June 6, 2025 - Sweet Virginia/8 Days to ❌👑 #NoKings
Plus getting ready for 2026, keep MAGA hands off American science, organizing tenants unions and more!
🚨 Veterans unite for demonstration to protect jobs, health care, services on the National Mall… livestream here at 2 PM 🚨
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🔵 MAKE VIRGINIA BLUE AGAIN 🔵
We have a chance to take back the governor’s office and make Virginia a Democratic trifecta in November, and GOP Governor Glenn Youngkin keeps reminding us all of we have to gain if we do. Legislative Democrats have passed bills to raise the minimum wage, secure five days of paid sick leave for all workers, crack down on wage theft, expand collective bargaining rights, help grow solar power and clean energy storage, and protect the right to contraception. Youngkin has vetoed all of them.
Democratic gubernatorial nominee Abigail Spanberger is kicking off the summer phase of her campaign with textbanks this weekend and next. Let’s sign up to join them here.
Rogan’s List is also maintaining a running list of ways to help turn Virginia blue here. Please use and share!
🗳️ TAKE BACK THE HOUSE IN 2026 🗳️
November 2025 still feels far away, and November 2026 even further. But we’re building the infrastructure to win in this elections now.
REDistrict Project is a new effort by Volunteer Blue to energize disaffected voters in swing congressional districts with Republican representatives to agitate now for a just America and to go to the polls in November 2026 to elect Democrats and flip the House to Blue. They’re looking for volunteers to encourage voters in these districts get active now and lay the groundwork for a win in the midterms. Let’s be in the loop by signing up here.
🔬 NO CENSORING SCIENCE 🔬
On May 23rd, Trump signed an executive order “restoring gold standard science” in the name of doing “in the best interests of the public.” However, critics have been quick to recognize that the politicization of science is a form of censorship, with the government’s agenda determining the public’s “best interests” and funding accordingly.
The Union of Concerned Scientists points out that science should influence decision-making rather than the other way around, especially in regards to healthcare. “Gold standard” implies high quality science is being prioritized whereas the reality is that the government is slashing funding for scientific research and damaging America’s ability to be at the forefront of research and development. Political interference in science damages scientific integrity by making it too risky to undertake research with an uncertain outcome, which punishes innovation. This executive order also goes hand-in-hand with suppressing politically unfavorable research – on pollution or climate change, for example – deliberately concealing the consequences of irresponsible political decisions from the public.
It is noteworthy that this executive order was signed at the same time as another executive order prioritizing and fast-tracking research into nuclear power – science being only valued when it leads to income generation.
Let’s reach out to our reps about how these changes and the slashing of funding put American science at risk and ask them to support the Scientific Integrity Act (H.R. 1106). This bill was re-introduced back in February with the goal of protecting science from politics. We can use this tool from UCS to send a message to our elected officials asking them to back the Scientific Integrity Act, and send them this message from via Resistbot opposing Trump’s executive order politicizing research.
🫱🏻🫲🏿 THIS SUMMER, WE’RE GOING TO TENANT ORGANIZING SCHOOL 🫱🏾🫲🏼
Winning the fight against the billionaire takeover of our country requires us to be aggressive and thoughtful about how we can exercise our power, and protests aimed at turning out big numbers can only be one of our tools. One growing movement is renters fed up with landlord abuses and low-quality and unaffordable housing coming together in tenants unions. They’ve won big victories locally in places like Kansas City and Kingston, New York, and we’re in the midst of the first major attempt at bringing together tenants unions nationally in four decades. The Tenant Union Federation is looking to expand, and they’re holding a virtual, weekly, three-month training this summer on the skills of tenant organizing. Let’s check it out here, apply by June 20th to take part here and make sure we’re spreading the word widely about this opportunity.
We can also take some time to look into tenant unions near us and see what we can do to join or support them.
🏳️🌈 GLAAD DATABASE TRACKS LBTQ HATE CRIMES AND RESOURCES 🏳️🌈
Repression by federal and state government is, of course, not the only danger for the LGBTQIA+ community. Earlier this week GLAAD released a report documenting 932 anti-LGBTQ incidents in 49 states and D.C. from May 1st 2024 to May 1st, 2025, with a 14% increase in targeting of trans people. Information like this was already difficult to find, and will only get harder as the Trump Administration threatens organizations that acknowledge sexual orientation and gender identity.
GLAAD created the ALERT Desk to track hate incidents and provide resources to help protect the community and tell a story not captured by the media and law enforcement. We can check out GLAAD’s ALERT desk here to see how our LGBTQ-inclusive communities are doing and then share this information with our friends and our elected officials.
📹❌👑 THE MEDIA MUST COVER #NOKINGS 📹❌👑
While the Donald Trump-Elon Musk public break-up is undeniably fun to watch, it should be of concern to us all that federal policy is being warped from hour to hour based on Trump’s whims. It’s our country, our money and our government, not his, and he clearly has concluded otherwise.
One week from tomorrow, he’s going to use our money and our military to throw himself a parade. We’re hitting the streets for #NoKings in more than 1600 different demonstrations to make sure the President glorifying himself shares the screen with Americans standing up for our values.
We all have a role to play in making sure we get that split screen. That starts with making a commitment to inviting at least one person to join us today, but it doesn’t end there. Let’s also make a point of reaching out to our local media and asking them if they’re planning on covering our nearest #NoKings event. We can find them on the map here and on Mobilize here.
Also Americans abroad and our allies have plenty of ways to take part. Use the map at NoKings.org to find events in Canada, Mexico, Europe and even Malawi!
KEEPING AN EYE ON…
#UPDATE: Guidance on what those affected need to know about Trump’s travel ban
Submit public comments against against politicization of the civil service before TOMORROW
Tell Congress to protect Big Bird and malaria prevention, vote no on Trump-Musk cuts
Tesla Takedowns this weekend and every weekend, #MuskMustFall day of action June 28th; join the divestment movement here and here
Disappeared in America Day of Action June 26th, organizing call MONDAY
John Lewis National Day of Action July 17th, host info session June 16th