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The House introduced a spending bill that didn't include provisions to allow DC to spend its own tax dollars. If the bill passes, DC’s budget will be reduced by $1 billion. Before 4:00, call Mike Johnson at 202-225-2777 and ask him to “restore language to the CR that protects DC’s current budget."
March 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The House introduced a spending bill that didn't include provisions to allow DC to spend its own tax dollars. If the bill passes, DC’s budget will be reduced by $1 billion. Before 4:00, call Mike Johnson at 202-225-2777 and ask him to “restore language to the CR that protects DC’s current budget."
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Remember when the WH insisted that global HIV prevention & treatment was exempt from the freeze? When it seemed MAYBE they understood that cutting off medicine could put the entire planet at risk of drug resistant HIV strains?
Wrong. Elon Musk’s interns were simply shutting payments off manually.
Wrong. Elon Musk’s interns were simply shutting payments off manually.
February 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Remember when the WH insisted that global HIV prevention & treatment was exempt from the freeze? When it seemed MAYBE they understood that cutting off medicine could put the entire planet at risk of drug resistant HIV strains?
Wrong. Elon Musk’s interns were simply shutting payments off manually.
Wrong. Elon Musk’s interns were simply shutting payments off manually.
Consider calling your representatives TODAY to encourage compliance with Judge Ali's Temporary Restraining Order on the foreign aid freeze. The 5 calls script is great but consider adding the need to follow the court order and lift the freeze. USG is NOT in compliance.
5calls.org/issue/usaid-...
5calls.org/issue/usaid-...
Stop the Dismantling of USAID ⭑ 5 Calls
UPDATE (02/23/25): The Trump administration is continuing to dismantle USAID by putting nearly all of the agency’s 4,700 full-time employees on …
5calls.org
February 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Consider calling your representatives TODAY to encourage compliance with Judge Ali's Temporary Restraining Order on the foreign aid freeze. The 5 calls script is great but consider adding the need to follow the court order and lift the freeze. USG is NOT in compliance.
5calls.org/issue/usaid-...
5calls.org/issue/usaid-...
For those who believe what is occurring now is normal partisan politics, read this. For those who believe we are becoming Nazi Germany, read this. The article notes that democracy is not binary but a spectrum and describes the erosion of ours without hyperbole. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
The Path to American Authoritarianism
What comes after democratic breakdown.
www.foreignaffairs.com
February 23, 2025 at 1:47 AM
For those who believe what is occurring now is normal partisan politics, read this. For those who believe we are becoming Nazi Germany, read this. The article notes that democracy is not binary but a spectrum and describes the erosion of ours without hyperbole. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
Judge Ali is suffering no fools: thehill.com/regulation/c...
thehill.com
February 21, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Judge Ali is suffering no fools: thehill.com/regulation/c...
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Hell yeah. Hold the line. This is what we need people to do.
Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.
Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.
Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.
February 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Hell yeah. Hold the line. This is what we need people to do.
Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.
Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.
www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
Trump has frozen the resettlement of refugees in the US, EXCEPT for White Afrikaners from South Africa. So right now, in order to gain asylum in the US, you *must* be white.
Trump has frozen the resettlement of refugees in the US, EXCEPT for White Afrikaners from South Africa. So right now, in order to gain asylum in the US, you *must* be white.
MSN
www.msn.com
February 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
Trump has frozen the resettlement of refugees in the US, EXCEPT for White Afrikaners from South Africa. So right now, in order to gain asylum in the US, you *must* be white.
Trump has frozen the resettlement of refugees in the US, EXCEPT for White Afrikaners from South Africa. So right now, in order to gain asylum in the US, you *must* be white.
You can live stream the Rally to Restore Foreign Assistance here: www.c-span.org/event/public...
Dems & Fmr. USAID Officials Hold "Rally to Restore Foreign Aid Now"
Democrats, former USAID officials and demonstrators hold a rally to restore foreign aid after President Trump moved to dismantle the USAID agency.
www.c-span.org
February 5, 2025 at 5:07 PM
You can live stream the Rally to Restore Foreign Assistance here: www.c-span.org/event/public...
See you at 11:30 at Upper Senate Park. Afterwards, consider visiting members of the Foreign Affairs Committee to ask why they're allowing an unelected billionaire to do *their* jobs?
www.usaidstopwork.com/rallyinforma...
www.usaidstopwork.com/rallyinforma...
Rally Information — USAIDStopWork
www.usaidstopwork.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
See you at 11:30 at Upper Senate Park. Afterwards, consider visiting members of the Foreign Affairs Committee to ask why they're allowing an unelected billionaire to do *their* jobs?
www.usaidstopwork.com/rallyinforma...
www.usaidstopwork.com/rallyinforma...
The Trump administration has threatened to use the US military to force US foreign service officers - and their spouses and children - to leave their missions, if they do not do so willingly by Friday. www.cbsnews.com/news/usaid-m...
USAID missions overseas ordered to shut down, staff being recalled by Friday
About two-thirds of USAID employees serve overseas, and sources say the Trump administration is ordering all staff recalled.
www.cbsnews.com
February 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The Trump administration has threatened to use the US military to force US foreign service officers - and their spouses and children - to leave their missions, if they do not do so willingly by Friday. www.cbsnews.com/news/usaid-m...
On Wednesday, Feb 5, consider meeting at Open Gov Hub at 10 am before heading to the Restore Foreign Aid protest at 11:30 am. www.usaidstopwork.com/rallyinforma... See you there.
Rally Information — USAIDStopWork
www.usaidstopwork.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
On Wednesday, Feb 5, consider meeting at Open Gov Hub at 10 am before heading to the Restore Foreign Aid protest at 11:30 am. www.usaidstopwork.com/rallyinforma... See you there.
On Wed, Feb 5, at 10 am please consider meeting at Open Gov Hub to gather before heading to the Restore Foreign Aid protest downtown at 11 am. See you there.
February 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
On Wed, Feb 5, at 10 am please consider meeting at Open Gov Hub to gather before heading to the Restore Foreign Aid protest downtown at 11 am. See you there.
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Outside of USAID headquarters, Senator Brian Schatz:
"If you want to change an agency, introduce a bill and pass a law. You cannot wave away an agency that you don't like or that you disagree with by executive order, or by literally storming into the building and taking over the servers."
BOOM!
"If you want to change an agency, introduce a bill and pass a law. You cannot wave away an agency that you don't like or that you disagree with by executive order, or by literally storming into the building and taking over the servers."
BOOM!
February 3, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Outside of USAID headquarters, Senator Brian Schatz:
"If you want to change an agency, introduce a bill and pass a law. You cannot wave away an agency that you don't like or that you disagree with by executive order, or by literally storming into the building and taking over the servers."
BOOM!
"If you want to change an agency, introduce a bill and pass a law. You cannot wave away an agency that you don't like or that you disagree with by executive order, or by literally storming into the building and taking over the servers."
BOOM!
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New Rep. Sarah Elfreth (D-Md).: "Elon Musk has called USAID a criminal organization, and yet he is the one who came in in the dark of the night in a takeover that is illegal."
Asks listeners to call their members of Congress.
Asks listeners to call their members of Congress.
February 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
New Rep. Sarah Elfreth (D-Md).: "Elon Musk has called USAID a criminal organization, and yet he is the one who came in in the dark of the night in a takeover that is illegal."
Asks listeners to call their members of Congress.
Asks listeners to call their members of Congress.
Tune is now: www.c-span.org/event/news-c... Congress is finally standing up and addressing the abrupt and unlawful dismantling of USAID and US foreign assistance.
Congressional Democrats on Trump Admin. Closing USAID HQ
Democratic members of Congress, including House Oversight and Judiciary ranking members Gerald Connolly (VA) and Jamie Raskin (MD), hold a news conference on the Trump administration closing the U.S. Agency for International Development HQ to staff.
www.c-span.org
February 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Tune is now: www.c-span.org/event/news-c... Congress is finally standing up and addressing the abrupt and unlawful dismantling of USAID and US foreign assistance.
