March 28, 2025 - 4 Days to Wisconsin

GOTV weekend, taking down Tesla, Trans Day of Visibility, and more

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THIS ELECTION COULD DECIDE THE HOUSE IN 2026

Unelected co-president Elon Musk has poured more than $20 million into buying the swing seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, with his latest stunt being a million dollar “lottery prize” to a Wisconsin voter who signs his petition against “activist judges.” He knows what’s at stake in this race – along with reshaping the political narrative on popular support for Trump, this election will decide the future of reproductive rights and collective bargaining rights in the Badger State. And as Musk has openly admitted, it may decide who wins the House in 2026: “if the other candidate wins… then the Democrats will attempt to redraw the districts. It could cause the House to switch to Democrat if that redrawing takes place.” Wisconsin has one of the worst partisan gerrymanders in the country, and this is our chance to fix it. Let’s not waste it!

We’re at Get Out The Vote Weekend for Democratic-endorsed Judge Susan Crawford, who has represent Planned Parenthood and teachers’ unions in court. We can find a full range of phonebanks, canvasses and social media actions to sign up over the next few days here at tinyurl.com/onwisconsin2025 – or just sign up directly to phonebank with the Wisconsin Democrats here. We’ve also just added an interesting new way to help, joining Movement Labs in doing direct outreach to voters on Twitter here. (There are also elections which can narrow the gap in the House right now on Tuesday, which Republicans are nervous enough about to un-nominate Elise Stefanik for UN Ambassador – we can find ways to help win the Florida specials here.)

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BIGGEST #TESLATAKEDOWN DAY YET - JOIN A RALLY TOMORROW

We have even more ways to foil Musk’s schemes this weekend, as we’re set for the biggest #TeslaTakedown WEEKEND so far! There are already more than 200 rallies scheduled tomorrow in the US alone, including at least 70 in locations that have never had one before – plus more than a dozen in Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

Let’s find one near us to attend and spend our Saturday tanking Tesla stock! We can check for rallies in our area here, print out flyers to distribute here, and find some very cool signs we can use here. If there’s not one nearby, there’s still time to host our own (guide here) – as organizers pointed out, if there’s no showroom, there’s a charging station, and if there’s no charging station, there’s always a busy street corner!

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“ANYBODY IN UNIFORM WOULD BE COURT-MARTIALED FOR THIS”

Our allies are unhappy. Military and intelligence officials are shocked at the spin. And our military pilots are furious at the casual dismissal of the danger Signalgate figures put them in: “if you can’t admit when you’re wrong, you’re going to kill somebody.” And the Trump Administration is deep in cover-up mode, with Attorney General Bondi rejecting the idea of a criminal investigation. Let’s keep up the pressure on our elected officials for real accountability for security breaches that put our troops at risk, making sure they know we’re not going to let this go. We can use this script from 5Calls or this language on Resistbot from

Jessica Craven

to make contact. Let’s also take a moment to send a postcard of thanks to Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg for showing courage, integrity, and patriotism this outrageous scenario. He can be reached at The Atlantic, 610 Water St SW, Washington DC 20024.

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SENATE GOP VOTES YES ON… PREDATORY BANK FEES

The Biden-era Consumer Financial Protection Bureau struck numerous blows for regular Americans against corporate power. One of their final acts was a new rule limiting bank overdraft fees to $5, which would save us $5 billion a year. This infuriated the billionaires and the big banks, and now the Republican politicians they’ve purchased are working to eliminate it. Yesterday, the Senate passed a Congressional Review Act resolution (S.J. 18) to do just that 52-48, over the objections of all Democrats and Josh Hawley (R-MO). It now heads to the House for final passage.

Let’s let our reps know we demand they stand with us, not big banks, and vote against this effort. We can use this script from 5Calls or email with language from this Resistbot petition. And let’s also be sure to reach out to our senators to let them know what we think about their vote.

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TRANS DAY OF VISIBLITY IN A TIME OF TRANS ERASURE

Monday is 2025’s Trans Day of Visibility, a notable moment when the federal government is trying to erase trans people. We can find events to attend to mark TDoV here or by checking out local LGBTQIA organizations in our area – here’s a list of some in all 50 states.

Trans people and the entire LGBTQIA community are targeted by Project 2025, which advocates scrapping all DEI policies, all gender inclusive language, gender affirming health care, trans inclusion in sports, and making discrimination legal. The Trump Administration has committed to turning it all into reality. We’re going to take a moment to walk through some, though definitely not all, of their attacks and some ways we can take action against them right now:

• DELETION OF TRANS AND NON-BINARY DOCUMENTATION
  Trump signed an executive order which implements the goal from Project 2025 of erasing trans and nonbinary as gender identities and only recognizing two gender identities, male and female, and legislating that assigned sex at birth is a person’s obligatory lifetime gender identity. This executive order is being used to delete trans and binary identities on paperwork. Meanwhile, Republican states are blocking gender changes on driver’s licenses. Among the many indignities they’re forcing on trans people and burdens they’re creating, these decisions will create barriers to voting for trans folks. Let’s be sure to use

  Erin Reed
  ’s legislative tracker to see what anti-LGBTQ+ bills have been filed in our states and let our legislators know we want to see them blocked. We can also submit public comments against required misgendering on federal student aid forms here.
  

• TRANS FOLKS IN SPORTS
  The right of trans women to participate in sports is being challenged by the Republican proposal of S.9/HR 28. This legislation passed the House and was blocked in the Senate, but the Trump Administration is forging ahead anyways, attempting to strip $175 million in federal funding from University of Pennsylvania for allowing Lia Thomas to compete – which she last did in 2022. If we haven’t already, let’s be sure to offer our members of Congress feedback on their votes on these bills. We can find the roll calls here for the House and here for the Senate, and use language from here.
  

• SERVING THE COUNTRY
  Trump has attempted to force transgender soldiers out of the U.S. military. A judge has blocked this policy from taking effect, issuing a scathing rebuke to the administration. They have vowed to appeal. Let’s add our names to this Resistbot petition urging officials to stand with transgender servicemembers. We can also consider a donation to GLAD Law and the National Center for Lesbian Rights, who are leading the legal fight to stop Trump.
  

• ATTACKS ON GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE

  An executive order Trump signed on January 28th is essentially an attempt to ban the provision of gender affirming care, including both surgeries and medications. This order specifically tries to restrict gender affirming care for persons under 19 – including legal adults. Though a judge blocked Trump’s order, some trans youth are already being denied care and the Veterans Administration is among those refusing to offer it. 27 states have so far enacted laws or policies restricting access to gender-affirming care. Such moves have been condemned as a reversal of progress by the medical community. We can sign this petition in support of this care, and use its language to reach out to any hospitals or medical facilities in our community or that we are connected with to urge them to obey their oath and help their patients. We can also take this moment to consider a donation to DistributeAid.org’s Harm Reduction Toolkits (HRT), which provide one year of medical supplies needed for trans folks to take injection-based hormone replacement therapy.
  

• TRANS FOLKS BEHIND BARS

  Another repercussion of Trump’s executive orders was the decision that trans persons should be transferred to the prison matching their assigned sex at birth. A judge has already acted to prevent trans people being moved and ordered those already moved be returned to the prison matching their gender identity, to protect their safety. Here’s a Resistbot petition against any further relocation of trans people to prisons based on assigned sex at birth rather than gender identity. The ACLU is fighting hard for trans people across all these issues and has a number of court cases underway. We can read about their work here and donate to support this work if we are able.

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A BRAVE NEW TAX SEASON
Most people aren’t thinking much about IRS staffing or funding, even with all the current workforce reductions and their threats to government revenue. That might change once it starts affecting our returns, refunds, or ability to resolve an issue.

Let’s check out these insights from professional accountants so we can be pepared for what might be coming our way this tax season, and share with our networks - so everyone knows what the Trump-Musk cuts are costing us.

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