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Trump demands huge increase in NSPM-7 funding before Democrats take over

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  A group of anti-ICE activists in Texas is facing a combined 556 years in prison on phony domestic terrorism charges following a protest outside the Prairieland ICE Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas. Several of the defendants did little more than wear all black to a protest. One person who didn't even go to the protest got 30 years just for moving a box of leftist literature. 1 These were the very first prison sentences handed out under NSPM-7, Donald Trump's presidential order directing the Justice Department to prosecute left-wing activists as domestic terrorists. Now Trump is demanding that Congress ram through a major increase in funding for NSPM-7 enforcement during the post-election lame duck session of Congress, before Democrats take over in January. 2 We're fighting back to stop him. Will you make a donation to support our campaign to stop NSPM-7 and push for other key reforms? If you've stored your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation to D...

Sign the petition: Vote NEXT WEEK to hold Israel accountable for ethnic cleansing in the West Bank

  AMERICAN TAXPAYERS ARE PAYING FOR MASSIVE BOMB SHIPMENTS TO  ISRAEL TO CONTINUE KILLING!  PLEASE SPEAK OUT AND OPPOSE CONTINUING ARMING OF ISRAEL!  IT'S TIME FOR PEACEFUL SETTLEMENTS AND AN END TO KILLINGS! Hold Israel accountable for the murder of Americans and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in the West Bank! Petition to the U.S. Senate: We urge you to vote Yes on S.Res.852, the 502B privileged resolution requiring the Department of State to report to Congress on increasing violence in the West Bank, including Israel's killings of Americans in the West Bank, and its abuse of Palestinian children in military detention. Trump is trying to force through a massive bomb shipment to Israel as the Israeli government continues its genocide in Gaza and ethnic cleansing in the West Bank. Israeli violence has killed 9 Americans in the West Bank in the last four years, but no one has been held accountable. 1 The UN estimates that Israeli settlers, backed by Israel's securi...

Sign the petition: Trump's unlawful ballroom, illegal arch, and plan to bulldoze the Kennedy Center

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  TELL Congress: Trump is withholding $256 million from the Kennedy Center while threatening to demolish the cultural institution. He's also wasting taxpayer money on his illegal "triumphal" arch that will include military snipers and drones. Sign the petition: Block Trump's authoritarian vanity projects, including the WH ballroom, NOW! ADD YOUR NAME Trump is holding $256 million in funding for the Kennedy Center hostage. His sycophants on the Kennedy Center Board voted to shutter the institution due to financial issues that Trump created. The vote came just hours after a judge again blocked Trump's name from appearing on the center. 1,2 Thousands of protesters gathered around the Kennedy Center on Friday in response to Trump's threats to outright demolish the building. 3 Trump plans to illegally build his "triumphal" arch in D.C., which he says would include a military complex with snipers and drones . 4 He's speeding ahead with construc...