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===Organizing as part of the Anti-Trump Resistance === MoveOn organized its first protest of the Trump era on the day after the election in 2016, when it called for protests of "solidarity, resilience, and resolve,"<ref>{{Cite web|title=Peaceful gatherings of solidarity, resistance, and resolve - Attend|url=https://act.moveon.org/event/A_Call_to_Gather_attend/search/|access-date=May 6, 2021|website=MoveOn.org|language=en}}</ref> resulting in protests organized in under 24 hours in a number of cities. It was active in leading protests against the Trump agenda and Trump's rhetoric for all four years of his presidency, including pushing for his impeachment,<ref>{{Cite web|title=10 Million Demand Impeachment!|url=https://act.moveon.org/survey/impeach|access-date=May 6, 2021|website=MoveOn.org|language=en}}</ref> working to block legislative priorities like the repeal of the Affordable Care Act,<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 23, 2017|title=MoveOn members play crucial role to defend health care|url=https://front.moveon.org/how-moveon-helped-save-health-care-in-2017/|access-date=May 6, 2021|website=MoveOn: People-Powered Progress}}</ref> and defending the functions of democracy, including serving as one of the organizations most active in the Nobody Is Above The Law coalition,<ref>{{Cite web|title="Nobody Is Above the Law" Events|url=https://act.moveon.org/event/impeach-and-remove-attend/search/|access-date=May 6, 2021|website=MoveOn.org|language=en}}</ref> which organized grassroots events to press for the release of the Mueller report. MoveOn helped organize a range of grassroots mobilizations pushing back on Trump's actions, including the [[2019 Presidents Day protest]]. MoveOn was one of the most active organizations in the anti-Trump movement.<ref>{{Citation|title=2017: A Year in Resistance and the Road Ahead| date=December 27, 2017 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9Rlb-PcJ_k |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/N9Rlb-PcJ_k| archive-date=December 12, 2021 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=May 6, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Holland|first=Joshua|date=February 6, 2017|title=Your Guide to the Sprawling New Anti-Trump Resistance Movement|journal=The Nation|language=en-US|url=https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/your-guide-to-the-sprawling-new-anti-trump-resistance-movement/|access-date=May 6, 2021|issn=0027-8378}}</ref> ====2018 "Families Belong Together" Mobilization ==== MoveOn was one of the leading organizations that called for and supported protests around the country in summer 2018 to respond to the Trump Administration's introduction of immigrant family separation at the US–Mexico border.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Leasca|first=Stacey|title=Meet The Women Who Led The National Protests Against Trump's Immigration Policy|url=https://www.glamour.com/story/meet-women-behind-families-belong-together-immigration-marches|access-date=May 6, 2021|website=Glamour|date=July 3, 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref> In over 750 cities, ranging from very large cities to much smaller towns and rural areas, hundreds of thousands of people marched to protest the Trump Administration policy.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite web|date=2018-07-02|title=In 750 cities, we marched: Families Belong Together : MoveOn: People-Powered Progress %|url=https://front.moveon.org/in-750-cities-we-marched-families-belong-together/|access-date=2021-05-06|website=MoveOn: People-Powered Progress}}</ref> ====2018 Midterm Election Program ==== MoveOn ran a major grassroots and digital campaign to influence the outcome of the 2018 midterms, and to help elect Democrats and defeat Republicans in order to flip the House. One signature program was Real Voter Voices, an effort aimed at persuading voters to cast their ballots for Democrats by collecting and distributing selfie videos made by MoveOn members all over the country. MoveOn was one of the top spenders on Facebook ads in the weeks running up to the 2018 election.<ref>{{Cite web|title=MoveOn's Real Voter Voices - The Shorty Awards|url=http://shortyawards.com/11th/real-voter-voices|access-date=May 6, 2021|website=shortyawards.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=MoveOn|date=November 5, 2018|title=Real Voter Voices — MoveOn's Secret Weapon in 2018|url=https://moveon-org.medium.com/real-voter-voices-moveons-secret-weapon-in-2018-989181a605df|access-date=May 6, 2021|website=Medium|language=en}}</ref>
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