MoveOn: Senate Democrats Must Reject Any Funding Bill That Greenlights More ICE Cruelty

WASHINGTON – In response to House Republicans, with the help of a handful of Democrats, voting to approve annual funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) without instituting any guardrails for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), MoveOn Civic Action spokesperson Britt Jacovich released the following statement: “Americans want health care and lower costs, not masked ICE agents kidnapping kids from playgrounds and schools. The House just failed their latest test to hold Trump and his dangerous ICE street gang accountable for killing innocent people like Renee Nicole Good and…

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NEW: Senators Markey, Merkley, Murphy, Smith, Van Hollen, Reps. Ansari, Balint, Casar, Escobar, Jayapal, Ramirez, Watson Coleman, and More Boycott SOTU

Announcing MeidasTouch & MoveOn’s “People’s State of the Union” Counterprogramming with hosts Katie Phang, Joy Reid RSVP FOR PRESS CREDENTIALS HERE; MORE AT MOVEON.ORG/LIVE WASHINGTON – As reported by The New York Times, MeidasTouch, MoveOn Civic Action, and coalition partners will host the “People’s State of the Union” on February 24 at 8:30 p.m. ET, a rally counterprogramming President Trump’s night full of lies and misplaced priorities for the American people. The lineup includes Senators Markey, Merkley, Murphy, Smith, Van Hollen, Reps. Ansari, Balint, Casar, Jayapal, Ramirez, Watson Coleman, and…

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IN RETREAT: LGBTQ Mafia Loses More Than Half Its Fortune 500 Partners

Transgender orthodoxy is in retreat in medicine, the courts, and even business—as the LGBTQ mafia bleeds allies in corporate America. The Human Rights Campaign has long employed mafia-like tactics to pressure companies to toe the line on gender ideology, but a growing chorus of critics, assisted by President Donald Trump’s second administration, has led companies to reconsider their alliances with the organization. About three-quarters of all Fortune 500 companies (377) disclosed their business practices to HRC in 2025, so the LGBTQ activist group could rate them on its Corporate Equality…

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Trump isn’t the 1st president to want more room to entertain, longtime White House usher says

President Trump is not the first president to want more room at the White House for entertaining, says the longest-serving top aide in the executive residence, offering some backup for the reason Trump has cited for his ballroom construction project. The Washington Times stories: White House

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Fewer letters, more addresses: Can the Postal Service keep up?

Interview transcript: Terry Gerton The U.S. Postal Service is facing a paradox. Mail volume is projected to decline by as much as 41 percent by 2035, yet the number of delivery addresses grows by more than a million each year. A new report from the USPS Office of Inspector General outlines several scenarios for the future of mail, and none of them are easy. Here to explore the operational and financial challenges ahead, the impact of electronic diversion And what innovations might help the Postal Service remain affordable, reliable, and…

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More than 500 former PMFs urge revival of federal leadership program

Hundreds of former Presidential Management Fellows are urging Congress to reinstate the now-defunct PMF program, previously one of the government’s key channels for recruiting and developing the next generation of federal leaders. In response to President Donald Trump’s elimination of the PMF program earlier this year, over 500 program alumni signed a letter sent to Congress on Friday, calling for the passage of the TALENTS Act. The bill, introduced by Sens. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) in May, would both restore and codify the PMF program, in effect…

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