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The facts are undeniable. A comprehensive new study in JAMA Pediatrics confirms what parents, teachers, and first responders have long known. States that loosen their gun laws are seeing more children die from gun violence. States that pass and enforce strict firearm safety laws are saving lives.

The data covers more than a decade of changes in state-level gun policies after the Supreme Court decision in 2010 undermined local restrictions. The result is over 7,400 more children dead in states that rolled back protections than what researchers predicted. These were not random tragedies. They were the foreseeable result of policies that increased access to guns and removed safeguards.

There is no mystery about what works. States like California, Massachusetts, New York, and New Jersey, all with comprehensive gun safety laws, saw lower or stable rates of child firearm deaths. These states implemented universal background checks, safe storage laws, and red flag laws. These are proven life-saving measures.

Unsurprisingly, states like Missouri, Texas, and Florida that weakened their gun laws have watched youth firearm deaths rise. More guns with fewer regulations lead to more funerals.

The evidence is overwhelming. We can stop this crisis. But we need leaders who put children and public health ahead of gun industry profits and political extremism.

Click ‘START WRITING’ to sign and send a direct message calling on your state legislators and governor to pass tougher gun laws – including closing loopholes, mandating background checks, requiring secure storage, and more – to protect children and save lives now!

Elon Musk may have walked out of D.C., but the damage he caused is still unfolding, and the machine he built to do it, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), is still running.

This is a rolling disaster that gutted humanitarian aid, fired scientists, collapsed oversight, and left chaos in its wake.

DOGE promised a trillion dollars in savings. Instead, it inflated numbers, lied about canceled contracts, and at best, delivered a fraction of what it claimed. Even its defenders admit the math doesn’t add up. Watchdogs say it may end up costing more than it saved.

All the while, Musk’s own companies cashed in on contracts handed out by agencies he controlled.

And now, people are dying. Cuts to USAID halted vital food and vaccine programs across the globe. A federal judge says DOGE’s shutdown of foreign aid likely violates the Constitution.

Musk is no longer in charge, but DOGE is still out there, leaderless, unaccountable, and dangerous. It continues to make decisions, cancel programs, and destabilize the very systems it was supposed to improve. This is our window. Congress can shut it down. But they need public pressure to act.

Tell Congress: Shut down DOGE now. Before more lives are lost, before more damage is done, and before this fake agency leaves permanent scars on the country.

Donald Trump didn’t just fire experts, he launched an unprecedented political assault on the federal workforce. Career scientists, public health officials, environmental regulators, and civil servants were swept out in an ideological purge.

Their only “crime” was doing their job honestly, independently, and without fear or favor.

Now, Rep. Don Beyer has a plan to right that wrong. The REHIRE Act would give preference in federal hiring to employees who were wrongfully removed under Trump. These are not partisan actors, they are public servants who dedicated their careers to science, justice, public safety, and health. And the PREP Act would ensure stronger job protections for newly hired or promoted federal employees so that no future president can easily purge the ranks again.

We need to demonstrate overwhelming public support for restoring fairness and dignity to our civil service. We can’t build a functioning democracy on fear. When government workers are punished for telling the truth, whether about climate change, economic policy or American history, the entire country suffers.

Let’s bring back the experts Trump exiled and protect the next generation of public servants from politically motivated retaliation.

Click ‘START WRITING’ to sign and send your message to Congress urging passage of Rep. Don Beyer's legislation to rehire and improve protections for federal workers fired by Trump now.