Urgent update!

Freedom Writers - National - 5/22/25

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May 23, 2025

Hello, Freedom Writers!

In Today’s Post:

Actions > > > CAD Dispatch - Updated!
INFO SHEETS - For Your Information

… and the sh*t just keeps on coming!

Sorry for the extra email, everyone, but if we’re going to stop Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill Against Poor People,’ we have to do it now.

In the wee hours of the morning today, the House passed Trump’s “Big Beautiful” Reconciliation Bill. So now it goes to the Senate, and with it is a sneaky little poison pill that would Defang the Courts Holding Trump Accountable.

Read the new updated version of this week’s CAD, and let’s get those phone calls made! No time for post cards (unfortunately) this week.

Actions > > > CAD Dispatch - Updated

URGENT: The next 4 Actions all have to do with the reconciliation bill, which passed in the House and is now in the Senate. Trump is trying to rush it through, so we need to act NOW!

Urgent: Here’s how you can Stop Trump’s Attempt to Defang our Courts through his Reconciliation Bill

Early Thursday morning (5/22) the House passed Trump’s “Big Beautiful” Reconciliation Bill. So now it goes to the Senate, and with it is a new sneaky clause that would tie the court’s hands when holding Trump accountable.

Here’s how to Protect Planned Parenthood from getting cut in the Reconciliation Bill - Republicans have added a provision in their budget reconciliation “megabill” (Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill”) that would block funding to Planned Parenthood and other health care clinics that provide abortion services.

Here’s how to stop Trump from treating Nonprofits as though they were terrorists through the Reconciliation Bill Republicans have added language in their budget reconciliation bill that would allow the Trump Administration to unilaterally designate any nonprofit they wanted as a terrorist, and treat them as such.

Here’s how to protect your children (and yourself) from deepfakes and other AI dangers in the Reconciliation Bill Republicans have added language in their budget reconciliation bill that would make it illegal for State Governments to protect their citizens from deepfakes and other dangerous uses of AI.

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And one more action, if you didn’t do it yesterday:

Here’s how to Protect Free Speech by Protecting the Library of Congress - Trump recently fired Library of Congress librarian Carla Hayden and appointed Todd Blache - his personal attorney from his hush money trial as acting librarian in her place..

About the CAD Weekly Action Dispatch:

Each week, the CAD receives suggested actions from a wide range of activists through the CAD Team Action Submission Form, and works with legislative experts, including the ACLU, Common Cause, Progressive Mass and MIRA (Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition) to vet and prioritize a short list of actions for the week.

Please consider doing these priority CAD actions before you do other actions this week, so we can multiply our power and increase our impact! All actions can be done either by individuals or groups. SUBSCRIBE TO THE CAD

INFO SHEETS - For Your Information

If you’re new to the Freedom Writers, WELCOME! Check out these INFO SHEETS with lots of great background information:

INFO SHEET: Get Started - Taking Action with Indivisible - Get the most up-to-date information about what is happening in your area through a local Indivisible group!

INFO SHEET: Keeping Your Cool Under the Trump Regime - Access reliable, free news when it counts the most!

INFO SHEET: How to Contact Your Elected Officials - Find out why we act the way we act.

Three AOC Videos About the Importance of Phone Calls Now - Don’t let the MAGAts win the calling our elected officials game.

5 Calls App - Set Up Instructions - This beautiful instruction sheet was written by 3 people who are all over 70 years old. If they can do it, you can do it.