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Tell Congress: Pass the bipartisan Epstein Files Transparency Act Contact Congress today!

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Tell Congress: Support discharge petition to force vote on ACA tax credits Contact Congress today!

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The GOP's hero called this the backbone of America. Trump just broke it The American media refuses to call them out, so I guess the job falls to me: you can cut the racism with a knife, it’s so thick. With the Trump administration, the Confederacy is actively rising again...

The GOP's hero called this the backbone of America. Trump just broke it

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Stand up to Support Our Veterans! We must honor our veterans by ensuring that they have what they need every day of the year. Stand up to protect veterans health care and social safety net. Urge your Congress representative to raise t...

Cutting health services for pregnant veterans and putting veterans at risk for hunger is cruel and immoral. Let your leaders know. QUICK SIGNATURE: action.momsrising.org/sign/Vets2025 via @momsrising.org #MaternalJustice

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QUICK SIGNATURE: Head Starts are Closing CLICK NOW to urge Republican leaders in Congress to IMMEDIATELY end the shutdown!

Head Starts are Closing, the Shutdown Must End NOW! action.momsrising.org/sign/Head_St...

Tell Costco: Don't Cave to Extremists—Dispense Mifepristone Now! Costco has announced that its pharmacies will NOT dispense mifepristone—a safe, FDA-approved abortion pill used in the majority of abortions nationwide. This dangerous decision is a concession to anti...

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Tell Congress: No cuts to the Affordable Care Act! Demand members of Congress BLOCK any further attempts to repeal ACA provisions and act immediately to extend the subsidies before millions lose coverage!

Demand members of Congress BLOCK any further attempts to repeal ACA provisions and act immediately to extend the subsidies before millions lose coverage! sign.moveon.org/petitions/te...

Stop Playing Politics With Food Assistance Programs USDA must use the SNAP contingency fund to keep food assistance programs funded during the government shutdown as is required by law and has been done in every other government shutdown in modern hist...

USDA must use the SNAP contingency fund to keep food assistance programs funded during the government shutdown as is required by law and has been done in every other government shutdown in modern history. sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...

Transparency From Spy Agencies Now We cannot afford to weaken transparency and public oversight of the intelligence community. Join the ACLU in demanding Senators reject the provision to remove confirmation hearings for spy agencies.

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Take action for uncontacted peoples! Uncontacted Indigenous peoples’ forests are being invaded and ripped up to extract resources and make way for roads and ranches, by those who value profits over human rights and survival. Send an ema...

Survival found there are at least 196 uncontacted Indigenous groups worldwide. Half of them could be wiped out in 10 years if nothing is done. Take action!
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UMass Staff Fight for a Living Wage: ‘One Job Should Be Enough.’ | NEA Low wages are forcing full-time staff members at the University of Massachusetts Boston/Amherst to work multiple jobs and rely on free food from community food pantries.

Union members at the University of Massachusetts Boston/Amherst have been working for almost 500 days without a contract. Why won’t UMass administrators provide them with a living wage?

Why We Choose to Teach | NEA Four Aspiring Educators are rejecting cynicism, embracing purpose, and building practices rooted in empathy, identity, and belonging.

At a time when public education is under fire, Aspiring Educators are stepping up.

Despite low pay, staffing shortages, and constant scrutiny, they’re choosing the classroom with purpose and are ready to build welcoming spaces where every student feels seen and supported.

Can you spare a minute to help this campaign? Demand the United States Recognize Palestinian Statehood

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Tell EPA that our water protections can't wait! In 2024, we won stronger regulations to limit the toxic wastewater that coal-fired power plants dump into our rivers, lakes and streams. Now Trump's EPA wants to delay these regulations and allow coal...

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Tell EPA that our water protections can't wait! In 2024, we won stronger regulations to limit the toxic wastewater that coal-fired power plants dump into our rivers, lakes and streams. Now Trump's EPA wants to delay these regulations and allow coal...

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Graphic with text that reads: “The Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act passed the House. Tell your Senator to vote yes!” Includes images of a gavel and a megaphone. Logo at the bottom reads “Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition.”

UPDATE: The Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act just passed the House! We’re so close! Contact your State Senator and urge them to vote YES on the CRGA Act to help lower energy bills and bring more clean, reliable energy to Illinois!

Take action:

Under the mask of the “One Big Beautiful Bill” lies a budget package with severe impacts. The scariest part? Its energy provisions couldn’t come at a worse time. ⚡Read Julie McNamara's blog to learn more: act.ucsusa.org/438dCQh

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A House of Dynamite Gets It Right—But Here’s the Full Picture The Pentagon is wrong to attack the movie for being inaccurate. We cannot rely on missile defense systems to protect us from nuclear destruction.

A House of Dynamite shows a scenario where missile defense doesn’t work. The Pentagon calls it unrealistic. Our nuclear expert Dr. Laura Grego thinks the movie gets it right—but the full answer is more nuanced. In her blogs, she explains why. (Alert: contains spoilers).

What Authoritarian Regimes Do As we speak, the Trump administration is abandoning principles of democracy and dismantling the rule of law. The willful destruction of the federal science apparatus is but one harmful and onerous asp...

We're closely following and calling out these hallmarks of authoritarianism as well, especially their implications for science- and fact-based decisionmaking on issues that affect the health, safety, and well-being of us all. blog.ucs.org/jennifer-jon...

Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy? Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.

Thank you @nytimes.com for raising awareness of the Trump administration's authoritarian actions and the threats they pose to our democracy. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump isn't the gravest threat to our democracy Some data points for your consideration:Last Saturday in Chicago’s affluent Old Irving Park neighborhood, Donald Trump’s secret, masked police violently pulled a 67‑year‑old U.S. citizen — a member of...

Trump isn't the gravest threat to our democracy

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SIGN TO DEMAND: No ICE ads on Spotify!

Spotify is allowing ICE to run recruitment ads on its platform, even though they violate the company's ad policies against promoting violence, behaviors that put people at risk of harm, and harmful & unlawful content. Let's ramp this protest up.

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This is exactly why they’re dumbing down schools in red states…

Moms Say: Restore Health Care, SNAP, and Head Start - and REOPEN the Government! Join us and sign on to tell Republican leaders in Congress to fully fund health care, food assistance, and Head Start, and REOPEN THE GOVERNMENT NOW.

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Stingless Bees are at risk Our support can help get them legal rights

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Welch: "This has nothing to do with the shutdown. The law requires and the funds are available to continue SNAP right now without any interruption. So that is a decision the president is making on his own to allow people to go hungry."

Pretty embarrassing for the United States when you compare how Cuba and Jamiaca prepared for and responded to Hurricane Melissa with how Trump mishandled Hurricane Maria.

And Melissa was a much stronger storm.

Medvedev lashed out at Belgium with threats over Defense Minister's statement — online.ua Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev called Belgian Defense Minister Theo Franken an "idiot" and said that the Poseidon unmanned underwater vehicle with a nuclear power plan...

Medvedev lashed out at Belgium with threats over Defense Minister's statement

Dmitry Medvedev called Belgian Defense Minister Theo Franken an "idiot" & said that the Poseidon unmanned underwater vehicle with a nuclear power plant is a Doomsday weapon.

Triggered 😂 😂

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