Actions for the Week of 3/15/26

Written By Darbie Maccubbin

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Action 1: Stop DOJ from Shielding Its Lawyers

From Chop Wood Carry Water 3/6/26

This week Pam Bondi announced a new rule that would stop state bar associations from investigating misconduct by lawyers. (This is likely because the Florida bar just launched an ethics investigation into Lindsey Halligan.). We can work to stop this rule by writing comments stating our objections. To make your voice heard, go to the comment portal here and click the “comment” box.

Sample Objection you can personalize:

I am a concerned citizen who cares deeply about preserving the rule of law and upholding the integrity of our justice system. I strongly oppose this new rule because it will diminish accountability for misconduct by government lawyers. I believe that lawyers representing the United States should be held to the highest standards of ethics and professionalism. They must be subject to oversight by independent authorities like state bar associations; the Justice Department cannot be trusted to police itself. This proposed rule would allow the Attorney General to interfere with independent state bar investigations. That will greatly harm the integrity of our justice system and allow misconduct to go unpunished. Thanks.

Action 2: Pass a Farm Bill for Regular People, Not Corporate Profits

From Rogan's List 3/2/26

The latest extension of the Farm Bill, our country’s primary vehicle for food and agriculture policy, expires September 30th. The House Agriculture Committee are working a full markup of their version of this legislation now.

As we’d expect from this Republican majority, it’s a nonstarter that gives handouts to big corporations and screws over small farmers, consumers, rural communities and the environment. It preserves the $187 billion in cuts to SNAP food assistance from the MAGA Murder Budget as grocery prices continue to rise. It includes a federal Cancer Gag Act, which would prevent lawsuits against pesticide companies like Trump donors Bayer-Monsanto for poisoning us with carcinogens, and the EATS Act, one of several measures blocking state regulations for public health, safety and animal welfare that industry has been begging for.

Follow this link to send a pre-scripted message to your members of Congress urging them to block this bill until we get a version that works for regular Americans, not CEOs. https://act.foodandwaterwatch.org/page/71244/action/1?locale=en-US

In a related action, follow this link to send a pre-scripted message to your members of Congress urging them to support the Restoring Food Security for American Families and Farmers Act of 2025, which repeals the cuts to SNAP passed last year in the Republican Budget bill. https://secure.everyaction.com/Fmmxo-UVYE6J3WnEF1anWA2/?utm_source=roganslist

Action 3: Is the War with Iran for America's Sake, or Trump's "Investors"?

From Rogan's List 

Trump’s justifications for his war of choice against Iran have changed by the hour. Sometimes it’s about the nuclear program he claimed to have obliterated. Sometimes it’s about freedom for the Iranian people, though he’s also indicated a willingness to reach a deal with new de facto Iranian leader Ali Larijani, the mastermind of the mass slaughter of protesters in January. And sometimes it’s about how Tehran would soon have intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of striking the United States.

While that last claim is a lie, Iran has amply demonstrated they do have the power to hit Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, three countries which have massively personally enriched Trump and his family. As Judd Legum and the Popular Information team detail here:

  • The Saudi government’s funds have invested $2 billion with Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner’s private equity firm and teamed up with him for a $55 billion purchase of a video game company. They also financed a $7 billion development deal in Saudi Arabia with the Trump organization.

  • A member of the Emirati royal family invested $500 million in the Trump family cryptocurrency company. The country’s sovereign wealth fund also invested $200 million with Kushner’s firm.

  • The government of Qatar gave Trump a $400 million jet. A Qatari investor also reportedly put hundreds of millions of dollars into Kushner.

We’ve already seen these countries get suspicious benefits from the White House in the wake of bribing our president, including an unprecedented security guarantee for Qatar and the approval of the UAE importing powerful AI chips. And while Trump could not be bothered to get the public or Congress on board before sending our sons and daughters into combat, his administration has reportedly talked closely with these regional allies in the weeks leading up to the war. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and the Emiratis were apparently major advocate for strikes behind closed doors, even while they urged diplomacy in public.

It all raises some alarming questions:

  • How did the Gulf states’ sponsorships of Trump impact his decision to take our country into an unnecessary war?

  • How will his personal financial interests be weighed against our national interest as the war goes on?

  • Can we really believe the billions of dollars at stake for him are playing zero role?

  • Is this truly about America, or is it a payoff wrapped in the Stars and Stripes?

With six Americans, more than 500 Iranians and several dozen civilians across the Middle East already dead, we need folks at the highest levels of power seeking answers for us.

Let’s push our members of Congress to start speaking up. We need a full investigation into Trump’s relationships with these states and his administration’s consultations with them ahead of the war. His and his team’s conflicts of interests should be fully exposed, and they should be held to account for them. And we need to spotlight any way Trump personally profits from his decisions in the months ahead.

Write your own script or use this one.

I'm urging Rep/Sen ________ to call out Trump’s conflicts of interest as he strikes Iran. There was no imminent threat to us, but there clearly was to countries that invested billions in the Trump family.

We’re at war, and we need to know exactly how much pure corruption got us there. Can we really believe the fortune the Gulf States invested in Trump played zero role in his decisions? Can we really trust our national interests will outweigh his personal financial interests as the war goes on? Please use your position to force this conversation. Thank you.

Choose your own outrage with 5 Calls

5 Calls has been around since the first Trump term and offers a quick and easy way to make calls to your elected representatives. Enter your zip code or address and pick a topic. Then choose the representative you want to call, make the call, and read the script provided. Calling your congressperson is the most effective way to influence policy. Please check it out here: https://5calls.org/

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Darbie Maccubbin
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