Start a petition?

Dear MoveOn member,

Yesterday, we asked you in a survey what local issues you're paying close attention to, and you answered: "The funding for teachers, police and fire."

MoveOn can't take up every important local issue—but did you know that you can start up your own online petition on MoveOn's petition website?

Starting a petition is incredibly easy—in just a couple short clicks, you can immediately start sharing your petition with friends to collect signatures.

Click here to start your own petition right now.

Thanks for all you do.

–Milan, Alejandro, Joan, Bobby, and the rest of the team

Want to support our work? MoveOn Civic Action is entirely funded by our 8 million members—no corporate contributions, no big checks from CEOs. And our tiny staff ensures that small contributions go a long way. Chip in here.

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Kiss the internet goodbye?

Breaking: The FCC just sided with Verizon and Comcast by voting on a proposal that would kill Net Neutrality. Now we have 60 days to secure the future of the Internet.  Can you help stop the corporate takeover of the Internet by chipping in $3 today? Chip in $3

Dear MoveOn member,

Breaking news: The FCC just took the first step toward killing Net Neutrality, by moving ahead with a plan to divide the Internet into a fast lane for the 1% and a slow lane for the rest of us.¹  

But we can still win the fight for an open Internet. MoveOn members and allies have already succeeded in getting a real solution on the table: to reclassify the Internet as a public utility like drinking water—making it equally accessible to all.² For the next 60 days the FCC will take public comments on the proposal. We have 60 days to win by doubling down on our campaign now. 

Can you chip in $3 today to ramp up our campaign to save the Internet?

As FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn said, "the real call to action begins after the vote today. This is your opportunity to formally make your points on the record. You have the ear of the entire FCC."³

And we're doing just that. MoveOn members are literally in the streets at 19 local FCC offices across the country right now—sending shockwaves through the FCC bureaucracy. 

But to keep this campaign going for the next 60 days, we need to raise $150,000 to launch the next phase.

With the support of MoveOn members, we will: 

• Drive phone calls to the White House so that President Obama has to hold FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler accountable for his promise to protect Net Neutrality—building on the thousands of calls members have already made


• Launch a new round of ads to raise awareness of what's at stake and continue to pressure President Obama and Chairman Wheeler


• Deliver thousands of public comments to the FCC in support of the real solution—treating the Internet as a public utility 


• Continue to amplify the more than 10,000 personal stories from MoveOn members who would be hurt if the FCC adopts this plan 

We know that corporations like Verizon and Comcast aren't going to sit this out. They will be deploying their lobbyists and putting their money behind killing Net Neutrality. But we have already proven that MoveOn members can fight back, if we do it together. 

We've come this far—can you chip in $3 to keep fighting for a free and open Internet? 

Yes, I can contribute $3.

Together we'll make sure the FCC feels enough sustained public pressure that there is no way they can kill Net Neutrality. 

Thanks for all you do.

–Maria, Manny, Joan, Garlin, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "FCC approves plan to consider paid priority on Internet," The Washington Post, May 15, 2014
http://www.moveon.org/r/?r=298318&id=95788-10220574-dAvNCwx&t=4

2. Ibid.

3. "FCC Votes For Plan To Kill Net Neutrality," Huffington Post, May 15, 2014

 

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TODAY: Save the Internet

Dear MoveOn member,

Today, the Federal Communications Commission will vote on a proposal that could put the Internet as we know it at risk. The FCC could allow big corporations like Verizon and Comcast to charge big websites for an Internet fast lane, putting the rest of us in the slow lane and tearing the Internet apart in a way that might make it difficult to put it back together again.  

This is serious enough that thousands of people are taking unprecedented actions across the country today to show the FCC what happens when they threaten the free and open Internet. MoveOn members are showing up at FCC offices in 20 cities, and we're joining allies at a major rally in Washington, D.C., where brave activists have been camped outside the FCC for more than a week.  

Will you join this massive day of action to save the Internet by sharing this post on social media right now?

(Not into Facebook? Go here for other online actions you can take)

If everyone who gets this email shares this image, it will be seen by tens of millions of people. The Internet will be a giant sea of orange, and it will be impossible for the media and the FCC to ignore us.  

We've already made a huge mark. We've submitted 10,000 MoveOn members' stories and have made more than 2,000 calls to the White House, Congress, and the FCC, helping to shut their phone lines down. This, combined with the efforts of our allies, has thrown the FCC's plans into "chaos," according to Time magazine.¹ 

And it's working. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler is considering reclassifying the Internet as a "common carrier," which is the best way to protect the free and open Internet. 

That's why we can't let up. Verizon, Comcast, and other telecommunications giants know how to get their way with the FCC. The only way to fight back is with a massive public outcry. Today, all eyes will be on the FCC, and thousands of people will be taking action on the ground. Online action from you in support of a free and open Internet will make us impossible to ignore. Will you share this image on Facebook to show the FCC where you stand?

Yes, I will.

No, but I will take another online action.

Thanks for all you do.

–Maria, Victoria, Corinne, Kyle, and the rest of the team

P.S. MoveOn members are showing up at noon today at FCC offices in 20 cities around the country to send shockwaves through the FCC bureaucracy. Will you check to see if you can attend an event near you?

Source:

1. "FCC Net-Neutrality Plan in Chaos," Time, May 12, 2014
http://time.com/96688/net-neutrality-plan-in-chaos/

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Start a petition?

Dear MoveOn member,

Yesterday, we asked you in a survey what local issues you're paying close attention to, and you answered: "The funding for teachers, police and fire."

MoveOn can't take up every important local issue—but did you know that you can start up your own online petition on MoveOn's petition website?

Starting a petition is incredibly easy—in just a couple short clicks, you can immediately start sharing your petition with friends to collect signatures.

Click here to start your own petition right now.

Thanks for all you do.

–Milan, Alejandro, Joan, Bobby, and the rest of the team

Want to support our work? MoveOn Civic Action is entirely funded by our 8 million members—no corporate contributions, no big checks from CEOs. And our tiny staff ensures that small contributions go a long way. Chip in here.

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Start a petition?

Dear MoveOn member,

Yesterday, we asked you in a survey what local issues you're paying close attention to, and you answered: "The funding for teachers, police and fire."

MoveOn can't take up every important local issue—but did you know that you can start up your own online petition on MoveOn's petition website?

Starting a petition is incredibly easy—in just a couple short clicks, you can immediately start sharing your petition with friends to collect signatures.

Click here to start your own petition right now.

Thanks for all you do.

–Milan, Alejandro, Joan, Bobby, and the rest of the team

Want to support our work? MoveOn Civic Action is entirely funded by our 8 million members—no corporate contributions, no big checks from CEOs. And our tiny staff ensures that small contributions go a long way. Chip in here.

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The most endangered Senator

Will Democrats in close elections change the subject whenever Obamacare comes up—or stand proud for health reform? This week, Sen. Kay Hagan of North Carolina modeled leadership with an impassioned defense of increasing access to Medicaid through Obamacare. Let's show other Democrats in tight races that this is how you win in November. Can you chip in $3 to support her campaign?  Chip in $3

Dear MoveOn member,

Senator Kay Hagan of North Carolina is in the campaign fight of her life. She's a prime target of the Koch brothers' political hitmen, and she's getting attacked from every which way for supporting Obamacare. By February, the Koch-funded "Americans for Prosperity" had already spent more than $8.2 million attacking Sen. Hagan—that's more than all Democratic outside groups had spent in every Senate race in the country combined.¹

If she were listening to the typical D.C. consultants, Sen. Hagan would be distancing herself from President Obama right now and only showing timid support for health care reform.

But this week, Sen. Hagan gave a resounding endorsement of Medicaid expansion during an important confirmation hearing. While a slew of Republican senators put on their typical anti-Obamacare show, Sen. Hagan spoke truth to power about an issue affecting at least 5 million Americans, reminding her fellow public servants that "these are some of the most vulnerable in our society."²

If we reward Sen. Hagan right now, it'll prove that she's not out on a limb by herself—that when it comes to standing up for Medicaid expansion, she's got the backing of millions of progressives. And it'll show other Democrats that despite the advice they're getting from their scared-stiff consultants, that going on offense for Medicaid—and on the benefits of Obamacare overall—will get you serious grassroots support.

This is the moment we've been waiting for—for someone to have a backbone, and set a real example. Now, can you chip in $3 to support Sen. Hagan's strong stance—and help save the Senate?

Let me repeat—this isn't just for Sen. Hagan's benefit. It's to show every wavering Democrat that when you stand strong in support of a good law that's helping millions of people, everyday Americans will be there with you—even if big business isn't.

Seemingly every week, some D.C. news outlet features an article about Democrats losing the Senate this fall. Unfortunately, it's a very real possibility. But what's more unfortunate—what's truly sad—is that thousands of people will die needlessly this year—by one count as many as 17,000—because of the Republican Medicaid Blockade.³

That's why MoveOn members have been saying for months that Democrats can both sound the trumpet for what's morally right—delivering health care to those most vulnerable among us—and attract voters at the same time by campaigning for Medicaid expansion.

Senator Hagan is putting that advice to work. And if we help her prove that it's effective, we can get other embattled candidates to do the same. So let's show them all that their base—the people they desperately need to turn out to the polls this November—will support candidates who do the right thing.

Click here if you can chip in $3 to help Sen. Hagan and MoveOn set an example for wavering Democrats on what it looks like to stand strong for Medicaid expansion.

Thanks for all you do.

–Ilya, Corinne, Alejandro, Matt P., and the rest of the team

P.S. We didn't forget—we're wishing a very happy Mother's Day to all the mothers celebrating today!

Sources:

1. "Koch brothers bombard vulnerable Senate Democrat Kay Hagan," Politico, February 12, 2014 ►

2. "Vulnerable Democrat Gives Stunningly Strong Defense Of Obamacare At Hearing," Talking Points Memo, May 8, 2014 ►

3. "Opting Out Of Medicaid Expansion: The Health And Financial Impacts," Health Affairs Blog, January 30, 2014 ►

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Start a petition?

Dear MoveOn member,

Yesterday, we asked you in a survey what local issues you're paying close attention to, and you answered: "The funding for teachers, police and fire."

MoveOn can't take up every important local issue—but did you know that you can start up your own online petition on MoveOn's petition website?

Starting a petition is incredibly easy—in just a couple short clicks, you can immediately start sharing your petition with friends to collect signatures.

Click here to start your own petition right now.

Thanks for all you do.

–Milan, Alejandro, Joan, Bobby, and the rest of the team

Want to support our work? MoveOn Civic Action is entirely funded by our 8 million members—no corporate contributions, no big checks from CEOs. And our tiny staff ensures that small contributions go a long way. Chip in here.

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