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“Losing Rights doesn't happen in one dramatic moment... It's a slow drip.” --– Kristin Brey

ACTIONS

Please take a few minutes for these actions. When you make a call or email, identify yourself and your state and clearly explain your ask in your own words.

Protect Our Voting Rights

The SAVE ACT is a voter suppression bill.

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This bill would require all Americans to provide a birth certificate, passport, or one of a few other citizenship documents every time they register or re-register to vote.

★ SAVE ACT Would Undermine Voter Registration for All Americans

Citizenship is already a requirement to vote, but hard to prove.
–Nearly 21 million voting-age US citizens do not have a current driver’s license.
–Voters of color, married women, and younger voters would be most affected.

TAKE ACTION

★ Contact Congressional Reps & Tell your friends
Find your members of Congress

Read more
Article: Five Things to Know About the SAVE Act
Report: Who Lacks ID in America Today? (PDF)
The bill: H.R. 8281

Protect our Career Civil Service

The Trump Regime is gutting the Federal workforce.

A chaotic string of executive orders, firings, stop work orders, and a spurious ‘buyout’ offer have targeted federal workers. One of the orders reinstates Schedule F, a provision from the 1st Trump admin removing civil service protections and making it easier for workers to be fired.

"Schedule F is a shameless attempt to politicize the federal workforce by replacing thousands of dedicated, qualified civil servants with political cronies," – AFSCME President Lee Saunders.

NEWS

FEB 6: BUYOUT DEADLINE BLOCKED/EXTENDED

A federal judge temporarily blocked the Regime's buyout offer to federal employees. The deadline for employees to accept the offer, initially set for 11:59pm Thurs Feb 6, is extended until at least Monday, in response to a lawsuit filed by federal workers unions.
Feb 5: Virginia House forms emergency committee over Musk’s attacks on federal workers
Feb 5: Demonstrators gather outside shuttered USAID
Feb 4: Public Service Unions File Lawsuit Challenging Efforts to Politicize the Civil Service
Jan 28: Trump fires 18 Inspectors General

VETERANS & MILITARY SPOUSES

Trump's War on the Federal Workforce Harms Veterans and Military Spouses

The Buyout

On Jan 28 2 million Federal Workers were sent a “Deferred resignation” offer in an email. Decision deadline is Thurs, Feb 6.

Letter sent to Federal workers Jan 28, 2028
You Might Not Get Paid [AFGE]
Democracy2025.org
Frequently Asked Questions [CivilserviceStrong.org]
The offer: Fact or fiction?

FBI Workers

Protecting Your Compensation and Benefits

Quote from a Federal worker: "I remain a proud civil servant. I remain extremely effective, remote or otherwise. I’m not going to [be] bullied out, no matter what lies they tell about me. I’m going to stay and I’m going to continue helping and serving those who need help until I literally can’t anymore. Take your resignation scheme and fuck right off."

Share your Federal Worker story w. Tim Kaine

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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau +

Protect our Protectors!

The CFPB has been ordered to cease all operations.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) enforces safeguards on mortgages, credit cards, loans and other consumer finance. It has returned literally billions of dollars to American consumers who have been harmed by illegal practices by the financial services industry

American consumers are now unprotected from serious financial harm.

CALL YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS: Tell them to fight to save the CFPB!
Find your members of Congress

LEARN MORE
★ Federal Financial Watchdog Ordered to Cease Activity
Sen. Warner on the CFPB

USAID +

The world's richest man is denying aid to the world's poorest people.

Elon Musk bragged he spent the weekend “feeding USAID into the wood chipper”

Feb 3, 2025: House Reps. Don Beyer, Gerry Connolly, Jamie Raskin, Ilhan Omar, Johnny Olszewski, Sen. Chris Van Hollen and others at rally in fron of shuttered USAID.

USAID’s headquarters was closed on Monday, Jan 3. Employees were told to stay home. Photos of its aid work were removed. Their website is dark. Some USAID contractors who are on official work travel are suddenly stuck, some in sensitive and dangerous places, without answers of how they will get home.

USAID works around the world to alleviate poverty, treat diseases, and respond to famines and natural disasters.

➜ Organize or attend an event at your Senators' offices.
➜ Use #StealfromthePOOR for social media posts
➜ Jobs lost stats
➜ What happens after the 'Fork in the Road'? A Lawyer for ex-Twitter employees weighs in.

Cabinet Nominees Senate Schedule

Tell your Senators to block Patel

Kash Patel, FBI Director nominee. ▶ QAnon conspiracy nut.
▶ Will use FBI to take revenge on Trump’s opponents.

Confirmed Cabinet Nominees

Click on YEAs/NAYs to see how your Senators voted

Kelly Loeffler, SBA Admin (Feb 19: YEA-52 NAY-46)
Howard Lutnick, Commerce Sec. (Feb 18; YEA-51 NAY-45 Not voting:4)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., HHS Sec. (Feb 13: Feb YEA-52 NAY-48, Mitch McConnell only Rep. NO vote)
Brooke Rollins, Agriculture Sec. (Feb 13: Feb YEA-72 NAY-28,)
Tulsi Gabbard, National Intelligence Director. (Feb 12: Feb YEA-52 NAY-48, Mitch McConnell only Rep. NO vote)
Russell Vought, OBM Director. (Feb 6 : Feb YEA-53 NAY-47, )
Scott Turner, HUD Sec. (Feb : Feb YEA-55 NAY-44, )
Lee Zeldin, EPA Admin. (Jan 29: YEA-56 NAY-42 Not Voting-2)
Sean Duffy, Transportation Sec. (Jan 28: YEA-77 NAY-22 Not Voting-1)
Scott Bessent, Treasury Sec. (Jan 27: YEA-68 NAY-29)
Kristi Noem, Homeland Security Sec. (Jan 25: YEA:59 NAY:34)
Pete Hegseth, Defense Sec. (Jan 24: YEA: 50 NAY:50, VP: 1)
John Ratcliffe, CIA Director (Jan 23: YEA: 74 NAY:25)
Marco Rubio, Sec.of State (Jan 20: YEA: 99 NAY:0)

Continue to fight the inhumane Mass Deportation Plan

On Monday, the US Senate passed S.5, Laken Riley Act, which will enable ICE to round up non-citizens accused of non-violent crimes, like shoplifting, and hold them without due process.

12 Democratic Senators voted for this bad bill, including:
Mark Warner (D-VA) 202-224-2023 EMAIL
John Fetterman (D-PA) 202-224-4254 EMAIL
Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) 202-224-4521 EMAIL

Many of us have worked hard to elect these Senators. Let them know how disappointed you are in them.

LEARN MORE

Here are 3 great sources that explain the dangers of this bill:

➜ Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) explains the dangers of this bill, YouTube, Jan. 19, 2025.
➜ S.5 Explained, Sophia Leticia Gregg, Senior Immigrants’ Rights Attorney, ACLU VA, Friday Power Lunch Podcast, Jan 19, 2025.
➜ The Laken Riley Act exposes Democrats’ hypocrisy on immigration, Guardian, Jan. 19, 2025.

Be sure you know this

Birthright Citizenship is Guaranteed by the Constitution

14th Amendment. Section 1.
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States."

Despite this indisputable clarity, Trump has issued an executive order that refuses to recognize the US-born children of non-citizens as citizens.

So far, attorneys general from 22 states have challenged this order, filing lawsuits.

>Tim Kaine speaks about this
>Read more about this issue

Get Ready

Be prepared to take quick action.

What you can do +

★ Have phone numbers ready

Put numbers for your Senators, Congressperson, and State Reps in your phone. Look them up here

★ Find your people

Talk to people in your group about forming an Action Team. Find a group, or form your own. Find groups in VA

Resources

Waging Nonviolence: 10 ways to be prepared and grounded now that Trump has won. Excellent read. 1. Trust yourself, 2. Find others who you trust, 3. Grieve, 4. Release that which you cannot change, 5. Find your path, 6. Do not obey in advance, do not self-censor, 7. Reorient your political map, 8. Get real about power, 9. Handle fear, make violence rebound, . . . 10. Envision a positive future Read!

Indivisible Guide. Indivisible was one of the first groups to form in 2016. The guide is important reading, whether you're technically in an Indivisible group or not. Read the guide

Jessica Craven Substack. Many wise words and specific Calls to Action (scroll down). Read for free

What to do if ICE shows up at your home +

Keep calm!
You have constitutional rights.

DO NOT OPEN THE DOOR.
No one can enter your home without your consent:

“I will not open the door if I do not have a court order signed by a judge or magistrate.”

If ICE enters your home, say:

“I DO NOT consent to the search.”

Exercise your right to remain silent!

“I will not answer any questions and I exercise my right to remain silent."

DO NOT SIGN ANY DOCUMENTS:

“I will not sign any documents without first speaking to my lawyer.”

Keep calm and it is better to remain silent

(any incorrect information can harm you)

If officers come to my house, how do I know they are from ICE?

ICE agents will often pretend to be police officers and say they want to talk to you about an issue such as identity theft or a case they are investigating.

If they say “WE ARE THE POLICE,” ask them to slide your card or warrant under the door or show it through the window.

Do I have to let ICE or the police into my house?

You do NOT have to let ICE or the police in unless they have a warrant signed by a judge authorizing them to enter and arrest someone in your home. You must ask them to slide the warrant under the door before opening it.

In the vast majority of cases, ICE will not have a warrant and would need YOUR consent to enter your home.