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Indivisibles,

On Monday night, the Trump administration issued a broad freeze on federal spending allocated by Congress. It was a radical act that jeopardized the health and well-being of millions of Americans. It was also brazenly unconstitutional and Trump’s most blatant attempt to usurp power from Congress and put himself on the path to becoming a dictator.

Well, we weren’t going to stand by and just watch it happen. In less than 16 hours, we drove tens of thousands of calls to Congress letting Republicans know they would be held accountable for their complicity and pushing Democrats to shut down the Senate until Trump backed down. As Rachel Maddow pointed out last night, that quick grassroots mobilization helped drive a massive public backlash:

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Today, that backlash paid off: The unconstitutional memo ordering the funding freeze has been rescinded. We’ve proven today that even though MAGA Republicans have a trifecta, their agenda is not inevitable. We can still fight and win.

But Trump isn’t giving up, and we’re already in round two of the fight. While the memo is rescinded, his press secretary is already saying that the underlying efforts will continue. We have to keep up the pressure, and we can’t do that without your support. Chip in to help us continue driving backlash so that we can delay, derail, and block Trump’s autocratic agenda.

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Despite the public uproar and legal rulings over the past 24 hours, the White House is determined to continue with the chaos, cruelty, and unconstitutionality underlying the memo. Their statements today have been vague and contradictory, continuing the confusion that caused so much harm yesterday, before the freeze even went into effect.

Trump is still trying to gut the programs that millions of Americans depend on. He will keep trying to give huge tax breaks to billionaires and big corporations. And he’s willing to trample on the Constitution to get it done.

But the bungled effort over the last 24 hours proves he can’t do it alone. That’s why he nominated Russell Vought -- the architect of Project 2025 and a believer in king-like presidential power -- to run the Office of Management and Budget. Right now, the most important thing we can do is demand our senators fight this nomination with all they’ve got. If they oppose Trump’s illegal and massively-harmful funding freeze, they better not back Russell Vought -- the guy who gave Trump the idea in the first place.

If we’re going to win, we’re going to need Democrats in Congress to act like a real opposition party. We hope this initial victory will stiffen their spines and encourage them to use every tool at their disposal to defy Trump’s agenda. But we can’t count on this happening on its own. If we want Democrats to show up as fighters, we’ll need to continue driving calls, emails, and district office visits.

None of this work is possible without grassroots funding. So as we prepare for what comes next, we’re counting on folks like you pitching in what they can to continue supporting this movement.

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Whether you’re able to donate today or not, thank you for being a part of this movement. We’ll be in touch soon with more actions you can take to defend our democracy.

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Indivisible Team

Indivisible Project is a locally-led, people-powered movement of thousands of local groups in red, blue, and purple states, and in urban, suburban, and rural areas. Our mission is to power and lift up a grassroots movement of local groups to defeat the Trump agenda, elect progressive leaders, and realize bold progressive policies.

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