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MoveOn Calls Out Democrats Who Refuse To Unify Around Khanna-Massie WPR

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WASHINGTON – In response to reporting around an alternate War Powers Resolution that says Trump has to stop U.S. hostilities within 30 days unless Congress authorizes the war, MoveOn Civic Action spokesperson Britt Jacovich released the following statement: “Any Democrat who wants to let Donald Trump continue to wage his war on Iran should just say so and stop wasting our time. The longer you refuse to do your job, the more people will die because of Trump’s costly and deadly war. MoveOn members have no patience for cowardly Democrats…

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MoveOn Calls On Senate Dems: Don’t Cave, Rein in ICE

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WASHINGTON – Ahead of today’s anticipated vote on a funding package, including for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the agency that oversees Trump’s murderous ICE forces, MoveOn Civic Action spokesperson Britt Jacovich released the following statement: “With Trump’s ICE murdering our neighbors, kidnapping children, and terrorizing our streets, do Senate Democrats want to be remembered as fighters or as complicit? Body cameras and new training is not nearly enough to reverse the damage and terror that CBP and ICE have inflicted on our communities. It would be a mistake for anyone…

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MoveOn’s Fastest Growing SMS Petition in Five Years Calls for No U.S. Occupation of Venezuela

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See the petition here WASHINGTON – A MoveOn petition, with nearly 50,000 signatures and growing in less than 24 hours, is calling for no United States occupation of Venezuela. The petition follows Trump’s declaration the U.S. will “run” Venezuela and his decision to invade and capture its President, Nicolás Maduro. MoveOn members overwhelmingly reject yet another expensive and deadly war, leading to the group’s fastest growing SMS petition since the end of the first Trump administration.  “The American people did not vote for an illegal and taxpayer-funded forever war. There…

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BREAKING: MoveOn Calls for Schumer to Step Aside as Leader

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Over 80% of MoveOn Members Believe Schumer Is Failing to Lead Opposition Against Trump  WASHINGTON – As a result of 80% of its members calling for Senator Chuck Schumer to step aside as minority leader in response to Senate Democrats backing away from protecting ACA subsidies to make a deal with Republicans and the Trump administration to end the government shutdown, MoveOn Political Action Executive Director Katie Bethell released the following statement: “With Donald Trump and the Republican Party doubling health care premiums, weaponizing our military against us, and ripping food…

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Lawmaker calls for an independent review of cybersecurity in the U.S. courts system

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After a high-profile hack, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) is calling for an independent review of cybersecurity in the U.S. courts system. In a letter to Chief Justice John Roberts, Wyden said the federal Judiciary has fallen short in protecting its sensitive IT systems. He pointed to a recent intrusion of the courts’ case management system. Hackers reportedly took advantage of vulnerabilities that were brought to light five years ago, after a separate hack of the case management system. Wyden says Roberts should commission a National Academy of Sciences review of…

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