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Indivisibles, 

If you, like most of the country, tuned out from following last week’s
Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), we can’t say we blame
you. Considered the country’s largest annual meeting of conservatives,
Republican elected officials, leaders, and acolytes met to give a platform
to extremists like Marjorie Taylor Greene, Jim Jordan, Lauren Boebert, and
Donald Trump. 

Maybe you heard about it as a punchline on late-night TV, or saw photos of
rows of empty chairs on Twitter. The media coverage has framed this as
simply a fringe group that’s losing relevance and power. But we know MAGA
is as strong as ever in the Republican Party, and the ideas they pushed
are anything but funny: 

* Election deniers like Arizona’s Kari Lake -- who lost her race for
governor in 2022 -- were given top billing to continue pushing the lie
that the election was rigged. And Steve Bannon called out Fox News for
“[ [link removed] ]illegitimately calling” the presidential race for Biden in
November 2020.
* Republicans tried to minimize and rewrite the history of the
anti-democratic insurrection of January 6, while celebrating autocrats
around the world. [ [link removed] ]Would-be Brazilian dictator Jair Bolsonaro was
given a prime speaking slot, and speakers repeatedly took aim at
forces fighting Russia and Putin, demonizing Ukrainian president
Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
* While discussing family separation at the southern border under his
watch, Thomas Homan, Trump’s former acting director of Immigration and
Customs Enforcement (ICE) declared, “I don’t give a shit.” 
* The continuous attacks on the trans community throughout the
conference culminated in the Daily Wire’s Michael Knowles calling for
the elimination of “transgenderism” from public life.
* Finally, Trump ended the conference with a pledge of vengeance,
telling his followers: “I am your voice… I am your warrior… I am your
retribution.”

[ [link removed] ]As journalist Molly Jong-Fast said, “CPAC, like with Donald Trump, you
ignore them at your own peril.” This is a testing ground for the party’s
future policy, and the ideas being floated today become tomorrow’s policy.
This isn’t just rhetoric to energize their base -- there's legislation on
these issues moving right now in states across the country, and in some
states it has already been signed into law. 

Trump dominated all of the other 2024 hopefuls in the infamous CPAC straw
poll, but whether or not you think he will become the nominee, the MAGA
ideology is the core of the Republican Party: authoritarianism, cruelty,
and intolerance. By minimizing CPAC’s impact in their coverage, the media
is normalizing the MAGA agenda -- just like they did for Trump’s candidacy
in 2016. But we now know how this ends, and we know how dangerous this
truly is.  

We have much more to say about the work ahead to defeat MAGA in 2024, so
stay tuned for a major update on our plans tomorrow.

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 Your 4 weekly Indivisible Project to-dos 

 1. If you have a Republican representative, [ [link removed] ]call and tell them to
condemn Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (MTG) support for secession and
demand they make Kevin McCarthy take action. Get your representative
on the record. Demand that they condemn MTG. When Republicans refuse
to condemn their most extreme allies, they tacitly support their
actions. Let’s make sure our friends and neighbors know that the
Republican party is supporting secession. No need to call if your
representative is MTG, but you can still spread news about her
anti-American stance. 
 2. [ [link removed] ]If your Republican MoC refuses to speak out, publicize it! Any
Member of Congress who can’t bring themselves to reject Greene’s
comments should be forced to own them. When you’re done sharing with
your friends and neighbors directly, write a letter to the editor
holding your representative accountable for supporting Greene’s
extremism. Republicans are just as responsible for supporting her as
she is for supporting secession. 
 3. If you have a Democratic senator, [ [link removed] ]call and tell them to ditch the
“blue slip” and confirm as many judges as possible. Federal judges
have an outsized impact on the execution of national policy. One
conservative judge in the right position can completely block
progress, or delay it enough to make it essentially useless. Biden has
been nominating judges at a historic pace, but Senate Democrats are
still handing significant power to Republicans to block confirmations
through an archaic Senate rule called the “[ [link removed] ]blue slip.”
Unsurprisingly, Republicans did not follow this rule when they
controlled the Senate under Trump. Some Democrats have recently
signaled they’re open to eliminating this rule, something they have
the power to do immediately. Tell your Democratic senator to support
ditching the “blue slip” today!
 4. Do you live in a rural area? [ [link removed] ]Click here to join our National Rural
Program. We have resources and calls specifically for our rural
Indivisibles where you can learn more about strategies and issues
specific to Indivisibles living in rural areas. If you want an idea of
what that looks like, [ [link removed] ]check out our agenda and notes from previous
meetings. 

P.S. We rely on your support to keep call pages up and running, fund ads
to get the word out, and continue all the work we’re doing this year.
[ [link removed] ]If you’re able, click here to donate to help fund our work.



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 IndivisiWin of the Week 

[ [link removed] ]Tweet w/ picture of group of protestors holding signs: Hands off
Social Security and Medicare! Joined a big group of my neighbors in Armonk
today to tell Mike Lawler and his big mondey fundraiser guest Kevin
McCarthy to approve a clean debt ceiling with #NoSocialSecurityCuts

Indivisibles in NY17 protested outside of a fundraiser attended by Rep.
Kevin McCarthy and Rep. Mike Lawler in Armonk, NY demanding they not cut
Social Security and Medicare. For more, [ [link removed] ]check out this news story.

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If CPAC reminded us of anything, it is that MAGA extremism is still the
central ideology of the modern Republican party. Keep on the lookout for
more information tomorrow about our next steps to fight back!

In solidarity,
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