ICYMI: The GOP just took another leap towards fascism

 

In case you missed it, Republicans voted on Friday afternoon to censure two members of their party, Representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, for participating in the inquiry into the January 6th insurrection. As part of the resolution, Republicans declared the investigation to be “persecution of ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse.” I am appalled by these actions by my Republican colleagues. But I am not surprised in the least. Republicans continue to try to normalize the violence that members of their own party — most notably President Trump — incited that day. I won’t have it. This is what is at stake in the midterms. The same people who believe that bloodshed within the walls of our nation’s political center are now poised to take the majority in Congress — unless we act quickly. Please, if you are able, rush a contribution to protect our Democratic majorities right now, and consider becoming a recurring donor to fund our movement from now until Election Day. >>> PROTECT THE DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY We must rebuke this authoritarian behavior from the GOP, because just when we think their blatant disregard for democracy and everything that America stands for cannot get worse, it suddenly does. I don’t want to see what they’ll do if they win in November. Please consider adding your financial support to our efforts to protect and expand the Democratic majority today. In solidarity, — David Cicilline     Democrat David Cicilline proudly represents Rhode Island's 1st Congressional District. An advocate for LGBTQ+ rights, a leader on gun violence prevention, and a fighter for Rhode Island families — David is one of our fiercest legislators in Congress today. Our campaign is powered by supporters like you, and your grassroots support is critical to helping David's campaign for Rhode Island's 1st District Email is an important way for us to keep supporters like you informed about critical issues and to build a winning grassroots campaign. But if you'd like to receive fewer emails, we understand.  Paid for by The Cicilline Committee The Cicilline Committee P.O. Box 9107 Providence, RI 02940 United States

My plan to keep kids safe from gun violence

 

Earlier this week, I joined forces with Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) to introduce the Active Shooter Alert Act into the House. “If you see something, say something.” It’s a refrain meant to remind us that it is up to all of us to keep our communities safe and that, together, we can save lives. It’s a policy we’ve implemented in airports, train stations, and bus terminals. And it’s the principle behind the Amber Alert system. So, imagine if we were to use the Amber Alert system for active shooter situations – broadcasting across our towns and cities not only to keep an eye out for missing children, but also for these individuals posing great threats to our communities. This is already a tool we use in Providence: The local government employs the CodeRED system, which allows emergency officials to send notifications to residents via landline phone, cell phone calls, text messaging, email and social media. As public officials, it is our sacred duty to do all we can to keep our communities and country safe, and with active shooter events and mass shootings becoming all too common, we have an obligation to act. That’s why I am working across the aisle to pass the Active Shooter Alert Act as a matter of public safety and gun violence prevention. This is just one tool in our toolbox of gun violence prevention. It is an important and logical step to take in keeping our communities safe, but there is still much work to be done. As we work to keep guns out of the wrong hands by passing common sense reforms like red-flag laws and universal background checks, we must also look at community-based solutions that will help us keep each other safe and save as many lives as possible when the worst happens. Thank you, Rep. David Cicilline     Democrat David Cicilline proudly represents Rhode Island's 1st Congressional District. An advocate for LGBTQ+ rights, a leader on gun violence prevention, and a fighter for Rhode Island families — David is one of our fiercest legislators in Congress today. Our campaign is powered by supporters like you, and your grassroots support is critical to helping David's campaign for Rhode Island's 1st District.  Email is an important way for us to keep supporters like you informed about critical issues and to build a winning grassroots campaign.   Paid for by The Cicilline Committee The Cicilline Committee P.O. Box 9107 Providence, RI 02940 United States

Kevin McCarthy just raised $9.5 million in one night

 

On Wednesday night, House minority leader Kevin McCarthy raised $9.5 million dollars from a fundraiser at the Trump Hotel in Washington, D.C. To put it in perspective, before Wednesday night’s fundraiser, McCarthy’s record haul from one fundraising event was $350,000. McCarthy raised more than twenty-seven times his previous record. We’ve known for a while now that the 2022 midterms are going to be an incredible challenge for Democrats. Now, with each additional dollar the GOP raises, our chances of winning become slimmer. Republicans like Kevin McCarthy are funded by dark money donors and corporations with deep pockets. And thanks to Citizens United, we know that there’s plenty more money in the pipeline right now to fund the GOP’s attempted takeover of the House. Competing with the GOP’s corporate-funded campaigns is no easy task, but we believe in the power of a grassroots campaign. Will you chip in anything you’re able to give today to help us protect and expand our Democratic majorities this year?  Republicans can try to steal, cheat, and buy elections all they want — House Democrats will remain focused on building a grassroots movement to deliver for the American people. Thank you for your support.  — Team Cicilline Democrat David Cicilline proudly represents Rhode Island's 1st Congressional District. An advocate for LGBTQ+ rights, a leader on gun violence prevention, and a fighter for Rhode Island families — David is one of our fiercest legislators in Congress today. Our campaign is powered by supporters like you, and your grassroots support is critical to helping David's campaign for Rhode Island's 1st District.   Paid for by The Cicilline Committee The Cicilline Committee P.O. Box 9107 Providence, RI 02940 United States

Has you grocery bill been higher lately? Here's one reason why:

 

America prides itself on creating a competitive environment where innovation and ingenuity are rewarded with business success. But when a handful of companies take over an entire industry, they raise prices for everyone else. Four meat-packing companies control 85% of the beef market, 54% of the poultry market, and 70% of the pork market. This means that farmers are getting paid less for their products, and families are paying more at the supermarket. We need to break up meat-packing monopolies so farmers get paid more and families pay less. Will you help us do that by contributing today? This is a time of deep economic uncertainty. We need to stop middle-men from boosting their bottom lines at the expense of the middle-class. Republicans are perfectly fine with monopolies, because they work for the CEOs. If they take the House this year, they won’t do a thing. Will you pitch in a donation so Democrats can keep the House and continue our work to regulate these monopolies? Paid for by The Cicilline Committee The Cicilline Committee P.O. Box 9107 Providence, RI 02940 United States

they used to at least pretend

 

There’s been more than 149 incidents of gunfire on school grounds this year, including 32 deaths and 94 injuries. The deadliest of these incidents took place in Oxford, Michigan, where a 15-year-old fired 30 rounds at his high school, killing four students and wounding seven others. A few days later, GOP Reps. Thomas Massie and Lauren Boebert decided it was a good idea to post Christmas cards with their children all carrying guns. Republicans used to carry an ounce of sensitivity when national tragedies occured, but that’s gone out the window with Trump loyalists filling the ranks of the congressional GOP. If you're sick of reading about tragedies in the news and sick of Republicans refusing to take action, chip in today so we can fight for an Assault Weapons Ban in America. No student should fear for their life while attending school. That’s why I introduced the Assault Weapons Ban, which would prohibit the sale, transfer, manufacture, and importation of military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines. This holiday season, I'm thinking of all families impacted by gun violence, and I am committed to honoring victims and survivors with action. Join me.  — David Cicilline Democrat David Cicilline proudly represents Rhode Island's 1st Congressional District. An advocate for LGBTQ+ rights, a leader on gun violence prevention, and a fighter for Rhode Island families — David is one of our fiercest legislators in Congress today. Our campaign is powered by supporters like you, and your grassroots support is critical to helping David's campaign for Rhode Island's 1st District. Paid for by The Cicilline Committee The Cicilline Committee P.O. Box 9107 Providence, RI 02940 United States

Stopping tragedies before they happen

 

 

The best time to do something about gun violence is the day before a tragedy, not the day after. I’m tired of hearing politicians - particularly Republicans - react to shootings but refuse to take action.

That’s why Democrats are working to pass gun violence prevention measures, like red flag laws. Red flag laws temporarily stop people exhibiting signs of danger to themselves or others from acquiring firearms.

It’s a commonsense bill that would reduce gun deaths and save thousands of lives every year. But gun-lobby funded Republicans are going to fight tooth and nail against any measure that regulates guns flooding this country.

Thank you for your support.

— David

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DAVID CICILLINE: uncovering what happened on January 6

 

We’re learning more and more about Republicans meeting with the protesters who organized the January 6 protests that turned into an attack on the Capitol. It’s disturbing, and only the tip of the iceberg. 

Let me be clear: Any Member who had knowledge of or helped plan the January 6 attack on the Capitol needs to be immediately expelled from Congress. They cannot be trusted with the future of our democracy and country.

These same Republicans who aided a domestic terrorist attack could be in control of Congress next year if they win big in the midterms. At this point, they’re confident about their chances to flip the House red and sweep any further investigation of the insurrection under the rug. 

We can’t let that happen. 

Thank you,

— David Cicilline

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TEXAS ABORTION BAN

ACLU: 

Last night, the Supreme Court did not respond to our emergency request to block Texas' radical six-week abortion ban, Senate Bill 8.

That means the law will now take effect today – prohibiting most abortions in the state. The impact will be immediate and devastating.

This extreme and blatantly unconstitutional law bans abortions at six weeks – before many people even know they are pregnant. But, there's more.

The law also actively encourages private citizens to act as bounty hunters by awarding them at least $10,000 if they successfully sue another person for providing an abortion or assisting someone who gets an abortion at around six weeks of pregnancy.

Donate now. Help the ACLU keep fighting back against the most extreme abortion ban in the nation and other assaults on our fundamental freedoms.

The bounty hunting abortion ban is intentionally designed to overwhelm clinics in the state with lawsuits and legal bills, ultimately forcing them to shut down. And due to structural racism and inequities, laws like Texas' abortion ban disproportionately harm Black and Brown people, people with low incomes, and those living in rural areas. The impact would be so sweeping, it would effectively end abortion access in Texas. Jessie, we can't allow it.

We – in partnership with a steadfast coalition of reproductive health care providers, advocates, and nonprofit partners – will keep vigorously pursuing this lawsuit to have this extreme law struck down. And, with your support, we will do everything we can to protect the reproductive rights of people in Texas and help clinics stay open.

Donate now to help the ACLU fight back in Texas and beyond.

The ACLU is pushing back against a massive assault on access to abortion – in Texas and across the country. And you've helped us win some critical battles. Earlier this summer, we successfully blocked Arkansas' ban on abortion, the latest and most direct attack on abortion by anti-abortion politicians in that state. In addition, our ongoing litigation is currently blocking bans in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, and Tennessee.

But, the attacks on our abortion rights are not letting up – and we urgently need you by our side.

Don't let anti-abortion extremists win. Help the ACLU use our on-the-ground strength across the nation to defend reproductive freedom and all of our civil liberties.

Together, we have to keep fighting for access to reproductive healthcare for everyone, everywhere. Please donate as quickly and generously as you can.

Jennifer Dalven
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BETO O'ROURKE:

The worst anti-women’s health care law in the country

A tough week for Texas.

The anti-voter elections bill we’d fought this entire year passed the Texas legislature on Tuesday, and the following day a raft of truly terrible new laws went into effect.

For example, anyone can now carry a gun in public without getting a permit, or going through a background check or receiving any kind of training. This, in a state that has four of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history and a crisis in gun violence against women (women in Texas are 24% more likely to be murdered with a gun than women in other states).

And now in a state that leads the country and much of the developed world in the rate of maternal mortality — because it was already so hard for women to get healthcare, family planning help or to see a doctor of any kind at all — nearly no one will be able to get a safe, legal abortion. Our state has created a system of legalized harassment with the passage of the worst anti-women’s health care law in the country, one that literally places a $10,000 bounty on anyone who supports a woman trying to exercise her basic right to control her own health and decide her own future.

That’s just some of what the people of Texas are up against thanks to our state’s radical, out of control Republican government. They’re also hard at work making scapegoats of public educators, transgender kids and immigrants — all while making Texas one of the deadliest states when it comes to Covid transmission, and keeping their donors in the energy industry happy at the expense of the lives of our fellow Texans.

The only way to change these laws and the terrible trajectory we’re on is to change the people in power.

That’s why I’m asking you to join me by making a donation of $5 or more to support our efforts to reach, register, and turn out the voters who can help us stop this slide toward cruelty, corruption and authoritarianism and win back Texas in 2022.

Please chip in whatever you can afford to help us ramp up our efforts to register new voters, improve access to the ballot box, and ensure that the communities targeted for intimidation and suppression can participate in our democracy and have a say in our future.

If we stay focused on registering and connecting with voters — especially those who have traditionally been left out or written off — we can win Texas back by electing leaders who truly represent the people of this state.

Keep the faith.

Beto

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DAVID CICILLINE:

The Texas law is an abomination and unconstitutional

This week, the Supreme Court failed to stop the implementation of an incredibly restrictive new abortion law in Texas. In failing to act, the Supreme Court is setting itself up to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Let me be clear: The Texas law is an abomination and unconstitutional. The right of women to make their own healthcare decisions, including the right to abortion, was settled by the Supreme Court nearly 50 years ago and has been upheld in case after case ever since.

We need to speak out loudly on this. Will you join me in adding your name in support of Roe v. Wade and women’s reproductive choice?

When Trump jammed three ultra-conservative justices onto the Supreme Court, we knew it would only be a matter of time before the right-wing came for Roe.

Now, the Supreme Court is abdicating its constitutional responsibilities by allowing this law to stand, endangering the health and well-being of Texas women. And this decision will have far-reaching implications for women’s health across the country for years to come.

We need to continue to protect access to full reproductive healthcare for all women. I stand proudly in solidarity with everyone fighting for abortion access, and ask you to stand with me by signing on here today.

Let's keep fighting —

David

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ADAM SCHIFF: 

Texas abortion ban

The Supreme Court’s right-wing majority just refused to block Texas’s unconscionable new law that bans abortion after only 6 weeks — a stage when most women don’t yet know they are pregnant. It’s unconscionable.

In just a moment, I’m going to tell you how you can help in Texas right now, but first, I want to tell you the stakes.

In her dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote:

“This equates to a near-categorical ban on abortions...Presented with an application to enjoin a flagrantly unconstitutional law engineered to prohibit women from exercising their constitutional rights and evade judicial scrutiny, a majority of Justices have opted to bury their heads in the sand.”

Yes they did. A 5-4 majority dominated by justices picked by Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell has effectively overturned Roe v. Wade in Texas. They were just too cowardly to do it outright. But in effect, that’s exactly what this ruling does.

If that’s not bad enough, this law places a $10,000 bounty on anyone who assists someone getting an abortion, even the person driving them to the clinic. And a case being brought by the Mississippi attorney general to the Supreme Court this fall could end up overturning Roe v. Wade for good.

Already, Florida Republicans are eagerly writing their own laws modeled off of the Texas ban with even more states ready to follow suit. Like their fanatical crusade against voting rights, Republicans have introduced more than 500 anti-choice bills in state legislatures this year alone: limiting reproductive freedom, restricting access to safe and legal abortion, or outright banning it.

This is just the start, unfortunately. Which is why it’s so important that we show right now that we won’t accept these unconstitutional rulings — Congress must act to enshrine the right to abortion now.

But here’s how you can help Texas women.

We have put together a list of 10 abortion and women’s health organizations across Texas that are working to help vulnerable people including low-income women, women of color, and transgender individuals gain access to safe, legal reproductive care. They need our support now more than ever. If you can afford it, your donation will go a long way.

Can you chip in $10 to help these 10 amazing organizations right now? 100% of your donation will go directly to them.

Thank you, as always, for your activism. We won’t accept this ruling without a fight. — Adam

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ED MARKEY:

Abortion is health care and health care is a human right.

This week, following a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a major blow to reproductive freedom when it chose not to block Texas’s radical six-week abortion ban.

The Court has thrown the door wide open to Roe v. Wade being struck down, and now more than ever our movement must come together and make it crystal clear: Abortion is health care and health care is a human right.

Here’s the truth: Senate Democrats have the power to fix this problem right now by abolishing the filibuster and expanding the Supreme Court. So today I’m asking you to add your voice to mine and call on my Senate colleagues to do exactly that:

Add your name if you agree: We must abolish the filibuster and expand the Supreme Court. Our democracy is in crisis, and we must act boldly if we’re going to save it.

We’re already seeing what lengths Republicans in deep-red state legislatures across the country are willing to go to to dismantle the constitutional rights of the American people — especially those of marginalized groups including people of color, low-income families, and the LGBTQ+ community.

Expanding the Supreme Court to restore balance following Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell’s blatant theft is supported by 75% of Democrats and a plurality of likely voters — it is not only the right thing to do, it is popular and necessary.

Whether it’s reproductive freedom and health care, voting rights, climate action, immigration reform, the list goes on — we cannot stand idly by. We must abolish the Jim Crow-relic that is the filibuster and expand the Supreme Court.

This solution may be simple, but it will not be easy. It’s going to take all of us united and demanding that our voices be heard on this issue. So if you agree, please:

Sign my petition calling on my Democratic colleagues to abolish the filibuster and expand the Supreme Court. Help us take this important step toward ensuring equal justice for all.

Last November, the American people elected a Democratic trifecta in the House, Senate, and White House. It’s our duty to deliver what the American people demand. The time to act is now.

Thank you for being a part of our fight.

In solidarity,

Ed Markey

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House Republicans all voted against this

 

Remember the American Rescue Plan that House Democrats passed earlier this year, putting stimulus checks in bank accounts and shots in arms to lead us out of the pandemic? It also established Child Tax Credit payments for upwards of 39 million American families.

Families are receiving monthly payments of up to $300 per child starting this month as a result! The American people needed relief, and House Democrats delivered.

But do you remember how many House Republicans voted for the American Rescue Plan? Zero.

Democrats have a bold, pragmatic vision for America, and are acting on that vision every day in Washington. But Republicans continue to prioritize putting Trumpism back in power over real relief for the American people. Will you donate today to help Democrats hold our majorities and continue our important work?

The expanded Child Tax Credit is just one example of the historic progress Democrats have made with our majorities in Congress and Joe Biden in the White House. But there is so much more we can do.

Democrats are already pushing to make the expanded Child Tax Credit continue beyond the pandemic, ensuring that families will receive these payments for years to come. But if Republicans regain control of Congress, there’s no chance they’ll take the steps to make the expanded Child Tax Credit permanent.

Donate today to protect our House Majority in 2022 so Democrats can continue our progress for the American people. It will take all of us together to overcome the GOP’s obstruction.

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Thanks for your support – and parents, keep an eye out for your checks!

– David

Democrat David Cicilline proudly represents Rhode Island's 1st Congressional District. An advocate for LGBTQ+ rights, a leader on gun violence prevention, and a fighter for Rhode Island families — David is one of our fiercest legislators in Congress today. Our campaign is powered by supporters like you, and your grassroots support is critical to helping David's campaign for Rhode Island's 1st District.

 

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