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December 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM

Hegseth’s deadly new rules of engagement

Pete Hegseth is utterly unfit to serve as Secretary of Defense -- Congress must impeach him now. John, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has made one thing unmistakably clear since the moment he took charge: he wants a military that pulls back from judgment, restraint, and establis…

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December 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM

We’re ensuring the media and our elected officials can’t look away

John, this is getting out of control, and we need to do something: Remember: the administration wants you to think that 66,000 is nothing more than a number. But we know the truth. Those are 66,000 lives interrupted in the pursuit of a divisive, xenophobic agenda by politi…

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December 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM

We’re ensuring the media and our elected officials can’t look away

John, this past weekend the bus to Alligator Alcatraz was packed with activists – every single seat filled, the aisles buzzing with songs, signs, and determination: For nearly four months now, our allies at The Workers Circle have been organizing a weekly vigil outside of the I…

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December 4, 2025 at 11:09 PM

Stand up now to protect the biodiversity humanity depends on

Trump’s plan to gut the Endangered Species Act would strip away the protections that keep threatened species -- and the ecological diversity we depend on -- alive. Dear John, Introducing four new rules to severely limit the scope of the Endangered Species Act, the Trump administ…

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December 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM

Stop Congress from wiping out a $28 billion market

A hidden hemp ban will cost jobs, shut down farms, and revive prohibition unless we stop it. John, For years, DFA has pushed to end federal cannabis prohibition, to clear the path for legalization, and to reverse the failures of the War on Drugs. That work matters more than ever…

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December 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM

How much is Trump’s military occupation of American cities costing taxpayers?

Trump’s troop deployments to U.S. cities have already cost taxpayers nearly half a billion dollars -- now senators want the CBO to reveal the full price tag. John, How much money is going toward Donald Trump’s military occupation of U.S. cities? Twelve U.S. senators, including …

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December 1, 2025 at 10:44 PM

Demand Spotify drop ICE ads and stop helping the Trump administration's hate-fueled recruitment now!

Spotify is running ads that glorify ICE’s violent, secret-police-style tactics -- and listeners are speaking out. John, Spotify is running paid ICE recruitment ads that glorify the tactics of a secret police force — tactics that are fundamentally incompatible with American democ…

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November 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM

Congress must choose workers over MAGA CEOs

Trump and MAGA politicians rig the rules for union busters and price-gouging CEOs. Congress must raise wages, guarantee paid leave, and protect the freedom to organize. John, Trump and MAGA Republicans keep handing power to the same corporate interests driving the affordability …

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November 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM

Your retirement is the next target of Trump’s corruption

Trump’s executive order gives private equity a green light to drain workers’ retirement accounts. John, Trump just handed Wall Street the keys to the retirement savings of 100 million workers. His executive order, drafted after a years-long lobbying blitz, opens the door for pri…

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November 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM

Tell Congress: Reject Trump’s reckless Saudi arms deal

Trump wants to hand the world’s most advanced fighter jets to a dictator his family does business with. John, Donald Trump just moved to sell F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, and every part of this scheme reeks of corruption, danger, and contempt for democracy. These jets are …

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November 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM

This Thanksgiving, millions are being pushed into hunger

This Thanksgiving, while families gather to share meals, millions are being pushed into hunger because of the Big Brutal Budget. Congress must reverse these cuts now. John, Thanksgiving is supposed to be a time when every family sits down to a full table, even if the year has be…

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November 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM

State leaders must confront the insurance–fossil fuel crisis now

The insurance industry is underwriting the very fossil fuel projects driving climate disasters. State leaders must pass the Fossil-Free Insurers Act now. John, Across the country, insurance companies are abandoning communities at the exact moment climate disasters are accelerati…

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November 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM

Don’t let corporate giants dodge taxes while families pay the price

Trump’s Treasury Department is quietly gutting the 15% corporate minimum tax. Congress must step in and stop these secret giveaways to billionaires. John, Trump’s administration has launched a full-scale assault on the Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax. This 15% minimum tax was …

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November 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM

McCarthyism is back -- and this time it’s even worse

Trump’s new NSPM-7 memo hands federal agencies broad powers to brand critics as “anti-American” or “terrorists” -- reviving McCarthy-era repression on a whole new scale. John, Trump’s new National Security Presidential Memorandum, NSPM-7, is so sweeping, it gives government agen…

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November 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM

Stop Trump and DeSantis from disappearing immigrants

ICE is running secretive, lawless detention camps where migrants are disappeared, abused, and denied due process. Congress must shut every one of them down. John, Trump and DeSantis built Alligator Alcatraz in the Florida Everglades as a blueprint for a nationwide network of bla…

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November 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM

Millions face skyrocketing premiums if the Senate fails

Trump and Senate Republicans promised a December vote to prevent health care costs from soaring. Now we must ensure they keep their word. John, The shutdown ended only because Trump and Senate Republicans promised a December vote to extend the Affordable Care Act subsidies milli…

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November 21, 2025 at 9:51 PM

Trump accused them of sedition and called for their arrest and execution.

Now is not the time to back down. John, Senators Mark Kelly and Elissa Slotkin and Representatives Jason Crow, Chris Deluzio, Maggie Goodlander, and Chrissy Houlahan sent servicemembers a crucial reminder that they should disobey illegal orders.[1] 48 hours later, Trump accused…

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November 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM

Congress must force a vote on ACA subsidies

Speaker Mike Johnson is blocking a vote to keep ACA premiums low. John, Health care for millions is hanging by a thread because House Speaker Mike Johnson refuses to allow a simple, clean vote on extending Affordable Care Act subsidies. He is keeping lifesaving financial relief…

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November 18, 2025 at 8:13 PM

When ICE breaks the law, justice must follow

No badge puts anyone above the law -- not even ICE. When federal agents violate state laws, they must face the same justice as everyone else. John, ICE agents who break state or local law must be held accountable. Today’s ICE is a heavily militarized force that recruits by promi…

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November 17, 2025 at 8:45 PM

We just showed Democrats how to defeat Trump

Help me continue to show up in red districts, MAGA podcasts, and conservative spaces. It’s working. John, I’m going to say something blunt: for the first time ever, we have split the MAGA base, and we did it by doing what Democrats have refused to do for years. Up to 40 MAGA Re…

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November 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM

NBC must stand up to Trump’s attacks on free speech

Trump is trying to intimidate NBC into silencing Seth Meyers. Tell NBC to stand your ground and protect free speech. John, Donald Trump is escalating his war on free expression and his latest target is Seth Meyers. Trump claimed Meyers’ jokes were “probably illegal,” a phrase th…

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  DFA AF and Win Without War · [email protected]

November 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM

How we’re resisting Trump’s authoritarian rule

Our message is resonating with the servicemembers that Trump is weaponizing “This is just not what any of us signed up for, and it's so out of the scope of normal operations.” That’s what one member of the Ohio National Guard just told NPR, in response to Trump’s orders…

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November 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM

#DumpChuck!

After 41 days with a backbone, Schumer and Durbin caved in to Trump’s cruel budget, a mistake that will cost millions of families their healthcare. We need new leadership -- NOW. John, After Democrats finally started to grow a spine, standing up against the astoundingly cruel Tr…

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November 13, 2025 at 10:52 PM

12,000 workers with Starbucks Workers United, but CEO still refuses to meet

Starbucks has spent nearly four years refusing to meet with its own union -- it’s time to end the bad faith and start negotiating in good faith. John, Red Cup Day is here. Starbucks Workers United is on strike! It’s time to put down that latte and show them our support! Starbu…

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November 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM

Revoke medals for the Wounded Knee massacre

Congress must confront injustice, restore dignity, and stand with Native communities seeking truth and reconciliation. John, One hundred and thirty-five years ago, U.S. soldiers massacred hundreds of Lakota men, women, and children at Wounded Knee. Twenty of those soldiers were …

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November 11, 2025 at 8:27 PM

Trump wants to detonate nuclear bombs again. Stop him.

There is no technical justification, no military necessity, and no moral defense for nuclear testing. John, Donald Trump has once again put his ego before humanity. His plan to restart U.S. nuclear weapons testing has nothing to do with national security, it’s about showmanship …

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November 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM

Trump’s appointees are undoing lifesaving financial protections

One in three American families is trapped by medical debt -- Congress must act now to protect the CFPB rule that keeps medical debt off credit reports. John, When it comes to medical debt, Trump’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is doing the opposite of its mission -…

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November 8, 2025 at 7:37 PM

Stand with striking baristas this Red Cup Day

Starbucks workers are striking for fair pay, better schedules, and respect. Tell CEO Brian Niccol you stand with them and won’t cross the picket line. John, Starbucks baristas have had enough. After years of low pay, erratic schedules, and intimidation from management, nearly te…

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November 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM

Trump just blocked food for forty-two million people

Trump is withholding SNAP benefits during the longest government shutdown in American history. Governors must demand full funding now. John, Donald Trump is using hunger as political leverage. In the middle of the longest government shutdown in American history, he has stopped S…

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November 6, 2025 at 11:02 PM

Tell Congress to ban these deadly traps once and for all

M-44 cyanide bombs have killed pets, wildlife, and even poisoned children. Congress must act now to end their use. John, The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services program continues to use spring-loaded traps called M-44s across public lands. Each device releases a b…

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November 5, 2025 at 11:54 PM

Pass the Federal Employee Civil Relief Act and protect workers from foreclosure

Trump’s shutdown has left over a million federal workers without pay. Congress must pass the Federal Employee Civil Relief Act now to stop evictions, foreclosures, and financial ruin. John, Trump’s shutdown has plunged over one million federal workers and contractors into financ…

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November 2, 2025 at 5:55 PM

Protect public education from Trump’s sabotage

Trump wants to dismantle public education, gut student protections, and hand power to private interests. John, Donald Trump has declared war on America’s public schools. The Department of Education is being gutted from within, its mission rewritten to serve politics and profit i…

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November 1, 2025 at 6:39 PM

The Constitution says it clearly. Congress declares war, not Trump

Trump’s unauthorized bombings in the Caribbean are pushing us toward war with Venezuela. Congress holds the power to declare war. Demand that they use it now. John, The Constitution gives Congress, not the president, the power to declare war. President Trump’s escalating militar…

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October 31, 2025 at 9:37 PM

Trump’s war on dissent won’t stand if we fight back

The First Amendment belongs to the people -- not to Trump, his FCC attack dog Brendan Carr, or anyone trying to silence dissent. John, The First Amendment is not a bargaining chip. Freedom of speech and a free press are the bedrock of American democracy -- rights so deeply ingr…

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October 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM

Trump says workers “don’t deserve” back pay

Trump says furloughed workers “don’t deserve” the paychecks they lost during his shutdown. It’s cruel, it’s unprecedented, and it’s wrong. John, Hundreds of thousands of federal workers did their jobs or were locked out of them through no fault of their own. They inspected our f…

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October 29, 2025 at 9:42 PM

The Senate must reject Casey Means’ dangerous nomination

Casey Means spreads pseudoscience and medical misinformation that threaten public health. The Senate must reject her nomination for Surgeon General. John, Donald Trump’s latest nominee for U.S. Surgeon General, Casey Means, is not a practicing physician, not licensed to treat pa…

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October 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM

Stop gerrymandering and demand fair maps now

Politicians should never pick their voters. Congress must pass the Redistricting Reform Act to protect fair maps and defend democracy. John, Across the country, partisan politicians are carving up our democracy one district at a time. From Texas to North Carolina, they are redra…

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October 27, 2025 at 9:37 PM

Republicans are using the shutdown as leverage to gut healthcare

Republicans want to gut healthcare. If Democrats give in, millions will lose coverage, and corporations will keep winning. John, If Democrats cave in this shutdown fight, health insurance premiums will spike, millions will lose coverage, and the people who need care most will be…

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October 26, 2025 at 5:52 PM

The world is watching, but not seeing -- end the Gaza blackout

Israel’s blackout on Gaza has become the deadliest assault on press freedom ever recorded: 239 journalists killed, zero foreign reporters allowed in. John, End the blackout -- let journalists into Gaza now. At least 239 journalists and media workers have been killed in Gaza sin…

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October 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM

Tell your governor: Don’t deploy. Don’t comply

Trump has ordered National Guard and federal troops into cities across America over objections from state and local leaders. Tell your governor to refuse participation in this unconstitutional power grab. John, From Los Angeles to Washington D.C., Portland to Chicago, and now ci…

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October 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM

This is political retribution, not tax enforcement

Tell Congress to launch an immediate investigation and pass laws preventing any president from using the IRS to silence political opponents. John, Trump has come right out and said it: He is explicitly directing the IRS to harass and focus audits on liberal individuals and insti…

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

October 23, 2025 at 10:45 PM

Washington Post: Judge orders Trump administration to pause shutdown layoffs

John, On Thursday, federal judge issued a temporary restraining order to block the Trump administration’s attempt to take advantage of the government shutdown to fire federal workers who are already going without pay.[1] I’m the president of the American Federation of Governm…

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October 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM

This bill could make organizing a protest a federal offense

Ted Cruz’s Stop FUNDERs Act could make funding or organizing protests a crime under federal law. Tell Congress to reject this dangerous attack on free expression. John, Ted Cruz’s latest bill is one of the most dangerous assaults on civil liberties we’ve seen in decades. His Sto…

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October 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM

Say no to “surveillance pricing” that punishes vulnerabilities

Corporations are mining our private data to target and charge us more individually. Congress must ban these AI-driven predatory pricing schemes. John, Stop corporations from using your private data to squeeze you for every dollar! Companies are using our own private information…

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October 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM

No president should have the power to punish dissent

Donald Trump is using the power of government to punish his critics. Passing the No Political Enemies Act will establish protections against political retaliation John, No President has ever made revenge against his enemies his top priority the way Donald Trump is doing now. Acc…

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October 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM

Tell DHS: Stop using ICE and the military to crush dissent

Trump’s ICE raids and military deployments aren’t about safety -- they’re about provoking fear and chaos to justify further military-style invasion of U.S. cities. John, Stop Trump’s march toward martial law in our cities. The militarization of America’s cities is the direct an…

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October 17, 2025 at 10:25 PM

An unarmed protester, shot in the head, and Trump wants more troops in our streets

Trump wants to use the Insurrection Act to unleash the power of the U.S. military against civilians and crush dissent. Tell Congress to reform the Insurrection Act before it’s too late. John, Donald Trump has made it clear: he intends to wield the Insurrection Act not to preserv…

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October 16, 2025 at 6:40 PM

Congress must act: Stop Trump’s plan to criminalize dissent

Trump’s new NSPM-7 memo hands federal agencies broad powers to brand critics as “anti-American” or “terrorists” -- reviving McCarthy-era repression, but even worse John, Trump’s new memo could criminalize criticism itself. In September, Donald Trump issued a presidential direc…

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October 15, 2025 at 5:39 PM

Don’t let Trump hand our National Parks to corporations

Trump claims to want “every child to have access” to our public lands -- but his real plan is to give corporations access to drill, mine, and profit from them Dear John, Our National Parks are more than landscapes -- they are America’s crown jewels, treasures passed down for gen…

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October 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM

Don’t let one corporation control CNN, CBS, HBO, and Comedy Central

If Paramount-Skydance swallows Warner Bros. Discovery, too many of our nation’s biggest news outlets will fall under one corporate roof John, If Paramount Skydance is allowed to swallow up Warner Bros. Discovery, it’s not just another bad deal for consumers. Because these media …

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