NEW @motherjones.com: The DOJ reportedly cut millions in grants supporting victims of crime, including domestic violence.

Advocates say they lost $ for a program to train young advocates & hotlines that provide free legal advice & emotional support to survivors.
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The DOJ terminated 360+ federal grants, cutting off hundreds of millions of dollars that help survivors get the justice, safety, and healing they deserve. These cuts came as we learned the proposed FY26 budget for HHS includes $69M in cuts to RPE and DELTA. Contact your reps today: bit.ly/4cQegFx

The DOJ's decision to drop its lawsuit against Southwest Key Programs—despite myriad allegations of child sexual assault—is callous, wrong, and a profound affront to survivors and the justice they need and deserve. Migrant children deserve protection, not neglect. Justice should not be optional.

Check out the op-ed in @richmond.com by @kellyewroskam.bsky.social and Lori Hass from @jhucgvs.bsky.social highlighting the benefits of HB 1960 and HB 1869, which address dangerous gun control loopholes domestic abusers can exploit and encouraging #GovYoungkin not to veto them: bit.ly/42c0uJG

Every mainstream attempt to grapple with the rise of Tate and other misogynist ideologues have posed them as a product of men’s despair. Few have posited them as an assault on women’s safety and dignity.

Survivors fleeing their abusers can struggle with food insecurity, homelessness, and accessing healthcare. As a result, programs like SNAP, TANF, and Medicaid offer the most help as they work to rebuild their lives. Contact your rep today to express your outrage at the House's budget bit.ly/3QuGfjS

Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful. Here’s how we
would’ve spent that $$:

🏈 Purchased HIV treatment from U.S. pharma companies to keep 1M pp alive for 1 year.

Tell Congress to youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid and #standwithUSAID

Yet as I recently investigated for @motherjones.com, domestic violence shelters/treatment orgs in the US have seen a crucial federal funding source decline in recent years, leaving lifesaving services at risk…while Congress sits on a potential fix:

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