Amtrak

We, the undersigned, urge Congress to reject the Trump administration's proposed elimination of all long-distance Amtrak passenger train service.

Add your name: Save Amtrak

We, the undersigned, urge Congress to reject the Trump administration's proposed elimination of all long distance Amtrak passenger train service. If enacted, hundreds of small communities across the United States would lose their last means of low cost public transportation to the outside world.

Dear MoveOn member,

Under the Trump administration's proposed budget, all long-distance Amtrak passenger train service would lose federal support and could be discontinued.¹ The national passenger train network would be destroyed, which means it would no longer be possible to cross the United States by train.

Will you sign and share my petition to Congress asking them to reject the Trump administration's proposed elimination of all long distance Amtrak passenger train service?

As a resident of a small community, I would no longer be able to travel to see family or pursue business and employment opportunities. Residents of many other small towns across the U.S. would lose their ability to travel to the outside world to seek medical help and educational and job opportunities.

The amount of federal support for these Amtrak services is very small compared to the rest of the federal budget. Many more tax dollars are spent in supporting the White House's fleet of airplanes than is spent on the entire Amtrak budget. 

Click here to add your name to this petition, and then pass it along to your friends.

Thanks!

—John Webb

Source:

1. "Amtrak riders rally to save funding, as Trump budget threatens massive cuts," USA Today, June 20, 2017
https://act.moveon.org/go/10898?t=18&akid=185454.10220574.AZjg8S

A note from the MoveOn team: This is one of thousands of petitions launched by individual MoveOn members and partner organizations in opposition to the Trump administration's dangerous agenda. Petitions like this one are useful building blocks of our broader resistance organizing efforts. They are delivered to decision-makers, highlighted to media outlets, and circulated online to raise awareness and grow our progressive community. You can start your own petition here.

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Yes, I'll chip in $5 a month.

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

 

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This weekend: Resistance Summer community cookout

In the midst of so many important campaigns, let's connect, recharge, and prepare for effective action!

YOU'RE INVITED!

Resistance Summer Picnic Potluck in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park

Where: Flushing Meadows-Corona Park  (in Corona) When: Saturday, July 1, 4:30 PM What: RESISTANCE SUMMER COMMUNITY COOKOUT Resistance Summer is here! Since November, Americans of all political stripes have been relentless in peaceful resistance to the divisive and dangerous policies of the Trump administration and its enablers in Congress, in state governments, and in corporate America. And with the Senate actively working to pass Trumpcare within weeks and the Supreme Court upholding parts of the Muslim ban, there is still much work ahead of us. But we know that taking the time to acknowledge all we have accomplished together and to connect with one another is what will sustain our movement and keep the resistance strong for weeks and months to come. That's why we're kicking off Resistance Summer with almost 500 community cookouts in all 50 states and Washington, D.C.  Come share food, stories, ideas, and opinions with fellow progressives and discuss actions we can take, in our own communities during the recess and the weeks ahead, to stop the GOP's attempt to rip away life-saving health care from tens of millions of Americans. Will you join a Resistance Summer community cookout near you this weekend?

YES, I'LL BE THERE!

I can't make it, but show me other events near me.

Want to support our work? The MoveOn community will work every moment, day by day and year by year, to resist Trump's agenda, contain the damage, defeat hate with love, and begin the process of swinging the nation's pendulum back toward sanity, decency, and the kind of future that we must never give up on. And to do it we need your ongoing support, now more than ever. Will you stand with us?

Yes, I'll chip in $5 a month.

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

 

Contributions to MoveOn.org Civic Action are not tax deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes. This email was sent to Eddie Alfaro on June 28th, 2017. To change your email address or update your contact info, click here. To remove yourself from this list, click here.

[petition] My dad

Will you sign and share my petition to Representative Bob Gibbs and ask him to do everything he can to keep my dad here with my family? 

Dear MoveOn member,

Immigration Customs and Enforcement is trying to take my father, Jesus Lara, away from me and my family.¹

I'm a U.S. Citizen, and I don't know why Donald Trump is trying to take my dad. He is a great dad, he adopted me, and he's always been there for me, helping with my homework and making sure my brothers and sisters and I have what we need. I don't know what my future would be like without my dad.

Will you sign and share my petition to Representative Bob Gibbs (R-OH) and ask him to do everything he can to keep my dad here with my family? 

Please, Rep. Gibbs, do everything you can so my father can stay with us.

Jesus Lara is a longtime Ohio resident, an aspiring American, and the father of four U.S. citizens. Earlier this year, Jesus was told by Immigration and Custom Enforcement that he would be deported back to Mexico due to a traffic infraction from years ago.²

If elected officials like Rep. Gibbs fail to intervene, Jesus will be deported in just a few weeks.

Click here to add your name to this petition, and then pass it along to your friends.

Jesus is a loving father, taxpayer, homeowner, and valued member of the Willard, Ohio, community. He is active in his church and is known as a kind and helpful neighbor. He and his four U.S. citizen children recently traveled to Washington, D.C., to meet with congressional offices and build support for his case.

Congressman Bob Gibbs represents the Lara family in Washington, D.C., and his office is looking into the case—but there's so much more he can do. If we want to stop Jesus's deportation, then we need leaders like Congressman Gibbs to use their power to help the Lara family and get ICE to stop this deportation.

Click here to add your name to this petition, and then pass it along to your friends.

Thank you.

—Eric Lara

Sources: 

1. "One Ohio Town's Immigration Clash, Down in the Actual Muck," The New York Times, June 18, 2017
https://act.moveon.org/go/10797?t=18&akid=185166.10220574.eingio

2. Ibid.

You're receiving this petition because we thought it might interest you. It was created on MoveOn.org, where anyone can start their own online petitions. You can start your own petition here.

Want to support our work? The MoveOn community will work every moment, day by day and year by year, to resist Trump's agenda, contain the damage, defeat hate with love, and begin the process of swinging the nation's pendulum back toward sanity, decency, and the kind of future that we must never give up on. And to do it we need your ongoing support, now more than ever. Will you stand with us?

Yes, I'll chip in $5 a month.

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

 

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UPDATE: Here's what we're going to do about Trumpcare

We need only three Republicans to vote their conscience and oppose this bill to stop it. We need only three Republicans to vote their conscience and oppose this bill to stop it.

Hi Eddie—MoveOn is on the road with Senator Bernie Sanders this weekend, on a three-state tour to stop Trumpcare.

 

Bernie was on fire last night as he urged a packed crowd in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to pull out all the stops to defeat this "barbaric and immoral piece of legislation." Today, we're in Ohio and West Virginia. We need only three Republicans to vote their conscience and oppose this bill to stop it.

Please chip in $3 to join MoveOn and Bernie Sanders in the fight to stop Republicans from kicking 23 million Americans off of health care in order to give a tax cut to the richest Americans.

For more on the rallies and the huge health care fight that's coming up next week, you can read Sen. Sanders' message below.

–Ben Wikler, MoveOn.org Washington Director

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Dear MoveOn member,

This weekend, I am partnering with MoveOn and going back on the road to visit states where there are Republican senators who can and should vote against the effort by Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell to throw 23 million people off of health insurance and, in the same bill, give huge tax breaks to multinational corporations and the rich.

They call it a health care bill, but how can it be a health care bill when it throws 23 million people off of insurance, cuts $834 billion from Medicaid, and defunds Planned Parenthood? God knows what the implication of this legislation will be on our children, the elderly, and those of us with chronic illnesses.

It is literally insane. I have a hard time understanding what kind of world these guys are living in sometimes.

This is a bill that impacts a sixth of the American economy and touches every single American family. Yet until this Thursday morning, they kept the bill secret, kept it hidden. And now, in the last possible second, they are going to rush it before the U.S. Senate to get a vote.

We're going to be visiting Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia on Saturday and Sunday. If you can, please show up. But we cannot pull off this tour alone. We need your help.

Chip in $3 to MoveOn today to help them fund our tour to stop Republicans from kicking 23 million Americans off of health insurance in order to give a tax cut to the richest among us.

Time is running out. No one can sit on the sidelines. Not now. It is up to all of us to act in an unprecedented way. We have to think big and do everything humanly possible to make sure that this horrendous piece of legislation does not become law.

On this tour I will ask why it is that the United States is the only major country on earth that does not guarantee health care to all of its people as a right. I will ask why we pay far more per capita than any other nation for health care—with worse outcomes—and the highest prices for prescription drugs. And I will discuss the Medicare for all, single payer legislation that I will soon be introducing in the United States Senate.

But first, we must stop Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

Thank you for joining me and MoveOn in that effort.

In solidarity,

Bernie Sanders 

Want to support MoveOn's work? The MoveOn community will work every moment, day by day and year by year, to resist Trump's agenda, contain the damage, defeat hate with love, and begin the process of swinging the nation's pendulum back toward sanity, decency, and the kind of future that we must never give up on. And to do it we need your support, now more than ever. Will you stand with MoveOn?

Click here to chip in $3, or whatever you can afford.

You can watch video of last night's rally here. You can also tune in to live coverage throughout the day on MoveOn's Facebook and YouTube pages.

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FW: Here's what we are going to do about Trumpcare

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Dear MoveOn member,

This weekend, I am partnering with MoveOn and going back on the road to visit states where there are Republican senators who can and should vote against the effort by Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell to throw 23 million people off of health insurance and, in the same bill, give huge tax breaks to multinational corporations and the rich.

They call it a health care bill, but how can it be a health care bill when it throws 23 million people off of insurance, cuts $834 billion from Medicaid, and defunds Planned Parenthood? God knows what the implication of this legislation will be on our children, the elderly, and those of us with chronic illnesses.

It is literally insane. I have a hard time understanding what kind of world these guys are living in sometimes.

This is a bill that impacts a sixth of the American economy and touches every single American family. Yet they kept the bill secret, kept it hidden. And now, in the last possible second, they are going to rush it before the U.S. Senate to get a vote.

We're going to be visiting Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia on Saturday and Sunday. If you can, please show up. But we cannot pull off this tour alone. We need your help.

Chip in $3 to MoveOn today to help them fund our tour to stop Republicans from kicking 23 million Americans off of health insurance in order to give a tax cut to the richest among us.

Time is running out. No one can sit on the sidelines. Not now. It is up to all of us to act in an unprecedented way. We have to think big and do everything humanly possible to make sure that this horrendous piece of legislation does not become law.

On this tour I will ask why it is that the United States is the only major country on earth that does not guarantee health care to all of its people as a right. I will ask why we pay far more per capita than any other nation for health care—with worse outcomes—and the highest prices for prescription drugs. And I will discuss the Medicare for all, single payer legislation that I will soon be introducing in the United States Senate.

But first, we must stop Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

Thank you for joining me and MoveOn in that effort.

In solidarity,

Bernie Sanders 

Want to support MoveOn's work? The MoveOn community will work every moment, day by day and year by year, to resist Trump's agenda, contain the damage, defeat hate with love, and begin the process of swinging the nation's pendulum back towards sanity, decency, and the kind of future that we must never give up on. And to do it we need your support, now more than ever. Will you stand with MoveOn?

Click here to chip in $3, or whatever you can afford.

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Your Community Cookout event is today!

A few final reminders for your Community Cookout event today

Dear Eddie,

Thanks so much for signing up to attend a Resistance Summer community cookout event today—one of more than 450 community events in all 50 states taking place over the next two weekends! 

Here are the details for the community cookout event that you signed up for:

What: Moveon's Chilling with a Purpose Cookout
When: TODAY, Saturday, June 24, 1:00 PM
Where: Boone's Lick Park
1000 Rosebrae Dr., St. Charles MO 63301

Click here to access your Attendee Dashboard, where you can contact your host, offer help, invite friends, and more:
http://act.moveon.org/event/cookout_attend/tools/?t=14&akid=185141.10220574.U3Kj_l

And here are a few tips to ensure that you have a great experience and make the biggest impact:

• Take photos! Don't forget to take and post photos on social media using the hashtag #CookingUpResistance and tagging @MoveOn. 

• Invite your friends. Call friends and family and ask them to come along. These events are a chance for everyone to come together and eat, share stories, and build community.

• Have fun!

These events are an exciting opportunity to celebrate—with neighbors, friends, members of MoveOn, Indivisible, and other partner organizations—the victories that we’ve achieved so far and recharge for the work ahead, including challenging the vicious Trumpcare bill the Senate just released.

While we expect that these events will be peaceful and fun, we appreciate your commitment to engaging in nonviolent, peaceful action, to acting lawfully, and to striving to de-escalate any potential confrontations with those who may disagree with our values. To be prepared, please be sure to review the de-escalation tips before arriving at your event and watch our 2-minute video on tips for effective events.

Thanks for all you do.

—Chris, Justin, Lisa, Michael and the rest of the team

P.S. The breaking news that Republicans may try again next week to rush through a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act and take health care away from millions of Americans reminds us that we need to keep up the pressure to stop them—again. To receive the latest alerts and info about health care events near you and other actions to take this week to save our health care, text HEALTH to 668366. Receive mobile alerts from MoveOn. Periodic messages. Msg & data rates may apply. Text STOP to 668366 to stop receiving messages. Text HELP to 668366 for more information.

Want to support our work? The MoveOn community will work every moment, day by day and year by year, to resist Trump's agenda, contain the damage, defeat hate with love, and begin the process of swinging the nation's pendulum back toward sanity, decency, and the kind of future that we must never give up on. And to do it we need your ongoing support, now more than ever. Will you stand with us?

Yes, I'll chip in $5 a month.

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

 

Contributions to MoveOn.org Civic Action are not tax deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes. This email was sent to Eddie Alfaro on June 24th, 2017. To change your email address or update your contact info, click here. To remove yourself from this list, click here.

Here's what we're going to do about Trumpcare

This weekend, I am partnering with MoveOn and going back on the road to visit states where there are Republican senators who can and should vote against the effort by Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell to throw 23 million people off of health insurance and, in the same bill, give huge tax breaks to multinational corporations and the rich. This weekend, I am partnering with MoveOn and going back on the road to visit states where there are Republican senators who can and should vote against the effort by Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell to throw 23 million people off of health insurance and, in the same bill, give huge tax breaks to multinational corporations and the rich.

Dear MoveOn member,

This weekend, I am partnering with MoveOn and going back on the road to visit states where there are Republican senators who can and should vote against the effort by Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell to throw 23 million people off of health insurance and, in the same bill, give huge tax breaks to multinational corporations and the rich.

They call it a health care bill, but how can it be a health care bill when it throws 23 million people off of insurance, cuts $834 billion from Medicaid, and defunds Planned Parenthood? God knows what the implication of this legislation will be on our children, the elderly, and those of us with chronic illnesses.

It is literally insane. I have a hard time understanding what kind of world these guys are living in sometimes.

This is a bill that impacts a sixth of the American economy and touches every single American family. Yet until this morning, they kept the bill secret, kept it hidden. And now, in the last possible second, they are going to rush it before the U.S. Senate to get a vote.

We're going to be visiting Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia on Saturday and Sunday. If you can, please show up. But we cannot pull off this tour alone. We need your help.

Chip in $3 to MoveOn today to help them fund our tour to stop Republicans from kicking 23 million Americans off of health insurance in order to give a tax cut to the richest among us.

Time is running out. No one can sit on the sidelines. Not now. It is up to all of us to act in an unprecedented way. We have to think big and do everything humanly possible to make sure that this horrendous piece of legislation does not become law.

On this tour I will ask why it is that the United States is the only major country on earth that does not guarantee health care to all of its people as a right. I will ask why we pay far more per capita than any other nation for health care—with worse outcomes—and the highest prices for prescription drugs. And I will discuss the Medicare for all, single payer legislation that I will soon be introducing in the United States Senate.

But first, we must stop Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

Thank you for joining me and MoveOn in that effort.

In solidarity,

Bernie Sanders 

Want to support MoveOn's work? The MoveOn community will work every moment, day by day and year by year, to resist Trump's agenda, contain the damage, defeat hate with love, and begin the process of swinging the nation's pendulum back towards sanity, decency, and the kind of future that we must never give up on. And to do it we need your support, now more than ever. Will you stand with MoveOn?

Click here to chip in $3, or whatever you can afford.

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