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Move On Project 2025 – July 16, 2024

Posted on July 16, 2024

Dear MoveOn member,

These numbers are stark: Seven in 10 Americans don’t know about Project 2025. But, when they learn about it, most people are opposed—even Republicans who don’t identify as MAGA.1

That’s a huge opportunity—no, a mandate—for us to educate voters about Project 2025. And it’s precisely why Donald Trump is now desperate to distance himself from it.

Last week, videos were released showing Trump embracing Project 2025 from the start. At a Heritage Foundation dinner in 2022, Trump said: “Our country is going to hell …. This is a great group and they’re going to lay the groundwork and detail plans for exactly what our movement will do … when the American people give us a colossal mandate to save America. And that’s coming.”2

In a second video, Project 2025 director Paul Dans states very clearly that Trump is “very bought in with this.”3

J.D. Vance, his vice presidential pick, has been more forthright recently, praising Project 2025 as full of “good ideas.”4

We cannot let Project 2025 ever see the light of day. Our remaining rights and freedoms and democracy depend on it.

Will you chip in $5 a month to help MoveOn educate millions of voters across the country about Project 2025, starting immediately?

Yes, I’ll chip in monthly.

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

Just reading Project 2025’s goals causes voters to reject Project 2025—even the “double haters” who don’t like Trump or President Biden opposed the extremist plan by 78%.5

These are the incredible numbers of voters in the poll—from Republican women to Independents to Democrats who didn’t plan to vote—who, once they learned about them, believe that these Project 2025 policies would be harmful to America.6

  • 83% opposed removing health care protections for people with preexisting conditions.
  • 80% opposed cutting Social Security benefits by raising the retirement age.
  • 85% opposed allowing the government to monitor people’s pregnancies to potentially prosecute them if they miscarry.
  • 87% opposed allowing employers to stop paying hourly workers overtime.

It’s clear: Once voters know what’s actually in Project 2025, they hate it—and they understand that Trump and his MAGA cronies are behind it.7

MoveOn’s superpower is our breadth and huge megaphone. We’re currently running a massive election campaign that has us engaging voters in every corner of the country: in person, online, on their phones, and with messengers they trust—from micro-influencers on social media platforms to MoveOn members in their own community to their very own friends, family, and colleagues whom we’re organizing through our “vote tripling” program.

But this outreach to individual voters is time and resource intensive, and we can do it only with your urgent and ongoing support. Will you donate $5 a month to help us educate millions of voters about how Project 2025 would strip away our remaining rights and freedoms, hurt middle- and working-class families, and dismantle our democracy?

Yes, I’ll chip in monthly.

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

We’re in this fight for the future of our country together, every day from now to Election Day.

Thanks for all you do.

–Alexis, Amanda, Evelyn, Mohammad, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. “The Policies of Project 2025: A Guide for Progressives,” Navigator Research, July 9, 2024
https://navigatorresearch.org/the-policies-of-project-2025-a-guide-for-progressives/

2. “July 11, 2024,” Letters from an American by Heather Cox Richardson, July 12, 2024
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/july-11-2024

3. “Unearthed video: Project 2025 director said project has ‘great’ relationship with Trump and he’s ‘very bought in with this,'” Media Matters for America, July 11, 2024
https://www.mediamatters.org/project-2025/unearthed-video-project-2025-director-said-project-has-great-relationship-trump-and?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

4. “Trump’s MAGA Veepstakes: J.D. Vance Praises Project 2025’s ‘Good Ideas,'” Democrats, July 11, 2024<br />https://democrats.org/news/trumps-maga-veepstakes-j-d-vance-praises-project-2025s-good-ideas/%3C/p%3E

5. “The Policies of Project 2025: A Guide for Progressives,” Navigator Research, July 9, 2024
https://navigatorresearch.org/the-policies-of-project-2025-a-guide-for-progressives/

6. Ibid.

7. “How to Brand Project 2025: A Guide for Advocates,” Navigator Research, July 8, 2024
https://navigatorresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Navigator-Update-07.08.2024.pdf


Want to support MoveOn’s work? Voters just defied history and stopped a MAGA wave of extremism at the polls. But there is more work to do to end the filibuster, codify abortion rights into law, and defend our freedoms, our families, and our futures. We can accomplish all this and more, but only if we work together. 

Will you chip in monthly to power our critical work? 

Yes, I’ll chip in $5 a month.

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


MOVEON POLITICAL ACTION, https://pol.moveon.org/. Not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee. MoveOn Political Action – PO Box 96142, Washington, D.C. 20090-6142.

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December 2025

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  • Tri-cities Protest Tuesday

    Tri-cities Protest Tuesday

    December 2, 2025  3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
    John Dam Plaza, 815 George Washington Way, Richland, WA 99352, USA

    "Protest Tuesday" at John Dam Plaza on GWay in Richland from 3:30pm to 4:30PM. Bring your own sign or flag or one will be provided. Join our stalwarts and protest whatever is bothering you most that day.
    If possible, also bring a donation for the Food Bank.
    https://www.facebook.com/events/999996418325987/999996484992647/

    See more details

  • Richland City Council

    Richland City Council

    December 2, 2025  7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
    Richland City Hall, 505 Swift Blvd, Richland, WA 99352, USA

    See more details

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  • Indivisible TC - Founder Hour, Thurs

    Indivisible TC - Founder Hour, Thurs

    December 4, 2025  12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
    The Zoom link can be found in the most recent Indivisible TC Do Something Email Newsletter.

    This is a Zoom meeting. The link to the meeting is provided in the weekly Do-Something email. When you join the organization at this link: https://www.indivisibletricitieswa.org/join-us , you will receive this newsletter.

    Join in and ask questions, get updates or just say hi! These are held every Thursday at 12pm and occasional weekends.

    See more details

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  • Volunteer Opportunity: ICE OUT OF TRI Door Knocking

    Volunteer Opportunity: ICE OUT OF TRI Door Knocking

    December 6, 2025  1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

    Tri-Cities Socialists will be hosting a volunteer door-knocking this Saturday Dec. 6 and Sunday, Dec. 7, both at 1pm, for our ICE Out of Tri campaign.

    We especially need bi-lingual and Spanish-speakers to attend.

    We will be distributing Know Your Rights info to neighborhoods currently at high risk of attacks by I.C.E., as well as inviting them to an organizing meeting where they can learn how to organize their communities for defense against I.C.E. as we have seen in communities from Portland, to Chicago, to Los Angeles, and beyond.

    https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeb665yKfpDFxL43PocKg7ro30k8oWqNvL8qGIpUzs8YfqfPg/viewform

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  • Volunteer Opportunity: ICE OUT OF TRI Door Knocking

    Volunteer Opportunity: ICE OUT OF TRI Door Knocking

    December 7, 2025  1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

    Tri-Cities Socialists will be hosting a volunteer door-knocking this Saturday Dec. 6 and Sunday, Dec. 7, both at 1pm, for our ICE Out of Tri campaign.

    We especially need bi-lingual and Spanish-speakers to attend.

    We will be distributing Know Your Rights info to neighborhoods currently at high risk of attacks by I.C.E., as well as inviting them to an organizing meeting where they can learn how to organize their communities for defense against I.C.E. as we have seen in communities from Portland, to Chicago, to Los Angeles, and beyond.

    https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeb665yKfpDFxL43PocKg7ro30k8oWqNvL8qGIpUzs8YfqfPg/viewform

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  • BCDCC Executive Board Meeting

    BCDCC Executive Board Meeting

    December 8, 2025  6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
    Round Table Pizza 1769 Leslie Rd, Richland

    This meeting is for Benton County Party Officers and committee chairs as well as representatives of regional LPO's.
    PCO's are invited to attend, particularly if they have something they wish to share with the board.

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  • Benton County Executive Board

    Benton County Executive Board

    December 8, 2025  6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
    Meeting details will be provided over email from the Benton County Democrats Chair.

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  • Tri-cities Protest Tuesday

    Tri-cities Protest Tuesday

    December 9, 2025  3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
    John Dam Plaza, 815 George Washington Way, Richland, WA 99352, USA

    "Protest Tuesday" at John Dam Plaza on GWay in Richland from 3:30pm to 4:30PM. Bring your own sign or flag or one will be provided. Join our stalwarts and protest whatever is bothering you most that day.
    If possible, also bring a donation for the Food Bank.
    https://www.facebook.com/events/999996418325987/999996484992647/

    See more details

  • Kennewick City Council Workshop

    Kennewick City Council Workshop

    December 9, 2025  6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

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  • Precinct Committee Officer Training Opportunity

    Precinct Committee Officer Training Opportunity

    December 10, 2025  10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    Online with Zoom

    Online Zoom Training

    December 10, 2025 10:00 AM PST

    If you don't already have a free account with NDTC, create one in order to attend this online training.

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  • BADGER FORUM: Understanding Vaccines

    BADGER FORUM: Understanding Vaccines

    December 11, 2025  12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
    https://badgers.clubexpress.com/content.aspx?page_id=4091&club_id=392306

    Since the Covid-19 pandemic, support for public health policies has gradually declined. At the federal level certain policies and practices regarding vaccines have been thrown into question.

    Vaccine proponents note the long-time and widespread benefits of the traditional MMR vaccine; vaccine skeptics generally insist it causes autism. Some say the approval process (Operation Warp Speed for Covid-19) was either rushed or rigged; others say the process was instrumental in reducing suffering and saved the lives of millions of people.

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  • Indivisible TC - Founder Hour, Thurs

    Indivisible TC - Founder Hour, Thurs

    December 11, 2025  12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
    The Zoom link can be found in the most recent Indivisible TC Do Something Email Newsletter.

    This is a Zoom meeting. The link to the meeting is provided in the weekly Do-Something email. When you join the organization at this link: https://www.indivisibletricitieswa.org/join-us , you will receive this newsletter.

    Join in and ask questions, get updates or just say hi! These are held every Thursday at 12pm and occasional weekends.

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  • Whistle Workshop & Learning Event

    Whistle Workshop & Learning Event

    December 12, 2025  10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    Richland Public Library, Conf Room B, 955 Northgate Dr, Richland, WA

    📣Our Voices United is sharing whistle safety packs as a simple, but powerful, grassroots tool that helps communities stay alert and protect each other. Indivisible Tri-Cities is joining in to help promote this campaign and support local outreach.

    🧊These whistles create instant signals when ICE activity is nearby, helping neighbors gather quickly, record what's happening, and stand with anyone who may be approached. Join us this Friday to learn more!

    🎶Different whistle patterns can signal urgent moments, like ICE being in the area or someone being detained. This gives those nearby a way to respond that's faster than social media and doesn't rely on being on your phone all the time.

    🛡️Though it's a small tool, it helps combat quiet threats by creating visible community action, solidarity, and support. When we come together in efforts like this, our collective strength grows.

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  • Tri-City Democrats - Friday, December 12, 6:00 PM

    Tri-City Democrats - Friday, December 12, 6:00 PM

    December 12, 2025  6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
    Round Table Pizza3201 W Court St, Pasco

    It's time for a holiday celebration. This month we'll meet at the Round Table Pizza on Court Street in Pasco. December 12 at 6pm. Come gather with like-minded folks and share some fellowship, food and beverages. As is our normal practice, Tri-City Democrats will order several pizzas to share. We'll have the donation box available for those who care to financially support the group. Some of our generous members are likely to purchase pitchers of beer to share. If you want the salad bar or soft drinks, you are on your own for those items.

    At this writing, we do not have a planned program, but we will have 'Hate Has no Home Here' signs available. We are coming up on election time for the group - at our January meeting we'll plan to hold elections for our officers for 2026. Please let us know if you are interested in serving on the board!

    For full details, including the address, and to RSVP see https://www.meetup.com/tri-city-democrats/events/312303177/

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  • Indivisible Tri-Cities Holiday Potluck

    Indivisible Tri-Cities Holiday Potluck

    December 13, 2025  11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
    Mid-Columbia Libraries -- Kennewick, 1620 S Union St, Kennewick, WA

    ✨Join us for our holiday potluck!✨

    💚We're celebrating the season together and giving back to the community at this fun, low-key social event.

    🎁We'll be collecting non-perishable food for Second Harvest, and toys and gift cards for Communities in Schools. Your donations help support local families and students during the holidays.

    🍽️Come share a dish, bring a friend, and join in community with us!

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  • Posters for Progress!

    Posters for Progress!

    December 15, 2025  6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
    Hermiston First United Methodist Church 191 E Gladys Ave Hermiston, OR 97838

    Join local community organizers for Signs of Progress — a relaxed evening of creativity, connection, and collective action!
    There will be sign making, postcard writing, and conversation about the issues that matter most to us. Whether you’re passionate about local causes or just love good company and community spirit, there’s a place for you at the table.

    See more details

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  • Tri-cities Protest Tuesday

    Tri-cities Protest Tuesday

    December 16, 2025  3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
    John Dam Plaza, 815 George Washington Way, Richland, WA 99352, USA

    "Protest Tuesday" at John Dam Plaza on GWay in Richland from 3:30pm to 4:30PM. Bring your own sign or flag or one will be provided. Join our stalwarts and protest whatever is bothering you most that day.
    If possible, also bring a donation for the Food Bank.
    https://www.facebook.com/events/999996418325987/999996484992647/

    See more details

  • Family Meeting: Child Care & the Washington State Budget Emergency

    Family Meeting: Child Care & the Washington State Budget Emergency

    December 16, 2025  6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
    https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/873403/

    Organizing for a brighter future for Washington families in 2026 starts now! It’s time to huddle up and make a 2026 game plan for protecting child care during the Washington state budget crisis.

    Join SEIU 925, Children's Campaign Fund Action, and MomsRising for a virtual Family Meeting: Child Care & the State Budget Emergency.

    Our state is in a budget crisis, and we know most of our families are too. We’re calling a family meeting to learn about what’s at stake and to co-create the budget solutions that will lift all families.

    Together, we'll get up to speed about the state of the 2026 state budget and how budget choices will impact moms, families, caregivers, and workers in our state. We'll hear from leaders from across Washington state, including Senator Claire Wilson, Senator Emily Alvarado, Representative Mary Fosse, and leaders from SEIU 925 and MomsRising.

    We hope you can join us in getting organized and informed so we can hit the ground running in early 2026! Make sure to RSVP so you receive the Zoom link once it's available.

    See more details

  • Richland City Council

    Richland City Council

    December 16, 2025  7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
    Richland City Hall, 505 Swift Blvd, Richland, WA 99352, USA

    See more details

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  • Indivisible TC - Founder Hour, Thurs

    Indivisible TC - Founder Hour, Thurs

    December 18, 2025  12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
    The Zoom link can be found in the most recent Indivisible TC Do Something Email Newsletter.

    This is a Zoom meeting. The link to the meeting is provided in the weekly Do-Something email. When you join the organization at this link: https://www.indivisibletricitieswa.org/join-us , you will receive this newsletter.

    Join in and ask questions, get updates or just say hi! These are held every Thursday at 12pm and occasional weekends.

    See more details

  • Franklin County Democratic Central Committee (FCDCC) No Meeting in December

    Franklin County Democratic Central Committee (FCDCC) No Meeting in December

    December 18, 2025  5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
    No Meeting

    There will be no Franklin County Democrats December meeting. We wish you a safe and happy holiday season! 

    Please join us for our January general meeting on Thursday, January 15. Hope to see you then!

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  • BCDCC General Public Meeting

    BCDCC General Public Meeting

    December 18, 2025  6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
    Meeting details will be provided over email from the Benton County Democrats Chair.

    General Meeting

    December 18, 2025

    Leslie Road Roundtable Pizza

    1769 Leslie Rd

    Richland

    Kennewick Roundtable Pizza

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  • Posters for Progress!

    Posters for Progress!

    December 22, 2025  6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
    Hermiston First United Methodist Church 191 E Gladys Ave Hermiston, OR 97838

    Join local community organizers for Signs of Progress — a relaxed evening of creativity, connection, and collective action!
    There will be sign making, postcard writing, and conversation about the issues that matter most to us. Whether you’re passionate about local causes or just love good company and community spirit, there’s a place for you at the table.

    See more details

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  • Richland City Council Workshop

    Richland City Council Workshop

    December 23, 2025  6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
    Richland City Hall, 505 Swift Blvd, Richland, WA 99352, USA

    See more details

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  • FredMeyer Pickup Order Time

    FredMeyer Pickup Order Time

    December 26, 2025  10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    101 Wellsian Way Richland, WA 99352

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  • Posters for Progress!

    Posters for Progress!

    December 29, 2025  6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
    Hermiston First United Methodist Church 191 E Gladys Ave Hermiston, OR 97838

    Join local community organizers for Signs of Progress — a relaxed evening of creativity, connection, and collective action!
    There will be sign making, postcard writing, and conversation about the issues that matter most to us. Whether you’re passionate about local causes or just love good company and community spirit, there’s a place for you at the table.

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