What to Know and What to Do About the White House Funding Freeze Chaos

Donald Trump just issued an order that will immediately stop federal funding and hurt American families. Healthcare will be cut. Preschools will be forced to close. Services for seniors will end. While advocates were able to file a successful appeal with the courts to halt Trump from continuing to move forward, Trump wants this fight to erupt and to disrupt the lives of his opponents and millions of everyday Americans. This is another way for Trump to make people’s everyday lives harder and hurt their wallets while giving tax cuts…

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MoveOn: Hours Into Trump’s Second Term, He Chooses Chaos Over Common Sense

WASHINGTON – In response to President Trump’s Inauguration and anticipated executive orders, MoveOn Civic Action Executive Director Rahna Epting released the following statement:  “The American people voted for common sense and cheaper eggs, not chaos and corruption. Yet, Donald Trump is already betraying what voters sent him to Washington to do—just as he did in his first term. His Day 1 actions are an attack on millions of Americans that will not make our country stronger, our communities safer, our economy better, or our lives any easier. “There is no…

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Third-Party ROUNDUP: Jill Stein Paid $100K to MAGA Operative; RFK Jr. Continues Chaos Operation

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the clock keeps ticking toward Election Day, Vice President Kamala Harris continues to garner support from Americans of all backgrounds. Republicans, on the other hand, continue to boost third-party candidates in their effort to undermine Democrats and tilt the election toward Trump.  On September 21, The Wall Street Journal revealed that Jill Stein paid $ 100,000 to Trent Pool, a MAGA operative who participated in the insurrection at the Capitol on January 6. This builds on previous reporting that exposed ties between Stein and other Trump-affiliated…

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Whistleblower protection legislation stalls amid congressional chaos

Whistleblower protection legislation often has bipartisan support. Yet it seems to take forever. A bill to extend federal protections to contractors was supposed to get marked up in January in the House Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. But now it is sidelined. For more, the Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with Joe Spielberger, the policy counsel at the Project on Government Oversight (POGO). Interview Transcript:  Tom Temin And this new bill, then is pretty significant. Let’s talk about the bill itself. What does it purport to do…

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The Left and Chaos

It is impossible to understand what is happening to America—and to the rest of the West—without understanding the most dynamic ideology of the last hundred years: leftism. We need to begin with the understanding that leftism (or “progressivism”) and liberalism are not only not the same ideologies, they are in fact opposed to each other on virtually every major issue. Leftism and liberalism have only two things in common: One is belief in big government, which, given that individual and societal liberty decline as the state grows, is a significant…

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No Labels Confirms Contingent Election Plan That Will Throw the Country Into Chaos

Washington, D.C. – Following NBC News reporting that the No Labels Party is preparing for the dangerous possibility of a contingent election that will lead to Trump back in the White House, MoveOn Political Action Executive Director Rahna Epting released the following statement:  “It seems that No Labels is finally accepting the reality that they have no path to 270 electoral votes. If No Labels cares so deeply about preserving democracy and protecting our freedom to vote, they must stand down immediately and avoid even the possibility of their causing…

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