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Proud of the Democrats for this. When they stand with the communities I care about, I’ll stand with them.

submitted 5 hours ago • 0 comments

Trump's dismantling of USAID costs thousands of jobs, threatens U.S. national security, & effectively generates a global humanitarian crisis. Democracy Forward & Public Citizen Litigation Group are repping the American Foreign Service Assoc & American Federation of Gov Employees in court... (1/2)

submitted 25 days ago • 11 comments

This compliance in advance by Children’s Hospital is deeply concerning and a betrayal of trans kids. Now is a time to be brave and stand in our values.

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

BREAKING: New lawsuit challenges Trump's anti-diversity executive orders, alleging Spending Clause, vagueness (Due Process), free speech (First Amendment), and separation of powers violations. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 28 days ago • 34 comments

Would love to see @dcattorneygeneral.bsky.social take similar action here.

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

More of this please

submitted 28 days ago • 10 comments

No one's blaming Democrats for causing this crisis, but yes, many of them are failing to meet this moment. One Democratic senator could bring the chamber to a halt. House Dems can go to fed agencies being gutted by Musk with cameras in tow. Governors can push back. State AGs can bring lawsuits.

submitted 30 days ago • 770 comments

Idgaf I’m still fighting for guaranteed healthcare. Aspiration is the answer. Not just “we’re not the bad guys.” We need something more meaningful than that. I want a future worth fighting for. They have no vision. We do. Lean into our strengths and knock them out. 👊🏽

submitted 31 days ago • 3401 comments

My latest reprinted in @truthout.org. “For those of us who care deeply about trans children and trans communities, it’s important to stay focused on what the moment demands of us.”

submitted 31 days ago • 3 comments

my god, democrats, can you please just vote no on all of these nominees, why is this so hard

submitted 32 days ago • 22 comments

BREAKING: Following our lawsuit, Trump administration rescinds funding freeze memo that would have wholesale shuttered federal assistance and grant programs that people across this country rely on.

submitted 33 days ago • 49 comments

Call your state reps also

submitted 33 days ago • 3 comments

if you're looking for guests on your podcast or show to talk about Trump's anti-trans EO's this week, I have availability.

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

FYI the National Council of Nonprofits is collecting stories via this form about how the executive orders are harming nonprofit organizations nationwide. If you just got screwed today, tell them about it here. They're also asking who is comfortable sharing their stories with reporters.

submitted 34 days ago • 12 comments

@democracyforward.bsky.social, on behalf of nonprofits and businesses, is granted an adminstrative stay of the OMB memo for existing funding. HUGE development to protect people and communities nationwide as the legality of this memo is briefed for the Court.

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

BREAKING: U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan temporarily blocks OMB's effort to stop funding of current federal grant contracts. She orders an administrative stay of OMB's pause on open awards — set to go into effect now — until 5p. Monday, February 3.

submitted 34 days ago • 15 comments

BREAKING: A set of nonprofits and a small business organization sue OMB over Monday's grants/loans "pause," seeking a temporary restraining order. The groups are represented by @democracyforward.bsky.social. Complaint: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 34 days ago • 45 comments

Four progressive groups, led by Democracy Forward, filed a federal lawsuit in the District of Columbia challenging the White House memo that seeks to freeze federal grants and loans. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

National Council of Nonprofits is filing together with public health and small business leaders, represented in court by Democracy Forward.

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

Democracy Forward filed a law suit to PERMANENTLY enjoin (stop) the 5pm freeze before the DC District court along with other remedies. Stay tuned….

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

@democracyforward.bsky.social worked with brave organizations providing essential services to American communities to challenge the memo that attempts to block billions in federal funding. Check out our lawsuit below and join the fight.

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

In 1953, Eisenhower signed an order banning queer people from working in the government. Agencies encouraged employees to report colleagues they suspected of being queer based on how they acted, spoke, dressed, or had masculine/feminine characteristics like wide jaws in women or small hands in men

submitted 39 days ago • 27 comments

Trump began signing Exec Orders en masse last night. Democracy Forward has been analyzing them & continues to post summaries of these harmful actions to our EO Legal Response Center. Visit Democracy2025.org for info & return for more policy analysis & updates on how communities are fighting back.

submitted 41 days ago • 5 comments

The threats are no longer hypothetical—they affect real people & communities. The Democracy 2025 Executive Order Legal Response Center is now live to share real-time info, cataloguing actions the Trump administration takes that undermine people’s freedoms or prosperity. Learn more: democracy2025.org

submitted 42 days ago • 4 comments

heartbreaking Rest in Power Cecile Richards 19thnews.org/2025/01/ceci...

submitted 42 days ago • 110 comments

There is no joy in taking health insurance coverage away from any of our constituents, including trans children of active duty service members here in Virginia. You can’t support our troops by making it harder for families to afford medically necessary health care prescribed by their doctors.

submitted 75 days ago • 36 comments

Every kid- including every single trans kid- deserves to thrive. Proud to fight in defense of regulations that help make that possible.

submitted 75 days ago • 2 comments

My favorite Becky Sauerbrunn moment isn’t anything she did on the pitch, but rather when she wrote this in the Springfield News-Leader calling out the Save Women’s Sports Act for not actually caring about women’s sports. www.news-leader.com/story/opinio...

submitted 76 days ago • 3 comments

Private company buys a public good. A few years go by and the company decides the public good is no longer worthwhile; the public suffers as a result. This story arc is way too common in modern society. deadline.com/2024/12/max-...

submitted 78 days ago • 48 comments

Together with 280+ pro-democracy organizations representing millions of people, we established a multimillion-dollar war chest that will allow us to take legal action, represent clients pro bono, and provide resources to people and communities harmed by the second Trump administration.

submitted 99 days ago • 83 comments

TWO percent of voters saw "issues related to transgender people" as one of their top three issues and Kamala won them by nearly 40 points. The narrative around this issue is backward.

submitted 90 days ago • 16 comments

At the end of the day the Spirit needed to finish one if their many chances, but it’s really a bummer that the winning goal happened because Orlando bodied one of our players. An obvious foul. #nwsl #spirit

submitted 100 days ago • 1 comment

THIS.

submitted 101 days ago • 1 comment

Trying this out to get off twitter. Civil rights/ pro-democracy atty ready to sue the next administration.

submitted 110 days ago • 1 comment