ICE’s lawlessness, cruelty, and violence are well documented. PLEASE contact your U.S. Senators NOW. Ask them to block ICE’s budget until thorough, local investigations of ICE killings are underway and unless it includes strong accountability and transparency measures.

Big money is corrupting our elections and elected officials. There are ways to blunt its impact that can be taken now by Democratic Party officials and by state and municipal governments. Contact them and encourage them to act now to blunt the impact of big money in our political system.

Two key questions for 2026: Will we have fair and honest elections? What do the Democrats need to do to win – and win big? I encourage you to contact your state election officials, as well as national and state Democratic Party leaders and elected officials. This post provides answers and messages.

2025 was a horrible year for American democracy. However, many good things did happen; here are some of them. Let’s keep up the activism and resistance in 2026. And let’s get out to vote and get everyone we know out to vote. That will make it a much better year than 2025 was. Happy New Year!

The huge, billionaire-owned news and media companies are not providing voters with the information needed for a well-functioning democracy. Abandon these biased, corporate news sources for independent, typically viewer / reader supported, non-profit sources, such as those identified here.

Huge news and media companies are dangerous and harmful. They control the information and disinformation we receive. They are not providing voters with the information they need to maintain a well-functioning democracy. Here are steps to rein in and compensate for their dangers and harm.

Please contact your U.S. Representative NOW. Ask them to stop the draconian Republican budget bill. The House will be voting soon on the bill just passed by the Senate. Its spending cuts will harm millions of Americans. Its tax cuts will be a windfall for wealthy individuals and corporations.

Please contact your US Senators NOW. Ask them to stop the draconian Republican budget the Senate is voting on NOW, which includes major cuts to Medicaid and food assistance. Its spending cuts will harm millions of Americans. Its tax cuts will be a windfall for wealthy individuals and corporations.

The Trump administration and Republicans are taking a serious toll on our society. Examples include their sanctioning of unnecessarily aggressive and violent tactics by federal police, their false claims of fighting antisemitism, and their attacks on transgender girl athletes.

Democrats need to be more dramatic, effective, and consistent in opposing Trump, his nominees, and the congressional Republicans’ agenda. They need to step up their resistance while promoting and committing to enact policies that would support everyday Americans.

Democrats in Congress are stepping up to resist the unprecedented challenges the Trump administration and complicit Republicans are presenting to our democracy and its foundational institutions. Contact your members of Congress to thank them for what they’re doing to resist and ask them to do more.

Please contact your US Representative and Senators NOW and ask them to support Ukraine. Contact Trump and ask him to stop the tariffs, the Republican budget, Musk, and Kennedy’s lackadaisical response to measles and the bird flu. Sample messages and contact information are provided.

The Trump administration and Republicans in Congress are not trying to make government work better. They’re focused on destroying our government and making it unable to perform functions we all rely on in our everyday lives. They want to give huge tax cuts to wealthy individuals and corporations.

The Trump administration, DOGE, and Republicans do NOT care about efficiency and making government work. They’re focused on destroying government and making it unable to function. Please contact your members of Congress and ask them to oppose indiscriminate firing of federal workers.