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We deserve the FULL truth about Matt Gaetz

We urge you to release the full results of the Ethics Committee investigation into former representative Matt Gaetz.

The allegations against him go to the heart of his fitness for any role in public service. Even though Gaetz has dropped out as President-elect Trump’s nominee for Attorney General, we still deserve transparency and accountability.

Remote Public Participation at City Council Meetings Is Feasible, Strengthens Local Democracy

Trump Staff Could Be Wealthiest in History

Trump’s White House is set to have more billionaires than any other administration in history.

Tell Congress: Keep Elon Musk’s hands off our Social Security!

Trump and Musk are targeting our Social Security – gutting phone services and undermining every American’s ability to access their earned benefits.

Congress must NOT allow any attacks on Social Security to go unaddressed.

Our members of Congress must step up and protect our safety net from Trump and Musk’s hostile takeover.

Explainer: Trump Removes OGE Director

Trump Dismisses Director of Office of Government Ethics.
By Nick Opoku

Common Cause Watchdog Newsletter—February 20

Happy Thursday. We know there was a federal holiday this week, but what a week.

STOP Trump’s Postal Service Takeover

Congress must protect our Postal Service from Trump’s reported plot to take it over.

Millions of Americans rely on the Postal Service for receiving medications, sending letters to family, or casting mail-in ballots.

The Postal Service is a public good guaranteed by our Constitution, which gives Congress – NOT the President – authority over the USPS. Our members of Congress must step up and protect this crucial service from Trump’s hostile takeover.

Elon Musk Is Dumping Money Into Wisconsin’s Supreme Court Race

Musk’s involvement in the state Supreme Court race in Wisconsin could be a boon for his business, and a massive blow to our democracy.

Tell Congress: Pass the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act

Right now, we’re facing a renewed wave of anti-voter efforts from President Trump, his friends in Congress, and states lawmakers across the country. But let’s not dwell on these attacks – let’s fight for the solution: the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. This recently reintroduced legislation would help protect voters nationwide from discrimination and voting restrictions by restoring and strengthening protections from the Voting Rights Act, which the Supreme Court gutted in 2013....

Trump’s A.G. Pam Bondi Guts DOJ’s Voting Rights Leadership

President Trump’s Attorney General Pam Bondi removed the leadership team of the Voting Section of the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and ordered the dismissal of all the section’s active cases. The Voting Section enforces the federal laws protecting the right to vote, including the Voting Rights Act, the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, the National Voter Registration Act, the Help America Vote Act and the Civil Rights Acts.

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