{"id":49015,"date":"2025-09-16T15:58:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T19:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/?post_type=act&#038;p=49015"},"modified":"2026-03-16T01:00:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T05:00:57","slug":"tell-congress-reject-magas-attacks-on-our-free-speech","status":"publish","type":"act","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/tl\/actions\/tell-congress-reject-magas-attacks-on-our-free-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Tell Congress: Reject MAGA\u2019s attacks on our free speech"},"template":"","class_list":["post-49015","act","type-act","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","act_type-petition"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"","featured_image":49032,"act_type":40,"location":46,"related_issues":[2083],"related_work":false,"button_text":"","secondary_link":"","hero_cta_type":"none","hero_cta":null,"hero_cta_text":"","start_date_time":"","end_date_time":""},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_add_component":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_work","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_work":{"heading":"Work","manually_curate":false,"work":null}}],"platform":"action_network","platform_id":"action_network:57ffc9e6-84be-4a54-a1c5-75ceb1e62f77","tm_actions_platform":{"event_type":"petitions","platform_url":"","summary":"MAGA wants to make it illegal to disagree with them \u2013 but Trump can\u2019t make the worst of his anti-free speech dreams a reality without Congress\u2019s help.\r\n\r\nWe expect our members of Congress to continue rejecting Trump's anti-free speech crackdown. We are watching and ready to mobilize against any attacks on our First Amendment rights. \r\n","description":"<p>Trump and his cronies think that the recent horrifying political assassination is all the pretext they need to escalate their government crackdown on free speech. \r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>Here\u2019s what they\u2019re saying:\r\n<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n    <li>\r\n        <strong>Stephen Miller<\/strong> is vowing to use the full weight of the government to \u201cdisrupt, dismantle, and destroy\u201d left-leaning organizations \u2013 which he\u2019s blaming for the shooting without a shred of evidence. [1]<\/li><\/ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n    <li>\r\n        <strong>Attorney General Pam Bondi<\/strong> is warning the government will \u201cabsolutely target you\u201d if they suspect you of \u201chate speech\u201d [2] \u2013 which Trump is defining as anyone who treats him \u201cunfairly\u201d. [3]<\/li><\/ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n    <li>\r\n        and <strong>Trump himself<\/strong> is demanding the people who peacefully protested him in a D.C. restaurant be \u201cput in jail\u201d. [4]<\/li><\/ul>\r\n<p><strong>Trump has long wanted to rule like a dictator \u2013 and his administration is signaling they intend to start now.<\/strong>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>Here\u2019s the good news: we have checks and balances for a reason \u2013 and Trump can\u2019t make the worst of his anti-free speech dreams a reality without Congress\u2019s help.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>And public outcry just forced Trump\u2019s allies on the Hill to walk back a bill that would have let him and Marco Rubio strip Americans of our passports on little more than an accusation \u2013 with no trial. 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