Indivisibles, If you’re like me, you’re probably increasingly alarmed about how creepy the creeping authoritarianism is getting. In recent days, it’s been blatant corruption and escalating attacks on the opposition.
While Jimmy Carter was expected to give up his precious peanut farm before taking office, and Hillary Clinton was NOT ALLOWED to accept a $425 necklace from Bangladesh, Trump is now bragging about accepting a $400 million ultra-luxury plane from the Qatari monarch — a plane Trump claims he’ll use as Air Force One before taking into his post-presidency for his personal use.
The same guy who wants to blow a reported $45 million in taxpayer money on a birthday military parade also wants a “flying palace” fit for a king… while cutting American jobs in the name of ‘saving money’. It’s so bad that even the racist, conspiracy theory-peddling, Trump sycophant Laura Loomer says he’s gone too far.
While Trump brags about bribes and escalates attacks on the opposition, his flunkies in the House are rushing a budget through four committees this week. The current plan? Taking healthcare from 14 million Americans and cutting taxes for billionaires.
All of this is infuriating, frightening, and predictable all at the same time. And it begs the question: what can we do about it?
The authors of How Democracies Die were quoted in an op-ed this week were quoted:
“So far, the most energetic opposition has come not from civic leaders but from everyday citizens, showing up at congressional town hall meetings or participating in Hands Off rallies across the country. Our leaders must follow their example.”
That’s us — that’s all of us! If you are calling and emailing your congresspeople and holding them accountable; if you are showing up to town halls or actions at your reps’ offices and signing petitions, if you were one of 3.5 million who showed up for Hands Off; or if you are planning to show up for No Kings Day on June 14 — you are doing what needs to be done.
Thank you for not just reading the news, but doing what you can do to help. It matters; it’s necessary; and IT’S WORKING.
So what can you do today?
First, find your closest No Kings location and get signed up!
Next, we’ve GOT to stay on them about the budget reconciliation. Not only is this budget a major key to achieving their Project 2025 goals, but we are NOT going to stand for tax cuts for billionaires while they take away the meager programs the working class needs to survive to pay for it.
Send your GOP representative an email to get them on the record about plans to defund SNAP and Medicaid. We need to get them on the record and hold them accountable.
https://act.indivisible.org/sign/no-cutting-programs-to-fund-handouts-to-billionaires
And after you’ve emailed, double your impact by letting them hear your sweet voice with a phone call too!
We’re budget heavy this week, so if you called or emailed about it yesterday… we’re doing it again. They refuse to meet with us, so we’ll give them NO peace.
As always, thank you for all of your work. These few minutes a day DOES make a difference in the long term.