by Vote Common Good Team | May 8, 2026 | Emails
They are counting on us to be too busy. Prove them wrong. Friends, It’s been a while since we’ve talked about DOGE and the wrecking ball of the unelected Elon Musk. But a federal judge just handed down a ruling that brought it all back. More...
by Vote Common Good Team | May 5, 2026 | Emails
What the horrifying Washington Post ICE report actually says. Friends, The Washington Post published an investigation this week that should scare every one of us. Since Trump took office again, guards inside ICE detention have used physical violence or...
by Vote Common Good Team | May 1, 2026 | Emails
Remember those reporter conversations I told you about on Monday? Friends, On Monday, I wrote to you from Washington, DC. I told you about standing in the street in front of the White House with a group of clergy, calling for a moral response to the wars...
by Vote Common Good Team | Apr 30, 2026 | Press Coverage
James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, often invokes his faith in countering Republicans. (Eric Gay/AP) Doug Pagitt, an evangelical pastor and organizer, has heard from his fellow Democrats that they wanted nothing to do with his ilk....
by Vote Common Good Team | Apr 30, 2026 | Emails
Minneapolis won’t forget, and neither should you. Friends, The Daily Beast reported this week that Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who shot and killed Renee Good here in my city on January 7, was put on administrative leave for three days. Three days....
by Vote Common Good Team | Apr 27, 2026 | Emails
Just got back from the street outside the White House this morning. Friends, To tell you the truth, it’s really hard to be in Washington, DC, in days like these. There’s a heaviness that sits over the city because of this administration. But I was...
by Vote Common Good Team | Apr 24, 2026 | Emails
Christian Nationalism doesn’t speak for us. I’m going to make that clear. Friends, I’m heading to Washington, D.C. this weekend because Christian Nationalism isn’t slowing down — so neither are we. I’ll be speaking at...
by Vote Common Good Team | Apr 23, 2026 | Emails
A 63-year-old man has been there 157 days. He’s lost 55 pounds. Friends, Yesterday, a federal appeals court ruled 2-1 that Alligator Alcatraz can stay open. Two judges — appointed by Trump and Bush — decided that Florida doesn’t...
by Vote Common Good Team | Apr 22, 2026 | Emails
He said: “I didn’t need him to be Christian. But I didn’t want him to be anti-Christian.” Friends, “If you like reading the Bible, try living it.” That’s what I told the Associated Press in response to...
by Vote Common Good Team | Apr 21, 2026 | Emails
The Pope is in Africa preaching peace. Hegseth is in the Pentagon praying for war. Friends, Two men are praying very different prayers. Pope Leo XIV, traveling across Africa, is preaching peace and healing — and calling out those whose “hands...