Use Your Power Before You Lose Your Power

Freedom Writers - National - 5/21/25

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May 22, 2025

Hello, Freedom Writers!

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Use Your Power Before You Lose Your Power!
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Use Your Power Before You Lose Your Power!

the evidence is overwhelming. Trump is feeling our power.

According to thhe WSJ on Tuesday,

“In a closed-door meeting with the House Republican conference, the president urged fiscal conservatives to give up efforts to expand Medicaid cuts and moderates to drop their drive for further blue-state tax relief, pushing them to unite around his "one big beautiful" budget reconciliation bill, according to people familiar with his comments.
"Don't f -- around with Medicaid," he said, according to attendees.”

Why did he say that? Because he knows now that if he DOES “f—- around with Medicaid,” he will lose the House and Senate in 2026. He knows that because WE told him that.

There’s a lot going on with this reconciliation bill today.

First, Trump is trying to rush it through, but there’s a problem: He can’t give the billionaires tax cuts AND appease his voters so he can keep the house and senate in 2026 without increasing the deficit. Sad.

Today, the bond market blew up because of the deficit in this bill. Well, duh!

It’s a mess, but WE ARE having an impact, and, and, yes, WE WILL make him lose the House and Senate if he cuts too much. We need to keep the pressure up! After all, it’s OUR money, not the billionaires’.

Let’s get to work!

Actions > > > CAD Dispatch

CAD Team Weekly Action Dispatch - May 21, 2025

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

Today’s CAD Priority Actions:

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..

The next 3 Actions all have to do with the reconciliation bill, which as of Wed 5/21, is in the US House. Trump is trying to rush it through, but there’s a problem: He can’t give the billionaires tax cuts AND appease his voters so he can keep the house and senate in 2026 without increasing the deficit. Today, the bond market blew up because of the deficit in this bill. It’s a mess, but we ARE having an impact. It’s OUR money (not the billionaires’), and we WILL make him lose the House and Senate if he cuts too much. We need to keep the pressure up!

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.

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.