Dear MoveOn member,

In a speech on Tuesday, California Governor Gavin Newsom responded to Donald Trump’s decision to send National Guard troops and active-duty Marines to Los Angeles by saying, “Democracy is under assault right before our eyes—the moment we’ve feared has arrived.”¹

He continued, warning, “California may be first, but it clearly won’t end here. Other states are next. Democracy is next.”²

He’s right. This is a dramatic and frightening escalation in Trump’s attacks on democracy and the rule of law—and it is happening just days before he throws himself a massive, taxpayer-funded military parade in Washington, D.C., to celebrate his birthday. All while Trump and Republicans try to pass a bill ripping health care away from 16 million Americans.

American presidents do not throw themselves military parades, John. Dictators do that. Despots do that. And as Trump leans further and further into his authoritarian plan, it is more important than ever that we come together and speak out against it—powerfully and peacefully.

That’s why MoveOn is helping to support the nationwide protests, along with coordinating events at town halls and district offices during this month’s congressional recess, and investing now in the infrastructure we will need to win back control of Congress next year and place a real check on Trump’s abuses of power.

John, can you chip in $9 to ensure that we have the funding we need to keep all of these plans moving forward at the same time? (If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately.)

Trump isn’t sending the military into American cities just as a power grab, he’s also using it as a distraction from his big, ugly, deeply unpopular bill that will rip health care and food assistance away from millions of people in order to pay for tax cuts for billionaires—giving cover to Republicans to pass the bill quietly while the news is focused on something else.

We cannot, and will not, let him get away with it.

MoveOn has spent months organizing, training, and equipping people with the tools they need to bring their communities together, fight for our democracy, and create the pressure necessary to stop this budget bill from ever becoming law.

Here’s what we’re doing in communities across the nation:

• Delivering petitions to congressional offices

• Hosting food drives outside of offices to highlight the cuts to SNAP in the budget bill while helping the communities in need

• Organizing rallies, honk-and-wave events, and actions at town halls

• Coordinating phone banks to flood representatives' offices with constituent calls

• Demanding answers from representatives about their support for Trump’s policies when they refuse to hold public events

But building a mass grassroots movement powerful enough to protect our health care, our freedoms, and our democracy doesn’t happen overnight—and it doesn’t happen without resources.

We need your support to power this nationwide mass resistance movement. Will you donate $9 to MoveOn today to help us build and sustain the peaceful mass opposition movement? (If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately.)

During his speech, Gov. Newsom gave this solemn reminder: “Authoritarian regimes begin by targeting people who are least able to defend themselves. But they do not stop there. Trump and his loyalists thrive on division because it allows them to take more power and exert even more control.”³

Our work to build a massive, nationwide movement in opposition to Trump’s policies is already working to slow down and stop some of his most dangerous efforts. We cannot stop now. We must continue to grow and strengthen this people-powered movement to protect our democracy through the midterms next year, then to the presidential election in 2028, and beyond.

Are you with us? Chip in $9 now. (If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately.)

Thanks for all you do.

–David, Seth, Britt, Julia, and the rest of the team

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