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🗣️🗣️ WHAT HAPPENED IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THIS WEEK - MARCH 24-30

Here is your weekly flyer with key policy updates coming out of the federal government. Please share far and wide! Print these flyers and post them everywhere in your neighborhood! Hand them out at protests!! SPREAD THE WORD!!
Executive Order Roundup Note from the writer: It is important to understand what Executive Orders (EO) can and can’t do. An EO can’t change existing law, it can’t create new laws. An EO is a way for the President to tell Federal Agencies how they want existing laws to be implemented, what priorities they should have, and what regulations they should implement within their area of expertise. Attack on organized labor On 3/27, Trump signed an EO that attempts to take away the collective bargaining rights of thousands of Federal employees, claiming that the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 gives him the authority to do so because of their role in safeguarding national security. He claims that dozens of agencies now fall under this law, many of which have long-running unions. For example, he claims that employees of the Food and Drug Administration are part of the National Security apparatus and therefore can’t collectively bargain. Re-writing history and restoring confederate monuments This EO seeks to do two things: Take away the independence of the Smithsonian museums to curate and present American history in a way that tells the full story, good and bad, by instructing VP Vance to take control of the Board of Regents. It specifically calls out the National Museum of African American History and Culture for having an exhibit that describes white American culture, and the American Women’s History Museum for having an exhibit that includes the accomplishments of transgender women. It also seeks to restore the many many (Confederate) Monuments that have been removed across the United States in recent years, at the desires of the people who live in these places. In total, this EO seeks to whitewash the history of the United States by removing any mention of racism, sexism, queer history, Black history, and any other elements of our history that make cis-, straight, white people uncomfortable. Mass Firing at the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) On T… Call your Senators and US Representative - find them here. Check out https://5calls.org/ for scripts on what to say! https://bit.ly/43dvUAu Protest get ready for HANDS OFF National Day of Action on 4/5 Indivisible is organizing a nationwide mobilization on Saturday 4/5. Travel to DC or join an event in your home state, but please SHOW UP! https://handsoff2025.com Learn the history of unions in the US Unions are the reason we have minimum wage, a 40-hour work week, child labor laws, and so much more. We have a lot to learn from them about how to fight back right now. https://shorturl.at/snjB4 Donate to African American Heritage Preservation Foundation To amplify Black and African American history. The AAHPF is a resource center for the preservation of African American historical sites. https://shorturl.at/0rurK don’t like these options? Here’s a very long list of so many actions you can take! http://bit.ly/4gRDlQU Created by Jenelle. I’m a policy professional living in Chicago. I care a lot about my city, and about Democracy. These fascist fuckers are trying to take us down, but I’m not going down without a fight. Join me!
March 29, 2025 at 9:50 PM