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Friday, February 20, 2026

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The New York Times: Pride Flag Is Removed From Stonewall Monument After Trump Directive.

Folks, I'm at a loss for words. With this act, Donald Trump is erasing LGBTQ+ history. He thinks his attacks will intimidate and silence us. No way. Will you rush in $10 right now to elect a wave of Senate Democrats who will stand against Trump's hateful agenda?

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Stonewall is the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ+ movement. Removing the pride flag is hateful. It's an attempt to erase a community that has fought tirelessly for equal rights and visibility.

I won't stand for it.

Look, this isn't the first time Donald Trump has tried to erase American history, and it won't be the last. He's attacked Black history in schools, museums, and in national parks.

The fear and division of this administration cannot rewrite history, no matter how hard they might try.

We need a government that stands up for all Americans, not just the ones Donald Trump deems acceptable. We have a chance to flip the Senate this November and hold Trump accountable for his anti-LGBTQ+ agenda.

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Congress: Refuse to validate Trump’s lies by boycotting the State of the Union

Will you send a letter to lawmakers asking them to stop legitimizing Trump's lies by boycotting the upcoming State of the Union address?

Dear MoveOn member,

The State of the Union address is happening next week on February 24, and we already know what we can expect from Trump: lies, deceit, and misinformation.

We're calling on every Democratic member of Congress to take a stand and refuse to validate Trump's false, hateful rhetoric by boycotting the State of the Union. Donald Trump and his entire administration have spent the last year shredding our Constitution and dismantling our democracy. Members of Congress must show a clear sign, both to their constituents and to Trump, that they will not legitimize Trump's authoritarian agenda or normalize the lies he tells to the American people.

Send a letter to your members of Congress and demand they boycott the State of the Union and refuse to validate Trump's lies!

Over the last year, we've seen a daily barrage of lies and misinformation from Trump and his administration—calling the affordability crisis a "hoax,"¹ lying about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, telling us to "move on" from the Epstein files,² spreading misinformation around vaccines and claiming that Tylenol is linked to autism,³ calling Renee Good and Alex Pretti "domestic terrorists" despite video evidence of ICE killing them without any cause.⁴ The list goes on and on.

All while Trump continues to completely ignore the real problems facing our country. He's actively taken away resources from the working-class people who can no longer afford basic necessities like housing, health care, and groceries—choosing instead to enrich himself⁵ and his billionaire buddies.⁶

Lawmakers cannot continue with business as usual while the president of the United States continues to blatantly lie to the American people. Send your letter and demand a boycott now!

When history looks back at Trump's authoritarian address to Congress, the record should reflect a half-empty room. While individual members of Congress have refused to attend the State of the Union in the past, there has never been a collective boycott. Now is the time for elected leaders to demonstrate their unified dissent to Trump's aggressive, authoritarian agenda.

Send your letter now and demand your members of Congress boycott Trump's State of the Union.

Thanks for all you do.

–Nakia, Britt, Kellie, Alyssa, and the rest of the team

P.S. On Tuesday, when Trump takes the stage for his State of the Union address, we'll be running a counterevent, standing with the people he's hurt the most. RSVP to join the livestream with MoveOn, MeidasTouch, Joy Reid, and Katie Phang with Democratic members of Congress, grassroots partners, and impacted storytellers.

Sources:

1. "Trump calls affordability crisis a 'hoax,' The data tells a different story," NPR, December 11, 2025
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/11/nx-s1-5639957/trump-affordability-hoax-economy-midterms

2. "Trump says America should move on from Epstein - it may not be that easy," BBC, February 4, 2026
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4gj71z0m0o

3. "Fact check: What you need to know about Trump's misinformation about vaccines, autism and hepatitis B," CNN, September 27, 2025
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/27/politics/fact-check-tylenol-autism-trump

4. "Trump officials stick "terrorist" label on Americans killed by DHS," Axios, January 25, 2026
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/25/trump-officials-stick-terrorist-label-on-americans-killed-by-dhs

5. "All the president's businesses: How Trump has grown richer from the White House," El País, October 18, 2025
https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-10-19/all-the-presidents-businesses-how-trump-has-grown-richer-from-the-white-house.html

6. "Top 15 US Billionaires Gained Nearly $1 Trillion in Wealth in Trump's First Year," Truthout, January 27, 2026
https://truthout.org/articles/top-15-us-billionaires-gained-nearly-1-trillion-in-wealth-in-trumps-first-year/

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Tell Congress: Avoid War with Iran

Trump is pushing the U.S. to the brink of war with Iran, Pamela:

Without justification, or even explanation, he's sent "two aircraft carriers, a dozen warships, hundreds of fighter jets and multiple air defense systems" to the region. It's the largest buildup of warplanes in the Middle East since the 2003 invasion of Iraq — and experts are sounding the alarm that it is the setup for a "massive, weeks-long campaign."[1]

We have the narrowest window of time to prevent a new endless war.

We can't overstate the danger of this moment. Congress can — and must — pull us off the path toward a war that no one wants. Fortunately, Reps. Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Thomas Massie (R-KY) could force a vote on a war powers resolution in the House as soon as next week. We can't afford for Congress to wait one more second, Pamela: To get lawmakers to act NOW, they need to hear from tens of thousands of constituents, from people like you.

Sign on to tell Congress: Pass a war powers resolution to stop war with Iran.

ACT NOW

Make no mistake: Any strikes, and particularly a weeks-long campaign, will be devastating to people in Iran and risk the lives of people across the region, including servicemembers stationed across the Middle East.

It's everyday people who will bear the brunt of further violence — the same ones who are already struggling and protesting under brutal governments and a broken status quo as they work to assert their rights and freedoms. Burying them under rubble will never build true safety and peace, no matter what Trump, Israeli PM Netanyahu, or any other war hawk says.

When Trump made a bet on war last summer when he ordered strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities, we mobilized to push back and remind him that we, the people, reject another war. We did it in 2020, too, when Trump pushed us to the brink of war with Iran by ordering the assassination of a senior Iranian military leader. Within days, we mobilized hundreds of thousands of people to sign petitions, make calls, and take to the streets to demand Congress pull us back from the brink of war.

Together, as the threat of war looms, we're jumping into action once more. Join us.

Thank you for working for peace,
The Win Without War team

Axios, "Trump moves closer to a major war with Iran"

Not so fast, Trump & Zeldin

ABC News: Health and environmental groups sue EPA over endangerment finding repeal

The fight is not over. Big Oil may have friends in the Trump administration, but Americans are standing up for our communities and our health. Pamela, will you join thousands of Americans speaking out against the most pro-polluter president in modern US history to demand clean air and water?

SIGN ON

This illegal rollback would let corporate polluters off the hook while families pay the price in higher health costs, more asthma attacks, and worsening climate disasters. Already, the EPA is signalling it'll end protections against toxic pollution, including mercury.

We won't let this go down without a fight. - Climate Power

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From: Climate Power

Date: February 12th, 2026

To: kmyers209.shamrock5@blogger.com

BREAKING: Trump's EPA just rolled back the Endangerment Finding, clearing the way for Big Oil to pump more toxins into the air and putting our families in harm's way. This is the most pro-pollution action in modern American history.

We're demanding clean air and water protections. Are you with us?

YES, I'M IN

Pamela,

Over the summer, the Trump administration announced a public comment period before ending the Endangerment Finding policy. Now, the purely performative step is complete. Trump's EPA is moving full speed ahead, undermining decades of proven science, to deliver giveaways for polluters looking to dirty our air and water to their hearts' content with no limits. Donald Trump and Lee Zeldin are carrying out the most pro-pollution action in modern American history.

Without this bedrock policy, the Environmental Protection Agency will no longer consider the public health impacts of pollution. This clears the way for the Trump administration to dismantle the Clean Air Act and give a free pass to pollute our communities with no repercussions.

The EPA is tasked with protecting our air, water, and future -- not handing it all over to corporate polluters. We cannot and will not accept this. Add your name now to join us in demanding clean air and water protections.

SIGN ON

This is a catastrophic rollback that hands Big Oil and other corporate polluters a free license to pollute -- to pump toxins into our air, contaminate our water, make our families sicker, and walk away with record profits.

Meanwhile, every family in America pays the price in higher health care costs, dirtier air, and more dangerous heat, storms, and floods. With this new Environmental Polluter Agency, Big Oil wins. And who loses?

Every family struggling to pay their health care premiums.

Every parent trying to protect their child from asthma.

Every elder vulnerable to extreme heat.

Every worker breathing toxic air.

Every community already hit hardest by pollution.

Every human being and living creature on this planet.

Pamela, if you believe every family deserves clean air, add your name and stand with us in this fight. We're standing up for clean air -- and your voice shows the country where the public stands.

Together, we can make sure the truth is impossible to ignore -- and build the pressure needed to win back our protections.

Thanks for being with us in this fight,

Climate Power

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❤️ Dear Alice

Friend, no matter how difficult the road becomes, no matter how remote the community or how urgent the need, we will always find a way to reach children.

That promise isn’t aspirational — it’s something our staff lives out every day, in places few others can reach. Alice, a clinical manager for Save the Children’s Emergency Health Unit, and her team are a shining example of this dedication.

[We're] doing all that [we] can to ensure that both babies' and mothers' lives are saved.

Alice and her team bring lifesaving care to families who live hours – or even days – away from the nearest clinic. In these arid, isolated regions, children face preventable illness and malnutrition simply because food is scarce and help is so far away. So our care teams travel to them instead.

Carrying medical supplies over rough terrain, they set up mobile health units under open skies. There, Alice and her team provide treatment for malnutrition, vaccinations, prenatal care and emergency support to families who otherwise have nowhere to turn.

Today, I’m asking you to send a message of support to Alice and her team, who face arduous journeys and unforgiving conditions to bring support to children and families in Kenya.

❤️ Your message can show our team and the families they support that we’re thinking of them in these challenging times. ❤️

Baby Machuu receives a check-up from a midwife at our Emergency Health Unit site in Kenya.

Lucy is one of the mothers who received support from our Emergency Health Unit in Kenya. When she went into labor, she knew she couldn’t reach the nearest hospital, which was miles away. So she started walking to our Emergency Health Unit site.

But the pain was too much, and Lucy collapsed. One of our midwives rushed to help her, racing her to the hospital in one of our emergency vehicles, where baby Machuu was born. Since then, we’ve been providing post-natal check-ups and vaccinations to both Lucy and Machuu.

That moment — when care reaches a mother or child just in time — is what drives us forward, even in the most challenging conditions. It’s how we’re putting children first, no matter what. Your message to Alice and her team shows your commitment to putting children first, too.

Friend, I’m so grateful to have you by our side. This work is only possible because of the generosity and compassion of people like you – supporters who help our teams go farther, stay longer and reach more children who are too often overlooked because of where they live or the circumstances they face.

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