Dear MoveOn member,
It's barely been a week since the election, but Donald Trump has already
made more than a dozen appointments—and they're exactly the staff
envisioned by Project 2025.^1 Some of the appointees even wrote Project
2025.
A white nationalist in charge of immigration policy. An insurrectionist
and misogynist as Defense Secretary. An evangelical Christian and staunch
opponent to Palestine as ambassador to Israel. A climate change denier as
head of the Environmental Protection Agency.^2
And Trump named Elon Musk as the co-head of the effort to "pave the way
for my Administration to dismantle Government Bureaucracy" and hand our
country's future over to corporations and billionaires.^3
This wave of extremist appointees—who are rife with extraordinary
conflicts of interest—is antithetical to American values. It's
overwhelming. It's depressing. That's exactly MAGA's point.
Trump is dumping this deluge of awful appointees and plans for his
administration on us in hopes that we will be so exhausted that we won't
fight back. He couldn't be more wrong. We are already fighting back—in
fact, we just had an amazing victory we'll tell you about in a minute—and
we are preparing for four years of nonstop campaigning to stop Trump's
anti-democratic, anti-civil-rights agenda.
The only way through Trump 2.0 is together, John. Will you
start a $5 monthly donation to help MoveOn be fully prepared
to meet this challenge now and through the hard years ahead?
[ [link removed] ]Yes, I'll chip in monthly.
[ [link removed] ]No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.
Trump's appointees are a veritable Who's Who of right-wing extremism,
racism, and hate.
To no one's surprise, white nationalist and architect of Trump's "kids in
cages" plan Stephen Miller is now deputy chief of staff for policy—ready
to implement Trump's mass deportation plan.^4
Trump appointed "Fox & Friends" host Pete Hegseth, famous for cheering on
the January 6 insurrection and saying that women don't belong in combat,
as secretary of defense. Trump also announced plans for appointing a board
to weed out any military generals who are not sufficiently loyal to him.^5
Other appointees include Mike Huckabee, who believes that Gaza should be
eradicated, as ambassador to Israel.^6 Climate change denier Lee Zeldin as
Environmental Protection Agency administrator.^7 John Ratcliffe, who
weaponized secure data against Trump's opposition during his first term,
as CIA director.^8
These appointees are all bad news—but they are not all-powerful. In his
first term, we defeated Trump's attempts to destroy the Affordable Care
Act, we stopped his Muslim Ban, and we ended his migrant family separation
policy. We can do it again, but only if we are united and strong.
Will you start a $5 monthly donation to help power and
sustain MoveOn's work to stop Trump's Project 2025 plans?
[ [link removed] ]Yes, I'll chip in monthly.
[ [link removed] ]No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.
MoveOn just this week proved that Trump will not be able to stomp over our
rights unchallenged.
His MAGA House of Representatives tried to fast-track a bill through
Congress—H.R.9495—that would have granted Trump unilateral power to strip
organizations of their nonprofit status if they were accused of
"supporting terrorism." His administration would have no burden of proof
or standard to meet—just a stroke of the pen would take down any
organization (such as MoveOn!) that he perceived as an enemy.^9
The bill had bipartisan support and was assumed to be a done deal, but
MoveOn fought back. Thousands of our members called their representatives,
and our voice was heard in the halls of Congress as well. Because of the
work of MoveOn and others in our coalition, H.R.9495 failed.
The American government is one of checks and balances, and we can rein in
Trump's assault on us if we are willing to hold our leaders accountable to
those checks. As an organization of millions of voices, we are strong. We
are powerful. And as long as we keep speaking out together, we can stop
Trump's attack on our civil rights, on our economy, and on our democracy.
But we must be prepared to campaign around the clock and use every tool at
our disposal, which takes vast resources—resources that are depleted in
the wake of the most expensive election in history. Will you help ensure
that we are at the ready?
Help MoveOn be the front line of our people-powered movement by starting
a $5 monthly donating today.
[ [link removed] ]Yes, I'll chip in monthly.
[ [link removed] ]No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.
Thanks for all you do.
–Britt, Jaira, Noor, Aliya, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. "What White House picks tell us about Trump 2.0," BBC, November 13,
2024
[link removed]
2. "Trump Picks New EPA Head Guaranteed to Destroy the Environment," The
New Republic, November 11, 2024
[link removed]
3. "November 12, 2024," Letters from an American, November 13, 2024
[link removed]
4. "Trump Brings Back White Nationalist Stephen Miller for Second Term,"
The New Republic, November 11, 2024
[link removed]
5. "November 12, 2024," Letters from an American, November 13, 2024
[link removed]
6. Ibid.
7. "Trump's EPA Pick Is a Climate Skeptic. What It Means for EVs."
Barron's, November 12, 2024
[link removed]
8. "A running list of all the people Trump has picked to serve in his
administration," MSNBC, November 13, 2024
[link removed]
9. "US House fails to pass anti-NGO bill that could target pro-Palestine
groups," Al Jazeera, November 12, 2024
[link removed]
Want to support MoveOn's work? Donald Trump and his MAGA allies expect us
to give up. But we will not give them what they want. We will never stop
working to defend our fundamental freedoms and protect our democracy.
MoveOn has been leading the movement against right-wing extremism for 26
years, and we promise you that we will still be here every step of the way
forward.
Will you donate to power MoveOn's work to protect our freedoms and
democracy under Trump's administration?
Donate: [ [link removed] ]$5 monthly
Donate: [ [link removed] ]$15 monthly
Donate: [ [link removed] ]$50 monthly
[ [link removed] ]Donate another amount monthly
[ [link removed] ]Or make a one-time gift
You can unsubscribe from this mailing list at any time:
[link removed]
