!!️ The far-right proposal that would jeopardize U.S. elections

Plus, how you can fight back against anti-LGBTQI+ bills this Pride Month Problems viewing this email? [View it in your browser]( [Center for American Progress]( InProgress from the Center for American Progress To make sure you never miss an email from us, please add progress@americanprogress.org to your contacts or safe senders list. Thanks for staying connected with us! Project 2025 invites foreign interference in U.S. elections [A subway train passenger uses their phone while wearing surgical gloves Photo credit: Getty Images ]( Photo credit: Getty/Joana Toro For decades, the far right has pushed radical and dangerous ideas that would pull the rug out from America’s middle class, strip Americans of fundamental freedoms, and subvert the rule of law. In a latest effort to push this agenda, MAGA extremists have crafted [Project 2025]( authoritarian playbook to entrench far-right policies that would upend the federal government as we know it and harm all Americans. One proposal from this playbook calls for stripping U.S. Cyber Command (CYBERCOM) of its charter to fight foreign election interference. As it stands, CYBERCOM is the military’s best tool for defending against and responding to election-related cyberthreats from foreign adversaries. In the past few years, the agency has [identified, intercepted, and countered attempts]( by Russia, Iran, and China to interfere in U.S. elections. CYBERCOM is not only tasked with defending our election systems from foreign interference, but also authorized to engage in “[offensive cyber operations]( in the wake of such action. However, far-right extremists claim that CYBERCOM’s election-related work is inherently partisan and should therefore be banned. Free and fair elections are the bedrock of our democracy and belong in the hands of the American people only. Anything that poses a risk to our most sacred democratic process undermines the interests of all Americans. By allowing foreign adversaries to influence U.S. elections, far-right extremists would enable enemies of democracy to advance their objectives and tip the scale in elections with the hopes that it will help them obtain more political power. Halting CYBERCOM’s election work would only serve the far right’s radical agenda and put democracy at risk in favor of giving politicians, judges, and corporations more control over every aspect of American life. [KEEP reading]( Happy Pride Month Saturday, June 1, marked the first day of Pride Month. Not only are we celebrating all identities, but we are continuing our demands for equity and equality. The past few years have been marked by both progressive change and regressive laws. We have been releasing crucial research on topics such as [barriers to employment]( and [transgender medical care](. 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