I think it's important that you know about this. HILLARY CLINTON, ONWARD TOGETHER.

David -- Given the news coming out of the Supreme Court this week, I wanted to introduce you to the newest group that Onward Together is partnering with. Demand Justice organizes progressive activists and voters around protecting our federal courts. In the time since the announcement from Justice Kennedy regarding his plans to retire at the end of July, Demand Justice has motivated thousands of people across the country to make calls and join protests demanding that Senate Democrats promise not to vote to confirm any of Trump’s extreme right-wing likely nominees for Justice Kennedy’s seat on the Supreme Court. Reproductive rights, voting rights, access to health care -- so many things we hold dear hang in the balance if the Supreme Court swings to the right. Our court system is one of the important tools we have for keeping our country just and fair. Please take a moment today to learn more about how Demand Justice plans to protect it. Thank you, Hillary Onward Together works to build a brighter future for generations to come by supporting groups that encourage people to organize in their communities or run for office. Because you're an important part of Onward Together, we wanted you to get a chance to know these groups a little bit better. To learn more about Onward Together, click here. The organization: Demand Justice The organizers: Brian Fallon, Executive Director The mission: To protect the federal judiciary and stop Trump from hijacking the courts. The story: In the wake of the 2016 election, veterans of Capitol Hill, the White House, and the Clinton and Obama campaigns came together to tackle the issue of keeping our courts balanced and fair by motivating progressive voters on issues related to the federal judiciary while influencing the Senate on judicial nominees. The latest: After Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement from the Supreme Court, Demand Justice lept into action, launching a movement to demand that Democrats in the Senate oppose anyone on Donald Trump's SCOTUS shortlist. The next step: Head to demandjustice.org to get involved and support Demand Justice.

My friend Ken. JOE KENNEDY III, U.S. REPRESENTATIVE.

We are living through a critical moment, David.

 

Every day, our country sees our values stretched, civic norms strained, and checks and balances undermined. But we can fight back; we have the opportunity to take back the House this November.

That’s why I am so excited to endorse Ken Harbaugh in Ohio’s 7th Congressional District.

Ken is a proven leader and a patriot who is committed to fighting for all Ohioans. As a Navy pilot and the head of a disaster-response organization, Ken has proven time and again that he will protect and serve the American people -- not wealthy corporations, not political funders.

Ken will defend working families, take on the opioid crisis, and fight to ensure that no family ever has to make a choice between paying for health care and putting food on the table.

A blue wave is sweeping the nation, as more working families join the movement to take back the House in 2018.

 

With gratitude,

Joe

Joe Kennedy III

United States House of Representatives

Thank You. GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE ALEC ROSS.

Dear David,

I wanted to reach out to those who supported my campaign to say thank you. I am so grateful to those who volunteered, contributed, spoke to their friends, hosted events, or voted.

I am not only writing with gratitude today, but also with sadness. There was another mass shooting yesterday in Maryland. Several people have been announced dead or injured in another senseless act of violence.

While the election result did not turn out how I had hoped, I am reminded that I was not running to serve my own ambitions, but to put forward ideas and policies that could re-shape life in Maryland for the better.

Among the ideas that Julie Verratti and I put forward was using technology to make guns safer, including biometric smart grips that would prevent anyone other than the owner from firing. I don’t know yet whether or not yesterday’s shooter used his own legally-purchased gun, but I know that many of the mass shootings and certainly much of the gun crime in my home city of Baltimore are carried out by guns obtained illegally.

The crime and violence that too many young people watch and worry about is a major contributor to their lack of opportunity. If you saw me at a debate or on the campaign trail, I’m sure you heard me say that “talent is everywhere, but opportunity is not.” That was the central theme of our campaign and bridging the gap between talent and opportunity will remain my life’s mission.

Students should be learning to code, not learning to shelter from an active shooter. Whether it’s education, economics, fear of violence, environmental disasters, an unfair criminal justice system, or plain old discrimination, we must make sure that we systematically remove barriers to people being able to make it in tomorrow’s world.

While our campaign has ended, our mission has not. We must all come together and help our nominee, Ben Jealous, so that we cannot only fix the bad, but so we can build the good. We have so much potential and by working together we can realize that potential. The future does not have to be scary.

Julie and I can never fully express how much this journey has meant to us and how much your help along the way is appreciated.

Thank you for helping us run a race we can all be proud of.

My best,

- Alec

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