<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Resist Now</title><description>Action-focused civic engagement for people pushing back against authoritarian overreach, civil rights attacks, voting restrictions, and state-level power grabs.</description><link>https://resistnow.net/</link><item><title>Defend and Fund the Department of Education</title><link>https://resistnow.net/briefs/defend-department-of-education/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://resistnow.net/briefs/defend-department-of-education/</guid><description>Tell Congress to protect public education from cuts, privatization, and political interference.</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Congress Should Stop Expanding ICE</title><link>https://resistnow.net/briefs/defund-and-dismantle-ice/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://resistnow.net/briefs/defund-and-dismantle-ice/</guid><description>Tell Congress to stop expanding immigration enforcement without stronger limits and oversight.</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act</title><link>https://resistnow.net/briefs/pass-john-lewis-voting-rights-act/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://resistnow.net/briefs/pass-john-lewis-voting-rights-act/</guid><description>Tell Congress to restore federal voting-rights protections before more state restrictions take hold.</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Protect Polling Places From Intimidation</title><link>https://resistnow.net/briefs/protect-polling-places-from-intimidation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://resistnow.net/briefs/protect-polling-places-from-intimidation/</guid><description>Tell Congress to make poll interference harder, clearer to prosecute, and easier for voters to report.</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Restore the Immigration Detention Ombudsman</title><link>https://resistnow.net/briefs/restore-immigration-detention-ombudsman/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://resistnow.net/briefs/restore-immigration-detention-ombudsman/</guid><description>ICE detention needs independent oversight. Tell Congress to restore OIDO.</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Congress Needs to Block Trump’s Payout Slush Fund</title><link>https://resistnow.net/briefs/stop-presidential-payout-slush-fund/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://resistnow.net/briefs/stop-presidential-payout-slush-fund/</guid><description>Tell Congress to block taxpayer-funded payouts for Trump allies and defend its spending power.</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Schedule F Is Back Under a New Name. Tell Congress to Fight It.</title><link>https://resistnow.net/briefs/project-2025-federal-workers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://resistnow.net/briefs/project-2025-federal-workers/</guid><description>Schedule Policy/Career makes it easier to move career federal jobs outside normal civil service protections.</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Transgender Military Ban Is Back. Ask Your Senators Where They Stand.</title><link>https://resistnow.net/briefs/transgender-military-ban/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://resistnow.net/briefs/transgender-military-ban/</guid><description>The Supreme Court let enforcement resume while lawsuits continue. Senators should not get to hide behind process.</description><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Texas TEFA Vouchers Are Here. Parents Still Need the Tradeoffs.</title><link>https://resistnow.net/briefs/texas-school-vouchers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://resistnow.net/briefs/texas-school-vouchers/</guid><description>Texas launched Education Freedom Accounts for 2026-27. The public-school math still matters.</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>