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Keep Schools Safe—and ICE out!
Add your name to this Petition to demand immediate action to protect our children.
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Extend ACA Premium Tax Credits
Affordable Care Act plan premiums are projected to increase by 75% starting in January 2026, driven largely by the expiration of ACA plan tax credits at the end of 2025. Urge your representative to act now to protect millions of Americans’ health insurance.
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Oppose S. 1748 The Kids Online Safety Act
Conservative lawmakers often use “protecting children” as a pretext to censor speech. KOSA would give the Trump administration and others power to silence legal speech. Call your Senators—regardless of party—to urge them to oppose it.
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Write a Letter to the Editor: People’s Promise
Speak out for equal protection and freedom from discrimination. Use this Letter to the Editor template and submit it directly to your local paper.
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Read the Authoritarian Playbook
Learn what we can expect and what we can do.
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Why It Matters

Reed Galen & Adam Kinzinger in conversation

The work is going to be long and hard...that doesn't mean we should wait.

Reed Galen

President, The Union

Call your member of Congress. Write letters. Go to the protests. And get back to demanding Town Halls — that's how the message gets through.

Adam Kinzinger

Founder, Country First

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