We're not going back by Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Friend -- Republicans in Texas thought they could pass legislation that would effectively shut down women's health clinics and no one would put up a fight. But then Wendy Davis stood up -- and she kept standing up for 11 hours. Thousands upon thousands joined her in Texas and across the country. But Rick Perry and the Republican-controlled Texas legislature are still trying to ram it through. If you look at what Republicans are doing to restrict a woman's ability to make her own health care decisions in Texas, North Carolina, Wisconsin and 14 other states including Virginia, it's hard not to think that they want to turn back the clock a few decades. Well, here's some news for those Republicans: we're not going back. Tens of thousands of Democrats, men and women alike, have been standing up to be heard -- and you should be part of it. Say you're in. First, Texas. Then, last week in North Carolina, Republicans introduced a similar bill just before the Fourth of July holiday. Over the weekend in Wisconsin, Republican Governor Scott Walker quietly signed a highly restrictive measure while everyone was out for the holiday. Maybe he thought no one would notice. But we noticed. People are standing up in North Carolina and Wisconsin, along with people like you in Virginia -- and in states across the country that Republicans have targeted for legislation that restricts women's access to health care. Democrats are determined to do everything it takes to stand with Wendy Davis and everyone else fighting for women's rights. Say you're with us in this, because we need your help: http://my.democrats.org/Womens-Health Thanks, Debbie Debbie Wasserman Schultz Chair Democratic National Committee

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Before midnight by Jordan Kaplan, Democrats.org

Friend -- There was basically no point this week where you could have turned on the news and not seen why the work we're doing is so important. If you had been on Twitter late Tuesday night, you saw a dramatic showdown over women's rights in Texas. If you had been watching MSNBC on Wednesday morning, you saw a country celebrate as the Supreme Court struck down DOMA. And if you picked up the New York Times on Friday, you read about a historic vote in the Senate to pass bipartisan immigration reform. So many things we fought for in last year's election are happening right now. That's why I'm asking you to chip in $5 or more in the next few hours before midnight's fundraising deadline. My job is to raise money to support Democrats who have President Obama's back, and I look at every dollar raised as one more chance to get in the ring and fight -- for common-sense immigration reform, for gun safety, for voting rights, for clean energy, and for Democrats across the country like Ed Markey and Wendy Davis. At midnight tonight, I want to tell our chair, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, that we will have all the resources we need to win the battles ahead. In order to do that, I need your help -- chip in $5 or more right now: https://my.democrats.org/Deadline Let's do this, Jordan Jordan Kaplan Finance Director Democratic National Committee

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Game of Thrones by Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Friend -- "The louder they scream, the more we know we're getting something done." That's not a line from one of the bad guys on Game of Thrones. That's something that Texas Governor Rick Perry actually said this week about his own constituents -- the ones fighting for women's health. He was referring to the sweeping anti-choice legislation that he's trying to ram through in the Texas state legislature -- legislation that was blocked earlier this week by a courageous group of legislators led by State Senator Wendy Davis -- which would have the effect of shutting down access to basic health care for many women across the state. I don't understand how Rick Perry could look at what happened in the Texas state house this week -- where thousands of Texans gathered to support Wendy and her colleagues against this extreme anti-woman legislation -- and take it as a sign that he's doing a good job. But that's what we're up against. A lot of people thought the Republicans would take a lesson from the loss we handed them last November -- I certainly hoped they would moderate their policies and rhetoric, especially towards women and other underrepresented groups. But eight months later, they still look like the same party that talked about "binders full of women," the same party who said their "job is not to worry" about 47 percent of the American people, and the same party that talked about "legitimate rape." The Republicans aren't becoming more reasonable -- if anything, they've become more extreme. And if we don't get serious now, they'll be in a good position to have major gains in federal and state offices across the country later this year and in the years to come. I'm not willing to let that happen. I hope you aren't either, because I really need your help. There's a critical fundraising deadline at midnight tonight that will have a major impact on our ability to beat them at the polls. Please chip in $5 or more before then, and help support Democrats like Wendy Davis who are going to take it to Republicans like Rick Perry: https://my.democrats.org/Deadline Thanks, Debbie Debbie Wasserman Schultz Chair Democratic National Committee P.S. -- Everything we fought for in last year's election is at stake right now. We can't wait for the next campaign to get going. Get started right now.

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