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Yesterday, I emailed you about how Wall Street banks and hedge funds are investing in fossil fuels and climate chaos. Today I'm here to tell you how they're funding fascism and Donald Trump.

Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, and JP Morgan Chase are some of the biggest donors to the Heritage Foundation. The Heritage Foundation wrote and is coordinating Project 2025, a scheme to remake America into a fascist state with Trump as the supreme leader. Project 2025 seeks to purge the government of non-partisan experts, replacing them with radical ideologues loyal only to Trump's fossil fuel fascist movement.

Their financial contributions have directly supported the propagation of Project 2025 and fossil fueled fascism. Sign here to demand Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, and JP Morgan Chase reject Trump’s Project 2025 and fossil fuel fascism now.

There's a longer version of this message in our blog with more footnotes. But here's the short version for your busy inbox.

It's hard to say what the worst thing is about Project 2025 because it's basically a roadmap for fossil fueled fascism: A national ban on abortion; Separation of families at the border; Defunding the FBI and using the Justice Department to prosecute Trump's political enemies; The end of birthright citizenship, and the creation of deportation camps; The end of all investment in clean energy and electric vehicles; and of course fossil fuel bailouts and funding in place of grants and investments to fight the climate crisis.

The list goes on and on.

By aligning themselves with Trump's Project 2025, these Wall Street banks are complicit in endorsing an agenda that stands in stark contrast to the principles of human rights and ethical business practices. But just like Trump has to answer to voters, the banks have to answer to customers and investors. And if you’ve got a credit card or a bank account – that includes you.

That's why we always say "divestment is direct action." And that's why it's not too late to send these bankers a strong message and convince them to back away from project 2025.

After the January 6, 2021 insurrection, a lot of Wall Street banks and investors disavowed Trump. Time away from the spotlight has convinced them it's safe to invest in fossil fueled fascism again. But if enough of us speak out, spread the word and demand change, they'll scurry away once more.

Click here to sign and send a message demanding Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, and JP Morgan Chase permanently end all financial support for the Heritage Foundation and reject Trump’s Project 2025 now.

Thanks, 

Drew and the 198 anti fascists methods crew

Sources:

1. https://www.198methods.org/2024/05/14/wall-street-banks-are-invested-in-climate-chaos-sign-now-to-tell-them-to-stop-funding-fossil-fuels/
2. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/21/magazine/heritage-foundation-kevin-roberts.html
3. https://www.bankingonclimatechaos.org/
4. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/07/magazine/trump-corporate-business.html
5. https://www.bankingonclimatechaos.org/
6. https://www.198methods.org/2024/03/05/were-still-right-trumps-still-wrong-so-what-do-we-do-next/
7. https://razomwestand.org/en/article/how-oil-and-gas-revenues-fund-wars-and-violate-human-rights-new-report
8. https://www.citizen.org/article/fossil-fuel-insurrectionists/

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