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Isaac Bloom, Everytown for Gun Safety: Oregon Victory


Everytown for Gun Safety

 

BREAKING: Oregon just passed a law to require background checks on all gun sales.

This is an incredible victory for Oregon — but also for gun sense across the country — because it shows what happens when we come together to stand up to the gun lobby. Not only do we win, we win BIG.

Now, THAT is a victory worth celebrating. Spread the word about this big win by sharing the image below on Facebook or on Twitter:

Victory in Oregon!

Check out the amazing ways that Everytown and Moms Demand Action supporters helped make this victory possible:

Victory in Oregon!
More than 100 volunteers came to the state capitol to advocate for a strong background checks law.

Victory in Oregon!
Everytown ran powerful TV ads across the state featuring Mike Reese, the former Portland police chief, and Paul Kemp whose brother-in-law was shot and killed in the Clackamas Town Center mall shooting.

Victory in Oregon!
Volunteers spent time making calls to lawmakers to build support for SB 941, the background checks bill.

Victory in Oregon!
Ted Alcorn, Everytown for Gun Safety’s Research Director, presented key findings on background checks at a legislative hearing on SB 941.

Victory in Oregon!
Our Moms Demand Action volunteers brought together law enforcement, gun violence survivors, and lawmakers to speak out in the press about the life-saving bill.

It turns out, the NRA has a formidable opponent in people like you, and we’re ready to take this fight across the country until every state joins Oregon on the background checks map.

But first, spread the word about today’s amazing victory in Oregon:

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Here’s to many more to come,

Isaac Bloom
Deputy Organizing Director
Everytown for Gun Safety

As a movement of Americans fighting for common-sense gun policies, we depend on contributions from supporters like you to fund important work to reduce gun violence.

Update on “School Lunch Program: Remove Risk of SuperBugs from Children’s Lunches”


Young People Demand McDonald’s Serve Abx-Free Chicken, and They Listen!

Jennifer Amdur Spitz just posted an update on the petition you signed, School Lunch Program: Remove Risk of SuperBugs from Children’s Lunches.

Mar 07, 2015 High school and college kids everywhere are learning more about where their food comes from and demanding change. This week, McDonald’s listened. Like it or not, but McDonald’s is… Read more

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Shameless in Seattle: Shell’s sneaky Arctic drilling deal ~Earthjustice e.Brief


The Polar Pioneer is one of Shell Oil's drill rigs that may be coming to Seattle. (Tor Even Mathisen / Flickr)

Shell’s Battle for Seattle

Conservation groups are challenging the Port of Seattle’s decision to make the city a home base for Shell’s Arctic drilling fleet without first telling the public or evaluating the environmental risks.

STAND UP TO SHELL!

We’re fighting to defend the Arctic from a new surge of reckless offshore drilling, but we’re up against a powerful opponent, and we need your help!

Tell your Senators to support Loretta Lynch


nwlcYour Senators are about to cast a vote that matters tremendously for women.

The U.S. Attorney General is responsible for enforcing federal laws, many of which have a serious impact on the legal rights and futures of women across this country. We need a strong Attorney General with extensive legal expertise, breadth and depth of experience, and a strong commitment to equal justice and the rule of law.

We need Loretta Lynch to be the next Attorney General.

Tell Your Senators to Support the Nomination of Loretta LynchSoon, your Senators will be casting a very important vote. Tell them to vote YES on Loretta Lynch’s nomination to be Attorney General.

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Ms. Lynch’s qualifications are unassailable. Her legal experience has been both broad and deep, including time in private practice, teaching, and significant government service. Twice, she has served as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York — and was confirmed unanimously by the Senate to that position.

She’s built a reputation as a fair and even-handed prosecutor with exceptional dedication to the rule of law. Ms. Lynch’s work has earned her the support of dozens of current and former government officials on both sides of the aisle, individuals, and organizations.

If confirmed, she would also be the first African-American woman to serve as Attorney General.

Tell your Senators to vote YES on Loretta Lynch’s nomination so that she can begin the important work that awaits her at the Department of Justice.

Thank you for everything you do to advance the rights of women and girls.

Sincerely,
Marcia Greenberger
Co-President
National Women’s Law Center

NASA: Name a star after Leonard Nimoy


NASA: Name a star after Leonard Nimoy

Bobby Scarbrough
Dallas, Texas