Category: Democrats

Huge Crowds Greet MoveOn Banned Bookmobile at Chicago Tour Kickoff

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Chicago, I.L. – Yesterday, MoveOn Political Action’s first Banned Bookmobile multistate tour officially launched in Chicago, with nearly 100 attendees and MoveOn distributing hundreds of books during the event. Illinois Senator Laura Murphy and Representative Anne Stava-Murray discussed the new first-in-the-nation law they championed in the legislature to prohibit the banning of books in public libraries. National Education Association President Becky Pringle, American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten, and MoveOn Executive Director Rahna Epting came to Chicago to promote their organizations’ efforts to hold Ron DeSantis and his MAGA…

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Get Your Free Bookmarks Today and Support Our Mission to Fight Book Bans

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  MoveOn’s first ever Banned Bookmobile is on the move and will be traveling through multiple states, giving out as many banned books as possible to students to fight back against book bans by MAGA politicians like Ron DeSantis. We hope to see you on the road! But whether you’re able to join us in-person or not, you can still show your support! That’s right, MoveOn just released our brand-new, special-edition “The Books They Ban Are the Books I’ll Read Next” holographic bookmark—and we’re giving them away for FREE while…

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MoveOn Launches “Banned Bookmobile” Tour Distributing Banned Books & Highlighting DeSantis’s Bans and MAGA Extremism

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Washington, D.C. – As reported in Politico today, MoveOn Political Action announced the launch of its first “Banned Bookmobile” multistate tour to sound alarms on Governor Ron DeSantis’s censorship and the rising wave of GOP book bans across the country. The Banned Bookmobile will distribute some of the most frequently banned books as it makes its way through multiple states. The initial bookmobile tour will stop through several communities that have been significantly impacted by MAGA book bans, as well as early primary and battleground states to target DeSantis along his…

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MoveOn Sends Letter to Secretaries of State to Investigate No Labels for Misleading Voters

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Washington, D.C. – As reported by The Messenger today, MoveOn Political Action is sending a letter to all secretaries of state to urge election officials to investigate No Labels’ electoral activities as the dark-money group attempts to qualify to appear on the ballot in all 50 states. MoveOn’s calls for an investigation follows Maine’s Secretary of State Shenna Bellows sending a cease-and-desist letter to No Labels last month due to complaints about No Labels’ organizers misleading Maine voters into changing their party affiliation status. “Reports that No Labels is misleading…

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MAGA Judges Shamefully Invalidate Biden’s Student Loan Cancellation, Taking Away Economic Relief for 40 Million Americans

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Washington, D.C. – In response to the Supreme Court’s decision in Biden v. Nebraska, MoveOn Political Action will speak alongside borrowers and allies from the Student Borrower Protection Center (SBPC), Young Invincibles, NAACP, MoveOn, Student Debt Crisis Center, Center for Responsible Lending, We the 45, and more today at noon ET in front of the Supreme Court on the urgent need for immediate and automatic debt relief. Move On Political Action Executive Director Rahna Epting also issued the following statement:  “Today’s decision means tens of millions of borrowers are now…

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One Year Since Dobbs: 18 Vulnerable House Republicans Side With MAGA to Attack Abortion Access

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With this week marking the anniversary of the disastrous Dobbs decision, we wanted to share new research which documents the abortion stances of every Complicit Caucus member. Since last year, support for abortion rights has grown, even and especially in red states, which puts the Complicit Caucus’s collective stance on abortion even further out of step with a vast majority of Americans.  Despite running as moderates, the entire Complicit Caucus positions itself among the extreme right on abortion. These members of Congress, who vote lockstep with Republican leadership, represent constituents…

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