Celebrating Pride Month. CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE MAURA SULLIVAN.

Our team and Granite Staters across New Hampshire celebrated Pride on Saturday here in Portsmouth. The streets were filled with people celebrating our incredible LGBTQ+ community. It was an afternoon filled with music, dancing, festivities, joy, and hope.

I was proud to work on transgender inclusion policies when I served at the Pentagon in the Obama Administration, guaranteeing that any American had the right to serve if they could meet the military’s standards, regardless of their gender identity, sexual orientation, or who they love.

I’m proud that New Hampshire has led the way on LGBTQ+ rights, including our most recent victory in banning discrimination based on gender identity.

June is a month of celebration, but also a time to recognize how far we still have to go.

This Pride Month, let’s celebrate all of the progress we’ve made in fighting discrimination and commit to holding our country to a higher standard.

I will always fight for LGBTQ+ Granite Staters. 

Happy Pride Month!

Maura Sullivan

Jon Stewart and Josh Welle! (video). CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE JOSH WELLE.

I wanted to make sure you saw the conversation Josh and Jon Stewart had about Chris Smith and moving America forward. Check out the video here!

Our campaign has been gaining momentum over the past months, and this is definitely a campaign highlight!

 Jon and Josh spoke about important issues to folks here in central jersey; issues like healthcare, bringing 21st century tech to government, affordability, and gun violence prevention. Josh has the new ideas and energy it takes to bring folks together and get things done in Washington.

Thank you for your incredible show of support. Together we can flip the 4th district and give central jersey families the representation they deserve in Congress.

-Team Welle

News: Trouble Ahead for Wrongly Criminalized Trafficking Victims. FREEDOM UNITED.

Trouble Ahead for Wrongly Criminalized Trafficking Victims June 17, 2018 In a blow to trafficking survivors, the US Department of Justice announced that it will no longer allow funding to be used to help survivors get legal representation to clear criminal records that resulted from their victimization. READ NOW Intel, HP, Apple Top Rankings for Eradicating Forced Labor in Tech June 18, 2018 The three tech companies came out on top of KnowTheChain’s new rankings, while Amazon, Nintendo, and Canon were scored among the worst. READ NOW In a First, 19-Year-Old British Man Granted Protection from Forced Marriage June 20, 2018 This marks the first time the South Yorkshire police have issued a safeguarding order to protect a male victim from honor-based abuse. READ NOW ‘Grooming’ is a Gateway to Online Child Sex Trafficking Anti-trafficking campaigners warn that ‘grooming’ — where children, usually aged 11 to 15, are courted online by people pretending to be their peers — is a precursor to trafficking. Read Now >> UK Home Office Broke the Law in Failing to Protect Trafficked Vietnamese Boy In a landmark ruling, a court found the Home Office breached human rights law by failing to protect a child trafficking victim who went missing after release from immigration detention. Read Now >> Webcam Slavery: The Filipino Families Who Become Cybersex Child Traffickers Campaigners in the Philippines say that the biggest obstacle is the belief among some families that making children appear naked on a webcam is victimless act. Read Now >> World Refugee Day: 122 Detained, Abused Migrants in Libya Evacuated to Niger The move comes as part of UNHCR’s program to evacuate the most vulnerable refugees in Libya — many of whom have been trafficked — to Niger for asylum claim processing. Read Now >> 'White Hat Hackers' Aim to Bust Human Traffickers on the Dark Web ‘White Hat Hackers’ — or hackers working for good — are using their skills to unearth digital evidence of human trafficking on the open and dark web. Read Now >> MORE NEWS

Compassion and empathy aren't weaknesses. CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE STEVE SEVIGNY, MD.

Dear David,

Thank you for reaching out to your Senators to demand legislative action to reunite families and end the unconscionable actions by our government at the border. We need to keep the pressure up - continue to stand up, shout, and protest.

Unfazed by his wake of terror, President Trump is sending out tweets whispering sweet nothings about my Congressman, Ron DeSantis. DeSantis is running for Governor with Trump’s blessing.

...turn a Trump-loyalist district into a people-first district.

Rep. DeSantis has been a loyal rubber stamp for Donald Trump, on immigration, health care, and destroying our oceans, beaches, and forests.

These are not the values of Floridians or our fellow Americans. We can make a big change happen by flipping this district from Trumpian greed to people-first values.

We know that our diversity makes us stronger. We know that when people have living wages and healthcare our communities are stronger. We know that all people deserve fairness, dignity, and respect.

I believe if we populate our government with those values, we will make America stronger day after day. Compassion and empathy aren’t weaknesses, they are attributes of true strength.

...we need compassionate leaders to deliver change in Congress.

In Solidarity,

Steve