1. United States
2. Wash.
3. Letter

You cannot go along with the CR. You must use your leverage, hold the line, and publicly demand a government funding bill that rejects extreme funding cuts and MAGA poison pills attacking abortion rights, LGBTQ+ protections, and immigrant communities. And that includes real, ironclad protections to stop Trump and Musk from hijacking federal spending. Until Republicans agree to these terms, you must not support anything beyond a clean, two-week continuing resolution—keeping the government open without giving Trump and Musk a blank check. And while this Trump-Musk coup continues—while they illegally raid payment systems, try to shut down federal agencies, and fire federal workers—you must use every procedural tool (from blanket holds on nominees to blocking unanimous consent and weaponizing quorum calls) available to fight back and delay and defy the Trump agenda. This is not business as usual.