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Move On – August 23, 2025

Posted on August 23, 2025

Dear MoveOn member,

On the bread-and-butter issues like inflation that dominated the 2024 election, Trump is a failure.

Household energy bills are up 10%.1 The cost of groceries is surging.2 And prices for some cars are expected to rise nearly 29% for 2026.3

Donald Trump’s horrible budget bill—and many of his tariffs—have barely started to trickle through the economy. When they do, they’ll make our economic situation even worse.

It’s looking increasingly likely that—with a free and fair election in the 2026 midterms—Republicans will lose control of the House of Representatives.

But MAGA Republicans have already made it clear that they do not support free and fair elections.4 They want to rig the game in their favor.

Texas Republicans just rammed through a hyper-partisan gerrymandering scheme to reshape congressional districts in Texas, pack in MAGA voters, and drown out the voices of Democrats.5

What they did is so extreme that the voting rights expert David Daley calls it “gerrymandering Armageddon.“6

Texas state legislator Trey Martinez Fischer, a Democrat representing San Antonio, says, “Donald Trump does not want to have an election fair and square … he wants to be the ‘commander-in-cheat.’ He wants to cheat on America, cheat on democracy, steal these congressional seats.”7

And this comes on the heels of extreme partisan redistricting by Republicans in other states. In swing states like Wisconsin and North Carolina (which are nearly 50/50 Republican/Democrat), Republicans have pushed through distorted district maps to lock in outsized power with a minority of votes.8

They know that their agenda of banning books, criminalizing abortion care, and gutting successful programs like Social Security is wildly unpopular with the American people—so instead of changing their policies, they’re trying to get ahead by cheating.

The good news is that some Democrats are starting to fight back. In California, Governor Gavin Newsom and the state legislature have drawn up five new Democratic districts. If approved by California voters, this has the potential to neutralize the Republicans’ power grab in Texas and help Democrats flip five congressional seats.9

While California works to keep maps fair, MoveOn is going ALL-IN to take down the most vulnerable House Republicans across our country in 2026—including members of Congress who won their elections by razor-thin margins in 2024. We’ve got to be firing on all cylinders NOW to make this happen, and we need grassroots support from MoveOn members like you.

Will you donate $5 a month to fund our on-the-ground organizing, including billboards, postcards, and a cross-country rally tour—and all of the other long-term and rapid-response work we’re doing to hold Republicans accountable and to flip control of the House in 2026?

Yes, I’ll chip in $5 a month. 

No, I’m sorry, I can’t make a monthly donation.

With your help, we’re going all-in on …

  • GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING: Our on-the-ground organizing teams are in the most vulnerable districts across the country to hold Republican members of Congress accountable for voting to cut health care and food assistance.
  • BILLBOARDS: We’ve put up hard-hitting billboards in these districts to make sure everyone there knows that their Republican members of Congress voted to rip away health care coverage from their own community, all to fund even more tax breaks for billionaires.
  • RALLIES: And we’ve launched our nationwide Won’t Back Down tour, which is going into the communities where vulnerable Republicans lied to their constituents and took away their health care. Joined by progressive champions Senator Elizabeth Warren, Representative Jasmine Crockett, and others, we’re talking to thousands of voters to expose Republicans’ cruel agenda and record and to ensure they’re thrown out of office come election time.

We know what we have to do—will you help us get it done? Chip in $5 a month to help flip the House in 2026!

Yes, I’ll chip in $5 a month. 

No, I’m sorry, I can’t make a monthly donation.

This is not the first time that Republicans have tried dirty tricks to win elections. And history has shown that in spite of their efforts to lie, cheat, and steal their way to victory, we can still prevail.

The surest way to beat voter suppression efforts is to out-organize the opposition. When we invest in educating the public, registering new voters, and turning people out to vote, we can overcome even the most aggressive suppression tactics.

We’ve done it before: The record turnout in 2020 and 2022 defeated dozens of voter-suppression efforts. In Georgia, despite draconian new voting restrictions, Black and brown voters organized and turned out in force, flipping the Senate in 2020 and reelecting Senator Raphael Warnock in 2022.

MoveOn’s 2022 voter outreach program targeted “surge voters” (folks likely to sit out the midterm elections) and helped drive many of them to the polls—contributing to those razor-thin victories that kept election deniers out of power. And, in 2022, we ran the largest relational organizing program in the country, reaching out to over 4 million infrequent voters.10

Because of you and millions of Americans like you, 2022 became the most successful midterm election for a party in power in years. And Democrats took back control of the House of Representatives!

History shows that when we come together, we can overcome the GOP’s dirty tricks in a critical midterm election like this one. But Republicans are doubling down on their anti-democratic playbook for 2026 and beyond. And we can win only with your early and consistent support.

Please, step up right now and turn your outrage into action. Donate $5 a month, or whatever you can, and help us win in 2026!

Yes, I’ll chip in $5 a month. 

No, I’m sorry, I can’t make a monthly donation.

Thanks for all you do.

–Alexis, Mia, Amanda R., Kenia, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. “Trump tariffs and green energy rollbacks push household electricity bills up 10%,” The Guardian, August 19, 2025
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/19/electricity-bills-increase-trump

2. “Restaurant sales hit as food prices forecast to keep rising this year,” MSN, August 19, 2025
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/restaurant-sales-hit-as-food-prices-forecast-to-keep-rising-this-year/ar-AA1KNfLx

3. “Kicking the Tires on a New Car? Buy It Now, Experts Say,” Newsweek, August 21, 2025
https://www.newsweek.com/kicking-tires-new-car-buy-it-now-experts-say-2117229

4. “Republicans want to rig the midterm elections. Will they succeed?” The Guardian, August 19, 2025
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/19/republicans-midterm-elections

5. “‘Commander-in-Cheat’: After Texas, Trump’s Redistricting Push Goes National,” Democracy Now!, August 22, 2025
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/8/22/texas_democrats

6. Ibid.

7. Ibid.

8. “Threats From Political Minority Rule in Wisconsin and North Carolina,” Center for American Progress, December 7, 2023
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/threats-from-political-minority-rule-in-wisconsin-and-north-carolina/

9. “Newsom Signs California Redistricting Plan to Counter Texas Republicans,” The New York Times, August 21, 2025
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/us/politics/california-newsom-redistricting-texas.html

10. “The MoveOn Community’s Powerful Impact in a Historic Midterm Result,” MoveOn, November 17, 2022
https://front.moveon.org/the-moveon-communitys-powerful-impact-in-a-historic-midterm-result/

Want to support MoveOn’s work? Donald Trump and his MAGA allies expect us to give up. But we will not give them what they want. We will never stop working to defend our fundamental freedoms and protect our democracy. MoveOn has been leading the movement against right-wing extremism for 26 years, and we promise you that we will still be here every step of the way forward.

Will you donate to power MoveOn’s work to protect our freedoms and democracy under Trump’s administration?

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Contributions to MoveOn Civic Action are not tax-deductible for income tax purposes. MoveOn.org Civic Action – PO Box 96141, Washington, D.C. 20090-6141. ActBlue Civics Inc. is the merchant of record for all transactions made to MoveOn Civic Action using the ActBlue platform. ActBlue Civics Inc. receives and processes these donations before disbursing them to MoveOn Civic Action within 30 days of receipt.


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    Indivisible TC - Founder Hour, Thurs

    October 2, 2025  12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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    October 3, 2025  4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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    October 7, 2025  3:45 PM - 5:45 PM
    John Dam Plaza, 815 George Washington Way, Richland, WA 99352, USA

    "Protest Tuesday" at John Dam Plaza on GWay in Richland from 3:45pm to 5:45PM. Bring your own sign or flag or one will be provided. Join our stalwarts and protest whatever is bothering you most that day.
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    October 13, 2025  6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
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    TCD Democrats Protest Tuesday

    October 14, 2025  3:45 PM - 5:45 PM
    John Dam Plaza, 815 George Washington Way, Richland, WA 99352, USA

    "Protest Tuesday" at John Dam Plaza on GWay in Richland from 3:45pm to 5:45PM. Bring your own sign or flag or one will be provided. Join our stalwarts and protest whatever is bothering you most that day.
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    NO KINGS Zillah Washington

    October 18, 2025  10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
    1st Avenue & Vintage Valley Parkway Zillah, WA 98953

    **In Zillah, we don’t put up with would-be kings. Come out and let your neighbors know they aren’t alone.

    Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Born in the streets, carried by millions in chants and on posters, it echoes from city blocks to rural town squares, uniting people across this country to fight dictatorship together.

    The president thinks his rule is absolute. But in America, we don’t have kings, and we won’t back down against chaos, corruption, and cruelty. Grow our movement and join us.

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    October 18, 2025  11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
    Columbia Center Blvd 1321 N Columbia Center Blvd Kennewick, WA 99336

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    Guests will hear an update from Executive Director Theresa Roosendaal, and hear two stories of B5 students who are thriving here in the Tri-Cities. There will be auctions, games, a costume contest, and an opportunity to win a two-year lease for a 2025 Cadillac CT4 generously donated by McCurley Cadillac! 

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    October 18, 2025  12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
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    In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.

    Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Born in the streets, carried by millions in chants and on posters, it echoes from city blocks to rural town squares, uniting people across this country to fight dictatorship together.

    The president thinks his rule is absolute. But in America, we don’t have kings, and we won’t back down against chaos, corruption, and cruelty. Grow our movement and join us.

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    TCD Democrats Protest Tuesday

    October 21, 2025  3:45 PM - 5:45 PM
    John Dam Plaza, 815 George Washington Way, Richland, WA 99352, USA

    "Protest Tuesday" at John Dam Plaza on GWay in Richland from 3:45pm to 5:45PM. Bring your own sign or flag or one will be provided. Join our stalwarts and protest whatever is bothering you most that day.
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    Indivisible TC - Founder Hour, Thurs

    October 23, 2025  12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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    BCDCC General Public Meeting

    October 23, 2025  6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
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  • HAIRraisin’ FUNraiser

    HAIRraisin’ FUNraiser

    October 25, 2025  6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
    Red Lion Hotel Pasco Airport & Conference Center 2525 N 20th Ave, Pasco, WA 99301

    Keep your eye out for the perfect costume because this year’s HAIRraisin’ FUNraiser will take place on Saturday, October 25, at 6pm at the Pasco Red Lion Hotel and Conference Center. Costumes are encouraged at this Halloween Bash celebrating the amazing work that B5 does.

    Guests will hear an update from Executive Director Theresa Roosendaal, and hear two stories of B5 students who are thriving here in the Tri-Cities. There will be auctions, games, a costume contest, and an opportunity to win a two-year lease for a 2025 Cadillac CT4 generously donated by McCurley Cadillac! 

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  • TCD Democrats Protest Tuesday

    TCD Democrats Protest Tuesday

    October 28, 2025  3:45 PM - 5:45 PM
    John Dam Plaza, 815 George Washington Way, Richland, WA 99352, USA

    "Protest Tuesday" at John Dam Plaza on GWay in Richland from 3:45pm to 5:45PM. Bring your own sign or flag or one will be provided. Join our stalwarts and protest whatever is bothering you most that day.
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    Richland City Council Workshop

    October 28, 2025  6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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    October 30, 2025  12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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