Tag: Election

NYT: MoveOn Launches $32M+ Election Program

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Read The New York Times story here and election memo here Washington, D.C. – Today, MoveOn Political Action announced the launch of its $ 32+ million 2024 election program – the group’s largest and most innovative persuasion program ever. As The New York Times reported, MoveOn is mobilizing millions of young surge voters to protect democracy from Donald Trump and MAGA extremists. MoveOn is beginning its election program earlier than any cycle in the organization’s history, focusing on reelecting President Biden and Vice President Harris, flipping more than two dozen…

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No Labels Confirms Contingent Election Plan That Will Throw the Country Into Chaos

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Washington, D.C. – Following NBC News reporting that the No Labels Party is preparing for the dangerous possibility of a contingent election that will lead to Trump back in the White House, MoveOn Political Action Executive Director Rahna Epting released the following statement:  “It seems that No Labels is finally accepting the reality that they have no path to 270 electoral votes. If No Labels cares so deeply about preserving democracy and protecting our freedom to vote, they must stand down immediately and avoid even the possibility of their causing…

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MoveOn Statement on Mike Johnson’s Election to Speaker of the House

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Washington, D.C. – Following a chaotic and disastrous nomination process in which multiple Republicans launched failing bids for the speakership, leaving the House without leadership for weeks as Americans face critical issues, MoveOn Political Action Executive Director Rahna Epting released the following statement: “It appears fourth time’s the charm for this dysfunctional Republican Party. Mike Johnson might seem like another anonymous Republican, but we know his extreme agenda all too well. He was the chief House architect of the effort to throw out the 2020 election. He wants to ban…

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The Election Reform That Could Help Republicans in a Swing State

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When Governor Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania announced in September that the nation’s largest swing state would implement automatic voter registration, Donald Trump threw a conniption. “Pennsylvania is at it again!” the former president posted on Truth Social, his social-media platform. The switch, Trump said, would be “a disaster for the Election of Republicans, including your favorite President, ME!” Trump’s panic is consistent with his (baseless) view that any reforms designed to increase voter turnout, such as expanding mail balloting and early voting, are part of a Democratic conspiracy to rig…

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After Tucker Carlson’s Jan. 6 Lies Last Night, WSJ Refuses to Run MoveOn Ad About Fox News’ Election Lies

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Washington, D.C. – This morning, The Wall Street Journal refused to run a print ad (see below) from MoveOn calling on Rupert Murdoch to stop Fox News’s lies and noting its censoring of MoveOn’s ad “Lied to You.” The WSJ’s censorship follows Fox News’s refusal last week to run MoveOn’s broadcast ad. That ad quotes recently released emails and text messages from Fox News executives and hosts showing they intentionally presented false allegations about election fraud during reporting on the 2020 presidential election results in order to keep ratings and…

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Abortion Pills Will Be the Next Battle in the 2024 Election

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The next front is rapidly emerging in the struggle between supporters and opponents of legal abortion, and that escalating conflict is increasing the chances that the issue will shape the 2024 election as it did last November’s midterm contest. President Joe Biden triggered the new confrontation with a flurry of recent moves to expand access to the drugs used in medication abortions, which now account for more than half of all abortions performed in the United States. Medication abortion involves two drugs: mifepristone followed by misoprostol (which is also used…

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