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Freedom Over Fascism: This Week’s Authoritarianism Warnings

In this Freedom Over Fascism roundup for April 15, 2026, the danger is both global and local. Far-right religious leaders advising Trump are reportedly framing Iran as an end-times holy war, turning the threat of mass violence into a political and theological spectacle, while here at home Democrats are accusing ICE of creating “disappearances” on U.S. soil, a lawsuit is challenging warrantless searches and forced entries, and raids in Chicago continue through quieter, less visible tactics.

This is not random chaos. It is what happens when unaccountable power grows more aggressive and less transparent. Freedom is not passive. It is a daily act of speaking out, showing up, and holding leaders accountable to the will of the people. When war is framed like prophecy and enforcement is carried out through fear, secrecy, and intimidation, authoritarianism is no longer hiding in the shadows. It is expanding abroad through militarism and at home through cruelty. That is why Freedom Over Fascism exists: to name what is happening clearly and remind us that power still belongs to the people.

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🚨 Authoritarianism News Briefs

Far-Right Religious Leaders Advising Trump See Iran as an End Times Holy War

• Far-right religious leaders advising Trump are reportedly framing Iran as an end times holy war. That matters because when war gets wrapped in prophecy, real people pay the price. Families, civilians, and entire regions can be pushed toward catastrophe by leaders who treat conflict like destiny instead of a choice. The Intercept

Democrats accuse ICE of creating ‘disappearances’ on US soil

• Democrats are accusing ICE of creating what they call disappearances on U.S. soil. That means people can be taken, moved, or hidden from public view in ways that terrify families and destroy trust. When the government can make people vanish into a system without clear answers, every community is at risk. The Guardian

Lawsuit Challenges Warrantless Searches and Forced Entries by ICE

• A lawsuit is challenging ICE over warrantless searches and forced entries. The core issue is simple: no agency should get to search or enter by force without legal limits. When basic rights are pushed aside in the name of enforcement, ordinary families are the ones left living in fear. The New York Times

ICE Presence Persists in Chicago as Raids Shift to Quieter Tactics

• ICE activity is still happening in Chicago, but the raids are shifting to quieter tactics. That matters because fear does not disappear just because the cameras do. When enforcement becomes less visible, families can still be targeted, workers can still be intimidated, and whole communities can still be pushed into silence. Truthout

Why the Grassroots Resistance Can’t Wait

These stories are not separate. They are warnings about what happens when power stops respecting human life, legal limits, and democratic accountability. The same mindset that can frame war with Iran as a holy mission can also justify families disappearing into detention systems, agents forcing entries without proper warrants, and raids carried out quietly to avoid public scrutiny.

This is how authoritarianism grows: through fear, secrecy, extremism, and the slow erosion of rights until cruelty starts being treated as normal. Quiet raids are still raids. Warrantless searches are still abuses. Disappearances, no matter what language is used to soften them, are still terror for families and communities. That is why the grassroots resistance cannot wait. People power is how we break silence, expose abuse, defend our neighbors, and demand accountability. It is not optional. It is the defense line for freedom, dignity, and democracy. People Power is the wall that stops this slide.

Your Power in Action: What You Can Do Today

The movement for freedom over fascism, progress, and power to the people starts here.

• 🚨 No War on Cuba!

• 👉 Tell Congress: Make the Ultra-Rich Pay Their Fair Share

• 📢 Healthcare not Warfare!

• ⚡ Tell Congress: Permanent Ceasefire Now

• 📋 Tell your state representatives: Ban Assault Weapons In Every State

• Block Trump’s AI-powered warrantless surveillance of Americans!

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📢 What You Can Do Today

When we organize, speak out, and demand accountability, we disrupt this pattern. Freedom does not survive on its own. It survives because ordinary people choose to defend it together.

Build people power. Organize in your community. Show up for immigrants, targeted families, and everyone living under the threat of abusive enforcement. Bring your neighbors in. Every new voice makes this movement stronger.

Refuse silence. Speak clearly about what is happening. Disappearances, warrantless searches, forced entries, and fear-based raids are not acceptable in a democracy. Neither is a politics that treats war like prophecy.

Stand for accountability. Demand that elected officials, courts, and local institutions act to protect rights, stop abuses, and defend the rule of law before even more damage is done.

Power has always belonged to the people. It still does. But it only means something when we use it. So we keep showing up, speaking out, and building the kind of organized people power that fear cannot crush. Power to the people.

Together, we can defend our rights, freedoms, the rule of law, and democracy, hold leaders accountable to the people’s will, and inspire voters to make a meaningful difference.

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The No Kings movement is rising nationwide.

Friends,

The NO KINGS movement is rising nationwide. Join us. This country does not belong to strongmen, greedy billionaires, or politicians who rule through fear. It belongs to the people. As Donald Trump pushes for more unchecked power, people across this country are rising together to say what democracy demands: no thrones, no crowns, no kings.

From communities living under fear to an illegal war pushed without the consent of the people, the warning signs are here. When power is abused and Congress refuses to provide real oversight, the danger grows for all of us. That is why people from every corner of this country are standing up together to say our leaders answer to the people, not to one man’s hunger for control.

Now is the time to show up and make that truth impossible to ignore. No illegal wars. No ICE terror. No thrones. No crowns. No kings.

• Take Action and find a NO KINGS event happening near you on Saturday, March 28, 2026.

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Together, we can champion our rights, freedoms, and democracy, hold our leaders accountable to the people’s will, and inspire voters to make a meaningful difference.

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This is our moment to rise, resist, and reclaim our rights, freedoms, rule of law, and democracy. Millions of Americans are already refusing to back down — in the streets, at the ballot box, and in their communities.

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In this March 23, 2026 Freedom Over Fascism roundup: ICE is arresting people in Minneapolis without judicial warrants and defying federal courts ordering it to stop. The DOJ is routing a political retribution investigation to the single courthouse where Trump loyalist Aileen Cannon is the only judge. Grand juries keep refusing Jeanine Pirro’s cases — so now she has been handed a tool to try again with a different jury. And the White House directly intervened to shield men charged with rape and human trafficking. Authoritarianism isn’t hiding this week. It’s in charge.

Freedom is not passive. It is a daily act of grassroots activism and advocacy — of speaking out, showing up, and holding leaders accountable to the will of the people. In a world where billionaires, extremists, and strongmen try to rewrite the rules, Freedom Over Fascism exists to remind us of a simple truth: power still belongs to the people — if we use it.

This week’s news is not a collection of isolated stories. It is a pattern — each story a thread in the same fabric, and that fabric has a name.

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🚨 Authoritarianism News Briefs

🚨 ICE Is Conducting Mass Arrests Without Judicial Warrants — and Defying the Courts That Say Stop

• A leaked internal memo authorized ICE to force entry into people’s homes without judicial warrants — overriding a Fourth Amendment protection in place for decades. A federal judge ordered a halt to the warrantless arrests in Minnesota, ruling that residents were being detained “without warrants or cause,” yet agents defied that order. Among those swept up: a U.S. citizen seized at gunpoint in his underwear in subfreezing temperatures, and families now too afraid to leave their homes. Associated Press

Why This Matters: The Fourth Amendment has no carve-out for immigration enforcement. When a federal judge says stop and ICE keeps arresting, the government has declared itself above the law. People in Minneapolis — citizens, refugees, children — are living proof this is happening on American streets right now. If the courts cannot stop them, the people must.

⚖️ Trump’s DOJ Is Funneling a Political Retribution Investigation to the One Judge Who Dismissed His Criminal Case

• The Justice Department has formally targeted former CIA Director John Brennan in a sprawling probe rooted in the 2016 Russia investigation — and prosecutors are deliberately steering it toward Fort Pierce, Florida, the single courthouse where Judge Aileen Cannon, who previously dismissed Trump’s criminal case, is the only judge. Career prosecutors inside the Southern District of Florida have resisted bringing charges, viewing the case as weak. But top DOJ officials are pressing harder, and a second round of subpoenas has already gone out. Brennan’s attorneys wrote directly to the chief judge in Miami, warning that the department is engaged in “irregular prosecutorial conduct” driven by the president’s “mandate to punish his perceived political adversaries.” CNN

Why This Matters: A justice system rigged to land before a friendly judge isn’t justice — it’s a weapon. When federal prosecutors route cases to a loyalist and career lawyers inside the DOJ push back because the evidence isn’t there, we are watching the rule of law be dismantled from the inside. Every American — regardless of party — should be alarmed when the Department of Justice serves a presidential enemies list instead of the public interest.

🔄 Grand Juries Kept Saying No — So Jeanine Pirro Got the Power to Try a Different Jury

• Federal grand juries in D.C. have refused to indict in at least nine Pirro cases, including attempts to charge Democratic lawmakers with sedition. A federal judge has now ruled that Pirro can take those same rejected charges to a local Superior Court grand jury for a second attempt. A sitting magistrate called the tactic “unseemly,” and a former federal judge described the DOJ’s credibility collapse with both courts and juries as “unprecedented.” Washington Post

Why This Matters: A grand jury is the people’s check on prosecutorial overreach. When citizen jurors repeatedly say no, that is democracy working exactly as designed. Giving prosecutors a do-over until they find a willing jury isn’t due process — it’s verdict shopping. Every grand jury that has stood up to this administration deserves our gratitude and our protection.

🛡️ A White House Official Demanded Return of Seized Evidence Belonging to Men Charged with Rape and Trafficking

A bombshell investigation reveals that a White House official sent a letter demanding federal agents return electronic devices seized from the Tate brothers — men facing 23 counts of rape and human trafficking in the U.K. and similar charges in Romania. The devices were returned. A Trump-pardoned January 6 defendant has since been charged with child molestation, and an ICE agent was caught in a Minnesota sting soliciting sex with a minor, telling officers when confronted: “I’m ICE, boys.” Legal AF

Why This Matters: These are not coincidences — they are a culture. When the White House runs interference for men charged with rape and trafficking, power is protecting power. When a pardoned insurrectionist molests a child and an ICE agent counts on his badge to shield him from consequences, the most vulnerable — women, children, trafficking victims — are the ones left unprotected.

Why the Grassroots Resistance Can’t Wait

These stories are not separate. ICE defies courts. The DOJ routes cases to a loyalist judge. Prosecutors shop for a willing jury. The White House shields the accused. Every mechanism serves the same goal: making accountability impossible.

This is how authoritarian power consolidates — not in one dramatic moment, but in a hundred procedural shortcuts that add up to a system answering to no one. But the people are still answering. Grand juries are saying no. Judges are ordering releases. Communities are showing up. People Power is the wall that stops this slide.

Your Power in Action: What You Can Do Today

The movement for freedom over fascism, progress, and power to the people starts here.

• ⚡ Take action: Tell Congress to subpoena Hegseth about the Iran school attack

• 👉 Take action: Tell Congress to stop Trump from sending American troops into Iran — and vote no on the draft

• 📢 Take action: Tell state AGs to block the Warner-Paramount mega-merger

• 📋 Take action: Tell Congress to stop Trump’s illegal war in Iran

• 🎬 Take action: Tell your Secretary of State: No ICE at the polls

• 🚨 Take action: Speak out now to help stop the next Great Recession before it starts

• 🗳️ Bonus action: Register to vote, vote in every election, and help your community do the same. Reproductive freedom is won and lost at the ballot box.

• 👑 Bonus action: Sign up for the next national No Kings Day of Action and show up in solidarity with everyone whose rights are under attack.

📢 What You Can Do Today

When we organize, speak out, and demand accountability, we disrupt this pattern. Freedom cannot survive without collective action.

💚 Build people power — Organize. Show up. Bring your neighbors. Every new person in this movement is one more voice that no billionaire can buy.

Power has always belonged to the people. It always will — unless we hand it over to the greedy and corrupt leaders who are counting on our silence. So we keep showing up, speaking out, and building power. Power to the people.

Join the Resistance

Together, we can champion our rights, freedoms, and democracy, hold our leaders accountable to the people’s will, and inspire voters to make a meaningful difference.

Laurie Woodward Garcia

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Leader, People Power United

People Power United | In this community, we will always speak out against racism, xenophobia, Islamophobia, antisemitism, homophobia, misogyny, sexism, ageism, ableism, sizeism, elitism, transphobia, misogynoir, and bigotry!

This is our moment to rise, resist, and reclaim our democracy. Millions of Americans are already refusing to back down — in the streets, at the ballot box, and in their communities.

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In this March 16, 2026 Freedom Over Fascism roundup: federal agents are tracking and intimidating citizens who dare to watch them work, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority is using procedural shortcuts to erase LGBTQ+ protections, and the government that launched a war in Iran made no plan to bring its own citizens home. This week, authoritarianism isn’t on the horizon. It’s at the front door.

Freedom is not passive. It is a daily act of grassroots activism and advocacy — of speaking out, showing up, and holding leaders accountable to the will of the people. In a world where billionaires, extremists, and strongmen try to rewrite the rules, Freedom Over Fascism exists to remind us of a simple truth: power still belongs to the people — if we use it.

This week’s news is not a collection of isolated stories. It is a pattern — each story a thread in the same fabric, and that fabric has a name. We have to call it what it is: fascism rising, and the people rising up to defeat it.

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🚨 Authoritarianism News Briefs

🕯️ Grief is resistance: How public mourning is building the courage to keep dissenting

• When Trump’s forces killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, they expected compliance. Instead, thousands gathered in Powderhorn Park for a public memorial that wove together Indigenous ceremony, song, and collective mourning — turning loss into a living act of defiance. Organizers argue that grief is not weakness; it is a strategy — one rooted in the traditions of the United Farm Workers, the Madres de Plaza de Mayo, and Korean labor movements that honor the fallen to fuel the living. Truthout

Why This Matters: Authoritarians use fear to force compliance. Public grief is the direct antidote. When we name the dead, hold each other in their memory, and refuse to let their loss be erased, we are saying something that no government crackdown can silence: we see what you are doing, and we are not going away. Every vigil is a declaration. Every name spoken aloud is an act of power.

🏳️‍⚧️ The Supreme Court used the shadow docket to strip privacy protections from transgender students — and Justice Kagan called it out

• In a 6-3 ruling issued without oral arguments or full briefing, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority blocked California’s policies protecting transgender students’ privacy at school — requiring educators to disclose a student’s gender identity to parents, even when that disclosure could put the child at risk of abuse at home. Justice Elena Kagan issued a blistering dissent, accusing the majority of using “shortcut procedures” to push an anti-LGBTQIA+ agenda while bypassing the court’s own deliberative processes. The decision does not set binding precedent — but it signals loudly where six justices intend to take the law. Slate

Why This Matters: A child’s safety at school — and at home — should never be a political football. Transgender students, particularly those from unsupportive families, depend on school as a place of safety. The shadow docket allows the court’s conservative supermajority to reshape the law quietly, quickly, and with minimal accountability. This is how rights are dismantled: not in one dramatic ruling, but through a steady accumulation of emergency orders and procedural shortcuts that never get the scrutiny they deserve.

✈️ The administration launched a war with no plan to bring Americans home

• When the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran on February 28, tens of thousands of American citizens were in the region — and the State Department had no evacuation plan. Americans who called the official hotline heard an automated message: “Please do not rely on the U.S. government for assisted departure or evacuation.” Airports closed, flights were cancelled, and while countries like the UK and Australia dispatched military and charter flights for their citizens, Americans were left to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on private jets or wait indefinitely. Senator Elizabeth Warren said it plainly: “The Trump administration chose this war. They planned this war for months, and they made no plans to safeguard hundreds of thousands of Americans.” Seattle Times

Why This Matters: A government that starts a war and abandons its own citizens in the chaos it created has failed its most basic duty. “We decided to attack Iran not knowing what to do with our citizens,” one stranded American told reporters. That sentence is a verdict. When political calculation replaces genuine governance, ordinary people pay the price — in fear, in danger, and sometimes with their lives.

👁️ Federal agents are tracking legal observers and showing up at their homes: “They know where you live”

• Immigration agents in Minnesota have identified civilian legal observers by name and home address — and in multiple documented cases, led them back to their own houses after lawful monitoring of enforcement activity. One agent leaned out of an SUV window and shouted a woman’s name and home address at her in a “mocking tone.” A Marine veteran called 911 as agents pursued him through city streets and boxed him in with firearms drawn. Agents have reportedly maintained an “agitator chat” storing the personal information of observers. The ACLU has filed suit, arguing the conduct violates First and Fourth Amendment protections for those engaged in lawful oversight of law enforcement. The Intercept

Why This Matters: Watching the government is not a crime. It is a right — and it is essential to democracy. When agents track, follow, and threaten the people trying to document their conduct, the message is unmistakable: dissent will be punished. A grandmother can no longer deliver Meals on Wheels. A mother fears for her young children. A veteran thought he was going to die. This is what a government looks like when it has decided that accountability itself is the enemy. These stories are not abstract. They land on real people — and on the foundations of democracy itself.

💔 Why These Stories Matter

When the government intimidates the people watching it, it is telling us something. It is telling us that it knows it cannot withstand scrutiny — and that it will use every tool available to make sure scrutiny stops. Legal observers in Minneapolis are grandmothers, veterans, and neighbors. They are doing what a free society requires: bearing witness. The fact that they now lock their doors and fear for their children is not a side effect of enforcement. It is the point.

When the Supreme Court dismantles a transgender child’s privacy protections through an emergency order — bypassing oral arguments, bypassing the normal process, bypassing basic accountability — it is the same mechanism. Power moving fast so that people cannot organize to stop it. The shadow docket is a shortcut through democracy.

When Americans are stranded in a war zone their own government created, told to fend for themselves while the administration brags about the operation — that too is the pattern. The people are an afterthought. The spectacle is the priority.

And in the streets of Minneapolis, at a memorial in the snow, thousands gathered to grieve — and in grieving, refused to be afraid. That is the answer to all of it. Grief becomes resolve. Resolve becomes movement. Movement becomes power.

This is the pattern. Intimidation. Erosion. Abandonment. Normalization. People Power is the wall that stops this slide toward authoritarianism.

Why the Grassroots Resistance Can’t Wait

Your Power in Action: What You Can Do Today

The movement for freedom over fascism, progress, and power to the people starts here.

• 🗽Take Action: Tell Republicans: End the Shutdown by Reforming ICE and CBP

• 🏛️Take action: Tell Congress to pass the War Powers Resolution and stop Trump’s illegal war in Iran

• 📢 Take action: Submit an official comment rejecting the criminalization of dissent

• 💸 Take action: This Tax Day, tell Congress to tax the rich and make life more affordable for working people and families

• 🗳️ Take action: Tell Congress to stop the SAVE America Act and defend the right to vote

• 🪖 Take action: Tell Congress to stop Trump from sending American troops into Iran and vote no on the draft

• 🛑 Take Action Now: Tell Congress: Block the $10 billion scam to fund Trump’s Orwellian Board of Peace

• 🗳️ Bonus action: Register to vote, vote in every election, and help your community do the same. Reproductive freedom is won and lost at the ballot box.

• 👑 Bonus action: Sign up for the next national No Kings Day of Action and show up in solidarity with everyone whose rights are under attack.

📢 What You Can Do Today

When we organize, speak out, and demand accountability, we disrupt this pattern. Freedom cannot survive without collective action.

💚 Build people power — Organize. Show up. Bring your neighbors. Every new person in this movement is one more voice that no billionaire can buy.

Power has always belonged to the people. It always will — unless we hand it over to the greedy and corrupt leaders who are counting on our silence. So we keep showing up, speaking out, and building power. Power to the people.

Together, we can champion our rights, freedoms, and democracy, hold our leaders accountable to the people’s will, and inspire voters to make a meaningful difference.

Laurie Woodward Garcia (paid with hugs and kisses, not bought by special interests) Leader, People Power United

People Power United | In this community, we will always speak out against racism, xenophobia, Islamophobia, antisemitism, homophobia, misogyny, sexism, ageism, ableism, sizeism, elitism, transphobia, misogynoir, and bigotry!

This is our moment to rise, resist, and reclaim our rights, freedoms, rule of law, and democracy. Millions of Americans are already refusing to back down — in the streets, at the ballot box, and in their communities.

Every movement that was ever won started with people who refused to quit. We are those people.

The future is not lost. It is being built — by us, right now.

In this March 19, 2026 Freedom Over Fascism roundup: Trump’s face now hangs on the Justice Department, ICE agents admitted in court to arrest quotas and racial profiling, Epstein’s survivors are being re-traumatized by a DOJ protecting the powerful, and a former Republican is warning his old party has a Nazi problem. Authoritarianism isn’t on the horizon. It’s at the front door.

Freedom is not passive. It is a daily act of grassroots activism and advocacy — of speaking out, showing up, and holding leaders accountable to the will of the people. In a world where billionaires, extremists, and strongmen try to rewrite the rules, Freedom Over Fascism exists to remind us of a simple truth: power still belongs to the people — if we use it.

This week’s news is not a collection of isolated stories. It is a pattern — each story a thread in the same fabric, and that fabric has a name. We have to call it what it is: fascism rising, and the people rising up to defeat it.

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🚨 Authoritarianism News Briefs

🏛️ Trump plasters his face on the Justice Department — and critics say it says the quiet part out loud

• A giant banner bearing Donald Trump’s face and the words “Make America Safe Again” was hung across the entrance of DOJ headquarters — the latest in a series of presidential images adorning federal buildings. Critics from both parties called it a brazen symbol of the DOJ’s lost independence, drawing comparisons to authoritarian regimes. Former FBI Director James Comey called it “sickening.” HuffPost

Why This Matters: This is not a decorating choice. When the President’s face hangs on the building whose job is to hold him accountable, the message is unmistakable. Every authoritarian in history has understood the power of symbols. The banner doesn’t just reflect what has happened to our DOJ. It announces what comes next.

🧒 Epstein survivors’ attorney: Justice is impossible while Pam Bondi runs the DOJ

• Spencer Kuvin, attorney for nine of Epstein’s survivors, told The Intercept that the Trump DOJ is protecting powerful men at the direct expense of victims — including two clients who were children when abused, whose names were exposed in the released files while wealthy men’s names were redacted. Kuvin’s conclusion after watching AG Bondi’s combative congressional testimony: “I don’t believe there’s any way that justice can be accomplished while she’s in office.” The Intercept

Why This Matters: These were real girls. They came forward with extraordinary courage, were called liars for years, and are now being re-traumatized by a government that promised transparency and delivered a cover-up. “It is a billionaire crowd trying to protect their own.” When the highest law enforcement officer shields the powerful instead of the vulnerable, every ordinary person who needs justice is on their own.

🪖 Under oath, ICE agents admit to arrest quotas and a surveillance dragnet targeting communities of color

• Rare courtroom testimony in an Oregon federal lawsuit revealed ICE agents used a custom surveillance app to target neighborhoods and meet daily arrest quotas. In one operation, agents smashed car windows and detained seven farm workers heading to work at dawn — then filed paperwork falsely calling the stop “consensual.” A federal judge called ICE’s tactics “violent and brutal” and halted warrantless arrests statewide. The Guardian

Why This Matters: ICE agents, under oath, described a system built not around public safety — but around numbers. A grandfather with a valid work permit was held for three weeks. A woman was dragged from her car. This is not immigration enforcement. This is a machine designed to terrorize communities and manufacture a crackdown for political purposes. We must call it what it is: racial profiling dressed up in federal authority.

☠️ The Atlantic asks the question out loud: Does the Republican Party have a Nazi problem?

• In a landmark Atlantic piece, former Republican Tom Nichols documents what is no longer deniable: an ICE lawyer linked to a pro-Hitler account returned to federal court; Young Republicans caught praising Hitler in group chats; DHS using a neo-Nazi anthem in a recruitment ad; federal agencies posting “America is for Americans” — a direct echo of “Germany for the Germans” — in Third Reich-style fonts. Party leaders have said nothing. The Atlantic

Why This Matters: We are not talking about fringe figures. We are talking about federal officials and government agencies normalizing imagery the Allied forces died to defeat. The Republicans have a Nazi problem — which means America has a Nazi problem. Silence is not neutrality. When leaders tolerate this and we say nothing, we become part of the permission structure that lets it grow.

💔 Why These Stories Matter

When Trump’s face hangs on the Justice Department building, it is not a decorating choice. It is a declaration — telling every prosecutor, whistleblower, and ordinary person who might need that department’s protection exactly who it serves now. Symbols matter. Authoritarians have always known that.

When Epstein’s survivors are re-exposed by the very government that promised them justice, while powerful men’s names are quietly shielded, we are seeing the same mechanism at work. That is not justice. That is a protection racket.

When ICE agents testify under oath to arrest quotas, surveillance dragnets, and false paperwork — that is not a rogue operation. That is policy. That is what “the largest deportation effort in American history” looks like in real neighborhoods, to real families.

And when a respected conservative intellectual documents, fact by fact, that his former party has a Nazi problem — we cannot look away. When leaders tolerate it and institutions excuse it, it becomes the new floor. And the floor keeps dropping.

This is the pattern. Symbols of dominance. Protection for the powerful. Violence against the vulnerable. Normalization of the unthinkable. People Power is the wall that stops this slide toward authoritarianism.

Why the Grassroots Resistance Can’t Wait

Your Power in Action: What You Can Do Today

The movement for freedom over fascism, progress, and power to the people starts here.

• 👉 Take Action Now: Stop the Republican Attack on Voting Rights

• 📩 Take action: Tell Congress to reject the SAVE Act bills

• ⚡ Take action: Tell Congress to subpoena Hegseth about the Iran school attack

• 👉 Take action: Tell Congress to stop Trump from sending American troops into Iran — and vote no on the draft

• 🛑 Take Action Now: Tell Congress: Block the $10 billion scam to fund Trump’s Orwellian Board of Peace

• 📢 Take action: Tell state AGs to block the Warner-Paramount mega-merger

• 📋 Take action: Tell Congress to stop Trump’s illegal war in Iran

• 🎬 Take action: Tell your Secretary of State: No ICE at the polls

• 🚨 Take action: Speak out now to help stop the next Great Recession before it starts

• 🗳️ Bonus action: Register to vote, vote in every election, and help your community do the same. Reproductive freedom is won and lost at the ballot box.

• 👑 Bonus action: Sign up for the next national No Kings Day of Action and show up in solidarity with everyone whose rights are under attack.

The movement for resisting fascism starts here.

📢 What You Can Do Today

When we organize, speak out, and demand accountability, we disrupt this pattern. Freedom cannot survive without collective action.

⚖️ Demand real justice — Contact your representatives and demand DOJ independence. No president’s face belongs on the building meant to hold him accountable.

🛡️ Protect survivors — Demand Congress use its contempt authority to force accountability from an AG who has failed Epstein’s victims.

🚔 End ICE’s lawless dragnet — Push back on arrest quotas and warrantless raids. The Constitution applies to everyone on American soil.

🚫 Name the Nazi problem — Don’t let it be normalized. When federal agencies echo Third Reich slogans and leaders stay silent, we speak up.

💚 Build people power — Organize. Show up. Bring your neighbors. Every new person in this movement is one more voice no billionaire can buy.

Power has always belonged to the people. It always will — unless we hand it over to the greedy and corrupt leaders who are counting on our silence. So we keep showing up, speaking out, and building power. Power to the people.

Together, we can champion our rights, freedoms, and democracy, hold our leaders accountable to the people’s will, and inspire voters to make a meaningful difference.

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This is our moment to rise, resist, and reclaim our rights, freedoms, rule of law, and democracy. Millions of Americans are already refusing to back down — in the streets, at the ballot box, and in their communities.

Every movement that was ever won started with people who refused to quit. We are those people.

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In this March 15, 2026 Freedom Over Fascism roundup, we cover a federal judge exposing political intimidation, legal refugees being locked up in detention, and the actions readers can take now.

Freedom is not passive. It is a daily act of grassroots activism and advocacy — of speaking out, showing up, and holding leaders accountable to the will of the people. In a world where billionaires, extremists, and strongmen try to rewrite the rules, Freedom Over Fascism exists to remind us of a simple truth: power still belongs to the people — if we use it.

This week’s news is not a collection of isolated stories. It is a pattern. Each story is a thread in the same fabric — and that fabric has a name. We have to call it what it is. Fascism rising and the people rising up to defeat it.

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🚨 Authoritarianism News Briefs

🛡️ Trump declares open season on legal refugees — ICE detention becomes indefinite imprisonment

• The Department of Homeland Security issued a sweeping memo directing federal agents to arrest and indefinitely detain legal refugees who have not yet obtained a green card — upending decades of established policy in one bureaucratic stroke. Under the new directive, refugees who were welcomed to the United States after years of rigorous vetting can now be re-detained while their paperwork is processed, with no guarantee of release. A federal judge in Minnesota temporarily blocked the policy after finding that ICE agents were arresting refugees “without warrants or cause,” but the administration is pressing forward, as ICE detention nationwide has already surged to roughly 68,000 people — up 75% since Trump took office. Mother Jones

Why This Matters: The people being locked up are not criminals. They are families who fled war zones, survived years of vetting, and were promised safety by the United States government. Slamming the door on legal refugees — people who did everything right, who played by every rule — is not a security policy. It is cruelty dressed up in bureaucratic language. When a nation breaks faith with the most vulnerable people it invited in, it is not making itself safer. It is making itself something we should not recognize.

⚖️ Federal judge exposes Trump’s DOJ as a political shakedown machine — targeting Fed Chair Jerome Powell

• In a blistering 27-page ruling unsealed this week, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg quashed grand jury subpoenas issued by Trump-appointed D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. The judge found that the Justice Department produced “essentially zero evidence” of any crime, and that the subpoenas’ dominant purpose was to “harass and pressure Powell either to yield to the President or to resign.” The investigation had been framed as a probe into cost overruns on the Fed’s headquarters renovation — but Judge Boasberg wrote that the real motive was unmistakable: Trump wanted lower interest rates, and Powell wouldn’t deliver them. Pirro immediately called the ruling “outrageous” and vowed to appeal. Mother Jones

Why This Matters: This is not a story about interest rates. This is a story about what happens when the Justice Department becomes the President’s personal weapon. An independent judiciary — a single federal judge willing to call a spade a spade — just stopped a political hit job in its tracks. But the DOJ is appealing. That means the effort to keep the Federal Reserve free from executive bullying is not over. When the rule of law serves the powerful instead of the people, everyone loses — and history shows us clearly where that road ends.

🪖 It’s a war with Iran — and no one in power wants to say so

• Two weeks into U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, the Trump administration and most of Congress are still refusing to call the conflict what it is: a war. Republicans are calling it an “operation,” an “intervention,” or “decisive action.” Some Democrats have echoed the same evasions, with a handful even supporting the strikes. The Intercept’s Séamus Malekafzali lays out the pattern in devastating detail: every reassurance offered — no ground troops, short timeline, limited objectives — is already unraveling. The estimated duration has stretched from four weeks to potentially eight or more, ground forces are back on the table, and Trump is now demanding Iran’s “unconditional surrender” while his administration considers seizing Iranian oil infrastructure. Americans killed in the fighting are already coming home. The Intercept

Why This Matters: We have been here before. “Short and sweet.” “No quagmire.” “Mission accomplished.” The American people were lied to about Iraq. They were lied to about Afghanistan. And now they are being handed a fresh set of euphemisms to swallow while a war without a plan, without a declaration, and without majority public support spirals outward. Calling it an “operation” does not bring our service members home safely. Calling it an “intervention” does not un-drop the bombs. The first act of accountability is refusing to let the people in power control the language. This is a war. We deserve to debate it as one.

🎮 The White House is selling a real war with SpongeBob memes — and calling the killing “fun”

• As missiles struck Iran and American service members came home in flag-draped coffins, the official White House social media accounts were busy posting meme videos splicing real combat footage with clips from Grand Theft Auto, SpongeBob SquarePants, and sports video games. Pete Hegseth gave a war briefing set to Metallica’s “Enter Sandman.” Trump told supporters at a Kentucky rally that one of his generals described sinking 54 Iranian ships as “a lot more fun” than capturing them. Experts and lawmakers across party lines called the content deeply disturbing — a deliberate effort to reduce the reality of death, displacement, and destruction to viral entertainment for a political base. Mother Jones

Why This Matters: Three million Iranians have been displaced.1 More than eleven billion dollars of American taxpayer money was spent in the war’s first six days alone. American troops are dying. And the official response from our government is a bowling pin meme. This is not spin. This is not clumsy messaging. This is a deliberate philosophy — one that treats human life as a prop in a content strategy, and war as a brand activation. When leaders stop being able to look at the cost of their decisions, they will keep making the worst ones. The meme is the message: power without conscience, and violence without accountability.

💔 Why These Stories Matter

These stories are not abstract. They land on real people — and on the foundations of democracy itself.

A family from Afghanistan or Somalia who spent years being vetted, who was welcomed to America, who rebuilt their life here — that family is now waking up to the possibility of being dragged from their home by ICE agents and locked in a detention facility indefinitely. Not because they broke a law. Because this administration has decided that cruelty is a feature, not a bug. When we detain the people we invited in, we are not protecting America. We are betraying it.

When a federal judge has to write 27 pages explaining that the Justice Department launched a criminal investigation into the Federal Reserve Chair for the sole purpose of pressuring him to lower interest rates — that is not politics as usual. That is the weaponization of the law. The judge’s words are unambiguous: the government offered “no evidence whatsoever that Powell committed any crime other than displeasing the President.” Every American who depends on an independent justice system — which is every American — should feel the chill of that sentence.

And in Iran, a war that no one will name is growing larger by the day. Every reassurance has already been broken. No ground troops — until ground troops were put back on the table. Short timeline — now stretching toward months. Limited objectives — now including regime change and demands for unconditional surrender. This is not a surprise. This is the pattern. The same lies were told about Iraq. The same euphemisms were deployed. The same people who promised it would be quick are now shrugging at the cost.

What the memes make plain — what the “fun” language reveals — is the moral rot at the center of this project. Authoritarianism doesn’t just seize power. It degrades the capacity to feel the weight of that power. When war becomes content, when refugees become detention statistics, when the justice system becomes a loyalty instrument — the people in charge have stopped seeing the rest of us as human beings.

That is the pattern. Cruelty as policy. Impunity as strategy. Dehumanization as entertainment. People Power is the wall that stops this slide toward authoritarianism.

Why the Grassroots Resistance Can’t Wait

Your Power in Action: What You Can Do Today

The movement for freedom over fascism, progress, and power to the people starts here.

• ⚡ Take action: Tell Congress to subpoena Hegseth about the Iran school attack

• 👉 Take action: Tell Congress to stop Trump from sending American troops into Iran — and vote no on the draft

• 🔊 Take action: Call your senator (202) 224-3121 and tell them to vote no on Mullin for DHS

• 📢 Take action: Tell state AGs to block the Warner-Paramount mega-merger

• 📋 Take action: Tell Congress to stop Trump’s illegal war in Iran

• 🎬 Take action: Tell your Secretary of State: No ICE at the polls

• 🚨 Take action: Speak out now to help stop the next Great Recession before it starts

• 🗳️ Bonus action: Register to vote, vote in every election, and help your community do the same. Reproductive freedom is won and lost at the ballot box.

• 👑 Bonus action: Sign up for the next national No Kings Day of Action and show up in solidarity with everyone whose rights are under attack.

📢 What You Can Do Today

When we organize, speak out, vote, and demand accountability, we disrupt this pattern. We remind those in power that legitimacy flows from the people — and that freedom cannot survive without collective action.

🛡️ Defend refugees and immigrants — Contact your representatives and demand an end to the indefinite detention of legal refugees. The people this government invited in deserve our protection, not our cages.

⚖️ Defend judicial independence — Stand with every judge, attorney, and institution willing to call political interference what it is. When the DOJ becomes a loyalty enforcement arm, speak out loudly and clearly.

🪖 Demand a real debate on war — Contact your representatives and insist they invoke the War Powers Act. No President should be able to launch and expand a war without Congressional authorization and an honest public debate.

🎮 Reject the memeification of violence — Push back on propaganda that trivializes war and dehumanizes its victims. Share the real stories. Say the real numbers. Name the real cost.

💚 Build people power — Organize. Show up. Bring your neighbors. Every new person in this movement is one more voice that no billionaire can buy.

Billionaire-backed elites are scheming to suppress our voices, strip away our rights, and rule over us. But progress is more than an idea — it is a movement. By standing up, speaking out, and demanding dignity, opportunity, and justice for all, we build an America that truly lives up to its promise.

Power has always belonged to the people. It always will — unless we hand it over to the greedy and corrupt leaders who are counting on our silence. We won't. We will keep speaking out, showing up, and building power — toward progress, toward justice, toward a world where everyone can thrive. Power to the people.

Join the Resistance

Together, we can champion our rights, freedoms, and democracy, hold our leaders accountable to the people’s will, and inspire voters to make a meaningful difference.

Laurie Woodward Garcia

(paid with hugs and kisses, not bought by special interests)

Leader, People Power United

People Power United | In this community, we will always speak out against racism, xenophobia, Islamophobia, antisemitism, homophobia, misogyny, sexism, ageism, ableism, sizeism, elitism, transphobia, misogynoir, and bigotry!

This is our moment to rise, resist, and reclaim our democracy. Millions of Americans are already refusing to back down — in the streets, at the ballot box, and in their communities.

The blueprint for fascism is written. The resistance starts here.

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In this March 14, 2026 Freedom Over Fascism roundup, we cover Trump-appointed diplomats straining alliances in Europe, warnings about rising authoritarianism, judicial interference, and the actions readers can take now.

Freedom is not passive. It is a daily act of grassroots activism and advocacy — of speaking out, showing up, and holding leaders accountable to the will of the people. In a world where billionaires, extremists, and strongmen try to rewrite the rules, Freedom Over Fascism exists to remind us of a simple truth: power still belongs to the people — if we use it.

This week’s news is not a collection of isolated stories. It is a pattern. Each story is a thread in the same fabric — and that fabric has a name. We have to call it what it is. Fascism rising and the people rising up to defeat it.

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🚨 Authoritarianism News Briefs

🌍 Trump’s diplomats are straining alliances across Europe

• A wave of diplomatic crises is rippling across Europe as Trump-appointed ambassadors — largely political loyalists with little or no diplomatic experience — wade aggressively into host countries’ domestic affairs, often via social media. Ambassador Charles Kushner (father of Jared Kushner) sparked a rupture with France after reposting inflammatory State Department commentary on the killing of a far-right activist, then snubbing France’s foreign ministry summons — prompting France to cut off his access to government ministers; Ambassador Bill White in Belgium demanded that a criminal investigation be dropped in an all-caps social media post; and Ambassador Tom Rose in Poland publicly announced he was severing all contact with the speaker of Poland’s parliament over criticism of Trump. The Atlantic

Why This Matters: The pattern reveals a deliberate restructuring of U.S. diplomacy around MAGA ideology and personal loyalty rather than statecraft — at precisely the moment when allied trust in America is most fragile, European partners are being forced to decide how to manage an American foreign policy apparatus that treats interference in their domestic politics as a feature, not a bug.

🇺🇸 Newsom calls for global unity against authoritarianism

• California Governor Gavin Newsom used the Munich Security Conference to condemn former President Donald Trump’s rhetoric on nationalism and advocate for a collective democratic response to rising authoritarianism worldwide. As global leaders convene to address pressing challenges, Newsom emphasizes the necessity of uniting against the threats to democracy posed by those who seek to erode freedoms. Politico

Why This Matters:
In a time marked by increasing authoritarianism, Newsom’s message of unity and democratic resilience serves as a clarion call for people to rise against oppressive forces and champions the essential role of collaboration in safeguarding our rights and freedoms.

📰 White House quickly fires U.S. attorney replacement

• The abrupt dismissal of the U.S. attorney appointed to replace a Trump-era political appointee highlights the ongoing tensions surrounding political appointments and the integrity of the justice system under differing administrations. This maneuvering underscores the importance of accountability and the need for perseverance in protecting the democratic values that ensure justice serves the people rather than political interests. Seattle Times

Why This Matters:
In a climate where the rule of law is increasingly subjected to political whims, this incident serves as a poignant reminder that the fight for a fair and democratic justice system is far from over. We must remain vigilant in advocating for leaders who prioritize liberty, integrity, and the rights of all citizens.

💔 Why These Stories Matter

These stories are not abstract. They land on real people — and on the foundations of democracy itself.

When Trump’s political loyalists serving as ambassadors publicly interfere in the domestic affairs of our closest allies, it isn’t just embarrassing — it’s dangerous. The French citizens, Polish lawmakers, and Belgian officials caught in the crossfire of MAGA-branded diplomacy didn’t ask to become pawns in America’s culture wars. And the American people lose too: every alliance strained, every foreign ministry door closed, is trust we may not be able to rebuild. Diplomacy conducted through all-caps social media posts isn’t statecraft — it’s intimidation. And our allies are being forced to choose how to manage a U.S. foreign policy that treats interference as a feature, not a bug.

When a sitting U.S. attorney is fired for simply doing their job — replaced because they weren’t politically useful enough — every American who depends on an independent justice system should take notice. Justice is supposed to serve the people, not the powerful. When that line blurs, it’s the most vulnerable among us who suffer most.

And when a governor has to travel to Munich to remind the world that American democracy is worth defending, it tells you everything about how far we’ve drifted. Governor Newsom’s message of unity against authoritarianism shouldn’t be a radical act — but in this moment, it is. Because the people now shaping U.S. foreign and domestic policy aren’t interested in defending democracy. They’re interested in consolidating power.

This is the pattern. Loyalty over expertise. Intimidation over diplomacy. Politics over justice. When leaders escape accountability, it signals that power — not justice — rules. It erodes trust, fuels corruption, and opens the door wider for what comes next.

People Power is the wall that stops this slide towards authoritarianism.

Why the Grassroots Resistance Can’t Wait

Your Power in Action: What You Can Do Today

The movement for freedom over fascism, progress, and power to the people starts here.

• ⚡ Take action: Tell Congress to subpoena Hegseth about the Iran school attack

• 👉 Take action: Tell Congress to stop Trump from sending American troops into Iran — and vote no on the draft

• 🔊 Take action: Call your senator (202) 224-3121 and tell them to vote no on Mullin for DHS

• 📢 Take action: Tell state AGs to block the Warner-Paramount mega-merger

• 📋 Take action: Tell Congress to stop Trump’s illegal war in Iran

• 🎬 Take action: Tell your Secretary of State: No ICE at the polls

• 🚨 Take action: Speak out now to help stop the next Great Recession before it starts

• 🗳️ Bonus action: Register to vote, vote in every election, and help your community do the same. Reproductive freedom is won and lost at the ballot box.

• 👑 Bonus action: Sign up for the next national No Kings Day of Action and show up in solidarity with everyone whose rights are under attack.

📢 What You Can Do Today

When we organize, speak out, vote, and demand accountability, we disrupt this pattern. We remind those in power that legitimacy flows from the people — and that freedom cannot survive without collective action.

🌍 Demand real diplomacy — Contact your representatives and demand that U.S. ambassadors be held to professional and ethical standards. Our foreign policy should strengthen alliances, not weaponize them.

⚖️ Defend judicial independence — Stand up for an apolitical justice system. When U.S. attorneys are fired for failing a loyalty test, speak out. The rule of law is everyone’s business.

🗽 Amplify democratic voices — Support leaders like Governor Newsom who are willing to name authoritarianism for what it is and call for a unified global response. That kind of courage needs our voices behind it.

💚 Build people power — Organize. Show up. Bring your neighbors. Every new person in this movement is one more voice that no billionaire can buy.

Billionaire-backed elites are scheming to suppress our voices, strip away our rights, and rule over us. But progress is more than an idea — it is a movement. By standing up, speaking out, and demanding dignity, opportunity, and justice for all, we build an America that truly lives up to its promise.

Power has always belonged to the people. It always will. Let’s use it.

Join the Resistance

Together, we can champion our rights, freedoms, and democracy, hold our leaders accountable to the people’s will, and inspire voters to make a meaningful difference.

Laurie Woodward Garcia

(paid with hugs and kisses, not bought by special interests)

Leader, People Power United

People Power United | In this community, we will always speak out against racism, xenophobia, Islamophobia, antisemitism, homophobia, misogyny, sexism, ageism, ableism, sizeism, elitism, transphobia, misogynoir, and bigotry!

Join the Resistance

This is our moment to rise, resist, and reclaim our democracy. Millions of Americans are already refusing to back down — in the streets, at the ballot box, and in their communities.

The blueprint for fascism is written. The resistance starts here.

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Freedom is not passive. It is a daily act of grassroots activism and advocacy — of speaking out, showing up, and holding leaders accountable to the will of the people. In a world where billionaires, extremists, and strongmen try to rewrite the rules, Freedom Over Fascism exists to remind us of a simple truth: power still belongs to the people — if we use it.

This week’s news is not a collection of isolated stories. It is a pattern. An unauthorized war. Union contracts ripped away. Cities pressured to become arms of federal immigration enforcement. Online anonymity on the chopping block. Each story is a thread in the same fabric — and that fabric has a name. We have to call it what it is.

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5 Reasons the Grassroots Resistance Movement Can’t Wait to Resist Fascism

💥Your Power in Action: What You Can Do Today

• 🔊 Tell Congress: Block Trump’s Election Denier Pick to Lead DHS,

  👉 Power up: Reject Markwayne Mullins Confirmation, ☎️ Call your Senator at (202) 224-3121 and tell them to vote NO on Mullin for DHS

• 📢 Be the change Tell State AGs: Block the Warner-Paramount Mega-Merger

• Make your voice heard: 🚫 Not One Dime for Trump’s War, 📋 Sign the petition: Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Illegal War in Iran

• 🎬 Speak out now: Tell Your Secretary of State: No ICE at the Polls.

• 🚨Use your voice: Stop the next Great Recession before it starts

• BONUS: 🗳️ Make your voice heard Register to vote, vote in every election, and help your community do the same. Reproductive freedom is won and lost at the ballot box.

• BONUS: 👑🚫 Drive the change Sign up for the next national No Kings Day of Action and show up in solidarity with everyone whose rights are under attack.

The movement for freedom over fascism, progress, and power to the people starts here.

🚨 Freedom Over Fascism — News Briefs

🔒 Congress Is Moving to Kill Anonymous Speech Online — And Calling It “Child Safety”

• A bipartisan package of a dozen “child online safety” bills is advancing through the House, including the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA). The problem: there is no way to verify someone’s age without verifying who they are — meaning these laws would end online anonymity for everyone. Civil liberties groups warn the result would be unprecedented mass surveillance, making it easier for the government to track whistleblowers, identify protest organizers, surveil undocumented immigrants, and out LGBTQ+ youth. The Heritage Foundation has publicly stated it plans to use KOSA to remove LGBTQIA+ and abortion content from the internet. Meanwhile, the primary beneficiaries of mandatory ID verification are the very Big Tech companies these bills claim to regulate — including Meta and Elon Musk’s X. The Intercept

💸 The Iran War Is Costing $11.3 Billion — And Congress Wasn’t Even Asked

• In a closed-door briefing this week, Pentagon officials told senators that the first six days of Operation Epic Fury cost more than $11.3 billion — and that figure doesn’t include the full cost of preparation, personnel, or ongoing operations. Sen. Chris Coons told reporters the real number is likely significantly higher: munitions replacement costs alone already exceed $10 billion. The U.S. burned through $5.6 billion in advanced weapons in just the first two days. Meanwhile, Trump told lawmakers it would be “a short-term excursion” finished “pretty quickly” — while his Defense Secretary told 60 Minutes “this is only just the beginning.“ Seven American service members have died. Congress was never asked to authorize any of it. Politico / NBC News

🚨 Trump Is Dismantling Federal Workers’ Rights — One Union Contract at a Time

• The Treasury Department has unilaterally terminated its collective bargaining agreements with IRS workers and Bureau of the Fiscal Service employees — roughly 150,000 workers represented by the National Treasury Employees Union across 37 agencies. The move strips workers of union representation in disciplinary cases, halts all ongoing contract negotiations, and orders agencies to implement workplace changes without bargaining. A federal court had issued an injunction blocking enforcement — but a Ninth Circuit panel cleared the way for the terminations anyway. The union’s president said flatly: the IRS “cannot unilaterally end” this contract. Seattle Times / AP

🚔 Detroit Refused to Be Trump’s Immigration Police — And Paid a Price for It

• Two Detroit police officers violated longstanding department policy by calling U.S. Border Patrol during routine traffic stops — leading to the detention of immigrants who had not been charged with any crime. The chief initially moved to fire both, calling immigration enforcement “not our lane.” Under legal pressure and after ICE posted on X telling the officers “we have a place for you, patriots,” the chief backed down, settling for 30-day unpaid suspensions. Investigators found evidence of at least four incidents of coordination, not two. Detroit has maintained a welcoming city policy since 2007. The federal government is now actively working to dismantle it. The Guardian

💔 Why It Matters and Who Is Harmed by Fascism

These stories are not abstract. They land on real people.

The IRS workers who lost their union contracts today have less protection when they face wrongful discipline, retaliation, or unsafe conditions. Their coworkers across 37 agencies face the same exposure — and the message to every other federal worker is clear: fall in line or lose your rights.

The immigrants detained in Detroit during routine traffic stops — not accused of any crime — now live with the knowledge that a broken taillight can end their life in this country. Their families live with that fear every single day.

The activists, whistleblowers, and LGBTQ+ youth who rely on anonymous online spaces to organize, survive, and speak truth will be most harmed when KOSA passes. Not the trolls lawmakers claim to be targeting. The most vulnerable.

And every American taxpayer is now funding a war that cost $11.3 billion in six days — a war no one voted for, launched without congressional authorization, with no clear endgame and a Defense Secretary who says it’s “only just the beginning.”

When leaders escape accountability, it signals that power — not justice — rules. It erodes trust. It fuels corruption. And it opens the door wider for what comes next.

📢 What Comes Next: Keep Being Loud

When we organize, speak out, vote, and demand accountability, we disrupt this pattern. We remind those in power that legitimacy flows from the people — and that freedom cannot survive without collective action.

• 🔒 Oppose KOSA — Contact your representatives. The right to anonymous speech is the right to dissent. Protect it.

• 💸 Demand war accountability — Ask your senators: where is the authorization? Where is the oversight? Who is paying — and for what?

• 🚨 Defend union rights — Stand with federal workers. An attack on their contracts is an attack on every worker’s right to organize.

• 🚔 Support welcoming cities — Back local leaders who refuse to turn police into immigration agents. That courage deserves our voices behind it.

• 💚 Build people power — Organize. Show up. Bring your neighbors. Every new person in this movement is one more voice that no billionaire can buy.

Billionaire-backed elites are scheming to suppress our voices, strip away our rights, and rule over us. But progress is more than an idea — it is a movement. By standing up, speaking out, and demanding dignity, opportunity, and justice for all, we build an America that truly lives up to its promise.

Power has always belonged to the people. It always will. Let’s use it.

Together, we can champion our rights, freedoms, and democracy, hold our leaders accountable to the people’s will, and inspire voters to make a meaningful difference.

Laurie Woodward Garcia

(paid with hugs and kisses, not bought by special interests)

Leader, People Power United

People Power United | In this community, we will always speak out against racism, xenophobia, Islamophobia, antisemitism, homophobia, misogyny, sexism, ageism, ableism, sizeism, elitism, transphobia, misogynoir, and bigotry!

Join the Resistance

This is our moment to rise, resist, and reclaim our democracy. Millions of Americans are already refusing to back down — in the streets, at the ballot box, and in their communities.

The blueprint for fascism is written. The resistance starts here.

Subscribe now

In a world where billionaires, extremists, and strongmen try to rewrite the rules, Freedom Over Fascism exists to remind us of a simple truth: power still belongs to the people—if we use it.

Why Freedom Over Fascism Matters:

• Authoritarianism feeds on fear, corruption, and silence

• Accountability is being attacked at home and abroad

• This newsletter exists to inform, connect, and mobilize

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When leaders escape accountability, it signals that power—not justice—rules, eroding trust, fueling corruption, and opening the door to authoritarianism. Billionaire-backed members of Congress, justices, and elites aren’t serving the people—they’re scheming to suppress our voices, strip away our rights, and rule over us. But progress and power to the people is more than an idea; it’s a movement. By standing up, speaking out, and demanding dignity, opportunity, and justice for all, we can build an America that truly lives up to its promise.

🚨 Freedom Over Fascism — News Briefs

💰 Trump Pocketed At Least $1.4 Billion in First Year Back in Office in Unprecedented ‘Exploitation of the Presidency’

• A watchdog analysis found that Donald Trump and his family accumulated at least $1.4 billion during his first year back in office, linking policy decisions, business ventures, and financial gains to what critics describe as an extraordinary use of presidential power for private enrichment. The report argues this pattern reflects a broader system of conflicts of interest between governing and personal profit. Common Dreams

Why This Matters:
Allegations of large-scale personal profit tied to presidential authority raise serious ethical and constitutional questions about corruption, conflicts of interest, and democratic accountability. The controversy underscores ongoing debates about safeguards needed to protect public office from private gain.

🌍 Trump-led abuses amid ‘democratic recession’ put human rights in peril, HRW report says

• A new Human Rights Watch report warns that nearly three-quarters of the world’s population now lives under autocratic rule, describing a global “democratic recession” driven in part by actions from the United States under President Trump alongside sustained pressure from China and Russia. The report details attacks on democratic norms, media, courts, and civil society, while urging democratic nations and social movements to unite to defend the rules-based international order. — The Guardian

Why This Matters: The erosion of democratic governance and human rights across major global powers signals a systemic threat to international law, accountability, and civil liberties worldwide. Without coordinated resistance from democratic institutions and civil society, the weakening of the rules-based order could accelerate authoritarian influence and endanger fundamental freedoms for billions.

🧑‍⚖️ ICE places ankle monitor on Md. woman who provided U.S. birth certificate

• A Maryland woman, Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales, was detained by ICE for 25 days despite presenting a U.S. birth certificate, immunization records, and other evidence supporting her citizenship, and is now required to wear an ankle monitor while the government continues its case. Her lawyers assert that the federal agency shifted the burden of proof unfairly onto her, raising due-process concerns over federal immigration enforcement. The Washington Post

Why This Matters: This case highlights serious civil-rights and procedural issues in immigration enforcement, potentially setting a precedent that could affect other U.S. citizens wrongly targeted in the immigration system.

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The Pattern Authoritarians Rely On

Authoritarianism does not announce itself all at once—it advances through a familiar and dangerous pattern.

Elites evade accountability, signaling that rules apply to the many, not the powerful. When corruption goes unpunished, trust in democratic institutions erodes.

Billionaires bankroll influence, drowning out the voices of everyday people. Policy bends toward profit, while working families are told to accept less freedom, fewer rights, and more sacrifice.

Dissent is criminalized, whether through crackdowns on protest, surveillance of activists, or laws designed to intimidate rather than protect. When speaking out becomes risky, silence is enforced.

Fear replaces trust, as communities are pitted against one another. Immigrants, activists, journalists, and marginalized groups are scapegoated to distract from abuses of power and to keep people divided.

This is not accidental—it is the blueprint.

Fascism thrives when people feel powerless. That’s why people power terrifies it.

When we organize, speak out, vote, and demand accountability, we disrupt this pattern. We remind those in power that legitimacy flows from the people—and that freedom cannot survive without collective action.

✊ The Tools That Authoritarianism Can’t Defeat

🌱 Hope

Hope is not naïve—it is strategic. Fascism feeds on despair and fear. Hope fuels imagination, courage, and sustained resistance. It reminds us that a just future is possible—and worth fighting for.

🤝 Respect

Respect dismantles fascism’s core weapon: dehumanization. By choosing dignity and inclusion, we build communities strong enough to resist hate, scapegoating, and division.

🧩 Unity

Authoritarians rule by dividing us. Unity breaks their strategy. When we stand together across differences, we deny fascism the fractures it needs to survive.

🗽The strength of a nation is not its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them. - Gene Roddenberry

💥 Why You Matter

Every share, every heart, every comment, every call to action, every vote, every subscription strengthens our ability to advocate for progress—and to move forward.

When you’re here, you’re not just staying informed.
You’re defending progress and power to the people.
You’re standing up for freedom over fascism!

“We must stand united to protect freedom over fascism… There is no power like that of the people.” — Laurie Woodward García, People Power United

Power grows when people participate and hold our leaders accountable to the will of the people. And together, we are proving—day after day—that the future belongs to those who refuse to stay silent.

👉 Subscribe to Freedom Over Fascism for free to stay informed. Go paid to help us to continue this work to fuel people-powered change. This movement exists because of you—and it wins because we act together.

Subscribe now

In a world where billionaires, extremists, and strongmen try to rewrite the rules, Freedom Over Fascism exists to remind us of a simple truth: power still belongs to the people—if we use it.

Why Freedom Over Fascism Matters:

• Authoritarianism feeds on fear, corruption, and silence

• Accountability is being attacked at home and abroad

• This newsletter exists to inform, connect, and mobilize

Freedom survives only when the people defend it.

Subscribe now

When leaders escape accountability, it signals that power—not justice—rules, eroding trust, fueling corruption, and opening the door to authoritarianism. Billionaire-backed members of Congress, justices, and elites aren’t serving the people—they’re scheming to suppress our voices, strip away our rights, and rule over us. But progress and power to the people is more than an idea; it’s a movement. By standing up, speaking out, and demanding dignity, opportunity, and justice for all, we can build an America that truly lives up to its promise.

🚨 Freedom Over Fascism — News Briefs

💰 Trump Pocketed At Least $1.4 Billion in First Year Back in Office in Unprecedented ‘Exploitation of the Presidency’

• A watchdog analysis found that Donald Trump and his family accumulated at least $1.4 billion during his first year back in office, linking policy decisions, business ventures, and financial gains to what critics describe as an extraordinary use of presidential power for private enrichment. The report argues this pattern reflects a broader system of conflicts of interest between governing and personal profit. Common Dreams

Why This Matters:
Allegations of large-scale personal profit tied to presidential authority raise serious ethical and constitutional questions about corruption, conflicts of interest, and democratic accountability. The controversy underscores ongoing debates about safeguards needed to protect public office from private gain.

🗽 AOC accuses Trump of trying to usher in ‘age of authoritarianism’ at Munich conference

• In her powerful address at the Munich Security Conference, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez emphasized the urgent need to combat rising authoritarianism, urging global leaders to prioritize democracy and human rights over fascist ideologies. She highlighted the responsibility of communities to remain vigilant and promote values of equality and justice in the face of oppressive forces. The Guardian

Why This Matters:
AOC’s message serves as a clarion call for all citizens to engage in the fight for democracy and to protect our freedoms from authoritarian encroachment, pushing us closer to a future where power truly belongs to the people.

🚨 U.S. Attorney Chosen to Replace Trump Pick is Quickly Fired by White House

• Federal judges in New York appointed veteran prosecutor Donald T. Kinsella to serve as U.S. attorney after a Trump-aligned interim appointee was ruled unlawful, but the White House fired Kinsella just hours later, escalating a confrontation between the executive branch and the judiciary over appointment authority. The episode reflects broader disputes about presidential control of federal law-enforcement leadership and the limits of judicial intervention. Seattle Times

Why This Matters:
Rapidly dismissing a court-appointed prosecutor intensifies separation-of-powers tensions and raises concerns about political influence over federal prosecutions. Such conflicts can shape public confidence in judicial independence and the rule of law.

🗳️ The Hardest Part of Fighting Fascism Comes After the Fascists Have Fallen

• The fight against fascism does not end when authoritarian leaders are overthrown; rather, it requires a collective commitment to building resilient, inclusive democracies that prioritize human rights and community empowerment. Activists urge that vigilance and sustained efforts are necessary to foster political cultures that genuinely serve the people's needs and protect democratic values. Truthout

Why This Matters:
This highlights the ongoing struggle for democracy and the vital need for active civic engagement to ensure that past oppressions do not resurface in new forms. In the quest for freedom, recognizing and dismantling the remnants of authoritarianism remains an urgent call to action for all who believe in the power of the people.

What You Can Do Today:

• Click here to Release the Names of All of Epstein’s Clients

• Click here to Tell Congress: Cap Credit Card Interest Rates at 10%

• Click here to Investigate DOJ Attacks on Don Lemon & Other Journalists

• Register to vote, vote, and help elect leaders that will ensure safe, secure elections and are committed to protecting democracy. Share ballot and voting information with friends and family.

• Donate to these champions doing the heavy lifting for our rights and freedoms:

  • Champions that prioritize working Americans over corporate interests, fight economic and social inequality, and advance civil liberties.

  • People Power United Against Fascism

  • Worker Power is People Power

  • Bans Off Our Bodies

  • Immigrant Justice Advocacy Groups

  • End Fossil Fuels

The Pattern Authoritarians Rely On

Authoritarianism does not announce itself all at once—it advances through a familiar and dangerous pattern.

Elites evade accountability, signaling that rules apply to the many, not the powerful. When corruption goes unpunished, trust in democratic institutions erodes.

Billionaires bankroll influence, drowning out the voices of everyday people. Policy bends toward profit, while working families are told to accept less freedom, fewer rights, and more sacrifice.

Dissent is criminalized, whether through crackdowns on protest, surveillance of activists, or laws designed to intimidate rather than protect. When speaking out becomes risky, silence is enforced.

Fear replaces trust, as communities are pitted against one another. Immigrants, activists, journalists, and marginalized groups are scapegoated to distract from abuses of power and to keep people divided.

This is not accidental—it is the blueprint.

Fascism thrives when people feel powerless. That’s why people power terrifies it.

When we organize, speak out, vote, and demand accountability, we disrupt this pattern. We remind those in power that legitimacy flows from the people—and that freedom cannot survive without collective action.

✊ The Tools That Authoritarianism Can’t Defeat

🌱 Hope

Hope is not naïve—it is strategic. Fascism feeds on despair and fear. Hope fuels imagination, courage, and sustained resistance. It reminds us that a just future is possible—and worth fighting for.

🤝 Respect

Respect dismantles fascism’s core weapon: dehumanization. By choosing dignity and inclusion, we build communities strong enough to resist hate, scapegoating, and division.

🧩 Unity

Authoritarians rule by dividing us. Unity breaks their strategy. When we stand together across differences, we deny fascism the fractures it needs to survive.

🗽The strength of a nation is not its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them. - Gene Roddenberry

💥 Why You Matter

Every share, every heart, every comment, every call to action, every vote, every subscription strengthens our ability to advocate for progress—and to move forward.

When you’re here, you’re not just staying informed.
You’re defending progress and power to the people.
You’re standing up for freedom over fascism!

“We must stand united to protect freedom over fascism… There is no power like that of the people.” — Laurie Woodward García, People Power United

Power grows when people participate and hold our leaders accountable to the will of the people. And together, we are proving—day after day—that the future belongs to those who refuse to stay silent.

👉 Subscribe to Freedom Over Fascism for free to stay informed. Go paid to help us to continue this work to fuel people-powered change. This movement exists because of you—and it wins because we act together.

Subscribe now

In a world where billionaires, extremists, and strongmen try to rewrite the rules, Freedom Over Fascism exists to remind us of a simple truth: power still belongs to the people—if we use it.

Why Freedom Over Fascism Matters:

• Authoritarianism feeds on fear, corruption, and silence

• Accountability is being attacked at home and abroad

• This newsletter exists to inform, connect, and mobilize

Freedom survives only when the people defend it.

Subscribe now

When leaders escape accountability, it signals that power—not justice—rules, eroding trust, fueling corruption, and opening the door to authoritarianism. Billionaire-backed members of Congress, justices, and elites aren’t serving the people—they’re scheming to suppress our voices, strip away our rights, and rule over us. But progress and power to the people is more than an idea; it’s a movement. By standing up, speaking out, and demanding dignity, opportunity, and justice for all, we can build an America that truly lives up to its promise.

🚨 Freedom Over Fascism — News Briefs

🌍 Trump-led abuses amid ‘democratic recession’ put human rights in peril, HRW report says

• A new Human Rights Watch report warns that nearly three-quarters of the world’s population now lives under autocratic rule, describing a global “democratic recession” driven in part by actions from the United States under President Trump alongside sustained pressure from China and Russia. The report details attacks on democratic norms, media, courts, and civil society, while urging democratic nations and social movements to unite to defend the rules-based international order. — The Guardian

Why This Matters: The erosion of democratic governance and human rights across major global powers signals a systemic threat to international law, accountability, and civil liberties worldwide. Without coordinated resistance from democratic institutions and civil society, the weakening of the rules-based order could accelerate authoritarian influence and endanger fundamental freedoms for billions.

🛫 China Sends Military Drone Into Taiwan Airspace for First Time

• China’s military flew a reconnaissance drone into Taiwanese airspace near Pratas Island for several minutes in a move Taiwan views as part of Beijing’s ongoing pressure campaign against the self-ruled democracy. The flight marks the first such incursion by an unmanned Chinese military aircraft, increasing regional tension and testing Taiwan’s air defenses. — Bloomberg

Why This Matters: This unprecedented drone incursion underscores rising cross-strait tensions and signals Beijing’s willingness to expand its military pressure on Taiwan, with implications for regional security and U.S. strategic commitments in Asia.

🌐 Trump’s full messages with European leaders – and what they tell us

• The BBC shares public texts that Trump has sent to world leaders. The piece highlights how interconnected challenges — from international security to internal political conflict — are influencing global stability. — BBC

Why This Matters: Understanding how domestic and international tensions intersect helps us grasp the broader geopolitical landscape and anticipate how power dynamics may shift in 2026 and beyond.

Trump sues BBC for $10 billion over edited clips of his Jan. 6 speech

• Trump has filed a massive lawsuit claiming edited footage of his January 6 speech damaged his reputation. Legal experts say the case faces steep First Amendment hurdles. Critics view the suit as part of a broader pattern of using litigation to intimidate media outlets. — MSNBC (MaddowBlog)

Why this matters: A free press is essential to democracy—and lawsuits should not be used to silence scrutiny.

What You Can Do Today:

ICE Accountability

• Tell Congress: It’s Time to Defund ICE

• Tell Democratic Leaders: Don’t Cave on ICE Accountability

• Hold Corporations Accountable for ICE Violence

• Kristi Noem must go

Power to All Eligible Voters: Reject the Save Act

• 🚨 Click here to Stop Republicans’ New Attack on Voting Rights

• 📩 Click here to Tell Congress to Reject the SAVE Act Bills

• Click here to Tell your member of Congress to co-sponsor and support the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act

• Click here to send a StandUp America message to lawmakers

• Register to vote, vote, and help elect leaders that will ensure safe, secure elections and are committed to protecting democracy. Share ballot and voting information with friends and family.

• Donate to these champions doing the heavy lifting for our rights and freedoms:

  • Champions that prioritize working Americans over corporate interests, fight economic and social inequality, and advance civil liberties.

  • People Power United Against Fascism

  • Worker Power is People Power

  • Bans Off Our Bodies

  • Immigrant Justice Advocacy Groups

  • End Fossil Fuels

The Pattern Authoritarians Rely On

Authoritarianism does not announce itself all at once—it advances through a familiar and dangerous pattern.

Elites evade accountability, signaling that rules apply to the many, not the powerful. When corruption goes unpunished, trust in democratic institutions erodes.

Billionaires bankroll influence, drowning out the voices of everyday people. Policy bends toward profit, while working families are told to accept less freedom, fewer rights, and more sacrifice.

Dissent is criminalized, whether through crackdowns on protest, surveillance of activists, or laws designed to intimidate rather than protect. When speaking out becomes risky, silence is enforced.

Fear replaces trust, as communities are pitted against one another. Immigrants, activists, journalists, and marginalized groups are scapegoated to distract from abuses of power and to keep people divided.

This is not accidental—it is the blueprint.

Fascism thrives when people feel powerless. That’s why people power terrifies it.

When we organize, speak out, vote, and demand accountability, we disrupt this pattern. We remind those in power that legitimacy flows from the people—and that freedom cannot survive without collective action.

✊ The Tools That Authoritarianism Can’t Defeat

🌱 Hope

Hope is not naïve—it is strategic. Fascism feeds on despair and fear. Hope fuels imagination, courage, and sustained resistance. It reminds us that a just future is possible—and worth fighting for.

🤝 Respect

Respect dismantles fascism’s core weapon: dehumanization. By choosing dignity and inclusion, we build communities strong enough to resist hate, scapegoating, and division.

🧩 Unity

Authoritarians rule by dividing us. Unity breaks their strategy. When we stand together across differences, we deny fascism the fractures it needs to survive.

🗽The strength of a nation is not its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them. - Gene Roddenberry

💥 Why You Matter

Every share, every heart, every comment, every call to action, every vote, every subscription strengthens our ability to advocate for progress—and to move forward.

When you’re here, you’re not just staying informed.
You’re defending progress and power to the people.
You’re standing up for freedom over fascism!

“We must stand united to protect freedom over fascism… There is no power like that of the people.” — Laurie Woodward García, People Power United

Power grows when people participate and hold our leaders accountable to the will of the people. And together, we are proving—day after day—that the future belongs to those who refuse to stay silent.

👉 Subscribe to Freedom Over Fascism for free to stay informed. Go paid to help us to continue this work to fuel people-powered change. This movement exists because of you—and it wins because we act together.

Subscribe now

In a world where billionaires, extremists, and strongmen try to rewrite the rules, Freedom Over Fascism exists to remind us of a simple truth: power still belongs to the people—if we use it.

Why Freedom Over Fascism Matters:

• Authoritarianism feeds on fear, corruption, and silence

• Accountability is being attacked at home and abroad

• This newsletter exists to inform, connect, and mobilize

Freedom survives only when the people defend it.

Subscribe now

When leaders escape accountability, it signals that power—not justice—rules, eroding trust, fueling corruption, and opening the door to authoritarianism. Billionaire-backed members of Congress, justices, and elites aren’t serving the people—they’re scheming to suppress our voices, strip away our rights, and rule over us. But progress and power to the people is more than an idea; it’s a movement. By standing up, speaking out, and demanding dignity, opportunity, and justice for all, we can build an America that truly lives up to its promise.

🚨 Freedom Over Fascism — News Briefs

⚖️ For Trump, Justice Means Vengeance

• An opinion piece in the New York Times argues that in his second term President Trump has increasingly used the justice system to pursue political revenge against critics, institutions, and perceived enemies rather than uphold impartial rule of law. The essay frames this trend as a dangerous erosion of democratic norms and legal fairness, “On behalf of Americans who are now living without a functioning system of federal law and order, Congress should step up and end this self-interested destruction.” The New York Times

Why This Matters: The piece highlights how political retribution woven into governance can weaken foundational checks and balances, deepen polarization, and undermine trust in key legal institutions.

🚑 Inside Minnesota Hospitals, ICE Agents Unnerve Staff

• Minnesota hospitals are confronting federal immigration agents entering medical facilities to detain patients or investigate immigration status, raising alarms from healthcare workers about patient safety, confidentiality, and the chilling effect on care access. Hospitals are trying to balance legal compliance with ensuring that patients feel safe seeking treatment amid a broader aggressive federal enforcement campaign. The New York Times

Why This Matters: When immigration enforcement enters hospitals, vulnerable individuals may delay or avoid essential care, eroding public health, trust in medical services, and raising serious civil liberties questions.

🧑‍⚖️ ICE places ankle monitor on Md. woman who provided U.S. birth certificate

• A Maryland woman, Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales, was detained by ICE for 25 days despite presenting a U.S. birth certificate, immunization records, and other evidence supporting her citizenship, and is now required to wear an ankle monitor while the government continues its case. Her lawyers assert that the federal agency shifted the burden of proof unfairly onto her, raising due-process concerns over federal immigration enforcement. The Washington Post

Why This Matters: This case highlights serious civil-rights and procedural issues in immigration enforcement, potentially setting a precedent that could affect other U.S. citizens wrongly targeted in the immigration system.

What You Can Do Today:

• Click here to Stop Trump’s Attempts to Intimidate the Federal Reserve

• Click here to Pass the War Powers Resolution to Stop Trump’s Warmongering

• Click here to Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Illegal War in Venezuela

• Click here to Ban Members of Congress from Trading Stock While in Office

• Click here to Demand that Google and Apple remove Grok AI from their app stores—IMMEDIATELY.

• Register to vote, vote, and help elect leaders that will ensure safe, secure elections and are committed to protecting democracy. Share ballot and voting information with friends and family.

• Donate to these champions doing the heavy lifting for our rights and freedoms:

  • Champions that prioritize working Americans over corporate interests, fight economic and social inequality, and advance civil liberties.

  • People Power United Against Fascism

  • Worker Power is People Power

  • Bans Off Our Bodies

  • Immigrant Justice Advocacy Groups

  • End Fossil Fuels

The Pattern Authoritarians Rely On

Authoritarianism does not announce itself all at once—it advances through a familiar and dangerous pattern.

Elites evade accountability, signaling that rules apply to the many, not the powerful. When corruption goes unpunished, trust in democratic institutions erodes.

Billionaires bankroll influence, drowning out the voices of everyday people. Policy bends toward profit, while working families are told to accept less freedom, fewer rights, and more sacrifice.

Dissent is criminalized, whether through crackdowns on protest, surveillance of activists, or laws designed to intimidate rather than protect. When speaking out becomes risky, silence is enforced.

Fear replaces trust, as communities are pitted against one another. Immigrants, activists, journalists, and marginalized groups are scapegoated to distract from abuses of power and to keep people divided.

This is not accidental—it is the blueprint.

Fascism thrives when people feel powerless. That’s why people power terrifies it.

When we organize, speak out, vote, and demand accountability, we disrupt this pattern. We remind those in power that legitimacy flows from the people—and that freedom cannot survive without collective action.

✊ The Tools That Authoritarianism Can’t Defeat

🌱 Hope

Hope is not naïve—it is strategic. Fascism feeds on despair and fear. Hope fuels imagination, courage, and sustained resistance. It reminds us that a just future is possible—and worth fighting for.

🤝 Respect

Respect dismantles fascism’s core weapon: dehumanization. By choosing dignity and inclusion, we build communities strong enough to resist hate, scapegoating, and division.

🧩 Unity

Authoritarians rule by dividing us. Unity breaks their strategy. When we stand together across differences, we deny fascism the fractures it needs to survive.

🗽The strength of a nation is not its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them. - Gene Roddenberry

💥 Why You Matter

Every share, every heart, every comment, every call to action, every vote, every subscription strengthens our ability to advocate for progress—and to move forward.

When you’re here, you’re not just staying informed.
You’re defending progress and power to the people.
You’re standing up for freedom over fascism!

“We must stand united to protect freedom over fascism… There is no power like that of the people.” — Laurie Woodward García, People Power United

Power grows when people participate. And together, we are proving—day after day—that the future belongs to those who refuse to stay silent.

👉 Subscribe to Freedom Over Fascism for free to stay informed. Go paid to help us to continue this work to fuel people-powered change. This movement exists because of you—and it wins because we act together.

Subscribe now

In a world where billionaires, extremists, and strongmen try to rewrite the rules, Freedom Over Fascism exists to remind us of a simple truth: power still belongs to the people—if we use it.

Why Freedom Over Fascism Matters:

• Authoritarianism feeds on fear, corruption, and silence

• Accountability is being attacked at home and abroad

• This newsletter exists to inform, connect, and mobilize

Freedom survives only when the people defend it.

Subscribe now

When leaders escape accountability, it signals that power—not justice—rules, eroding trust, fueling corruption, and opening the door to authoritarianism. Billionaire-backed members of Congress, justices, and elites aren’t serving the people—they’re scheming to suppress our voices, strip away our rights, and rule over us. But progress and power to the people is more than an idea; it’s a movement. By standing up, speaking out, and demanding dignity, opportunity, and justice for all, we can build an America that truly lives up to its promise.

🚨 Freedom Over Fascism — News Briefs

✊ The Resistance Libs Were Right

• Michelle Goldberg in a piece for the New York Times asserts that opposition to Trump isn’t simply liberal grievance but a principled stand against what the author characterizes as rising authoritarianism and fascistic tendencies in policy and rhetoric under his second term. It contends that resisting these trends is vital to defending democratic norms, civil rights, and rule of law. — The New York Times

Why This Matters: By framing resistance as a broader democratic imperative rather than partisan hostility, the article underscores growing national concern over authoritarian impulses in U.S. governance.

🇺🇸 More Immigrants Detained by ICE Recount Harsh and Cruel Treatment

• Reporting from Minneapolis documents aggressive tactics by ICE agents — including warrantless stops, detentions of both undocumented immigrants and U.S. citizens, and chaotic street enforcement — as well as the deep fear and disruption these actions have caused within immigrant and local communities. “One man targeted at home says agents took “trophy pictures” of him on their personal phones.” Activists and residents describe the federal surge as punitive rather than protective. — Mother Jones

Why This Matters: This coverage illuminates how federal immigration actions are affecting everyday life and civil liberties in American cities, raising broader questions about racial profiling, due process, and government accountability in enforcement.

🪩 Democrat targeted by Trump attacks ‘authoritarian’ effort to intimidate critics

• “Donald Trump is borrowing a strategy from authoritarian regimes to intimidate potential critics and discourage them from speaking out, according to a senator under investigation by his administration.” — The Guardian

✝️ DOJ Vows to Press Charges After Activists Disrupt Church Where Minnesota ICE Official Is a Pastor

• Protesters in St. Paul interrupted a church service, accusing a pastor who also holds a federal ICE post of involvement in controversial immigration actions; the Department of Justice is now investigating potential civil rights violations for disrupting worship. “ ‘When you think about the federal government unleashing barbaric ICE agents upon our community and all the harm that they have caused, to have someone serving as a pastor who oversees these ICE agents, is almost unfathomable to me,’ said Armstrong, who added she is an ordained reverend. ‘If people are more concerned about someone coming to a church on a Sunday and disrupting business as usual than they are about the atrocities that we are experiencing in our community, then they need to check their theology and the need to check their hearts.’ ” The incident comes amid heightened national tensions over immigration enforcement after the deadly shooting of a Minnesota woman by an ICE agent. — The Seattle Times

Why This Matters: The clash between activism and legal protections for religious worship underscores deep fractures in public response to immigration policy and raises critical questions about how and where dissent is expressed and policed.

What You Can Do Today:

• Click here to Stop Trump’s DOJ from Punishing Dissent

• Click here to Tell the FBI: Stop Blocking Investigation Into ICE Shooting

• Click here: Kristi Noem Must Go

• Click here to Tell Congress: Block Trump from Attacking Greenland

• Click here to Stop Trump’s Attempts to Intimidate the Federal Reserve

• Register to vote, vote, and help elect leaders that will ensure safe, secure elections and are committed to protecting democracy. Share ballot and voting information with friends and family.

• Donate to these champions doing the heavy lifting for our rights and freedoms:

  • Champions that prioritize working Americans over corporate interests, fight economic and social inequality, and advance civil liberties.

  • People Power United Against Fascism

  • Worker Power is People Power

  • Bans Off Our Bodies

  • Immigrant Justice Advocacy Groups

  • End Fossil Fuels

The Pattern Authoritarians Rely On

Authoritarianism does not announce itself all at once—it advances through a familiar and dangerous pattern.

Elites evade accountability, signaling that rules apply to the many, not the powerful. When corruption goes unpunished, trust in democratic institutions erodes.

Billionaires bankroll influence, drowning out the voices of everyday people. Policy bends toward profit, while working families are told to accept less freedom, fewer rights, and more sacrifice.

Dissent is criminalized, whether through crackdowns on protest, surveillance of activists, or laws designed to intimidate rather than protect. When speaking out becomes risky, silence is enforced.

Fear replaces trust, as communities are pitted against one another. Immigrants, activists, journalists, and marginalized groups are scapegoated to distract from abuses of power and to keep people divided.

This is not accidental—it is the blueprint.

Fascism thrives when people feel powerless. That’s why people power terrifies it.

When we organize, speak out, vote, and demand accountability, we disrupt this pattern. We remind those in power that legitimacy flows from the people—and that freedom cannot survive without collective action.

✊ The Tools That Authoritarianism Can’t Defeat

🌱 Hope

Hope is not naïve—it is strategic. Fascism feeds on despair and fear. Hope fuels imagination, courage, and sustained resistance. It reminds us that a just future is possible—and worth fighting for.

🤝 Respect

Respect dismantles fascism’s core weapon: dehumanization. By choosing dignity and inclusion, we build communities strong enough to resist hate, scapegoating, and division.

🧩 Unity

Authoritarians rule by dividing us. Unity breaks their strategy. When we stand together across differences, we deny fascism the fractures it needs to survive.

🗽The strength of a nation is not its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them. - Gene Roddenberry

💥 Why You Matter

Every share, every heart, every comment, every call to action, every vote, every subscription strengthens our ability to advocate for progress—and to move forward.

When you’re here, you’re not just staying informed.
You’re defending progress and power to the people.
You’re standing up for freedom over fascism!

“We must stand united to protect freedom over fascism… There is no power like that of the people.” — Laurie Woodward García, People Power United

Power grows when people participate. And together, we are proving—day after day—that the future belongs to those who refuse to stay silent.

👉 Subscribe to Freedom Over Fascism for free to stay informed. Go paid to help us to continue this work to fuel people-powered change. This movement exists because of you—and it wins because we act together.

Subscribe now

In a world where billionaires, extremists, and strongmen try to rewrite the rules, Freedom Over Fascism exists to remind us of a simple truth: power still belongs to the people—if we use it.

Why Freedom Over Fascism Matters:

• Authoritarianism feeds on fear, corruption, and silence

• Accountability is being attacked at home and abroad

• This newsletter exists to inform, connect, and mobilize

Freedom survives only when the people defend it.

Subscribe now

When leaders escape accountability, it signals that power—not justice—rules, eroding trust, fueling corruption, and opening the door to authoritarianism. Billionaire-backed members of Congress, justices, and elites aren’t serving the people—they’re scheming to suppress our voices, strip away our rights, and rule over us. But progress and power to the people is more than an idea; it’s a movement. By standing up, speaking out, and demanding dignity, opportunity, and justice for all, we can build an America that truly lives up to its promise.

🚨 Freedom Over Fascism — News Briefs

🛂 Immigration, Due Process, and Human Rights

• Democrats Press Rubio Over MS-13 Deportations to El Salvador — The Hill
  Democrats are challenging plans to deport alleged MS-13 members to El Salvador without clear due-process protections. Lawmakers warn the approach risks human rights abuses and sets dangerous legal precedents by outsourcing punishment beyond U.S. courts. The fight underscores growing tensions between immigration enforcement, foreign policy, and civil liberties.

Why this matters: When due process is bypassed, democracy erodes—at home and abroad.

🎯 Manufactured Threats and Political Fear Campaigns

• The FBI Has No Answers on Antifa’s Size or Structure — The Intercept
  Despite repeated claims that antifa is a major domestic terror threat, FBI officials admitted they could not define the movement’s leadership, size, or organization. The testimony exposed how political rhetoric has outpaced evidence. Critics argue the narrative is used to justify surveillance and repression rather than address real threats.

Why this matters: Fear becomes a political weapon when facts are ignored.

🚢 Militarization, Spectacle, and Global Tensions

• North Korea Unveils Hull of What It Calls a Nuclear Submarine — The Seattle Times
  North Korea revealed what it claims is the hull of a nuclear-powered submarine, signaling strength amid regional tensions. Analysts caution the technology may be far from operational, but emphasize the move’s symbolic power. The display highlights how authoritarian regimes use spectacle to intimidate both rivals and their own populations.

Why this matters: Authoritarian power often relies as much on fear and theater as on force.

🔋 Climate, Security, and Competing Priorities

• The Pentagon Is Hoarding Critical Minerals Needed for Clean Energy — Mother Jones
  An investigation by Transition Security reveals the Pentagon is stockpiling minerals essential for renewable energy technologies, potentially slowing the civilian clean-energy transition. Experts warn the practice could drive up costs and bottleneck climate solutions. The report exposes tensions between national security priorities and climate urgency.

Why this matters: Climate action stalls when power prioritizes control over collective survival.

What You Can Do Today:

• Click here to Stop Trump’s Attempts to Intimidate the Federal Reserve

• Click here to Pass the War Powers Resolution to Stop Trump’s Warmongering

• Click here to Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Illegal War in Venezuela

• Click here to Ban Members of Congress from Trading Stock While in Office

• Click here to Demand that Google and Apple remove Grok AI from their app stores—IMMEDIATELY. SIGN NOW.NOW.

• Register to vote, vote, and help elect leaders that will ensure safe, secure elections and are committed to protecting democracy. Share ballot and voting information with friends and family.

• Donate to these champions doing the heavy lifting for our rights and freedoms:

  • Champions that prioritize working Americans over corporate interests, fight economic and social inequality, and advance civil liberties.

  • People Power United Against Fascism

  • Worker Power is People Power

  • Bans Off Our Bodies

  • Immigrant Justice Advocacy Groups

  • End Fossil Fuels

The Pattern Authoritarians Rely On

Authoritarianism does not announce itself all at once—it advances through a familiar and dangerous pattern.

Elites evade accountability, signaling that rules apply to the many, not the powerful. When corruption goes unpunished, trust in democratic institutions erodes.

Billionaires bankroll influence, drowning out the voices of everyday people. Policy bends toward profit, while working families are told to accept less freedom, fewer rights, and more sacrifice.

Dissent is criminalized, whether through crackdowns on protest, surveillance of activists, or laws designed to intimidate rather than protect. When speaking out becomes risky, silence is enforced.

Fear replaces trust, as communities are pitted against one another. Immigrants, activists, journalists, and marginalized groups are scapegoated to distract from abuses of power and to keep people divided.

This is not accidental—it is the blueprint.

Fascism thrives when people feel powerless. That’s why people power terrifies it.

When we organize, speak out, vote, and demand accountability, we disrupt this pattern. We remind those in power that legitimacy flows from the people—and that freedom cannot survive without collective action.

✊ The Tools That Authoritarianism Can’t Defeat

🌱 Hope

Hope is not naïve—it is strategic. Fascism feeds on despair and fear. Hope fuels imagination, courage, and sustained resistance. It reminds us that a just future is possible—and worth fighting for.

🤝 Respect

Respect dismantles fascism’s core weapon: dehumanization. By choosing dignity and inclusion, we build communities strong enough to resist hate, scapegoating, and division.

🧩 Unity

Authoritarians rule by dividing us. Unity breaks their strategy. When we stand together across differences, we deny fascism the fractures it needs to survive.

🗽The strength of a nation is not its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them. - Gene Roddenberry

✊ Who We Are—and Why Your Voice Matters

People Power United is a people-powered, grassroots movement built by everyday Americans who believe freedom, dignity, and democracy belong to all of us—not to politicians, billionaires, or extremist ideologues.

We don’t answer to corporate donors. We don’t chase profit or power. We organize for people—because lasting change has never come from the top down. It comes from communities rising together.

“We must stand united to protect freedom over fascism… There is no power like that of the people.” — Laurie Woodward García, People Power United

🌱 What We’ve Built—Together

Because of this community, People Power United has grown into one of the largest people-powered grassroots movements in the country, combining independent news reporting with real-world action.

✅ Thousands of bold actions taken daily to defend reproductive freedom, civil rights, and democracy

✅ Hundreds of thousands of members across all 50 states—showing up, speaking out, and organizing

✅ Top 100 on Substack in U.S. Politics for both On the Rise and Bestseller

✅ Zero outside funding—powered entirely by people, not special interests

This isn’t just a newsletter. It’s a movement fueled by courage, care, and collective action.

💥 Why You Matter

Every share, every heart, every comment, every call to action, every vote, every subscription strengthens our ability to advocate for progress—and to move forward.

When you’re here, you’re not just staying informed.
You’re helping protect freedom.
You’re defending justice.
You’re standing up for freedom over fascism.

Power grows when people participate. And together, we are proving—day after day—that the future belongs to those who refuse to stay silent.

👉 Subscribe for free to stay informed. Go paid to help us to continue this work to fuel people-powered change. This movement exists because of you—and it wins because we act together.

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In a world where billionaires, extremists, and strongmen try to rewrite the rules, Freedom Over Fascism exists to remind us of a simple truth: power still belongs to the people—if we use it.

Why Freedom Over Fascism Matters:

• Authoritarianism feeds on fear, corruption, and silence

• Accountability is being attacked at home and abroad

• This newsletter exists to inform, connect, and mobilize

Freedom survives only when the people defend it.

Subscribe now

When leaders escape accountability, it signals that power—not justice—rules, eroding trust, fueling corruption, and opening the door to authoritarianism. Billionaire-backed members of Congress, justices, and elites aren’t serving the people—they’re scheming to suppress our voices, strip away our rights, and rule over us. But progress and power to the people is more than an idea; it’s a movement. By standing up, speaking out, and demanding dignity, opportunity, and justice for all, we can build an America that truly lives up to its promise.

🚨 Freedom Over Fascism — News Briefs

🤝 Trump, Putin, and the Fracturing of Republican Foreign Policy

• Trump’s Praise for Putin Puts Senate Republicans in a Bind — The New York Times
  Donald Trump’s renewed praise for Vladimir Putin is forcing Senate Republicans to choose between party loyalty and national security concerns. Some lawmakers distance themselves, while others attempt to downplay the remarks. The New York Times exposes growing fractures within the GOP over Russia, democracy, and Trump’s influence.

Why this matters: Authoritarian admiration abroad fuels democratic instability at home.

⚡ Energy, Emergency Powers, and Corporate Influence

• Trump’s Energy ‘Emergency’ Orders Should Block Electricity Exports — Common Dreams
  Advocates argue Trump’s emergency energy orders should be used to stop large-scale electricity exports linked to financial institutions like Morgan Stanley. They warn exports strain domestic grids and raise prices during climate-driven demand spikes. The issue tests whether emergency powers should serve the public—or corporate profit.

Why this matters: Emergency powers reveal who government is truly designed to protect.

⚖️ Authoritarianism, Dissent, and the Cost of Speaking Out

• Jimmy Lai Found Guilty Under Hong Kong’s National Security Law — The New York Times
  Media tycoon and pro-democracy advocate Jimmy Lai was convicted under Hong Kong’s sweeping national security law, with prosecutors framing journalism and activism as “foreign collusion.” Supporters say the verdict confirms the near-total dismantling of press freedom and political dissent under Beijing’s rule. The case is widely viewed as a warning to anyone who challenges authoritarian power.

Why this matters: When journalism becomes a crime, democracy is already under siege.

🌍 Tech Power, Free Speech, and Democratic Rules

• U.S. Sanctions Former EU Commissioner Over Online Hate Rules — Politico Europe
  The U.S. sanctioned former EU commissioner Thierry Breton for enforcing digital rules aimed at curbing harmful online content. Critics argue the move prioritizes tech company interests over democratic safeguards. The decision escalates global tensions over free speech, regulation, and corporate power.

Why this matters: Democracy weakens when corporate power outweighs public accountability.

What You Can Do Today:

• Click here to Stop Trump’s Attempts to Intimidate the Federal Reserve

• Click here to Pass the War Powers Resolution to Stop Trump’s Warmongering

• Click here to Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Illegal War in Venezuela

• Click here to Ban Members of Congress from Trading Stock While in Office

• Click here to Demand that Google and Apple remove Grok AI from their app stores—IMMEDIATELY. SIGN NOW.NOW.

• Register to vote, vote, and help elect leaders that will ensure safe, secure elections and are committed to protecting democracy. Share ballot and voting information with friends and family.

• Donate to these champions doing the heavy lifting for our rights and freedoms:

  • Champions that prioritize working Americans over corporate interests, fight economic and social inequality, and advance civil liberties.

  • People Power United Against Fascism

  • Worker Power is People Power

  • Bans Off Our Bodies

  • Immigrant Justice Advocacy Groups

  • End Fossil Fuels

The Pattern Authoritarians Rely On

Authoritarianism does not announce itself all at once—it advances through a familiar and dangerous pattern.

Elites evade accountability, signaling that rules apply to the many, not the powerful. When corruption goes unpunished, trust in democratic institutions erodes.

Billionaires bankroll influence, drowning out the voices of everyday people. Policy bends toward profit, while working families are told to accept less freedom, fewer rights, and more sacrifice.

Dissent is criminalized, whether through crackdowns on protest, surveillance of activists, or laws designed to intimidate rather than protect. When speaking out becomes risky, silence is enforced.

Fear replaces trust, as communities are pitted against one another. Immigrants, activists, journalists, and marginalized groups are scapegoated to distract from abuses of power and to keep people divided.

This is not accidental—it is the blueprint.

Fascism thrives when people feel powerless. That’s why people power terrifies it.

When we organize, speak out, vote, and demand accountability, we disrupt this pattern. We remind those in power that legitimacy flows from the people—and that freedom cannot survive without collective action.

✊ The Tools That Authoritarianism Can’t Defeat

🌱 Hope

Hope is not naïve—it is strategic. Fascism feeds on despair and fear. Hope fuels imagination, courage, and sustained resistance. It reminds us that a just future is possible—and worth fighting for.

🤝 Respect

Respect dismantles fascism’s core weapon: dehumanization. By choosing dignity and inclusion, we build communities strong enough to resist hate, scapegoating, and division.

🧩 Unity

Authoritarians rule by dividing us. Unity breaks their strategy. When we stand together across differences, we deny fascism the fractures it needs to survive.

🗽The strength of a nation is not its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them. - Gene Roddenberry

✊ Who We Are—and Why Your Voice Matters

People Power United is a people-powered, grassroots movement built by everyday Americans who believe freedom, dignity, and democracy belong to all of us—not to politicians, billionaires, or extremist ideologues.

We don’t answer to corporate donors. We don’t chase profit or power. We organize for people—because lasting change has never come from the top down. It comes from communities rising together.

“We must stand united to protect freedom over fascism… There is no power like that of the people.” — Laurie Woodward García, People Power United

🌱 What We’ve Built—Together

Because of this community, People Power United has grown into one of the largest people-powered grassroots movements in the country, combining independent news reporting with real-world action.

✅ Thousands of bold actions taken daily to defend reproductive freedom, civil rights, and democracy

✅ Hundreds of thousands of members across all 50 states—showing up, speaking out, and organizing

✅ Top 100 on Substack in U.S. Politics for both On the Rise and Bestseller

✅ Zero outside funding—powered entirely by people, not special interests

This isn’t just a newsletter. It’s a movement fueled by courage, care, and collective action.

💥 Why You Matter

Every share, every heart, every comment, every call to action, every vote, every subscription strengthens our ability to advocate for progress—and to move forward.

When you’re here, you’re not just staying informed.
You’re helping protect freedom.
You’re defending justice.
You’re standing up for freedom over fascism.

Power grows when people participate. And together, we are proving—day after day—that the future belongs to those who refuse to stay silent.

👉 Subscribe for free to stay informed. Go paid to help us to continue this work to fuel people-powered change. This movement exists because of you—and it wins because we act together.

Subscribe now

In a world where billionaires, extremists, and strongmen try to rewrite the rules, Freedom Over Fascism exists to remind us of a simple truth: power still belongs to the people—if we use it.

Why Freedom Over Fascism Matters:

• Authoritarianism feeds on fear, corruption, and silence

• Accountability is being attacked at home and abroad

• This newsletter exists to inform, connect, and mobilize

Freedom survives only when the people defend it.

Subscribe now

When leaders escape accountability, it signals that power—not justice—rules, eroding trust, fueling corruption, and opening the door to authoritarianism. Billionaire-backed members of Congress, justices, and elites aren’t serving the people—they’re scheming to suppress our voices, strip away our rights, and rule over us. But progress and power to the people is more than an idea; it’s a movement. By standing up, speaking out, and demanding dignity, opportunity, and justice for all, we can build an America that truly lives up to its promise.

🚨 Freedom Over Fascism — News Briefs

• Europe Reels From Trump’s New World Order
  Trump’s foreign policy shifts are fracturing alliances, weakening NATO, and emboldening authoritarian regimes. European leaders warn the global fallout could be severe. — Politico

• Climate Protesters Face Rising Crackdowns
  Governments are responding to climate activism with surveillance, harsher laws, and aggressive policing—mirroring authoritarian tactics that criminalize dissent instead of addressing crisis. — Truthout

• Congress Moves to Block Unauthorized War With Venezuela
  Rep. Seth Moulton introduced legislation to stop federal funding for military action without congressional approval, pushing back against executive overreach and illegal war. — NPR

• North Korea’s Nuclear Submarine Reveal: Power or Performance?
  Analysts warn Pyongyang’s latest display may be more spectacle than capability—but the message is clear: intimidation and fear remain central tools of authoritarian regimes. — The Seattle Times

What You Can Do Today:

• Click here to Pass the War Powers Resolution to Stop Trump’s Warmongering

• Click here to Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Illegal War in Venezuela

• Click here to Ban Members of Congress from Trading Stock While in Office

• Click here to Tell Congress: An Oath to the Constitution Requires Saying No to Illegal Orders

• Click here to Tell Apple & Google CEOs: End your contracts with ICE NOW.

• Register to vote, vote, and help elect leaders that will ensure safe, secure elections and are committed to protecting democracy. Share ballot and voting information with friends and family.

• Donate to these champions doing the heavy lifting for our rights and freedoms:

  • Champions that prioritize working Americans over corporate interests, fight economic and social inequality, and advance civil liberties.

  • People Power United Against Fascism

  • Worker Power is People Power

  • Bans Off Our Bodies

  • Immigrant Justice Advocacy Groups

  • End Fossil Fuels

The Pattern Authoritarians Rely On

Authoritarianism does not announce itself all at once—it advances through a familiar and dangerous pattern.

Elites evade accountability, signaling that rules apply to the many, not the powerful. When corruption goes unpunished, trust in democratic institutions erodes.

Billionaires bankroll influence, drowning out the voices of everyday people. Policy bends toward profit, while working families are told to accept less freedom, fewer rights, and more sacrifice.

Dissent is criminalized, whether through crackdowns on protest, surveillance of activists, or laws designed to intimidate rather than protect. When speaking out becomes risky, silence is enforced.

Fear replaces trust, as communities are pitted against one another. Immigrants, activists, journalists, and marginalized groups are scapegoated to distract from abuses of power and to keep people divided.

This is not accidental—it is the blueprint.

Fascism thrives when people feel powerless. That’s why people power terrifies it.

When we organize, speak out, vote, and demand accountability, we disrupt this pattern. We remind those in power that legitimacy flows from the people—and that freedom cannot survive without collective action.

✊ The Tools That Authoritarianism Can’t Defeat

🌱 Hope

Hope is not naïve—it is strategic. Fascism feeds on despair and fear. Hope fuels imagination, courage, and sustained resistance. It reminds us that a just future is possible—and worth fighting for.

🤝 Respect

Respect dismantles fascism’s core weapon: dehumanization. By choosing dignity and inclusion, we build communities strong enough to resist hate, scapegoating, and division.

🧩 Unity

Authoritarians rule by dividing us. Unity breaks their strategy. When we stand together across differences, we deny fascism the fractures it needs to survive.

🗽The strength of a nation is not its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them. - Gene Roddenberry

✊ Who We Are—and Why Your Voice Matters

People Power United is a people-powered, grassroots movement built by everyday Americans who believe freedom, dignity, and democracy belong to all of us—not to politicians, billionaires, or extremist ideologues.

We don’t answer to corporate donors. We don’t chase profit or power. We organize for people—because lasting change has never come from the top down. It comes from communities rising together.

“We must stand united to protect freedom over fascism… There is no power like that of the people.” — Laurie Woodward García, People Power United

🌱 What We’ve Built—Together

Because of this community, People Power United has grown into one of the largest people-powered grassroots movements in the country, combining independent news reporting with real-world action.

✅ Thousands of bold actions taken daily to defend reproductive freedom, civil rights, and democracy

✅ Hundreds of thousands of members across all 50 states—showing up, speaking out, and organizing

✅ Top 100 on Substack in U.S. Politics for both On the Rise and Bestseller

✅ Zero outside funding—powered entirely by people, not special interests

This isn’t just a newsletter. It’s a movement fueled by courage, care, and collective action.

💥 Why You Matter

Every share, every heart, every comment, every call to action, every vote, every subscription strengthens our ability to advocate for progress—and to move forward.

When you’re here, you’re not just staying informed.
You’re helping protect freedom.
You’re defending justice.
You’re standing up for freedom over fascism.

Power grows when people participate. And together, we are proving—day after day—that the future belongs to those who refuse to stay silent.

👉 Subscribe for free to stay informed. Go paid to help us to continue this work to fuel people-powered change. This movement exists because of you—and it wins because we act together.

Subscribe now

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Today in Freedom Over Fascism we’re featuring: January 9, 2026 news briefs, video briefs, and calls-to-action. Freedom is a daily act of advocacy and holding our leaders accountable to the will of the people.

Together we can advocate for Freedom Over Fascism:

When leaders escape accountability, it signals that power—not justice—rules, eroding trust, fueling corruption, and opening the door to authoritarianism. Billionaire-backed members of Congress, justices, and elites aren't serving the people—they’re scheming to suppress our voices, strip away our rights, and rule over us. But progress and power to the people is more than an idea; it’s a movement. By standing up, speaking out, and demanding dignity, opportunity, and justice for all, we can build an America that truly lives up to its promise.

Freedom Over Fascism - News Briefs

Today, instead of our usual headlines, we want to draw your attention to an important nationwide action happening this weekend: ICE Out for Good.

At People Power United, we support safe and orderly borders that respect the dignity and humanity of those who live here and those seeking asylum. What’s broken is not the immigrant who has lived and worked in this country for 5, 10, or even 30 years—raising families, contributing to their communities, following the rules, filing paperwork, attending check-ins, and waiting year after year for a system that never delivers. What’s broken is a government that has failed to fix an immigration system riddled with delays, shifting rules, a shortage of judges, no legal help, and rampant abuse.

While Congress stalls, immigrants wait decades. Lawyers exploit desperate clients. Private detention companies profit from human suffering. And ICE raids homes in the middle of the night—stripping people of dignity, using force and fear, and deporting them to countries they may not know. Blaming immigrants for this chaos is wrong. The responsibility lies with a government that has ignored Dreamers, asylum seekers, and immigrants, underfunded the courts, allowed profiteering, and weaponized surveillance against the very people who call America home.

That’s why actions like ICE Out for Good matter—and why we must keep showing up for justice, accountability, and humanity.

People Power United is a proud member of the Not Above the Law coalition which is calling for a coordinated ICE Out For Good Weekend of Action on Saturday, January 10th, and Sunday, January 11th, to demand accountability, honor the life lost, and make visible the human cost of ICE’s actions.

• Click here to join an event near you

• Click here to host an event near you.

▶️ We are outraged by the killing of Renee Nicole Good by ICE. She was a 37 year old wife and mother of three children who loved to sing and studied creative writing and she was shot in the face by an ICE agent. We grieve her death and the deaths of all those killed in ICE detention.

▶️ ICE has been escalating its cruel deployments into our communities. This recent killing is not an isolated incident, but the devastating and predictable result of ICE’s lawless operations and President Trump’s abuse of power.

▶️ ICE and CBP have endangered our communities. Our neighbors fear for their livelihoods and their lives, and our communities are less safe. We won’t stand for it.

▶️ We demand accountability for the killing and an end to ICE and CBP raids. We will not sit by while violence goes unanswered and our communities are terrorized.

We will meet ICE’s violence with steadfast nonviolence and lawful protest.

• Click here to join an event near you

• Click here to host an event near you.

💥 Urgent Calls to Action to Protect Democracy:

• Click here to sign the petition: Tell Congress: It’s Time to Defund ICE

• Click here to Tell Apple & Google CEOs: End your contracts with ICE NOW.

• Click here to read the coalition letter to refuse increased funding to ICE

• Click here to read How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance

• Click here for Protest Resources by Democracy Security Project

How Project 2025 shifts the USA towards a fascist regime

Project 2025 is a blatant power grab designed to give extreme MAGA Republicans unchecked control. Donald Trump and his Republican allies plan to use it to criminalize abortion and those seeking asylum, attack the poor and middle class, and dismantle essential programs like Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act, SNAP, and veterans’ benefits.

BONUS

• Register to vote, vote, and help elect leaders that will ensure safe, secure elections and are committed to protecting democracy. Share ballot and voting information with friends and family.

• Donate to these champions doing the heavy lifting for our rights and freedoms:

  • Champions that prioritize working Americans over corporate interests, fight economic and social inequality, and advance civil liberties.

  • People Power United Against Fascism

  • Worker Power is People Power

  • Bans Off Our Bodies

  • Immigrant Justice Advocacy Groups

  • End Fossil Fuels

Freedom Over Fascism - Statement

People Power United declares Fascism a clear and present danger to our rights, freedoms, democracy, and the rule of law.

In response to recent MAGA shenanigans to promote Fascism, People Power United - a progressive grassroots group - issued the following statement:

“MAGA Republicans have no interest in representing us. They want to rule over us. Freedom is a daily act of advocacy and holding our leaders accountable to the will of the people. There is no power like that of the people, and People Power United stands ready to protect our communities against any and all injustices,” said Laurie Woodward García of People Power United.

People Power United will continue to oppose such harm to our community and champion civil and human rights for all.

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How do we fight Fascism?

Hope

Hope is a powerful weapon against fascism, serving as both a shield and a rallying cry in the face of fear and oppression. While fascism thrives on division, despair, and apathy, hope inspires unity, action, and resilience. Hope empowers us to envision a society built on equality, justice, and freedom, motivating us to take meaningful steps to protect these values.

Respect

Respect is a formidable weapon against fascism, countering its foundation of hatred and dehumanization with dignity and inclusivity. By leading with respect, we create a society where collaboration and compassion overpower fear and division, rendering fascism powerless in the face of unity.

Unity

Unity is one of the most powerful weapons against fascism, as it dismantles the divide-and-conquer tactics that authoritarian regimes rely on to maintain power.

🗽The strength of a nation is not its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them. - Gene Roddenberry

Together, we can protect and empower those we love, champion our rights, freedoms, and democracy, hold our leaders accountable to the people's will, and inspire voters to make a meaningful difference.

Laurie Woodward Garcia (paid with hugs and kisses, not bought by special interests), People Power United

What We’ve Built Together at People Power United

✅ Thousands of bold actions taken daily to protect our rights and freedoms
✅ A growing community of over hundreds of thousands of members across all 50 states
✅ Ranked in the Top 100 on Substack for both “On the Rise” and “Bestseller” in U.S. Politics

💥The largest grassroots movement in America with zero outside funding—powered entirely by the people. Led by everyday Americans who are visible, vocal, and unafraid.

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In response to the recent events in and around Venezuela, we’re sharing our People Power United statement and clear calls to action for our members. Thank you for your support—we truly appreciate it.

People Power United condemns the Trump administration’s illegal military operation in Venezuela—including the bombing of multiple sites and the illegal kidnapping of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro—carried out without authorization from Congress. Venezuela deserves to be free from authoritarian rule—but this was not the way to pursue it. This operation endangered Venezuelan civilians, plunged the country into instability, and violated US and international law. It is also a deeply concerning sign of what is to come from this administration.

This escalation follows a dangerous and familiar pattern from Donald Trump: governing by decree, bypassing Congress, and using war as a political weapon. Americans were told this violence was about drugs. That claim collapsed when Trump pardoned Juan Orlando Hernández just last month on three counts of drug trafficking and weapons conspiracy. Hernández—former president of Honduras—had been found guilty and sentenced to 45 years in federal prison, underscoring the deep hypocrisy behind the Trump administration’s claims. Plunging the US into a war without Congressional approval is not leadership—it is lawlessness imposed on us all.

We also unequivocally denounce any plan to seize or exploit Venezuela’s oil. War for oil is theft—an immoral grab for resources that belong to the Venezuelan people, paid for by US tax dollars siphoned away from addressing essential needs. It is colonial logic, which devastates communities abroad while fueling repression through fear.

People Power United stands with those demanding No Kings. No War. The power to declare war belongs to Congress and the people—not any president acting alone. We call for an immediate halt to US military operations, full accountability for this unlawful action, and a recommitment to diplomacy, democratic governance, the rule of law, and human life. Freedom over fascism. People power over authoritarianism.

Trump’s intervention in Venezuela undermined the very democratic principles it claims to defend. Real freedom cannot be delivered through illegal force. We support the Venezuelan people who elected Edmundo González Urrutia as the legitimate president, and we call for a peaceful transition of power. Control of the country should not remain with the United States. Urrutia should immediately assume his constitutional mandate and be recognized as Commander-in-Chief by the National Armed Forces. People Power United supports a peaceful, Venezuelan-led democratic transition grounded in self-determination, diplomacy, and respect for the rule of law—because lasting democracy is built by people, not imposed by war.

A friendly reminder — we’re a community that believes in the power of change and puts in the work to make it happen. It might not seem like much to spend five minutes signing a petition, writing a letter, or making a call, but when we act together, those small efforts add up. That’s how we hold our leaders accountable to the will of the people.

• Click here to sign the petition: Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Illegal War in Venezuela

• Click here to send a letter to your Member of Congress: Stop the Illegal War on Venezuela — No Kings. No War.

• Call your member of Congress at (202) 224-3121:

  • Hello, my name is [NAME], and I’m a constituent from [CITY/ZIP]. I’m calling to urge [Senator/Representative ___] to immediately oppose and act to stop the illegal U.S. military operation in Venezuela. This war was launched without congressional authorization and violates the Constitution, international law, and the will of the American people. I’m asking you to reassert Congress’s war powers, demand an immediate halt to U.S. military operations, reject any attempt to seize Venezuela’s oil, and support a peaceful, Venezuelan-led transition of power rooted in diplomacy and the rule of law. No president is a king. No war should be waged without Congress.
    Thank you.

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Today in Freedom Over Fascism we’re featuring: December 29, 2025 news briefs, video briefs, and calls-to-action. Freedom is a daily act of advocacy and holding our leaders accountable to the will of the people.

Together we can advocate for Freedom Over Fascism:

When leaders escape accountability, it signals that power—not justice—rules, eroding trust, fueling corruption, and opening the door to authoritarianism. Billionaire-backed members of Congress, justices, and elites aren't serving the people—they’re scheming to suppress our voices, strip away our rights, and rule over us. But progress and power to the people is more than an idea; it’s a movement. By standing up, speaking out, and demanding dignity, opportunity, and justice for all, we can build an America that truly lives up to its promise.

Freedom Over Fascism - News Briefs

🚨 Genocide Experts Slam Hillary Clinton for Gaza ‘Genocide Denial’ Remark

• A group of genocide scholars sharply criticized Hillary Clinton for comments they say downplay or deny the reality of mass civilian harm in Gaza. “Clinton has come under fire for claiming young people only oppose the genocide due to social media ‘propaganda.’ ” The experts argue her remarks contradict established international legal standards and documented evidence. They warn that minimizing such violence undermines accountability and international human rights norms. The backlash reflects growing scrutiny of political leaders’ language around war crimes. — Truthout

🏠 Pedro Sánchez puts housing at center of Spain’s social justice agenda

• Spain’s prime minister is making housing affordability a defining pillar of his political program. Policies include rent controls, expanded public housing, and limits on speculative investment. The approach frames access to housing as a matter of social justice and economic dignity. The strategy positions Spain at the forefront of Europe’s housing reform debate. — Politico Europe

⚓ Noem says Coast Guard will remove divisive language on hate symbols from policy

• Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended the Coast Guard’s decision to strip references to hate symbols from its guidance. Supporters argue the change avoids overreach and politicization. Critics say it creates ambiguity that could allow extremist views to go unchallenged. The debate highlights broader tensions over how the military addresses extremism. — The Hill

🏘️ EU unveils first-ever plan to combat housing crisis, rein in short-term rentals

• European officials are weighing new limits on short-term rentals as part of a broader effort to ease the housing crisis. Platforms used for tourism are blamed for shrinking long-term housing supply and driving up rents. Policymakers argue stronger regulation is needed to protect residents and stabilize cities. The move signals a shift toward treating housing as a public good rather than a speculative asset. — Politico Europe

Urgent Calls to Action to Champion Freedom Over Fascism:

• Click here to Ban Members of Congress from Trading Stock While in Office

• Click here to Demand Congress Reject “Trump-Kennedy Center” Rename

• Click here to Tell Your Governor: Reject the Federal School Voucher Program

• Click here to Tell Congress: An Oath to the Constitution Requires Saying No to Illegal Orders

• Click here to Tell Apple & Google CEOs: End your contracts with ICE NOW.

How Project 2025 shifts the USA towards a fascist regime

Project 2025 is a blatant power grab designed to give extreme MAGA Republicans unchecked control. Donald Trump and his Republican allies plan to use it to criminalize abortion and those seeking asylum, attack the poor and middle class, and dismantle essential programs like Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act, SNAP, and veterans’ benefits.

BONUS

• Register to vote, vote, and help elect leaders that will ensure safe, secure elections and are committed to protecting democracy. Share ballot and voting information with friends and family.

• Donate to these champions doing the heavy lifting for our rights and freedoms:

  • Champions that prioritize working Americans over corporate interests, fight economic and social inequality, and advance civil liberties.

  • People Power United Against Fascism

  • Worker Power is People Power

  • Bans Off Our Bodies

  • Immigrant Justice Advocacy Groups

  • End Fossil Fuels

Freedom Over Fascism - Statement

People Power United declares Fascism a clear and present danger to our rights, freedoms, democracy, and the rule of law.

In response to recent MAGA shenanigans to promote Fascism, People Power United - a progressive grassroots group - issued the following statement:

“MAGA Republicans have no interest in representing us. They want to rule over us. Freedom is a daily act of advocacy and holding our leaders accountable to the will of the people. There is no power like that of the people, and People Power United stands ready to protect our communities against any and all injustices,” said Laurie Woodward García of People Power United.

People Power United will continue to oppose such harm to our community and champion civil and human rights for all.

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How do we fight Fascism?

Hope

Hope is a powerful weapon against fascism, serving as both a shield and a rallying cry in the face of fear and oppression. While fascism thrives on division, despair, and apathy, hope inspires unity, action, and resilience. Hope empowers us to envision a society built on equality, justice, and freedom, motivating us to take meaningful steps to protect these values.

Respect

Respect is a formidable weapon against fascism, countering its foundation of hatred and dehumanization with dignity and inclusivity. By leading with respect, we create a society where collaboration and compassion overpower fear and division, rendering fascism powerless in the face of unity.

Unity

Unity is one of the most powerful weapons against fascism, as it dismantles the divide-and-conquer tactics that authoritarian regimes rely on to maintain power.

🗽The strength of a nation is not its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them. - Gene Roddenberry

Together, we can protect and empower those we love, champion our rights, freedoms, and democracy, hold our leaders accountable to the people's will, and inspire voters to make a meaningful difference.

Laurie Woodward Garcia (paid with hugs and kisses, not bought by special interests), People Power United

What We’ve Built Together at People Power United

✅ Thousands of bold actions taken daily to protect our rights and freedoms
✅ A growing community of over hundreds of thousands of members across all 50 states
✅ Ranked in the Top 100 on Substack for both “On the Rise” and “Bestseller” in U.S. Politics

💥The largest grassroots movement in America with zero outside funding—powered entirely by the people. Led by everyday Americans who are visible, vocal, and unafraid.

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Today in Freedom Over Fascism we’re featuring: December 27, 2025 news briefs, video briefs, and calls-to-action. Freedom is a daily act of advocacy and holding our leaders accountable to the will of the people.

Together we can advocate for Freedom Over Fascism:

When leaders escape accountability, it signals that power—not justice—rules, eroding trust, fueling corruption, and opening the door to authoritarianism. Billionaire-backed members of Congress, justices, and elites aren't serving the people—they’re scheming to suppress our voices, strip away our rights, and rule over us. But progress and power to the people is more than an idea; it’s a movement. By standing up, speaking out, and demanding dignity, opportunity, and justice for all, we can build an America that truly lives up to its promise.

Freedom Over Fascism - News Briefs

🗣️ Sanders: Kushner connection to Warner Bros. takeover bid sign of ‘authoritarianism’

• Senator Bernie Sanders sharply criticized Donald Trump and Jared Kushner over a real estate and investment deal tied to Qatar. He argued the arrangement raises serious ethical concerns and reflects corruption at the highest levels of power. Sanders called for accountability and stronger safeguards against profiteering by former and current government officials. The comments add to growing scrutiny of Trump-linked financial dealings. — The Hill

🧾 20 states lodge lawsuit against Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee

• The Trump administration is facing a lawsuit challenging a newly imposed visa fee that plaintiffs argue exceeds executive authority. The suit claims the fee unlawfully restricts legal immigration and burdens applicants without congressional approval. The case could determine limits on executive power over immigration costs. — Politico

☢️ New Air Force Chief Boosts Nuclear Buildup, Moving Away From Deterrence, Experts Warn

• U.S. General Ken Wilsbach promotes nuclear “recapitalization” in his first memo to the Air Force — fueling fear of a radical shift away from nukes acting solely as deterrence. “Experts who spoke to The Intercept said the language signals a doctrinal pivot, prioritizing displays of strength and the buildup of nuclear weaponry over internal repair — an approach that may appeal politically to the Trump administration and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, but does little to ease the fatigue and distrust spreading among airmen.” — The Intercept

🏙️‘You don’t have to do it alone’: how US cities are helping each other resist ICE

• Immigration enforcement actions are increasing across multiple U.S. cities, with coordinated raids targeting homes and workplaces. Community groups report heightened fear and disruptions to daily life. Local officials are clashing with federal authorities over the scope and impact of the operations. “From LA to Charlotte, organizers are learning from others’ strategies to protect residents amid federal crackdowns…’There is something going on here, with all of these cities coming together and protecting our democracy, in a way that I don’t know that I have witnessed in my lifetime,’ said Davis of Indivisible. ‘These occupations will go on to other cities, but we are learning more with each city, and cities are becoming more united every step of the way.’ ” — The Guardian

Urgent Calls to Action to Champion Freedom Over Fascism:

• Click here to Ban Members of Congress from Trading Stock While in Office

• Click here to Demand Congress Reject “Trump-Kennedy Center” Rename

• Click here to Tell Your Governor: Reject the Federal School Voucher Program

• Click here to Tell Congress: An Oath to the Constitution Requires Saying No to Illegal Orders

• Click here to Tell Apple & Google CEOs: End your contracts with ICE NOW.

How Project 2025 shifts the USA towards a fascist regime

Project 2025 is a blatant power grab designed to give extreme MAGA Republicans unchecked control. Donald Trump and his Republican allies plan to use it to criminalize abortion and those seeking asylum, attack the poor and middle class, and dismantle essential programs like Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act, SNAP, and veterans’ benefits.

BONUS

• Register to vote, vote, and help elect leaders that will ensure safe, secure elections and are committed to protecting democracy. Share ballot and voting information with friends and family.

• Donate to these champions doing the heavy lifting for our rights and freedoms:

  • Champions that prioritize working Americans over corporate interests, fight economic and social inequality, and advance civil liberties.

  • People Power United Against Fascism

  • Worker Power is People Power

  • Bans Off Our Bodies

  • Immigrant Justice Advocacy Groups

  • End Fossil Fuels

Freedom Over Fascism - Statement

People Power United declares Fascism a clear and present danger to our rights, freedoms, democracy, and the rule of law.

In response to recent MAGA shenanigans to promote Fascism, People Power United - a progressive grassroots group - issued the following statement:

“MAGA Republicans have no interest in representing us. They want to rule over us. Freedom is a daily act of advocacy and holding our leaders accountable to the will of the people. There is no power like that of the people, and People Power United stands ready to protect our communities against any and all injustices,” said Laurie Woodward García of People Power United.

People Power United will continue to oppose such harm to our community and champion civil and human rights for all.

Join the crew and help build grassroots change and fuel people-powered resistance. Freedom Over Fascism subscriber benefits include:

• Free Subscription: The newsletter is free.

• Monthly or Annual Subscriber: Ability to comment and engage with posts. Access to archives and subscriber chats.

• Founding Member: A permanent paid subscription and our deepest gratitude for your support.

  Subscribe now

Together, we can protect and empower those we love, champion our rights, freedoms, and democracy, hold our leaders accountable to the people's will, and inspire voters to make a meaningful difference.

Laurie Woodward Garcia (paid with hugs and kisses, not bought by special interests), People Power United

What We’ve Built Together at People Power United

✅ Thousands of bold actions taken daily to protect our rights and freedoms
✅ A growing community of over hundreds of thousands of members across all 50 states
✅ Ranked in the Top 100 on Substack for both “On the Rise” and “Bestseller” in U.S. Politics

💥The largest grassroots movement in America with zero outside funding—powered entirely by the people. Led by everyday Americans who are visible, vocal, and unafraid.

🌟 Power belongs to us—not billionaires or corrupt politicians. Become a monthly Freedom Over Fascism subscriber and power the movement for freedom over fascism, progress, and power to the people. Subscribe for free to stay informed — or go paid to help build grassroots change and fuel people-powered resistance.

Subscribe now