Indivisibles,

Yesterday afternoon, President Trump signed an executive memo targeting
ActBlue, the fundraising platform used by much of the progressive
ecosystem -- including Indivisible -- and the entire Democratic Party.

The memo instructs the Department of Justice to investigate ActBlue for
allegedly allowing illegal, foreign campaign contributions. ActBlue
already has processes in place to catch these contributions and report
them, but Trump is moving ahead with the investigations anyways. Why?
Because Republicans know that ActBlue plays a crucial role in raising
grassroots dollars for Trump’s opponents. 

This is straight out of the authoritarian playbook. Rather than outlaw
opposition groups or ban rival political parties outright, authoritarians
-- at least initially -- seek more subtle ways to cement one-party rule
and undermine civil society. That’s Trump’s aim here. By attacking
ActBlue, Trump wants to deprive his opposition of grassroots resources and
crush the resistance to his autocratic agenda.

It’s not going to work. We won’t let it.

While we are, of course, preparing for every contingency -- including
direct attacks by the administration on Indivisible -- for now, we’re
still able to take donations through ActBlue and have no plans to abandon
the platform due to Trump’s thuggery. [ [link removed] ]If you want to send a message
that the resistance will not be intimidated by Trump’s tyrannical actions,
you can support us with a donation right now.

At the end of your donation, ActBlue will ask if you want to “tip” them to
support the platform. Please consider doing so.

If you've saved your information with ActBlue Express Lane, your donation
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The impending investigation is meant to burden ActBlue, but for now, it
won’t interrupt their operations. Nothing will change about how we process
grassroots donations or keep our organizing funded in the near term. While
there is no need to panic, we need to acknowledge that this is an
unprecedented attack on the president’s political opponents. And we can’t
assume they’ll stop here. 

If ActBlue were forced to cease operations, we could move to a different
fundraising system. But it would take years to rebuild our monthly
sustainer program, which accounts for up to half of our grassroots revenue
each month. All of that money is processed via ActBlue -- and it’d all
shut off in an instant.

The same dire challenge would be felt by thousands of other progressive
nonprofits, the Democratic Party, and tens of thousands of candidates from
school board to US Senate. And that just scratches the surface of the
incredible burdens (financial, logistical, and otherwise) it would take to
shift from a system the progressive movement has spent decades building
and refining.

ActBlue is an incredibly important and effective tool for grassroots
fundraising -- that is why the Trump administration is targeting them. But
they’ve assured us they will not back down and they will not be
intimidated. 

We’re glad that ActBlue is showing courage in this moment and we share
their commitment to continue resisting Trump’s authoritarian agenda. But
we need your help to do so. [ [link removed] ]If you’re able to pitch in to keep our
grassroots movement funded, please do so here.

And again, if you can spare a tip for ActBlue, we know they will greatly
appreciate your support.

If you've saved your information with ActBlue Express Lane, your donation
to Indivisible Project will go through immediately:



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In solidarity,
Indivisible Team



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