[ [link removed] ]NBC NEWS: Trump takes executive action targeting ActBlue, the main
Democratic fundraising platform.
Grassroots activists across the country are rushing to defend ActBlue
after Trump signed an Executive Order weaponizing the Department of
Justice against the company. Actblue is the small-d-democracy donation
site that powers nearly every Democratic campaign and organization,
including ours.
[ [link removed] ]Can you chip in $3 (or whatever you can) right now to help ActBlue
fight back and keep our grassroots engine running?
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MSNBC reports, "Sometimes, the president’s authoritarian tactics are
subtle. His new offensive against the ActBlue donation platform is far
more overt."
Jamie Raskin states, "Trump's presidential decree targeting the campaign
infrastructure of the Democratic Party with precisely zero evidence of
wrongdoing is the kind of edict you’d expect from a power-mad dictator in
a Banana Republic. This president, with his approval ratings underwater
and sinking like a stone, is desperately seeking to undermine his
political opposition by cutting off their access to funding."
ActBlue placed this notice on the website:
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This is a partisan attack on grassroots organizing. The ability to chip in
a few dollars to candidates we support is one of the ways that
non-billionaire voters make our voices heard.
A recent New York Times analysis found that, "Mr. Trump and his allies are
aggressively attacking the players and machinery that power the left,
taking a series of highly partisan official actions that, if successful,
will threaten to hobble Democrats’ ability to compete in elections for
years to come."
Top Democrats and campaign experts agree and are sounding the alarm:
"This is the latest in a line of attacks from the far right that tries to
basically use lies to affect people’s confidence in ActBlue." – Jack Yao,
Democratic Strategist
"There’s no platform with ActBlue’s reach you could swap in tomorrow…
Democrats should protest, fight [Trump’s actions] in court, keep using
ActBlue." – Tim Lin, Democratic Digital Strategist
Trump’s goal is simple and obvious: choke off the grassroots pipeline that
lets millions of people give $3, $10, or $27 to the candidates and causes
they believe in. If he succeeds, every Democratic fight — from protecting
health care to defending reproductive freedom — will be starved of
resources.
[ [link removed] ]Rush a donation now to help ActBlue take Trump to court, keep the
lights on for every campaign that relies on it, and show the country that
bullying just make Democrats stronger.
Thanks for being a bold progressive.
-- The PCCC Team (Follow us on BlueSky: [ [link removed] ]@boldprogressives.org)
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