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Four legal setbacks for the Trump Administration from yesterday.
1. Voice of America: A federal judge issued a restraining order to stop further efforts to silence VOA journalists, pushing back on Trump’s attempts to control U.S.-funded international media.

Trump administration axes COVID funding for state, community health departments

The CDC is terminating $11.4 billion in grants and contracts awarded to health departments for COVID-19 response.

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Mallory McMorrow and Jen Rubin on why hate won't win Jen Rubin is joined by Senator Mallory McMorrow to discuss her new book Hate Won't Win: Find Your Power and Leave This Place Better Than You Found It.

"For every hour you spend doomscrolling or fighting with your uncle on social media, knocking on doors in your neighborhood is actually really lovely." Jen Rubin joins Sen. Mallory McMorrow to discuss leadership, civic engagement & why hate won't win.

Btw, we added more actions to our call script about "Signalgate" aka the gigantic incompetent and dangerous national security breach by over a dozen Trump administration officials...

🔥📞🔥 Have at it: 5calls.org/issue/pete-h...

DOGE staffer ‘Big Balls’ helped cybercrime group.

One of the most prominent members of Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) team once supported a cybercrime group that boasted about trafficking stolen data and stalking an FBI agent.

Trump’s Latest Executive Order is a Sham—and a Warning From Marc | The greatest threat to Donald Trump’s authoritarian dream is not the courts — it is free and fair elections.

This executive order is bad — cartoonishly so. But it is also a wake-up call for those who believe the danger of election subversion has passed.

To the contrary, it has only just begun.

And so has our fight.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...

Donald Trump cannot cancel the 2026 elections. But he can make it very difficult for them to be free and fair. His executive order is aimed at doing just that.

Here is my promise: We are going to sue to stop him and we will win.

MN50501 is incredibly excited to announce our collaboration with Indivisible Twin Cities AND Women’s March MN to put on the HANDS OFF! MINNESOTA event starting at NOON on APRIL 5TH!

WE WILL BE HEARD.

#minnesota50501
#50501movement
#resist

See you there!

With New Order, Trump Tries to Kill Off Vote By Mail Read more here.

NEW: Yesterday, Trump signed an anti-voting order containing several directives that could threaten voting rights and jeopardize free and fair elections. One of those directives tries to kill off one of Trump’s greatest obsessions: voting by mail.

DC warns of major measles exposure; HHS names Geier to study autism and vaccines

The United States is now approaching 400 measles cases this year.

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Trump has no concept of the nation or of its security. This is not an insult to his intelligence. These are just not cognitive categories for him. He can’t care about national security because it’s not a thing in his world.

Using Humor to Put an Oppressive Government in a Lose-Lose Situation - New Tactics The civil-resistance movement Otpor! in Serbia used satire to successfully spread its message of resistance against the regime of Milosevic.

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Hey Mark! Want to activate people in these states so they understand who's causing the pain and what they can do about it? Hit us up, we've got a plan. hello@5calls.org

Arizona Secretary of State Proposes Alternative to Defunded National Election Security Program Read more here.

Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes (D) is working to form a new election security organization after a federal cybersecurity agency cut funding for state election programs.

Do Boycotts Work? As Target’s Traffic Declines, Tesla And Others See Consumer Shifts As some of America’s most recognizable companies speak out against DEI and as CEOs continue to get involved in politics, some consumers are calling for boycotts.

Keep boycotting and put more pressure on Target! Their stock is down by 24% plus another 10% since the 40 day boycott.

The #TeslaTakedown is working too! Stock at Tesla has plummeted by 40% with more than $500 BILLION “wiped off the company’s value.”

www.forbes.com/sites/dougme...

So: Russia flatly rejected one Trump envoy (Kellogg), made the next one (Witkoff) wait for eight hours, rejected the ceasefire, and instructed Trump that his job is to give Russia what it wants. That’s what Trump means by "respect" I guess.

Navajo Code Talkers get "DEI" label as military info disappears under Trump order Also vanishing: The Civil War regiment from "Glory," women pilots from WWII and a Medal of Honor winner.

If anyone is an Eli Crane constituent, call him at (202) 225-3361 and let him know how you feel about him letting Pete Hegseth disappear the heroism of the Navajo Code Talkers.

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Has the Trump Admin Officially Defied Court Orders? Read more here.

NEW: This past weekend, the Trump administration proceeded with deportations, seemingly defying court orders.

Are we officially in a constitutional crisis? Read our latest to learn more.

Musk’s staffers have entered an independent government agency by force. Employees from DOGE are now inside the Washington offices of the United States Institute of Peace. This comes just days after agency representatives were unable to gain access to the building on Friday being blocked by lawyers.

Trump’s backpedaling shows he’s not invincible To compel Trump to reverse course, our job is to heighten public outrage and raise the political cost of implementing his radical agenda.

To compel Trump to reverse course, our job is to highlight political missteps, heighten public outrage and raise the political cost of implementing his radical agenda.

Trump’s deliberate destruction of biomedical research institutions The actions have ground NIH to a halt and sent shockwaves through academia and the biomedical research institutions.

Trump, Musk & RFK Jr. are waging war on U.S. biomedical research—slashing NIH funding, shutting down labs & stalling life-saving science. The cost? Decades of medical progress. Jeff Nesbit explains.

Trump Quietly Made 3 Chilling Moves Against Reproductive Freedom Opinion | The moves are all steps toward achieving the Project 2025 goals of banning abortion and restricting access to birth control nationwide.

"The moves are all steps toward achieving the Project 2025 goals of banning abortion and restricting access to birth control nationwide."

CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up.

Tomorrow is the cloture vote.

KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️

Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.

Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.

MA Attorney General sues Trump administration for attempt to dismantle Education Department Attorneys general from 20 states joined the lawsuit to block President Trump's effort to dismantle the agency.

21 state attorney generals filed a lawsuit Thursday to block President Donald Trump's administration from dismantling the Department of Education.

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This is how I would respond to the email Musk has had sent to government employees (not legal advice).

1. Refused to violate the law.
2. Refused to violate the Constitution.
3. Refused to bow or scrape.
4. Refused to bend a knee.
5. Deleted this stupid email.

My Open Letter to Elon Musk From Marc | Elon Musk recently posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” This is my response.

I am the great-grandson of a man who led his family out of the shtetl to a strange land in search of a better life. I am the grandson of the three-year-old boy on that journey. As you know, my name is Marc, but my Hebrew name is Elhanan—after the warrior in David’s army who slew a powerful giant.

CREW sues US DOGE Service to compel transparency - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington A cadre of largely unidentified actors in DOGE are controlling major government functions with no oversight or meaningful transparency into its operations. CREW filed a lawsuit to require compliance w...

BREAKING: A cadre of largely unidentified actors in the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are controlling major government functions with no real oversight or transparency.

We're suing to force them to comply with the law and turn over records by March 10.

Democracy Is Done: The Rise of Corporate Monarchy The Real Agenda Behind Elon's Coup & Trump's Chaotic First 3 Weeks

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Last week the Your Local Epidemiologist team released a survey on how the federal freezes are impacting your work.

The survey received over 3,000 responses, here are a few stories that were shared. See the full report here:

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Part 3, in which AOC explains that the calls we have been making to members of Congress this week are having an impact on Republicans and Democrats alike.

Don’t let up.

Keep making noise.