Trump administration

Resistance is Everywhere

What is May Day Strong, the ‘no work, no school, no shopping’ protests against Trump?

Excerpt

Organizers are expecting more than 3,500 actions across the country – from street protests to walkouts – “under the banner of workers over billionaires, taxing the rich, demanding ICE out, money for people not wars, and expanding democracy”, said Dominguez.

Source

The Guardian

RFK Jr agenda suffers another loss as trans advocates hail ‘huge step forward’

Excerpt

A federal judge overturned the Trump administration’s ban on gender-affirming care for children on Saturday, decrying Robert F Kennedy Jr’s “wanton disregard” for the law that “causes very real harm to very real people”.

Source

The Guardian

Congress members join protest against ‘oligarch’s dinner’ for Trump thrown by Ellisons

Excerpt

Dozens of protesters, including members of Congress, gathered along the National Mall on Thursday to protest an “intimate” dinner being held by Paramount Skydance’s chief executive, David Ellison, “in celebration of the first amendment” and “honoring the Trump White House and CBS White House correspondents”, and attended by Donald Trump.

Source

The Guardian

Ex-FBI agents who worked on Trump cases sue agency and DoJ over firings

Excerpt

The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington DC, seeks to represent all employees fired by the FBI since 1 January 2025, as well as those who may be terminated in the future, “on the basis of perceived political affiliation, without being afforded due process”. At least 50 former agents could be part of the proposed class, lawyers wrote in court papers.

Source

The Guardian

Civil rights groups sue Trump administration over order to limit mail-in voting

Excerpt

The plaintiffs in the case include the national and Massachusetts chapters of the League of Women Voters, as well as advocacy groups for Americans living abroad. OCA – Asian Pacific American Advocates and the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority are also plaintiffs. They are represented by a slew of civil rights and voting organizations, including the ACLU, NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, the Brennan Center for Justice, and Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC.

Source

The Guardian

US judge rules against deporting man whose murder conviction was overturned after 44 years in prison

Excerpt

A judge has cleared the way for the potential release of an Indian citizen who was taken into Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody last year after his Pennsylvania murder conviction was overturned following four decades in prison.

Source

The Guardian

Four men deported by US to Eswatini have right to see lawyer, court rules

Excerpt

Four men deported by the US to Eswatini and denied in-person legal counsel for nine months while detained in a maximum security prison have the right to see a local lawyer, Eswatini’s supreme court ruled.

Source

The Guardian

Federal judge blocks Trump order to end funding for NPR and PBS

Excerpt

Citing the first amendment, a federal judge on Tuesday agreed to permanently block the Trump administration from implementing a presidential directive to end federal funding for National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), two media entities that the White House has said are counterproductive to American priorities.

Source

The Guardian

Republican senators McConnell and Tillis break with Trump on Nato withdrawal

Excerpt

A second Republican senator spoke out in defense of Nato on Thursday, joining Mitch McConnell and the Democrats, after Donald Trump said that he was “absolutely” considering withdrawing from the alliance after it refused to take part in the joint assault with Israel against Iran.

Source

The Guardian

Third No Kings protest draws millions from across US to push back on Trump administration

Excerpt

More than 3,000 No Kings protests against the Trump administration were held nationwide and in more than a dozen countries on Saturday, according to a coalition of organizers that includes “anti-authoritarian” groups Indivisible and 50501, labor unions and other grassroots organizations.

Source

The Guardian

Trump administration (RSS)

October 17 - Vote Early Day

Join in a national day of voter participation on October 17 - join your neighbors in helping eligible voters understand their options and make a voting plan.

Check your voter registration
Make a plan to vote early
Help your friends and neighbors make a plan to vote early

Find events near you

Other things you can do:

Connect with Indivisible - join a local group or take action on your own or with friends
Use 5calls to call your legislators about whatever matters most to you
Check out Mobilize to find protests, postcard-writing parties, virtual events, and volunteer opportunities.

Now is a great time to take action.

Take Action

You can make a difference.

It's okay to start small.

Connect with Indivisible. They have groups all over the country and actions you can take on your own or with others.
Use 5calls to call your legislators about whatever matters most to you.
Check out Mobilize to find protests, postcard-writing parties, virtual events, and volunteer opportunities.

Action is the antidote to fear and despair.

Even doing small things - learning more about how we can strengthen our democracy, sharing what you know with others, making a phone call - can make a difference.

Right now is a great time to take action.

Get started

Resources

Coming soon

Info on: donating; writing postcards; calling voters; tracking good news; and much more

Reference

Litigation Tracker - Just Security

Hope

Need hope? Read this.

Millions Stood Up

Trump administration

Resistance is Everywhere

What is May Day Strong, the ‘no work, no school, no shopping’ protests against Trump?

RFK Jr agenda suffers another loss as trans advocates hail ‘huge step forward’

Congress members join protest against ‘oligarch’s dinner’ for Trump thrown by Ellisons

Ex-FBI agents who worked on Trump cases sue agency and DoJ over firings

Civil rights groups sue Trump administration over order to limit mail-in voting

US judge rules against deporting man whose murder conviction was overturned after 44 years in prison

Four men deported by US to Eswatini have right to see lawyer, court rules

Federal judge blocks Trump order to end funding for NPR and PBS

Republican senators McConnell and Tillis break with Trump on Nato withdrawal

Third No Kings protest draws millions from across US to push back on Trump administration

October 17 - Vote Early Day

Take Action

Recommended reading

Coming soon

Reference

Hope

See you tomorrow