Put simply, the Alliance for Defending Freedom is the law firm who is behind most of the attacks on abortion rights. This includes yesterday’s bullshit ruling in Arizona, the disastrous Dobbs decision, and the suit against medication abortion. 

 🚨The ADF says religious freedom and the “victimization” of religious conservatives is its motivation, but their actual mission is clearly advancing Christian Nationalism. 

Have you

🚨ADF has successfully weaponized SCOTUS nearly 20 times. 

 had enough? 

🚨The ADF is in bed with Matthew Kacsmaryk, who ruled in ADF’s favor in the Mifepristone case. Corrupt Kacsmaryk previously worked for an organization with direct financial ties to ADF. 

are you sick & tired

🚨Members of Congress are aiding in ADF’s influence on the Hill, like Republican Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO), husband of Erin Hawley, a Vice President at ADF. 

of them trying to steal our freedoms? 

🚨They’re not stopping at the courts. The ADF has authored at least 130 bills in 34 states to advance their extremist agenda.  

We need your help now more than ever. Can we count on you to chip in $25 to our Reproductive Justice Action Fund? 

We can’t allow the ADF to win. Women’s March has been on the frontlines of the fight against this organization’s efforts from Washington D.C. to Amarillo, Texas and back. Together, we can beat them if we are united and fight back with everything we’ve got. Chip in $25 to our Reproductive Justice Fund today. 

Live long and stay ungovernable,

Rachel

A new initiative on November’s ballot, I-2109, will roll back the steps we’ve taken toward a more fair tax code, pushing Washington back to the worst in the nation.

I-2109 would repeal the capital gains tax, cutting billions from childcare and education just to give the ultra-rich a tax cut. We can’t let that happen. Thanks to your support, action, and advocacy, we passed the capital gains tax and defended it in the State Supreme Court. Now, it’s time to join together again to protect this crucial funding for child care and education.

Be an early endorser of No On I-2109 to make sure we defeat I-2109 on this November’s ballot!

This initiative is backed by a hedge fund millionaire who moved here a few years ago. Dubbed “Tim Eyman with a gigantic bank account,” conservative mega donor Brian Heywood spent $6 million on paid signature gatherers to qualify I-2109 and other initiatives to the ballot.

If passed, I-2109 will:

• Cut more than $5 billion over 6 years from our education, childcare, and early learning by giving a tax break to about 4,000 of Washington’s mega-millionaires and billionaires 
• Repeal the capital gains tax – a modest 7% tax on Wall Street profits exceeding $250,000 that only impacts the very wealthiest Washingtonians
• Take resources from much-needed childcare and our drained schools, reducing the workforce and impacting Washington’s small businesses and economy 
• Increase pressure on the rest of us to make up the difference through property and sales taxes

We’re fighting to protect the capital gains tax because it’s time for the wealthy to pay what they owe in taxes. The capital gains tax is good for Washington – and I-2109 is just another attempt by the super-rich to rig the system in their favor, at the expense of the rest of us. Sign now to defeat I-2109!

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Treasure Mackley

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Arizona just dragged us back to the 19th century with a near-total abortion ban, reviving a 160-year-old law that’s as draconian as it sounds. No exceptions for rape or incest—only if the woman’s life hangs by a thread.

Yep – you read that correctly. 

Women’s March has been doing priority work in Arizona since January, and we won’t stop now. Two weeks ago, we told you all about the Alliance for Defending Freedom (ADF). They are the extremists who brought this draconian case, the disastrous Dobbs case, and the current SCOTUS case to ban medication abortion. 

Make no mistake, these zealots are coming for our freedoms, and they are building a track record of wins. They are waging an all-out assault on our freedoms and bodies.

We need your help now more than ever, Kendall. Can we count on you to chip in $25 to our Reproductive Justice Defense Fund? 

Arizona’s ban is not just a state issue—it’s a national emergency. The ADF must be stopped from bringing their sham cases to crooked courts. We will only win if we are united and fight back with everything we’ve got.

In rage,

Women’s March

ACLU Supporter–

We have a concerning update: We were just blocked multiple times from displaying an abortion rights billboard in Times Square, New York.

With attacks on abortion and reproductive rights at an all-time high, we’re partnering with groups like the Don’t Ban Equality coalition to raise awareness about the widespread opposition to abortion restrictions. But the coalition’s billboard was repeatedly blocked for being too “political.”

At the ACLU, we know abortion is essential care that shouldn’t be politicized. It’s healthcare – a personal and important decision that every individual must make for themselves. That’s why the ACLU won’t stop fighting for our reproductive freedom – and why we’ll continue amplifying impacted people’s stories and fighting the anti-abortion movement in the months ahead. If you’re with us, will you donate now to help us keep showing up where it counts?

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Across the country, anti-abortion politicians are attempting to censor vital information about reproductive health care, and now billboard companies in New York City are following suit. This isn’t just about taking away an individual’s ability to make personal medical decisions. It’s about erasing our stories, rolling back our rights, and preventing activists and doctors from sharing vital – and lifesaving – information.

But we won’t ever stop showing up for our rights – wherever our reproductive freedom is under attack.

We have big plans to take our message for reproductive freedom nationwide ahead of this year’s election – including community events in battleground states – but we need your help to get the word out and make these plans possible.

Will you help the ACLU fight to protect your freedoms by making a donation of $35 or more now? We’re fighting to protect free speech and defend reproductive freedom in states across the country. Please, donate now.

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BREAKING NEWS
Democrats have ‘incredible opportunities’ to take back the House in November

FIRST: Republicans incited a violent attack on our nation’s capitol on January 6 in an attempt to overthrow our democracy and celebrated overturning Roe v. Wade!

THEN: Donald Trump became the Republican nominee for the 2024 Presidential race, who said he will pass a national abortion ban.

NOW: We must step up to recruit and train more Democratic women to win and flip the House BLUE in November to stop a national abortion ban and protect our democracy!

We need to keep up our strong momentum to ensure we have the resources to train Democratic women to WIN in crucial House races.

We’re in the heat of the election cycle and need your help if we want to win big in 2024 and defeat MAGA Republicans. Will you contribute anything you can right away?

Thanks,

Team Emerge

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The March jobs report released last week showed the US economy created another 275,000 jobs, continuing a trend of strong growth that has extended throughout most of President Biden’s term in office. Middle-out economics is producing results: the unemployment rate has remained below 4% for 26 consecutive months, wage growth has outpaced inflation, and incomes are increasing the fastest among lower-income workers and workers without college degrees.

And yet, despite this track record, reporters can’t resist describing the consistently strong job numbers as “surprising”. AP wrote last week that “to the surprise of just about everyone, the economy has kept growing steadily.” They had a similar reaction in March, when they wrote about the economy “adding a surprising 275,000 jobs.” In February, they hit the thesaurus and described “a stunning burst of hiring.” In January, too, they found job growth to be “surprisingly strong.” It was a little different back in October, when the job market was not surprisingly but “shockingly” strong. And even way back last February, job growth was “astonishing.” So how much longer will it take until reporters get around to adjusting their assumptions, recognizing that middle-out economic policies are creating growth, and acting less surprised about the good news that keeps on coming? Or, more to the point: how on earth is something still a surprise when it’s been happening for more than two years running? 

Make it make sense.

since 2019 can be attributed to the role of immigrants to the US who have joined the labor force, and boosted consumer demand. The American economy has grown twice as fast as that of any other rich country in that time period.

were key to the functioning of Amazon’s “just walk out” cashier-less technology, which was advertised as using cameras and sensors to assess what customers had purchased and charge them for it when they left the store. In fact, the workers in India manually reviewed surveillance footage to cross-check data from the cameras and sensors, label unidentified products, fill in for technology glitches, and otherwise ensure customers were charged for the correct items.

was paid to outgoing Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun in 2023, a 45% jump from the previous year. The company explained that the raise was appropriate despite the Alaska door-plug incident and other quality issues because “the board believes that Mr Calhoun has responded to this event in the right way by taking responsibility for the accident.”

The federal government provides astonishingly little support for the construction of affordable rental housing these days. But we continue to provide billions of dollars in support to homeowners by allowing them to take a tax deduction on the interest they pay—and the benefits are especially concentrated among wealthy homeowners. 

In fact, as the chart below from the Center for American Progress shows, homeowners with $1 million or more in income get an average benefit of $13,000 from the mortgage interest tax deduction, while homeowners with incomes below $100,000 average a benefit of less than $1,000, with many getting nothing at all. It’s effectively a subsidy for the purchase of expensive homes, and it doesn’t come cheap — CAP estimates the deduction costs $50 billion a year.

California moved towards the future by instituting an industry-wide $20 minimum wage for fast food workers and establishing a council where representatives of workers, employers, and the public can meet to address other workplace issues. But at the same time as public policy leaps forward, the media coverage of this big move seems to have recessed into the past. Scare story after scare story has been recently published, all worrying that Higher Pay Is Bad For Business — despite study after study to the contrary, not to mention years of lived experience since the Fight for $15 launched. But perhaps the most egregiously ridiculous story was published last week, in which AP reporter Adam Beam worried that higher pay for fast food workers could… hurt the public schools…. because it might inspire cafeteria workers to push for a raise, too.

And sure, yes, higher pay in fast food may in fact push pay up for cafeteria workers as they form an overlapping labor pool. But… no information is offered that the cost of giving cafeteria workers an overdue raise would be a particularly significant part of school district budgets. And why on earth would they suggest higher pay is a problem, when that is literally the point of the law, and of good public policy in general: raising pay, lowering costs, strengthening the middle class, and growing the economy from the middle out. But guess we should all look out for an upcoming story about how more jobs and higher pay is putting stress on loans sharks and check-cashing operations.

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ACLU Supporter,

The ACLU will always work to defend our rights. Our nationwide network of lawyers and advocates means that we can show up where it counts: fighting to create better policy, organizing advocates in communities nationwide, and taking bad actors to court wherever our rights are under attack.

Our teams are defending our fundamental freedoms in state legislatures and courtrooms across the country right now. At the top of the week, here are three updates on those necessary fights:

• In voting rights… Our client Crystal Mason was never informed she was not eligible to vote and cast a provisional ballot in the 2016 election. Though that ballot was never counted, she was convicted of “illegal voting” and sentenced to five years in prison. In a major win for voting rights, Crystal was just acquitted. No one should face prison time for a mistake while trying to exercise their civic duty.
• In trans rights… We just won a critical victory for transgender youth against state attempts to target their families. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a directive ordering the state’s family policing agency to investigate the parents of trans youth – potentially even removing children from their parent’s custody. We went to court to fight this directive – and just won a crucial victory in both of our cases.
• In immigrants’ rights… We’re continuing to fight against one of the most extreme anti-immigrant laws ever passed by any state in the country. This law would lead to racial profiling, family separation, and the possibility of deportation without due process. Tune into our podcast for the latest on how we’re fighting this unconstitutional legislation – and the white supremacy underlying it.

ACLU Supporter, thanks again for staying informed. As an ACLU supporter, we’ll be keeping you up to date with the latest from our fight – bringing our communities’ collective movement right to your inbox every week.

Stay tuned,

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