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April 24, 2025 at 11:10 PM

They’re coming for the USPS, stop them cold

Trump’s cronies want to shred the Post Office and sell the scraps. John, Trump doesn’t just want to privatize the USPS, he wants to gut it, dismantle it, and hand it over to the same billionaires who bankroll his campaigns. We’re talking about a full-blown corporate raid on…

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April 23, 2025 at 10:01 PM

Trump just gutted energy aid for millions

The Trump administration just took a sledgehammer to a life-saving energy program for low-income Americans. John, The Trump administration has axed the entire federal team managing LIHEAP the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. This program provides a lifeline to mill…

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April 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM

Trump’s war on reproductive health must be stopped

Trump’s plan means fewer cancer screenings, less access to birth control, and more people without care. John, Donald Trump is escalating his all-out assault on reproductive rights targeting both Planned Parenthood and the Title X family planning program. Title X is the nation’s…

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April 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM

Protect workers, defend democracy

Trump stripped thousands of federal workers of their bargaining rights. Now Congress has a chance to reverse it. John, Donald Trump’s latest executive order did what we’ve come to expect from him: slash rights, weaken the government, and wage war on the very people who keep th…

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April 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM

Trump’s plan would kill American manufacturing

Trump just called the CHIPS and Science Act “a horrible, horrible thing.” That’s not just a lie, it's a threat. John, Donald Trump just stood before Congress and told one of his biggest lies yet, calling the CHIPS and Science Act “a horrible, horrible thing.” Let’s be clear: tha…

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April 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM

Republicans want to make registering to vote harder than buying a gun

The SAVE Act is a coordinated attack on the right to vote. Add your name now to demand the Senate stop it cold. John, The so-called SAVE Act just passed the House. But don’t let the name fool you, this isn’t about saving anything, it’s about suppressing your voice, your vote, an…

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April 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM

Keep the Post Office public, independent, and strong

Trump’s billionaire cronies are back with a privatization scheme that puts your mail, jobs, and democracy at risk. It’s time for Congress to act. John, Donald Trump and his billionaire backers have resurrected a dangerous plan to dismantle and sell off the U.S. Postal Service, …

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April 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM

Collective bargaining is under attack -- help us fight back

John, If Donald Trump gets his way, millions of federal workers won’t be serving the American people, they’ll be serving him. Under a new Executive Order, Trump laid the groundwork for a mass purge of civil servants. He wants to replace experienced, nonpartisan professionals …

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April 15, 2025 at 6:33 PM

Stop the IRS from becoming ICE’s snitch

This new IRS-ICE data sharing deal is a betrayal of public trust and a weapon against immigrants. John, The IRS was never meant to be a deportation tool. Yet today, thanks to a dangerous new agreement between the Treasury and DHS, the IRS is poised to hand over sensitive taxpaye…

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April 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM

There’s no such thing as a safe Republican district

Democrats are flipping red seats and the GOP is on its heels. John, The Republican Party is on defense, even in places they once called safe. In Florida, Democrats surged by 15 points. In Pennsylvania, we flipped a GOP seat that hadn’t changed hands in a century. And in Wiscons…

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April 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM

Schumer is leading us off a cliff.

Schumer surrendered to Trump and Musk. Our democracy cannot afford this kind of leadership John, Chuck Schumer just gave Donald Trump and Elon Musk everything they wanted, without a fight. Instead of uniting Senate Democrats to block an extremist budget that rips apart governmen…

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April 12, 2025 at 8:26 PM

No president should have this much power over the economy

Trump’s tariffs wiped out trillions. Congress must act now to stop this kind of economic chaos from happening again John, Donald Trump used his unilateral tariff authority to send global markets into a tailspin. Trillions of dollars in value were wiped out. Retirement savings pl…

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April 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM

No Kings in America

Tell Congress to Impeach Trump. Again. John, Over 340,000 people have signed our petition calling on Congress to start impeachment proceedings against President Trump. We need to show that Americans across the country refuse to allow Trump and his allies to destroy our democracy…

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April 8, 2025 at 10:25 PM

Why is Gavin Newsom legitimizing Charlie Kirk and Steve Bannon?

Gavin Newsom has been a powerful voice against Trumpism. But now he’s giving the far-right a platform on his podcast. John, California Governor Gavin Newsom has earned a reputation as one of the Democratic Party’s boldest fighters. He’s stood toe-to-toe with Trump’s cronies, call…

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April 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM

Tell Congress: Get Billionaire Money Out of Politics

Billionaire dollars are distorting every aspect of American politics. We must continue to demand real reform John, When billionaires buy elections, democracy dies. Democracy doesn’t die overnight -- it gets sold off, piece by piece, to the highest bidder. In the 2024 elections…

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  Everett Kelley, AFGE for the DFA AF Team · [email protected]

April 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM

We’ll see Trump in court

An important message from the American Federation of Government Employees John, In the dead of night, Donald Trump’s administration issued a disgraceful and retaliatory Executive Order declaring war on working people by denying our collective bargaining rights. This order was a…

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April 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM

TELL THE FEC: Investigate Elon Musk’s Election Bribery

Though he failed, Elon Musk’s attempts to buy the Wisconsin Supreme Court election included illegal bribes that must be investigated by the FEC. John, Elon Musk’s latest political stunt wasn’t just an embarrassment for him -- it was a damning indictment of how unchecked mone…

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April 4, 2025 at 9:06 PM

No student should be arrested for free speech -- demand justice for Rumeysa Ozturk

A Tufts University student was arrested and forced into a van to be deported for having written an op-ed criticizing the university’s policies toward Gaza. This threatens all of our rights. John, On March 25, federal agents carried out a previously unthinkable assault on bas…

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April 3, 2025 at 8:07 PM

Cory Booker fought for 25 hours. Let’s fight with him.

Help show every Democrat that if they want grassroots dollars, they’d better show grassroots courage. John, When Senator Cory Booker took the floor, he didn’t just speak, he made history. Twenty-five hours straight. No food. No water. Just a Constitution in one hand and a nation…

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April 2, 2025 at 9:17 PM

Cory Booker didn’t cave. Schumer did.

Cory Booker just made history by delivering the longest Senate speech ever, over 25 hours condemning Trump’s attacks on our democracy. John, As you’ve probably heard by now, Cory Booker just shattered records… and excuses. In the longest Senate speech in U.S. history, Booker sta…

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March 31, 2025 at 11:44 PM

Religious leaders must confront Trump’s hate, not echo it

It’s time for faith leaders to tell the truth about immigrants and stop enabling a culture of cruelty. John, When Donald Trump calls immigrants “vermin” and claims they are “poisoning the blood of our country,” he’s not just spewing hate, he’s invoking the language of genocide. …

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March 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM

Stop the deportations: Protect refugees from danger

The Trump administration has announced plans to deport more than half a million people granted legal status as refugees from violence. We must denounce this cruel policy. John, The Trump administration is once again targeting the most vulnerable -- people who have already fl…

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March 29, 2025 at 9:43 PM

Hold Trump’s security risks accountable now

Without even realizing it, the National Security Advisor invited a journalist to a Signal group chat discussing war plans. Every incompetent official involved should resign or be fired. John, Gross incompetence is no excuse: this was criminal recklessness. War plans, includin…

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March 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM

Trump’s foreign policy is a gift to Putin. We reject it

Trump doesn’t speak for all of us. Join the Americans standing with Ukraine. John, Donald Trump is moving fast to finish what Putin started. Within weeks of taking office, Trump paused all military aid to Ukraine, an unconscionable act in the face of Russia’s ongoing invasion. …

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March 27, 2025 at 9:13 PM

Sign to rein in the weapons industry’s influence over politics:

John, With U.S. weapons, the Israeli military has violated the temporary ceasefire in Gaza, killing over 400 people -- including over 170 children -- the first day they resumed intense bombing.1 Additionally, the Trump administration bombed Yemen, killing children and other civi…

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March 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM

Protesting Tesla is not terrorism

Trump is trying to criminalize dissent. Don’t let him brand peaceful protesters as terrorists. John, Let’s be crystal clear: Protesting Tesla is not terrorism. It’s democracy in action. But Donald Trump, in his unholy alliance with billionaire oligarch Elon Musk is threatening…

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March 24, 2025 at 10:09 PM

U.S.-made weapons are ending up in cartel hands

Trump has made it easier for firearms to flow into the hands of violent criminals. John, Each year, nearly half a million U.S.-made firearms are trafficked south into Mexico, fueling the drug trade, cartel warfare, and the very crisis that politicians claim to care about. The so…

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March 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM

It’s time: Tesla must fire Elon Musk

Elon Musk is torching Tesla’s mission and its stock value. Demand the Board fire him now. John, Elon Musk has completely abandoned Tesla’s clean energy mission to play fossil fuel footsoldier for Donald Trump. With Musk running the so-called “Department of Government Efficiency…

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  Social Security Works and the DFA AF Team · [email protected]

March 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM

The Greatest Threat to Social Security in Its 90-Year History

Yesterday's headline says it all: Social Security is facing its greatest threat in its 90-year history. Please see the urgent message from Nancy Altman, President of Social Security Works, below and then rush a split donation to fund the fight to save Social Security now. J…

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March 21, 2025 at 10:08 PM

Demand Congress protect journalism from Trump’s dangerous takeover

The Trump regime is trying to strong-arm the press and public media into representing only pro-Trump views. This is profoundly autocratic and a threat to democracy. John, Trump and his allies are waging an all-out assault on the free press -- one of the pillars of democracy. H…

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March 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM

Congress must stop Musk’s attack on Social Security

Elon Musk and Donald Trump are dismantling Social Security, shutting down offices and slashing staff. John, Elon Musk has taken over Social Security, and the results are catastrophic. Offices are closing. Wait times for disability benefits are stretching past a year. Millions of…

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March 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM

Stop Elon Musk’s Billionaires’ Bill

This bill would have disastrous consequences for pension funds, institutional investors, 401Ks, and the millions of people who rely on investments for retirement security. John, Please see this urgent message from our friends at Americans for Financial Reform and then sign a…

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March 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM

Protect our energy choices and right to protest: Reject the ALEC-backed bill

Big Oil has teamed up with far-right mega-lobby ALEC to pass state bills that prohibit contracting with companies that refuse to work with Big Oil. Governors must veto these bills. John, Big Oil’s war on free speech is an attack on democracy. Big Oil isn’t just polluting our …

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March 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM

Protect our National Parks from DOGE cuts

Elon Musk is slashing jobs, gutting park budgets, and endangering our public lands. John, Elon Musk and his sham Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are on a reckless mission to gut America’s national parks. More than 1,000 National Park Service employees have already …

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March 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM

Private prisons are cashing in on family separation

Trump and the GOP claim to be going after fraud and abuse when they cut funds for families. The real abuse is to be found in Pentagon contracts and for-profit detention centers John, Working families are struggling, while the private prison industry is thriving with record pro…

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March 15, 2025 at 9:14 PM

Tell Congress to Medicaid should never be on the chopping block

Teaser Republicans are pushing the largest Medicaid cuts in history to fund tax breaks for billionaires. Millions could lose life-saving healthcare. We must fight back--now. John, Medicaid is a life-saving program for over 70 million Americans. It provides healthcare to childr…

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March 14, 2025 at 8:52 PM

Protect free speech by demanding the release of Mahmoud Khalil

Mahmoud Khalil was taken from his home in a terrifying act of political persecution. John, ICE agents stormed the home of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian graduate student and activist, and detained him. With no legal justification, they revoked his green card on the spot and threa…

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March 13, 2025 at 9:59 PM

Democrats must fight like Al Green or get out of the way

When Rep. Al Green stood up to defend Medicaid, Republicans punished him, but the real scandal is that he stood alone. John, When Donald Trump stood before Congress and lied about his so-called mandate to slash Medicaid, Rep. Al Green didn’t sit quietly and shake his head. He s…

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March 12, 2025 at 10:24 PM

Trump’s ICE is detaining activists

Mahmoud Khalil was taken from his home in a terrifying act of political persecution. John, ICE agents stormed the home of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian graduate student and activist, and detained him. With no legal justification, they revoked his green card on the spot and threa…

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March 11, 2025 at 9:16 PM

The White House cannot be allowed to silence the press

Trump’s White House has banned The Associated Press for refusing to bend to his propaganda. John, Donald Trump has made it clear that his administration wants total control over the media. By barring The Associated Press (AP) from White House events, Trump is sending a chillin…

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March 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM

Trump’s ban on transgender troops is discriminatory and dangerous

Trump has revived his cruel ban on transgender service members, putting politics over military readiness and dignity. John, The Trump administration is attacking the rights of transgender Americans, this time by reinstating a cruel and baseless ban on transgender service membe…

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  Amanda Ford, Director Democracy for America · [email protected]

March 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM

Honor John Lewis: Restore the Voting Rights Act today

Since the Supreme Court gutted the 1965 Voting Rights Act, over 100 new laws have passed restricting the right to vote. Congress must pass new legislation to protect voting rights. John, In a heartfelt message to the American people published just after his death, the Honorabl…

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March 8, 2025 at 8:22 PM

Tell Congress: Say Absolutely No war in Mexico

Elon Musk’s reckless rhetoric is moving us toward unilateral military action in Mexico. Congress must stop this dangerous policy drift now! John, The idea of a U.S. war in Mexico is as reckless as it is dangerous -- no reasonable person wants this. Yet, troubling signs suggest t…

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  Social Security Works and the DFA AF Team · [email protected]

March 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM

DEBUNKED: Trump’s Social Security lies

John, America’s historic retirement security program has survived world wars, pandemics, and recessions. But without a rapid course correction, it may not survive Donald Trump and Elon Musk. I’ve worked on Social Security for five decades, as a Senate staffer, on the 1983 Socia…

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March 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM

Stand with Ukraine: Tell Congress to act now

Trump’s and Vance’s humiliation of Zelenskyy in the Oval Office must not stand as the last word. The U.S. must continue its support for democratic Ukraine. John, Donald Trump’s complete political and moral alignment with Vladimir Putin -- a murderous dictator bent on crushing de…

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March 5, 2025 at 7:36 PM

Musk & Trump are dismantling the EPA

Elon Musk and Donald Trump are gutting the EPA to serve fossil fuel billionaires. John, Elon Musk and Donald Trump are handing over regulatory power to fossil fuel executives while silencing scientists and environmental justice advocates. This is a blatant abuse of power. Their…

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  Amanda Ford, Director Democracy for America · [email protected]

March 4, 2025 at 7:26 PM

Stop risky bets: Demand a veto on pension fund crypto investments

As Trump goes all in on crypto, as many as ten states may see bills to invest public pension funds in bitcoin. Governors must protect their retirees by vetoing any such bills. John, As the cryptocurrency industry sinks its teeth deeper into Wall Street, it’s threatening to desta…

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March 3, 2025 at 11:34 PM

The National Right to Work Act hurts all workers -- demand Congress reject it

The National Right to Work Act seeks to codify the anti-union agenda by cutting unions’ primary source of funding nationwide. John, What Republicans call “Right to Work” laws aren’t about protecting workers at all. Instead, they represent a frontal attack on unions and a gift to…

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February 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM

Social Security is common sense: Help protect and expand it!

Social Security is very effective and very popular, but Republicans are still trying to defund it. A new bill would strengthen and expand it substantially. John, Social Security is one of the most successful programs in American history, paying out benefits on time for nearly a …

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February 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM

The rich don’t need another tax break

Trump’s IRS nominee will dismantle tax enforcement and slash audits on the ultra-rich. John, Donald Trump is trying to hijack the IRS — again. His nominee for IRS Commissioner, Billy Long, is a walking disaster for tax fairness. If confirmed, Long will gut enforcement against th…

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