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10/15/18

Young people can’t forge the future alone; we need everyone’s voice and we really need your votes. Groups like MomsRising, MarchForOurLives, and more are holding accountable all those who can vote and those we elect, so we can take real steps to end gun violence in America.

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Dorie Klein

Podcast

10/15/18

This week on the MomsRising #RisersRadio show we talk about how we each can make an impact, be greater than fear, VOTE, move forward policy with our anger, and amp up our democracy. *Special guests include: Ify Ike, Think Rubrix, Mass Bailout, @IfyIkeEsq Donna Norton, MomsRising, @MomsRising...

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Amber Dorsey

Power Up #MomsVote!

MomsRising MomsVote

10/15/18

Whoa. There was a HUGE surge of requests for MomsVote postcards from the MomsRising community this weekend. We are past our deadline to print more postcards, but we still urgently need your help to fund this project! Can you help us send the postcards -- and fuel the rest of the MomsVote campaign...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Families & The Federal Budget

10/12/18

Capitalism, for better or worse, is a race to the top where the starting gun only goes off once. As much as we may like to think that our economic circumstances are determined by our talent and hard work alone, there are hundreds of years of history that play a role in influencing the path our...

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Stephen Prince

MomsRising MomsVote

10/12/18

With only 25 days left until election day, we need to double our efforts to help Get Out The Vote. We’ve organized #5Actions you can do today to help. Please remember to share this with family and friends, too. Thank you for all you do! On with the list ... 1. ONE MORE CHANCE: Until this Sunday at...

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Sue Anne Reed

Childcare & Early Education Immigration

10/12/18

When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God. (Leviticus 19:33-34) Every third weekend of October many thousands of people...

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Marian Wright Edelman

Take Action!

MomsVote

10/11/18

Fed up with the epic level of awful coming out of Washington, D.C.? We have an incredibly powerful outlet for you to help make lasting change. *Interested? Sign up to get info about how to make Get Out The Vote phone calls to areas that especially need reminders to vote during the last two weeks in...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Families & The Federal Budget

10/11/18

Last year, Republicans unilaterally passed tax cuts that disproportionately benefited the wealthy and corporations. By giving tax cuts to wealthy Americans, particularly investors, Republicans claimed their tax bill would lead to substantial job and wage growth. Unsurprisingly, this has not...

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Jacqueline Boberg

Families & The Federal Budget

10/10/18

In Trump’s latest efforts to enrich wealthy people like himself, his administration recently proposed indexing the capital gains tax rate to inflation. This change would give billions of dollars in tax cuts to wealthy investors, while giving no relief at all to the working class. Right now, the...

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Morris Pearl

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security

10/09/18

In order to ensure the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of December 2017 (TCJA), the GOP expanded a loophole to particularly benefit those who would vote on it: themselves. This includes deficit-hawk Senator Corker (TN), who had been undecided on breaking his promise to not add to the deficit...

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