| From More Perfect Union
The House is expected to vote as early as this evening on this disgusting bill that steals from working people in order to shower the ultra-rich and corporations with trillions of dollars in tax breaks.
Rush a message to your members of Congress now demanding they reject this $5.5 trillion billionaire tax scam.
5-22-25 From Civic Shout
Americans are getting squeezed at the grocery store, the gas pump, the pharmacy, and beyond. Corporations are blaming inflation and tariffs as they jack up prices, but the truth is clear: this is price gouging, and it’s time for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to crack down. A Kroger executive admitted the company raised prices on basics like eggs and milk beyond inflation through the COVID-19 pandemic, and they weren’t alone. Big Pharma, oil giants, and telecom companies all played the same game, squeezing more out of working people while padding their profits.
Join us in demanding the Federal Trade Commission take action to stop corporations from using tariffs as an excuse to price gouge our families.
From The Juggernaut Project
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. promised transparency. Instead, he’s torching it. Under his leadership, the Department of Health and Human Services and the FDA have gutted public access to science. Thousands of pages of critical health guidance—on HIV, contraception, and gender-affirming care—were wiped from the web. Then, the agencies dismantled media and public records teams, cutting off communication with reporters and the public.
We have to demand accountability now. Tell RFK Jr. to stop silencing science and hiding public health policy.
From Everytown
Do It Yourself (DIY) machine guns have no place in California. Key CA assembly members need to hear from you before they vote.
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From Corruption Watch Team
Trump has reportedly accepted a $400 million “palace in the sky” from the Qatari royal family that he plans to use as Air Force One — until he transfers the Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet to his presidential library foundation. f you’re thinking “someone should do something,” the good news is that someone is. The Senate has the authority to check Trump’s self-dealing weapon sales, and Senator Chris Murphy has vowed to force a vote to do exactly that. The thing is, even a Senator can’t work alone.
If you’re with us, your Senators need to hear from you today. Sign now to urge them to BLOCK arms sales to ANY nation involved in personal business dealings with Trump!
From Take it back.org
A Surgeon General without a medical license? That’s not leadership, it’s malpractice.Donald Trump’s nominee for Surgeon General, Dr. Casey Means, doesn’t hold an active medical license. She hasn’t practiced medicine in years. She abandoned her medical residency. And yet, she’s being put forward to serve as “America’s doctor.”
Tell the Senate to say No to pseudoscience. Reject the nomination of Dr. Casey Means for Surgeon General. Demand actual medical leadership.
From More Perfect Union
Over and over, we see these stories: ProPublica: U.S. AG Pam Bondi Sold More than $1 Million in Trump Media Stock the Day Trump Announced Sweeping Tariffs.
USA Today: Marjorie Taylor Greene bought stock before market jumped on Trump tariff pause.
ProPublica: Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Sold Stocks Two Days Before Trump Announced a Plan for Reciprocal Tariffs[3]
It’s enough to make you wonder: Are there any damn rules against public corruption anymore?
More Perfect Union has been leading a coalition pushing for a ban on members of Congress trading stocks. It’s a good first step to stopping this corruption. Can you send a message to your representative and demand they pass it?
From Democracy for America
The No Rogue Rulings Act isn’t about stopping “rogue rulings.” It’s about removing all the checks from a rogue presidency. Last week, Speaker Mike Johnson and House Republicans passed the misnamed No Rogue Rulings Act — a bill designed to strip federal judges of their power to issue nationwide injunctions. The real purpose of this bill isn’t to fix the courts. It’s to obliterate one of the last constitutional barriers standing between Donald Trump and unchecked executive power.
Tell the Senate to reject the No Rogue Rulings Act. Protect our courts. Protect the rule of law. Protect our democracy.
From Common Cause
Welcome to Common Cause. By taking action with us (or one of our awesome partner organizations) yesterday, you’ve joined a network of 1.5 million people nationwide who are working together to build a more open, inclusive, and accountable democracy. Now, here’s one thing we need your help with: protecting our Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) from Republican budget cuts.
Sign the Petition to Congress: Free, fact-based public news is essential for our democracy. Save PBS from GOP budget cuts >>
From National Campaign for Justice
Donald Trump is openly selling U.S. residency for $5 million. His administration is launching a “Gold Card” program, a literal golden visa with his face on it, that would give the ultra-rich Green Card privileges, “with a path to citizenship”. Let’s be clear: the government claims “we don’t deport citizens.” But when they arrest the parents, deny due process, and force American kids onto planes to Honduras, that’s exactly what they’re doing. This isn’t just heartless. It’s criminal. And the “Gold Card” program is the most grotesque symbol yet of Trump’s broken, billionaire-first immigration agenda.
Trump’s “Gold Card” visa violates the law and mocks our values. Call on your Attorney General to sue and stop this corrupt cash-for-citizenship scheme now.
From The Union of Concerned Scientists
In the next two weeks, the California State Assembly will vote on Assembly Bill 914, which would expand the state’s Indirect Source Rules—a proven policy tool requiring warehouse operators to reduce pollution through electric truck charging and solar installations, cutting both toxic emissions and climate-warming greenhouse gases.
Write today and urge Assemblymember Tasha Boerner to support AB 914, which would help stop toxic truck pollution and fight for clean air and environmental justice.
From Bowers News Media
Last week, the bill passed the House of Representatives by a single vote, 215-214, in the wee hours of the morning on Thursday, May 22.The bottom line is that, through a series of cuts to taxes, Medicaid and food stamps, the bill greatly increases both the budget deficit and the national debt, while taking from the poor and giving to the rich.
Add your name denouncing the Republican megabill that literally takes from the poor and gives to the rich.
From Native Organizers Alliance Action Fund
The Department of the Interior’s new permitting procedures violate the U.S. Constitution, which lays out how the federal government must engage in Nation-to-Nation relationships with Tribes.The U.S. federal government must get our consent before moving forward with any project that impacts us. That doesn’t mean notifying us after a decision is made; it means including Tribes in meaningful decision-making processes well before any decision is made about our lands, resources, or people. Instead, the Trump administration wants to give Tribes a maximum of just one week to give input after notifying Tribes of mining and drilling projects that could impact them.
Sign on to our petition opposing this outrage and demand Trump respect Tribal sovereignty now.
From Civic Shout
Donald Trump’s Justice Department just took a sledgehammer to police accountability, days before the fifth anniversary of the murder of George Floyd.Trump’s DOJ is tearing up reform agreements with Louisville and Minneapolis, cities that became national symbols of outrage after the police killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd. These court-enforced consent decrees were created to stop violent, racist policing. Now Trump’s scrapping them.
Tell Trump and Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon: “Reinstate the consent decrees and hold police departments accountable for violating civil rights.” |
