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."

Why are these DOGE staffers not under arrest? The Administration has made clear you can ignore Congress . . . and now they're seeing how far they can go in ignoring Federal Judges . . . but you can't ignore the Administration and get away with it, right?!? The White House approved those payments.

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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.

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 …

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-...

The Path to American Authoritarianism What comes after democratic breakdown.

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...

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

Trump's consumer watchdog freezes CFPB activity on first day of job U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who took over on Monday as President Donald Trump's new acting consumer finance watchdog, has halted virtually all pending activities at the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, including investigations, rule making, litigation and public communications, according to an email seen by Reuters.

www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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!

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.

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.