Action Alerts: Our Weekly Roundup of Opportunities for Activism

Welcome to our April 12th edition of Action Alerts!

Shout out to our reader, Christine, who asked for more videos to share. Here you go!

Robert Reich from Inequality Media explains how gutting the IRS during tax season helps billionaires avoid paying their fair share.

• “Could it be that DOGE has some other purpose altogether? Think this through with me in this week’s video – then pass it along to some friends to get their thoughts, too!”

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Sue at Rogan’s List sent multiple recommendations on how to fight the GOP’s new attempt to cut Medicaid and SNAP.

”Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune managed to make enough commitments to slash $1.5 trillion in government services to get the hard right in line and pass the Senate’s magic math budget through the House. … They’re hoping to get the full bill gutting Medicaid and food assistance to pay for tax cuts for billionaires.”

• Call members of Congress and tell them to vote “NO” on Medicaid and SNAP cuts, and “NO” on tax cuts for billionaires.

  • Use language from this 5Calls script.

  • Search these resources on the district-by-district impact.

• Encourage folks around you who aren’t engaged — especially those who might be directly impacted by cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, Pell Grants and school lunches — to make these calls as well.

• Raise the pressure on our elected officials to their faces. Indivisible groups are organizing another round of recess events at members’ offices and town halls to take the fight to them.

  • Find an event.

• Join phone banks to reach out to folks in key districts and get them to pressure their own members of Congress.

  • People’s Action Institute is holding these every Thursday: sign up here.

  • Phone bank with the Working Families Party.

If you care about saving National Parks:

• Follow the Resistance Rangers: “The official resistance account of NPS Rangers. Community of 1000+ off duty park rangers rallying to save public lands” on Bluesky and Instagram.

• Join them for a rally on Earth Day, April 1st.

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Now that the SAVE ACT has been passed in the House, the Washtenaw County Democrats are urging us to contact our senators and pressure them to vote “NO.”

“H.R 22, deceptively named the “SAVE” Act, is a voter suppression act that would require every voter to show proof of citizenship bearing their current name when registering to vote. That might seem okay … unless you consider what that actually means.”

1. No more online or mail-in voter registration.

2. Driver’s licenses won’t work — only a birth certificate or passport.

3. Married citizens who’ve changed their names (yep, MILLIONS of women) wouldn’t be able to register using their original birth certificates.

4. Trans and nonbinary people who’ve changed names to reflect their gender identity would face massive challenges to registering.

5. Anyone without easy access to official documents, such as younger citizens and people with lower incomes, would also encounter challenges.

• Call your U.S. senators and urge them to vote “NO” and urge your friends to do the same.

  • Here is a call script to help you.

  • Here is an email script if you prefer.

• Digital toolkit from DemCast: Stop the Save Act.

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Protectors of Equality in Government posted an upcoming event that you won’t want to miss!

The Reality of Project 2025, with Heather Cox Richardson & Rep. Jasmine Crockett, Monday, April 14

“Join Red Wine and Blue on the two-year anniversary of Project 2025’s launch for can’t-miss conversations with two of our favorite BADASS women—historian Heather Cox Richardson and Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett. This moment isn’t just about understanding the threat—it’s about how we fight back with everything we’ve got.”

At the event, you will learn about a new tracking tool to help you keep up with Project 2025’s implementation and its effects on your family and community.

• RSVP here, 4/14, 7:00– 8:00 p.m. ET.

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Given the overwhelming success of the HANDS OFF! rallies, the Coconino Democrats sent us a heads-up that 50501 is planning more protests to stop the "hostile government takeover" by the Trump administration.

• Save the date, April 19th. Stay tuned for details. 50501 “stated that they want 3.5 percent of the U.S. population—more than 11 million people—to participate. They cite this figure as the threshold for ‘sustained resistance in order to make a difference.’”

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The Tesla protests continue. Action Network provides weekly updates on where to participate.

• Find a Tesla Takedown peaceful protest near you.

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• One more video to post on social media from Lean Left Vermont …

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