Tonight, protestors are cheering outside the Federal District Court in Brooklyn Heights where Judge Ann M. Donnelly blocked part of President Trump’s hyper-controversial immigration order. Following a day of fierce opposition at airports and widespread panic, the news is good, but not good enough. Refugees and immigrants from seven mainly Muslim countries will not be sent home, but their futures are still highly uncertain. This is a brutal new reality and those committed to America’s plurality are angry as hell. It’s an urgent time to support the civil rights organizations who are fighting back with legal action. And some musicians are upping the ante on Twitter. Sia, Grimes, and Jack Antonoff have all announced plans to match contributions to the ACLU and the Council on American-Islamic Relations. Send a screencap of your donation to these pop crusaders and they’ll meet your donation up to a limit (for Sia, $100k). Empty clicktavism this is not.
help our queer & immigrant friends. send me your donation receipts for the — sia (@Sia)January 28, 2017
hey, i’ll match all donations to CAIR up to $10,000. tweet a screencap of your receipt to me <3 anything helps <3 — Grimes (@Grimezsz)January 28, 2017
stand with me for immigrants and the LGBTQ community. i will be matching donations to the — jackantonoff (@jackantonoff)January 29, 2017
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