After enduring a bruising and heartbreaking election, it's understandable if you feel bone-tired, devastated, and gravely concerned for the future of our country.

Dear MoveOn member,

After enduring a bruising and heartbreaking election, it's understandable if you feel bone-tired, devastated, and gravely concerned for the future of our country.

But in the week and a half since Election Day, MoveOn members have shown that the spirit of activism is alive and stronger than ever.

Already, our efforts to resist Donald Trump's MAGA agenda are having an impact.

When the MAGA-controlled House tried to rush through H.R.9495, the bill that would have granted Trump unprecedented power to target nonprofits like MoveOn, we mobilized—and we won.¹

And we're making it clear that we won't stand by as Trump attempts to fill his Cabinet with extremists and ideologues.

Trump has chosen loyal sycophants, including extremist Matt Gaetz for attorney general. Gaetz recently resigned from the House of Representatives to avoid the House Ethics Committee releasing a report (scheduled for this week) on his alleged child sex trafficking prior to his confirmation hearing. Like Trump, he blames all of his problems on the "deep state."² One former DOJ official calls Gaetz's appointment to the nation's top law enforcement office a "vomit in your mouth moment."³

But the battle for the heart and soul of our nation is just beginning.

Trump and the MAGA movement are counting on us to grow weary, to accept his extreme and unqualified Cabinet picks as inevitable, and to simply give up. But we won't back down—not now and not ever.

If you're ready to join and sustain the fight to stop Trump, his extremist Cabinet, and their fascist agenda, please start a monthly $5 donation to MoveOn.

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Trump's appointments are more than alarming—they're a direct threat to our democracy and the well-being and safety of millions of Americans. He's picked:

• Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of health and human services. A well-known anti-vaxxer and conspiracy theorist, who has not refuted claims that he sexually assaulted a former employee, Kennedy Jr. is now poised to influence policies that affect the health and well-being of millions.⁴
• Matt Gaetz as attorney general. Gaetz has a long history of deplorable behavior, including claims that he sexually assaulted a 17-year-old and was also being investigated by House Republicans for illicit drug use, misuse of campaign funds, and accepting bribes.⁵ But Trump has nominated him to be the chief law enforcement officer of our nation.
• Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence. Gabbard has a history of backing Kremlin conspiracy theories and supporting Bashar al-Assad, Syria's brutal dictator. Now she's set to oversee our intelligence community.⁶
• Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense. A Fox News host and commentator and a "recovering neocon" who's now a MAGA convert, Hegseth is poised to be "the least experienced defense secretary in the history of the republic."^7,8

Trump's Cabinet nominations are mortifying and terrifying.

But cracks are starting to show in Trump's authoritarian plan.

The Senate, which must confirm these nominees, is not entirely in his pocket. Despite pressure from Trump, Senate Republicans elected Senator John Thune over Trump's preferred candidate, Senator Rick Scott, as majority leader.⁹

The line against Trump's extremist agenda can be held. But we need your help to keep the momentum going.

Will you start a monthly donation to MoveOn to help us stop Trump's dangerous Cabinet appointments and protect our democracy now and in the months and years to come? 

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In the coming days and weeks, we can:

• Pressure senators to reject unqualified and harmful nominees. We will do this through petitions, calls, protests, and nationwide campaigns raising awareness about the dangers these appointees pose.
• Run powerful ads that expose the risks of these appointments.
• Support grassroots movements and communities most at risk, fighting for justice and equality in the face of policies these individuals would enact.

But this work requires resources.

Trump is hoping that we'll be too tired, too demoralized, and too underfunded to fight back. Let's prove him wrong.

Start a monthly donation of $5, or whatever you can afford, to MoveOn today. Your ongoing support will fuel the fight in the months and years to come.

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Together, we will resist Trump's Cabinet of horrors and his authoritarian agenda. We will fight to better protect health care, the environment, civil rights, and democracy.

The stakes have never been higher. But when we join together, we can make a difference.

Thanks for all you do.

–Britt, Allie, Bekir, Amanda D., and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "US House fails to pass anti-NGO bill that could target pro-Palestine groups," Al Jazeera, November 12, 2024
https://act.moveon.org/go/198834?t=8&akid=415380%2E40999114%2EaX1lsg

2. "Behind the Curtain: Why Trump picked Gaetz," Axios, November 14, 2024
https://act.moveon.org/go/198917?t=10&akid=415380%2E40999114%2EaX1lsg

3. "Matt Gaetz Nomination Stuns Legal Experts: 'Vomit in Your Mouth,'" Newsweek, November 14, 2024
https://act.moveon.org/go/198918?t=12&akid=415380%2E40999114%2EaX1lsg

4. "Trump picks RFK Jr., anti-vaccine activist, for health and human services secretary," NBC News, November 14, 2024
https://act.moveon.org/go/198880?t=14&akid=415380%2E40999114%2EaX1lsg

5. "Matt Gaetz Nomination Stuns Legal Experts: 'Vomit in Your Mouth,'" Newsweek, November 14, 2024
https://act.moveon.org/go/198918?t=16&akid=415380%2E40999114%2EaX1lsg

6. "Tulsi Gabbard: Trump's new intelligence chief backed Kremlin conspiracy theories," The Telegraph, November 13, 2024
https://act.moveon.org/go/198919?t=18&akid=415380%2E40999114%2EaX1lsg

7. "What's behind defense secretary pick Hegseth's war on 'woke,'" NPR, November 15, 2024
https://act.moveon.org/go/198920?t=20&akid=415380%2E40999114%2EaX1lsg

8. "Trump's Pentagon pick aims for clash with top military leadership," CNN, November 14, 2024
https://act.moveon.org/go/198921?t=22&akid=415380%2E40999114%2EaX1lsg

9. "Republicans pick Thune over Trump loyalist as Senate majority leader," Al Jazeera, November 13, 2024
https://act.moveon.org/go/198922?t=24&akid=415380%2E40999114%2EaX1lsg

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