May 16, 2025 - #HandsOffMedicaid
Plus protesting Avelo Airlines, electing a better AG in VA, Field Team Six summit, and more!
🚨 Phonebank into key districts to rally support against the GOP budget this weekend - today at 1PM, tomorrow at 11AM, Sunday at 11AM or Sunday at 2PM! Plus find more ways to help here 🚨
Contact all members of Congress:
By phone: (202) 224-3121
By email: Congress.gov
By US mail: Representatives / Senators
By Resistbot: Resist.bot
If you have questions, comments, and especially submissions for actions, please email us at roganslisttips@gmail.com!
📢 TOOLS AND TALKING POINTS FOR LETTERS TO THE EDITOR AGAINST MAGA’S BUDGET 📢
The MAGA murder budget would be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in U.S. history (check out summaries from the Center for American Progress and the Progressive Caucus). And House Republicans are struggling with each other to make it even worse, with so-called moderates fighting for more tax cuts for high-income families and the Freedom Caucus angry that they’re not kicking even more than 8.6 million low-income folks off Medicaid. Right now, it’s not clear they have enough votes to make it through the Budget Committee. This is an opportunity we have to take advantage of.
We can speak out against this by writing letters to our local editors pushing back, and Moms Rising is here to help us. We can look here to find sample talking points and all the tools we need to write a strong letter to the editor protesting the GOP’s cruel, deep cuts to Medicaid.
We can also:
Keep calling our members of Congress ourselves here
Reach out to our neighbors with Indivisible’s Neighbor2Neighbor program here
Sign up to knock doors in key districts here
Join the Medicaid Defenders and Working Families Party for phonebanks to folks in key districts next week here and here
Find even more ways to help here
🪧 PROTESTING ABDUCTION AIRLINES 🪧
This week, Avelo Airlines began running ICE deportation flights out of Arizona, the first commercial airline to do so. Protestors are already fighting Avelo, and Siembra and the Defend and Recruit Network are taking it to the next level – aiming to coordinate demonstrations in all 54 Avelo flight cities on May 30th and make it clear: there's no profitability in kidnapping. We can take the pledge to take action here and RSVP for a mass call to plan on May 22nd here. (We can also find more ways to push back here.)
🗳️ FIGHT AUTOCRACY, ELECT A DEMOCRATIC ATTORNEY GENERAL IN VIRGINIA 🗳️
In 19 lawsuits and counting, Democratic attorneys general have banded together to stop the Trump regime’s lawlessness, suing to preserve federal funding for K-12 schools; to block tariffs; to protect federal agencies that serve the American public; and so much more. In 2025, Virginia’s Republican attorney general Jason Miyares is up for re-election. It’s the only state AG race this year. Let’s make sure he’s replaced with a Democratic AG who will fight Trump and his destructive policies. If we’re in Virginia, let’s vote in the Democratic primary on June 17, 2025, and in the general election on November 4, 2025—we can put these dates on our calendars and get voting info here, and let’s make sure we never miss an election by signing up for election reminders with TurboVote. If we live in other states, let’s support the election of a Democratic AG in Virginia by signing up with the Center for Common Ground, and Rogan’s List has pulled together a doc with plenty more ways to turn Virginia blue again here.
🗳️ JOIN DEM LEADERS FOR FIELD TEAM 6’S REGISTER DEMOCRATS SUMMIT ON MAY 22 🗳️
How do we protect and strengthen our democracy? One way is to grow our voter ranks by registering as many new Democratic voters as possible. Field Team 6 has been doing just this since the first Trump administration and is now revving up to get even more Democrats registered and ready to vote.
They’re about to host their third annual Register Democrats Summit 2025. This free, one-day event is 100% virtual and open to all of us. With threats to democracy growing, there’s no better time to get involved. The Summit will bring together top leaders, experts, and organizers who are all focused on one goal: registering Democratic voters across the country. Speakers will include Secretary Deb Haaland, Congressman Jamie Raskin, the Meidas brothers, Leah Greenberg of Indivisible, Hunter Dunn of 50501, Politics Girl and more! Field Team 6’s Register Democrats Summit will be held on Thursday May 22 from 9-5 Pacific Time. We can sign up here.
✊ ACTIVIST TRAINING FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ✊🏿
This summer, the ACLU will be hosting its annual National Advocacy Institute High School Program in Washington, D.C. for students age 15-18. Over the span of one week, the program will teach students how to navigate advocacy, legal strategies, and policy, and includes a day of action where they can put their newly-acquired skills to use. Let's encourage high school students in our communities to check out the program, and apply to take part in this opportunity.
For those who may not be old enough yet to participate, or who are unable to attend the ACLU's National Advocacy Institute, let's share information about the Youth Activism Project, which provides resources and training for those who are 13-18 years old. They can apply to join, or check out Youth Activism: Guide to Change, Student Activism 101, and other free resources on their Freebies page.
STATE-SPECIFIC ACTIONS
👨🏽🏫 CA – CTA RALLIES TO FIGHT FOR SCHOOLS TOMORROW 👩🏽🏫
Trump and the GOP are coming after public schools. They’re attempting to funnel money away from them to corporations, threatening to defund them if they teach accurate history or include all kids, sending his goons into them to drag undocumented kids out, and trying to eliminate the Department of Education. Teachers are at the front of the line fighting back. Tomorrow, the California Teachers Association will host Fight for Schools rallies across the state. Let’s attend one near us! We can find details here.
KEEPING AN EYE ON…
Tesla Takedowns this weekend and every weekend, join the divestment movement here and here
Push Congress to remove the nonprofit killer and the attack on judges from reconciliation
Flyer non-union Starbucks with Starbucks Workers United May 20-26
Solidarity Pledge Immigrants Day of Action May 23rd, volunteer signup here
Find protests near us daily via the Big List of Protests and
’s We The People Dissent- here