TELL CONGRESS: The Trump admin is threatening Wikipedia’s nonprofit status, calling it “propaganda.” Trump is attacking organizations and sources of information that don’t align with him in a quest for total control. Sign the petition: Stop Trump’s attempt to destroy the organizations and outlets that threaten his agenda.

Hi,

Trump is trying to take complete control — defying the judiciary, attacking public news outlets, and going after the nonprofit status of organizations that don’t fit his agenda.

Last week, Trump’s crusade led to the DOJ going after Wikimedia, the organization that runs Wikipedia, for “spreading propaganda” and “subverting the interests of American taxpayers,” and threatening to take away its nonprofit status.1 It’s a completely baseless, targeted attack against a source of information Trump can’t control — and he wants total control.

Our elected leaders in Congress can speak up and make clear that stripping the nonprofit status from organizations that Trump doesn’t like is completely unacceptable, illegal, and a severe departure from the principles of American democracy.

Sign the petition: Stop Trump’s attacks on Wikipedia and other nonprofits he wants to destroy.

The Trump admin has also directed its attacks at scientific journals it doesn’t agree with, like the New England Journal of Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology, as well as groups aligned with Democrats, including ActBlue.2,3 The administration has taken direct aim at defunding reliable news sources like PBS and public radio. All in a quest to shut down organizations that Trump sees as enemies.

Wikipedia, and these other institutions, could be effectively shut down by the DOJ just because Trump wants them to be shut down. That’s not what happens in a democracy, but that’s what’s at stake right now.

Sign the petition: Stop Trump’s baseless, targeted political attacks!

Thanks for taking action,

Joey and the team at Demand Progress

Sources:

  1. Gizmodo, “Trump DOJ Threatens Wikipedia's Nonprofit Status Over Alleged 'Propaganda,'” April 26, 2025.
  2. Ibid.
  3. NBC News, “Trump takes executive action targeting ActBlue, the main Democratic fundraising platform,” April 24, 2025.

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