October 07, 2015
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That’s why I started a petition to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch and President Obama, which says:
Alabama requires voters to have photo ID to vote, so this will disenfranchise the voters in those counties. The Justice Department can put a stop to this; they are the best hope for upholding the rights of all Alabama voters.
MoveOn members have worked in all 50 states and run hundreds of campaigns to defend voting rights. This attack is particularly egregious, and we’re committed to fight back. We’ll deliver this petition directly to the Department of Justice, continue to organize, and also elevate the issue in the media.
Gerry Hebert, a former top official at the Department of Justice with decades of experience on voting rights, said this week that Alabama’s action is “absolutely” something the department might investigate especially if the case “has drawn a lot of attention.†2
Click here to add your name to this petition, and then pass it along to your friends.
Thanks!
–Laura Packard
Sources:
1. “Alabama sends message: We are too broke to care about right and wrong,” AL.com, September 30, 2015
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2. “Alabama DMV closings draw call for federal voting rights probe,” MSNBC.com, October 5, 2015
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From Bernie Sanders <info@BernieSanders.com>
Dear Ralph,
Wall Street and big corporations just won a big victory to advance a disastrous trade deal. Now it’s on us to stop it from becoming law.
This morning, negotiators announced an “agreement in principle” for something called the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), meaning it will soon move to Congress for approval.
The TPP would expand the same failed “free trade” policies to 12 other nations that have already cost millions of jobs and shuttered tens of thousands of factories across the United States.
Make no mistake: if TPP passes, it will further hurt consumers and cost American jobs. So we must stop it, together.
In the Senate, I will do all that I can to defeat this agreement. But I need you at my side in this fight, because we will be going against some of the biggest, strongest corporations in the world.
The TPP follows in the footsteps of other unfettered free trade agreements like NAFTA and CAFTA that have been supported by corporate America and that cost America millions of decent-paying jobs.
Since 2001, nearly 60,000 manufacturing plants in this country have been shut down, and we have lost almost 5 million decent-paying manufacturing jobs. NAFTA alone led to the loss of almost three-quarters of a million jobs — the Permanent Normalized Trade Agreement with China cost America four times that number: almost 3 million jobs. These agreements are not the only reason why manufacturing in the United States has declined, but they are important factors.
The TPP would also give multinational corporations the ability to challenge laws passed in the United States that could negatively impact their “expected future profits.” Take, for example, a French waste management firm suing Egypt for over $100 million for increasing the minimum wage and improving labor laws. Egypt’s “crime” in this case is trying to improve life for their low-wage workers. Or Vattenfall, a Swedish energy company, has used this process to sue Germany for $5 billion over its decision to phase out nuclear power. Should the people of Germany have the right to make energy choices on their own or should these decisions be left in the hands of an unelected international tribunal?
We face the same threats here at home if the TPP passes.
Virtually every major union and environmental organization in the United States is against the deal. Major religious groups are as well because they know what it could mean for some of the poorest people on the planet.
Wall Street, corporate America and their representatives in Congress will try to pass this bad trade deal. This is our chance to make our voices heard.
Not a lot of presidential candidates would use their campaigns to influence legislation being considered in Congress. Some candidates haven’t even expressed an opinion on this critical issue, which, frankly, I don’t really understand.
But as I’ve said before, this campaign is not about Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, or Jeb Bush — it’s about the needs of the American people.
And we need a new approach to trade in this country — one that benefits working families and not just the CEOs of multinational corporations.
Thank you for standing with working families.
In solidarity,
Bernie Sanders
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Friend —
I’ll be at OFA’s summit in a few weeks to talk to organizers from across the country about why this work matters.
You could be there, too. Before their deadline tonight, add your name with OFA to be automatically entered for a chance to meet me in Washington, D.C.
In the coming months, organizers across the country will be fighting for progress on urgent issues — not just at the federal level, but on state and local initiatives that often don’t get the same focus.
Summits like the one OFA is hosting are a great way of shining a spotlight on that work. I hope we can meet there:
https://my.barackobama.com/Organizing-Basics
Thanks,
Barack Obama
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Hey —
I’ve said this before, but it bears repeating: Hillary is the most capable public servant I’ve ever worked with. She’d make us proud as president — focusing on finding solutions to the the challenges that keep families across America up worrying at night. Will you help elect her by donating $1 before midnight tonight? |
This is alarming, Ralph:
A single mother working full time does not earn enough on the minimum wage to keep her family out of poverty.
Let me be clear: When adults working full time cannot support their families, it’s long past time to raise the minimum wage.
Every year, the costs for food, transportation and childcare climb – but the minimum wage for American workers has been $7.25 since 2009. That means hardworking families are struggling daily to make ends meet, but each year the chips are stacked higher and higher against them.
Today, my colleagues and I are signing on to cosponsor the Raise the Wage Act – pushing for a $12 minimum wage by 2020. I urge you and citizens everywhere to join us by supporting this raise for 38 million workers in New Hampshire and across the country.
Click here to add your name and become a citizen cosponsor of the Raise the Wage Act!
Minimum wage workers are parents to 34,000 children in the Granite State. They are the 4,500 New Hampshire veterans who returned home from serving our country, only to earn $7.25 per hour. They are 38 million hardworking Americans across the country.
We have to give every American worker a fair shot at success, and that starts with raising the minimum wage to $12 by 2020. You have the chance today to bring your voice to Congress by signing on to be a citizen cosponsor of the Raise the Wage Act. I hope you’ll join us today:
Thank you,
Jeanne
Ralph’s answer: “YES”
Hillary’s in, Ralph!
Hillary Clinton just announced her campaign for president – and to elect her as our first woman president, we all have to rally behind her starting right now.
New Hampshire holds the first-in-the-nation primary – it’s up to us to jump-start Hillary’s race for the White House, giving her an unshakable advantage. She stood with us in 2008 and 2014, helping us mount challenging victories – now will you join me right now in showing the country that New Hampshire is standing with Hillary?
The same year that Hillary left 18 million cracks in the glass ceiling, she helped me become the first woman elected as both a governor and U.S. senator. No doubt, I couldn’t have done it without her support.
Hillary recently said, “When women participate in politics, the effects ripple out far and wide.”We’ve seen the ripples here in New Hampshire, where this team’s led the way in electing women to higher office and pushing forward our shared values of equal pay, affordable health care, and growing America’s middle class.
Now we have the chance to elect the first woman to the highest office in our country, but it won’t be easy. In 2014, we won a tough election because we assembled the strongest grassroots team in the country. Let’s do it again now: Join me in showing your support for Hillary and help give her the strong start she needs to win the White House in 2016!
Add your name now and show the country New Hampshire stands with Hillary!
Let’s make history together, again!
Jeanne
On September 8, 2015, the North Coast counties of Del Norte, Lake, Humboldt, Mendocino, Sonoma and Trinity received the California Counties Collaboration Award…… 
