Protect Democracy
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- USDA & DOGE are illegally demanding sweeping access to sensitive info about people receiving SNAP food aid. We sent a letter to states + their vendors urging them to decline this dangerous invasion of privacy, explaining they could face liability for turning over data. www.npr.org/2025/05/13/n...
- DEVELOPING: A broad coalition of unions, nonprofits, and local gov won a Temporary Restraining Order against the Trump admin’s unconstitutional attempt to dismantle and reorganize federal agencies. Read the joint statement from the coalition here: democracyforward.org/updates/omni...
- By consistently and dramatically going beyond the boundaries of the real or legal or practical, the President and his supporters are attempting to erode our collective sense of shared reality in favor of their own. But we can still hold onto the truth. www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-white-...
- In waging a war on truth, autocrats and their allies erode our collective sense of shared reality in favor of their own. But truth can and does win. We take a look at North Carolinians who refused to accept attacks on truth and the sanctity of their elections. www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-white-...
- Essential democracy reading: How will we know when we have lost our democracy? By Steven Levitsky, @lucanway.bsky.social, and @dziblatt.bsky.social. Gift link ⬇️ www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
- Autocrats exploit our tendency toward self-preservation through attacks and intimidation, pushing critics to obey in advance and scaring others to do the same. But together, we can reverse this cycle through #CollectiveCourage. More on how 🔗 www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/reversing-...
