Unicorns exist**

Diane -- If I said to you: "Unicorns exist, I totally just saw one galloping down the street," most likely you'd give me a sad look and get on with your day. But what if House Speaker Boehner and the chairman of the House Science Committee said they didn't know if the science behind climate change was real. (Yeah. That actually happened.) Now obviously, it doesn't matter if I just make stuff up about unicorns. But it matters, and it matters a whole lot, that so many of our elected officials in Washington who represent us are denying science and using that denial to refuse to take action on climate change. It's actually dangerous -- and it matters how we react. Each and every day that congressional leaders hold on to their bizarre fantasy world, OFA is going to be there, not letting them get away with it. Add your name and say you're ready to hold climate deniers accountable. We're going to make them say it out loud -- either double-down on their claims, or come to their senses. The National Academy of Sciences and more than 13,000 peer-reviewed scientific papers all confirm that the carbon pollution in our atmosphere today is causing dangerous climate change. The sticky thing about the truth is that it's the truth whether Congress likes it or not. Unicorns don't exist, climate change is real, and we said we weren't going to let this go. Sign here and help Congress get real: http://my.barackobama.com/Hold-Climate-Deniers-Accountable Thanks, Ivan Ivan Frishberg Climate Campaign Manager Organizing for Action ---------------- A movement of millions elected President Obama. Let's keep fighting for change. Chip in $5 or more to support Organizing for Action today.

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Your name should be on this, Diane

Diane -- In a few hours, we're sending OFA's petition to reduce gun violence to the printers. Every name that's on that list is going to send a message to Congress that we're here, we're organized, we're paying attention, and we're not going to let them off the hook for failing to act to prevent gun violence. According to our records, you haven't added your name:     -- Petition status: Unsigned     -- Suggested action: Add your name here Your name should be on it -- don't let this petition get sent to Congress without you taking action yourself. Sign it now: http://my.barackobama.com/Sign-the-Petition Organizing for Action ---------------- A movement of millions elected President Obama. Let's keep fighting for change. Chip in $5 or more to support Organizing for Action today.

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It'd be a real shame if your name wasn't on this:

Diane -- The gun lobby is pretty happy with itself. They succeeded in scaring members of Congress into voting against something that 90 percent of Americans -- and 74 percent of NRA members -- support. They like it the way things are, where the most powerful interest groups in Washington get to override the voices of millions of Americans. OFA will be the grassroots movement that counteracts that. We're going to show members of Congress that, if you stand up to the special interests, the people in your districts will be right there to get your back. Our petition to Congress is going to the printers at midnight tonight. It'd be a real shame if it didn't have your name on it, wouldn't it? We'll never be as deep-pocketed or as well-connected as the gun lobby. What we have is better. It's the voices of real Americans who are standing up and saying they've seen enough of gun violence tearing apart communities like Newtown and Tucson and Aurora and Chicago. Together, we're committing to keep fighting for this issue until something is done. We will be heard -- and it's time for our lawmakers in Washington to find their courage to stand up to a political bully. Add your name to OFA's petition to congressional leaders before midnight to demand that they take action to reduce gun violence: http://my.barackobama.com/Sign-the-Petition Let's go. Jon Jon Carson Executive Director Organizing for Action @JonCarsonOFA ---------------- A movement of millions elected President Obama. Let's keep fighting for change. Chip in $5 or more to support Organizing for Action today.

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Petition status: Unsigned

Diane -- This week, OFA volunteers are hand-delivering a petition to Congress with the names of every OFA supporter who's fighting to reduce gun violence. According to our most recent records, it looks like you haven't signed it yet:     -- Petition status: Unsigned     -- Suggested action: Add your name here It's not too late -- add your name today: http://my.barackobama.com/Sign-the-Petition We have to keep the pressure on Congress to move on background checks -- and only you can hold your members of Congress accountable. It's a make-or-break moment for our movement -- a real test of our commitment to keep fighting, even when it gets hard, for the things we believe in. Thanks for all your help, Sara Sara El-Amine National Organizing Director Organizing for Action ---------------- A movement of millions elected President Obama. Let's keep fighting for change. Chip in $5 or more to support Organizing for Action today.

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Greg was the 28th

Diane -- In 2009, my schoolmate Greg Robinson was in the backseat of a car returning home from a basketball game when someone with a gun opened fire. He died shielding his young cousins from gunfire. Greg wasn't a gang member -- he was a 14-year-old who wanted to play basketball. He was quiet and kind, and that year, he was the 28th student in the Chicago public school system to be killed. Since then, I've been fighting for common-sense gun legislation to honor Greg's memory and to help prevent this kind of violence from happening again. I added my name to OFA's petition to Congress demanding action on gun violence. But my voice and my story isn't enough on its own. Together, our voices are powerful enough to make Congress act -- so please, add your name, too. Right now, I live in Georgia for school -- and last month I watched my new senators both vote against expanding background checks for gun sales. It was disappointing and disheartening. All I could think about was the kids back in my neighborhood in Chicago. We have an acronym: LIFE -- living in fear everyday. But bullets don't come with name tags. No one intended to shoot Greg, or his little cousins. On your walk to school or on your way home, you couldn't help but be afraid that it could happen to you. That's why I'm not giving up just because we lost one vote. As a country, we can and should make it harder for bad guys to get their hands on deadly weapons. To me, it's just common sense. Sign OFA's petition to Congress to demand action on universal background checks for gun sales, and take one big step toward making our communities safer: http://my.barackobama.com/Sign-the-Petition Thank you. Ronnie Ronnie Mosley Morehouse College Class of 2013 ---------------- A movement of millions elected President Obama. Let's keep fighting for change. Chip in $5 or more to support Organizing for Action today.

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Diane - your name is not on this petition

Diane -- The response to our gun violence prevention petition has been crazy good so far. More than 700,000 OFA supporters from all over the country have added their names to call for expanding background checks on gun sales, and we're getting ready to deliver those signatures to congressional leaders next week. According to our most recent records, you're not yet on the list:     -- Petition status: Unsigned     -- Suggested action: Add your name here Please add your name now and then forward this email to five friends, post it on Facebook, tweet the link ... get it out there however you can: http://my.barackobama.com/Sign-the-Petition It matters. Thanks, Organizing for Action ---------------- A movement of millions elected President Obama. Let's keep fighting for change. Chip in $5 or more to support Organizing for Action today.

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Is your name on this yet?

Diane -- As we saw when the Senate voted last month, the fight over expanding background checks for gun sales isn't just about what's right and wrong. It's about power. And the gun lobby is extremely powerful. If we're going to win fights like this, we have to be relentless in making our voices heard. That's what this petition is about. Each and every name represents a constituent with power -- a voice. When we deliver it to congressional leaders next week, your name should be on it. Sign our petition -- make sure Congress knows that the American people aren't going to let them off the hook. The polls aren't ambiguous on this one -- more than 90 percent of Americans support expanding background checks. Still the Senate failed to pass it. We've seen this before. Many, many times, on so many fights, we could have looked at the challenges, at the people and special interests standing in the way, and decided to give up. I remember one particularly difficult moment during the health care debate when I had to give bad news to President Obama -- that the legislative outlook was starting to look impossible. I'll never forget what he said: You're not listening to me. Try harder. Get it done. We ultimately won on health reform because millions of Americans -- people like you -- didn't give in. We overcame the special interests and the hurdles because we didn't stop organizing. That's how we win. On this issue, we owe it to everyone who has been affected by gun violence not to stop until Congress acts. Add your name to the petition today: http://my.barackobama.com/Sign-the-Petition Thanks, Messina Jim Messina Chair Organizing for Action ---------------- A movement of millions elected President Obama. Let's keep fighting for change. Chip in $5 or more to support Organizing for Action today.

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