Trump’s efforts
Just days into his presidency, Donald Trump has unleashed an unprecedented number of extreme executive actions—from pardoning violent January 6 insurrectionists to unilaterally attempting to end birthright citizenship to withdrawing from global climate agreements. His strategy is clear: overwhelm us with outrage after outrage until we feel powerless to fight back.
But we're already stopping Trump's authoritarian actions. Our public outrage today forced Trump to rescind his sweeping order freezing federal funding for everything from schools to veterans’ health care, though he appears determined to fight in the courts to push the cuts through, undermining our families and communities to line billionaires' pockets.1 Also, last Thursday, a federal judge blocked his attack on birthright citizenship, calling it "blatantly unconstitutional."2
These early victories show that when we stand together and fight back strategically through the courts and with sustained public pressure, we can defeat Trump's most dangerous overreaches.
We've been here before—and won. When Trump was in the White House and Republicans controlled both chambers of Congress in 2017 and 2018, MoveOn members and allies successfully blocked major parts of his agenda. Together, we:
- Saved the Affordable Care Act
- Forced Trump to end family separation at the border
- Prevented some of his most extreme policies from being implemented
- Protected key democratic institutions through sustained resistance
Now, with Republicans holding only a razor-thin majority in the House and by using every political and legal tool at our disposal, we can again stop Trump's most dangerous plans to undermine our freedoms, pollute our planet, and empower his billionaire friends at our expense. But we must act swiftly and strategically, showing Trump and MAGA forces that:
- There will be immediate, highly visible public opposition to any attempt to take away our freedoms
- Our movement will not be distracted by Trump's chaos and misdirection
- We can focus our collective power where we have the most leverage
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