Tag: MoveOn

ICYMI: MoveOn Ramps Up Pressure for Congress to Reject DHS Funding

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Read Reporting from Puck News and Axios Historic 40,000+ letters to Congress in three days WASHINGTON – As reported by Puck News and Axios, MoveOn Civic Action is increasing the grassroots pressure on Congress to reject the The Homeland Security Appropriations Act. The news follows a historic rise in MoveOn member advocacy for the Trump administration and Congress to rein in ICE, with nearly 40,000 letters sent to Congress in only three days. Members have been activated to call congressional offices throughout the week.   “Trump and Republicans slashed our health…

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

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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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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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Over 4 Million Views for “People’s State of the Union” by MoveOn and MeidasTouch

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Over 35 members of Congress attend largest organized boycott in history of the SOTU WATCH the event livestream Getty Images HERE WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, members of Congress joined MoveOn Civic Action and MeidasTouch on the National Mall for the “People’s State of the Union” boycotting President Trump’s address and instead elevating the voices of Americans directly impacted by the administration’s policies. Hosted by Katie Phang and Joy Reid and livestreamed nationwide, the event marked the largest organized boycott of the State of the Union address in American history. The…

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MoveOn: Senate Must Reject Despicable Antivoter Bill

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WASHINGTON – In response to House Republicans and Rep. Cuellar voting to approve the SAVE America Act, MoveOn Civic Action spokesperson Britt Jacovich released the following statement: “With their popularity tanking, President Trump and Republicans are pushing outrageous lies about immigrants and our election systems to enact the most extreme barriers to voting in modern history. This is another desperate power grab to retain power at any cost.  “Demanding Americans cough up original copies of birth certificates or passports to vote is an obvious attempt to silence nearly half the…

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