Posted on September 24, 2015
1.2 million petitions to Congress: No cuts to Planned Parenthood
On Tuesday, together with representatives from Daily Kos, MoveOn and Democracy for America, I delivered more than 1.2 million petition signatures, including more than 770,000 from CREDO activists, to Democratic Leader Harry Reid and Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
Leader Reid and Sen. Warren are fierce champions of women’s rights and strong defenders of Planned Parenthood. They made clear how grateful they are for your activism, and I made clear how grateful we are for their leadership. I also shared our commitment to doing everything we can to make sure that every Democrat in the Senate joins them in holding the line against any deals or compromises that result in cuts to Planned Parenthood, even if holding the line means risking a government shutdown.
Join me below the fold for photos from the petition delivery, some thoughts on where things stand, and what you can do to stop Republicans from defunding Planned Parenthood.
Posted on September 17, 2015
Pre-order iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus
iPhone 6s is coming to CREDO. Pre-order today from America’s progressive phone company.
Posted on September 17, 2015
CREDO Mobile to Offer iPhone 6s & iPhone 6s Plus on Friday, September 25
CREDO Mobile today announced it will offer iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, the most advanced iPhones ever, beginning Friday, September 25. iPhone 6s 16GB will be available starting at $27.04 per month for 24 months and iPhone 6s Plus 16GB will be available starting at $31.20 per month for 24 months on the Zero Now Installment Plan. iPhone 6s 16GB will also be available starting at $199 and iPhone 6s Plus 16GB will be available starting at $299 with a 2-year contract. iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus and iPhone 5s will also be available. For additional pricing details, please visit: www.credomobile.com.
iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus bring a powerful new dimension to iPhone’s revolutionary Multi-Touch interface with 3D Touch, which senses how deeply you press the display, letting you do all kinds of essential things more quickly and simply. The new iPhones introduce Live Photos, which bring still images to life, transforming instants frozen in time into unforgettable living memories. Live Photos, 3D Touch, 12-megapixel iSight camera, 5-megapixel FaceTime HD camera with Retina Flash and more are powered by the Apple-designed A9 chip, the most advanced chip ever in a smartphone, delivering faster performance and great battery life. iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus are designed from the strongest glass on any smartphone and 7000 series aluminum the same alloy used in the aerospace industry, in gorgeous metallic finishes that now include rose gold.
“We’re thrilled to be able to offer iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus to members of America’s only progressive phone company,” said Doug Moore, CEO, CREDO Mobile. “The new iPhones continue Apple’s incredible history of groundbreaking devices and CREDO subscribers get to be among the first to experience these amazing new iPhones.”
For complete details on pricing, please visit: www.credomobile.com. For more information on iPhone, please visit: www.apple.com/iphone.
Posted on September 15, 2015
CREDO stands with Planned Parenthood
Together, CREDO and its members have raised over $3 million for Planned Parenthood, making us Planned Parenthood’s largest corporate donor.
And together, we can do even more to support women’s access to vital healthcare services. When you join CREDO Mobile or refer your friends you increase our support for Planned Parenthood.
Planned Parenthood counts on us to stand with them against relentless right-wing attacks—and we’re standing strong.
- In July, CREDO members voted to donate $80,000 to Planned Parenthood, our largest nonprofit donation that month.
- Recently over 200,000 CREDO supporters signed our petition telling Republicans not to defund Planned Parenthood.
- Nearly 150,000 CREDO members signed a petition to Democrats in Congress to rebuff the Republican attack on women’s healthcare.
- Over 4,000 CREDO supporters called Democrats in Congress to encourage them to continue working to keep Planned Parenthood clinics open nationwide.
Posted on September 10, 2015
Who we’re funding in September
Thanks to CREDO members, we donated $225,647 in August.
How will we donate close to $200,000 in September? That’s up to you. Here’s your chance to join in: Vote by September 30.
These are the amazing groups we’re giving to in September. Your vote helps us decide how we distribute close to $200,000 among them.
Posted on September 3, 2015
We donated $225,647 to three amazing progressive groups in August
CREDO members help decide how to donate $225,647 to the three groups we’re funding in August. We’re pleased to share the results!
$90,191 to Union of Concerned Scientists, which uses rigorous science to defend the environment and fight for a healthier world.
$74,238 to Institute for America’s Future. It develops an economic agenda and message to promote economic populism in the United States, fighting austerity and economic inequality while organizing to protect Social Security and rein in Wall Street.
$61,218 to ColorOfChange, the nation’s largest online civil rights organization building grassroots political power for African-Americans and working for social change for all people.
Posted on September 2, 2015
Iran nuclear deal: CREDO praises historic milestone for peace over war
CREDO Action released the statement below in response to Senator Mikulski becoming the 34th Senator to announce her support for the Iran nuclear deal, ensuring that the deal will not be blocked by Congress:
“This is a huge deal. President Obama confronted a similar challenge over Iran to the one that George W. Bush faced over Iraq – but won peace through diplomacy rather than dragging us into another disastrous war of choice in the Middle East,” said CREDO Action Political Director Becky Bond. “A Democratic Party that wrongly voted in support of the invasion of Iraq over a decade ago, despite massive protests, this time listened to the grassroots who wrote, called, and rallied in huge numbers and stood with their president to stop a war with Iran.”
Posted on September 1, 2015
Obama’s trip to Alaska and “Mission Accomplished” moment on climate
President Obama arrived in Alaska yesterday to talk about climate change, in the very place where he just approved Shell to drill in the Arctic. This despite the fact that scientists have made it clear: 100% of Arctic oil must stay in the ground if we want to prevent the worst impacts of climate change.
CREDO launched a campaign at www.MissionNotAccomplished.com to make sure the public and the press were aware that even as the president is making powerful speeches about climate change he was making the problem worse approving fossil fuel extraction on a massive scale. We are calling his trip to Alaska his “Mission Accomplished” moment. (You can read our reasoning in this post on Medium.)
Posted on August 21, 2015
Nonprofits we’re funding in August
So far this month, more than 130,000 CREDO members have voted to allocate donations among the three groups we’re funding this month. Here’s your chance to join in: Vote by August 31.
These are the amazing groups we’re giving to in August. Your vote helps us decide how we distribute close to $200,000 among them.
ColorOfChange
ColorOfChange is the nation’s largest online civil rights organization, building grassroots political power for African-Americans and working for social change for all people.
Institute for America’s Future
Institute for America’s Future develops an economic agenda and message to promote economic populism in the United States, fighting austerity and economic inequality while organizing to protect Social Security and rein in Wall Street.
Union of Concerned Scientists
Union of Concerned Scientists uses rigorous science to defend the environment and fight for a healthier world.
Posted on August 17, 2015
A New York Times article that every AT&T customer should read.
Yesterday, the New York Times ran a front page story about a special, decades-long partnership between the NSA and AT&T.
AT&T customers in particular need to read about their telecom’s “extreme willingness to help” carry out unconstitutional surveillance programs for the U.S. government. Please read and share the news reports below.