We’re not going to repeat the first administration.

Friend,

We are about to enter the age of Trump 2.0 -- and this time, Donald Trump has a MAGA Congress and Senate backing him up.

In his first administration, Trump was able to accomplish what he did because he kept the media in a tailspin. It felt like every time we turned around, there was a new outrage about the White House.

And while the American people tried to keep up, Trump’s Senate approved more than 200 of his judges, and Congress allowed his $1.7 trillion tax cut and rollbacks of hundreds of federal regulations that protect our environment, civil liberties, and workers rights.(1,2)

This time, we are prepared.

In order to keep up with what Congress is doing -- and how California can fight back -- we are building a Congressional Watch Hub for journalists and activists (including you!) to keep track of the Project 2025-esque legislation moving through Trump’s government.

Courage California isn’t going to let Congress operate in darkness, but this undertaking is expensive. We’ve set a $25,000 goal for the end of the year so we can build the tools we need to hold Congress and Trump accountable. Will you chip in $5 today?

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California holds incredible power. Not only are we 12% of the U.S.’s population, we are the 5th largest economy in the world. We lead the nation in agricultural production. We are also sixth in the nation for taxes paid into the federal government, even though we’re in the bottom third when it comes to federal spending.(3)

Don’t forget what Trump has promised to do to California:

  • Fill our state with ICE agents to endanger our immigrant friends and neighbors
  • Undo protections for trans people and LGBTQ communities
  • Gut MediCal by withholding tens of millions of dollars in funds
  • Push a nationwide Voter ID requirement to overrule California’s voter protections
  • Withhold wildfire recovery federal funds if California doesn’t roll back water protections
  • Weaponize the Environmental Protection Agency to stop California’s transition to all-electric vehicles
  • Activate a 19th-century law to stop California from being an abortion sanctuary for other states

Courage California works with dozens of organizations that are on the ground fighting for us and our rights, and we are going to centralize the work with our Congressional Watch Hub. We’ll keep our partners, the media, and our members updated on the biggest threats to California coming out of Congress, and how California can stop them.

We can rise above the noise and keep Trump from destroying all we hold dear in California. But this is a resource-intensive project, and we are a small grassroots organization that relies on your help. Will you help us meet our $25,000 goal?

Thank you for being with us.

–Irene, along with Annie, Angela, Isidra, Cecilia, Jen, and Lindsay (the Courage team)

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Footnotes:
1. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/01/13/how-trump-compares-with-other-recent-presidents-in-appointing-federal-judges/
2. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/01/18/trump-presidency-administration-biggest-impact-policy-analysis-451479
3. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/07/07/states-federal-benefits/


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