220574%2ETw2dJm 

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Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Our democracy will not survive this

A shocking new report in The New York Times on Monday revealed that the Republican party plans to employ 50,000 people at the polls—some of whom will be armed—to intimidate Democratic voters across critical swing states, and that the Republicans intend to spend at least $20 million on nefarious lawsuits designed to suppress the vote this fall.

Dear MoveOn member,

A shocking new report in The New York Times on Monday revealed that the Republican party plans to employ 50,000 people at the polls—some of whom will be armed—to intimidate Democratic voters across critical swing states, and that the Republicans intend to spend at least $20 million on nefarious lawsuits designed to suppress the vote this fall.1

This is a stark and disturbing escalation in the Republican party's voter suppression tactics, resulting from a 2018 court ruling overturning decades of precedent that stopped the GOP from blatant voter suppression and intimidation efforts.2 Since 1982, the GOP was barred from pursuing what they called "ballot security" measures, after a lawsuit showed that they had engaged in a coordinated campaign to remove voters of color from voter rolls through a deceptive mail campaign and even hired off-duty police officers to patrol majority-minority polling locations to intimidate voters.3

And now that a judge has given them the go-ahead to ramp up their efforts with impunity, the GOP is back to the same dirty tricks, targeting Democratic voters—and particularly voters of color—in 15 battleground states. It's a baldfaced effort to steal the election for Donald Trump and the Republicans.

Our democracy will not survive if Republican operatives and right-wing activists get away with it. Which is why MoveOn is launching a massive, all-hands-on-deck campaign to save our elections from Republican meddling and to defend access to the ballot box for every single American.

On average, MoveOn's monthly donors chip in about $12 a month. Mar, can you chip in $12 a month to help fuel this critical campaign all the way through Election Day?

Yes, I'll chip in monthly.

No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.

With the coronavirus pandemic still raging, voting in this year's elections is already at risk, but instead of working to protect Americans' constitutional rights to access a ballot, Republicans are capitalizing on the crisis to keep turnout low to benefit Trump and his cronies.

Here is what we're doing to fight back:

  • Demanding that states set up and properly fund universal vote-by-mail programs. More than ever before, every American should have access to a vote-by-mail ballot to protect our health and the safety of our communities. But only a few states are set up to run these programs, which is why we are pushing governors and state legislators to get these systems in place immediately.
  • Helping 100,000 voters across the battleground states vote by mail. To do this, MoveOn's Creative Lab will be creating educational videos that we will release as paid providing key voters in these areas with detailed information about how to register to vote and request vote-by-mail ballots. Our efforts are focused on "high-potential voters," meaning young voters, new voters, and voters of color who tend to be more progressive but are often ignored by campaigns—and who are precisely the voters that the GOP is hoping will stay home.
  • Training MoveOn volunteers to become poll workers. Many of the so-called "poll watchers" that the GOP intends to hire will be off-duty law enforcement, who often show up armed to scare away voters from the polls. This is blatantly illegal, which is why MoveOn will work with our partners to train volunteers to become poll workers who can ensure that any such intimidation is stopped in its tracks.
  • Joining our partners to support legal cases that seek to protect access to the vote. If Republicans plan to spend $20 million to strip access to voting from Americans across the country, we will turn out a grassroots movement that reveals their shameful tactics and fights to stop them.

The GOP has the backing of billionaires and corporations to do this work. We only have you. Can you chip in $12 a month? (The average gift from a MoveOn monthly donor is about $12 a month, but whatever you can afford will go a long way.)

Yes, I'll chip in monthly.

No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.

These efforts by Republicans shine a light on a central truth: When more Americans are able to vote, right-wing politicians lose. They lose because their policies of protecting the ultra-rich over regular Americans, stripping health care from those who need it most, destroying the environment, demonizing immigrants, and dumping billions of dollars into endless wars do not serve the interests of most Americans; they only serve the interests of their wealthy corporate backers.

Which is why the right spends so much time and money to keep people from the polls.

Luckily, there are far more of us than there are of them, and when we show up, we WIN.

Will you help us ramp up our efforts to protect our elections from Republican efforts to suppress the vote by chipping in $12 a month? (The average gift from a MoveOn monthly donor is about $12 a month, but whatever you can afford will go a long way.)

Yes, I'll chip in monthly.

No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.

Thanks for all you do.

–Chris, Robert, Natalie, Julia, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "Freed by Court Ruling, Republicans Step Up Effort to Patrol Voting," The New York Times, May 18, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/126847?t=8&akid=264454%2E10220574%2EgYBLgq

2. Ibid.

3. "The Republican Party Emerges From Decades of Court Supervision," The Atlantic, January 9, 2018
https://act.moveon.org/go/123102?t=10&akid=264454%2E10220574%2EgYBLgq

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Yes, I'll chip in $5 a month.

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Essential workers. USPS. Vote by mail. And more.

The House passed the HEROES Act, filled with our priorities to provide real relief now to the people who need it most.

Dear MoveOn member,

Democrats in Congress have heard us, and on Friday the House passed the HEROES Act, a coronavirus relief bill of historic proportions that seeks to provide immediate support for struggling Americans, protect our elections, and finally put people first. 

MoveOn members have collected millions of petition signatures, made tens of thousands of calls, shown up to online actions, and raised our voices to demand real relief now, including protections for essential workers, student debt relief, and so much more that has now passed the House and is heading to the Senate.

The HEROES Act, which was passed on Friday, includes many of our key priorities: 

  • Essential Workers Bill of Rights: robust provisions, including hazard pay, paid sick leave, child care support, OSHA protections, access to PPE, and more. Over a million members signed the petition for hazard pay, and now House Democrats are echoing this demand.
  • Relief that includes immigrants: makes strides to fix previous wrongs by extending authorization for DACA and TPS, including immigrants in health care and financial relief programs, and decreasing detention in unsafe conditions.
  • Postal Service funding: provides $25 billion in funding to protect this vital institution that employs hundreds of thousands and people and will play a key role in our election in November. Hundreds of thousands of MoveOn members have demanded support to save the post office, and we'll keep up this fight.
  • Protect Our Vote: gives $3.6 billion in funding for election protection, expands access to absentee ballots and early voting, and institutes same-day voter registration—which MoveOn members have been calling for for years, and a fight we plan to continue in key states. 

Our collective work with allies across the progressive and labor movements ensured this bill centered the needs of people, not corporations. This is a historic legislative package and includes critical measures to shore up state and city governments and blunt the worst economic impacts of this pandemic that Trump's failed response has exacerbated. But now it will face opposition from Republicans who seem set to allow Americans to suffer, the economy to worsen, and the health crisis to deepen, rather than taking bold action.

It is not too late to weigh in as the fight now moves to the Senate. Sign these petitions and share with friends before they are delivered to ensure the Senate knows it must pass #RealReliefNow:

There's still more work to be done, including fighting for the Paycheck Guarantee Act, which keeps folks employed; sustained and direct payments beyond one-time stimulus checks; rent and mortgage cancelation; and taking on student debt. We knew it was unlikely that one bill could address all of the tremendous need in this moment, so we'll keep working with champions on the Hill and across the U.S. for these priorities and to ensure the HEROES Act passes the Senate and becomes law.

Mitch McConnell has said he's not interested in holding a vote, even though he defied social distancing orders to bring senators back to D.C. during the pandemic. What could be more important and timely than providing relief to the millions of people suffering? Republicans have the chance to provide individual relief, support cities and states, fortify our elections, and protect essential workers—or they can turn their backs and support only big corporations.

We need to keep up the pressure. The country needs to see whose side their elected officials are on. That is why MoveOn is joining partners like Greenpeace, RuralOrganizing.org, and the American Postal Workers Union in Washington, D.C., to deliver millions of petition signatures to ensure the Senate hears loud and clear that the American people need more relief now.

Sign and share the petitions before they are delivered to the Senate soon: 

Thanks for all you do.

–Emma, Jenn, Emily, Cheryl, and the rest of the team

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Monday, May 18, 2020

Video airing now: Trump's colossal dereliction of duty

Watch and share it so that even more people can see it.

Dear MoveOn member,

Thanks to donations from thousands of MoveOn members like you, we just launched our latest ad making sure voters know how badly Trump's failed coronavirus response has hurt our communities.

The ad—airing on Facebook and on Hulu in the key swing state of Florida—shows how Trump's incompetence and short-sighted choices in the face of this deadly pandemic cost U.S. lives. When he should've been taking action and getting prepared, Trump instead chose to hold campaign rallies and play golf.

This ad is already targeting key voters, but let's get it in front of even more eyes. Watch the ad here on Facebook and share it so that even more people can see it.

This ad is devastating for Trump, because the truth is as well: This administration's handling of the coronavirus pandemic has been a colossal dereliction of duty that has cost nearly 100,000 lives and sent our economy into a tailspin that's impacting hundreds of millions of Americans. 

While the World Health Organization, the Centers for Disease Control, and even administration officials were sounding alarms about the coronavirus as early as January, Trump consistently downplayed the threat—and then went off to play golf and hold campaign rallies. Now, we're all dealing with the consequences of his choices: Over a million sick, nearly 100,000 dead, and record unemployment and housing insecurity.

And to this day, Trump has still failed to muster an adequate response to the crisis, even as so many continue to lose their lives and livelihoods. He continues to spread misinformation, attack Democrats and the media, and do everything he can to avoid responsibility and the leadership that we so desperately need in this moment.

But we have a powerful tool that we can use to push back: making sure as many voters as possible know the truth.

We're airing this ad on Hulu, one of the most popular streaming video platforms out there, but we'd love your help getting it in front of more people. Will you watch and then share it on social media to make sure that lots of people see it?

Thanks for all you do.

–Mohammad, Arvin, Ankur, Nita, and the rest of the team

P.S. If you're not on Facebook, you can watch the ad here on YouTube as well.

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Sunday, May 17, 2020

This could be the death knell for Trump's campaign

One of the most reliable Republican voting blocs in the country is seniors—but newly released polling shows that Donald Trump's botched coronavirus response may cause that support to crumble under his feet.

Dear MoveOn member,

One of the most reliable Republican voting blocs in the country is seniors—but newly released polling shows that Donald Trump's botched coronavirus response may cause that support to crumble under his feet.

These stunning new polls show that just between March and April, Trump's approval rating among seniors dropped a whopping 14 points, and notably, the percentage of seniors who say they are "very favorable" to Trump has dropped to just 20%, the lowest of his presidency.1

This shift could not be more important. In 2016, voters over age 50 represented more than half of the electorate, and the majority of these voters voted for Trump.2 If he loses a significant portion of that support, it will be the death knell for his campaign.

We can't let this golden opportunity pass us by, which is why MoveOn's teams are working overtime to put together TV ads that will air during peak times when seniors watch television, highlighting Trump's failures during the coronavirus pandemic, his attempts to use the pandemic to shut down the United States Postal Service, and more.

On average, MoveOn's monthly donors chip in about $12 a month. Can you chip in $12 a month to help us launch our ads and keep them on the air for as long as it takes?

Yes, I'll chip in monthly.

No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.

The potential impact of seniors abandoning Trump in November is enormous.

Voters over 65 will represent 23% of the entire electorate this November, the largest since 1970.3 If turnout numbers are similar to those in 2016, that is a whopping 30 million votes.4

In 2016, Hillary Clinton won 44% of the senior vote, but if Democrats can just win 50% of that voting bloc in 2020, it would be a total game-changer.5

And seniors have reasons to abandon Trump. People over 65 are the most at risk for serious complications from contracting the coronavirus, and Trump's monumental failure to lead during this moment is endangering their lives more than any other age group's.

Seniors also rely more on the Postal Service than any other age group, and Trump has been actively trying to bankrupt the USPS during the pandemic.6

And, most recently, Trump and the GOP have hatched a cruel plan to force Americans who receive coronavirus relief payments to pay them back through delaying those citizens' access to Social Security benefits.7

These are just a few of the reasons that Trump's approval with seniors has plummeted in recent weeks, but we need to hammer this message home to these folks to help keep Trump's actions to hurt seniors top of mind when they head to the polls.

Mar: Help us spread the word by chipping in $12 a month to get our TV ads on the air during peak hours when seniors will see them and keep them up for as long as it takes. (The average gift from a MoveOn monthly donor is about $12 a month, but whatever you can afford will go a long way.)

Yes, I'll chip in monthly.

No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.

Thanks for all you do.

–Jenn, Kenia, Emma, Allison, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "Trump's Favorability Falls Among Seniors Amidst Pandemic," PRRI, May 11, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/124726?t=6&akid=264271%2E10220574%2EYXQSHo

2. "An examination of the 2016 electorate, based on validated voters," Pew Research Center, August 9, 2018
https://act.moveon.org/go/124730?t=8&akid=264271%2E10220574%2EYXQSHo

3. "An early look at the 2020 electorate," Pew Research Center, January 30, 2019
https://act.moveon.org/go/124734?t=10&akid=264271%2E10220574%2EYXQSHo

4. "2016 United States presidential election," Wikipedia, accessed May 14, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/124735?t=12&akid=264271%2E10220574%2EYXQSHo

5. "An examination of the 2016 electorate, based on validated voters," Pew Research Center, August 9, 2018
https://act.moveon.org/go/124730?t=14&akid=264271%2E10220574%2EYXQSHo

6. "Trump threatens to block aid for U.S. Postal Service if it does not raise prices for Amazon," Reuters, April 24, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/125026?t=16&akid=264271%2E10220574%2EYXQSHo

7. "Column: Republicans seek to exploit COVID-19 crisis to cut Social Security benefits," Los Angeles Times, May 11, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/124718?t=18&akid=264271%2E10220574%2EYXQSHo

 

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Yes, I'll chip in $5 a month.

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Saturday, May 16, 2020

Sign this petition re: protecting wildlife refuges

Tell Interior Secretary David Bernhardt to rescind this plan immediately, and to restore protections on wildlife refuges.

Dear MoveOn member,

Since the day that Donald Trump took office in 2017, his administration has been constantly targeting public lands. Whether it's rolling back offshore drilling regulations or loosening regulations on endangered species, our natural resources and ecosystems have been in grave danger over the last few years.1 The latest target of the Trump administration's assault on our public lands? Our nation's wildlife refuges.

The U.S. Department of the Interior plans to open an unprecedented number of wildlife refuges to more hunting and fishing—totaling more than 2.3 million acres of public lands across 97 national wildlife refuges and nine fish hatcheries. This reckless decision threatens millions of animals and must be reversed immediately.

Tell Interior Secretary David Bernhardt to rescind this plan immediately, and to restore protections on wildlife refuges.

It's difficult to overstate the danger of this decision, especially in the current moment. America's wild animals are in danger in the very places set aside to protect them. Opening national wildlife refuges to more hunting is exactly the kind of action that is fueling the wildlife extinction crisis. Species like mountain lions, migratory birds and black bears will have their safe havens turned into death zones. 

We should be working to protect animals, not making it easier for them to be gunned down. These wild animals deserve to be safe from hunting in the very places set aside to protect them.

Click here to add your name to this petition, and then pass it along to your friends.

Thanks!

–Miranda Daviduk, Center for Biological Diversity 

You're receiving this petition because we thought it might interest you. It was created on MoveOn.org, where anyone can start their own online petitions. You can start your own petition here.

Source:

1. "A Timeline of Donald Trump's War on Public Lands," Outside, February 5, 2018
https://act.moveon.org/go/124717?t=10&akid=264095%2E10220574%2Ek6tthY

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