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April 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM

about Sen. Booker's filibuster

It’s no secret — the American people have been feeling let down and even betrayed by the tepid (that’s putting it mildly) response from Democrats in Congress to what Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and MAGA Republicans are doing to our country. Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey just did his part to — i…

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April 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM

Trump's case "collapsed like a balloon"

We’ve been getting a lot of questions about Public Citizen’s various court cases against the Trump regime. The latest news is that we won a preliminary injunction in our lawsuit to stop the administration from snuffing out the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. See our earlier note, copied b…

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March 31, 2025 at 6:03 PM

crucial step in lawsuit to stop Trump

We wanted to share some really good news in one of our lawsuits to stop the Trump regime’s attack on the federal government. On Friday afternoon, a federal judge ruled that the Trump administration cannot shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — and must undo the actions already take…

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March 30, 2025 at 7:49 PM

nationwide rallies against Trump on Saturday, April 5

Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and MAGA Republicans are ripping America apart piece by piece. And they think nobody will stand up to them. On Saturday, April 5, people will be rallying all across America to show the Trump regime how wrong it is. Visit our Hands Off! coalition website to find a rally…

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March 29, 2025 at 6:58 PM

another major win in court against Trump

We have major breaking news in one of our lawsuits to stop the Trump regime’s attack on the federal government. On Friday afternoon, a federal judge ruled that the Trump administration cannot shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — and must undo the actions already taken to dismantl…

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March 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM

Pete Hegseth must resign

It’s now being called “Signalgate.” As first reported Tuesday in The Atlantic, high-ranking members of the Trump regime discussed military operations — before they had been carried out — using a popular messaging app, Signal, that could have been accessed by anyone able to compromise their phone…

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March 26, 2025 at 7:23 PM

town hall tomorrow

Public Citizen is holding a nationwide online town hall TOMORROW — Thursday, March 27 — from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. EDT. RSVP here. We’ll update you on the various lawsuits we’ve filed — eight so far — against the Trump regime. We’ll highlight some of the other ways we’re throwing sand in the gears…

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March 25, 2025 at 8:31 PM

they should resign in disgrace

The incompetence of these people is staggering. By now, you probably know about the absolute revelation of a story first published yesterday in The Atlantic and then covered by approximately every journalistic outfit in the galaxy. Numerous high-ranking members of the Trump regime reportedly di…

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March 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM

just shut up and take it

The inhumanity of these people is staggering. Last Thursday, Donald Trump’s Commerce Secretary — a Wall Street billionaire named Howard Lutnick, who got the job after raising millions for Trump’s 2020 and 2024 campaigns — said the following things: “Let’s say Social Security didn’t send out the…

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March 22, 2025 at 7:36 PM

'Do you have any courage at all?'

On Thursday, Donald Trump issued an executive order to essentially shut down the U.S. Department of Education. Do he and his sycophants hate children? Just in case there’s any confusion, let’s clarify what the federal Department of Education does (and the perils in store for our nation’s childr…

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March 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM

nationwide town hall Thursday, March 27

We hope you can join us for a nationwide online town hall next Thursday, March 27, from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. EDT. RSVP here. Unlike most Republicans in Congress, Public Citizen is eager to meet with our supporters. We’ll update you on the various lawsuits we’ve filed — eight so far — against the T…

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March 20, 2025 at 10:29 PM

Trump kills Department of Education

Donald Trump just issued an executive order to essentially shut down the U.S. Department of Education. Do he and his sycophants hate children? Just in case there’s any confusion, let’s clarify what the federal Department of Education does (and the perils in store for our nation’s children and o…

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March 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM

suing over Trump's mass deportations

Public Citizen is suing the Trump regime over one of the most insidious parts of its inhumane mass deportation scheme. Like other workers, undocumented workers are required to pay income taxes. The IRS is legally required to treat their tax records, like those of every other taxpayer, as private …

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March 13, 2025 at 5:18 PM

we don't need no education

On Wednesday, the Trump regime fired nearly a third of the employees at the U.S. Department of Education. There is a lot to say about this, so stick with us (or skip down to take action). First, a few basic facts: The United States of America is the richest country on Earth. We are the third la…

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March 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM

Call Congress: Speak out to restore global health funding

Yesterday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed that the Trump Administration has finished gutting the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), wiping out 83% of its programs. Life-saving health and humanitarian efforts have been scrapped — leaving millions of people with…

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March 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM

get DOGE out of Social Security

Last week, the former head of the Social Security Administration issued a grave warning to the American people: “You’re going to see the system collapse and an interruption of benefits. I believe you will see that within the next 30 to 90 days.” Why is former Social Security Commissioner Martin…

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March 6, 2025 at 7:17 PM

major news on Trump lawsuit #6

Wanted to make sure you saw our earlier update — copied below in case you missed it — about what happened at the Supreme Court in one of the seven lawsuits Public Citizen has filed so far against the Trump regime. ****** The United States Supreme Court issued a momentous decision yesterday in o…

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March 6, 2025 at 4:10 PM

the Supreme Court ruled in one of our cases against Trump

The United States Supreme Court issued a momentous decision yesterday in our lawsuit against Donald Trump’s illegal foreign aid freeze. The Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration must stop defying a district judge’s orders. But this lawsuit is far from over. The Supreme Court ruling …

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March 5, 2025 at 11:39 PM

victory at Supreme Court

The United States Supreme Court issued a momentous decision today in our lawsuit against Donald Trump’s illegal foreign aid freeze. The Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration must stop defying a district judge’s orders. But this lawsuit is far from over. The Supreme Court ruling send…

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March 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM

Social Security could 'collapse'

The former head of the Social Security Administration just issued a grave warning to the American people: “You’re going to see the system collapse and an interruption of benefits. I believe you will see that within the next 30 to 90 days.” Why is former Social Security Commissioner Martin O’Mal…

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March 3, 2025 at 10:14 PM

latest on lawsuits

We want to share updates on several of Public Citizen’s ongoing lawsuits against the Trump regime. But first, a few quick notes: So far, Public Citizen has filed seven lawsuits against the regime since Donald Trump returned to power. We filed the first of those lawsuits within moments of Trump b…

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February 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM

breaking news on Trump lawsuit

The United States Supreme Court will decide — possibly in the next few hours — if the Trump regime can get away with refusing to follow a judge’s order that it resume critical foreign assistance funding. If the administration is able to get away with its continued noncompliance, literally millio…

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February 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM

pivotal moment in lawsuit against Trump regime

Possibly as early as this afternoon, the United States Supreme Court will decide if the Trump regime can get away with refusing to follow a judge’s order that it resume critical foreign assistance funding. If the administration is able to get away with its continued noncompliance, literally mill…

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February 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM

Supreme Court could rule on our lawsuit tomorrow

One of our lawsuits against the Trump regime is at the Supreme Court right now. See our earlier note — copied below in case you missed it — for more about this breaking news. ****** Through what is sometimes referred to as its “shadow docket,” the Supreme Court will be deciding on an emergency…

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February 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM

headed to the Supreme Court

One of our lawsuits against the Trump regime is at the United States Supreme Court right now. Through what is sometimes referred to as its “shadow docket,” the Supreme Court will be deciding on an emergency basis whether the administration must immediately resume funding for foreign assistance g…

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February 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM

defend the Postal Service

Now Donald Trump is coming for the Post Office. Trump reportedly intends to fire the entire independent board that oversees the United States Postal Service and park the USPS under the control of a MAGA diehard who just took over as secretary of commerce. As of this past Friday, Trump’s hand-pic…

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February 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM

tell Congress: don't extend Trump tax scam

Major parts of the Trump tax scam — the massive tax giveaway for billionaires and Big Business that his MAGA allies passed in 2017 — are set to expire at the end of this year. Republicans are trying to jam legislation through Congress that would extend Trump’s disastrous tax policies and pay for…

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February 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM

do not let Trump mess with Post Office

Now Donald Trump is coming for the Post Office. Trump reportedly intends to fire the entire independent board that oversees the United States Postal Service and park the USPS under the control of a MAGA diehard who just took over as secretary of commerce. As of this past Friday, Trump’s hand-pic…

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February 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM

Trump plot to take over Postal Service

Now Donald Trump is coming for the Post Office. Trump reportedly intends to fire the entire independent board that oversees the United States Postal Service and park the USPS under the control of a MAGA diehard who just took over as secretary of commerce. As of yesterday, Trump’s hand-picked sec…

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February 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM

judge responds to our contempt of court motion

Even more breaking news in our lawsuit against the Trump regime’s foreign assistance freeze: Late yesterday afternoon, in response to our court motion, a federal judge agreed that the administration had not complied with his order requiring resumption of foreign aid funding and work — and instru…

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February 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM

Trump regime in contempt of court

There is breaking news in one of Public Citizen’s lawsuits against the Trump regime. We filed a motion yesterday urging a federal judge to enforce his order — which has so far gone unheeded — requiring the administration to restart the foreign aid that Donald Trump froze by unlawful executive or…

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February 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM

tell these 8 senators to reject Kash Patel for FBI director

Donald Trump wants to put a MAGA fanatic and “deep state” conspiracist named Kash Patel in charge of the entire Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Patel has been brazen in announcing his intention to weaponize the FBI against government officials, journalists, nonprofit groups, and the Americ…

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February 19, 2025 at 12:12 AM

to fight back, to refuse tyranny, to save our country

The response to our earlier message has been really quite remarkable. It’s copied below in case you missed it — hope you can give it a look. ****** Yesterday was Presidents’ Day. We wanted to reflect on what that even means with the White House now (re)occupied by a would-be autocrat who has su…

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February 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM

greed, ignorance, prejudice, vengeance

Yesterday was Presidents’ Day. We wanted to reflect on what that even means with the White House now (re)occupied by a would-be autocrat who has surrounded himself with manifestly unqualified sycophants and billionaires whose operating “principles” seem to be greed, ignorance, prejudice, and veng…

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February 17, 2025 at 6:51 PM

how to "celebrate" Presidents' Day

Today is Presidents’ Day. We wanted to reflect on what that even means with the White House now (re)occupied by a would-be autocrat who has surrounded himself with manifestly unqualified sycophants and billionaires whose operating “principles” seem to be greed, ignorance, prejudice, and vengeance…

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February 15, 2025 at 7:48 PM

in case you missed this last night

This is major news in our lawsuit to stop the Trump regime from dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Yesterday afternoon, a federal judge ordered the Trump regime that it could not destroy records, fire people, or transfer funding while she considers the case. This order comes …

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February 15, 2025 at 12:29 AM

judge ruled just minutes ago

This is major breaking news in our lawsuit to stop the Trump regime from dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: A federal judge just ordered the Trump regime that it could not destroy records, fire people, or transfer funding while she considers the case. This order comes in a la…

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February 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM

suing Trump for 7th time in 24 days

Yesterday, Public Citizen lawyers sued the Trump regime for its illegal attempts to dismantle the federal government’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. This is the seventh lawsuit Public Citizen has filed so far against the Trump regime. Here’s more about this latest case: In 2008, Wall St…

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February 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM

we just sued to lock 'DOGE' out of Education

We have an update for you on one of the six lawsuits Public Citizen has filed so far against the Trump regime. We’re so busy suing Trump that we haven’t even had time to tell you much about this particular case. Here are the basics: In order to apply for and participate in federal financial aid…

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February 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM

locking 'DOGE' out of Education Department

Big news in one of the six lawsuits Public Citizen has filed so far against the Trump regime. We’re so busy suing Trump that we haven’t even had time to tell you much about this particular case. Here are the basics: In order to apply for and participate in federal financial aid programs, studen…

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February 11, 2025 at 11:32 PM

we've already filed 6 lawsuits against the Trump regime

Lawyers from Public Citizen were back in court yesterday in one of the six lawsuits we’ve filed so far against the Trump regime. We haven’t emailed you specifically about this case yet, but it’s a big one: As you know, Donald Trump has been issuing a series of absurd, vindictive, and illegal exe…

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February 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM

suing Trump to save lives

Lawyers from Public Citizen were back in court yesterday in one of the six lawsuits we’ve filed so far against the Trump regime. We haven’t emailed you specifically about this case yet, but it’s a big one: As you know, Donald Trump has been issuing a series of absurd, vindictive, and illegal exe…

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February 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM

he did not report being a foreign agent

Donald Trump wants to put a MAGA fanatic and “deep state” conspiracist named Kash Patel in charge of the entire Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Patel has been brazen in announcing his intention to weaponize the FBI against government officials, journalists, nonprofit groups, and the Ameri…

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February 9, 2025 at 8:32 PM

suing to stop 'DOGE' invasion

Here’s the latest on our lawsuit to stop Elon Musk and “DOGE” from illegally accessing the U.S. Treasury Department’s database and payment system. On Wednesday, we appeared before a federal judge and argued for a temporary restraining order to block what DOGE is doing. On Thursday, the judge issu…

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February 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM

what Melania and Ivanka said

Donald Trump — abetted by his unelected assistant president, Elon Musk — is trying to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). He has called USAID a “tremendous fraud.” Interesting, then, that both his wife, Melania, and his daughter Ivanka have worked with and praised t…

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February 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM

Judge pauses Trump assault on USAID

Late Friday night, a federal judge granted our request for emergency action to stop the Trump regime from putting 2,200 USAID workers on leave and to bring back the hundreds put on leave earlier in the week. You may have seen this covered in ABC News, Axios, BBC News, CBS News, NBC News, The Gua…

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February 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM

major update on lawsuit to avert worldwide humanitarian calamity

Late Friday night, a federal judge granted our request for emergency action to stop the Trump regime from putting 2,200 USAID workers on leave and to bring back the hundreds put on leave earlier in the week. You may have seen this covered in ABC News, Axios, BBC News, CBS News, NBC News, The Gua…

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February 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM

suing Trump for dissolving USAID

“CLOSE IT DOWN!” That’s what Donald Trump posted on his personal social media platform just a few hours ago about the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), which he has previously slurred as being “run by radical lunatics.” Public Citizen is suing Trump over his attempt to dissolve…

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February 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM

and *another* lawsuit against Trump

Late yesterday, Public Citizen sued Donald Trump for shutting down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). By dissolving USAID — in clear disregard for the law and the Constitution — Trump has touched off a global humanitarian catastrophe. Originally established by Congress in 196…

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February 6, 2025 at 10:40 PM

judge just ruled on DOGE invasion

Here’s the latest on our lawsuit to stop Elon Musk and “DOGE” from illegally accessing the U.S. Treasury Department’s database and payment system. Yesterday, we appeared before a federal judge and argued for a temporary restraining order to block what DOGE is doing. Today, the judge issued an ord…

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