Dear MoveOn member,

In his first hours as president, Donald Trump unleashed a firestorm, signing 26 executive orders undercutting our freedoms and endangering our planet.

Trump did the following:

Pardoned 1,500 convicted January 6 insurrectionists—some of whom severely injured Capitol Police officers
Withdrew the United States from the Paris Agreement, paving the way for more fossil fuel drilling and accelerating the climate catastrophe—even while wildfires continue to ravage Southern California
Shut our doors to refugees and asylum seekers fleeing violence, and illegally tried to end 150 years of birthright citizenship, which is protected in the Constitution

Trump has promised "shock and awe"—a strategy designed to sap our will to fight.^1,2 Trump's team said he would sign 200 executive orders on Day 1; the actual number was 26.³

But the truth is, many of these plans will crash and burn—in the courts, in Congress, and ultimately, with voters, because much of his agenda, including his Project 2025 objective to cut Social Security and Medicare, is deeply unpopular.⁴

We know that if we organize, we can beat back much of Trump's horrible agenda.

When Trump was in the White House and Republicans controlled both the House and the Senate in 2016 and 2017, we still managed to block huge parts of his agenda, from ending the Affordable Care Act to separating families at the border.

But we were able to stop the worst Trump policies only because an overwhelming number of MoveOn members came together. And we can stand up now, with an overwhelming response. Which is why we're asking:

Can you chip in monthly to help support and sustain MoveOn's critical work to stand up to Donald Trump and his MAGA agenda?

If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately:

Donate: $25 monthly

Donate: $12 monthly

Donate: $5 monthly

Donate another amount monthly

Or make a one-time gift

We've already helped stop Matt Gaetz's appointment as attorney general.

Now, with a razor-thin Republican majority in the House in particular, we have a real chance of stopping the worst parts of Trump's plans to empower his billionaire friends at our expense.

But we must act swiftly, so that Trump and MAGA understand that there will be a strong, highly visible public outcry to his attempts to take away our freedoms and power, and that we'll use every possible political and legal tool to fight back.

Can you chip in monthly so that together we can stop the worst parts of Trump's Project 2025 agenda?

If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately:

Donate: $25 monthly

Donate: $12 monthly

Donate: $5 monthly

Donate another amount monthly

Or make a one-time gift

We've come up against seemingly impossible odds before, including the first Trump administration, and won. By focusing where we do have leverage, being strategic, not losing sight of our collective power, and not being distracted by his chaos, we can blunt the worst of Trump's agenda.

With your help, we will:

Encourage states to stand up to Trump. State attorneys general have already sued to stop Trump's birthright citizenship order, which a federal court already blocked today, and we'll need to push states to take far more actions like these.⁵
Fight to protect Social Security. The far-right Cato Institute has prepared a report for Elon Musk's so-called "Department of Government Efficiency," which calls Social Security a Ponzi scheme, says that cost-of-living adjustments should be frozen, the eligibility age must be raised to 70, and that benefits overall should be cut back—all so that billionaires and corporations can receive more tax cuts.⁶
Work to save Medicare and Medicaid. Project 2025's "antiscience, antidata, and antimedicine" agenda is poised to "upend medical practice," push seniors onto managed care programs that enrich corporate executives at the expense of health care access and quality, and bring back the old days, before the Affordable Care Act, when insurance companies could deny coverage to people with preexisting conditions.⁷
Work to protect public media by pushing Congress to keep funding for NPR and PBS. For years, Republicans have been trying to eliminate NPR and PBS but have failed. Now, we expect these pushes to reach a fever pitch, and we'll need to pull out all the stops to fight back.⁸
Fight for the most vulnerable Americans with clear moral opposition, protests, and efforts in states across America to beat back policies that attack immigrants, pregnant people, LGBTQ+ people, and others.

Can you chip in monthly to help us stand up to Trump—no matter how many executive actions he takes? We can't do it without you!

If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately:

Donate: $25 monthly

Donate: $12 monthly

Donate: $5 monthly

Donate another amount monthly

Or make a one-time gift

Thanks for all you do.

–Kelsey, Isbah, Amy, Noor, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "Trump ally says first 100 days will be 'shock and awe,'" CBS News, January 19, 2025
https://act.moveon.org/go/201829?t=32&akid=422173%2E40999114%2Ese0Hjc

2. "Trump's 'Shock and awe' plan is intended to scare you into silence—Don't obey!" The Dean's Report, January 19, 2025
https://act.moveon.org/go/201830?t=34&akid=422173%2E40999114%2Ese0Hjc

3. "Here are the executive actions and orders Trump signed on Day 1," The Washington Post, January 21, 2025
https://act.moveon.org/go/201845?t=36&akid=422173%2E40999114%2Ese0Hjc

4. "Poll: Project 2025 is broadly known and severely unpopular with voters," NBC News, September 25, 2024
https://act.moveon.org/go/198470?t=38&akid=422173%2E40999114%2Ese0Hjc

5. "Twenty-two States Sue to Stop Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order," The New York Times, January 21, 2025
https://act.moveon.org/go/201831?t=40&akid=422173%2E40999114%2Ese0Hjc

6. "Cato Institute Report to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)," Cato Institute, December 11, 2024
https://act.moveon.org/go/201025?t=42&akid=422173%2E40999114%2Ese0Hjc

7. "Project 2025 Could Become a 'Political Reality That Would Upend Medical Practice,'" BU School of Public Health, September 26, 2024
https://act.moveon.org/go/201745?t=44&akid=422173%2E40999114%2Ese0Hjc

8. "NPR and PBS Stations Brace for Funding Battle Under Trump," The New York Times, December 27, 2024
https://act.moveon.org/go/201738?t=46&akid=422173%2E40999114%2Ese0Hjc

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 start a monthly donation to sustain MoveOn's work to protect our freedoms and democracy under Trump's administration?

Yes, I'll chip in $5 a month.

No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.

Contributions to MoveOn Civic Action are not tax-deductible for income tax purposes. MoveOn.org Civic Action - PO Box 96141, Washington, D.C. 20090-6141. ActBlue Civics Inc. is the merchant of record for all transactions made to MoveOn Civic Action using the ActBlue platform. ActBlue Civics Inc. receives and processes these donations before disbursing them to MoveOn Civic Action within 30 days of receipt. This email was sent to John xxxxxx on January 23, 2025. To change your email address or update your contact info, click here. MoveOn's privacy policy was recently updated. To read our new privacy policy, click here. To remove yourself from this list, click here.