Protect Democracy
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Every action counts in the fight to protect our rights and freedoms. Today in Protect Democracy weâre featuring March 2, 2025 news and critical calls-to-action. Freedom is a daily act of advocacy and holding our leaders accountable to the will of the people.
Together, we can realize a democracy that represents, reflects, and responds to all of us.
For far too long, special interests, ultra-wealthy donors, and vote suppressors have dominated our politics and attempted to silence the voices of everyday Americans, especially in Black and Brown communities.
America's democracy is under attack as the MAGA agenda seeks to undermine our democratic institutions, erode the rule of law, and strip away the rights that ensure every voice is heard and every vote counts. Join us to champion our rights, freedoms, and democracy, hold our leaders accountable to the people's will, and inspire voters to make a meaningful difference.
Urgent Calls to Action to Protect Democracy:
Click here to Send a letter of support to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian leaders and soldiers, and the resilient people of Ukraine
Click here to Denounce Trump's Horrific Plan for Ethnic Cleansing in Gaza
Click here to Tell Trump: Stop Siding with Russia Over Ukraine
Click here to Become a grassroots co-sponsor of the Social Security Expansion Act
Click here to Investigate Corruption in Trumpâs Department of Justice
Click here to send a letter to your member of Congress
Click here to Oppose the SAVE Act Voter Suppression Bill Today
Call your member of Congress today (202) 224-3121 and tell them to REJECT THE SAVE ACT! đ¨ This deceptive bill is a Trojan horse designed to strip voting rights from millions, paving the way for Republican authoritarianism. Don't let them undermine our democracy! and ask them to support the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
Protect Democracy - News Briefs
How to Turn an âEconomic Blackoutâ Into an All-Out War on Corporate Power
The Intercept By Jonah Valdez
According to Jason Hickel, a leading advocate of degrowth and author of âLess is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World,â the movement calls for reducing consumption and production of things that harm the planet such fossil fuels, SUVs, private jets, mansions, fast fashion, industrial beef, cruise ships ⌠âIt is an easy risk-free way to invite masses of people to act in reaction to the outrageousness of this Administration,â Sarsour told The Intercept in an email.
Boston Globe By Kimberly Atkins Stohr
But for this court, which has over the past decade eroded voting rights protections, affirmative action, and more, itâs sadly on brand.
Donald Trump is now threatening trans voting rights.
Slate By Morgan Munroe
Congress Donald Trump Jurisprudence Republicans Transgender Voting Rights LGBTQ+
Column | In the age of Trump, global authoritarianism continues its advance
Washington Post By Ishaan Tharoor
Way suggest that the United States, in Trumpâs second term, if it continues along the well-established path it has already begun to tread, âwill cease to meet standard criteria for liberal democracyâ â arguing that apparent efforts to restrict voting rights, cow or shut out mainstream media and purge
Can the Progressive Caucus Take Democrats in a New Direction?
The Progressive By Christopher Cook
And thereâs a recent history of Texans pushing a Texas-born President, Lyndon Baines Johnson, who was previously skeptical of civil rights, to pass not just the Civil Rights Act, but also the Voting Rights Act; to create not only Medicaid, but also Head Start, all in one term.
No, Donald: The US Owes Ukraine
The Nation By Stephen Crowley
He was propelled to power by oligarchs like Boris Berezovsky, and his first act in power was to grant immunity to Yeltsin and his family from prosecution for charges of investigations. ⌠In the likely event that Trump canât resist such a deal, he will be handing Putin a lifeline to save his faltering economy and prevent the unrest that could follow in its wake. It is past time for this war to end
What we can still learn from the Reichstag fire
The Hill
On March 23, the parliament, where meaningful opposition to Hitler had been eliminated, effectively neutered itself by approving the Enabling Act, which allowed Hitler to rule by decree. ⌠And Trump himself recently posted on social media, âHe who saves his Country does not violate any Law.â I repeat, explicitly: the totality of events in Germany, starting 92 years ago, have no parallel with the totality of policies and social media posts today.
Trump Team Tightens Control Over Government Lawyers Who Might Say 'No'
NY Times By Charlie Savage
The Posse Comitatus Act generally makes it a crime to use the military for law enforcement purposes, but the Insurrection Act creates an exception under some circumstances. Still, the prospect of deploying the military against Americans is fraught. ⌠Trump has adopted a defiant posture toward the blizzard of lawsuits his actions have already spurred, declaring on social media that "he who saves his Country does not violate any Law."
Protect Democracy - Video Briefs
We Shall Overcome: The 60th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act | The Henry Ford
Looking Back: We Are Living in Unprecedented Times | Bernie Sanders
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